The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-04-20
Windy Hollow.

Well! Well! "Opossum Hol-
low." What beautiful name
Don't you think SOP That surely
beats them all. Wonder if there
are many opossums in it. or
course l suppose there is, or they |
would not have named it thus.
And what magnificent, such an
exquisite, theology, or topographic
way they have of expressing their
ideas Of the people. Shouldn't
wonder that if thers were few
more attempts like last week,
America, yes, even poor old
"Hocking County" can boast Of
q second Hawthorne, Scott or
Tennyson or some other renowned
author Of great remarkability.
Yes, they will no doubt after
few more trials, become "profes-
sionals." Even a Longfellow's,
Whittier's or Millions "thinkIng
cap" will become far too small for
them. Yes, exceedingly small.
We notice one place in particular
where q William Van Horn went
to town, took the examination and
passed the "board." (le.) the
"board" on the fence, and he was
riding on the "old gray mare.
Well indeed now, it is wonderfully
surprising to think that people of
this day and age of the world,
and persons too, who have had
every possible educational advan-
tags of culture and refinement,
would make such "a ludicrOus
blunder as t. be unable to distin-
guish a property of the verb
known as the "Gender." There
tore We take the pleasure of cor
recting their erratum little.
But methinks it would have SEEM
ed ridiculous even back in the
"Stone. Ages" And they are
persons too, whom one, would
think were possessed of very
bright intelligence, and having
very high intellectual powers, by
the protuberances of the cerebrum.
But as our lore is somewhat limit
ed in phrenology, like all other
branches-we will now leave
this branch of science and return
to our story. What if the
"equine" he rode was old and
gray, it still retained its teeth,
and that is something every body's
horse does not do. But we would
prefer to give it the "masculine
gender instead of-well, whatever
they called it. Now I think if
they would have had the cobwebs
wiped out of their eyes, and the
lachrymal glands flowing freely,
80 as not to become clogged, may
be then, by the use of their per-
ception glass or some other tele-
scopic instrument, they surely
would not have made such a
dreadful mistake. Then again
perhaps, he was confined to his
curriculum, and not being able to
engage in any physical work on
account of the "gout" or some
other pleasant disease, which we
are not able to give a proper med
ical name, caused by high and
luxuriant living, consisting of the
elaborate and sumptuous meal of
sweet potatoes, corn-bread, mo-
lasses and roast "possum." So
maybe, sometime or other, in the
course of human events, the same
person wished to pass the examin-
alton, and had no horse nor
''mare" to drive. No may be not
even jackass to straddle and had
to "hoof" it and finally did pass,
like many others have done, think
ing they knew it all, but found
out at last that alas! it-was-the-
board-on-the-fence.
Quite a large crowd from this
place attended church Sunday at
IiesborO. and listened to the mag
nifcent sermon by DR.. Ward. 1t
was very euphonious. We eulo-
gize Bro. Ward with his good sue
cess as preacher.
Arthur Hankison and Alva Mil
leE are expert watch traders.
Neither one would cheat il he had
to.
Several from this place attended
Sabbath school at Morris Chapel