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The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-09-29

John Menehofer ir., and family were
visitors with VIM. kessl0r and family
of near Ft. Recovery, sunday.
Mrs. Amanda Snrver, of Hamilton,
o., is visiting hor brother, John Pow
ell, and other relatives, around here
the past few days.
Rev. Ii. N. Brobst and family were
visitors with Henry Gaus and family,
Sunday.
w. s. Younger and II. j. Bobemoyer
were Celina business callers, Monday.
o. V. Runyon and John Powell pa
pered the west room of the High
School building, Monday, which helps
the looks oft very much.
John Becher and Rose Bollenbacher,
of Chattanooga were visitors of II. j.
Bobemoyer and family, Sunday.
The services at the Lutheran church
will begin at $3.50 a. m, on account of
confirmation on examination of four
pupils which will be held before SER
vices. On Thursday evening Oct, s,
Rev. Cooperider, Of Columbus, will
give lecture at the Lutheran Church,
his subject will be Witehefaft" Rev.
Cooper has been in the ministry for
years, and on account of his eyesight
failing he had TO retire from the minis
try an take to lecturing to make liv-
ing. There will be no admission
charged but there will be a silver
offering taken up to pay Rev. Cooperi-
der's expenses for coming out here.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-09-29

Mrs. Nancy McMacken and daugh'
! tors, Amanda and ollie, were Sunday
guests at the homo of Albert Palmer
and wife.
F.P. Andrews and family spent Sun
day afternoon at tho home of Mrs. Q.
W. Andrews, at Burntwood.
Miss Mollie Trenary attended the
harvest Jubilee at st. Marys last Fri
day
Misses May and Eta McNair spent
Sunday with Maybel and Bernadena
Andrews.
A surprise party was given at the
home Of Hubert Vantilburg and wife
Tuesday evening in honor of their son
Orville's birthday.
Master James Andrews spent sun
day with Ralph Taylor. g
Mrs. Lovina Dunno died at her home
south of Celina last Friday morning,
and was buried Tuesday afternoon at
. o'clock at the Petrie Cemetery.
Joseph Mcdonald and wife, Israel
Cook and John McGee, of Celina, at
tended tho birthday dinner given at
the Steele home on the 2lst inst. in
honor of Mr.. Steele's SEVENTEEN birth
day.
John Cencebaugh and wife, of Mon
tezuma, were Sunday visitors at the
home of Ralph Monroe and wife.
John Steele and wife, with their
daughters, Mrs. Jennie Brock of Troy
and Miss Pearl, spent Sunday with
Mrs. Ida Lewis at Celina.
Mrs. Lucy Berry, of Celina, spent a
few days of last week with her daugh-
ter, Mrs. II. A. Slusser.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-09-29

| lazily leaning on the windlass, saw
down the crooked canyon a pedestrian
coming along the road. The pilgrim
had the conventional bundle swung
on a stick over his shoulder, and pick
and shovel. Unlike others, however,
he did not pursue his course with the
dogged air of one having a fixed des-
tination, but stopped at times and
craned his neck to look up either side
OF the canyon The young man called
( his companions attention to the trav-
eler and together they watched him.
Several times he put down his bundle,
went up among the rocks and peered
about At such times he would pick
up rock or two-sure sign of pros
! pector. AS he neared them and kept
intently looking up, the men caught
his eye and beckoned to him. He
forthwith left the road and came di-
rectly to where they stood.
In Colorado during the early days
! personal appearance was a poor stand
ard for judging a stranger, but a
glance at the man who stood before
the prospectors on that July day be-
i trayed every secret of his origin and
purpose. Where else do such fat,
ruddy cheeks and such serious, blue
eyes grow, where else do they crop
their hair short below the ears or
wear such caps, except in the Father
land? His chubby form was stuffed
into blue shirt and jeans that showed
but little wear His pick and shovel
were brand new. No further evidence
was needed to the two men, nor to
the third who had emerged from the
shaft to view the visitor; he was a
tenderfoot, landed by some emigrant
train at the mouth of the canyon, and
who was attracted hither by the mar
velous reports Of gold discoveries.
