The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-03-24
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ED. PRESS: There has been q re-
port going the rounds that the Union
School building of this place is in a
shaky condition, and is likely to tum-
BILE down. Can such things be after
all the money that has been spent up
on this building? This does not
speak very wen for the School Board.
There arc a great many things that
need ventilation that the Board might
enlighten the tax papers upon. How
about that fence 2 Grading that was
advertised for the lowest bidder and
given to the highest?
On Tuesday evening, March 18th,
the friends of FL. G. Brady, Esq, met
at his residence, it being the anniver-
sary of his fiftieth birthday. During
the evening he was called out, and
presented with a splendid silver-head-
ed cane, bearing the following inscrip-
ton e Presented to H.G. Bradley,
Esq, by his friends, on the fiftieth
anniversary of his birthday" L. D.
Rockwell, Esq, being called upon,
presented the cane with the following
remarks: ss1e s-AA
Allow me, sir, in behalf of your
friends, to present to you, this cane as
q token and mark ofitheir respect and
esteem for you. And, in presenting
it, it seems proper to add that the pre-
sentation of the same is not made
with reference to its intrinsic value,
but with the idea that, coming as it
does, from your friends and your
neighbors whom you now have gath
cred around you upon this occasion,
the fiftieth anniversary of your birth,
it will awaken in you mingled feel
ings of pride and pleasure, for it is
always a matter of pride and pleas
ure to man to know and feel that he
has the friendship, respect and conf
dence of his fellow-citizens, and he is
always proud to receive any intima-
ton of such fact, and this cane, though
plain and not of great value, we trust
will be received as such an evidence.
AS hand it to you permit me to say,
it seems to us that it is no truer or
straighter than has been your conduct
toward, and intercourse with your
fellowmen during the many years YOU
have lived in our midst. And now
you have arrived at the age of fifty
years, and have, SO to speak, arrived
at the extreme point of the hill and
ale about to commence the descent of
the opposite side. May you be fifty
years in making the descent, during
which time may you never become so
infrm as to actually necessitate the
use of this or any other walking-stick.
Please accept this cane, sir, at, the
hands of your friends.
To which Mr.. Bradley replied as
IolloWs; lga4s 1ns neaf5a eszA
Mr.. Rockwell, Ladies and Gentlemen.
accept this cane-coming as it
does from my friends and neighbors,
it, to me, will have priceless value.
1t l have erred 1 can assure YOU ii
has been of the head and not of the
heart. / thank you for this, express
sion of your respect, confidence and
esteem. Egoa
Mr.. Isaac Archer next presented to
Mrs. Bradley Silver Butter Bowl
with the following remarks:, lt.1
On the fiftieth anniversary eff your
husbands Birthday your friends have
selected me to present to you this Sill.
yer Butter Bowl. The staff which has
just been presented to him by our &C.
complished friend, d. L. Rockwell
will, trust, prove q support to him
during the decline of life, and indi-
rectly prove the same to you in that
he may with more certainty drive uI
the COWS to fill up this bowl. 1t be.
ing emblematical Of purity, and it:
perfect mechanical construction has
induced your friends to selec. it as 6
fitting token of our respect and es.
TEEN for you as friend and neigh.
Dor. Please accept it.
| Mrs. Bradley replied as follows:
Mr.. Archer, Ladies ana Gentlemen.
| accept this present, and thank yor
all for this expression Of your regard
Coming as it does from those wh(
know me best, l shall ever look upoi
it with the proud satisfaction that i
was present from my neighbors.
After the presentation, the guest
of the evening sat down to splendit
supper gotten up expressly for tn
occasion. During the evening tn
party amused themselves with game
, of euchre, whist, checkers, &C., whicl
they kept mp until the "we sms
: hours" when they dispersed, and j
I was the wish Of every one preseu
that they might be present on his on
r hundredth birthday.
ol a. MAN by The name Of Jacobs, en-