Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1933-10-05

can't understand why boys have to
De wild and wooly.' We will let
DR.. Pedicord tell his story in his
] own way.
In a recent issue we gave the
rames of the soldiers buried at
| Lebanon. Before we conclude this
! writing we want to get the names
of all soldiers buried in the town
ship and have them all published in
one issue, SO they may be preserv
ed for the coming generations.
We met our first school teacher,
| Ebert Brown, at the fair. We had
hoped to spend some time with him
| before they returned to their home
in Chicago, III. Mr.. Brown enters
| into our story first as a teacher of
| the Robinson school, then because
his wife Launa Chambers is Bris-
! tol girl After showing his worth
as school teacher in Morgan coun-
| ty, he went to Mclean county, Illi-
nois, where he taught in the schools
and worked on a farm, after which
as mail clerk on the c. & A. rail-
road, between Chicago and St.
Louis; and now he is retired on
pension. Not a very old man, all
owing to the fact that he started
teaching when only a boy. AS we
light our pipe to settle our nerves
after an evening of penciling, our
mind goes back to the old Salem
school, and we can see Ebert
leaning back against the old shade
tree, putting a briar And we re-
call our first appearance on the
we recited: There is a remedy, or
there is none; if there is one, try
and find it If there is none, never
mind it, For many years We
could not understand why he had
us say it on SO many different oc-
casions,-but now as the years
have rolled on we feel we know
why: and now when teacher and
Tupil have trod the pathway of life
for half century since those days
we spent at Salem, and time has
changed the color of our hair, made
us look back rather than forward as
we did then. We are glad for the
fact that we can look back on those
Gays with pleasant memories. True
we can't help thinking of those who
were our classmates, who have en-
tered the 'school on high" But we
hope to meet our first teacher many
years yet, before we have to lay
down the tenement of clay.
We find the name DR.. White in
our Bristol history, wherein we
have written: DR.. White lived in
Tuttonburg. but we are unable to
give the date of pill faring here.
We note the name of DR.. Link in a
school election at the Robinson
school. 1871 Dr. Link lived in the
house below the road. at the old
Bristol store, close by the old store
house.
Not so many years ago it was the
duty of the township clerk to make
out and post an itemiZed statement
of the receipts and expenditures of
the trustees during the year. This
statement gave the name of each
person or company receiving money,
and what for. The statement was
posted at the polling place on cleo
ton day. While the clerks books
are open to inspection, very few tax
Payers know how their money is
expended. With the gas tax, much
more money is received and eXpend-
ed than in previous years. While
there is more cash, there are more
calls or places to spend it.
In less than 90 years more than
one-fourth Of the roads Of Bristol
have been surfaced with stone or
gravel Perhaps those who finish
another quarter of century here
will see all the gaps closed. Unless
we decide to travel by air, and we
feel that will never be satisfactory,
as it would be hard to balance Will
Brothers, Ben Mcconnell, and skinny
fellows like yours truly. We did not
mind associating with them where
the crust is thick, but not up in the
air. So come on with your roads.
A tax receipt in the possession of
G. P. Roberts, reads: Nov. S, 1851.
Received of Ephraim Roberts 35
cents, nine mills, his taxes charged
the current year on the following
described town property. situated in
Eristol township, Morgan county, in
Arlington. Number Of lot, II, val
Iation $37.
| We note that T. V. Chambers
taught the Robinson school in 1867;
of the AZ pupils enrolled there sc
years ago, we find the following
are left: Mary E. Mcdowell Par
miter, L. M. Little, ]. H. Mcdowell,
Bristol. r. v. Chambers, Morgan
township; Jane Knox Davis, McCon-
relsville; c. H. whitney, Hebron.
We may have missed some, not be-
ing sure of whom they married.
Some time ago we gave a list OF
school teachers. From time to time
folks have noted we missed sew
eral. Now we are ready to finish.
Give us your list at once, please
We feel that we are coming close to
the end of the story, and we feel
and know that much most interest
ing history is yet untold. Those
who know will please tell us or
write it yourself
(To Be Continued)