The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-04-14

AoL Ahe "Apie thhitNs hsti Sa'o"A 49, ~
had TO do Was to enlist the stock for tax
alton. A horse was valued at $40. it
maitered not how much he lacked tn
make him a horse. The poor. blind.
lame and halt. were all valued alike
with the nnhIe sieed worth one or tw"
hundred dollars. although horses seldom
brought 80 high price then.
The successful candidates for thar
year. may give you in another cummu-
nication. ! should say in this connec-
Iion that the best proof that could be
adduerd that a man was highly quail
fed to Gil an Office was hi- willingness
To '.stand the treats in every crowd Ia
met-and it was Astonishing how many
anxious crowds he could meet in single
day. Then a. now, man who wOnlc
not, upon principle, stand the treats, los;
some votes, and was considered "rtingy
cuE<"
A few Of the marriages that took pl1tT
in the months We write Of, were: David
Perrung and Sarah Muss-lmsn; John
Swineheart and Amelia c. Spoon; ie :.
F. Wolf and Sarah NJ. Cochin-rargeT
John Elder and Mary Snid-r; Jhdnee
Karr and Margaret McCormirk; Renl+i
Russell OF Circleyille, and Jane Patfr
son; George Drummer. jr.. and Mar,
Jackson: Dr. Louis j. MuelIer and FL
Ienor Dittoe.
The following are part of the death rec
ord for the same period: John CaywOod.
father of Thomas Caywood who died a
few years ago; Abraham Huff; both of
these were aged person.; james John
son, Henry Drummer. Jacob Lutz and
Levi Keefover lost infant children. The
latter was married to CathaTine Ream,
afterwards Mrs Rea.
must not overlook the fact that old
| Peter Spurck, the father of Mrs. Peter
/ Dittoe and Mrs. Anthony Finck, was a
! clock and watch maker, and had his
| shop in the room where VIM. l.. Main>
has his clothing store. The room, OF
course, was differently shaped then.
| There was also at this time genius by
the name of Joseph Alerdice, who also
| followed the business of a watch tinker
IIis shop was in little old frame on the
! southeast corner of the Public Square.
that had been used by Christian /.
Greiner as shoe shop. 1t stood on the
spot where James Graves has his shoe
| store.
| James Buchanan was Minister to
| Russia at this time, and was in the
prime of life. q
will close this by relating an anec-
dote which will bear repeating at thi'
late day. About the time we write of
Jesse G. MCGOWAN kept a halter shof
on the lot opposite Richard Cox's resi-
dence; Adam Fink kept one on the lor
north of Cox's re~idence-the old frame
is still standing there-and Josepl
Brown kept another in the corner bach
of Walker & Russell's shoe store. Each
of these shops was doing a brisk busi
ness in "wool" and "stove- pipe" hats
and each one usually kept two or thre,
apprentice boys. We recollect Emanue
B, who still resides in the county
as one of McGowan's hands; Smilh'Gih
son, as one of Browns hands, and JohI
Miller, as one of Fink's hands. ",
cannot recall the others now The hoy
of these shops were on familiar terms
and used to meet upon the principl
that "hirhs of feather should flock to
gether," to have a good time generally
One day they concluded TO indulge in
chicken roast. When night came they
with one accord, met at Jesse G. Nc
Gowan's shop, and a Appointed committee
f to carry out the programme in detail
, One committee was to steal the chicken;
another was to do the cooking, and
third was to procure the liquor and 9th
er necessaries for the supper. The com
mittees were all successful. The chick
ems were picked and put to pot. and tn
committee on liquors were early on hanC
, The committee on cooking, in the NEAR
time, became so ''hoozy" they could M
f tell coloring kettle from dinner po
. so they threw the chickens into one {
, old Jesse's kettles that he had used fc
coloring hats that day. The consequence
= was, the chickens were as black AS til
y hats, and the broth was a compound {
Iogwnod, dirt and chicken grease. tn
boys fonnd there was some mistake mad
f somewhere, and they emptied the who
offensive mass into a gutter in the allie
! beside old Benny Huff's chair factor.
q where it lay for week, as a moDumer
f to good cooking. and was avoided an
] Stunned even by the hogs that passe
+ by. The fault laid with the committe
{ on "OId Rye" It reported too sooI
and the supper was ruined.
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