How'd do?" said Tom, the young
est of the miners.
The Dutchman, without altering his
grave countenance, nodded to each Of
the three men separately.
(which way?" asked Sam, after a
few moments of oppressive silence in
which the traveller seemed bereft of
speech TO any one but a tenderfoot
the question would have been need
less. Pilgrims Of the early west al
ways volunteered such information.
Il pc lookin for a golt mine" was
the reply We're viii flint one?"
The miners looked each other in
the eyes for an instant. Then each
turned as il to perform trivial duty
IN reality, it was to prevent an al
most irrepressible explosion Of laugh
ter. The strain was terrible They
grew red in the face, and a snort
from one would have set them all
bowling. Several minutes passed be-
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-09-29

fore they dared look at each other.
This was the opportunity for old
Phineas. He was the arch joker of
the three With face as grave as an
ancient monk, this unnatural speci-
men Of ripened age could play pranks
and practical jokes with an earnest
ness that disarmed the victim of all
suspicion. When the case was par
ticularly choice, Phineas was given
perfect freedom with it, and he never
disappointed his generous partners.
Sam and Tom then awaited with a
halfformed laugh in their throats for
Phineas to answer the Dutchman's
query.
Friend" said Phineas, in an hon
est, confidential tone, placing his
hand upon the visitors shoulder, you
are in search of a gold mine. See
them two big pines that grow side an
side across the canyon there?'
The Dutchman nodded.
six feet behind that n on the left
you'll find it. That's the place to dig"
Alright. vas Obliged" and the
Dutchman, who had kept his pick and
shovel on his shoulder, started off.
watt friend" said Phineas.
"Theres no use hurryin'. Stay an
eat with us; it's purity near dinner
time"
"I cannot" answered the Dutchman,
picking his way down the rude path.
II pc in a hurry"
When he had disappeared the three
miners went into convulsions. Their
pent-up laughter broke forth in
screams and howls. They rolled upon
the ground. They pounded it with
their fists. They shook and kicked,
and. in fact, acted like madmen. The
performance was repeated the follow
ing day, when they beheld a pile of
fresh-turned earth beneath the left
of the two tall pines and saw with
every temperance Of a cap from be-
hind great boulders come crushing
down into the stream. The Dutch
man was at work.
During the next two months Sam,
Tom and Phineas laughed themselves
fat at the eyerincreasing dump on
the opposite mountain side, and at
The hundred and one things Of the
Dutchmans doing that heldglass
could reveal Harder work might have
reduced the miners in flesh, but they
We're victims Of Laughing canyons
spell, aud the joke which was daily
working itself out before their eyes
was worth the whole summers labor,
Tho Dutchman never paid them
visit, He was too busy digging his
mine, They never visited the Dutch
man. 1t was too much trouble and
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-09-29
LEGAL NOTICE.

The State of Ohio, Mercer County, IS. In
the Mercer Common Pleas Court.
THE DEFENDANTS, THE OELINA
4 Creamery Company and Julius r. Tina
man, doing business as the Oelina Creamery
Company, will take notice that on the lst
day of August 1911, Joseph SCHNEIDER, the
plaintiff in said court, duly commenced a
civil action against said defendants, pro-
ceeding upon the fact that, by the consider
alton OF o. Raudabaugh, Justice of the
Peace. Jefferson Township, plaintiff recoy-
cred a Judgment against said defendants,
for the sum Of S77.40, with interest from said
date and for costs of suit. That an execu-
tion has been issued in said cause on the lst
day of August, 1911, and a levy made upon
the goods and chattels described in the Pc
tition In this case.
Plaintiff asked for the appointment OF
Receiver, that the property of said defend
ants be sold and disposed of according to
law, and the money distributed according
to the orders of the court.
