Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1901-07-02

The recent impulse given % ths
iron and steel trade. consequent on
large foreign demands tor American
metal has caused unwanted actyt
ty IN many of the mills and fourd-
lricstf Penn,ylyanla somuch 81, in.
deed that many Of The concerns had
to keep The large staff Of hands
working overtime ina order TO get
out The work when promised. Tor !,
is well known fact that one OF tie
The chief causes why American
made metals are preferred Euni-
rope and elsewhere, Is on account
OF The quickness With which rush
orders can be filed. while at the
same time guaranteeing The quality
and cheapness OF The goods.
at one Of the great foundries
where something ike 5000 bands
are employed. the feeding Of this
large body Of men for one meal dur.
ing the evening became serious
question, but it was finally left to
the management Of one Of the fore
men who promised to see that the
workers we're we'll looked after.
He had fixed in the different shops
six or eight immense cauldrons in
which coffee was prepared for the
men and mountains of beef and ham
sandwiches were cut up for solid
refreshment. The grinding of the
coffee alone was quite task and
two or three boys were kept at this
work all day long. For three or
four weeks that the hands we're
working overtime they were content
ed and happy, and it was noticed
that in spite Of their laoors, they
grew stronger and fatter on their
extra diet.
inquiries on the part of one of the
proprietors of the ironworks elected
the fact that the men were consum-
ing 300 lbs. of Lion Coffee every
day, to this was attributed
their excellent condition, the nutrl-
tive and strengthening qualities o
this brand of Coffee being well |
known. A most peculiar fact in this |
connection was the fact that Mr.
Ferguson, the foreman who had vol
unfairly turned caterer for the oc
casion, kept all the Lion heads from |
the wrappers of Lion Coffee, and
as a result, had something like 1000 |
of these valuable coupons al the
time the extra hours abandoned
NJ. Fergus procured Premi-
UNI List, as issued by the Woolson
Spice Co., Of Toledo, Ohio, and care
fully selected therefrom a humble.
of useful articles to which the O.,
session Of such a large number o
Lion heads entitled him These
were duly forwarded with stamps
For return POSTAGE, and in few
days there arrived at his res dence
a collection of goods that would al
most stock a general store. he had |
presents iorhis wife, for his daught
-rs, his sons and himself, and the
were SO pretty and so var
led that he gave a free exhibition |
Of them all in his front parlor to
such of his ueighbors as cared to
call and inspect them.
Mr. Ferguson claims that his
first and only thought was to get
The coffee best suited to the require
ments Of handwriting people, that
is, the purest, the strongest and
the most inyigorating. He never
thought, or knew about saving the
Lion Heads until he happened to
notice the announcement on one of
the wrappers. However, he is not
sorry that be saved up the Lions,
as bis home has been transformed |
into yeritable fairyland by the
decorative and useful presents he
received in exchange for them. 1t
is his intention to keep on using
Lion Coffee in the future, aud he is
interested in the fact that the Wool
son Spice Co. announce the issue of
a new list of premiums on Septem-