Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1926-03-25
SCOTS TAKE DELIGHTFUL
AUTO TRIP THROUGH EAST

| Mrs. John NJ Scott and son Err
NEST arrived home Friday evening
the 18th, from two weeks trip by
auto through the states of Penn
sylvania and New York, to visit Mrs
Scott's sisters and brother, Walter
McElroy. Mrs. Scott in writing an
account of her trip said:
We left home Sunday, morning,
Feb. 28, at $50. and arrived at I'll
tusville, Pa, at z the same evening.
There we visited one of my sisters,
Mrs. Harry s. Church and family.
On Wednesday we went to the home
of another sister Mrs. r. B. Mckee
near Centervfl1e, Pa. Saturday took
dinner with my brother Walter Nc
Elroy at the home of Sam Shows,
where he is spending the winter
trapping and hunting. We had the
good luck of seeing a fine fox fur
neck piece. Walter had killed the
fox, a fine one-a cross between a
silver gray and red, with blacl,
rings around the tail, and sent it to
Rochester, n. Y, and had it made
up. 1t was valued at 500. Satur-
day evening we went back to Titus
Vile, and on Sunday, Mrs. Church
Joining us. we went on to Broctor,
N. Y, to visit another sister, Mrs.
May Rees, and son Russell. These
visits were all surprise, as none of
them knew we were coming. On
Monday Ernest and Russell started to
the falls. They got as far as Buffa-
10 which is only 49 miles from Broc-
ton, and it was storming so bad,
blowing and showing, they could
not see to drive and were forced to
turn back. They saw houses com
pletely drifted in, only a little of
the roof sticking out. 1t was blow
ing so they couldn't get picture.
After a good but short VISIT with
our sister, We started Tuesday back
to TitusviIle, being told we could
shorten the trip about 40 miles by
going through Union City. We start
ed that way. After going about
! ~ miles beyond the city we struck
a piece of dirt road of about three
miles, Of course we did't Know the
lay of the ground; the road looked
nice ard smooth, so started to walk
righ through, but down went Lizzie
in snow drift about seven feet
deep. Ernest walked about a mile;
got a shovel, but the more he shovel
ed the deeper we went We cot out
on the snow and after we were
about frozen, along came the milk
man with a sled full of cans. so he
took his team and pulled us out
What could we do after all, without
the horse? So instead of taking off
40 miles, We only added that nfany,
for We had to go clear back through
and arrived in Titusville
a O'Clock, none the worse of the
wear. The 18th of March being my
brothers birthday. my sister Viola
Church and | furnished the birth
day cake with 40 candles, and we
all went to the home of Mrs. Mckee
to celebrate. Media had roast chick
en- and everything that goes with it,
to make a fine birthday dinner.
Mrs. John Mckee and daughter Bet
ty Jane from Oil City were there
too The day was spent in visiting
and with radio music, and ticking
pictures.
We returned to TitusyiTle to pre-
pare 10 start home on the 18th. We
left Titusville at 5 80 Friday morn
ing and arrived home at $40 in the
evening, after having a fine visit
and no car trouble at alf-not even
a fiat tire.
They have had very bad cold
winter, with lots of snow, the
ground not having been bare since
the 9Th of October. On the morn
ing of March5. it was Ia below zero,
so my advice is go south in winter,
instead of north or east