The weather is certainly making me feel at home. It is either wet and warm (ish), or clear and sunny and cold (no ish). It's a little more extreme, with the wet being a bit wetter, and the cold being a bit colder. I have bought a big puffy jacket, which is very effective at keeping me warm and dry. It is reversible, and cost all of $7 in Walmart.
I can get no further with my theory. It was Aiken Town in 1791, and Glasgow in 1803. Aiken died in 1801. The Glasgows who created the Missouri town came from a few miles away. Their mother was called Aiken Stuart. I was certain it would be easy to find that a Glasgow took the place over, or inherited it. But I can't find any evidence. It just seems that as soon as they got Aiken in the ground they wanted to call it something else. And they may have been tired of being in Pencader Hundred in the Welsh Tract of New Castle County.
When the State Review Board for Historic Sites met in December 1976 to consider making 'Aiken's Tavern' a historic site, it considered, at the same meeting, the 'Clyde Farm Site, Glasgow', so there must have been some Scots about the place.
Later that night, one of the Willie Nelson lookalikes was, as they say here, "hitting on" the barmaid. He had been convening for some time, and felt he should favour her with his phone number. She was taking it in good part, and thought it might help clarifiy her position if she showed him a photo of her infant son on her phone. As she passed it over, he went all gooey-eyed and said "aw, he looks just like me".
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