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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-10-27
HUaE T8VY HTI748TpE saF
ANOTHER GIANTS SKELETON.
A letter from ID Milton Wisconsin,


saysiixHd 10 noilsiuiiqso bstI0qs1 81
y /" To-day, as the hired help ,6f Mr.
Stanley We're digging for the purpose
of laying 1.-The foundation dof "a barn.
they struck q, large bone that. had the,
appearance of a. human skull; but of
such enormous size that they thought
it must belopg to- some animal. at
was found in Q slight mound 1ono the
east side of q hill rioeking Rock
River, and in the town Of; GAINESVILLE,
section Cdr. Towndrow, a gentle
man of fortune CHANGED to be passing
as the weEkmen1 were cleaning the
dirt from the skull, and, sat' their fe-
quest got; ;oyerIthe fence and exam.
ined ita and pronounced it belonging
to the human family. The men fell
to work and exhumed the entire skel-
etonoe Itwss found I'M a flair state
of preservation. The.skull measured
3219 inchesii in circumference, and the
'thighib0nes a. & III lengths The doc
torsaid that ! when. living, he could
not haveobeen lessIt than sthil%eeno feet
in height. aoThe teeth were ali in
the jaws, andswefe ofienormeus sizeg
Thedector extracted one which meas
ured one inch and q half ginii lengths
The most remarkable part of this
strange diseovefy1is the fact athat the
lower limbs, from near the Knee to
the endaof the toes, are entirely petfi.
fed ,ptfefiesh having changed to stone
and3tlleparts being in perfect shape.
As9he was buried in a sitting pestdre,i
the doctor thought that the action aof
the lower strata of soil produced this
marvellous change. Dr.. TowndroW
promptly offered Mr.! Stanley SIC, 900
for the skeleton, a which Mr.. Stanley
promptly accepted The doctor viii
arrange the bones in position, when
he will exhibit it, DR.. Towndrow's
house is in Neosha, Dodge County
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rHRMS4E
OLD WORN, OUT BOOTS AS FOOD.

~ Throwing all old shoe after newly
married couple will lhavea new ap-
plication hereafter yoIt will be, not 81
only an emblem of good luck but ar
substantial @ present. It should be-
publicly known that it is sheerswaste. ~
to pitch ole, boots and shoes into the,
street, as useless and of no value. r.
They should be reserved for, nobler +,
uses and made, to contribute to the. :
delegation of the palate. That this ;,
can be done was illustrated by. s
chemist a few evenings since, at a
meeting of the New York Liberal
Club. He exhibited, for the infotma:-
ton and examination of the members
pudding, or rather a Jelly, made out
of an old boot. The mate Of the boot
of which the jelly was made stood
alongside of the dish, and proved to
be 4efitable old fellow. who bore the
marks and scars of long aud useful
life. subsequently, the learned gem
Itleman explained the process of the
1nahnfanture, which we reproduce as
a mattersof interest to ihousekeepers .
Bgenerally;14" Skins" said the profess q
or, ,Tssare nothing else but q gelatine o
but after they areiexposed toTthe eac- ii
ltionsof tannina they become leather, .,
and ino that condition insoluble.lY If, 81.
however, the leather of a boot is put q
into a close vessel with lime and wa
bter, where it can be subjected to the =
pressure of steam, of. about two at5p
the tannin unites with the
lime, and the leather is resolved back D,
into its original gelatine, and can then
be cast into mould and served up at
the table" The Jelly was moIasses- y
eolored and tremulous, and looked .
like incipient glue. Several tasted it,
and spittoons, were at once demanded.
We may soon expect to see this. new
dish on the bin Of fare! Of our restau- N
rants and hotels as ''boot-jelly." Then
there wfif probably Be regular seasons
| for this NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. when it is
most fragrante99as after a hot summer
for instance, OF from" an importation
tof old Southern plantation shoes, or
from butchers, stablemen, &c. If tile
Ppracticellof old boots should be SO
much advanced by this new discovery
as togo far toward. paving for new
fpair, how the boot and shoe trade
would look iup!@Shoe and Leather "a
Repoiter. T5ato sHig bHg ei!in
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-10-27

! The line of conduct, Ichosepi iibYira
young man during the fiveyears from
fifteen to twenty, WILL in alinostle2efy
INSTANCE, determine his ych arastsr for
life,l As he is then careful or careless
prudent OF rimprudent, industrious or
indolent, truthful iofd ddissiniulating,l
intelligent Or ignorant, temperate oF
'dissolpte, 50 will he be in after years,
and it needs. no prophet to cast his
horoscope OF calculate his chance in
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Official Registry.
COUNTY OFFICERS.

