The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1859-11-09

I Upon attempting to enter the premises, how.
ever, Miss Eleanor. daughter, of sMr, Bailey.
appeared at third story. window, armed With =,
brickbat, and threatened to throw it at Who
ever approached. Now commenced q, ridicu.
loust scene between the assailants and Miss
Eleanor, who showed her determination to
execute her threat; they Withdrew to, q safe
distance from the range of her missiles, while
she stood firm and ready to hurl them, One.
| man, more, brave than the others, made race
for the door, but barely escaped the inevitable /,
I brick bat; others followed, and by feints and
fdodges succeeded in keeping their heads whole,
and followed the predecessor into the build
ing. -,,;7esas "a -.,ry g., sss,q .,.f. 70 -,
/ Soon after the crowd gained entrance to the
office they proceeded, to; take the press TO,
pieces, and carry the cases of type into the
street. but q number of half grown boys COM
menced an indiscriminate destruction of every
farticle they could 6nd Type were scattered,
leases and furniture thrown from the windows
upon the sidewalk. and portions of the press,
BY. this time detached, were hurled down the
stairs and broken, ..,,..o ..,, ~ -,so-s.s,
4 A wagon was loaded with the Fragments of
fthe press and other articles belonging to the
composing room. and conveyed TO Dodsworth's
fconI yard, on the corner of Front and Law.
renee street. Another load was deposited on
the ferry wharfboat, and it was SAID, that Q
third load of the ruined property. was thrown,
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4 Mr.. Bailey states that at the time. of the
assault upon the Office he handed a pocket
fbook containing $3.50 to Mrs. Bailey. fer safe
keeping, and that she in the alarm. laid it
down upon stand in the composing room,.
and saw it no more. s.,. 5.,. z..rt, sid lei
\ There we're no persons in the Office at the
time of this visitation, except Mr.. Bailey and
his family. His four daughters, who set type,
and, Mrs. Bailey, were present, and begged
:. without avail that their property might be
4 ttspared. The press would probably have been
: entirely destroyed, but those who undertook
the job found it dirty work, the ink soiling
d their hands and clothes. Mr.. Bailey was warn.
!, ed that he must leave town, and quit attempt.
: ing to publish paper there, or that he would
= be roughly used and all his property demol-
4 ished. When the mob first appeared. they
t informed Mr.. Bailey that they proposed to
= abolish his incendiary sheet. They considered
, the community unsafe where such paper was
/ tolerated, and so forth. Mr.. Bailey's paper
: does not rank, very high among the journals Of
+ the day, but he and bis family have long spent
: upon it their daily labor, and earned with il
Z their daily bread. The paper has been, We
5 believe, family production, MI, Bailey writ
ing the articles, his daughters setting the type,
4 and bis sons making up the forms and working
4 the press His daughters, who have made .
!. humble livelihood in this way. we're mot, we
>. are informed. exempt from such insults. last
i4night, as foul language addressed to them
/ could convey This This was perhaps the most
q gross and coWardly part of the pitifnl trans
/ action. ~, a., .;,,.--- 4, 81 : al ssars,
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