Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1932-03-03

Orchards
One thing about the early life
was the fact that the orchards were
set along the low lands. This no
doubt IS accounted for by the fact
that the bottom land was cleared
first. At any rate, at the present
time, the highest point on the
farms is chosen for orchard sites.
Many of the trees set by the pio-
neers were still bearing in the mem
ory of the writer, and they were
very large trees both in circumfer-
enco and height. In laying out the
roads it seems the pioneers went
wherever they could. lodging hol
lows and winding about to reach
the fords Many of these roads
have remained unchanged. Here
they built their houses, and then
made roads to them. In the west
they laid out the roads and then
built their houses On the roads.
AS we remember. Bristol township
has a little over 50 miles Of road,
with about so miles improved.
Macadam and gravel roads cut quite
figure in the choosing of township
and county officials. As rule
trustees must tell what road or
roads they favor before the cleo
ton. While many Of the roads are
up-to-date. there are still q lot OF
folks who are mud-bound several
months during the year.
Sheep Raising
In an editorial, Mr.. Durbin spoke
of the sheep What a change has
come to sheep raising in the town
ship in the last half century, IL
.. known to many who can, like the
: writer, go back that far in memory.
At that time they had what they
called 'Wood's sheep They were
thus named because they were shell
tered in the woods. and they had
very little wool. if any. on their
: legs and belly. Very little atten-
ton was given them. In case OF a
; heavy snow which covered the
grass, farmers would haul out a
load of corn fodder. They were
!, very wild and when shearing time
came it was often job to get them
penned. In those days the sheer
had to be washed. Pens were bul''
on the creek bank beside deep
). hole with chute leading to the
: water Here they We're thrown in:
+. then they were caught by men and
boys who had waded in, who pro
:, eeeded to wash them, by squeezing
: the wool in the water. Then they
: were led to the sandbar and turned
, loose. Soon the track to the road
!, ! became muddy and many times the
wool was in much worse condition
: than before the washing. But wash
, ing was done away with many year
ago. At the present time many oi
. our sheep men have sheep that
i shear ten and twelve times as much
. wool as did the sheep of the for
: mer days. Somewhere in our story
= we want to tell you of the woole;
mill the carding, weaving. and 81
on, but at this time we want to tel
: you of another member of the Lin
dimore family, Charles Perley. III
was twice married, his first wife
" Layina Beall, died soon after thei
marriage. Her death occurred
:, the home Of her parents, whici
y stood where Mr. and Mrs. C. 4
- Best now live. in the village. Late
: he married Belle Greer and to then
: two children were born: AIDA, nov
: deceased, was twice married, first =
; Wilmot Delano, and to this uniol
:, one daughter, Otto, was born. Ottt
- married in the west and we are un
: able to give her husbands name
, Otto is now deceased, leaving
. daughter G.. E. (ColoneD marrie'
Mary E. Whitney, and they had on
daughter. Mrs. Loah Moore, ....
......, VI, Ill. Colonel has spent mos
of his life near Meigs. He and A
J. are the only members of this fam
= lily now living in the township. May
= be we have queer thoughts, but ar
= queerer than that-queer enough t.
let you in on some of our thoughts
: If John and Sarah Osler Lindimor
=" could see all the folks who leoke'
Ddck " tllelil, do Ioi iOpoh Sii 'f
. wouldn't they think they had start
y ed something? And now our friend
John w. Fox and Rus Lawrenc
- have got into the family, some
= thing that couldn't be stopped, an
' who would want to stop it?
- The Muse Family
Is Back when the writer was
IT small lad, Jesse Muse moved fror
If Windsor township to farm tina
g has ever since been known as tn
n Muse farm. While it has change
j. hands some two or three times, it
IL still the Muse farm to older folks
II 1t is now owned by H. G. Hendel
y son. The house has been tor
= down for many years, and 1T
d farmed in connection with the w. .
lie Shook and Thomas Campbell farm:
w also owned by Mr.. Henderson
II When Mr. Muse came he brougt
p some good work horses with hin
n He was a good hand with horse
t. and not only farmed his own lant
g, but helped the neighbors wit
)f their work Our first recollectio
ID of this man was soon after h
in coming, when he helped our fathe
with his plowing. From that tim
these men were fast friends. Late
n when Mr.. Muse started out with h
m horsepower threshing machin