COUNTY OFFICERS. p9
Judges of Common Pleas-GEo. n. TCTTLE,
PHILo B. CoNAST. =
Probate Judge-JAcoB V. NELL.
Prosecuting Attorney-C. A. REED.
County Auditor-WnLIAM GRINNELL.
County Treasurer-GUsTAvUs P. REED.
Clerk OF Courts-ASDKEw JACKSON. I ~
Sherif-OTIs B. PAINE. IN
REcORDER-G. W BARRETT. ID
County Commissioners-HgNRY J. NOBLE,
B. JENKENs, Jos. C. CoNRAD.
Coroner-RECKLLUs RooT.
Surveyor-JEDDIAH COLE. ssEaE fG if
Directors of County Infirmary-J. C. BEATTY,
GUAM CLEMENTS and OzIAs ALLEN.
MAYORS OF INCORPORATED TOWNS.
Rayenna-JoHN MEHARG.
Kent-S, p. WoLcoTT.
Garrettsyille-O. L. HAwLEY.
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE, '
Atwater-J. B. Conrad and Sylvester A.
Hinman.
Aurora-Reuben p Cannon and Worthy Tay-
or.
Brimfeld-Joseph L. Carrier and A. n. LAM
phare.
Deerfeld-C S. Tibbals and John q. Hoffman.
Edinburgh-smith Sanford and Asa Bingham.
Charlestown-Augustus MunyoR and Nathan
Fl. Smith.
Franklin-Issac Russell. Alvin Barton, 1. Ar
cher. i'
Freedom-Lyman Bryant and Arvillus @.
Larkcom. baf ~
Hiram-Rufus Butts and Frank Squire. q
Mantaa--A. N. Farr and Henry Cobb. aI i
Nelson-James Ashald and A. f. Hannahs-
Palmyra-John ]. Williams. David E. Wilson
and Enoch Morgan. aflgeAs tsi ada =
c1zr
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a BoY fourteen y years rear Of ages,l &C. outih
Missouri, shot himself the other day,
because he ecould notIforsake the Il use
of whiskey and tobacco. He was a
fine scholar, ana thoughtful beyond
his years, but he could not master his
Wv" NtSSes'I ns;3 -ctI ~ --.a.,,,..l o,
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TINS. TOO, SHALL PASS AWAY"

When midst the strife of early life, I
We're sad and weary grown; .'.
By care oppressed we long forest, zt-r-
Where sorrows are unknown; ia''i- %
'Tis SWEET to know, though life below 1iE
Is hut fleeing day SIG - 2 ssJpiL| @
OF smiles and tears and hopes and tears,
This. too, shall pass away
Sad mourner here, does life seem drear. f.
Have loved ones gone before? Tes 5a,
Though life is gloom. beyond the tomb. II
Friends meet to part no more; ,.- 4
Here parting comes, but in that home
There comes no parting day, ... 3.
Though life below is fun of wo,
This, too. shall pass. away"
Aged pilgrim lone, thou'rt journeying on,
Toward home on high, ;rsee .f, -f..,
Where fairest flowers in Eden bowers 40
Shall never fade and die; Il
In that fair cline, no touch of time
Takes youthful joys away
Though sad and alone, and weary grown,
8 This; too shall pass away 80 y
When life is, past we hope at last fet qaa
To reach that Heavenly shore, ma .,
And free from care. in mansions fair -
Well dwell forever more. =
In that blest home no sorrows come.
And we shall never say '''' "a
While with the blestwe sweetly rest, L''- :
''Thfs, too, shall pass away -1,9ii'''3
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a CAL1FoKN1A paper winds Id, /

