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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-09-09

For years, IN Democratic days, the
expenses of the Government were but
$700O0,000 a year. a Now the interest
alone on the National debt amounts
to 170,O00,000 annually. This has to
be paid before we give dollar to cur
rent expenditures Y i5AnnL AH61t3 !
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-09-09
CARRETTsvILLE HOUSE.

~ TARRETTSVILLE HOUSE.
Gavipig purchaser the Hotel in tic village of
Garrettsvilie, recently known as the Hutchin-
son House, shall take possession of the same
on the 1st of September, which will be put in
complete condition for the accommodation of
the travelling public. The patronage of tile
public is respectfully solicited.
T.. j.. WHITE.
Garrettsville, Aug. 16, 1s89 5i-8m
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-09-09
CARPETS.

yard. sL-kls:il7 ~ j, S. SMITH 81 co.
a. asa n CARPETS.
We are now receiving our
Spring Stock of Carpets, COM
prism g. z, Tapestry, Brusse els,
Tllree-Plys, Extra, Two-PIys, In
grains, Wool Dutch, Venetian
Stair Carpet, Stair Oil Cloth,
Floor Oil Cloth, A, 3D., 6-4
and S-4, all of which were
bought for Cash, and will be
sold as low as any House i'll the
trade.
..t j. S., SMITH &. co.
The largest stock Of, Silks ever
offered in this market, compris-
ing 1000 yards Black Gros
Grain Silks, 1000 yards Fancy
Silks. The largest stock of Irish
| and French Poplins ever bought
to this County. We are the on
ly parties in this County that of
fer a fine line of Paisley ShaWIS,
those in want Of these Goods,
will do well to examine our stock
before visiting other markets.
J. S. SMITH 81 co.
Prints, Cottons and Domes-
tics, by the cord, at
j. S. SMITH 6 co.
March 81. 1859. s1-tf
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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-09-09
WIN. L. POE.
Farm for Sale.

Il dIhA LUZ CstlCs
TNHE undersigned having other business re-
i quiring his attention. offers his farm for
sale. Is situated q mile from public square,
contains about 1874 acres fine arabic and grazing
land Plenty of fruit and timber, a never fail
ing supply of living water, good house with 10
rooms, good Barns and other Outbuildings.-
This farm has almost the entire milk trade of
Ravenna, which, as the city grows will become
more profitable This property offers great in
ducements for q party with some means to en-
gage in very profitable business as the farm will
be sold with a moderate payment in hand and
sufficient time ON the balance.
/ I IIIi5Hg II. D. SEYMOUR.
Ravenna, May 20, 1869, 3s-tf.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-09-09
TWO.

From the Cincinnati Daily Enquirer.l
THE CAMPAIGN IN A NUTSHELL.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-09-09
CROCKERY

THE place to buy your Watches Clocks an
Jewclry, is at NJ. MowENs, No. q Etna Bloc
where you will always find n good assortmen
and lower prices, than any other House in the
county.
Repairing done on short notice. All work
warranted. Sep3. 1SGStf
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-09-09
nHE RICHARDSON
PATENT FOLDING Boor-JAoK,
Farm for Sale.

IN ed on the town line of Ravenna and Roots
town. A good barn on the premises, and Plen
ty of young fruit trees in good growing eoDdi
on north Chestnut street, in the village of Ra-
VIENNA, just the thing for a man wishing a place
to pasture n COW or two. For terms and u par
ticular description of the premises offered for
SALE enquire at the Office of
gtfI IsANNEY & HATFIELD.
May 13, 1869. 37-tf.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-09-09
AND FINISH.

We have very large stock of these Goods o.
hand, ranging in price from 40c to 81 % pc
yard. ~ sI-a{7sssI y, S. SMITH & co.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-09-09
g Pray, father, do some pity take,
A nd 1 m Ill M mn1.f rnrsns mike >, -
POPULATION OF THE WORLD.

