The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1913-04-04

time were taken away and sold Il
make room for the store house nov
owned by e. r. Burlington.
Where now stands Grason's Hote
: was an old tumble-down frame or los
house that had been used as har-
ness makers shop. The. property
s was purchased by company of the
order of Odd Fellows and a brick
building erected with store room in
the first story and a lodge room in
1.-the second story. This house was
4 square and the roof slanted inward
from all sides to the centre and was
Topped off with wooden kind of a
lcupOla, il it could be called such,
that Terminated abruptly at the top
without any excuse for finish, and
was an unsightly affair as well could
be gotten up for mounting ON top OF
any building. The Odd Fellows fall
ed to flourish and the building was
sold from them and by having large
addition put to it and the roof chang
ed was made into the present large
hotel.
At the turn in the road to Haines'
mill and near where the late Job
Haines had an Office, was tw0-story
frame shop occupied by man of the
name of Oldham, who had a chair fac
tory and obtained the power for driv-
ing his lathe, for turning chair legs
and rungs, from a dog power, which
consisted of a large wheel, probably
eighteen or twenty feet high. up
against the side Of the shop, much
like an overshot waterwheel with the
outside buckets left OFF, and the arms
boarded up to keep the dogs within.
Two large dogs were generally put
into the inside of the wheel and had
| to be tended by a boy with whip In
hand to compel them to walk up the
| incline made by its circular form,
causing 1t to revolVe and give the re-
CURED power. This kind of employ
ment was evidently much against the
will of the unlucky CANNES who were
called into this service, and they al
ways performed their work with a.
visible protest. When the chair
maker left, Hampton Langdon took
possession of the shop and did a large
and profitable business in putting in
hydraulic rams, many of which are
still in use 10 this time. He pur-
chased the farm now owned by, john
Terry and moved his business to that
place. Isaac r. Taylor next occu-
pied the shop and carried ON the bus
mess of a cabinet maker and UNDER
taker.
A little episode occurred which
still helps me to remember this
place 1t leaked out that DR.. Slater
B. Stubs, a very prominent physi- |
clan, had procured the skeleton of |
man and was having it put togeth- |
er in Taylor's shop. l, VINO was a |
boy not very far up in my teens and |
attending school at the Sun, conclud-
ed with another boy to go and see
the much-talked-of sight. We as
cended to the second story, where
we found the Doctor and Taylor at |
work on what was evidently cup
board, in which to keep the object
of our visit, and not seeing it here
we pushed on up into the garnet, and
there tit was. hung up against the
wall, all nicely put together with
bolts, wires and springs. had
never seen the like before and to me
it had q dreadful CHASTITY look well
calculated to make me remember the
place.
Two very important citizens were
two brothers, John and Jacob Kirk
Johns residence was in the now va
cant lot, on the Walnut Lane road,
and his smith and machine shop
stood just opposite across the road.
Jacob was a wheelwright and his
shop was about midway between
here and the school-house. Both
were complete masters of their oc-
equations and many were the dear
harms 10 ercr Y1d "a
chimes made, the result of their COM
the fathers of fair-sized families,
but do not think any Of their de-
scendants reside here now except
Mrs. Hettie Foster, a daughter of
John Kirk.
In house where William Poguel
recently built fine modernly con-
structed residence, lived an aged
couple named Job and Sarah Ell
bridge, members of the Society of
Friends, and were about the last res
idents that were typical of the old
time members of that Society. Sa-
rah had previously been widow
Dunn and was the grandmother of
Edwin Haines, one of your most sub
stantial merchants. and believe the
Oldest person in the place who has
been a lifelong resident They own
ed q small farm and Job took great
pride in having large hogs, and one
season he had one of such size that
| 1t was regarded as somewhat of al
show. He took extra care of this
extraordinary porker and about every
fortnight would drive it down to the
scales in the centre of the town. to
be weighed, in ordev to keep posted
in regard to It's Increase. At last it
was killed and it's dressed weight
was about eight hundred pounds
Job was now considered the cham
pion hog raiser, but was soon to be
doomed to disappointment, for a
short time afterwards Luke Brown
killed one that proved to be nearly
one hundred pounds heavier. thus