B "A CALIFoRNIA paper winds up its
account Of the killing Of man by, a
runaway team hitcheds to- anlplows.
!" Upon the point of thisiplow he was
dragged a. distance of twenty -one.
steps, where, BY some kind Proyideneel
he was released fffom the torturops, I'M
strument with just enoughro of life left
tolook wistfully up inth eyes of
those who; were tirst to, ,feacho him.
His hands and, face Were vigoloHslY
chafed, but his, lips, never uttered -snn-
other woId.Rsn adi n9bi isod ahl al 81,
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,dPRENrIcElANA5

= = Among tAe sharp sayihgsiof George
%. .oPiensice, published in afeocnt vols
hine; areothe following oTsw bGssUo
is s!ABout the fonly person that we
ever heard Of that wasn't spoiled by
being ilionized wasa Jew named DAM
,ieEai gn0mA .baYo1jssb sTsR sssu,
'sWhateVer Midas touched. was
turned into gold. In'theseidays touch
"a man with gold and he'll turn ointo
most ythingsn0rd; saaq1o9 sht 70 3
lt "The editor of the Louisville Courg
ier says more yil1ainy's on foot
we Els suppose the sadfaE:Fh saditfoE has lost this his
iioltsSs3 ts3 tgd. saw siaia aidt ri s1oY org.
L a4A q A lsNSeYbern paper says that Mrs.
Alieeee lice Day, Of that city, was. latelysde7
diygerFlesd ygeeFlsd Of four a, sturdy bboys,a We
ksnyoSya ySyaa 4 not what g ndsayj may bring
Tdorttnl,ss nl,ss II .sisia eidi nj baissish .Is.
q rs gIIs it t.possiible, miss that g9pgdo
mot knows the names Of some,of your
best friends mGertaihly.AI dohitesen
kn0x ! 10Y what s;5f43yeS'WytP ny may t9 S SYHf
|aFf99lpthh 99lpthh HofY-A 10 u9Iblid3 ad5 Isdt swol
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-10-27
NATION OF AoH4NGEsHRihEiivoL69g
f,a1sar- TIONS IN FRANCE. ii ii nOI.dI

:, Within the last seventy-five years
France has been three times repub-
lie, three times an Imperial monarchy
under the Bonapartes, three times a
Bourbon kingdom, once .co1ishtti-
tional monarchy under Louis Phil
lippe,o and once a military Dictator
ship under Cavaignac.. But even that
statement does not show all the
changes in the form of government
within the period named. The first
Napoleon was Consul for a term Of +
years, then Consul for life, then En-
,peror. Louis Napoleon was first
President, then President for ten
years, then President for life, then
Emperor. . Ofalf these various forms
ofgovernmentsf the republics have
been the shortest lived, with the sim
gle exception of the g" hundred days"
of the first Napoleon, from March to
June, 1915. N-The duration Of the rule
of Louis Napoleon from 1913 to 1STBI
as President and Emperor, was the
longest ofall, and next to that was
the reign oftlie Constitutional King -
Louis Philippe, from 1880 to 1885,
OF those who were soveriegns for
life, or who have held executive pow
er forIa specified term Of years iii
France, from Che days of Louis XVI
down to the present time,I only one
man. Douis XVII, reached the end Of
his term. Louis aXVp died on the
scafFold; his Republican Successors
were either guillotined or iassassfn.9
ated the First Consul declared himn
self Emperor and then died IN exile !;
Charles x was driven from the throne,
by the revolution. Of 1880, and died in,
exile Louis Philippe was adethron-
ed by the revolution of f184S,i and ends
ed his career as an exile the provis-l
ionat republic of ,Lamartine,. which
succeeded, him, was a shorttlived, fail.
lure, succeeded byIthe military dicn
'tatorship of Cavaignac then came the
presidency Of Louis Napoleon, which
was ended by hisseouR td'etat of De-
cembers 1851 to beufoliowed bybthel
4" empirepsinsD December, 1851, and this
after a lapse of eighteen years. is fol-
lowed by captivity, dethrenementapd
exile in 1870. xo1q hjGI edi (
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-10-27
z GRAINS OF GoLDS

