The Democrat-sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1906-1935, 1908-02-20
POOR OLD ST!
GOT STUCK
IN THE MUD.
Made a Very Rough Jour-
ney Over Bremen Route,
Number /.
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portion of Marion township, that
portion wherein lies part Of the
Bremen route, No. /. | left Lo-
gan, Monday, followed the Straits.
vile road as far as Chas. Nune.
makers, thence due west, up Old
Town, until i reached Sam st.
Clair's, where the Bremen route,
No, /, meets Logan route, No. 2.
l then turned to the right, gong
due north, for possibly one-fourth
of mile, taking the left hand
road up to and past Reason Barnes
home. 1t was about the "time the
chickens go to roost" when
reached Mr.. Barnes home.
reached the house just as Barney
was coming in from his feeding. l
asked him if he could keep poor
orphan boy, destitute, tired and
hungry, over night. He replied
thusly-"Well, 81, if you can put
up with the kind of provider, Geo.
Campfield supplied his neighbor's
sheep, "a grand view and beauti.
full scenery you are pc rfectly
welcome.
[ accepted his hospitality feel
ing confident that | could exist
for one night on what Barney
lived on all the time. And | wasn't
mistaken. He had just returned
from Bremen with a quart of oys-
ters, which he prepared in the
highest state k.own to the culina.
ry art, delicious stew, which i
enjoyed thoroughly.
Reason Barnes is most conven-
iently and pleasantly situated, has
well laying and highly produc-
tive hill farm of 10l acres; nice
convenient two-story frame, very
large barn and the usual out
buildings. On twelve acre field,
east Of his house, he cut and
bailed 2S tons of first class tim
othy, The same field on three
different occasions, produced 81
bushels of wheat to the acre, and
as high as 40 bpshel of clover
seed. Barney has a bunch of
thirty just about as pretty lambs
as one would wish to see, bunch
of thirty ewes and registered
Delane buck. He is one of our
farmers that still stays by the
sheep, is great fancler and takes
great pains In keeping up the
breed, and he don't feed them on
"air and scenery either. | had
very jolly time with Barney.
His accomplished daughter and
efficient housekeeper, Miss Tillio,
took especial pains to make me
comfortable, for which she has
my grateful thanks. | left them
Tuesday morning, swelled up with
"Barney's'' "air and scenery"
and with good wishes and God
speed.
got as far as S. N. Focht's
when learned that the funeral
services of Mrs, Geo Everitt would
occur at 10 O'Clock, and that
everybody in the neighborhood
would attend. This, of course
made it impossible for me to con
tlnue until after the services were
over, so | stayed at Mr.. Eocht's
until past noon.
Mr.. Focht is the proprietor of
the Max General store, an unusu-
ally popular trading place. The
stock is large, embracing every
thing that is necessary for farm
trade. 1t has been said by many
of Mr.. Focht's customers and
friends that he has anything from
cambric needle to threshing
machine. Mr.. Focht is one OF the
leading men of the neighborhood,
affable and accommodating, and
numbers all his neighbors and
customers as his friends. He is
very popular and is doing good
business.
Simeon Blackston, the black
smith near Max, has been having
u run Of bad luck for the past two
years, He is seriously afflicted
and unable to perform manuel
labor, necessarily at a ruinous ex-
pense. To top off his misfortune
he recently lost 4 year old Lady
Elect" colt. The colt was prom
ising speeder and the loss, consid-
ering Mr.. Blaekston's condition,