Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1932-09-15

sun time, with clocks to tell the
time. Weight clocks which had to
be wound once day. Most folks
left this until the last thing before
retiring, or maybe they put out the
cat the last thing. Anyway some
had clocks and some did not. Those
without clocks had marks on the
porch floor or somewhere about the
house. With the aid of time piece
they had marked where the sun
shone to at the different hours.
Many folks had these marks so they
could set their clock in case they
forgot to wind it or it took a crazy
spell. Then we had sun time and
standard time Then we had day
light saving time. Then we gos
eastern standard time, and some of
the old folks who had clung to sun
time went on, and today Bristol
folk set their clocks and watches
by or with the same time-the gov
ernment time signal. The cock,
which is found on every farm, is q
wonderful fowl. One crowed at the
time of the betrayal of Jesus. Be-
fore the advent of the alarm CLOCK,
many folks here were expert in
knowing the time by the cock crow
ing. Only recently we read that
cocks, the male of the chicken fam
ilv. are not and should not be cali
ed roosters, but a lot of folks did not
/ nt "a
this, and they will go right on cali
ing them roosters, and we can't help
it and we will not worry.
Anderson Evans at one time own
ed the farm now the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Orland Flanders, at the
junction of the Bear Run and Mt.
Zion. Mt Carmel, roads. Mr.. Ev-
ans married Julia Ann, daughter Of
John F. Talley He sold out about
1867. "He was more than an Or
dinary man You will note the
quotation mark. This was the state
! ment of G.. p Roberts. From him
we also learn some folks have the
idea that men who work for the
state don't work hard; you never
hear anyone who has worked out a
pay at the quarry or crusher, say
this, and you never see any who
make this statement going on the
job TO show the Worlmen what a
real days work is.
We think we should tell you of
the bees. Where is there the bog
:,
humble bees, wasps, hornets, and
so on? While that was not what
we started to tell about, come to
think of it hornets must have de-
cided that since the boys go motor
ing in their spare time and they
can't get a chance to sting them,
they must go elsewhere. In the
early days nearly every boy knew
where there was hornets nest.
Oh what fun to throw stones at
these nests. It was thought that
the hornet went along the line the
stone went. At any rate, q boy with
experience did not stay the second
time to see if all hornets did the
same way What we started to tell
about, was honey bees. Years ago
hives or scapes of bees We're found
on many farms in the township.
Bristol having so much clover land,
is a good place for bees. OF late
years many bees have been allowed
to starve and freeze. So far as we
know. only one man in the town
ship is in the business to any ox-
tent. F. Scott. MeConnelsville,
route four, has quite bunch o.
bees and takes good care of them,
and sells quite a lot Of honey each
wear. When the bees swarm, unless
someone gets them and hives them,
they leave and go to the woods,
where they take up their abode in
hollow tree or log. Only few
nights ago when returning from
neighbor's we heard a tree fall.
Looking in the direction, we could
see a light flashing around. While
we couldn't swear to it, we are sat
isfied somebody had cut bee tree.
Honey taken in this way is never as
nice as that made in the modern
hives.