Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1924-12-11

Meigs. Now for the town We will
start at the west end of the street,
north side Near the hillside is the
home of DR.. Augustus Kirk and his
amiable wife Elizanna. who kept
little store where a modest sign In
| front informed the travelling public
that drugs, medicines refreshments,
| etc. were to be had. Next is the
home of Aunt Ellen Adams; next,
! her son David Adams; next "Nide"
Davis, then the blacksmith and ma
chine shops worked by the Davis
brothers and Ephraim Kellar, which
occupied quite space. That is all
on that side, but wet piece OF
ground kept the road nearly always
muddy there, so we cross to the 9TH
1 er side east. Going west, first is
( barn and the dwelling of Richard
Jenkins (known as DicI) next ]. X.
Paxton, then Eph Kellar, next
rather old house that was occupied
by different families who rented,
then aunt" Isabel Jenkins lastly
the dwelling Of George Herryman
and store Of Paxton and Herryman.
Here the road turns south and
crosses the creek by ford, and
nearby is an old mill, though do not
remember much about the mill or
who owned and operated it. If !
were set down in the village today,
I would probably recognize not
single familiar feature. so much has
been done in the way of improve
ment With best wishes to all and
to our large family of Democrat
readers. | think my name will be
on the subscription list as long as |
am able to read.-M. E. Ashton,
New Cambria, Kan. . Our neighbor
G. p. Roberts who is full of history
Of those days tells us the mill men
toned was grist and saw mill and
was owned and operated by Lewis
Lindimore an uncle of Mrs. Ashton.
Thanks, Bro. ThOrla. Water is
too scarce to try any experiments.
And we can't understand why a man
who can make a pencil speak as you
can, didn't tell us. . Meigs today
East end. south side: Residence
Marion Little, store building where
barn was located mentioned by Mrs.
Ashton; residence of C. z. Best
(Jenkins house) residence Stanley
Ray, Paxton house; residence Gus
Carnes, blacksmith shop of Harry
Whitehouse, residence of same; S.
w. Sheridan residence; Isabel Jen-
kins house, owned by Sherman Har-
mon, empty: old store building and
residence of A. j. Lindimore. Road,
north side, going east: Residence of
Fred Radcliff, Kirk house; residence
of Chas. Anderson, owned by l..
Shields; residence of l.. Shields,
Stevens house The next house was
torn down by Fred Radcliff and
much of the material of the house
and shop was used in the store build
ing situated near where shop stood.
Next, the community building; last
house occupied by Chas. Barnhart,
ton, "a The mud hole is gone.
The road piked. Not a soul in the
village that lived there when we
first knew the village. We made
the statement recently that we
thought the preacher wrong when
he said the newspapers were not ele-
waiting, or at least that it did not ap-
ply to Morgan county papers. Since,
we heard minister make the state
ment that Morgan county papers
were too crowded to run church no
tices during the campaign. but ran
uOIlEG vi a udutE' DuIlIE ciAy IOlAi-
ing campaign while we are on the
scribbling list, you preacher men
can get in, and if there is any charge
we will pay it, provided you preach
the unvarnished variety. G. p.
Roberts showed us q Continental
bill of 1774. On the face it read:
This indented bill of eight dollars
shall entitle the bearer thereof to re-
ceive bills of exchange payable in
gold or silver at the rate Of 4 shill-
-ings aud 4 pence per dollar FIR the
said bill, according to the dire3tioa
of an art Of assembly of Marylan1,
dated April 10, 1874.-Hs. Lapham,
VIM Eddis. Cn the back it read
Death to counterfeit; 8 dollars
equal SO shillings, Annapolis" Mr..
Roberts also gave us the following
additions to our soldier list: Oliver
Holmes, VIM. A. Phillips, Frank
Kahler, Alex McGregor, Frank
Browning, w. T. Mousley instead of
Ed, Ed Browning, Edwin Green,
Lem Devol the one whose first name
we left out. John Gray, Simeon Ell
lis, VIM. Collins. Two drafts were
held in the township. In one Fin