The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-08-25

Little care they in the battle of life, &
ArdenAF fighting mid turmoil and strife,
Little care thoy who never look back,
y ith eyes frmly fixed on lifeis beaten track.
rush, till in reaching life's bound,
They slacken the footstep and quiet its sound;
Ceasing their efforts their labors give o'er,
Pass them, BY gently, there's Grape on the door.
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o. THE MAN. =,
MIA ,sf1gI bafH6 ,lI1tatl184
rfHsNp, 81. l4Sd don't want noth'n o..
theskind. .snIH the first place, I ha'nt
got the h0ney and, in the next place,
# f 7 had the money, ,Iwouldn't have
none o. Your papers, .sqoa4i -
Ee6o spoke Titus Closely in answer
to AMMAN who had called to see if he
would like to subscribe for news.
per. Said man kept a lstorer in the
neighboring village, and was also the
postmaster; andhe had made arrange
ihefts II, add to his business by estab-
listing a newspaper agency. ,ssg gz
" / can furnish you with any paper
you may like. ,hen explained to Mr..
Closely, "and I'can furnish it cheap
er than you can get it in any other
way, Because, by buying Of me, you
will save the Ipostage. I; shall have
papers devoted to the interests of the
fahily epapefs for the Mechanic and
papers for, both, young and old; and,
in. shorf, 4 may assure you that any
ore ofthem wonld be worth far more
tdsyou fhanaiI propose to ask. Ask
your wife what she thinks. You
have no idea what q vast amount of
valuable information you will find"
50 Nancy Closely wanted a paper; but
her husband said h9 l't%f7 ~
! J. q &c, botheri / don't want it, I tell
ye, I've, got as much as lean do to
look artef my. farm;l and, if Nancy
and the children want to read, they
can get tracts of the minister
, = ,s.. q our neighber, Deepwater, has
subscribed for two papers," said the
agent.9T5sHeti will take pleasant,
i lB1ighltoned literary paper for his fam
ilyg, and q paper devoted to Art, Sci
ence and Agriculture for HIMSELF
rsftF9he more fool hel" cried Titus
Closely, contemptuously. "John
Deepwater can,t, afford it no more'n /
can. My farms bigger and bettern
his is land ! tell ye, fiat an square,
that il ha'nt got no three dollars to
throw. away for a newspaper" &.
- ~ !; But5w-Titus-Ht aag, q s@.t.5l2 r.
,os nShut up, Nancy! tell ye, don't
want itsn4sd aVl.ti ~ us ~
hMAfld Nancy closed her lips, and the
agent went his way, and Titus Closely
went forth to plew his ground with
,thesgreat old wooden plow which his
father and grand father had used be-
, " Ar5Hfsf0 uesitIEzf Jz9l@sigs 81.
,an And time passed on. The newspa-
peragency was es.a ablished at the vii
iageo post-ofiice; but Titus did not
patronize il. He felt that he had "a
principle at stake He had said he
WenIdn't-nBut in one thing he was
consistent ;lhe would not allow his
wife or children to borrow papers of
his neighbor Deepwater if he knew
r;Hfis Hfi II ii fsfiataT sa5Elsa aHE
8 One evening Titus Closely and his
wife took atea, obyu Invitation, with
tneighBor Beepwater.a 5i4 I'D
"a. lbs r declare, Nancy said Titus, on
tlhge their way home, e Prudence Deepwa-
teraibeats nan. creation for cooking,
don't she? I'd no idea she was such
. hand at it. I wonder where she got
them fresh Strawberries Ii5s si.sl
/ MS She preserved them herself" an
sweged Nancy! .a7aaziR9aa 9s7f5ta -
al9"O Z Ogit eoutl Them + wasn't pre-
sagysd dthey was fresh as new picked" !"
h SITS the way they fixed, III
Bfnslf0 .nios al 1hiIob aiil ~ 1899
e sEh can you do it p e i5'']l.
|. t,'!a.II t. . I .cohld if I had her paper"
riss ~. Her paper r. 54on 39ad ves of
q9fsiY es.i She found the recipe in the
newspapers: And that's where she
4 learned si a how to do most of her nice
ccookkllng, l8s e4f slrt99q Off Gf -
biiiFitus lehanged the subject of con-
versation.sh: .i.iJii tusiHbHefl beu
l Autumn; came, and the Agricultu-
iid1 air was held Gin an adjoining
teMno Titus went over with a yoke
of very fine oxen;o but he found,
wien the exhibition came off, that he
was very far behind the times. New
/ breeds of which, he had known MOTH
ing;,shad been introduced, and his
own were not deemed worthy of no.
lifjeahIhh 3iif 10 ii1sJf 9H4 ~ 3fAit
10 WheW lS1whietled Titus, as he sat
inE his kitehed, withia crumpled re-
! pefts Of the a wardihg Committees in
This hand. .ai A friend had given him
the printed document. e John Deep
water has got, the first premium for
sheepl i By Ihooky I'll bet 1 clip
more W9ool'h he does next season." .,
Because you've got more sheep
suggested Nancy. But wait and
see, The new breed which he has
procured is valuable one" =,
"Bah! Think what it cost him
fifty dollars pair on 'em!"
And, added Nancy, he sold two
of his spring lambs to Mr.. Thompson
| for eighty dollars ..... 4 3
80 H.Git eout!"
ts'," 1, - Prudence told me SO. John Deep.
water saw SO many flattering accounts
l-ofathese sheepain his paper that he
knew it woul bessafe to invest"
Titus referred again to the report.