Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1932-12-01
The "Sycan1ore

By C. B. RAY

of Morgan county, Ohio, with D. w.
Lawrence, r. l.. Evans and G. H.
Bowen, sureties. Jan. L, 1892, GER
tilted transcript of the proceedings
in the foregoing case delivered to
the above named directors, to be
used in appeal. An appeal bond
was filed with the said John A. Rob-
rrts, in the sum Of SITS. and signed
ty A. P. Wilson, James Humphries,
d. w Lawrence, r. L. Evans and
G. H. Bowen Taken, executed and
acknowledged before me, and surety
approved this 18th day of Decem-
Der. 1891. BY reference to the rec
ord of the common pleas docket, we
find original papers filed Jan. g.,
1892. Demurrer filed Feb. l.,
1892. Answer filed March 16,
1892, March term, 1892. Demurrer
to petition overruled. Defendant
excepts. Leave to answer instanter.
June term, verdict for plaintiff, Mo-
ton for new trial overruled. De-
fendant excep s. Judgment on YER
diet $60.S5. and for costs. Bill of
exception filed in circuit court. So
far as the records show, the case
stopped here, as we find by the rec
ord the following entry June 23,
1894: Received of r. L. Evans,
president of the board of education
of Bristol township. Morgan county,
Ohio, S30194 Costs and judgment
and interest in the above case, T. j.
Masterson, clerk. Thus ended a
long drawn out case, and now after
Al years have passed, as we said in
those interested are left, and. no
doubt it would be impossible to get
the facts as to why the directors
hired two teachers, or why they
kept on fighting the case, spending
more than five times the amount of
the two months salary, besides at
torneys' fees-but humanity is
queer stuff The folks looking on
generally know more about how to
play the game Cor think they do)
Hunting and Trapping
In the early days big game was
plentiful here. Early settlers got
home early to avoid meeting some
of these wild beasts of the forest.
At the present time nothing fero-
cious is found here, yet many of
our men and boys put in much
time hunting and trapping. Fox,
skunk, raccoon, mink, and opossum
are trapped for their fur. Squirrels,
rabbits and pheasants are shot for
meat, during the open season. by
many, and by few when they feel
inclined, regardless of the season.
Not so many years ago we remem-
ber of hearing men tell of killing
deer, bears, panthers, and so on,
which leads us to wonder about the
names of our runs, creeks, hollows
and SO on. Many of these are nam
ed for the animals that are and
we're found here. There is one we
never have been able to learn why
it was so named, Mouse run. Any
where you go hereabouts, you can
find a mouse. In our boyhood men
seined the creeks for fish. They
took the big ones and threw the
small ones back We boys fished
with hook and line. During the
drought of 1880, when the creeks
were nearly dried up, it looked as
though it would be long time be-
fore, if ever, there would be any
fish in the creeks, but the following
spring there were more fish caught
than for many years previous. With
the country gone wet (if it has)
makes us think of the stories they
used to tell of the "grog shops"
where old residents used to tell of
buying good liquor for Csc a gal
lon. and less. That was before the
government put tax on the busl-
ness. From that time the price
went up and the quality down. Since
the traffic has been, or during the
lime it was, legalized, no open sa-
oon has ever opened its doors in
he township. 1t is said that "boot-
eggers" have had good trade
not so big as some
folks would have you believe, and
bigger than some think. While |
many of the residents have express