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Pioneer History of Meigs County 115 Rutland, Ohio, August 14th, 1884. The committee appointed to erect a monument to mark the resting place of George Warth beg leave to report. The amount contributed by members at the last meeting: $8.50. Robert Combs, dime collection, $5.00. Do- nated outside of the Society, $16.00. Donated by L. A. Weaver, $8.00. Total....................$37.50 ------ Paid for monument.................................$35.00 For hauling and putting it up..................... 2.50 ------ $37.50 SILAS JONES, Chairman of Committee. Thus are remembered the services of an Indian spy and scout, who carried the U.S. mail from Marietta to Gallipolis in a canoe, defended by his unerring rifle, and propelled by a pole in his strong hands. S. C. L. This pioneer graveyard was surveyed and deeded to Leb- anon township by Mrs. Emetine L. Bicknell, and the deed was recorded in the Recorder's office at the Court House in Pome- roy, O., in 1883. She also paid to the wife of Uriah Sayre, for her labor, and her boys, money for the cleaning of brush and briars of this same pioneer graveyard in the fall of 1882. FLAX. In those primitive times the raising of flax and the manu- facturing of the same was an important business. It could not be exchanged for or supplied by anything else. The ground needed for cultivation had to be good, mellow land, free from weeds, and was sown broadcast. When grown and seed nearly ripe, it was pulled up by the roots by hand and spread upon the ground where it grew, and where it remained until dry. It was then bound in small bundles, and the seed pounded off with flails, after which it was taken to a meadow or pasture, and spread evenly on the grass to lie until the rain and weather |
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