Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1939-01-05
ODD NOTES. ON El.RLY HISTORY

The newspapers Of the early days
were not the source of local news
that they are today and if we were
to depend on what was printed in
the early papers for our history we
would have but very little to record.
The best source of local history IS
that of old letters written by per-
sons here to those away, in which
they tell ali the events of the neigh.
borhood, as we'll as of the family,
and it is from these sources that we
get our main facts.
The next best is to talk with our
older residents, as they tell us eth
place or tell what had been tolG
them. In nearly every instance il,
is necessary to check up on these
stories, as time has either dimmed
the recollection or added details
that never happened. But when we
find three or four different ones
telling the same thing in the same
the event really happened just about
that way.
But even in the early papers we
find items that would not be writ.
ten il letters, especially if they are
very long or relate to matters ir
general Family letters are usually
specific in their statements, and
may UC uCpCIueu upon LOT
While they may have talked as
much gossip in those days as we
do today, when it came to writing q
letter they confined themselves To
what had happened, and it is to be
regretted that the art of letter
writing has become almost a LOST
one with the present generation.
Many Of these old letters are
written so plainly that they seem,
nj first pl9noa f0 q en0rauod and
as they used lined rag paper an1
good ink, they have been preserved
AS noted before, the county pa
pers changed hands rather often,
the Conservative, started in July of
1856, suspended after 13 issues, bu'
after being dormant few weeks.
Moore and Kelly started it again
1867, Moore dropped out and JOS
eph A. Kelly continued it until in
March, 1871, when he suspended for
month and then brought out new
Paper called the Independent. In
November he moved the paper tc
Malta where it continued a year o.
so longer.
The Conservative, under Kelly,
was issued on Thursday 1t was
Democratic paper and Kelly was, a.
the title of his paper might indi
cate, conservative in his editorials
He carried much more advertising
than his predecessor, the issue =
have at hand, being Vol one, num-
Ter 46, and dated June 6, 1867 had
more than A columns of advertis
ing. 1t was a standard six column
paper, IA by 20 inches, four pages
He varied a little from the custom
by using the front page for local ad~
vertisements, mostly professional
cards of doctors. dentists and law
yers. Among the many old photo
graphs that may be found in the
the gallery of VIM. c. Tresize, who
announces in this issue he has twol
new types to Offer the Ferrotype
and the Ambrotype, which cannot
be surpassed anywhere. He will
also furnish oil paintings and Indie
ink work, all of the very best.
Within the past few years we
have heard lot about "Free Love.
But this is nothing new, as we find
three columns of this issue taken
up with clipping from the New
York Herald about the Wallingford
Community, near New Haven, Conn,
in which the habits and every day
life--the religious views and prac-
tices-their views on marriage and
other features Of the system, are
fully discussed.
On the Tuesday before this issue
the contract was let for the new
school house, ton the hilI), Fouts|
and Grubb secured the contract on il
a bid of $4,000, which. with the
grounds made total investment
OF near $4,000.
G.. Burkholter & Brother have
opened an elegant ladies' saloon
such as has never been equalled ir
our town. A new process OF max
inc icn cream will sustain the TeDu-
tation gained when G. Burkholter