The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-03-10


at their home on the island below Ma
rietta, helped the young bride to be-
come reconciled to the separation
from her brothers and sister, Mary,
whom she never saw again.
At one time Peter Degman went to
Marietta to work while in the ship
yard there. His work was upon the
Glenerhasset had become. involved in
was having built there. When Mr.
Blenerhasset had become involved in
the affair which finally broke his
heart, his beautiful wife, not knowing
where he was, took refuge with her
friends at Maplewood, but later made
the dreary journey down the river to
New Orleans on a common fiat boat to
join her husband there.
have told of the welcome visitor
of Johnny Appleseed and his help in
planting their orchards. l should al
so mention that peculiar religious
man who travelled through the early
colonies, preaching and exhorting In
an astonishing manner. He was al
ways kindly welcomed at Maplewood.
His name was Lorenzo Dow and be-
tween the years 1905 to 1880 he was
said to have journeyed thousands of
miles. When the children of Peter
and Ruth became old enough to be
taught in books their father instruct
ed them along with his boarding pu-
pills, in the strict stern method then in
vague.
My grandfather, the late julius
Caesar Degman during the last years
of his life, used to recall many Incl
dents of those early school days. He
said his fathers favorite mode Of pun
ishment for errors was to compel the
young culprits to stand upon the floor
and commit to memory whole pages of
Homer'sIllaid.
My grandfather confessed that at
that time he had a soft spot In his
heart for a certain pretty girl of the
class, who was unfortunately, rather
dull in her books. When she became
perplexed, grandfather could not re-
frain from slyly helping her along
when the opportunity occurred This
the irate old schoolmaster strictly for
babe and any unlucky fellow caught
at it was ruthlessly called to stand
on the floor and commit his Ilaid." So
frequently was this punishment met
ted out to erring grandfather. that he
was able to repeat in later years page
after page Of the Greek poem.
Competent teachers were very
scarce in those days so Peter Degman
was persuaded to neglect his early oc-
cupation of ship carpenter and spend
more and more time in the school
room. He taught the local District
school at Pleasant Hill, Springdale of
three month sessions, for years, with
several months In private school
during the intervals He taught at the
Fenwiek farm near the present cover
ed bridge over Cabin Creek and also
in house on the hill, to the left Of the
Owl hollow pike going south. Here
he incurred the Ill will of some young
scamp, who accomplished his revenge
by burning the school house to the
ground during the night. The old gen.
tleman was hard to conquer, however,
and finished the term of school in q
log kitchen on the place, now used as
stable, l believe.
Among the nearest neighbors of the
young pioneers were Maj. Charles
Pelham and wife Isabelle OF Lime
stone, DR.. John Waugh, whose home
was on the hill facing the Ohio where
George Moore now lives, Gen. William
Rogers in the Old Tavern on the Point
and Captain Sam Ireland, who lived a
short distance above where Bethany
church was later built.
The friendship then begun contin-
ued between these families for genera
tons, though with occasioned jars,
soon to be forgotten.
At one time GOODNESS was noticed
between Peter Degman and his good
had placed upon his own property, a