Said, the Oelina Creamery Company and
Julius r.. Thaman, doing business rs the
Oelina Creamery Company are required to
answer the petition in said action by the
18TH day of November, 1911, or Judgment
Will be taken against them by default
JOSEPH SOHINDLER, Plaintiff.
John Kramer, Atty. 2-6t
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-09-29
Public Sale

The undersigned Will sell at public sale,
nj his residence, one-half mile south and
one-half mile east OF SKEELS X ROADS,
on Wednesday, Oct Is, 1911. commencing at
10 am, the following property;
Six head Oattle-Consisting OF head Of
milch COWS, one fresh November 81 and one
fresh IN spring: 3 head OF steers, coming ?
years old, and ! spring calf.
Twenty head Hogs-Consisting Of II head
Weighing about 100 pounds each; l pedi-
greed Duroc male hog, years old; ] young
Duroc male pig, Weighing about 100 pounds,
and Duroc SOW with pigs by her side.
Also II dozen hens, mostly LeRhorns; 10
tons clover hay, and tons timothy hay.
Farm Implements-C Consisting Of farm
er's handy wagon, with bed. corn planter,
riding corn plow, Mccormick mower, Nc
Oormick hay rake, breaking plow, spring
tooth harrow, double-shovel plow, buggy,
mud boat, log slip, wheelbarrow. hay lad
der, grind stone, &c.
Also about 15O white oak fence posts, 100
cord 20-inch wood, so bush. potatoes and
some household goods.
TERMS OF SALE-All sums Of S5 and
under cash; all over this amount a credit
OF ming months Will be given, purchaser
giving 'bankable note.
-Four per cent of for cash.
EDWARD SCHROYER.
a / Efgrhpr Anptfpnppr
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-09-29
NOTICE TO BRIDGE
BUILDERS

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN THAT
~ the Commissioners of Mercer County,
Ohio, Will receive sealed proposals on
THURSDAY, October ~, 1911, at 10 O'Clock
am, for furnishing all material and per-
forming all the work, or such parts thereof
as the bidders may see proper, for the con-
struction of the substructures, superstruc-
lures, and abutments or retaining walls for
the following bridges, to-wit:
CONCRETE BRIDGES.
l. Rommel bridge-l6 foot span, l6foot road-
way.
l. stedcke bridge-16 foot span, 10 foot road
STEEL sUPERsTRUOTUREs
3. Maury steel superstructure, in Liberty
township. "a foot span, 10 foot roadway.
4. Fender steel superstruoture, in Liberty
township, % foot span, 10 foot roadway.
g. Fisher steel superstructure, Blackcreek
township, 20 foot span, l6 foot roadway.
g. Uhlenhake steel superstruoture, Gran
Vile township. y foot span 10 foot
driveway,
ship, "a foot span, IA foot driveway.
sUBSTRUOTURES
9. Maury substructufe, Liberty township.
10. Fender substructure, Liberty township.
II. Fisher substruotuGe, Blaekcreek town.
ship.
y. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Granville town.
ship.
l3. Bruins substrbctuRe. ButIsr totynshib.
To be built according Co plans and spec8a-
cations on Ale I'm the AUDITORS office OF said
county. All bids must be on file in the
office of the County Auditor, m the village
of Cehna, Ohio. by 10 o'clock am, standard
time, Thursday, October ~, 1911, at which
time Esaid bids will be opened and read by
said Board of County Commissioners.
Every bid must be signed by full name OF
every person interested in such bid, and
must be accompanied by certified check
of $500 for each bridge, as a guarantee that
a contract will be entered into and a proper
bond given If bid is accepted. The Board
of Commissioners reserve the right to re-
ject any or all bids.
BY order Of Board OF County Commission
ers ]. L. MORROW,
Auditor of Mercer County, Ohio.
d. r. SMALLEY, Engineer.
