The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1913-01-24
He Came Back.
Committee

He Came Back.
After al absence II ~ sea-. from.
tie cd home town h." cane nar. Fri.
iay evening al AS H,,t aid .'ayed
, ur'i Tuesday noon and 80. .eIgr.
tan o. 70 tlen. bat bU.in... ra.l.d
him HLo: WHY Lon FI0''irger. q
course. sn1an a. che tim, =. every
man. wrTar. cliid cat and t.E IN
Oregon And 20 Say that 10 ws~
welcome dee, not begin - oNyr-., T..
Hi, parents. Isaac IIulliugar and
witr came here from kOkcmu In.
diana about l.Gj-;. and lived her" up
until tie time 81 tier DEATH IN
-. both dying within 'Nu months
q each other Then THEN Uucles.
III, Meyer brothers. cam" from ohio
and 'rga tie children ht'h lone
viii them There w"f, i've chil.
dfen. four TOY. and one cir four Of
whom were born i.ie. Lon. ~" >ub.
jet a.! Ibis sketch. having been born
IN ohio. comm. Ter, viii h, par.
cnis NlcL about three year, - age.
Wien Lon eft here lie Ma taken to
>'clT'U"n. ohio. about $50 miles
from North Hampton. and about
min" miles from Springfield. liz sec
tivn - IT." state being pfea, fpi man.
uiIc' airing. and especially working In
wood b.n'Hood fcllies. pluwhandies.
etc. where Lon learned ia" trade,
with his unclcS vito lad Tia. largest
plant Ia that section Of the state.
lie stayed with them until he was ~
years old. lie then went 10 Spring.
field, and Nhen about - commenced
travelling out of there for the White.
!! Manufacturing Co.. manufacturers
OF mowers. agricultural and garden
implement, Of all kinds. and well
known over the entire tinted States
His territory was from the Atlantic
10 Pacific. and he stayed with this
firm over ~ Years, but changed firms
recently and l. nov travelling for the
Columbia Planter Co.. OF the same
place, his territory embracing a,
large a scope a. with the first com.
pan!. He J. stakeholder IN the firm
lir j. nov travelling for.
The way Lon happened 10 come
here This time. was thai hc waS In
Kansas city, Friday, the tail end u
The week. and business being quiet,
he commenced thinking Of the old
town. and the more lac thought about
II. the more lac wanted to come. 30
h" left his luggage and hiked for the
first train, headed to Oregon. lie
"as here IN Oregon, :, years ago, on
his bfidal trip. coming mp from -.
Joseph, where he was visiting a
brother, Charley, who il now dead,
but he remained only one day, time
being limited. Ills sister, Ida. lives
IN Chicago, and il Il widow. He has
two brothers living In Ohio. His
half brother, Anthony, l. dead.
lie has "A wonderfully retentive
memory, recognizing all the old land.
marks, IN fact, could tell you; and
correctly too. where everybody lived
when lac was here ~ years ago. ne
also remembered the names. George
Wolfe, George willard. Joe jackson,
Ira Ves,, Frazer, Frank and Ia. ~.
len: Duck Cook Davis and win Brod.
beck, IIamp and Tom Price, Louis
Luckhardt, I'ue Jackson Fred.
Dick, I'd, and Hob Markland: link
be,an. Frank Hawkins. John and
Bin Ball, John Is. Collins, Sly Han,
Charley and VIII look. Jack and
Pony" Reed, Chris, Albert and
sandy" q. ". kunkel. 10 Watson
and many, many Others We can
truihiully say that lac could recall
the names Of every one thai lived In
Oregon when lac did, Many Of these
are dead, and large number have
removed, but Lon never failed to ask
about one and all He Is married.
but has no children living.
lie extends "A cordial invitation to
every resident Of Oregon. should they
ever be IN Springfield, to call and see
him. He says jus, ask any one and
they vii direct you To his home
says lac Is Al well known there a, he
used to he known In Oregon. Ills
address u $40 South Center Street.
Springfield, Ohio. Come again. and
come often, Lon. we all enjoyed your
visit.