Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1925-01-22
SEALOCKaS LETTER COMES
LINDIMORE REMINISCES

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Editor Democrat: viii drop yoJ
a line to let you know am still In
the land of the living.
We have been having hard win.
ter so far-zero weather a good
share of the time; showed about
four inches last night, is clear this
evening and much warmer. They
have been having lots of snow in
the north and west; in Idaho they
have between two and three feet OF
snow on the level, but that is what
the wheat men like. The ground is
in good shape, have had good deal
of moisture. Stock are doing well,
but roughness will be scarce by
spring if it keeps on cold weather.
We had a fair crop last year. Kan
sas had as good quality of corn as
any state around. Corn is $1.05
and wheat $2.05; fat hogs, $40.
Fat lambs are $16.75 to $17.75. /
shipped a bunch the first of this
week that will top the market. Not
much sale for horses and cattle.
| Kansas sure had a good crop of
wheat, fine quality. I saw one ma
chine last fall run 900 bushels
through in little over three
hours, headed grain. They didn't
| feed it by hand though. There is
some sickness around, mostly grip
and pneumonia.
Was sorry to hear of Mr.. Ross of
! Rural Dale getting hurt. Meigs, in
your write-up of Muttonburg, the
first cleaner l ever saw was run by
Billie Lighthizer 70 years ago. Am
I right? Didn't John Campbell's IS
house, below Lebanon church, burn
in the late f1fties? | remember of
it burning when | was a small boy.
Am sending you a letter receiv-
ed from G.. L. Lindimore of Malta
a few months ago. You can pub
lish all or part of it, just as you
wish He gives little history of
Muttonburg. Am going to ask all
the subscribers of the Democrat to
write a line and send their address,
| if the editor will print them. See
how large a family there is. /
have taken it about is years. Send
it by the 5th of February.
Best wishes to all.-W. A. Sea-
lock, Ports, Kan.
P. S.. Prof. w e. Sealock and
wife of Lincoln, Neb, made us a
visit in November He is dean of
the university of Nebraska.
The Lindimofe letter referred to
above, follows:
Mr.. Sealock, Sirs-As I take the
Morgan County Democrat, [ saw a
letter you wrote and | feel as if
should write you. You spoke about
the Campbell boys and Rush and
others. The Campbell haen were all
nay wife's relatives, one being her
father, the others her unsles. Ny
wife is John CampbelIs daughter,
His first wife was sister to Jake
Workman. They had two chSldren--
my wife and Lafe Campbell: you
knew Lafe. I expect he is bliad and
at the I. o. O. r. home for old
folks, Mattoon, III. The Campbe1ls
are dead, Rachel died last fall
You might have seen it in the Dem
ocraG.
The first pair of skates I ever mad
I got from Nat Rush; you see that
is some TINE ago. Now If you knew
the CanlpbeIls, you must have
known the Lfndimores. My fathers
name was Lewis. They called hila
Lutte He used to saw-mill NO
doubt you knew him; he was 90
years arEd five days old when he.
died. My mother was a Jenkins
you knew them. You spoke about
Mrs. Kirk. | remember when the
Mr.. was IiVing-he was a kind of
doctor. He died quite awhile before
Mrs. Kirk did. She was very
nice old lady If y0u remember They
were quakers. After the Mr.. died,
we young folks used to go there and
loaf You know she made that beer
YOU spoke of, and she had quite
lot to selE-candyy cakes, cigars,
liniments, etc. We al
ways got our aImanacs at her place.
There were lot of us there one
time and We were talking about our
ages. She always thought a good
Ieal of me. did a good many
chores for her-worked in her gar
len; fixed fence. etc. She said,
'Lafey does thee know what day of
he week thee was born on?" told !
ler I did not. Well, she said, "I
,an tell thee She got the almanac
If 1850, looked for Dec. A, and she
said: "Thee was born on Wednes-
lay" She gave me the almanac
and said: ''Thee can have that for a
Now about the way Meigs got the
lame of Muttonburg. Byron want
I'd to hit you q little slap just for
'un, but can let you out all right.
Back farther than Mrs. Kinks time
here was an old man by the name
If Stevens; he lived in that housetl
Just at the top of the little hill in
he burg-the house that has that
nigh porch On the north side of thu
road Mr.. Stevens used to tan hides;
ne had three watts down under. ttss11
house. He had one prsfse pole,
sized bov~-LI1 ,spounded and struck
aim below the eye, and penetrated |
Upward.
Wednesdays Signal states that j.
B. Bailey, aged As, was placed un-
Ter arrest Tuesday night and is be-
ng held in GAINESVILLE, on the charge !
Of forging the name of A. N. Dean
0n a promissory note for 500 on