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Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1933-03-16

Lnere were four preachers having
part in the service, and the services
were carried out in a very pleasing
way, we could not help thinking Of
the fact that the deceased had with
her husband conducted a Christian
home They called them strict. By
precept and example they lived. If
any of their children slipped from
the path of virtue and honor, it was
not for lack of teaching and advice.
BY the write up of her father the
late George Corp, we learn he was
one of the first to plant orchards Of
budded fruit in Morgan county, be-
ing the originator of the Corp
choice apple. He served as COM
missioner .of Morgan county two
terms, when the length of the term
was three years.
While we think of it, our grand
mothers woundn't grind coffee on
Sunday, and some of us of the pres
ent generation never stop to ask
what the percent is
We find that Jefferson Gray died
Oct. %. 1897, and there the record
stops. George tells us that Robert
was the father of Jeffy, Finley,
John, Ross, Jackson, and four
daughters, Lucinda Hartman, Ann
McCleary, Nancy j. Mercer and
Belle Fuller.
John Gray was soldier of the
End Virginia cavalry and was dis
honorably discharged and drummed
out of camp. 1t seems he fell out
with the captain who had much to
do with the discharge At one time
John Gray and family owned and
lived on the Wilson farm which
Robert Miller sold few years ago
to Edward Richardson.
In the year 1907 there were
21 deaths in Bristol township, and
G. w. Moore had 26 funerals that
year. While we have told much
of G. w. Moore In our writing some
thing we feel worth while comes to
mind nearly everytime we talk with
those who knew him. At this time
we want to tell you that Webs
first funeral was Phillip Crow,
March 10, 1896; his last, Perley
Lindimore, buried Dec. 25, 1921.
Total funerals 311, which was a fu-
neral a month. We find the first
funeral outfit furnished by him to
cost s10O-or more, was in 1902.
At this time we have the report
of the assessors for 1905. In the
Bristol report we find: Horses, 447,
value. $36.409; cattle, 1894, value,
s38,591; sheep, 1855, value, $751;
431; hogs, 416. value, $2,527.
In our Meigs cemetery story we
were unable to get the date of the
death of Sarah Sprague. BY the
register of the funerals kept by G.
w. Moore, which his daughter Miss
Lulu has kindly lent us to help us
in our work, we find the date March
20. 1900, and that takes us back to
J. w. Parmiter's saw mill which
that winter was in Big Hollow
Perhaps we should tell you about
this hollow. 1t starts just little
ways south of the John Whitney
home on 7S, and runs to the Ed
Murray place down in Meigsville. In
this hollow which is still woodland,
with the exception of few cleared
fields, hunters have killed much
game-but now only squirrels are
found here. We have often thought
as we have travelled through this
hollow, what wonderful pleasure
resort could be built here. With
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1933-03-16
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT

Estate of Fred Bozman, deceased.
Manita Bozman, whose address Is
Beckett, O., r. F. D., has been ap-
pointed and qualified as 4administra-
tor of the estate of Fred Bozman,
late of Morgan county, Ohio. de-
ceased.
Dated this oath day of February,
A. D.. 1888.
ARTHUR TORBERT,
Probate Judge of said County.
2m3
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1933-03-16
Reinersville
Registered Nurse

