Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1937-10-21
Page Seven

in 1872, hand made by the late Bob
Weston OF Gait, formerly Of Nor
/ ganville, o.. They We're the wedding
! boots of the late Mr.. Scott who
! paid $40 for them. He wore them
many times after his marriage. In
] deed, when Mr.. Scott died unexpect-
| edly, at the barn at his home in
| 1871, ne was wearing the boots. No
one has worn them since, as they
are too small for young Mr.. Scott.
However, the leather seems to be
| Just as good as ever, as there are
only two small holes worn in the toe
OF each boot, proving that leather
IN those days was real
Mr.. Scott said mis- father was
carpenter by trade and in his early
Gays worked at 1t continuously. 1t
was during the time when buildings
were erected of timber heWed ont
OF logs All of the frame work was
fastened together with wooden pins
instead of nails as it is done now.
He used hand boring machines for
driving large augers through hard
natlVe timber six to eight inches
lhlcK, some even as much as IL
thches. ~ tss,;s II depended on the size Of
the Dulld1ng TO be put up at public
raising when the framework
was ready to go up-as to the thick
ness of timber used.
Besides, there are pad bits of Diff
ferent sizes; rim bits to do finish
trimming, almost a hatful of them.
slnker screw pads; augers that will
bore a two inch hole or on down to
the size OF a gimlet. There are
shapes that only a carpenter of tha
days gone by could tell what thew
were for. There were corner chisels
from two feet long and as large in
proportion down to ordinary sized
chisels
The late Mr.. Scott also manufac.
tured coHlns and made the first one
USED IN the local cemetery, his
son said He had to have pIow
plane, one that would cut tongua
IN frame work to make the coffin
boards fit tight. There were also
different kinds of saws and smaller
TOOLS that We're used in this kind of
carpenter work.
All OF these Mr.. Scott has under
lock and key. He has a large broad
ak used for hewing logs, and large
wooden mallet that was made out Of
a knot. from haw tree Another
keepsake Mr.. Scott has is the head
OF a spinning wheel, which was
made by his father in 1860, as the
date was stamped upon it.
Mr.. Scott said he used part of the
.oUio "HCH Hc HeeueQ Inem, eSpec-
Tally one hand saw which is at least
20 years old, and is as good or bet
ter than one could buy now. There
are large number of the tools.
however, he does not know how to
use. nor what they were supposed
to do when operated.
He was doubtful if there are any.
Or at ieast many carpenters now,
who would know how to use some
Of them or what they were for.
However. he is going to take care Of
them as long as he lives When he
IS gone he said he did not know
what would be done with them, as
ne is the only member of the Scott
family now living.
When the tools were first bought
hey amounted to many hundreds of
1ollars. He does not know what val
le they would be to anyone except
limself to use, and keep.
Mr.. Scott has never been married
IND has lived alone for a number Of
years since the death of his parents,
sisters and brother. He does no
armlng himself, just looking after
lis farm. taking care of his A year
ing cattle, two milk COWS and two
Did sows and eight pigs. He has a
ew chickens, but is not doing much
leavy work of any kind, even going
low on keeping down the weeds and
grass. VI course, he does his own
cooking, bedmaking and housekeep-
ng, and he does a good job of it,
Judging from the cleanliness of his
home the day the gas wagon was
here
Carlos said he had rs bushels of
'orn left over, which is perhaps
more old corn than is in the county.
lie smiled though, soon afterwards
md said the corn he had in his crib
vas bought in Iowa, and was not
lome grown.
The farming land he rented to
Wilbur Fulkerson who lives near
he Scott place had Is acres of oats
hat were as good as he ever saw.
The eight acres of wheat Mr.. Fulk-
rson had out on the place did not
10 any good, some of it not being
worth cutting to say nothing about
hreshing. Mr. Fulkerson also put
lp his 60 acres of meadow and it
vas good quality, hardly weed
n it.
Roy Blackburn had in II acres of
Wheat, which he afterwards sowed
n oats, and the combination crop
made $50 bushels. Mr. Scott said
he grasshoppers We're numerous,
nd bothered some. but did not
amage the crop at his place.