. -e,a:I,,,aG GRAINS sATTt OF GOLD hafi,-T .,
Reasoulis lappointedqa at ours birth to
be our friend and guide, but hot onri
rufeEphoan? a;,aIs dam ' 10 .j3 mih'l !,
!, : One. should not dispute with 9 man
who either through stupidity 8 oIt
lshamelessness, denies plain and iHisiz
BILE trdths.ALocke!o ihSi1 9hl 2atato1
He who says there Is Is no no such 5l Thing
as an honest man, you may be suresis,
himself knaYe.-Bishop Berkeley.
: They athat marry ancient peoples
merely in expectation Ito bury them,
hang themselves in Hope that one will
come and cut the halter Fuller =. ..
2 In making friends; consider well,
first, and when 7yon are fixed beot true,,
5notWavering9 by reports nor DESERT
ing IN affiiction, for that becomes not
the good and, yirtpouss,T TPeaa.seastI., sat, u :,
p 1nquisifivei people are. the, tunnels
ofb conversation; they do not. take
anything for tleir wn use, but mere
ly to pass it to another .Stee7e,,in gu
+ The surest way of governing both
private family and a kingdomis for a
husband and a prineeto1 yieldsatS ceIe'
tain times something, Of their prerog-
ative.- I91oql. -
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q AT the grand army fair, in Lewis,
TOM Me.E alveteran was relating his
exploits to some friends and in the
,hearipg Of some boys remarked that
he had been d in five engagementsy-
That's nothing" broke in q little
fellow u" my sister Sarah has been en-
gagged II times miblo21E :. tsao 9nisd js
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-10-27

n SEVEN Sins to Be accounted for
that We're left out Of the book viz; II T.,
q q. i. l.lRefusing to take your own coan-
ty paper. oil gedl .i95lTam 4i9dl uo4nlsi
b g. Taxing a paper and then refusing
to 10 yyfnp ;P8a Oh lHhj' l1uossiA 10 .
~ " HHyii tt'Yltt ti.dt goiIo9HHno sidi ri hhB
u B. Not adyertisings o inobiasrF aili
=, A. Getting married and forgetting
to hand in the notice along With d
dollar " William, !" to the printer a, -, ,
= 8. Asking newspapers, tor publish
matter thatis for your own benefit,
without remuneration? ?ii HshW 9ai
i, 6: Reading copy on a. compositor's
case .,.,,ir1 -, r.si 80. -.
q Z. Never paying your subscription
until the publisher goes to the trou-
BILE of asking you for tt, 1.2H 40 o, :,
II lis said ofia popular lecturer that,
onsannolncingItoh his wife, who had
her owhnopihieni about his talents,
that he was going to lecture At Shelf
field, the lady replied; a,AtSheffield
I'm SO glad seI always hated those
Sheffield people.y 9ved ] n2di ,ioa I
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a14 superior street, Cleveland. Ohio.

214 Superior Street, Cleveland, Ohio.
"AvING been engaged for the past ten years
I'll with great success in the business OF OBJ
taining Patents, am prepared to guarantee
most perfect satisfaction in the transaction OF
that business. Numerous references could be
given to substantiate this.
In order to apply for q Patent the law re-
quires that model shall be furnished not over
foot in any dimensions. Send the model by ex-
press. prepaid, to GEO. W. THIBBITTs, M4
Superior street, Cleveland, Ohio, with descrip-
zion of its operation and merits, and send the
post, Government. and stamp fees-$16,when
the drawings and necessary papers will be pre-
pared and sent to the inventor for examination,
approval and oath. p
Ny charges for attending to the whole busi-
nesswill be $25 for all cases, without any ex-
ira charges The average time required to pro-
cure patent is thirty days (have had an exami-
nation in five days Examination of the Re-
cords free. A complete set of the Patent ONCE
Reports is on file at my Office which may be ex-
amined by the public at their pleasure: free.
GEO. W. TIBBITTS,
r 2t4 Superior street, Cleveland, Ohio.
Jan. 6, 1859, lilly.
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Is 'sIE Iiwore ,asked,Y saiduDe Toe
queviHe, the author of Democracy
jim America" I" ITO atoi What the singular
prosperity and growing strength of
the American people ought mainly to-
be attributed,I should .replyAto the.
superiority Of their women. '',on -. =, ! o. @
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-lEN 1f9A1 III sts.LsA it& rtEsfA tIk4fN
TEAqHER,I in loud tones Whatis
iyourname?" ?"t nBey ina weak voice.,
''' JOHNNY wells, Sir. .oarS How old are
you; JSh4 Wsiis ,,l4'' :, a's Twelve Years
old, sir t'a.HoWs john wtclL mo- who
made this grand and glorious auniLl
verse" "Don't know, isflSoa 'WRatg
twelve years old, and don't, know
WHO made THIS ifoBle" sphere |, James lh
Smith, gdand GSat mea 4 whip. ."'AT The
abir6R is brought and held over : the
trembling boy HI thupdering tones
thes ,rigid tfigSipiiaariiaahh riiahh ediesmanded.
q Now, tefi me who made this great
world we live IMP" In ateaFf9l voice
johnny Answered . Pfdld,, Sir; Bat
Il W." w DsisSs al % mid hnss ylsIi
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The weather prophets areo predict
ing q hard winter. We hope they
will be disappointed. ny ."'"'D9 ~
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sAEST-ITs EFFECT ON THE BLOOD.

