Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1907-11-05
a western Trip.

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up our trip West. On Monday. Oct 2rst.
we left Charles Town. arrived in Bene-
dict. York Co. Nebraska. on "Wednesday. |
the 23d, lat noon-that land OF wind mills
and jlants. the prettiest and most portly |
ladies' and the largest men ever saw.
A acknowledgements man is rule and
not an exception. Two princes from
their own land never had more royal
than James H Conklyn and |.
1t was one continued round Of feast ard
jovialty We attended reunion of the
Dovenbarger family. Ny sister, Catha-
rine Dovenbarger. was 70 years old. has
three sons and five daughters. and all
have families. there being forty-six grand
children and seven great grand children.
As to their rames it would be legion. |
will only write as to ones we know here.
Aaron Dovenbarger is a prosperous
farmer and owns fine estate. Charles
Dovenbarger is a large implement dealer.
Joseph Trussell is chief of police, and
his wife is Madam Superior of the staff
of nurses of the board of health of the
City of Benedict. John Huffmaster is a.
retired farmer. Horace. his son, is
thrasher man. All are doing well and
own their own homes. VIM Conklyn
lives at Oseola.sin the same county, has
nice farm and has one son and ore
daughter. Though somewhat disabled
by disease he is the same jovial old boy.
On Wednesday we attended a reception
Horace Huffmaster. Mrs Horace Huff
Y was a daughter of the late John
There were present the old patri-
Huffmaster, T w. Birdie. John
ice Huffmaster. Mason Albin
William Lewis and wife Nan
Joseph Trussell, Elmer
a Dovenbarger Dan
Kate Mills. Mrs Nc
- lrger MrsCharIes Dow
enb2 and Herchel Mccoy.
Miss MAJ Dovenbarger and others.
On Tuesday we dined with Charles Dow
enbarger Here was the latest of the
feasts of the land. Everybody from old
Jefferson county and their descendants
was there We had fried oysters and
Strawberries. The strawberries were as
large as hen eggs. Here your old friend
Jas H Conklyn got foundered. He tried
to eat the pepper box and salt sellers. =
We closed our round the evening before
we lett by reast at Elmer TrusselPs It
is no wonder that people are SO large in
Nebraska. They live off-of the top shelf.
Now. Mr. Editor. let me say about our
trip out. | would not give a good 200
acre farm here for farming purposes for
all the lard from Cherry Run to Con-
nellsville in sight of the railroad. From
Connellsville to Pittsburg it is nothing
but blast furnaces and coke ovens. The
car windows had to be closed, so. rank
was the smell of sulphur and gas, and
the blast furnaces in the dark looked like
the pictures of the place where the devil
Keeps UOuSe \OI tue lDlcludl lCSl OuS. uC
great city Of Chicago is built on a fiat
marsh. and the lake looks as if it would
overflow the city and they were working
to dam it back The foundations for the
seventeen-sto buildings are made by
digging wells about six to eight feet
across 100 to 40 feet to bed rock. These
holes have steel casing like stand pipe
put in them. and are pumped out and
filled with concrete, and upon these con-
crete piles they lay great steel girders to
commence the brick walls proper for
these gigantic sky scrapers. Enough
money has been already expended to
make the foundation TO buy ten good
Jefferson county farms. Next week !
will tell about crops IN Illinois. Iowa and
Nebraska, and their mode of farming.
DANIEL HEFLEBowER.
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