Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1932-03-24

SIlS lellS VI dH tApti leliSG lhey huu
in attempting to dig well at his
present home, which at that time
was the home of his parents. They
dug close to the house. AS they
went down, the walls caved, until
there were great caverns. They
kept on taking out the dirt until a
depth of some so feet had been
reached. The sides were boarded
up. One workman would get scared
out, and another would try it. At
last they gave it up. While some of
the boards were removed, many 16
foot boards were left in, down 25
feet or more. Perhaps il some time
in the coming years someone should
dig down and find these boards,
they will have visions of pre-his-
and SO on. Then water witch
walked the line, and told them il
they would dig anywhere on that
line they would find water. After
going down some ten feet, they
struck water, and the supply has
been sufficient at all times, even in
the drought season.
From An Old Day Book
The following is from an old ac-
count book kept by the late David
L. jenkins: October, 1857. Nathan
Browning. DR.. to one day thresh-
ing, $l.50; DR. to = day threshing,
371ac; April 28, 1858, one day
planting corn, 75c. April ID, 1860
Walter Kennison, to one months
house rent, $3.50; one COW in pas
ture, 81; May IA, two bushels corn,
81. Aug. Is, 1867, John MeGrath,
Cr. to one yoke Of steers, $50. so;
Oct %, p day threshing, 25c
April IT, 1861. Jackson Akison, to
one horse in pasture, paid, 50. Nov.
], 1856 b. T. Fouts, DR.. to boot
between cows, 81 so pounds pork,
$2.10 July 1857, a. J. Gray, Dr..
one day grading oats, $3.50; Jan.
1857, ''Masoning," 93slc The
same David l.. Jenkins was a stone
mason. Later in the story we viii
write OF the Jenkins family. June
11,1S60, Henry Hempfield. steers
out at pasture; big steers $3, little
steers SLIP y Feb. II, 1860, credit
by IA pounds of feathers at 40c
per pound, $3.50. July, 1856, Lew
is Little, one day in harvest, soc.
During the years we have work.
cd and visited with the McGregor
family We have often heard, es-
pecially Jimmy, tell of Buceys. We
never inquired how he knew them.
We remember when a Mr.. Buceg
was sick, Of the boys going to see
him Now we find that Buceys
We're former Bristol residents, COM
ing here from Center township in
1873. As we get the record, Phil
Zip H. Bucey and his wife Lucretia
Newton first lived on the John Bird
farm, in house that stood west of
the present home Of J. w. Bird, the
son who owns the farm, and now
used as a sheep house. At that
time the Birds lived in the old
house on the other side of the hill .
From there they moved to a piece /.
of land now owned by Rachel An
derson. Mr.. Bucey bought this
property house has been torn
down. We forgot to inquire why
they did it, but they went back to
Center township. Their children:
Jennie, died in 1891, ased 19 years;
Charley lives at Cherry Valley, ILL.,;
Orr, who was born 1874, was killed
by lightning in Center township, in
1894; Maggie married Mr.. Wharf,
and lives in California; Rowa lives
at Lowell; Dana, in California. Har
fy b., our informant, lives in Nor
gan township, down the river be-
low McConnelsyille, and raises mon
strous melons and pumpkins, as
we'll as other farm crops. He told
us of how he remembers of going
to McGregor's, and Mrs. McGregor
him pieces Of bread, but
ter, and plum butter. jamie is still
on, spreading pieces for the
children, and setting out the
spreads for the older boys and girls.
Mr. Bucey also tells of his father