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and Foundries in this part of tlie 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, Electrical Achievements, Phonograph, 

 Wireless Telegraphy, Flying Machine. 



