The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1859-01-05

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,4Topp1Na. their thanks for the compliment Of
what they claim to be. the premium Cake thai
hasgbeen made during this season, which ha;
been so prolific of good Cakes.
1e Gun COUNTY AND TowN.-We would beg
leave to state, by way of explanation and de-
fence, that there is no country journal in Ohio
so farJas our knowledge extends, that is more
careful to obtain and give to its readers all
matters relating to the interests of the county
in which it is published, than the Ashland
Union. Everything of an official character,
relating to the wealth and progress of our
County,, we have always been careful to give
our readers-and intend that hereafter, as
heretofore, this shall constitute a feature of
our paper. IF we have given disproportionate
attention to the local affairs of our town, it has
been because,we have not had leisure and means
to gather such events relating to the local
business and current events of other towns, and
of the county generally, as we could wish. In
this particular we hope to improve.
We claim for cur town no more than is con-
coded by our highly-esteemed correspondent.
We claim for OUR COUNTY and for the other
towns Belonging to it, much more than is sug-
agested by him. 1900
=: We are not aware of any rivalry among our
Schools IF any such exists, we think it is
without cause. Weknow that in Ashland we
have. a. School unde as competent manage
ment as any Union School of which we have
any knowledge. This was the testimony of
Mr.. BARNEY, the late State Superintendent
who made it a visit, and the present Superin-
tendent, we believe, would concur in the
opinion, if he had the enterprise and energy
of his predecessor, to make personal examina-
ton of the Schools of the State Our Public
Schools, throughout the county are under eff
.eient and able instructors-and we have at
least one Literary Institution, favorably known
throughout the State, and that would be an
honor to any county in Ohio. We refer, as all
eafgrcaders know, to VermilIion Institute, To-
Gated in the be1utifd and prosperous town of
Hayesville. This Institution, as our intelli-
gent readers are aware; is under the control of
a gentleman whose learning and industry have
given his School a rank second to none of its
character anywhere, and which is a just source
OF pride to every citizen of Ashland county.
So far as in us lies, ne shall do all in our
power to obviate- Adjust eause of complaint
touching the discrimination referred to in the
following communication
:. Mr.. EDITOR 1t has often struck me that
you'commit a mistake, in giving to much prom
inence in %yourpaper too Ashland village. The
mistake is quite natural. Ashland is your
place of residence and place of business. On
its own merits, too, it deserves Prominence
Every citizen of the County has an interest,
and ought to feel an interest in the capital.
Your fellow-citizens have done themselves credit
by their e~xertions to improve the town. Your
churches, your hotels, your Town Hall, your
stores, all speak well for you But after all,
TIE village of Ashland is not quite the whole
of Ashland county. Still it isnot unnatural for
necessity of making a living by teaching school
in a zone horse town." 1 have been twice my
self a resident of a county town, and to be
honest, ha. occasionally a touch of the same
Kind of feeling. In those days, We used to be
tempted now and then to look down a little on
outsiders, and to imagine that there could be
little or no wisdom, except what was to be
found within sight of the court house DOME
Permit me, Mr..Rditor, to indulge in one or two
"a County paper not only holds
an important place but it is really indispensa-
BILE. Everybody, as it seems to me ought to
subscribe and pay for one. 1t is hardly fair
In us to cast away our home newspapers for
the large Eastern sheets Charity here, as
elsewhere, begins at home. On the other hand
If IL undoubtedlv the dutv of the canductore
of our home journals to interest themselves
and enter into home affairs. The various in
terests of the county as such, of the several
townships, of the different villages, one-horse
as we'll as two-horse-oftbe vsr;ons schools civ