Miss Helen Welch a former
Reinersville girl, who has been a
student nurse in Bethesda hospital
GAINESVILLE, has passed the state test
and is now registered nurse.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Shriver
(Ruth Walters) of Akron, were
visitors with Reinersville friends a
part Of last week.
Wind Damage
Reinersville was visited by very
heavy windstorm Wednesday even
ing of last week A timber was
blown from a silO on the Fred Cox
farm, which struck and killed a
heifer that happened to be near.
Quite a bit of other damage was
done in the community.
Miss Lourene Morris, IA. daugh-
ter Of Riley Morris and wife of Cen
terville, who is a student in Reiners-
vile high school, is quite ill with in
f1uenza and some rheumatic affec-
ton. She is at the home of her par
ents
Reinersville was visited by her
first thunderstorm of the season
Wednesday evening of last week.
Lightning struck and burned tree
on the John Sealock farm, south of
town.
Glenn Grandstaff and lady friend
of Amesville, Athens county, were
Sunday visitors at the Mrs. Viola
Grandstaff home, and with other
friends in Reinersville.
w. o. Ford has been spending
some time with friends in Youngs-
town.
Rev. George w. Peoples will COM
mence a series of meetings in the M.
F. church at Keithtown on Tuesday
evening, March 81.
Atty Walter Davis of GAINESVILLE,
was week end visitor with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John r. Davis
of near Reinersville.
The turning of the sod will be
discontinued for few days at least.
after the downpour Monday.
The most rain fell here Monday
that we have had in one day for a
long period of time. The rain COM
menced in the early morning and
kept up almost continuously until
late in the evening, causing the
streams to flood the bottom land.
Some roads were impossible on ac-
count of the high water.
Many Relatives In California
The earthquakes of southern
California are of much interest to
many people of this vicinity for the
reason that many here have relatives
and friends in the quake region. The
wife of the writer has brother, A.
B. Brown, and wife, who reside at
Brown also has a daughter and fam
lily who reside at Ontario. Another
daughter and husband, Mr.. and
Mrs. Emanuel Jungquist and FAM
lily reside in Los Angeles. One other
daughter and three sons are in
southern California. Mr.. and Mrs. J.
e. Williams, Mrs. Cloyd Harper and
two sons of Mr.. and Mrs. J. e. Will
liams are short distance south of
Long Beach, the point heaviest hit
oy the quake. Mrs. w. A. Engle and
family, formerly of Woodgrove, are
n Los Angeles. A daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. J. B. Conn is in the quake
zone. Many here scan the reports
rom the region of the earthquake,
laily, to learn If any of whom they
nave known are among the list Of
he killed or injured.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1933-03-16

LIQUID TABLETS SALVN
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Neuralgia, In so minutes, Malaria In
5 days.
666 SALVE for HKAD COLDS
Most Speedy Remedies Known
Evening star., 1933-07-29

rep Jtatjon. Probably in India and othe:
Eastern countries, to which tea is native,
discovery was made that tea also I'M
proved the taste of poor water.
In any case. it seems to be proved
That tea was first used as panacea In
China about the twelfth century. There
isa story of its origin handed down in
an old legend which says that Hindu
prince, making pilgrimage to China,
vowed he would never sleep on the way
Succumbing to slumber, however, in his
self-accusation he tore out his eyelids
then and there on the ground, from
which there sprang up tea shrub
He who drinks tea" says the legend.
'imbibes the infusion of the eyelids OF
Darma!"
Holland seems to have been the first
Of the European countries to use 1t as
8 panacea-in the seventeenth century
The physicians of the day took it up IN
the way they take up vitamins today
and extolled its merits, asserting that
200 cups a day could not be harmful.
Physicians in Holland and other coun-
tries disagreed heartily with the theories
in regard to this new beverage, and
war was on between those who conSid-
cred it q fountain of youth and others
who called it 'hay water
m any case, Dutch traders, as do
food distributors Of today. created a
market perhaps. in this publicity. In
England it was sold at first at so shill-
Evening star., 1933-07-29
Tea-Time Dissertation on Tea
BY EDITH M. BARBER.

| ings a pound and. Of course, could be
used only by the very rich, who created
as they do today, a desire for 1t in the
general public, and before long tea was
becoming the English national beverage
| There was great discussion, naturally
when it was first imported, as to how
it was to be used. and we have a record
Of its being boiled and an attempt made
to eat the leaves dressed with butter
and seasoned with salt.
Today the English pride themselves
on their ability to make a beverage
which in their eyes is perfection. Many
places in England find 1t delicious. al
| though stronger than most Of us like it.
| The fact that milk Is always served
with it, Of course, reduces its strength,
but those of us who take our tea with
| out milk usually demand much hot
water to weaken it.
To make good tea you must first have
leaves of good quality. whether you like
green. black or mixed tea. We in this
country are individually not experts but
depend on the tea tasters, who decide
professionally upon the worth of the
quantities Of tea imported from India
and China. for our use. The large tea
houses pride themselves upon their
blends. and We can now get consistent
! flavor by choosing the same brand each
time in renewing ou- supplies, after We
have decided what type of tea we prefer
There are, of course. some specially fine
teas imported for the use of those who
know and who are willing and can
afford to pay their prices.
In any case, tea must be brewed care
| fully to give us its best. There must be
| freshly boiling water to pour over the
leaves in heated teapot, which must
stand in a warm place for S minutes,
and then the tea must be poured into
another heated pot. These are the rules
laid down by the experts. Tea balls,
where the tea is tied into cheesecloth
can be placed in the pot before the
water is added and are then withdrawn
after minutes. To make the best
infusion the tea must be loose in these
bags. Never dip a tea bag into . cup
filled with hot water If you wish to do
! justice to the flavor.
| In serving tea remember that the
English like 1t strong with milk; most
Canadians prefer cream. and here in
this country we are divided in our
preference for cream or lemon with it.
am enjoying at the moment lovely
canister of high grade tea. sent to me
as present. The leaves are large.
there are flowers among them, and the
flavor is delectable!
(Copyright, 1881
Evening star., 1933-07-29

