The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1886-07-15
Pioneer Life No. 16.
BY DAVIS MACKLEY.

Will govern, or control, our manners
In the early times people had to live
in cabins, with only one small room.
In this room the family cooked, ate,
slept, and often kept the large hand
loom, warping bars, spool frame, large
and small spinning wheels. winding
blades, and many other necessary ar
ticles, now out of use They had to
use any cheap article they could pro-
cure.
Now young lady G! would nearly
die before she would convey food to
her mouth with a knife, or step in
front of person. In pioneer times
a young woman would be ashamed to
stand in the door of a Postoffice or
store and chew wax and gable non
sense when people who had business
there desired to pass.
The pioneers were reckless in
the use of language. While their
language was fully as grammat-
ical as that of the high school or col
lege graduate, yet they were uncoGth
in the use of language. They would
speak of "Old Whit "Old Price" "
&C., and they would change names
and get them wrong if possible. Old
Fortner for Daniel Faulkner, Old
Shaver for John Shaffer, &c. In an
early day there was q Justice of the
Peace in Greenfield Township, Gallia
County, named John Stratton, who
was only known as Old Strutton.
Matthew Wood was Old Double
headed Woods. The Farleys were
always called Farler. The Ste
phenson family, now so numerous in
this county, and other places, were al
ways called Stinson. Old Jimmy
Stinson had horse mill near Cross
Roads sixty years ago. One OF the
pioneer Baptist preachers was William
Fuson, of Lawrence County. He was
always known as William Fueston.
Young Slater was called Old Slaugh-
ter, the Stewarts were called Steward,
Henry Richart, of Webster, then
Bloomfield, was called Richey, Mr..
McNamer, of Hale's Creek, was called
Mackeltree.
These are only samples of what was
a universal habit among tn pioneers.
| have mentioned the slight change in
the name of Wood to that Of Woods.
This was common. Accord was called
Acords, Seel was called Seels, &c.
/ will now change the subject. Re
Gently there was much rain, and the
streets in Jackson were covered with
a dirty black mud, the ground cinder
on the street being soaked with the
continuous rains. | was sitting in
front Of my residence, on Portsmouth
Street. There was boy perhaps
twelve years of age across the street
throwing up ball. He had on a new
hat, which perhaps cost dollar and Il
quarter. It was II nice, clean, white
summer hat. In leaning hack TO
throw his ball, his hat fell off He
commenced kicking it, and succeeded
in kicking 1t into the middle of the
muddy street, where he let it lie for a
time, and continued to throw up his
ball.
| commenced to think what fun the
boy of to-day can have, when COM
pared with the boy of sixty years ago.
The first hat | ever had bought at
store, cost me ten days work cutting
cord wood in the winter at Scioto Fur
mace. The hat cost $1.25, and | was
perhaps about the age of the boy just
entioned-twelve years old. Until
| went to earning what | got at stores,
my folks bought for me at the stores,
goods amounting to 49, cents, as fol-
lows:
One small tin cup, painted red. 81
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