Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1930-02-27
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instead Of holding the regular
Sunday preaching service, the ladies
who are interested in the mission
ary cause gave very interesting
program, with Rev Huff making
only short talk. The needs of this
worthy cause were portrayed in the
most convincing manner, and there
should have been a larger congrega-
ton. Various ailments and muddy
roads curtailed the attendance.
Rev. Huff has been assisting Rev.
Keller In the greatest revival that
the Rockville church has had for
years.
H. w. Dickinson made a trip to
Hiram, to see his wife who has been
there taking treatment since Sep
tember. She had taken pneumonia
and was getting through it nicely,
but she is very thin in flesh. 1t will
probably be some time before she
will be able to return home.
Coughs and colds are quite preva-
lent here.
We were glad to see our old
friend and neighbor, Melissa Tilden,
correspondent to the Cumberland
Echo, able to be taken out for a
drive on one of those nice days last
week.
Mrs. Carlos Rex, nee Mcdonald,
has gone to GAINESVILLE as substl-
tute teacher for her sister, Mary
Mcdonald, who was injured in an
automobile accident
j. C. Ramage who started in to
"bach" at the old steamboat
house" on the Stires farm, and later
changed his plans, is going to have
sale next Saturday. He has been
staying with the Gorrell family ovec
in Bristol township this winter, and
expects to remain there Indefinitely.
The last meeting of the grange
was featured by each one present
reading a selection from one of the
old McGuffey's readers. From the
that, with strict and proper discip-
line in the home, and such songs as
II Love Thy Kingdom Lord" sung
into the ears of the children, and
with reading lessons of that high
moral tone, such as contained in the
old McGuffey's readers, taught in
the schools, we believe that jails,
reformatories and penitentiaries,
wouldn't be crowded as they are
today. Yes, we are heartily in ia
nf n m q a
erected at Oxford, O., to the men,
ory of this noble benefactor.
Have you seen the program for
the March 1st meeting? We think
it good one, better come, the
cookies are going to be on the
lower shelf"
The spring-like weather last
week induced many farmers to be-
stir themselves, get out their plows,
scour off the rust, and turn over
some sod. What! farmers, let their
plows rust? Yes, some do. Talk
ing about blowing, we once knew an
old farmer who dearly loved to plow.
At the approach of spring, he would
nervously stand around on one foot
like a chicken, wishing for the frost
to get out of the ground so that he
could begin "hostilities," as he
called it. He said he would rather
plow than eat, and we were inclined
to believe it. But, he couldn't plow
unless he was smoking his pipe,
"plow wouldn't run right" and
even the horses, he said, wouldn't
"gee" and "haw," unless he had his
pipe in his mouth. One day while
plowing he lost his pipe, couldn't do
a thing, he declared, with his team,
so he hitched them in a fence cor
ner, walked across the fields a mile
and a half to the store and got him
another pipe and stem and went
back contented and happy, and all
was well. SO much for the force OF
habit.
A section of state road 76 in Man
chester township is being slagged.
Very few automobiles venture off the
improved roads. The road UP the
church hill is the worst we ever
saw it. Thanks (?) to the heavy
loaded trucks for tearing it up.