zenith amendment
along down In the Lone Star State.
However, that's PA" Ferguson's view.
The Vice President hasn't said yet
whether he will or not.
Garner has given the impression since
March 4 that, after all, the detachment
from governmental affairs that is neces-
sarily the lot of the Vice President Is
not 50 irksome to him. One rather
imagines he is enjoying it.
Much was said and everybody specu-
lated as to how the ruddy-faced, ener-
getic Texan would react to the vice
presidency. About every one agreed
that he would find it difficult to settle
down in his new job after the exceed
ingly active life he had led in the
House, especially during the last two
years when he was Speaker.
But it wasn't long before it was no.
ticed that the Vice President was ab-
sent from the Senate chamber and his
office on afternoons. Usually those att
ernoons were the ones when the Wash
ington base ball team was playing on
home Grounds.
And perhaps If you were around the
ball park on one of those afternoons
you would see the vice presidential car.
with the medallion seal Of ofiice on the
side. roll into the reserved tncloSure
back of the club house on time for the
game.
With two or three old friends, and
sometimes with a red-haired little Sen
ate page from Arkansas, out would step
the Vice President. The first stop al
ways was the peanut stand, where every
one in the party loaded up. From there
they would 60 to box near home plate
along the f1rst-base line.
Mr. Garner has found other ways to
roam on a pleasant afternoon.
Evening star., 1933-07-29
End of Blufing Match.
The blud that fails hits. suspect.
The buffers pride and self-rsspect.
Old Mother Nature,

TT was q great bluflng match that
was being played over in the Green
Forest with none to see 1t but
i Betty Bear. Mother Bear was
afraid of Farmer Browns Boy, but
pretended that she wasn't. Indeed
with growing marls, showing her big
teeth. the very picture Of savage feroc-
ity, she rushed at Farmer Browns Boy
as If intent on tearing him limb from
limb, q thing which she could easily
do. But she was bluf1ng. She was
trying to make him run. Then she
would strike himAdown. She would no
But as long as he stood facing her
her courage cozed away with every step
she took until only q few feet from
him she stopped. He never took his
eyes from her. There was something
in that steady look Of his that made
her feel uncertain. And the nearer
she got to him the stronger became
that dreaded man smell that ever since
she was a cub had aroused fear in her
whenever she ran across it. But there
was no sign Of this in the savage rush.
There was only fury and ugly threat.
But q few feet from him she abruptly
stopped and stood snarling and gnash-
ing her teeth. Her seeming intent to
attack him had failed. It was all .
bluff and he had called the blun, as
they say.
On his part Farmer Browns Boy was
blufiing He was afraid. He was
scared almost out Of his wits. It was
one thing to be told or to read that the
charge Of Bear usually is bluff and
another thing altogether to face such
a charge and prove 1t bluff. He was
afraid, terribly afraid. but he managed
to keep fear out Of his eyes, which he
never took from Mother Bear. and to
yell savagely at her and appear ready
to fight the instant she came near
enough. And that was all a bluff.
So it was blufhng match and his
was the better bluff for after two or
three rushes, each Of which stopped
abruptly few feet from him, Mother
Bear sat down at little distance and
began to weave her head from side to
side in the way of Bear and to whine
and grumble as if begging him to 60
away and let Betty Bear come down
from that tree As If realizing that
her bluff had failed she became almost
pathetic She almost whimpered.
Realizing that immediate danger
was over Farmer Browns Boy laughed
aloud at the ridiculous sight of great
big Mother Bear whining and begging
him to 60 away, and the sound of
that laugh made Mother Bear more
uneasy than ever. 1t was q new sound
to her and she didn't understand it,
but she did understand that there was
Evening star., 1933-07-29
Give him q 4-4-3-2 dis

