Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1939-06-15
Page Seven

/ newspaper and radio, the latter was
unannounced. 1t was thus, Rev. J..
L. Nuzum, former popular pastor
was passing through, and had only
few minutes to stop, but in the
short time a crowd gathered to
! greet and welcome him. Methinks,
| had the members of the mems
chorus who have not joined the
| heavenly choir, the various quar-
tets, members of the various
| churches, men and women Of no
church--but who practiced without
chants. garage men and all with
/ whom he came in contact while So
! journing here-we say we believe
! had all these known the exact time
/ of his coming, the town would have
/ had day long to be remembered.
| Those who got to see him report
| "He looked good-wasn't lame, was
well dressed Why shouldn't he?
He is serving bigger congregation
than any in Morgan county. Our
| friend who gave us the dope, re-
called the time that one of the
prominent members of one of the
big churches here called him "a lit
tie one-horse preacher" when the
| reverend was on his way to the
bank to deposit the biggest collec-
tion taken in the county,-if not in
the Cambridge district, on that oc-
casion Some folks grow-some
dWindle
Raymond Belts swapped cars last
week
With eggs at 13 cents per dozen,
public speakers should be very care
ful Of their use of English
While we can't go to college, we
put in some time studying. Not so
much the new books as the old ones.
In looking through the elementary
spelling book by Noah Webster-or
rather the abridgement, we find the
following under the heading adv:
The recent publication of the i'm
proved abridgements of DIR. Web
ster's American dictionary, has
made it necessary to revise the ele-
mentary spelling book, that in it's
notation, as we'll as in photography
and pronunciation, the series may
be consistent. The notifications es-
pecially in notation are important,
as by the new system, the nicer
shades Of difference in the vowel
sounds are given, and the curve is
restored to original and legitimate
office in noting the regular short
sound of the vowels, but little at
tentlon to the key, to the sounds, of
the pointed letters, and to the re-
marks, prefxed will prevent any in
convenience or embarrassment,
either to teachers or classes.-W. G.
Webster, New York, May, 1857
We also find an advertisement of
Webster's unabridged dictionary.
We have often wondered if the DIG
tionary is wrong, and the un
shouldn't be the little one
Mr.. and Mrs. Omer Ray entertain
ed the following guests Sunday:
Mrs. Austin Carpenter, daughters
Jean and Janet, Chesterhill; Mr..
and Mrs. Harold Carpenter, Rus
sellville, Ark; Mrs. Elmer Pierce,
Corning; Harold Fuller and family,
Ringgold; Jesse Embree and family,
Pennsville route, and Miss Frieda
Mae Kalb, Meigs. Mr.. and Mrs.
Carpenter expected to start on their
return to Russellville, Monday
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Radcliff, son
Guy and friend Miss Janet Hutch
ins, and c.. D. Nichols and family
were at the Caldwell fair grounds,
where they, with the rest of Mrs.
Ann B. Nichols children, and their
families, staged celebration in
honor of Mrs. Nichols and son C.
ID. and her daughter-in-law, Mrs.
Phoebe Nichols birthdays, all fall
ing on the same day.
Mrs. Matte Lesco, former resi-
dent of our village, now of Column
bus, who was at Caldwell for the
birthday will visit with relatives
here this week.