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mouth.

mouth.
BY whom or from what particular
circumstance the canyon received its
name has long since been forgotten.
Some trace it to Indian legends, and
say that a once mighty Piute chief,
who murdered his faithful squaw and
through remorse became insane and
killed himself, is here doomed to
haunt forever the scene of his crime,
and that upon still nights, when the
moon is full, and just as it sinks be-
hind Mount Ogalalla, his maniacal
laugh may be heard above the waters
sound, echoing up and down the can
yon walls. Others who hold to the
Indian origin attribute the naming to
a more agreeable source. They tell
lis this was the home Of the peaceful
corn-god and that after the gathering
of the summers crop all the neighbor-
ing tribes camped along the narrow
banks of the stream, danced and ran
and made merry with each other
This version seems the best, for no
one from Sunlight creek down pro-
feses ever to have heard the ghostly
laugh, while only to enter the canyon
is to realize the foundation for the
other theory. The very air is charged
with mischief The waters laugh and
shout as they race among the rocks
they have worn so smooth. The great
overhanging boulders are water
carved into wrinkled faces of old men
and ancient DANES, who make grim
aces, wink, and smile at you as you
pass beneath them. They are always
jolly, these old people, always joking
with each other, and ready to laugh
outright at the droll expressions their
companions assume Up the canyon
mile or so, where the stream is
slowly wearing deep bed, ledge
leans over to watch the work. The
figure is that of a scrawny old gnome,
with pointed cap and shaggy hair who
is SO convulsed at the waters pranks
that he fairly holds his sides. A lit
tie farther on a snoring giantess lies
stretched upon a cliff Her face pro-
trudes from huge sunbonnet aud an
uprooted pine tree bends down 10
tickle her upon the nose.
No one remembers trouble in Lcagh-
ing canyon Tho spirit OF iolity
seizes the traveller as soon as bel
passes Smiling Gate, where the can
yon really begins.
Even The mules that draw down the
heavy wagon loads Of ore to the mills
al Boulder prick up their ears and
become mischier0u8 when Laughing
canyon is reached.
Among the first to visit this
charmed place were three men who
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-09-29
MOntezun1d

Miss Noaml Stafford spent Sunday
with Lola Hanna.
Amanda Heavlin and Elsie Barker
spent Sunday with Gladys Preston.
Miss Vera Wicks, of Yorkshire,
spent Sunday with HELEN and Ray
Hanna.
Emma Morningstar spent Sunday
with Anna Spillane.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bosnian spent Sunday
with l.. Il. Arthur and family.
Edward Smith and wife spent sun
day with John Moore and family.
Russell Bodkin and wife spent Sun
day with the formers parents, w. L..
Hoel and wife.
Mrs. Bartine was business caller at
Celina Saturday.
Coldwatar High School and Monte
yuma High School played gamo of
ball here, last Friday, the score was
10 and 6 in favor of tho visitors.
Orville Monroe and Grace Servis
were united in marriage at the groom s
home, last Sunday, after which they
went to Lima. Tho Democrat joins
their many friends in wishing them
a happy welded life.
Hazel Siler, Thomas Pierce, Cecil
Griflith and Blanchard Stoner spent
Sunday afternoon, at Montezuma.
Tho Madams Wills, Colston and
Cochran called on Mrs. c. p. Heavlin,
Sunday afternoon.
A. G. Long went to kentucky, Tues
day.
Albert Harrison and Vermont Ben
nett spent Sunday with the Misses Lu-
ra and Ethel Monroe.
Jack Wilston, of Dayton, spent Sun
day with Malissa Moore.
Otto and Anna Wade have returned
from Mcclure, o.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kelley and Chas. Sni-
der and Doctor Weamer and wife
spent Cunday with Levi Springer.
