The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1875-02-18
then was the place where Mr. -Bundy now
resides, near Wellston.

then WAS the place where Mr.. 'Bundv now
resides, near Wellston
Farther along Mrs Boutwell, says:
Trading was principally AT Chillicothe. There
was no store closer than Cniilicuthe or Athens.
Everything we bought that was not prhducsd
in the country was very deal. The commonest
calico-such as now sells Mt six to ten cents
was 40 cents per yard; tea, 81 %. We made it a
point, however, to buy as little as possible. Our
Our salt we got at Jackson--gave s. for 50
pounds OF such mean, Wet, dirty salt as could
not findSl market now ut any price. All kinds
of stock ran loose in the woods. Each person
mad his stock marked. My husbands lark
was to point ear and cut Il N-siIapod piece
out of the other. I'muked my geese by split
ting the left web OF the left foot. These nal ks
were ge Il orally respected. There was good wild
pasturage for The cattle, and hogs grew fat upon
the mast. When one WAS wanted for use it was
shot with the rifle.
In building TO haul mill-stones to market
L2ncastep Logan, Portsmouth, ChilIicothe and
Athens-thty crossing each other here, ana in
1915, Isaac Plersun, George VIII and MrBs ach-
the Two latter from AdeIl Il,hia-boughu the quar-
ter section which Macarthur is situated, and
laid out the Town. The lots sold pretty lively
SIX seven houses were built the hiSt year.
Staubraugh Stancliff built The first house, after
the town was laid cut. VIM. and Jerry PleIson
hal each built cabins before the town wts laid
out Stanc!id Was the grandfather of Judge
DuHadway. VIM. Green Was the first shoe
maker that lived here, and his wife gave birth
TO the first child born in the village, Il giII. The
town company presented her town lot"
We Will make one more extract:
When we first came here there We're perhaps
fifty families i'll and around This settlement,
most of them quarIying and making millstones
There was no person making business OF
farming. All had their patches of garden, but
making millstones was the principal business.
Isaac Pierson, the father of Sarah Pierson, OF
Chillicothe, had the most extensive quarry.
AIterward Aaron Lanlz and Richard McDougal
had large quarries. y man named MuSselman
ii rst discovered the tone i'll 1906, and employed
Isaac Pierson TO work for him. There We're no
white people here at that time, and the two
camped out, and worked that year. AIussul-
| man quit; but the next year, Pierson having
found the business TO be very profitable, moved
OUT, built the nrsl cabin, and made the 1iIst per-
manent settlement, He employed hands 10
help him, and soon the settlement b, gan to
grow. The business very profitable; and
all engaged i'll it would have become independ-
entity rich, but for one thing-whisky. Most Of
them drank and nearly every pair of millstoneS
that were sold must bring back Il barrel OF
| whisky, whether it brought flour or not. If the
| flour was out, they could glind corn on their
hand mills; but they made it a point never to
get out OF whisky.
This is an exceedingly interesting lit
tie pamphlet, and we would recommend
our readers to write to f. E. Wesson,
Gillespieville, Ross county, and ascertain
where the work can be had.