SALT-ITS EFFECT ON THE BLOOD.
, 9Tsd % b5soq I-+--tG saiitj ilSiH tfsi'
Dr. Stevens, a French phyician and
surgeon, saw butcher killing a pig.
He observed that he stirred the blood
Of the animal and added a handful
Of common salt to it while stirring, ).
which Immediately made. it crimson,
and on the stirring being discontinued
the blood remained fluid. The change
of the color of the blood awakened
his curiosity. The butcher could give
no explanation of the phenomenon
except that it kept it from jellying and
spelling. DR.. Stevens seized a vessel, :,
caught some blood, and made several
experiments by putting salt into it,
and found that the blackest blood was was
instantly changed to bright vermil-.
lion by salt. ta'Oh, said he, here is
fact which may lead to practical
Tla1lewIsb 9dj jood@ oj b9iJns3jia sbTl q
He Had observed in cases of yellow
fever in the army that the blood
drawn was Very black and fluid, and
on adding salt it became vermilion
andljretained 2its freshness, whereas
iputridityi of the blood lis one of the
characteristics of the yellow fever.
He therefore Abandoned the usual
mode of treating .itsand gave his pa
itientsoa mixture of various salts, and
inalvery short timelredaced the NOR.
taiity of fever in the West Indies
from one in five to one in fifty. s-7i
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This is mixed train 70 WeItsV1ffe, and EX-
,ress train from Wellsville to Pittsburgh
TUSCARAWAS BRANCH. 5}it3
Leaves
New Philadelphia, $40 q. N.
Bayard, II so a. m. =EETEQ
Arrives.
Bayard, 9.45a. m. - -rss--A vi
New Philadelphia, 2.40 p. m. =. 9 = -
f. R. MYERS,
General Passenger and Ticket Agent.
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1FFR 1FFRLLING 4 MAnrMoTH' TREE REL 2

Il I
- One William SnedikeB is engaged
in telling and sectionizing one Of the
monsters of $ the FRESNO. Big Tree
GROVE, California, preparatory to7cpn-
Feying, it to San Francisco for exhibi-
ton The The tree was, felled, byb cutting
away the roots,l or, 9 aissfit is termed,
Hgrp1bbbpihpg.n" rqp1bbbpihp 81, The tree, measures
twenty-five feet seven inches in, diam
!eter, inside the bark, at the base 4 Of
the section cut of, which is fifteen
feet in length, A ring of the solid
wood, six inches in, thickness stogeth7
er with the bark, which is. one foot
thick. sjsawed into pieces suitable for
loading and numbered for tcopYen7
ience in putting together. Then an
other cut Of six inches is sawed from
above the first, GUT and this two, is
sawed into smaller pieces. Also, "a
cut Of five inches, is taken from a1limb
seven feet in diameter, Snediker, has
been for several weeks engaged in this
operation and is not through yet,77
The general feeling is decidedly, ops
posed to carving up these mammoth
trees for speculative, purposes, but in
this particular instance it lis but jpsf
ticel to Mr.. Snediker to say that this
tree has ogtliFefdl its usefulness, eYen
as q thing of beauty and is in fact fact
dead from stump to tip Fires which ifeihh
have either accidentally OF, designed
I ly been set along this range of timber
haYe sadly marred its Jlbeauty, and in
many instances, ane entirely destroyed the
trees. More or dessiof them are, blown
down every year.-San Fran. Gour.
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.RaVenna Summit Mill
AND
FLOUR and FEED STORE.

