Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1929-11-07
RENROcE

OH 1NOV l., d SOH.
Mrs. Dickinson Very iii
Word has been received here as to
the serious condition of Mrs. H. w
Dickinson, who went to Hiram, o..
a few weeks ago, to receive care
and treatment from DR.. and Mrs
Hurd. The latter is Mrs. Dickin
sons sister. Byron, the son, who
has been employed at South Bend
Ind, has come home, while his
father, Harry W. Dickinson, has
gone to Hiram, to see what further
may be done for the afflicted wife
and mother.
Vincent Dye of near GAINESVILLE,
is visiting his sister, Miss Kate Dye
They are the only two now remain
ing of the Squire Ezekiel Dye fam
| lily.
Oscar Hamilton, who kept store
at Woodgrove few years ago, and
/ Of late has been living on the Ham
ilton farm, toward Cumberland, has
| sold his personal property and will
soon move to Philo, where he ex-
poets to be employed at the power
plant
There was no grange meeting
Saturday night. A drizzling, in
cessant rain made the roads bad.
Some Halloween Party
The grange Halloween party that
was given here at the hall, since
our last write-up, went over the top
on high The folks gathered by the
pale light of the jack-o lanterns
and as the numbers increased, it
soon became a rip-roaring, hilarious,
rough and tumble time This revel-
ry and promenading lasted quite
while, each trying to find out,
who's who?" One good old lady
who physically a little short wind
ed, but well masked, disclosed her
identity by getting tired and sitting
down too soon. Some of the young
bloods treated the hard oak floor,
as if it were downy with feathers.
After the procedure of unmask-
ing, came series of stunts. Some
of these were so noisy that you
couldn't hear thunder. Most every
body had ears but they were of lit
tie use. We tried to tell man
that we owed him soc, but couldn't
make him understand, so as mat
ter of convenience, we just let it
go. One fellow was jerking a vio-
lin how across a fiddle, another with
puffed cheeks and bulging eyes was
~ limo Wi int n
young lady performing gymnastics
with her fingers over the keyboard
of the piano, but what it was we
couldn't tell,-classic or jazz Then
came a delightful lunch This was
more orderly. Some couldn't eat
and yell at the same time. AL
together it was mirth-rioting time.
A large class interested in poul.
try, meets here weekly with Prof.
Sturgeon of Caldwell, at the head
1t looks as though the business
would receive an impetus, as it nev-
er did before.
One of the Halloween pranks was
the pull up and remove a "stop"
sign on the state road. Our opin-
ion is that that is going too far.
In conversation with an elderly
man, he would bring up before our
something worth while in his life.
That he had accomplished some
thing for which any man might
well be proud There was no brag-
gadocio in his manner of alluding to
his success in life, and that made it
all the more convincing. Seeing
that we were interested, he talked
on, and at last gratified our curios-
ity by telling the secret Of his sue
cess. He had learned to feed a
threshing machine. Now really we
don't know how much gray matter
is required to do that job right, but
it was an inspiration to us. Every
year we have to poke stalks into a
cane-mill and maybe some day, if
we are faithful, someone may take
their hat off to us. Anyway we are
hopeful.
The interior of the upper room of
the grange hall is being painted,
which is going to add much to the
appearance.
The farmers institute, which it
seems, has become a fixed annual
affair, will be held here Wednesday
and Thursday, Nov. 1914. Neither
of the state speakers, a man and
woman. has ever been here before.
Pif Wobblesox seZ: ''Sum peple
set round an boast bout what ther'
ancestors dun; others go out an
milk COW