The Democrat-sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1906-1935, 1907-08-29


hsvn't the least doubt in the
world had Miller been searched
we would have discovered a sack
of wooden nutmegs on his person.
1t was the old Yankee scheme
worked in German. Miller was
successful and we all took drink
out of the well. Speaking of the
well, / presume this is the deepest
we'll in Hooking county, at least
30 far as l have been able to dis
cover. The we'll was drilled by
Kelch Bros. and is 204 feet deep.
1t takes good sized boy about
five minutes to draw bucket of
water, but when 1T comes up it
sparkles like cbampagne-at least
like ] have heard champagne
sparkles-and was just about as
good water as / have run across IN
my travels. After dinner l kicked
along the route until / reached
James Pleukharp's, where the
Dutch Yankee again overlook me.
He got there first and got away
ahead of me, and 1 never got to
see him afterwards.
l reached George Rauber's just
as they we're washing for supper.
/ did not have to invite myself,
didn't have time, but was invited
to apple dumplins. Well, talk
about your harvest hands eating,
They may be able to NOW more
hay than l but / want to say when
1T comes to apple dumplinsss [ made
them go way back and set down.
l was invited to stay all night, but
it being rather early for me to
turn In i declined and started out,
with hearty invitation to "come
again, the latch string is always
hanging out" continued as far
as s. j. stones, where ! was hos
pitably received and entertained
for the night.
In the morning it rained. Mr..
Stone had some hay down and un-
dertook to get it in doodles before
it got too wet, but he only partial
ly succeeded, After breakfast,
which / enjoyed most thoroughly,
l hoisted my circus umbrella and
started out splashing mud and
kicking bowlders, l had res ched
the cross roads where I turn On
my back track when ! discovered
l needed little rough shoeing on
account of the very slippery roads,
so turned up Cider Valley TO
Frank Souders', the jolly black
smith, to get corks on my toes,
Mr.. Souders said he wasn't ve"y
we'll and, besides, he drew the
line on horses, mules and oxen, so
| was compelled to hike on. At
just ~ 80 l reached Mr.. VIM.
Mobiles where l again invited my
self to dinner. 1t rained fiercely
during the entire dinner hour and
the creek had raised so rapidly
that l had to coon the water gap
to get across. But 1 made it all
right and splashed my way back
on the route. | succeeded in get
ting as far as l. Y. Hartzell's
where | was royalty entertained
for the night. Mr.. Hartzell is one
of the old Democratic wheel horses,
representative farmer, and a
genial, jolly, good fellow. He not
only made me feel myself at home
but his accomplished daughter,
Miss Mabel, entertained with the
latest musical presentations, vocal
and instrumental. 1t was a very
pleasant entertainment to me, and
/ have reasons to believe it gave
Mr.. Hartzell great deal of enjoy
ment to see me eat. During the
evening Mr.. Hartzell showed me a
file of old almanacs that had been
in the Hsrtzell family for ninety
years, 1t was called "Magazine
and Almanac for Rogues and Hon
est Folk" and was published in
1917, by JOHN Armstrong, teacher
of mathematics, Pittsburg, Pa
The publication contained chron-
illogical history of notable hap.
penings Of the new and OLD coun-
tries, prominent battles by land |
and sea, national, state and town
ship officials, lodges, etc., and Was
exceptionally interesting. 1t will
be our pleasure some time in the |