Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1938-03-31
ANTIQUES DISPLAYED AT A
CENTENNIAL so YEARS AGO

In July, 1888, women S CEN
tennial fair was held here. Con-
sulting the files of the Democrat we
find that over 500 different an
tique articles were on display. A
list of number of the articles,
with age of same. and the then
owners, appeared in the Democrat.
That was SO years ago, and the cen
tennial celebration of the Northwest
Territory and a celebration was had
that year at Marietta.
While the then owners of the an
|tiques displayed here have prac-
tically all passed on, there are no
now in possession of relatives.
Since a committee is now at work
trying to locate antiques and relics
TO be displayed in the sesqui CEN
tennial here next month, as assist
ance to the committee, we publish
a partial list of the articles then on
display, age of same, and the then
owners, as follows:
Punch bowl, over 200 years old,
owned by G. H. Bone; three plates,
115 years old, Mrs. Newberry;
years old. brought from Connecticut
to the first settlement at Water
ford, Washington county, B. F. Dut-
ton; two pewter platters, SO years
old. Mrs. w Grubb two pewter
platters, 200 years old, Miss Lucy
D. Porter; sugar bowl, originally
the property of Elizabeth Zane,
owned by Miss Rachel Mckinney;
split bottom rocking chair that was
in use in the old fort at Marietta,
and Welsh Bible, 140 years old,
n n taI Il
china mug, 100 years, Mary Jen-
kins; cream cup, 107 years old, Ret
ia Hastings; gun, bullet pouch and
powder horn, 125 years old, David
Deaver; Bible, 124 years old, Mrs.
c. l.. Hall; Bible, 200 years old. j.
w. Pidgeon; German Bible, 124
years old, Mrs. A. Dozer; wooden
clock, 100 years old, Will Finley;
pewter tea pot, with this legend ac~
pig pen, and as there was no lead
in the house, Grandpa Wright eth
er had to lose his pig or sacrifice his
wife's tea pot lid, to make bullets.
The effect on the tea pot lid is here
shown, but what became of the
bear, we know not" owned by Mrs.
Wright Nelson; set of wool cards,
104 years old, Mrs. Nelson; watch,
$50 years old, Mrs. McAdoo; china
mug, 165 years old, Mrs. Joe Smith;
beautifully carved powder horn,
cob Holcomb; fine display of cur
iosities, including diamonds in the
rough from South Africa, e. L.
Hall; reticule, 100 years old, Jen-
ME Milhouse; pair linen hose, knit
by Mrs. Agnes Hoffman, 53 years
ago; cup and saucer, 125 years old,
Mary Porter; child's shoe, $50
years old, Oscar Lambert; old tin
der box, age unknown, cross bow,
over 100 years old, once the prop
erty of James Whitaker, one of the
pioneer settlers of Morgan county
Richard McElhiney; Catholic en-
blem, made in 1880, DR.. Mitchell;
pin cushion and spectacle case, over
100 years old, Jane Sears; pair
5pectacles, 120 years old, Mrs. Lib
Martin; lance, 122 years old, D. H.
Deaver; tobacco box, 100 years old,
Loren Devol; plates, 100 years old,
Elizabeth Lavery; tea canister,
1o4 years old, John Finney; sugar
ley; cannon ball from battlefield Of
j. w. Pidgeon; let
ter to Hannah Milhouse from her
father, written in 1872; copy of
the Wheeling Register, Of Feb. 13,
1908, Boston Gazette and Journal,
March IL, 1870, containing account
Of the Boston Massacre, and the
New York Post, Of Nov. z, 1888.
Baltimore American Gazette, owned
by Jennie Milhouse, of Aug. 20,
1873, owned by Oscar Lambert;
Masonic jewel, once the property of
John Seaman, of Tamany Lodge,
No. SO; home made thread, spun
and bleached 70 years ago, Mrs. H.
A. Lewis; gourd powder flask, car
ried through the war of 1872, Geo.
pocket book, 125 years
old, Mrs. Lee; brass candle stick,
125 years old, Mrs e. H. Cheadle;
trunk brought from England, in
1886, James Maris: trunk more
than 100 years old, George Ham;
the laws Of the general assembly of
Virginia for the year 1862, Mrs. DR..
belt buckle that was
once the property of Abel Sherman,
the last white man killed by In
dians, in the Muskingum valley;
decanter, 125 years old, Miss Mary
Mrs. E. L. Hall: pepper box. 200
100 years old, Mrs. Hannah Hol
comb; plate, 100 years old, Mrs. G.
g; Morgan; china bowl. 200 years
Did, Mrs. DIR. Ewing: silver tea pot.
1872 years old, and tea set, nearly !
200 years old, Mrs. e. L. Hall; tea
set, more than 100 years old, +. A.
Wells.
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