Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1933-03-30

When they rushed for their hats
and the door he tried to head them
off, but his son Bob and the late
Doug Knox were too quick for him
and got out Bob went for home
and Doug climbed a high railsfence
that was along the school ground.
When Mr. Chambers would come
toward him he would jump off;
then when Mr.. Chambers would re-
turn to the school Doug would take
his place on the fence.
Henry Woodard was another
teacher at Robinson's He was
teaching at Cabinville when the
school house burned down.
Jordan Belts was wagon maker
at Cabinyille in the early days.
There were two VIM. Belts. They
called one "Slick Haired Billy He
was soldier of the Civil war. He
was grandfather of Raymond Belts,
painter and paper hanger of our
village.
Many years ago Finley Brothers
built the log house on the King
farm now owned by C. G. Wilson,
where he had lease. Following
the Brothers family, several other
families lived in the house. ]. @.
and Seth Little and Alex Dewitt are
all we think of now. We will tell
more of the Brothers family later.
George Glenn and his wife Cath
crime went to housekeeping in a
house that stood near the little
house on the w. G.. Henderson farm,
near the Election school house.
Gus Belts, a former Bristol boy,
was killed by a falling tree near
Rural Dale.
Not SO many years ago flour was
packed and shipped in barrels.
Farmers had their own sacks in
which they took their wheat to mill
and brought the flour, bran and
middlings back. At that time each
family had big wooden -four chest,
or at least barrel where they kept
the -four Paper sacks came into
use not SO many years ago, but we
have no dates,-also the paper
bags in which groceries come In
our boyhood everything was wrap
ped in paper which came in rolls
sugar, coffee, nails, and so on; and
by the way it was some job to learn
to tear the paper the right length,
and tie up package neat and nice
ly In our childhood every house
wife roasted the coffee for her fam
lily, and ground it just as she needed
lit. So far as we know, there was
only one kind of green coffee. Now
we have as many kinds as we have
companies, roasting and packing
but after all we believe there is
more in the making than in the
brand. At any rate, lot of folks
follow our friend John Crozjer
wherever he is employed, TO get his
coffee
Now with the grocery stores
equipped with electric grinders, the
little hand mills have become a
curio, which reminds US of hearing
man make the expression: HE
was a fanatic about antiques. >
Somewhere we read where the
Chinese claim they have had every
thing that the world today claims
as modern inventions, and now we
who think we are smart are only
lediscovering and reinventing.
Quite bit of excitement was
caused in Bristol, when it was
found we could have telephone in
our homes, without paying an ex-
orbitant price. Mr. Jewett who at
that time was a school teacher OF
Manchester, sold and installed the
phones We got the idea that if
father would get one of them we
would hear the news as soon as it
happened. We did not know then
that the line would ever be busy
that the line and switch board
would get out of fix. At first the
central office was in the Hardesty
store. This meant only service from
the opening of the store in the
morning until closing time. Moth
4 ing doing Sunday, unless Mr.. Har-
desty or some of the family hap
pened to go to the store. Mrs. S.
w. Sheridan had the board at Meigs
first. We won't attempt to give the
operators as they served. VIM. Lin
dimore and family had the Meigs
board. Mary Chambers and daugh-
ter Bessie had the board for sew
eral years, following the union Of
the Bristol and Meigs companies.
Then VIM. Lindimore's again
switched, having bought and moved
Then it was moved from there to
the Cassie Whitehouse home, where
it staid perhaps longer than any
where else, since we started saying
hello. April, 1880, Robert Farus
and family who reside on the w. J..
Shook farm, were given the job,
and were again awarded the con-
tract for another three year term,
beginning April 1. 1888.
Since then the radio has come,
and we get the news while it is
happening. Sometimes we are led
to wonder If we wouldn't be better
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