The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1876-02-25
For the Press.
Some More Perry County Boys.

Some More Perry County Boys.
In order to assist the Herald writer,
we have collected the following brief
notices of few Perry county boys, who
left the home of their forefathers, Intent
on adventure and conquest" and made
a sort Of flank movement ria Monday
creek, surrounded Miss Hooking while
she was sleeping the sweet sleep of the
innocent and untaught," (she ought TO
have slept with one eye open and have
gone TO school, and captured her with
ont firing a gum
The first Noted character We have dis
covered was named by his parents, we
suppose,-Abraham @. Y. Duffnjuffer,
who lived, we are credibly informed, in
the vicinity of New Lexington and went
to school to Nicholas Vedderbom;
many years ago he bid good bye to his
friends and left for the Hooking hills.
Owing to his numerous family (having
about ninety children) he was for many
years engaged in the manufacture of tye
hominy, for home consumption.
Jeems Knosterbuzzard was born Tin
the natural way) in Jackson township.
He always insisted that his name was
Jeems and not James, az some of his
neighbors called him. Gone to Hooking.
chabod Won Guzzlebng was born in
...ol~ h., Shane.
and years ago,-maybe not that long,
but a good while ago,-he moved to
Hooking because his neighbor's chicken
roosts were not thickly enough popula-
ted.
Patrick Henry McFlannegaver was
born in New Lexington and was many
years road supervisor; moved to Hook
ing. Theophilas Jeremiah Titricken-
son was a country schoolmaster, born in
Clayton township of "poor, but respect
able parents" and moved to Hooking
county and has never been heard of
since.
Just here il occurs to us that il is
time to spit on our hands and hitch up
our trousers; the reader will please ex
cuse us a moment. Now we are ready
to go on. Who comes next? oh yes!
Ebenezer Hollyfacer who was born lit
is said) nigh about Rehobeth, early i'm
bibed taste for letters and at the early
age of twenty one knew the entire Byerly
spelling book by heart. About this time
he commenced his labors as an exhorter.
Having continued in this capacity for
some time he suddenly became possessed
with the idea of going to Hooking county
as missionary, which he did. His fate is
shrouded in deep mystery, no certain
tidings of him have been received since
the cold winter day he departed; it has
been reported that he was devoured by
Cannibals. but this is not generally be-
lieved. Will the Herald writer assist
us in discovering his fate?
Nimrod Tittletouser was born in Mon
daycreek township and was,-extraordi-
nary as it may seem,-nine times NOM
mated for the Office of President of the
UNITED STATES, but was never elected
he finally became despondent and NOV
ed to Hooking county, where he lives il
noble retirement.
Increase Buste r, Justice of the peact
born in Harrison township, gone to H
tour pen is dryl Hooking. Julius III
Bundle fzzard was born in the souther7
part of Perry county, a tin peddler by
profession, gone TO Hooking.
Ezra Casbalizer ex-editor of the New
Lexington Budget Of Wisdom, borI
and raised, God knows where, and GoC
knows how,-has not gone to Hooking
How sad! Ut is now time to spit oil
our hands again.)
Now we are o. K. once more: w
have an abundance of names, like tn
above but deem these few sufficient 70
the present; we only wished to assis
the Herald writer in his praise worth,
efforts to inscribe the names of PER-,
county Boys on the pages of our loca
history, and hand them down to the ad
miring gaze of an astonished posterity
We hope that during this Centennia
year, the characters we have so hastil,
sketched, along with those made illus
trious by the HERALD. will visit thei
old haunts IN Perry county, coming wit
long boards, clad in coon skins, carryin
decayed and rusted fire locks. verItabl
Rip Van Wrinkles, riding on broom
sticks, strange, weird and grotesqn
crew led bv the HERALD writer with
goose qnill plume in his high crowne
hat, il will be a flnnier sight, If not :
imposing, hy far. than the Philadelphi
Exposition in all its splendor.
QUIZ.