Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1932-03-17
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death of Rev. VIM Cheshire was
quite a shock to this community.
by the grace of God / am what !
am" that was Cheshire. Sixteen
years ago this fall he came onto
this work and made a host OF
friends. Rev. Huff is at Meadow
Farm, beyond GAINESVILLE, assisting
in a revival Rev. Olin Hull, pastor
Of that charge, will probably fill the
pulpit here next Sunday. Real win
ter has stopped road work here on
No. 76.. Lynn Reed has placed a
piano in his home. A good invest
ment we think. After years OF
"tinkering' with music we believe
that where there are children mu-
sically inclined, learning to play a
piano gives them a broader in
sight into music than can be OBJ
tanned on most any other kind OF
musical instrument. 3. A cantata,
1.-The Dawn of Easter the most
difficult and comprehensive mu-
sical production that the choir has
ever undertaken, is being rehearsed
under the able direction of Mrs.
Rev. Huff, who wields the baton like
an old bandmaster. And then there
was John Phillip Sousa, the greatest
of all bandmasters, had to be taken
from life while still in the harness,
but, "The Stars and Stripes For
ever" will live on and on. A rath-
er large and valuable dog belong
ing to the Charlie Reed family came
into direct contact with an automo-
bile What happened to the auto,
we know not, but something hap
pened to the dog. Funeral next
day. The pot pi columnist of the
Byesyille Enterprise brings to our
mind how our grandmothers would
light their long stem pipes by dig
ging up live coal from the wood
ashes in the fireplace and giving 4
few long draws and then knock the
coal off and then go about mixing
bread, or spinning, or whatever
they had to do. Speaking about
wood ashes reminds us how care
fully grandmother saved her ashes.
Sometimes she sifted them into q
barrel Did you ever try sitting
wood ashes into a barrel? We have.
The wind may blow steadily fog
hours in the same direction without
the slightest perceptible variation,
but just take a bucket Of ashes out
to sift and take your place on the
windward side ana begin TO sift and
see what happens, especially if you
happen to have on your good
clothes. Nothing else we know Of
viii change the direction of the
wind like sitting ashes. One o.
grandmother's most valuable pieces
OF outdoor furniture was her ash
hopper Some called it q lye leach.
We remember some that were quite
primitive. It was made by saving
off a hollow sycamore log about
four feet long and setting it on end
on a large flat stone with cir
cular gutter picked around the outer
edge, with an outlet at one side
under which a small trough or jar
could be set This chopper was fill
ed with ashes and water added ana
soon the dark red lye would begin
to run. Many child has lost its
life by drinking this lye. This lye
was put into large iron kettle
hung out of doors over a fire to
which was added "cracklings," or
meat fat, and now grandmother :
whole attention was engaged in
making soft soap. However before
beginning this job she consulted the
moon to see if 1t was just right
And then this soap must be stirred
with a sassafras stick. These two
latter things were very important
(?) We were at place once where
granny forgot and left some Of this
soap where the ducks got at it
About as fast as they could get their
bills into it they would fall over
dead. This was a heavy strain or
grandmother's good humor. Since
those days lots Of people have beer
"soft soaped,' but not with the
kind that grandmother made. While
on the subject of old time ways
and were having some real winte'
as this is being written, we NIGH