How he violated this promise the
world knows.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-09-09
E. R. Waits Advertisements.

y TON, safS
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-07-17
Pat and the Post Office Clerk.

Faith, an have ye iver letther
for me, yer honor?n
"What name ?" asked the urbane
official.
"Why, me own name, av course.
Whose else ,"
"What is your name ?' continued
the official, still urbane.
Faith, an it was my fathers
afore me; an would yet, but he's
gone dead"
"Confound you, what do you call
yOurselfv' losing his temper.
"Bedad," said Pat, firmly, ~ call
meself gentleman an its 4 pity
there amt a couple of us.n
"Stand back commanded the Of
fetal With dignity.
"The diYil aback I'll stand ontil |
gets my letther.n
GLOW can L give it to YOU if YOU
won't tell me who you are, ,you slup-
id, thick-headed bogtrotter ?''
"An' is that what you're paid for
-abusin' honest people that comes
for their rights? Gi' me the letther,
or, be the whiskers o. Kate Kear-
ney's cat, III cast me vote asin you
when | git me papers"
on blundering block khead,h ~
broke III the now really angry clerk,
''can't you tell me how your letter is
addressed ?n
Dressed? How should it be dress,
ed, barrin' III a sheet of paper, like
| any other? Come hand me, avic.' y
"The deuce take you. won't you
tell Mf, ,, Mho III Xoh HI are .s,....... 80 49,.
born, seed, breed, and generation
| Me father was fousin to one-eyed
| Harry Mawra, the process-sarver
| am me moother belonged to til,
MONEYS, of Kilmathonad. You're
an ignorant ould disciple; an, ay
you'll only creep out'of yer hole, III
| welt yer hide like new shoe. An
av yer getany satisfaction out o me
me names not Barney O'Flynn."
| "Oh! that's your name, is it"
said the satisfied official, seizing ant
shuffling pile of letters. "There';
| VDIr letter.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-07-17
How Small Expenditures Count

rive cents each morning. y mere
.-5tl,-tIIftV five GEMS a week. Not
.,,n.h vet it would buy coffee or su-
l,ar f,r \ whole family. SIS % each
ar And this amount invested in
..yinn bank at the emu Of each
~ and the interest thereon at six
,.ar ,.ari :. computed annually would
t,yrlye wears amount to more than
eco Enough To huy a good farm
in the West.
rive cents before each breakfast,
dinnrrand supper, you would scarce
rvrni-s it, vet 'tis fifteen cents u day;
Gl Is per week. Enough 10 buy your
Iy.fe. or daughter new dress. S54--
so a year. Enough to buy Z small
library of books. Invest this as be-
fore. and in twenty years you would
have over $4,000. Quite enough 10
Inv 4 good house and lot.
Zen cents each morning-hardly
worth thought; yet you can buy a
paper OF pins or 4 spool OF thread.
SEVENTY cents u week IL would BUY
several wards of muslin. S36. 40 IN
one wear. With il you could get a
mod suit of clothes. Deposit this
III before. and you would have ~ i-5io
N twenty years-quite snug little
hgeu<flSt. dinner and supper-thirty
cent a day. 1t would buy . good
book for the children 81 10 per
week-enough to pay years sub
srription to some good newspaper
1IO5 20 per year, with ii you can buy
an excellent organ, on which your
wife. or daughter could produce sweet
music To pleasantly while the even
ing hours away. And this amount
invested as before, would, in forty
wears. produce the desirable fortune
uf 81, 600.
BOYS, learn a lesson. lfyou would
he 4 happy youth, lead sober life,
and bc a wealthy and influential
man instead of squandering your
extra change, invest it III library
or savings bank.
III YOU would be miserable man
lead drunken life, abuse your chil-
drrn, grieye your wife, be wretch
ed despicable being while you live,
finally 60 down to "a dlshonored
crave, take your extra change ana
invest il in drinking saloon, or IN
tubapt.o
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-07-17
The Cost of a Woman of the Period
when Fully Made Up.

