Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1938-07-28

home. A., Ranl46T came t"IlH LIE
unnerving cry. Ny wife and two
|small children were at home alone
in the cabin. No gun about the
house. she seated herself on the
bedsfde.s ak In hand The hungry
panther climbed Upon and over the
cabin Roof. Eventually firing OF
this performance, the panther SEEM
|ingly went toward the stable, but
che was further horrified by his I'm
mediate return to the. house. a
rain trough extended along the side
|cf the hut. This, the panther sprang
upon and locked in at the win0ow'
Just at that moment, my wife SAID
the Goals in our. 0ld-fashionsd nTs-
place rolled apart and this fright
|ened the panther into leaving. II
Ii had Just happened to, come home
while he was there, it would have
been the last of me, reckon THe
writer recalls his own youthful ais
appointment at the 80 year old
mans inability to recall the pres
ence here of any animal more le-
rccious than the panther. We later
learned that this was mistaken
conception on our part. We, nave
since understood that the big pow
erful cat, generally known as the
panther, and called by the early
back woodsman, "a painter, was
Just about the most ferocious OF
wild animal menaces with Wnlcn
the early pioneer had to contend
1t was his concealed, ghostly pres
ence in the shades of the forest or
his gliding stealthily and soundless-
~ across the early trails OF the
grandfathers of some of this gener-
alton, that kept. these pioneers al
ways alert. 1t is said that the In
dian in recognition of this anlmaps
craftiness, made his boys sleep on
panther skins that they might ac-
quire something of the great cats
skill in woodcraft. To the youth OF
today it would seem far-cry back
to the day of trails through the
woods and of panthers yet many OF
us not quite 60 have brushed shoul-
ders with the men who lived in
those days. The wonder Of it all
which youth cannot grasp are the
tremendous changes that have TAX
en- place within the scope Of three
family generations. Hearing 1t de-
tailed from the lips of these fore
fathers who built their cabins IN
the woods where wild-game roamed
at will, witnessing the destruction
of the forests, decline of game, to-
gether with observing the stu
renduous social and. mechanical
changes on up through the years,
we believe that those who live with
<lo nh nf q
in this period, have enshrined In
their memory the most fascinating
record of American life that will
ever be obtained by any generation.
We had an item :afl ready for
the ink last week stating that ten
feeces of Vernon Crisman's wool
lad rolled away, presumably in the
nighttime and was resisting all ef-H
forts of anybody to flag it to a stop.
Shortly afterward we learned they
chad been taken for ride or
more specifically taken "to buy one
of those motorized things in which
to take a ride 1t is often quoted
that where there's a will there is a
way. and with almost equal en-
phasis it may be stated that ''where
there is wool there's a weigh" This
latter fact, fortunately acts as d
strong impediment to successful
wool "snitching." II for no other
reason the obvious futility Of hoping
to evade detection should dissuade
the practice.
The machinery of Louis Dehmer
Inc.) of Tiffin, Ohio, was moved
into Reinersville, Monday evening,
preparatory to improving state
Highway IS, with coat of black
top.
Twin boys were born to Mr.. and
M,s Glen Grandstaff, of Sycamore,
Wyandot county, last Friday The
parents formerly resided at this
place and McConnelsville.
Willis Welch, local school janitor,
left last Thursday for visit with
rela tives at Detroit, Mich, and re-
turned home last Monday night
James D. Rodeback is having a
rather serious time with carbuncIe
and at present is confined to his bed.
David Bamfield returned to this
vicinity Sunday, after a few weeks
visit with relatives at Norwich and
Cambridge.
Elmer Conger had sufficiently i'm
proved in health as to be in the viii
lage, Monday.
Jesse Grandstaff and wife of Co
shocton visited relatives here, Sun
day.