The Democrat-sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1906-1935, 1907-08-15
ON ROUTE:
NUMBER ONE
Old Isl" Tells of the Pleas
ures of the Country.

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paratively easy. After two o!
three days in and around Union
Furnsce started, on Monday
morning up the SCOTS Creek roaC
on Route /. The first person OF
the route was Chas. Kennedy, gave
me the necessary encouragement
Thos. keife, the second one OF
the route, aud known to almost
every adult III Hooking county as
a genial, Jolly farmer, sn honest
man, gave me the second sub
scripliUn. He had just made
cider few days before, and as d
matter of course we took glass
to the SUCCESS Of the DEMOCRAT
SENTINEL | felt that / was doing
fine and started on my Journey
with light heart and great
antlcipations, and wasn't dis
appointed, The next encourage
ment | received was from Mrs.
N. f. Foltz, where [ was treated
to couple glasses OF butter milk,
and you can just bet | enjoyed
them hugely, Mrs. Mary A. Cor
den was very busy preparing for
the threshers but found time to
subscribe for the best paper in
the country. Mrs. WILDER Heigle
was the next person M ade happy.
| struggled on with the usual
success until / reached Ezra
Bowers where nice bottle of
cider, a pocket full of apples and
big silver dollar eleminated that
tired feeling and sent me on my
way rejoicing. If you have never
tired any of Ezra Bowers cider
you have missed something and
[ just want to say right here that
until you do you will never be en-
tirely satisfied. | wandered into
Nick Bowers home Just little
before dark, tired and hungry.
| found Nick in the hay field, the
little ones Keeping house and Mrs.
Bowers black berring. Notwith-
standing the busy time | was
made welcome and put in very
pleasant evening.
The nsxt day vas pleasant and
| was III elegant trim for the
work. On my way out of the hollow
/ stopped at the home of Nick
Bowers, Sr., and his son, Ezra,
where | received the necessary en-.
Jacob needed the
otticia organ, AT this place ! was
fortunate enough in meeting Peter
Raucb, OF Columbus, aud James
Mclaughlin, OF Cincinnati, who
with their wives are visiting rela-
tiyes and old lime neighbur
friends in Hooking, When the
venerable MIX Bpwers, who has
long since passed his thee score
and ten, suggested that We take
something, saying, 81 don't re-
member of seeing three ugiier
men in my lifetime, and it occurs
to Inc that ms this may be the ast
time that We may ever be together
on this earth we had better go ia
the house and take somethln"'
as farewell" And wo all went
III you ever want something good
to cat or drink just stop at one Of
Bowers ANY old Bowers. It's
there.
Mrs, Henry Harbel gave me
very pleasant welcome and took
the paper. She was very busy,
az are all farmers wives during
harvest, but found time to make
my few minutes very pleasant and
wish me god-speed and the DEMO.
lRAT-SENTIsEL deserved success,
was met with encouragement at
John Harbel's, Geo. Hutton s and
Harvey Aliens. | reached John
Flum's at good dinner time, and
what | did at that table was some
hing awful, but all the same /
vas made just as welcome as the |
lowers In spring. OF course Geo.
'horr was there, and has been
arming the place for some three
n four years, and of course was
'usy making hay. He has as his
lssistant Mfr. Joe ReichleY OF near
'outh Bloomingville, who Mrs
ihOrr informs me is the best hand
yer had aud just as good, If not
better, feeder, than Old 81
he way we moved back the grub
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