The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1869-07-22
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

The busy season of having COM
menced here last week, and the hum
and clatter of the moving machines
were heard in all directions, but the
clerk of the weather, steadily refused
to allow hay to be made, 'iwhen the
sun shines" The cloudy weather and
frequent showers have badly damaged
large quantities of hay, which might
have been avoided by the simple pro-
cess of consulting good barometer,
which every good farmer should pos
sess and consider as indispensable as a
moving machine or horse rake. At
no time within the last three weeks.
has the barometer indicated fair
weather. but quite the contrary, and
enough hay has been damaged already
which might have been saved, to pay 4
for an instrument on every farm.
1t is with eInotionstef sadness, min
gled with pleasant memories of the
past, that we record the extinctian OF
a family name that has been identified
with the history of Mantua for nearly
half century. Almost fifty years I
ago a man of generous impulses, a I
kind and affectionate friend, and an
eminentlF public; spirited citizen, came /
into this town, and after -devetihg a I
long life, prolonged to more than
four-score years, to the rearing of a |
large family of children, amid the |
tolls and privations of a new country,
and in numberless acts of public; ben
ificence and usefulness he passed to
his reward many years since His
house at the center has for more than
thirty years been known as the Preach
ers' home, the inviting hand and the
hearty welcome has been eheerfally
} given to all earnest laborers III every
good work, not only by Father Bump
himself, but by the family who have
occupied the old home. But they are
l all gone the last link is broken, the
last tieis ssundefed, that bound kthe
!. name and family to Mantua. One by
one they have departed, an only son,
> the turbid waters of the Arkansas
river many years ago, three daughters
" sleep with their father, in our church.
yard, and the remaining daughters,
five in number, are now shattered
= abroad having found homes among
3 other scenes and in other localities.
On Wednesday last, a gentleman
$ from Edinburgh, insthis county, car
a ried off to a new home, the only re-
u naming daughter of Father Bump,
y and now, his aged widow, bending
Il under the weight of four-score years,
u and no longer able to sustain the re-
: sponsibitities of life alone. goes to
y live with her children, and the family
II mansion will pass into the possession
:. of strangers. The best regards and
kindest wishes of Aunt Sarah's nu-
merous friends in Mantua, will follow
her to her new home IN Edinburgh,
where, it is hoped, a life of usefulness
and happiness awaits her.
0. q" Pa,' mobile tfatg'uns'-On Satur-
= day last, pair of animals could have
l. been seen near a Groggery at the Sta
ton, the one, quadruped,. .and by fan
ne ne the most noble OF the pair, hitched
i. starving, to post the other, biped
lie resting his weary limbs and aching
Ir nr head on the bosom of the earth, vainly
trying to forget his sorrows in the OBJ
lg livion of quiet slumber. Occasion
7 ally the hungry beast would take ;
" hasty bite at thistle growing within
ed his reach, while his master, so called
would arise and refresh his inner maj
IN with copious draughts of 6 tanglelegs'
II at the aforesaid groggery, and thus th,
g pair spent the day, and thus we lef
a them, a sad and sickening sight, one
ID that ought not to be witnessed or toll
Ig Grated in a civilized community.
n JI - "VERITAS."
D Mantua July 10Th.