Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1929-12-05

they sold out and moved to Napo-
leon, o.. they built another just
ike it. Stephen Bigger's visit to his
mothers grave was one of the most
touching and pathetic scenes we
ever witnessed.
Among the events in the lives %
young married folks, is leaving the
parental roof and setting up house
keeping for themselves. 1t is a
kind of Give or die, sink or swim
experience. When newly weds take
their bag and baggage and go to
themselves, they can then easily
make an inventory of their earthly Y
possessions,-a least we could.
They may have lot of ups and
downs in life, and forget lot of
things. but this experience of going
to themselves will remain vivid in
their minds the rest Of their days.
Yes, it's an event, but what we
started to say was that Wiley
Parks and wife are going to move
on his fathers farm up in Meigs
township.
Not So Cold After All
There has been a good deal of
talk lately about the weather, and
some of our older folks seem to for
get. They think that they have
never seen such severe weather con-
ditions SO close to Thanksgiving. In
1916 or IT, right on the heels of
this holiday, the temperature drop
ped to 20 degrees below zero A
Canadian. getting out ship timber,
insisted that we didn't know what
cold weather was down here. and
working with Just thin pair of
cotton gloves, had his thumbs badly
frozen. Also, farmers institute
was on hand and lady speak ker
was due here from near McConnels-
vile, and we telephoned her to can
eel the engagement, that it was too
cold to transport her across the
country
Frequently we hear things that
sound reasonable and all right. and
we send it in for news, only to learn
later that it was not so. The way
these reports get started range all
the way from the unmitigated liar
down to a misunderstanding over
the telephone. Sometimes they
lust blame it all on the old phone.
IN our last batch we reported that
one of the heirs had purchased
the Leander Dickinson farm We
learn that such was not the case
Someone has sad that a lie will
travel half way across the state
while truth is getting his boots on
to overtake it.
Wants To Know
Can anyone give us a clear, clean
cut, scientific. or otherwise, ex~
planation Of the reputed marvellous
cures said to have taken place re
Gently among the great throngs of
people who visit the 60 year old
grave of a priest at Maiden, Mass :?
If so, we will offer as reward, a
piece of wood, sawed off the end of
ram rod of an old army musket
Rev Huff has begun a series of
revival meetings at the Oakland ap-
pOintment. He was called back to
Mt. Cory his former work, to
preach funeral sermon This
seems to be very beautiful custom,
quite popular among our people,
and has a very sentimental aspect
to it, but sometimes it seems to be
asking too much, at least we think
u WOulu UC lOO luCII DOtIlcl Ill OuI
individual case; and also the great
profusion of flowers. you might
omit that. and,-well in future
article Wen tell you some more
things you might lop off.
The Thanks sgiving service scheC.
ule for Oakland. in which the 9TH
er three points were to have a part.
did not materialize as expected, on
account of severe weather and bad
roads. However, Oakland did their
part.
Mrs. Hattie Dye and daughter
Mrs. Stires are on visit with rela-
twes in Columbus.
Pif WobblesoX sez: He wud like
tew no what has becum Nv tn or
fash ioned doctur, when he wud git
a call wud sa, ''jist waite til l
swaller a bite tew etc an II be on
tn rode in minit,' then he wud
deliberatly set down tew tn table
an etc q square meal