Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1933-05-11

EISGg@ been bothered about Wnether
t.fyay should say setting or sitting
Even. but the latest was when a lady
said to the merchant why your
onion sits are growing" And that
f1rings us. back to Eden Pierce, au-
rhor Of the grammar which bore his
name. When he preached, our
s1eachers instructed us to pay atten-
ttfon to how he used words. No
doubt that was good for us. but
since we have grown Older we have
found that some very interesting
speakers talked from the heart,
talked SO fast they did not have
time TO sort words.
Bristol folks have an awe of the
dead, that is they give some folks
ahe devil in life. and when they die
they hunt up nice things to say. We
e3nce heard Of a man that the neigh
6ors tried to find something good
10 say of, and at last one man
scratched his head and said. HE
was good smoker But we are
glad our folks have this trait-not
40 take advantage of folks when
they cannot talk back. We have Of
ten wondered how come we found
so many folks over the country who
acted like the good folks Of Bristol.
q
Sycamore, we find lot of them
8lave either come from Bristol blood
eor have been trained by Bristol
folk. We have boosted Bristol. feel
ing we had right and now we feel
I'VE have proof that Bristol leads,
Ex-County Engineer Frank Barrett,
who has travelled over Morgan coun-
,~y, and perhaps seen every farm in
yhe county, comes TO Bristol to buy
A farm to spend his declining years
on (when he gets to declining). But
what We can't understand is why
after experimenting the building Of
niles and miles of county roads. he
should buy on a dirt road While
rhe Barretts likely will not get in
IN time to become a part of our
story. we want to tell you we well
csome them and feel that whoever
writes of the next hundred years of
Bristol folk will find they did we'll.
Somewhere we used the name Nc
4Cleary At that time we had no
idea OF the connection with the
present age-or mayhap we would
be unable to find their story, but
only yesterday our friend Thurston
Fisher of Meigsvilie started us on
The trail. Sarah McCleary married
Abram Fisher. Abram was born
1902, in Brooks county, Virginia;
Sarah was born 1906, likely in Vir-
ginia; moved to the b. f. Reed.
Nuchmore-Cotton farm, 1928 or 90:
also lived on the farm where Will
and Mary Reed Smith now live,
which adjoins the other farm, but in
the old house which is down over
hill south of the present dwelling.
It was here that Joseph, father Of
Thurston. and his nine brothers and
sisters were born, and now we find
folks close by know more, which
We will write after a conference
with them. In the days when folks
rad money, they did not know what
TO do with, the railroad pleasure re-
sorts and so on did much adVertis
lng of scenery. Only yesterday as
we walked across country, up hills,
over hollows and ravines, through
the woodland, and as we came to
The top of high point on land of G.
VI. Garrett we stopped and looked in
wonder. Looking northeast we could
see into Meigs township; east into
Manchester; south into Meigsyile.
AS it was a bit hazy, we were not
sure whether we could sec into Nor
gan or whether it was the Mt. Zion
ridge. Anyway we were looking at
az best land in Morgan county;
ONE Of the finest homes, The hills
and valleys carpeted with green.
made US think that although times
we're hard, the Almighty God was
making the grass to come forth for
dumb brutes; the trees to bud !
bloom and bear fruit; that He would
care for the masterpiece of his ham
iiwork, man When you feel you I
want to behold some beautiful seem
cry, hunt us up and we will be
your guide without pay.
We had a friend tell US the other
day that the first election held in
the township was held at the Row
4and farm. We find by reference
10 the record of the court of COM
mon pleas, that the said court or
.dered that the said election be held
at the Simon Merwin home. This
farm is now owned by j. W. Bird,
and is situated little north of east
of the Election school house, where
the elections were held for many
years. If the court order was
changed, there was no record made
of it. There have been some won
derful changes in the township
through the years. We could name
many, and those of our readers who
have been out of the township for
several years could add to the list.
The most noticeable to us at this