Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1932-07-07

A Sfory of Bristol Township Folk
By c, B. RAY


been made of the clay of the town.
ship, and it has been found that we
not only have brick clay, but clay
used in the manufacture of the
finer quality earthen ware vessels.
Perhaps some day when the oil and
gas sands have been tapped, fac
tories will be built here. When
these things come to pass, If we are
still wiggling pencil, we will keep
you posted on the comings and 60
ings. Wouldn't it look funny to see
traffic light at the A. J. Lindimore
corner?
No one has ever been able to tell
why folks don't appreciate their fell
low men until after they are dead
Our good proof reader, Miss Hatton,
who sings in the choir and in the
quartets at funerals, will no doubt
be able to quote that passage about
the prophet, without hunting it up,
and as we are in hurry we will
leave her space, (The passage refer
red to may be the words spoken by
Jesus in the synagogue in his own
country, when the people became
astonished and offended at his wis
dom and works-"A prophet is not
country, and in his own house,
and go on to say what we started to
narrate. We never realized what
wonderful preachers, teachers, arch
itects and so on, We had known,
until they died or moved away. Re-"
Francis Asbury Brown, while never
a resident Of Bristol, left an i'm
press on the citizenry of the town.
ship He started life as a black
smith, then entered the ministry in
the Methodist Protestant church.
During his pastorate in the county.
the M. P.'s were very strong, but in
later years that denomination, like
all others in the country districts,
has had to close several churches
in the county. But during his time
here he was a very busy preacher.
At one time he had the oversight
of eight churches, taking turns with
a younger man in the preaching.
Through the files and clippings we
find he performed lot of marriage
ceremonies. We believe the doctor
is still living residing with a
daughter in Cleveland. He is well
past 90 Rev. Bowers preached on
the Lytlesburg circuit. One day as
he was riding over the circuit, he
found a man who held the bottle up
side down too long and had dis
mounted and was unable to regain
his seat in the saddle. When the
Reverend was helping him to mount
he said Lift up brother Bowers,
lift up This tickled the Reverend
and he told it, No doubt the Rever
end has finished his work on earth
and entered into rest, and We feel
we should tell you that the man he
gave a lift went dry before Vol
stead closed the refreshment joints,
and has ever since remained so.
The Bristol folks may be like
those of other sections in some
respects. Some of us act like chill
dren the forepart Of our lives, and
then act childish the remaining
years. We don't have to go very
far until we hear a different dialect.
What we are trying to say is that it
only takes few words TO make the
whole conversation sound different
ly. Some one has intimated that
about everyone speaks better Eng
lish than an Englishman.
With all the different national
tiles that we have here married and
given in marriage, Irish to Yankee,
German to the cross, and so forth,
we came nigh saying fourth, and we
are not so sure but that would be
correct-it is sometimes wonder
the folks can talk at all-but Bris-
tol folks can beat the world at that.
Some use lot of words and say
little; others give us the cream.
we wonder If writer's
should do that-write something
that has to be read the second or
third time; SO percent of the read
ers of today only read book or
article once. OF this number Is
percent don't know what the writer
said after they get through. Only
recently we read an article by Jer-
old Kennedy whose form was await |
ing burial as we wrote this, which |
we have re-read, and yet we are not
sure whether we have read it yet 20
the extent we understand it.
We are in receipt of another let
Mich. She gives us a few facts in |
regard to her fathers family, when |
we feel we should include in ad-
1ition to what we have already |
There were six children in
the family-four girls and two boys,
The oldest girl and the boys died in
infancy Sarah married Jacob |
Schmitz. and they went to Okla
noma Both have been dead several
years. Emma, as we have said, is
The wife of o. W. Ross, now of
Mrs. Ross was for
many years the Rural Dale CORES
Dondent of the Morgan County
Democrat. Mrs. Brill (Nan) is the
widow of Lon Brill. Mr.. Brill died
n Cambridge several years ago. We
neglected to tell that Mark Elliott
was born JAN 20, 1912, and died at
he age of "a. His wife was Eliza
beth KuntZ. Mrs. Brill tells us her
mother lived three weeks after be-
ng thrown from her horse. She
also was IA. Mr.. Elliott kept bees,
md was checker player. When he