Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1870-02-09
KinSman.

EDITOR CHRoSICLE:-Not noticing
anything lately in your columns, from
kinsman, we thought to supply the de-
ficiency as far asin our power, by devo-
ting a little time to detailing a few of the
late events in town; and also giving a
brief notice Of the principal business at
fractions of the place.
All the neighboring towns have sent
in very fattering descriptions of marvel
N porkers; wonderful boUineS; liberal
parting benefits" and generous dona-
tiCns. Now, Mr.. Editor, although we
have notso much to boast of in this line,
we have some other things of more i'm
portauce to talk of. Sir, we have red
dingS, real bona-fide weddings; and
plenty of them, too. The matrimonial
market seems very brisk at present; in
deed more 81 than any other line of
trade. Not long since a small boy,
mounted on a little pony. was seen
briskly passing through town delivering
generous parcels of wedding cake, which
when refused at n house, he proceeded
to offer a tanother, knowing that it would
be received somewhere. From that time
thenceforth wedding cake has been the
cake of the season. Yet, though Cupid's
darts have flown to good purpose, there
are still some ancient damsels who bid
fair to be left at the end of the season, in
maiden meditation fancy free" But,
Mr.. Editor, this is no the only item of
interest. We have several s~elf-constitu-
ted "news depots," consisting of all the
Observation-Disclosures, stores and groceries in
town. The speed o. the telegraph is
slow, compared to the rate at which news
items travel from one shop TO another,
the rumor being generally in advance of
the truth. One of the groceries afore-
said, besides being the headquarters of
all the idlers about town, and men. of
leisure, is often the scene of worse things;
when the proprietor and his chums,
after vainly trying to induce members of
the Good Templars Lodge to drink, seize
them and pour the 'villainous compound
over them.
The Good Templars Lodge here, is do
ing a good work, in the face of a heavy
opposition. The officers are all people of
education and culture. DIR. Allen Jones,
the w. C. T. now in Office, is a man of
experience in life, of fine intellect,
and he is doing all in his power for the
cause of temperance. Miss A. E. Scott,
the W. Y. T. is a lady of refinement and
who. realizing the importance of
the cause, is doing all in her power for its
The other officers are all
equal to the task.
One of the chief attractions of the place
is the Millinery Emporium, lately sit
uated on Main Street but now removed
to the corner of Main Street and Palace
Avenue on account of the marriage of
the proprietress; she having entered in
to partnership with a distinguished
member of the medical profession, who
as a horse farrier is widely known and
esteemed as a skillful practitioner.
Since the removal, the shop has been re-
opened, with a larger stock than ever.
The windows are a glare of artistic taste,
while the charming hats and turbans
by the young ladies OF town, and
also the bewitching bonnets worn by the
fair milliner, testify to her ability to
please eve the most fastidious taste.
With the foregoing facts concerning
our thriving town, Mr.. Editor, we will
our article, hoping when next we
write to be able to report an equally ac-
i've state of affairs. BEPPo.
FEB. 3, 1870.