The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1898-01-30
One Hundred and Ten Of Them on an
Excursion.
THEY VISIT NORFOLK AND OLD POINT
Tho Great Society of Hoo 1Ioos Holds
/" Concentration ut tho Hotel
chamberlain The Party 20 visi,
Points of Interest Afercnb0uts-En
Ronto 10 Florida.

That unique and Jolly Organization
OF lumberman, the Hoo Hoos, struck
Norfolk yesterday morning like a gen
tie zephyr from the West They passed
oit IN the afternoon. leaving an aching
void which only Hoo Hoo can fill
Ihey came in over the Norfolk and
| Western from Richmond, and depart
cd for Old Point, where they held n
great concentration last night, init.at-
ed Il number of new members from,
Noriolk, Portsmouth and Berkeley, had
something 10 eat and drink, made
merry after the Hoo Hoo style and
got ready for their departure for
Florida.
Wnile here the knights Of the Ebon-
nueu Kitten put up at the Atlantic
liotel, where they were royally en-
tcrtained by the Dodsons There were
hundred and six of them in all, in
Guiding charming ladies TO the lucky
number of nineteen. Anything that
mas nine in it is lucky to a Hoo Hoo
w nile mere they visited all the points
OF interest and had q general good
time They were loud in their praises
or the Twin Cities and their beautiful
harbor, and many eulogies were said
IN which the oysters that were served
up to them came in for an ample share
OF glory and commentator.
Ihese Hoo Hoos comprise the best
known and most prominent lumber
men In the country. These particular
100 Hoos came mostly fran Ohio,
pennsylvania and Kentucky. The
famous order is represented, however.
IN every State in the Union, from
oregon to Maine and Michigan to the
Gulf The order was originally started
by nine snow-bound lumbermen for a
nastime. but has spread so rapidly
that it bids fair to boil over the limits
vi membership at first fixed, namely.
!,999. The dues, by the way. are %
cents year and initiation S999.
The sign of the order is the famous
black cat with nine lives and n Tail FOR
an Indicator. Wherever the Hoo Hoos
go you can trail them by the black
cats which they stick up everywhere
NO place is sacred. a black cat will
squint at you from a billiard room
taple or bar-room mirror from a
hotel register, a dining-room table.
an omnibus seat train window. They
decorate telegraph poles. slot machines,
parlor doors, fire alarm boxes, hacks,
delivery wagons. A case has been dis
covered where one was posted on the
back of church pew. 1t is being in
vcstiGated by the Hoo Hoos
And woe to the concern before whose
| entrance is stuck Il black cat with its
tail droopng-it is ION the bum"
should the cat be a little vecrcd to
the left it is sign that the place is
falr-not too good and not too bad
But that place is all right before which
Is found feline in proper position
with caudal appendage proudly erect
and n wink in its left eye
me gentlemen composing the party
are all members of the Union Associa-
ton Of Lumber Dealers of Ohio and
pennsylvania, which has been holding
It's annual meeting at Columbus, O.
The association has been accustomed
Tor years past to take an excursion
after the convention. but this is the
first time they have ever been accom-
panied by ladies. They were in Nor
folk in January, 1884,
The lumbcrmen were met at the
Norfolk and Western depot yesterday
morning. and after breal1fasting at the
Atlantic. they went to the navy-yard,
where they were entertained in royal
style by the officers Of the Franklin.
Returning to this side of the river,
they took dinner. and at 3 o'clock
boarded the launches of the Roper
Lumber company and took a trip
about the harbor and down the South
ern Branch TO visit the mills ut Money
FONT and other places down the
branch
At G:10 the party boarded the Norfolk
and Washington steamer for Old Point,
where n concatenation of Hoo Hoos,
composed of local lumbermcn, was held
at the Chamberlin. y banquet follow
ed the confederation.
The party will spend to-day ut Old
Point. returning 10 Norfolk Monday
morning. Monday will he spent at Ed
cnton, n. c. They will return that
evening and leave here Monday night
for Charleston, S. G. The trip will
extend over two weeks and their itnc-
rary embraces Panther and Dlucfeld,
| in West Virginia; Richmond, Norfolk
and Old Point in Virginia. Edenton.
| in North Carolina; Jacksonville, Palat-
ka, Titusville, Rockledgc and St Au-
gustnc. in Florida; Savannah, Atlanta
and Macon. in Georgia: Chattanooga,
in Tennessee, and Cincinnati and Co
iumhu&. in Ohio. The party left Co
lumbus Wednesday night and will re-
turn there Thursday, February 10th.
INDEPENDENT CANDIDATES.