Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1939-04-27
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Meigs

We write history-then learn
we only got a very small portion.
On our visit with our historian
Mandy Smith, she told us she had
seen the remains OF soldier boys OF
three wars brought back and buried
in the cemeteries here, The one
that attracted our attention was
that of David Lawrence. Knowing
he was buried at Mcigs, we went
out before we slept. Here is what
We found: David Lawrence, a vol
iInteer in Company c, 122nd Regi-
ment, o. V. L., died at Winchester,
Wa, June 6, 1868, aged 80 years.
one month and IL days" Think OF
ID, now after rs years this woman
who attended his funeral told us
about it, as though it were only yes
terday; then she told of Frank Bail
ey- Spanish-American; and Charles
Miller, World war soldier. then
aold of world events of today. We
never talk with her but that we
wish we had been born smart. in
stead Of good looking. Ed Ashton
was here last week papering our
abiding place He spoke of having
a picture of the old log school mouse
near Gaysport, where his father,
the late Jas. Ashton attended his
first school with James A. Garfield
teacher Who knows the location
and history of this old school house?
We suspect our friend John Pev-
ton wasn't old enough to go that
winter-or we would ask him.
Come to think OF it. friend Ike Barr
likely knows. As he don't carry the
mail from Gaysport via Rowland
and Cloud TO Bristol any more, we
don't get to see him.--If potatoes
have to be planted on Good Friday,
The crop viii be short here--We
were misinformed as to the bridge
on the Bear run road. 1t was only
damaged and has been repaired,
temporarily When our Republican
friends put us on the skidOo, we
thought they were only trying to get
rid of the trash-but as they haYe
continued and come UP to, and toss
ed Charley Finley overheard, We
guess all Democrats must look
trashy to them. With the work Of
Charles Finley, true Christian gen
Fleman, as a pattern. Morgan coun-
fy folks will watch with interest the
work of his successor. There are
several men yet in Bristol who have
been promised jobs who haven I
been crowned yet, and they seem tc
think a promise is something to be
kept Mrs. Cassie AVhitehouse who
was in poor health for some time, is
again back to normal We are in
between-isn't it wet-isn't it dry
In the passing of Frank Matheney
Morgan county lost an outstanding
citizen whose life and work was
never fully appreciated. May his
kind never perish from the earth. -
A question in algebra: Are there
as many Republicans in Morgan
county, prasing their executive
committee, as are cussing them, In
looking over the church record of
Tabor Christian church. Marion
township we are led to believe Re-
becca Ellis, who died in 1927. was
the last Of the charter members
having been a member rs years.
Marion Little and your scribe look
ed over the lower end Of Mouse run
hollow, up as far as the Ray place
AS we looked through the buildings
we thought of the hundreds OF
yards of carpet that had been woy-
ell here, beside hundreds Of rugs
The home is deserted-nothing but
memories greeted us. On up over
the hills we wended our way to the
home of the former uncle and cOu-
sin, Francis Hempfield We had to
wait until he returned from church
so didn't get to visit with him long.
Frank is one of tho best educated
men in the county, but has helped
others more than himself with it
1t is said school teachers use to &c
to his home at noon to get him &c
solve their hard problems. Oh yes
we found the cane mill Of which we
have written in previous sections. OF
which the cane was ground at Adam
Scott's eyaporatOr BY the way Mrs
Charlotte Matson Hale of Rooster