TAVING srened Flour and Feed Store in
I'll the first $. Shanty' south of the Exchange
Hotel on Chestsillt street. will keep on hand at
both the Mill and 4Ae Feed Store. full stock of
everything pertaining to the Milling business.
nav thing in my line at the same price. On
count of my advantagein sent, / can sell as low
or lower shan any other concern in Ravenna
w. y. BRADLEY.
Ravenna, Dec. Is. 1859, 6s-tf.
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! GHANGING.rriThe, summer days are
ended and, the Autumn winds are
signing now The roses that bloomed,
so gorgeouslY in the gardens, in the, 4
yard, in the deep woods will soon be ii
gone. The leaves will rustic while
longer, and. turning brown, will fall
in the quiyering autumn winds. The
atmosphere has already been temper
ed by the snow locks that are advance
ing from the future. The sky has lost
its dbrazen omaskA and its tranquil
ldepths,are tinged with ausofter hue,
and it seems to bond over the earth, r
bends over her infant inil
prayer The season is changing, and
with. it We are changing, and like
the year, arc growing older. s Us .gt
The,.ni9hts oare, beautiful, and the
stars seem to have caught the infection
and arc changing too.h How .beauti-
1ful they are, Scattered out, in space
sthey sceu.0s 9dl ,u9bIud a5is-1t8fo
= Like Qaws.s bloomipg on the True of Life. 1,
Or glsry lanpg back fipm the, ontspreaa wiRgs
0l sS Spt II gHfreqnanselI qps a.Ilalne2 a9 !tta ls1
A! CoMpAN4 OF Chinese have started
a paper ia Montana, S''''' % siiiLi lt''.7 ;,
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v usDooKED FoRonosr HtMEdI


rETwafnB, iii his hum meoFSds lecs1
lures on the 'esahdwiclf Isiands;9' tells.
little story iii illustration of cam
,nessss11 S3ifw Tooq'' sd5 OBJ W0iL W.
> "a company in Lower California
ohad a man at work drilling and blast
ing rocks.z's He had dried a7'hoie
about four feet deep, put in the charge
and was stamping it dow down 4 With an
riron bar about nine feet iong, y when n a
premature explosion occurred. Z Up
went the man, still grasping the iron
lbaratlt he looked mo larger than. a
sboy; up2ap. .still he nlookedn dnnop iafger
than a dolf ; still Upward, and he look
ed If no Q larger Than q bee; higher yeti
land he. wasdoati eflosight--PresentlyC
1heroappeared, ,sapparentiy thesizes of
a Bees the continued to descend, till he
looked as large as a doll;. nearer he
came and lookedp the size ofia, boy;
down, downy till-strangelat relate-+-'
he struck thelvery tracks stood in
before, and resumed his tainping as if
nothing had happened. 4 iYop would
mot believe it, it was SO mean, but that
man wasn't gone from his work more
than fifteen minutes, yet, the compa::i
my, docked him for lost time."s,I ,aen,nT
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-10-27


5UPt A sTREE.n-1t was told us thusly,:
IIf Ayoung lady and gentleman stroll=l
ed into, the woods last Sunday, in ii
quest of mplberries. They found d
tree that suited themaudsimmediately
set TO work, deYisipg means forgetting :
some Of the berries without ,bruising
them; and finally, concluded q they
would climb the tree; 80 up they.
iweeppt. After After which thess gentleman .
descended, and the lady attempted to
afollow suit, but some Of her suit got
fastened to limb, and she came to
halt. She tried to back up but it was
mo use, 50 here was fix for her beau
ITO catch her in; but even while she
he, hove in, sight. She
screamed at him to get behind a tree.
lie obeyeds orders, but that did not
help her case for she, remained fast. !.
She would not allow him to, come to
her resistance, and she could not get
away A thought struck him, 'sNow,e' /
said the gallant youth, :. ou just stop.
your holIer'n and III tie my hanker- ;,
chief around my eyes and throw sticks
at the limb that is holding you until L
break il" ~ 70 N'o''S 90 y 'A '' u
rhe, last We heard of tliis happy
pair the boy was about half mile
from the mulberry tree, blindfolded
and throwing sticks, and the girl was
ION Her way home. - . = i'.'''n 81 -
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