Her beautifully luXariant blonde
hair is worth-if il be Il wig-from
$50 10 S2c0; if it lie q switch, from
$40 to 500; ifit be in curls, from Sl5
to $50.
Her pure white brow, her dark,
arched eyebrows, cost from 81 To Sl4.
Her large and liquid eyes are wort h
81.
Her white lace and neck when en-
ameled) are procured at price rang
ing from Sl5 to S35.
Her faultless, cleaning ivories, if
false cost her from S25 to 5000.
Her ruby lips are worth about %
cents.
Her round, plump cheeks, if plump
ers, cost 50.
Her swelling bosom is gotten up,
if pads, for 81 to u; if respirators,
for 50 to SO; if balm and develop
ers, for S14.
Her Grecian bend is worth any
where from @ to so.
Her plump arm (if padded) cost
from 0 to SO.
Her fair white arm Gf bare cost
from 81 to S3.
Her italian hands and aristocratic
nails are worth from 50 upwards.
Her earses therefore her waist is
worth from 70 cents to SO.
Her hips are rounded at q price
from 81 to So 30.
Her delicious limbs, when in the
shape of false calves, cos, from IS
upwards.
Her pretty foot and ankle cost
from 81 to $50.
Her blotches, tongue scrapers,
neck, etc, are worth s..
The total beauty, therefore, costs
herself, or rather some man of the
period, from about $50 to $500 and
upward, per occasion for herpersonal
charms, entirely independent of her
dry goods and loves of bonnets.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-07-17
Love at Seventy

a Boston correspondent tells the
following =
Here is a touching little romance.
Half a century ago two young peo-
ple-youth and maiden in a country
village-loved each other. tnkind
fate prosecuted and denied the legiti-
mate reward of mutual affection.
Both married and lived in widely
separated towns. Children grew up
about each, and the cares oflife came
upon them, but the spark of that
early love burned in both bosoms.
Once in a great while they eXchang-
ell letters. At lat his wife died !;
his children grew up and went to
the bad, and ne was left lonely Old
man, poor and comfortless. This
summer her husband died. Soon as
the blessed defunct was put comfort
ably under the sod, the widow pack
ed up and started for the home of her
first love. She arrived one afternoon
and was directed to his house, but its
master was absent. Nothing daunt-
ed. she went in, and sit alone I'LL he
returned. Imagine the meeting OF
the tender old creatures of seventy,
W ho had been faithful to each other
through fifty years. She remained
in his house a few days, then they
were married, and the neighbOrS say
that never did humanity afford such
similitudc OF two very sentimental
turtle doves a. in the wedding bliss
of these absurd old people They
are liviAg now, stepped ln happiness,
it would seem, and no doubt, fully
believing in the maxim, Better late
than never"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-07-17

iIsING STATU ES.-In all the large
hall., which are illustrated with
.l.uutiag OF battles in all the Russian
campaigns, from PultoWa to SebaS-
tnpul, are posted companies OF sol
cirTs At the further end-a different
regiment to each hall. For six hours
these men and their officers stand
muiionless as statses. Not 4 move
mtnt except now and then OF the
tyclid, can be detected; even their
respiration seems to be suspended.
TAcrc is something weird and an
c;tEuy in such a preternatural silence
and apparent death-in-life. | became
impressed with the idea that some
form OF catalepsy had seized and
bound them in strong trance. The
,.rcbalIs We're fixed, they stared at
me and saw me not; their hands
were glued TO the weapons, and their
feet to the floor. | suspect there
must have been some stolen reliei
when some guest happened To be pres
ent, vet, come when | might, 1 found
them unchanged. When i reelected
That the men were undoubtedly very
proud Of the distinction they enjoy
"a, ana that their case demanded no
syspathy, | could inspect and admire
thrm with an easy Byt0dy'
uT Europe. By Rdydrd TaytOr.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-07-17