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Kew. chas. ioush will move his fam
ily 20 Lafayette, o., this week here
H. has boon called hy thu Christian
Church of that place. Last Friday be-
lug tho birthdays Of ttev koush and
his sou YleUr. ID was mRdr tlr ucea
sion af tend ring the family il ftreWelli
II WAS a surpise, complete and oniOya-
bic, In which no lnss than hundred
people participated. All regret 10 SEQ
them leave, but wish thon success in
their now ileld.
Dan spriggs aud wife aud Miss Ma
bel went to Coldwatrr sunday to spend
the day With NJ. b. stump aud family.
Gotfricd Lam and family of Liberty
township we're guests Of j, II. Fennig
and wife Sunday.
VIM. Powell and wifo and Ernest
Powell and family were guests Of w,
Schroyer and family, near ST. Anthony,
Sunday.
LOWS Granger and wife, of Coldwa-
ter, spent Sunday here.
John Buckmaster and wife, Of Lima,
spent Sunday here with the latter's
parent, J. A. Loudenback and wife.
Mrs. Barelow, Of Chicago; Mrs.Slem
mer and Mrs. II. w. Rabe, of Ft. Re-
covery, were the guests OF Mrs. John
Spriggs Wednesday.
For scalds use Hanford's Balsam.
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wv ltAA uOhh W IllC GtCGh anu AAp
the opposite side
There's some one at the Dutch
mans" said Tom one day in the early
autumn.
The yellow and scarlet leaves ha&
begun falling from the quaking aspen
and sumac, making bare the mountain
slopes. The fleld-glass was brought
out, but nothing more than the pres
ence of stranger at the little cabin
across the canyon was ascertained.
Phineas, Of course, came out of the
shaft, the glass was passed from hand
to hand, and a good halliday wasted
The next day neither stranger nor
the Dutchman was to be seen. Sam
and Tom accepted Phineas' theory,
that the stranger had persuaded the
Dutchman that he was wasting his
time, and the two had gone off to-
gether.
Two weeks passed, when one morn
ing the Dutchman again stood before
them. There were the same ruddy
cheeks, the same cropped hair, and
the same serious, blue eyes, although
in the latter certain twinkle might
have been observed which had not
been there before. Otherwise, a trans
formation had been wrought. Upon
his round head he wore a broadrim
felt hat. A tailor-made suit of large
checked cloth disclosed the outlines of
his chubby form. He wore polished
shoes, and his fat double chin lay
over q white collar bright red
necktie and yellow gloves completed
the figure before which the three men
with bullying eyes stood transfxed.
Il haf COON back" began the Dutch
man, with an awkward bow, ito gif
the shentlemen tanks, and say gQot-
pye. | haf soldt me dot Katrina mine
py de pine trees, an will lief. The
shentlemen win findt box nit gro
ceries on de road pelow, vich / haf
prung me from Poulder to gif you.
Goot-pye."
He shook hands all around, and
started down the path All three men
were too surprised to speak, AS he
started away old Phineas sufficiently
recovered to put the most natural
question in the light of the revelation.
1t came forth with an effort
"How-how much2" he asked
twenty-five tousandt cash, NIT is
per cent. royalty"
That is the history Of the discovery
of the wonderful Katrina mine Of
Laughing canyon. Millions Of dollars
have been taken from the shafts and
tunnels that honeycomb the ground
to a depth Of a thousand feet beneath
where once stood the two tall pines.
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drifted over from Black Hawk. They
we're prospectors, Of course, and with
pick and shovel made a vigorous ex-
ploration of the surrounding country
in search of the rich lead which had
been struck at Sunlight before they
arrived They began the sinking of
a. shaft on the mountain side hun
dred feet above the roadway. Good
nature is essential in all work, and in
none more so than in mining. 1t
needs self-control to keep an even
temper in slow and tedious working
through solid rock. The fault in
Laughing canyon lay in too much good
nature. Only one of the men was old
enough to claim the gravity which is
supposed to go with years, and his
gray head and venerable beard were
no bar to the levity with which all
three were constantly possessed. The
result was much sport and little min
ing. Indeed, the intoxicating effect
can hardly be withstood by any one,
and soberness vanishes SO completely
that to this day all work ia Laughing
canyon is carried on in a half-serious
manner.
