Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1932-08-04
RenrOck

! IHe IOuTCn and last QuarIerlA
conference Of the Renrock circuit
was held Saturday, with good at
tendance. A basket dinner was
held at the hall, and an interesting
Hands up All c. E. members
who want to go to Sabina! Well!
| Guess We'll have to charter a car
While an interesting grange meet
ing was being held at the hall Sat
urday evening, the c.. E. society hello
festival in the basement. The
| proceeds were to help defray eX
penses of those who go to Sabina.
Next Saturday evening, Aug. s
| the Sharon grange will be present
to put on the third and fourth de-
grees.
Since the whipping post has been
revived in Ohio, particularly up in
Holmes county, for the punishment
have been more careful in our con-
duct. We aim to get in before day
light.
The last weeks Democrat was
quite interesting to us. The ed
itor's visit to Chattanooga and
Lookout mountain, and Mr.. Coul-
sons writing from Arizona, describ-
ing his visit to the meteor crater
With what we had previously read
this is surely one of the strangest
and greatest of the worlds curiosi-
ties.
In Mr.. Rays Sycamore Story"
he alludes to the James Bell fam
lily, stating that he will probably
have more to say later We knew
the family we'll when they lived at
the old, Steam boat house up the
valley here. Never was there 4
more clever and kind hearted wom-
an lived in that community than
the mother of our old schooi-mate,
Johnny Bell" of Bristol township.
We think the family burying ground
is at Sharon.
BY the way, while in the Stand
ard Supply last week, the editor
came in and Mr.. Hammond, one of
the proprietors, said that he (the
editor) wouldn't be a bad sort Of a
man,-if he wasn't a Democrat. We
knew a man once, who, in personal
appearance and intelligence, was
very much like the editor, but he
got over it. So there is hope.-(Do
you allude to personal appearance
and intelligence?-Ed.)
Funny, ridiculous things like the
following don't happen here in
southeastern Ohio CD It's most
always down in West Virginia, or
out among the .hoosiers" in In
diana. Farmer Jones who tried to
winter his cattle on scimpy corn
fodder ration, made the discovery
that something was seriously wrong
with his little herd. They were not
looking bit good, and he conclud
them, so he called veterinary
This wise old doctor took in the sit
uation and informed the farmer
that it was his opinion that the
bovines were suffering from "EXpec |
tation of the stomach" Mr.. Jones |
said he had never heard of that dis
ease, and wanted to know if it was
anything serious. Eyes" says the |
''doc,' ''unless it can be checked it |
will prove fatal,-they'll all die"
This alarmed farmer Jones and he
wanted to know if he thought he
could do anything to save them. |
YES" replied the observing DOCTOR |
IF we begin treating them at once |
believe we can save everyone of |
them" ''All right" says farmer !
Jones, "the case is yours. What do
you want to do first?" '.Well!"
says the doctor with a twinkle in |
lis eye, "go and get load of good |
nay and with some grain, begin Civ
md I think you will soon see de-
,ided improvement, that this Eek
oectation of the stomach will dis
appear. You see Mr.. Jones, your
,attle have been 'expectin" some
hing for their stomach these many
weeks, and haven't been getting it.
rwo dollars, please"
A Monument To Skill
"The stone which the builders re-
ected, the same is become the head
If the corner" In the eyes of one
just rough stone, worth
ess, only to be cast aside; another
'ees it, and behold, what possibili-
les. There is in course of con-
only few miles from
lere, one of the most uniquely con-
,tructed villas, the like Of which is
'arely seen. When completed it |