TuE FAEN-F Farming Is probes
sion, not Ia say science. II any
one doubts this statement let him
leave his city hOme-for no one bred
IN the country will doubt iJ-and
undertake To cultivate even gar
den OF half an acre for the summer.
He viii then find that knowledge is
sls essential to the right use OF the
spade as the pen, and that there Is
as great 4 difference between the
scientific farming of Flanders, where
literally not 4 weed Is 10 be seen, and
that Of many of our farmers, the
wealth OF whose soil Is about equally
divided between fruits and weeds, rs
between the trade Of a modern COM
mgrcial city and the barter of i back
woods settlement. Ii * true that
agriculture has been the last To re-
ceive the impetus of modern science.
Ii is true that many agricUlturists
are content 10 go on in the ways ot
their fathers, because experiments
are costly. But ii ia also true that
they are unable to compete with
those who understand the use oi
new Instruments, methods, and fer
tilizers. Agriculture \ Is also be-
coming III this country popular rec
rcation. Many a gentleman Is con
tent Ia spend Oh his cOuutrE--scal
money WHICH hc makes in the count
iux-goom The practical farmcris thus
:,hl, to get the benefit of texperiment,
without paying for them. This
change in agriculture, which ha,
converted il from drudgery to an
art, h3- created a demand for = CORE
spending literature. Fifty year,
:sgo !, stable agricultural periodical
dli uug exist on the American Con
turut. Now every cousiderahl,
district has one, while almost every
weekly paper, secular or religious
it;'s lts agricultural department; an,
il itl not he long before something
~ library viii bc = part ofthe furni
tnr" 81 every well-ordered farm
b~sai> IAELE, Iarper's hagazin
FOR july
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-07-17
The FictitIous.

a WANT a paper that has long
stories in it,n said young lady +;
and she added, II don't want a paper
for anything else Poor girl much
to be pitied; and pitiful appear
ance she will make through life, at
the present rate. She wants moth
ing serious, no acquaintance with
the history of her times, nothing in
tellectual; nothing but newspaper
novels
Empty heads they mast be that
can find room every week for some
ten columns of a sham story. Yet
these are the heads for which the
weekly press tolls and grOans, throw
ing Off by the ten thousands its
sheets of shallow, insipid, and dis
gusting fiction; and for this an
amount of money is paid which a
sound literature utterly fails to com
manu- Fathers and mothers buy
this vile trash for their sons and
daughters, and so ministers to their
ignorance and destitution of all good
taste and fitness for life's duties.
Doubtless the periodical press does
more than any other one instrument
tality to decide the opinions, habits
of thought, and general character o1
the age. y family will very soon
begin to show u sympathy with its
weekly paper, and parent and chill
dren will soon begin assimilating tC
it in sentiment and feeling; and al
families are, so is the community aI
large. Blind and stupid, therefore
yea, worse, are those who tolerate
in their houses q class of papers which
are made up of the writings of silly
ignorant scribolers, who would II
''at the footn in the town school o
good morals. Such are teachers o
half of the present generation.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-07-17

LIST or PArESTs.-Issued fron the United
states Patent Office the week ending June
-, 1859, and each bearing that date; officially
reported through tie Western Patent Agency
of Herthel K Co, Patent Solicitors and At
torneys, opposite the Pos;oGice. 1nird St 4,
st. Louis, Mo:
Darius Parkhurst, 81 Louis, Head block for
saw mills.
Peter McCoilum, Fayette, Portable farm
fence.
ABB. II Cook, New Madrid, stove pipe.
r " Harlow. Hannibal, Hay rake and load
CT.
George Bersner, Washington, Yelocipede.
ILLINOIS.
DAVID Gore, Cariinviile, Machine for pissh-
ing hedges.
Vim Lewis Joliet, Grain Cleaner.
James Ii Northcutt, Aschanicsburg, Steam
plow.
Tennis NTeeland, Wa.aga, Seed sowsr.
Watson King, Springfield. Horse rake.
L FennSr, Urbana, Stubble and subsoi
| plow.
4 IOWA.
| Z III Tompkins x Eliza D0ngal Van Buren
Ground roller and stalk cutter.
! W Hill, Jefferson, ProjectiIe.
NkBsAskA.
] Henry Hickman, Omaha, Trunk.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-07-17

