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and Foundries in this part of the State, in his years of retirement was the 
owner of the Stage line which operated between Knightstown and Shelby- 
ville. He also conducted the Hotel at Knightstown. The sad affair of 
building and putting this fast Railroad into operation was such competi- 
tion that he soon lost his fortune tied up in horses and stages. He con- 
tinued to conduct the Hotel and many belated passengers were his guests 
for several days at a time until the mishap on this slow Railroad was cor- 
rected. 
Thus I bring my Iron Age to a close. I have brought you from the - 
prehistoric past into history and there I close, with a mention of the pro- 
gression of 75 years—the Telephone, Hlectrical Achievements, Phonograph, 
Wireless Telegraphy, Flying Machine. 