! combination. Give him . 4-4-3-2 dis
tribution. as
ss;. SS kss kssn q! 81 9''1 XIX.
and the grand slam could be reached
in two ways:
(a) If the bidding went one no trump,
| two no trumps, four no trumps. five
care about the club losers In opener s
hand, and seven spades would be a
reasonable chance, depending only on
the break of that suit. Opener, more
over, may have A j x x or A 10 x,
not merely A x, as promised by
his raise
(b) If, over five spades, opener bid
six diamonds, marking him with A K
x, now we have q near certainty for
seven diamonds Only a first-round
ruff or five trumps in one opponents
hand would upset the big slam.
So, be careful to develop short suited
slam bidding. especially for grand slam.
by visualizing your partners holdings
in top cards and ascertaining his four
card suit or his support for your four
card suit. Then, If all is well and your
4-4-3-2 distribution fits for suit-play.
or. more rarely. your top-card holdings
are great enough to overcome two split
hands, you may bid the maximum.
When Responder Has Two Combina-
tions of Queen Jack.
If his three tricks are in the form
of two K-Q and two Q-J holdings. small
slam must certainly be bid. but a grand
slam would be very bad risk. Even
4-4-3-2 distribution will not help mate
rally, as discards will not help, or
cannot be known to help. You know
IT hoc he nd
of the kings of yoor Q-J suits; how
ever, winning a finesse against the
missing king will not clear the suit
unless one of you also has the 10. Your
partner must have six primary tricks
four aces and two kings-for the big
slam to be independent Of flneSse.
With such cards, he would have bid
two no trumps originally. So abandon
grand-Slam ideas with hand of this
composition. Be grateful for the small
slam. which is practically undefeatable
If the hands have been properly bid
However, since I dislike the word
never" I will cite possible excep-
ton. If I were playing in total cumu
lative score team match, in which felt
almost sure that we were behind. and
that desperate efforts were needed to
gain points in large swings, II the fol-
lowing hand came to me toward the
end of the game:
Sp. KQx Di @ ] 10
Hts. K O. CT. @ 10
and the bidding was one no trump by
my partner. two no trumps, four no
trumps. would consider it strategically
advisable. though technically unsound,
to bid seven no trumps, hoping to re-
capture lost match by successfully
f1nessing against the missing king. In
neither suit need I worry about the 10
If the finesse against the king is sue
cesSful
Copyright, 1881
Mr.. Sims will answer all inquiries on
contract that are addressed to this news
paper. with self-addressed, stamped en-
Evening star., 1933-07-29
N A. + u r E. S
C H IL D r E N
BY LILLIAN COX ATHEY.
Woodchuck,

Woodchuck.
"H ::ss:ssss ::ss:s:ss :ssss' sss!s ss.,; ]!
i i wood" This is still APPARENT
ly unanswered, and also
the reliability Of this fellow rs .
weather prophet.
Girls and boys fortunate enough to
be reared in the country or to visit 1t,
are familiar with this interesting fellow
and may have seen him waddle to his
burrow In the early Spring, having his
first inspection Of the surrounding
country after his long winters nap.
One home does not sufice for the
woodchuck. He has q Summer home
and even hunting lodges. In advantage
GUS places for rest and quiet medtta-
ton. Once you have caught a Whit
Of q woodchuck's apartment you realize
why dogs can locate them so easily.
Those, who have not come face to
face with a woodchuck, can identity
him by his grizzly coat OF brown, with
the gray tipped hairs that are white
at the base The underparts are yell
lowish white He has blunt nose,
a rounded head, and his nose, chin
and throat are yellowish-white. His
habit of sitting on his launches and
holding his fore-feet before him Is
woodchuck's way Of getting his bear
ings.
Each generation is getting lazier and
living more in the open. The taste for
cultivated plants has been their down.
fall, and the farmer has waged war
fare against these enemies. Many traps
are set. and farm dogs early learn
what attitude they must take against
the chuck.
In May and June the trapping is
easier. The younger generation has
not learned discretion or to curb the
curiosity. Old woodchucks are trap
shy. but have not conveyed this I'M
portant fact to their offspring.
When a woodchuck hears the bark
Of a dog or 2 gun. he stops In his
tracks and sits upon his hind legs to
get more information.
This fellow has rightly earned the
title of engineer, though not in the
class with the beaver and his cousin,
the muskrat He has mastered the
drainage problem and chooses sloping
hillside for his home site. The main
room is entered from a hallway and
is large enough for the owner to turn
around in comfortably. There may be
several halls branching from the living
room and often an observation room
Is located at the end of one OF the
tunnels-an excellent place from which
to observe. unnoticed, the lynx, mink or
skunk, who may be lurking nearby.
The mother prepares a soft mattress
Of leaves and grasses for her babies.
which arrive in May. There are usually
five of them BY June they are ready
to have their first lesson in eating the
tender grass Mother Woodchuck takes
the little chuckletS out to nibble tender
Evening star., 1933-07-29
DILL AX1A 1OANA0O ". Burgess.

