Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1933-02-16
RenrOck

A daughter was born Feb. 10 to
Mr.. and Mrs. Omar Reed. Mr.. and
Mrs. Ed Combs of Reinersville are
( the grandparents.
Next Sunday, Feb. 10, will be
young peoples day. Everything per-
tanning to the church, except, the
pastors address, will be in the
hands of the young folks.
One lazy old grounding who, bur-
rows in sight here, either oversight,
or got dates mixed, as he wasn't OBJ
served until the third. Anyway he
saw his shadow and see what he has
been doing to us since.
Sunday morning, Feb. IL, the
thermometer here registered IL be-
low zero. On the morning Of the
10th, "a years ago, the mercury
reached 40 beIow--the cdldest on
record
We have seen the upIifted hand
that holds high. the torch of the
Statue of Liberty, enlightening the
world, which was presented to the
United States by France, and stands
at the entrance to New York har-
Dor, yet we have never been there,
nor in sight of any part of 1t, and
of course we have never been over
IN France. This may seem some
what puszling to some, but simple
when understood Well answer in
our next.
Our friend Byron of Meigs, local
historian of Bristol township, if he
lives long enough, will find him.
self swamped with letters and in
quiries pertaining to the history
and biography of people. past and
present, is wondering If our aged
mother, Mrs Sarah Thorla, has any
knowledge of Joseph Paxton of
Boise City, Idaho, or any descend
ants, who left back here, three
brothers, George, William and Sam
of any but Samuel, who kept store
here for years before and after the
Civil war; We believe that his son
James, deceased, who lived most of
his life here had some kind of a
family record, and il the party in
terested will write to Rosa ID. Pax
ton, care of G.. D. Paxton, Zanes-
Vile. O., Rt. 5, they may get the
desired information. This all re-
minds us that If anyone knows of a
cemetery, this side aof the river,
where some Caiverts are buried. It
is thought that they lived and died
in the Reinersville community. We
have looked in the cemetery there,
also at Rehobeth and Cross Roads.
If anyone has any clue please drop
us a postal card.
sMaybe the church could help.
him. suggests our editor, when we
alluded to a fellow coming to
schurch drunk The expression
bears semblance of a hint that
maybe the church was lax in their
duty toward This drunken man. We
believe that this church and every
other church, SO far as we know.
are ready and willing to do all in
their power to "raise the fallen,
cheer the faint, heal the sick, and
lead the Blind But when men
lose all sense of manhood, have no
uSOAiN ~ w aHyChAh oot q Aoo6A
neck, and their sole ambition Is
! only to see how far they can indulge
! in their diabolical boldness and ef-
frontery in the house of God, then
what? According to an editorial in
the Democrat just recently, bunch
of Ohio Wesleyan singers, whom
I 1t would be expected, would have
sense enough to behave themselves
were at McConneIsville, yet they
proved by their conduct at the OPP
!. era house, that they were of the
rowdy, hoodlum class, ignoring the
appeals of the management, until
officials of the law had to be called
+, to restore order. Its goes on to say
that when they appeared In their
concerts at the church and sanator-
ium they acted the part Of ladies
and gentlemen. Consistency, thou
art jeWeIfs
We note that the hgbos of Amer
lea are wanting to place bronze
tablet somewhere in New York City
in honor or Stephen C. Foster. the
song writer He is the author of
told Black Joe," my sOld Ken
,tueky Home" and more than a. hun