The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1896-02-11
AT THE TWICE FIVE
Topography, Some Scenery and Some POety OF
Hooking County.

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Not long since, the edict went
forth from the Twice Five Club
that l should present to the world
or to the club which is all the same
at their next meeting, the topog
raphy of docking county. Iplead
entire ignorance of the whole bust
ness. i never saw topography
and would not know one IL l did
see IL. But the edicts OF the Twice
Five Club are as infiexible as the
laws Of the Medo-Persians OF old
and determined TO do my best and
throw myself upon the tender mer-
cies of the club. So arming my
self with tried and trusty friend,
buggy and horse, overcoat, and
three navy revolvers, (there's no
telling what you may see when
you look for topography),we start
ed out in such spirits as imag-
inc were with the Argonauts when
they went in search of the Golden
Fleece. After driving as fast as
we could for many hours, over hills.
over valleys and over heights mac
cessible to the goat, o'er moor and
fen, past torrents wild and rocky
precipices, through interminable
forests over meads and glens, and
creeks and seven or eight bottom
less abysses, rs well as about six
teen or twenty few topless hills,
we came at length to Il place most
awful in the neighborhoOd of Black
Jack, where my friend remarked:
81 think we're pretty close on the
trail IF that there topography if
there's any to be found in this
county," So he accosted one OF tho
natives Che did all the accosting,
that's principally what 1 took him
Tor, being slow of speech myself as
the ancient Jew remarked when
sent to plague the ancient Egypt.
ians.) He accOsted one of the ma.
tives and asked very politely, Gus l
felt for the revolvcrs to kind o re-
assure us, we were not afraid he
said, "I say, is there any tOpogra-
ply hard by% (which ?" said the
native as he jumped from his wag-
on glowering, and stretched his
eight feet and half Of stature be
fore our astonished gaze, he looked
that big to us honest he did.
(which ?" he repeated. We hurri-
sdly held council of war, and
lrew our three revolver and pre-
them at the north, east and
south sides Of his ear my friend
asked once more, in a voice thun-
lerous and terrible, "any top0gra-
ply close around herc?" This un-
onslaught clinched the
argument in our favor, and he ex-
planned in Il humble, subdued and
trembling voice, rs he dwindled to
. 8 foJt 4 size, "No t-t-topography,
).b-but l got some nice rambo ap.
,les" and he produced them as n
Kind of flag of truce and dwindl-
ed once more to four foot six stat
ire and crawling into his wagon,
smaller but a wiser man, he van
shed from our sight, while We sat
his delicious rambo ap-
pies.
"Hello!" said CHEEKY voice and
simultaneously big corn cob took
ne in the back ofthe neck. CATER
geography, air ye ?" Eyes" "Well
Pm muse and can fit ye out first
'ate. Go home and write as die
ate" My muse was an awkward
'ut goodnatured looking country
BOY, queer for muse to be a boy
lint it? But we were tired enough
o follow anyone's directions, muse
'r no muse, so we drove home, and
aking leave of my friend and 9TH
n armament, prepared to take
his strange mans dictatiOns and
lere they are. Said he
"N0w don't start out with a whole
ig-ma-rOle about the beautiful
and Salt Creek bottom
ands, and the coal mines, and the
Hills and the hollows here and
here. Don't speak much of the
Try sand hills and pennyroyal dis
ricts, and clay banks. aud lime
.ilns and trees &c. Don't talk at
ength of mineral springs nor Bat
'aves or Scots Creek Cave, High
locks, Wolf Rocks, Hunters Rocks
r Matheny's Roost. They are OF
minor Importance. Just mention
hem and pass right on. Give 'em
his as kind ofpreamble, to nerve
hem up for what's coming.'
And he sang
Our county, It's OF thee,
Ofthy topography,
Our songs we raise.
Wales where our braves were born,
Hills where our lambs are shorn,
We wind the mellow horn,