no fear IN Il and that very fact made
her more fearful herself.
A. for Betty Bear up in the tree she
was 20 interested and 80 puzzled by
what was going on below that she for
got to bawl. When Mother Bear had
come crashing through the brush
Betty Bear had been sure that this
would be the end Of this dreadful two
legged creature who had chased her
up . tree. She had leaned forward
eagerly the better to see when Mother
Bear charged and she had almost let
60 her hold In sheer surprise when
Mother Bear had stopped short. Then
when she saw Mother Bear whining
and begging she was beyond thinking.
Mother Bear Is afraid. Mother Bear
is afraid" she said over and over to
herself.
This two-legged creature must in
deed be terrible If great big Mother
Bear was afraid of him. Never again
would Betty Bear get that strange man
Evening star., 1933-07-29
SUMMERTIME
II D. G. PEATTK.

w YHILE speaking Of the famous
n water lily gardens at Kenil-
wv worth, space didn't permit to
Y say . word about our native
water lilies, which If they're
not 30 glorious as some OF the high
bred hybrids of modern horticulture,
are among our loveliest and least ap-
preciated Wild flowers. Now Is the time
Of year to see them; there are, alas,
only three kinds around the District;
make 1t four II you count the lotus,
which grows In the quiet bays from
Occoquan south and seaward. The lit
tie water shield, pretty rather for its
purpliSh leaves than its inconspicuouS
flowers Il really very rare. being con-
fined to pools along the Potomac. near
Little Falls, and few spots out near
Laurel. But the Spatterdock or yellow
shallow water. and Just misses great
beauty. Its petals and sepals are q
bit too smll and too thick, and being
. rank green at the bottom, shading
into . bold butter yellow at the top.
they are more odd than pretty; the
leaves, standing out Of water, as rule.
do not have that graceful, sleepy re-
pose Of the water lilies whose pads"
rest Just on the surface. But these
are the facts that can be brought
against It, In its favor be 1t said that
the yellow pond lily is gay and hardy
and abundant; better this somewhat
plebeian species than q pond or q
marsh without It!
A complete aristocrat is our native
white water lily. With great white
petals, its delicious sweet aroma, and its
large pads floating TRANQUILITY on the
fpfo is l1xy 90
as the most expensive hybrid Of the
horticulturalist's art. It is rather rare
and is found no more In the pools at
Great Falls, but from Alexander south
ward, in quiet water at Laurel and at
Four-Mile Run, 1t Is still found, and II
I'm not mistaken, 1t Is the largest wild
flower in the Distrist flora. And in
many ways the most beautiful, with its
infinite white rufies, its perfume and
its immobility, it has the beauty of
womeh as they were In q more static
age.
The lotus does not quite belong in
the District flora. but If you motor
down to Fredericksburg, or better still,
If you 60 on the train, you will see
quantities Of it in the land-locked ponds
along the Potomac and Chesapeake Bay.
Our species is not identical with the
famed lotus Of Asia. Ours is yellow
1t looks, with its sunburst of golden
petals and hundreds Of golden stamens
and stigmas, like the great eye Of Phoe-
bus himself. The Indian lotus is pale
pink tn the wild. white. roseate or even
dark red In cultivation, and it is easy
to see why the lotus Is the symbol of
religious contemplation among the
Bhuddists. Serenity. purity. nobility
and aspiration simply breathe from the
flower; all the water-lily family sug-
gests quiet happiness. but the lotus
suggests transcendant, celestial content.