During the Jong drought of the past summer the Ohio river became so low thai; ail the boats bmiH for it had to " tie up, and the Mountain Boy was-taken, from the big Sandy and put on the*Portamouth and Cincinnati route. It was important for General John Echoltfto reach Maysville from Ashland by a certain hour and he went by laud to Portsmouth, reaching there before sunrise; but he tound to his great annoyance and disgust that the Mountain Boy had left the wharf .■ at three o dock in the morning. Somewhat impatiently he asked the wharf master why the boat bad left at such an unreasonable hour, and received the satisfactory reply, "The fact ia. General, the skipper wanted, to get the advantage of
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Thames Star, Volume XIII, Issue 4277, 15 September 1882, Page 2
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125Untitled Thames Star, Volume XIII, Issue 4277, 15 September 1882, Page 2
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