Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1867-12-18
From Pennington.

EDITOR CHRONICLE AS you have
given US a call for items of news from
the different townships, 1 thought l
would obey that call, and give you a
few items from West Pennington. If
all other towns respond as readily, the
tyne settlers will have a busy time for
a few weeks.
The Western Reserve Seminary
opened its ninth term with more than
usual interest, and a greater number
of noble looking students than any
winter for some years All the stu
dents are taking hold of their studies
with q determination of mind. to make
all the advancement in their power,
during the present term. Rev. A. n.
Craft, the Principal. is succeeding
finely in the management of the
school. He is loved and respected by
all, and is d~eservedly popular as an
educator.
Mrs. Forward, the Preceptress, is do
ing a good work in her department.
Full of vivacity and energy, students
that come before her for recitations,
must and will understand their lessons,
if they have given any attention to
their studies.
Mrs. Hezlep, the assistant teaches,
is grave. impressive, and digniied in
her manner and intercourse among the
students /; and is giving satisfaction to
all concerned. The prospect for a sue
cessful term of the Western Reserve
Seminary is first rate. never better.
Aside from the school, there is not
much to attract attention in this place.
The Good Templars are initiating more
and more into the Order every week.
Last week three /; next, about ten more
are coming in ; and so the good work
is going on. In the business world
there is some stir in so small a town
as West Pennington.
Crane & Lewis have opened a dry
goods store and are selling calico, cot
ton cloth. wooden goods, and groceries
as cheap as they can be bought in War
rem. Parker & Norton, and Wolcott
& Sens at the Center, are doing as
much, if not more, than before the
new firm commenced. Competition Is
the life Of business. 1t is thought by
some if two or three more stores
would open it would keep the trade
away from adjoining towns, give an
impetus to trade at home, and be ben
e6cial TO all. 1t is rumored that Mr..
Cotton, an old resident of this place.
and a merchrnt in other days, is going
to build a store in the Spring, and go
into business again.
Real estate is on the decline. 1t was
the last thing to come up, and 1t will
be the last thing to come down. 1t is
bound to come down. 1t may not fall
as low as il was before the war, but
come down it will, with everything
else. This is as certain as the day of
doom. The farm of the late Henry
Lewis, of the west part of this town.
was held at sixtY-fve dollars all thro'
the war. A few weeks ago it was sold
for fifty dollars per acre.
1t is in the business, as in the natu-
raj world. When an extensive up
heaval takes place, all the stratifed
rocks come up together. When a sub
sidence t~ranspIres they all go down to-
gether. So in the business world
When gold. butter, cheese, wool. Ia
Dor, tea, coffee. calico, and all kinds of
provisions ome up, real estate N
up. When gold goes down and money
becomes scarce ; when butter, cheese,
wool, sugar, tea, coffee, and cotton go
down, then real estate must, sooner or
later go tumbling down with all the
rest. All these things are bound to-
gether by an insepererable fate, and
they rise and fall together. S.
WEST FAEMseIoN, Dec. 18th, '67.