The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-09-15
A Pleasing Success
Was the end Annual Reunion OF the
Karshner Family in Western
HOcki1g.

The associate editor of this journal
together with number of gentlemen
from Logan on last Thursday, at
Spring Hill Grove, midway between
the thriving villages of Laurelville
and Adelphi, attended what proved
to be happy gathering together Off
long line of decendents Of a promin-
ent family, namely the second
annual reunion of the Karshner
family. The day was an ideal one
for an outdoor gathering of this
nature and the event OF last week
will mark an epoch in the lives of
those who were present and go down
in history as being replete with all
that is noble and good.
There are in the neighborhood Of
500Karshners of the different branch
es, as we were informed, and of
which number about 200 were present
on the picnic grounds to honor the
occasion.
There were Karshners there from
Illinois, Missouri Indiana and our
own grand old common wealth Ohio.
The Karshner family is an old
family, prominent in legislative halls
a former Daniel Karshner being a
representative in the legislature from
several different counties, while Mr..
John Karshner, at present residing
at Adelphi has the proud distinction
of being the only man in the United
States of being at one time the sole
owner of an independent line of rail-
way. They have not only been pro-
minent in legislative halls, but sue
cessful as agriculturists, their broad
acres of fertile and well titled land
speaking in silent praise of their
prowess as successful farmers.
But we are letting our thoughts soar
away. After an hour of. f.handshaking
and getting acquainted dinner was
announced. Dinner, did we say,well
you might call it that, we would call
1t o feast such as only the good
farmers wives know how to prepare,
fit for kings and queens to partake of
instead OF the editor who prints his
. paper for love!instead of pelf.
After dinner and after some good
music by the Adelphi Band speech
making was INDUCED in.
Mr.. Charles Karshner, of Tarlton
was chairman of the day and intro
duced Mr.. Elisha Warner of Picka-
f way county as the first speaker. Mr..
Warner who is connection of one
branch of the Karshner family, is an
] entertaining talker and his humer.
3 Gus sallies during his short talk kept
! his audience in very pleasant frame
9 of mind. The first speaker was fol-
n lowed by His Honor Judge o. w. H.
O Wright who in an extemperanious
manner, his usual splendid oratory,
:, paid glowing tribute to this promin-
ent family, reviewing their history
! and spoke in honored terms of the
happy custom of family reunions and
hoped that the custom would con-
i tinue and grow in magnitude with
O each successive recurrence. He
l. spoke of his past associations with
the different members of this family
>, as always being pleasant, social and
profitable and hoped that he might
. be with them at all of their coming
u reunions and promising that when he
o came the next time he would be more
p fully prepared to address them as
ir befitted such an important occasion
as this. Judge Wright was followed
e by others who made remarks appro-
o. pirate to the day. After the speeches
@ everybody mingled in social converse
= for an hour when empty baskets were
packed away and teams hitched up
and the large gathering quietly
~ melted away to await the next
x reunion of this family and connect.
re ions which will occur at the same
place on the second Thursday OF
2 August Of next year.