Nesbitt Memorial Library Journal, Volume 2, Number 2, May 1992 Page: 100
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the melon field never did come down to the springs and scold us, but I suspect that he
expected to lose some melons to the swimmers.
I learned to swim at Johnson Springs. I was about six years old and I tagged
along behind my older brother Leon. Joe Little Burttschell, Johnny and Clarence Hastedt,
Oscar Schade, some of the Mattern boys, and others were some of the boys who swam
at the springs. One day Joe Little saw me dawdling at the edge of the water. He called
me to come up on the bank from which they dove into the river. He said I am going to
teach you to swim and picked me up and threw me into the middle of the river. Needless
to say, I dog paddled to the bank. After that I had no hesitation to swim in the river.
Of course, we swam nude and I'll tell of an incident involving Mr. and Mrs.
Best in another section.12
8. The Livery Stable
The livery stable was owned by Mr. Adam Burttschell and located on Front
Street across from our house and next to the Burttschell home. A group of saddle horses
were kept ready for rental by drummers (salesmen) who would need transportation to
visit their customers in the country and surrounding communities. Mr. Burttschell had
a few buggies available.
Between his home and the stable was a lot where the horses could roam.
One summer day there were a couple of mules dozing next to the fence and Tommy
Mattern - Matterns were then living in the Burttschell house - and me were sitting on
the fence and one dared the other to slip over and mount one of the mules. I took the
dare and as soon as I got on the mule it started to run and pitch and, of course, I promptly
fell off. When I got up I noticed something wrong with my right arm. So I ran home and
Mother saw that my arm was broken and immediately took me to Dr. [Eugene Clifton]
Gordon to have it attended to. I remember that I had to explain to a lot of people how
I had broken my arm which made me feel that I had done something dangerous to break
an arm. Every winter Mr. Burttschell would bring his race horses to Columbus to stable
them at the livery stables. Everyday he would exercise them in the lot and many times
he would let us walk the horses round and round the lot. Sometimes he would let us
ride them which was a great thrill.
9. The Jail
Living next to the jail was a ball and provided many interesting events. When
I was old enough to get around on my own I guess I was probably five or six years old.
The first sheriff that I remember was Mr. Will Mayes.13 Katie [his daughter] was a little
younger than Howard [his son] who was a young man. I do not know or cannot
remember if there were any other children except there may have been a baby born to
Mrs. [Zulal Mayes during this time. Because Howard was older I did not get to be
involved with the jail or jail life.
But Mr. Mayes then won the election for County Judge and Mr. [John
Franklin] Wegenhoft became sheriff. There were Ford, Johnny, Elmo, and Oliver, who
12 For the story involving the Bests, see section 3.
13 Again the author confuses Ethelbert Bruce Mayes with his brother, John William Mayes (see
footnote 3). The former was elected sheriff in 1908, after his predecessor, Walter Eldridge "Dick" Bridge,
declined to run for reelection. Howard Bruce Mayes, the sheriff's son, was born August 22, 1893 and so was
some 14 years older than the author. Allie Mae and Zula Kathryn (Katie) Mayes, the sheriff's daughters, were
born October 14, 1895 and November 25, 1904 respectively. Katie became the first wife of Homer Louis
Koliba, who eventually owned the Matzke home. The Mayes' fourth child, Mildred Joyce Mayes, was born
June 5, 1913.100
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