Their nearness to the roadway gave
the three men glorious opportunity
to indulge in pranks, for after the
gold excitement began there We're
many travellers, sometimes on foot,
sometimes on horseback, but more
often III covered wagons. The cabin,
the timbers, and the dump pile Of the
from the road, and many plodding
adventurer they scared out of his wits
with a stuffed bearslin or Indian
head-dress. One of their fayorite
pastimes was to sprinkle bits of mica
in trail beside the road to catch the
eye Of the inexperienced gold seekers.
If this trail was followed up over the
rocks and bushes the bearskin and
head-dress did much better service.
Nothing was greater fun than when
some party camped near them for the
night The alarmed victims must
have expected each moment to be de-
voured by the ferocious beasts that
made the air hideous with shrieks and
howls
One July day the three men were
leisurely working at the shaft Two
above We're at the windlass pulling up
the bucket as it was well ielled with
rock by the third below. It was one
of those gentle days SO common IN
the mountains, when only the creek
disturbs the silence and the sky
stretches from range to range in one
flawless sheet Of blue, the sun intol-
erably hot, but cool in the shadow Of
any tree or rock, and snow always to
be seen. The younger Of the three,
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SUS--aVV--~Us-uJvA
L ] THE [ ]. |.
| |DUTCHMAN'S s
L ] Mine [ ].
By HARRY Is. TEDROW.
By HARRY B. TEDROW.
TEEzgzasgEgs E1las
Copyright, by Shortstory Pub. Coz

OF the numerous canyons cut through
the mountain ranges of northern Col
orado, few etain their original beau
ty. Here IL everywhere, the ruth
less hand of man has marred the per-
feet work Of nature. The granite
walls and gloping mountain sides still
keep their awful grandeur; the
waters tumble and toss along their
rocky beds, but the white-hooded
peaks look down in sorrow upon the
changes wrought since man came to
make his home beneath them.
Once the mountains were green
with spruce and hemlock and pine
from the water to the snow, but the
eager hunter of the early days, with
Implying hand, fired the tinder-like
forests to scare forth the game, and
vast tracts were always denuded be-
fore the flames burned themselves
hut. In such places the quaking as
pms have sprung up AMI done their
1T to throw mantle over the naked
PES and hide the shameful sight
haired and rotting timber. Here
there from amidst their ever
ing leaves bristles blackened
tall and pointed like spear,
efying the power that laid its
low, and struggling bushes
es attempt to coax back the
1t is gone.
respect Laughing canyon is a
Exception. Lying somewhat
the region of the early set
escaped molestation for
he other regions had been
and prospected. When
discovery of gold did
was made to the
ream and came chiefly
e from Black Hawk,
passable road was
canyon from its
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Thomas Howell upent sunday night
with Wesley suuer aud family.
VIM Basawehr called on John Fei-
gle, Sunday afternoon.
sheldon suider and family spent
SUNDAY wan Mrs. j, l., Culp and
daughter, tiOssie.
Neal Howell, wife and two sons we're
the guests of K. r.. Howell and family,
sunday
Mrs. sarah Birch and daughter,
Vermie called on Mrs. Nancy Fisher,
Wed nosday evening.
Chas. Bryan aud family and Henry
Bobenmeyer and family spent Sunday
with Garre Bryan and family
Mrs. j. H. Culp, daughter, Flossio,
and Edith Wiley, of Cellna, took din
ner with sheldon Snider and family,
Thursday.
The house formerly occupied by
Thomas Howell is now occupied by
Mr.. Shlnn and family.
Mrs. John Redmond and daughter,
Zada, Arthur Flshor and Bessie Pichon
spent Sunday afternoon with VIM.
Redmond and family.