FEARFUL DEATH OF \ YOUNG
WIFE.-The wife Of HeZekiah Green
Ice, of Mason county, West Virginia,
was Instantly killed under the fol-
lowing circumstances In company
with her husband she was returning
home by a near patti through the
woods from neighbor's, where her
husband had been at work during
the day. They were walking hand
la hand, not dreaming of any dan
Ger, wt.n :, dead tree they had just
passed, suddenly fell, brushing the
shoulder OF Gresnlee and striking his
v ife ou the top of the head, crushing
nrr to the earth in ono solid mass,
breaking every bone in her body, so
that her remains could not be recOg-
uilcd .ts That OF a human being
strange IA say, Mr.. Greeulee WAS not
injured in the least further than be-
iu. stunned for = few moments. The
evening Wa i calm one, and II Is
supposed that the tree, which was
rotten 10 the roots, gave way rom
It's weight. Mrs. G. had been mar
ri,i a little more than six weeks.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-07-17

You have been told something of
Bodisco, / think, the then long time
Russian Minister here, an lnfirm,
aged old bachelor, living alone IN
his great house among the solemn
trees of Georgetown Heights. The
residence burned down long ago, and
the old walls are shown in the park
where Henry Cooke has built up his
spIeudid home. Bodisco got tired
Of his solitariness, and seeing poor
and prettv girl ofsixteen, with books
in hsnd, coming from school, was
struck by her beauty with the ten
der passion. He got him false
spine, a false mustache, new Wig,
and a set of teeth, and ogling out oil
his one eve that WAS not glass, per-
suaded the poor girl and her family J
to accept him with his riches Ihat
was little earlier than 40. Iradl.
ton says the wedding was spirited
affair. Nine liveried servants hanu-
eli the guests from the carriages to
the drawing rooms. taany OF ule
official ton of the city, not having
cultivated the old Count, feared Tor
their chances of invitation To these
novel nuptials of January anu May
They attempted the end by strate-
gem, calling upon the poor anu un-
sophisticated Williams family be-
forehand, to leave their compliments
and cards for the fortunate daughter.
The strategem was Il success. 1hey
were mostly invited, and became
guests at the many entertainment ls
given by the Count afterwsrd. IN.
poor schoolgirl brought TO his
iu.ty old age many heirs-but ruled
him, they say, despite foreign mus
tache and diplomacy, in the true
American style. compensating the
sacrifice of her youth with his riches
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-07-17

THE DEATH OF A REMARKABLE
INvENTOR.-Jos Dixon, died i'll
Jersey City on Monday, aged II, was
4 most remarkable, not to say eX-
truordinary man. He made ma
chineto cut files before ne attained his
majority, learned the printers trade,
afterward that of wood engraving,
then lithography, and afterward
studied medicine, and III that con-
nection became interested in ehemis-
try, becoming finally one of the
most accomplished and cOmprehe
sive chemists in the country. He
was thorough optician, and had no
equal in his knowledge of photo
graphy, He took UP the experiments
OF Daguerre i'll 1899, and was proba-
bly, the first person To take portrait
10y the camera. He showed Prof.
Morse how to take portraits by means
of reflector, SO that the subjects
should not appear reversed. Morse
tried To get the plan patented in Eu-
rope. Mr. Dixon built the first To-
comotive, with wooden wheels, but
with the same double crank now
used. He originated the process OF
photo-lithography, and published it
years before il was believed to be
useful. BY his process of transfer
ring, the old bank notes were easily
counterfeited, and it was 10 guard
against the abuse OF his own process
that he brought out the SYSTEM
| OF printing in colors on the bills, and
had the method patented, but never
| received any benefit FROM the patent,
all the banks having used ii with
cut pay. He perfected system OF
making collndion for the photosra PHI
ers, and assisted Mr.. Harrison in
| getting true system for grinding
| the lenses for camera tubes. He orig
| mated the anti-friction metal, that
has been for a great many years
known a. "Baboitt metal ;" and he
il The father OF the steel-melting
| business in this country.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-07-17

