The Democrat-sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1906-1935, 1907-01-24

iOt euJcIthlnuienNs WHlcu WAS
heartily accorded. Mrs. Springer
was a Miss Campbell and was for
20 years resident of Logan in
the family Of Jesse l.. Collins, and
is well and favorably known to
many of our old time citizens.
Mr.. Springer is ailing of rheuma-
tism, otherwise hale and hearty,
and notwithstanding his 80 years
is as spry as four year old. Old
ST was pleasantly entertained and
left with pressing invitation to
call again.
The next morning it was sleet.
1t had showed during the night
and turned sleeting early in the
day. This was where old ST test
ed his metal. He went off the
road over the hill and hollow,
some I or 8 miles, and never got a
foot on the route. Leaving Mrs.
Springers he gathered in during
the day, John A. Lutz, Mrs. Eliza
beth Leasure, Jacob Arter, Sam l.
uel Cisco, John Heinebarger, Wes
ley Waits, Levi Davis, Geo.
Hendrickson and VIM. Lama.
Here Old 81 became exhausted
and Constable Lama sympathetic
sort of a cuss invited him to stay
all night, which was gratefully
accepted. But ST couldn't get his
um brella down. 1t was frozen
stiff with about an inch of solid
ice all over 1t, With the as
sistance of the constable, the um-
brella was sqeezed through the
door without breaking, and Mrs.
Lama got a dishpan for ST to set
the umbrella in. ST got up as
close to the stove as possible COM
menced twirliDg the umbrella un-
Til dry, and until he had twirled
two gallons of water out of the
umbrella into the dishpan. This
was an unusually pleasant stop.
The good old "countrv sausage,
for supper, had turned on Sis
surplus of gas and started the con-
stables battery. 1t was near Md
night before they became exhaust
ed, but they had merry time.
At early daybreak 81 was again
cutting the crust singing mud and
splashing water. This was an
other merry day for the old man.
He added Jacob Kane, w. b. Car
roll, Miles Moore, j p. Bright, O.
B. Thomas, Salem Shoemaker,
John Stump, Thomas H. Lutz, S.
w. Lutz, David Fought, Silas
Springer Ethan Lutz, Geo. w.
Friend and Miss Mable Black burn
to the list. By this time it was
dark and Pierce Blackburn
reached out his hospitable hand
and drug Old 81 in out of the rain.
ST had heard of Blackburn S gro
cery' but was not prepared for the
big surprise in store. Instead of
the little country store he found
a first class grocery and dry goods
store carrying $4,000 or 81 900
stock, consisting of everything
kept in first class city store.
There was a place for everything
and everything was in it's place,
and was unsurpassed for neatness
and cleanliness. There were
barrels of butter and eggs already
prepared for transport to the Boys
Industrial School, which Mr..
Blackburn has the contract to sus-
ply, And here we want to state
The Sentinel Democrat has first
class correspondent and "Black-
burnville, will be efficiently and
ably represented, All evening vhe
store was crowded and the amount
of business transacted was as
tonishing. 81 was more than
pleased with his entertainment.
And the next day it rained.
Before daylight Old 81 was stand
ing before John Green's residence
for him to get up. A case
in court had called several of the
residents to Logan, consequently
81 did not do as we'll as usual, but