Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1937-08-12
Meigs


We have tried with might ant
main-mane-M Maine, anyway one o1
them, to do something that would
deserve mention-by a friend Al
least-all to no avail-and then last
week we did it and no one ever
knew. We suppose when a preach
er performs the ceremony uniting
two couples, he gets double pay. We
gave notice of the marriage of one
couple,-preceded by the suspicion
of the marriage of another. The
words were such that even the edi-
tor couldn't see two pairs in it. OF
course it is all honor with us. BY
the way when we get to be squire
we will marry two pair at the same
price as one. Don't wait for that
if you are in hurry.
Mrs. Agnes Young, sons Hazen
and Paul and Hazen's wife and son
dents Of Bristol. with Mrs. Young
sister, Mrs. Florence Johnson, OF
Meigsville, were guests of their sis
ter, Mrs. Mary Best, and husband
Wednesday, returning to the John
son home that evening. From there
they went to visit Mrs. Young's
brother, Frank O'Neal, and family.
Any former neighbors of Hazen here
can do as they please while in Del
aware-until Hazen catches them.
He is on the police force of his
home town, and is now on his vaca-
tion
Mrs. Maud Doyle, GAINESVILLE, was
the guest of Mrs A. j. Lindimore,
Friday of last week.
While we have been reading the
thoughts of men and women for
many years, much of which we
couldn't understand, one of which is
that the world is moving in cycles
anyway in our boyhood scarcely an
issue of the Democrat came to our
home that did not tell of team of
horses running off. In the past few
years it's automobile wrecks and
crashes. Whether one Of those
cycles had come around to where
there must be a repetition of past
events, or what, anyway, Thursday
evening as Mr. and Mrs Bernard
Knox and two little children were
returning home from the Colonel
gy, the mule scared and ran away,
upsetting the buggy on top of the
occupants, and ditched the mule We
are glad to note they escaped with
only minor injuries. Mrs. Knox
seems to have been most seriously
injured-but is up and around.
Everybody seemed tickled over
the nice shower Friday night. Veg
citation was showing the effects of
the dry spell.
The Bridge Is Not Across The Creek
What has been long known as the
Lindimore bridge, just south of vii
lage, is not across the creek as it
was in the early days-but across
the mill race, and thereon hangs a
tale-of the McGrath saw mill. Ho-
ratio McGrath and his wife, Mar
jory. lived in Muttonburg and own
ed and operated the saw mill which
was run by water power furnished
by the mill race. By referring to
the monuments at the graves Of
these folks here in the cemetery, we
find Horatio McGrath was born in
1918, died in his 67th year. Mar
jory, his wife, born in 1916, died in
1891. If you noticed we said they
owned and operated the saw mill.
When we said they, We meant Mr..
and Mrs. McGrath A son Frank
McGrath who first saw the light of
day in our village 81 years ago, in
formed us of time when his faith
er had his leg broken by rolling
1og-then his mother took the oxen
and hauled in logs, rolled them OH
the mill, and sawed them into lum-
ber. He went on to tell of the fact
that his mother was carpenter, "a
born mechanic" that she could go
on house and put on siding as we'll
as any man. Some folks wonder
how it comes that the McGraths
were and are mechanics-but not
US. What wonderful lot of fine
work this family has done--and left
as a monument of their mechanism.
We remember when the concrete
bridge, known as the Campbell
bridge, was being built, our friend
Frank was the carpenter building
forms, and we were assigned by Mr..
Clifton, contractor, to help him. All
we could do was to carry lumber
but Frank saw the FORM and then
built it-then we could see it. Friend
Frank remarked about the change
in the village since his boyhood,
saying he could see every house and
building in his minds eye, as they
were at that time. Later we will
give our readers more of the early
history as lived and learned by
Frank
Reunions
Meet-greet and eat-in other
words reunions seem to be the
events that are attracting the peo-
pie at this time. The Sines .Yauger
at Parkersburg; the Anderson at
Geo. Ogg's, Crooksville route; the
Swank, at CALDWELL; the Little,
Morgan county fair grounds.
Roy G. Swank and family who