The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-05-06
An Ohio Trip.


ley, we will here try to relate our exper-
ience.
Leaving McCandless' landing, or bet
ter known to 'the-river men as LGcy's
landins, on Thursday, April %, at 8 a.
m, under the guardianship of Capt. w.
FL. Geer, we were successfully piloted
through the 10 bridges to where the Ohio,
well named by the old French settlers,
LaBelle river, is born and begins its |
onward march to join the Father of
Waters" at Cairo, a thousand miles away. |
The first object to greet the eye was that |
magnificent hostelry put up by the State |
of Pennsylvania for the entertainment of |
its wayward sons and daughters, the |
Western Penitentiary, a truly magnifi-
cent building, but grim reminder that
it pays one to be good, at least for the re-
mainder of the trip. Owing to a few
business matters we cast anchor at Jacks
Run and remained there all day. Owing
to the thickness of the fog next morning
we were late in starting on our real jour
ney; however, as soon as the dense
white mist began to ascend, we were
brought to our oars and once again we
were in the deep and muddy waters.
Next, the celebrated Davis Island dam
came in view, built by the general gov
ernment for the benefit of the Pittsburg
harbor and its coal interests. And now
on our left we have Neville Island, the
largest ialand on the upper Ohio, with its
beautiful garden farms and homes, and
on the right rising high above the river
ON its perch upon tho cliffs, lovely Dix
mont-the home of I'm their minds)
kings, queens, dukes, ducheses and po-
tentates-the Insane Asylum. A little
farther down, on the right, Sewickley,
the beautiful suburban home of so many
of Pittsburg's wealthy business men.
The next in line is Dead Mans Island,
on our left, Years ago this island was
much larger than it is to-day, and the
reason of it's being named "Dead Man."
we learn from our friend, Capt. David
Henderson,, of Powhattan, Ohio, that
when any one was drowned above he was
sure to be found on the head of the is
land. 1t was at this same place that 30
coal barges loaded with coal for the slower
markets were sunk last fall. one can
see traces of the wreck yet. Soon
the twinkling lights tell us that we are
passing the abiding place of that queer
|, sect, the Economics" who have an
swered to their satisfaction in the affirm
ative that question which has been agita-
ting the minds of the world "Is marriage
: a failure" We find that the queer old
. colony has been fortunate in possessing
, several large oil wells, the production OF
which is very enchanting. The next
place OF importance is Rochester, Pa.
This place is noted for its extensive glass
! works, such as bottles and tumblers; the
largest works of this kind is situated
here. Just below us the Beaver river
joins the Ohio, and here it is that the
) government proposes to build ship ca
r nal, uniting the limpid waters of Lake
Erie with those of the LaBelle river
There is also a new river bridge in con.
struction at this point that will cost a fab
j ulous sum before being completed. We
are continually passing interesting
places which fill one with interest anG
wonder. After leaving Rochester We
pass Vanport, Merrill, Industry, Ship
}. pingport, Georgetown and then come.
A Lime Island from which we passed int
Il Ohio and West Va, leaving the dear ole
! Keystone state in our wake until our re
u turn. Next comes East Liverpool cele
}. brated the world over for the extent o
r its potteries, having the largest manufac
tories in the world. Our next place il
= Wellsville, Ohio, where we land for thu
d night, having covered a distance of A
/. miles. Here we acted as deck hands anC
\ left a small portion of our wares, ant
u leaving early in the morning we pas
4. such places as Yellow Creek, New Cum
AZ berland, Toronto, Browns Island Steu
benville and Mingo, landing for the da,
~ at Brilliant, o., opposite Wellsburg OF
e. the West Va. side.
Il Our next stop is at Martins Ferry
~ where we disposed of considerable O
~ our stock to Bridgeport parties. Earl,
Sc next morning we pass Wheeling, whic
Ia stands second only to Pittsburg in tn
number and extent OF its MANUFACTURES
10 and ranks at the head of all the Amerl
r. can cities in the output of nails. Passin
Is | Bellaire our journey is continued an
II the beautiful panorama that each ben
nc and curve in the river unfolds to our dc
d lighted gaze seem more beautiful tina
ed the preceding one, until we loose sight {
a, the fact that we are travelling on a rive
70 and wonder if it is not some beautifl
he highland lake our raft is on. FroI
as Wheeling TO Powhattan no grandt
scenery can be viewed from the deck of
ny raft in this country, the highlands of ii
Hudson not excepted. We do not expel
as to 90 much farther down on the rive
- voyage, and if we find any little inc
Us dents worthy of mention we may add
he note Of it in our next letter.
-er l will now name the crew of IL
-, "Floating Palace: First Captain, w. /
'h Geer; Second Captain, James ]. Rogers
as First Mate, A. l.. Weller; Second Mat
," Jack Stroup; Motorman, Harry b. Do
70 terer; Steward, Harry II. Thompson
"a Ferret Tanner, Will j. CollingwooC
nj Shingle Packer, George Brewer; Bo
ed Clerk Joe Miller. During our spa
a; moments, we are constantly yanking OF
"a The finest specimens of salmon, bll
lss pike, sunfish and other varieties, one hs
he IN particular which was found on HarI
m Dotterers line, tipped the scales at 49,
'ui lbs.
est WILL WALKS.