Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1941-07-17
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bert quite a while. ~
At the Lee Wilson farm, former
Carlin-Beecher Lawrence farm, we
found z. o. Tilden there, who told
us he had some fine fat cattle. Lees
little daughter was thought to be
taking measles. On the following
day we went to town and back and
through the kindness of nephew and
niece, Mr.. and Mrs. Gerald Carpen-
ter we were transported to the En-
cry cemetery, as noted in the Meiae
| section.
| Monday We carried in some of our
scribbling-then came back and
looked over territory of which we
| have told you often. At the K ID.
| Apperson home we took notice of
the new baby. Finger prints may
| to US. While we are on the SUBJ
ject we want to say we have never
seen tweenty teenty" colored
baby If you have one on your route
| let us know and we will work that
| route next.
Writing the above, a friend whose
son is prominent NJ. d., told US
! that his son declares that babies
born to colored folks are white a
| birth After getting a days worl
done We accompanied our nephew
Fred Ray, over some 20 miles nj
Bristol and Manchester territory
and acknowledged seven easemenr5
! for the R. E. A. But let us tell you
that Mrs. Aggie Duff tod US that
| she expects her mother. Mas. Fran
ces Gray, to visit her and all we
whom she knew when the Grays re-
| sided in Bristol.
/ On our evening trip, we found P.
G. Lawrence showing his wife how
| to set out plants. Wednesday we
headed toward Pennsville by way of
the Malta cemetery. We found the
caretaker pushing lawn mower.
| When we asked him why they didn't
have a power mower he replied:l
| .'They have as an alibi, no money"
| When we looked at monuments we
thought we found out why. Folks
interested, spent all left to them for
! funeral expenses and monuments.
OF course they only have seven acres
TO NOW. At the Clark Harris home
we found Clark plowing corn at the
! far end of the farm, as he did not
owe anything We read the daily
I and waited for him to come in for
! dinner. He knew some t hings We
wanted to know. He knows lot
that would do us good if We knew
enough to put it in practice.
We stopped at the filling station
which brought back memories of
other days Bright Sage, who was
singing over the county during the
/ World war; Victor Bump, the mid
get, who has made good. They told
us that he is in the watch repair
J business At the Ball home We
found a lady whose face looked ia
miliar-only some older-after in
quiring We found she is the daugh-
ter of our good friend, Mary Dyke,
of Brokaw Mrs Lyle started life's
journey near Muttonburg. (Meigs
had not been thought Of them.
/ While she is only 81 she knows how
TO cook and help with the house
work
We rode a ways with "Your Hon
or" Carlos Riecker, which landed
us in Pennsville He has given some
folks a ride which landed them in
Columbus, and other fortified areas.
We found the population Of Penns-
: with Dale Miller, we boarded the
Athens mail truck and soon landed
at Hugh Ellis, where we spent the
, night as told in the Meigs section.
On the morrow we met Dale at
the cross roads: had started to see
old scenes Of Marion, Windsor and
Penn townships. 1t seems mechanics
had been busy repairing the build
ings damaged by the storm. After
riding two and half hours we land
ed at home. On account of sickness
and death Of our little grandson,
and being i'll ourself, we have been
close to home much of the time
since. In talking with Mabel Ris-
| berg who has been helping introduce
babies to their folks we learned that
she has helped all but one doctor in
the county. If you are sick she is
with you.
= (To Be Continued