Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1938-09-22
Meigs

many antiques is valuable only on
account of it's age. This is a .32 cal
ibre four shot revolver with a re-
volving firing pin manufactured by
Remington & Son, Ilion, n Y, in
1850. 1t is in perfect condition.
This is the kind of weapon said to
have been carried by outlaws and
highwaymen of that period. This is
only one of many valuable antiques
owned by Mr.. Bryant.
We are in receipt of a card from
our friend Vince Lawrence, New
ark, mailed on the train as he was
returning from a vacation trip spent
in Colorado and Kansas. We couldn't
help wonder if he met the lady ''who
was so kind as to give him the chick
en-
Our Prayer
Oh Lord keep us from getting
puffed up when friends brag on us.
Bolster us up when others give US
the devil Above all help us to look
the same-and act likewise, regard
less.
''Su Boy
Fred kalb sent male-What We
at Muttonburg called a boar hog to
the GAINESVILLE stock sale last week.
which tipped the scales at 665
pounds What bothers us because
he was a boar, Fred had to take
cut in price. When We buy him in
the meat shop we pay the same price
as though it were cuts out of young
stock.
Our Morgan County Fair
In spite Of the fact that the Lord
was good to everybody in Morgan
county, in giving us a wonderful
rain. We who have attended 81 of
the past 62 fairs pronounce the 1888
the best. We were disappointed i'll
not seeing you folks whom we think
belong to Morgan county In fact
we are always most interested in
two races. You and me and the
horses The thing we were most in
terested in, We never found (and we
We're sober) the wire photo outfit.
We believe everything We hear Eve
are hard of hearing a. times) but
We want someone who is supposed
to know tell us, and then we can't
comprehend, but we enjoy noddinS
our bones.
Memory Is Now Returning
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our Republican friends persuaded to
take K C.'s place, not only on the
ticket, but to oil the machinery We
neglected asking him if he had K.
c. IS list to whom he had issued
''Kale Honesty" He didn't loos
any bigger to us than Kenneth.
'Dock and Glib informed us that
we're going to elect him. 1t
would help quite bit if they would
give us the totals.
Uncle Sam seems to want cur mail
carried by men competent, on time
and in the right box. Somehow I'm
Gle seems partial. Our Star carrier
delivers our mail with diligence,
travels a distance of 33 miles, deliv-
ers to one hundred boxes, car
ries all the mail distributed and col
lected by the Reinersville r. F. D..
carrier The Star man gets 500
per year r. F. D. men travel about
80 miles, get all holidays and get
vacation with pay while the
Star man goes every day, or no pay.
We are wanting to take a straw
vote on the New Deal ir Bristol
Won't you take postal card and
answer the following questions:
One. Are you in favor of the New
Deal; second, how much money
have you received from crop con-
troll, or other sources made avail
able by the New Deal. Democrat.
Republican.
We met one man at the fair who
said I hope We have war" When
said you haven't any boy to sacri-
fee. he quit talking.
The Carnes sale was attended by
good crowd considering the fact it
came the day following the fair, and
on Saturday when folks go to
town. Most goods sold we'll. The
Carnes' and McCarty's change loca-
tions the first of this week.
We are sorry to learn of the SER
ious illness of our friend Cydnor Nc
Inturf Glad to know our friend
John McInturf is improving.
Carlton Jenkins left Monday for
Columbus to resume his studies at
Ohio State
One of Will Yauger's fat calves
died Saturday. Cause Of death un-
determined.
From the looks of many cornfields
where the corn has been cut, it ap-
pears the farmers, or nature, plant
ed a cover crop.
Mae Carnes and friend Fred
Lunn, Columbus, spent Sunday with
the formers mother, Mrs. Frances
Carnes.
Mrs. Iris Ball and children were
at the Dayton state hospital, Sunday, |
to see their husband and father,
Harold Rail- They found him much |