"Where is Drake ;. L. 1850 y ?''
We have heard this question aeked many
times, and for all We knew for year past he
might bc dead Recently, in New York, We
called AZ his Laboratory in Liberty St, and
there found this gentleman barTicaded behind
q tremendous pile OF boxes, distributing funds
To a Sunday school Committee. Our business
WAS TO secure advertisement He said
My dear sir, what Is me use OF advertising
the Plantation Bitiers . They sell better now
than when | advertised such enormous ex-
pense, ami now have not made = contract for
"A year. | have all this anCunt to give 10 the
Door. To satisfy the Press however, who
have always been my friends, think viii
give you little something TO do again, for
hsye improved the Bitters greatly, and it may
be well to have you let the people know IL.
And he ran on in Il happy, cordial, appre-
ciatiyc manner, showing u the wonders OF his
place and the cords Of certificates. Everything x
Is on a magnificent scale, and Is done " itf
neatness and promptness- While there saw
1t least forty orders come in for these ceiebrat-
ed Bitters. Cases were being shipped to the
four corner. OF tiie world Drake Is not dead
nor his Biiters seIther.-tEJchange paper.
MAGNOLIA 8ATER.-snperior to TIE best i'm
ported German Colo gne, and sold 1t hall th
gFict
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-07-17

CALIFoRNIA WINES. ES.-California
wines, it stated, are lacking only in
age to complete with the products
OF European vineyards. The wine
growers, therefore, must become
more firmly established in the busi-
ness and invest n greater amount OF
capital. so rs 10 keep 4 large stock
of wine OH hand. \ serious obstacle
is the want OF railroad transporta-
ton between San Francisco and the
interior. AT present, in many m
stances, it costs more tobring the wine
from the places where the grapes
are raised 10 San Francisco than
To pay the freight on the same guam
tity from France or Germany OF
California.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-07-17

ruEEE j. hog in Los Angeles
county, Cal, which Is thus descrlh-
80 Us i local paper: This animal
i~ ut the Irish Grazier breed, and Is
huW three and hal. years Old Ii
measures nine feet from the tip of
the nose To the tip OF the tail, forty
iuches high, and ~ thick through As
All OK. The breed grows TIL hVe
years OF age. What the size anu
weight OF This one will he at i've
years old is a question " hich we give
up at once. \ year and "A half ago II
weighed 40 pounds. Now il is es-
timAted IL weiph h about 1850 pounds. !"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-07-17

Ii i reported in New York that
shiuments of arms and ammunition
are rapidly going forward for the
Turkish Goyernnent.C Colonel Rassan
Bey, a high public funetionary oi
the Porte, Is said 10 be superintend-
ing the shipment OF 2o,uo stand oi
arms, recently purchased from the
United States Government. A
number OF ocean steamers have al
SO been purchased, il is stated, foi
the same destination,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-07-17

Mr. Wolf, New York cap-maker.
while attending a meeting of his
striking employees, was set
upon by the men, and beaten and
abused with tongues and fists, until
the girls, who were among the strik-
ers, came to his rescue, and stopped
the maltreatment. Mr.. Wolf
promptly hired the girls over again,
and gave them all the increase OF
wages they asked.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-07-17

IL Is said that the first crocodile
seen in this country was recently cap
tured in Florida. He had probabi y
just run over from Africa To visit lis
relatives, the alligator.