Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1860-02-04

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i CLEvELAND, Jan. 23, 1890.
Friend 7slegraPh:-No organization has
yet arrived at such a state Of perfection.
bpt'that occasionally some Of its compon,
ent parts will prove defective, and thus de.
stroy the unity and harmony Of the whole.
The truth of this.apothegm has been verified
by the late action Of one Of our Fire Com,
pauies. Several years ego large. elegant
brick building was erected upon Frankfort
street, and furnished by the city for the usa
of Co No 4. At the last State Fire tour.
nament held in ZanesTile the No. 4 boys
of this city bore of the first prize. They
came home flushed with triumph aud Zaness
vile whiskey, bearing in their van on tie
shoulders of a small dirty faced boy, ahugs
broom, which they ran up and secured on
the flag staff of their Engine house. where
it now sweeps the sky as they swept the
State, Since this eventful period Of their
history, they have become very ariGtocratIo
in their ideaS and have made the modest
request that the city furnish them new
engine, at the expense Of several thousand
dollars, which the city council have very
wisely refused to do. No has iu view Of
this state of affairs removed the wheels aud
breaks from their machine, and refused to
run in future to fires, until their request is
complied with. When the fact is consider.
ed hat there has been more money drawn
from the city treasury to meet their wanta
in the shape of buildings, hose carts, &C.,
within the last few years, than has been ap.
propriated upon any other of the twelve
companies, comprising the Cleveland Fire
Department, their demand appears in very
bad taste, and they will probably receive
an invitation of so pressing nature that
they cannot we'll resist it to retire from
public service.
The fourth lecture Of the season before
the Library Association was delivered by
Grace Green wood, in very graceful man.
ner. Her subject was the Heroic In
Humble Life;;" well prepared production.
full of poetic imagery and noble Thoughts.
She spoke of Florence Nightengale. She
threw such halo of glory around her head
that the Nightingale of the Crmeria shons
with almost the resplendant plumage of the
bird of Paradise. She referred 10 the
heroism Of the Sisters of Charity amid the
dark days, when the yellow fever was rag.
ing in the City Of Norfolk, Virginia; Of
son or daughter, who would deny them.
selves the joys and endearments Of married
life to contribute to.tbe comfort. and sup
port the faltering steps Of father or moth.
er, down through the SHOWS OF age to the
their last silent resting place Of moth.
er. who would lay away her child 10 its
little grave, and would move solemnly on
in her daily round of duty, with, the toys
and clothes Of the departed one, around hes
to constantly bring to mind its innocent
childish face and merry pattle, and stiil
thanks God for his goodness, without mur.
mur or complaint, She said this was the
subimest heroism Of all, beside which the
achievement Of Joan'd Arc, or the brayery
displayed by the iron-nerVed warrior, amid
bnrsting bomb and bsllowing cannon,
dwindled away into scarcely prscspsibls
proportions.
She referred to the women Of the past
and of the present. with their advance 10.
to the domains of intellectual life, there h
a corresponding decrease In the strength
and vigor Of their physical life. She ilIns-
trated this truism by an incident, which oc- =
Cured at Winesburgh, when GsrmaR
Prince was beseiging that city. The French
had defended il with most unexsmpIca
courage, had fought long and desperate. s
but at last when reduced 70 point, which \,
made exploitation necessary. the German
Prince madden'd by the obstinate resistance.
,aered as the only terms, that ths women -
should be spared, bot the men should BE- q
,ut to death. The women were ailowrd Z
he privilege Of carrying from the city as
much as they could Of whatever they pleas. I
d. Judge of the surprise Of the Prlnos. >
when the French lsdies appeared in = long u
inc bearing npon their backs their husbands sol
Ind lovers. SuppOsIng cIsyeIaad IA day
Eas besieged. and the same terms we're Of. Y
'ered to the ladies Of this city what
would be the resuItg The ,pira migAt be-
willing, but tAs .fssA sOould bs ssak, and We
greatly fear that the ten which escaped
from the cities Of the plain--rSodola Go !,
morrah--woald outnumber the men which q
nnder such circumstances would survive
The fall Of Cleveland, The lecture was
Tsll delivered with the exception Of slIghk 8
lisp 10 bar pronunciation. which mars The
Deanty Of her otherwise sxcpIls n dsIIpsr7.
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