Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1933-02-09
Morgan County Thursday February

boards are up side down and some
are on the other side of the bridge.
A friend who has been reading
our writing tells us she is trying to
find relatives of Joseph Paxton of
Boise City Idaho. He left three
brothers in Ohio-George, William
and Samuel At this time we are
unable to link them up with Bris-
toll Can any of you folks tell us
where they belong? We are sure
Mrs. Thorla, mother of the sOwer Of
important acts and deeds over at
Rcnrock, will know if they ever So
journed thereabouts. Where they
lived has been asked by us so many
times that should we have asked
the same person or group, they
would think us o. O. B.
While it is true the first frame
dwelling built in the township is
still standing and more pretenti-
Gus home than many built years
later, we find any way we travel
signs and abandoned homes. Some
times we are led to believe that If
all the houses ever built in the
township were still standing, 1t
would look like town. Where they
lived may not seem important, but
it will be some day. 1t may be
long after we have passed on to the
land where they don't ask where
you came from. but what you did.
In the early days stock buyers
! bought the hogs and cattle from
the farmers, setting day to take
them. After getting them together
they started the drove over the
! mountains. This took many days
for the trip Along the way were
feed lots kept up by the farmers,
where in evening the stock was
turned in. fed and left for the night
After the completion of railroads
the stock was driven to the loading
pens at the stations, where they
were loaded and shipped to market.
Lately the stock is gathered up by
trucks and much of it trucked to
Pittsburgh, Cleveland and so on.
Samuel McNutt whose home was in
Guernsey county, bought thousands
of hogs in this territory. Huse
Harper who was in the merchandise
business at Unionville was another
hog buyer.
In the early days the people went
on the signs to foretell the weather.
If they missed it, they did not have
low barometer areas and SO on to
blame their mistakes on. We knew
a man who even after We had the
U. S. weather bureau prediction,
brought to us daily, carried his
coat. It is true he carried it many
days when it was clear-but he had
it ready when it rained. Speaking
of signs, we have two good friends
living in the same house. One ev-
evening one of them noticed the
now moon and pronounced it wet.
In less than five minutes the other
one came out and told us it was
dry. and we have forgotten which
was right. Perhaps you thought
we were going to say wrong. we
have too many folks in the world
looking for that side. SO we thought
we would take the other side for
once. Only today friend asked
us what her great grandfather and
grandmother's name was. AS they
had not lived in Bristol, we had
good and sufficient alibi. Not I'M
portant perhaps, but her grandfath-
er was born in 1924, and in f1lllng
out some important blanks this
question was asked her. Perhaps
they will ask your children some
time.
We have known for many
wears that the Democrat had cir
culation that found its way to all
parts of our land but more ana
more as we write our story of our
home land folk, does the Word
spread from readers t. taeir rela-
tiyes. and friends and letters come