Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1932-02-04

4 Underwood who was crack shot.
killed the bear before man and
beast came together When Under
wood inquired why he did such a
foolish thing, Springum who was
said to have been deficient replied
'If / could COUP in a tree and get
two bears, | would handle one on
the ground"
Cyrus McGrath, brother of Thom-
as McGrath, who owned the now S.
w. Scott farm, had an experience
with a bear at this place which we
! feel should be recorded here. Mr..
! McGrath was on the ridge north of
the copperas rocks, when he was
pursued by a bear, and he ran fo~
/ his life On coming to the edge Of
the great rocks, the bear was in
close pursuit, in fact so close that
there was but one thing left to DO
A tree stood out from the rocks
and the top was close enough that
lie jumped into the limbs and held
on and saved himself from becom-
ing food for the bear.
This farm as we have told you
belonged to Asher Alien. now the
Roberts farm, who is said to have
brought teasels into this country.
thinking he could card wool with
them.
The Sycamore
Some folks may wonder why we
want to continue to write about
Bristol township. In answer to any
such we wish to say we are like the
man, who, when the preacher ask
ed him during a big meeting if he
didn't want to work for the Lord, re-
piled that he had job with the ice
man now, but as soon as he gol
through with him, he would be
ready for another job. So with us,
as soon as we have told YOU all
about all Of the wonders and won
derful folks who lived and are liy-
/ ing here We may have some time
/ left in our earthly pilgrimage to
tell Of real folks elsewhere. In fact
| before this writing comes TO close.
we hope 70 tell OF folks who stared
their pilgrimage, or whose fore
fathers sojourned here. Tell vonr
folks when Won write to them vbat
they may expect iii coming issues Of
the Morgan County i. nocrat and
that a years subscrirtfon i chem
er than the postage will be ON ia.
pors mailed by any, tut publishers
some folks get David and Danfe.
Stevens mixed nn. Most fol1-s CON
yersant wirh Bristol township rfo-
neer life. will as soon as fine name
stevens" Is mentioned. II enr4
think. Ii nor speak. Of the .strv.
ems stand" This sno- known ~ sa
many, is. or was situated. At tbs
intersection OF state Routes IS and
7G, near the Lebanon M. f. church
This stevens" we believe was Dan
ieI OF this man and former hnsv
place only memory remains We
Will tell Won later. and viii nov. 90
back to the first settler. In las1 in.
stallment we stated that Daxid
Stevens took posession of his land
in 1908. and in the same year he
came postmaster. 1t seems funny
that the government was so swift in
locating a postoffice here. but Il
was not 50 strange when we learn
that a stage coach line passed By
this place. BY digging into our
memory chest, we find that Mr.
Stevens kept a tavern where the
drivers changed horses. AS we re-
member the stage made trips from
Marietta to GAINESVILLE Whether
the route was on down the creek by
the way of Unionyille. or whether it
led by Con Reed 5 and Hackney and
then to the Muskingum river, We
are unable to say. but we will find
out and tell you later. Unionyille
and Hackney not having been sur.
veyed at that time, we can't hope to
get any information, but our friend
Con can answer for himself
There seems to have been a
mighty rush to this good land, for
/ we find that in the year 1919, Bris-
/ tol township was organized, and be-
came part Of Morgan county
/ ASdlH let US Quote iioHl our lfleHu
/ G. p. Roberts and tell you how we
come to have big sections and then
sections that under run. The sur
veyors started from the Ohio river
and surveyed north. They yeered a
little and by the time they got here
it made anywhere from four to 20
acres difference, / believe on a
section. That is, some quarter sec
tions have 164 acres, and so on in
them. The stage coach was the