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Revival Of Peach Trees.

The Philadelphia Ledger, announces a
discovery of no small moment in the inter
csts of agriculture that has been made by
DR.. George b. Wood, and communicated
by him to the American Philosophical
Society, of which he is President Peach
trees i'll this vicinity, after producing Il few
crops, not only cease bearing, but perish
themselves in q short time; whereas their
natural life is fifty or sixty years or more.
The cause of this defective power of growth
is believed by DR.. Wood to be owing to a
deficiency of potash in the soil, and he
assures us that if this alkal be supplied to
the tree SO that it shall reach the small
roots and be absorbed, the fruit-bea"ing
power is restored, and the tree itself, if
premat,lrely perishing, is revived. Bcliev-
ing with most persons that the cause of
the decay lay i'll worms at the root of the
peach tree, he put in operation plan
which he had seen his father perform more
than fifty years before, viz: of digging
around the base of the stem a hole four or
five inches deep, scrapins away all the
worms that could be found at the junction
of the stem and roots, and filling the hol-
lows thus made with fresh wood ashes from
the fire, which of course, retained all their
potash. This was done in the autumn of
1868; and with result in the following
spring, at which he was himself astOnished
The trees appeared to have been restored
to all their early freshness and vigor; they
put forth bright green leaves blossomed
copiously, and bore crop of fruit such as
they had never borne before, many of the
branches breaking down under the load of
the peaches. DR.. Wood, in rejecting on
these results. and noticing that several of
the peach trees treated had no worms,
came to tile conclusion that we must look
for an explanation to some other cause
than the destruction of few worms, and
this he believes to be the ashes, the potash
of which being dissolved by the rains, had
descended along the roots to the rootlets,
and presented to them the very food for
want of which they were dying.
Decaying apple trees bearing stinted and
inedible fruit have been revived by SINH
lar process, and with the like results. All
of DR.. Woods orchards give promise of an
abundant supply of fruit this season.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1870-08-27

IN EVERY WAY
( woR7uy OF
ANTEN TON:
THE greM advantages we
possess, as the resslt of a large,
well-established and<successful
business, with an experience of
more than twenty-hve\ years,
enable US to offer inducements
to all who are about to b ecome
purchasers of J
~Re04y-Ma4 Zdinggua
second to no Establishment in
the country. Our garments are
all made offhe best materials,
carefully shected; nothing un-
sound oEn any way imperfect
is madYup at all, even in the
lowest grades of goods. 1t is
a wellt Established fact among
clothie\s, that our Ready-Made
Clothing, in every thing that
goes to\2ake a superior gar
ment, is bSsqualled by any
stock of goods Philadelphia.
Our assortment so large
and varied that every oSe can
be fitted at once, without 4 clay.
Our prices are always guat ram
teed as low, or lower, than the
lowest elsewhere. We Have
also a fine assortment of
~e'e15 in the P'f%-e'
which will be made up q order,
in the best mannsI and at
prices much lowsf than are
usually chargeJfor Garments
made to ordsI
GentleYen visiting Phila-
deIphia, /ean, by having their
measure registered on our
booksihave samples of goods
forwal He'd, with price lists, by
mail, t any time, and gar
ments, \ither made to order or
selededNom our Ready-Made
Stock, forN><dsd by express,
which will be guNSteed to fit
correctly. \
BENNETT ago.
Tover Hall, 518 W~ket ST.
My"ey b@'sosm fp1%1 Sixth SIS.
RHzzARNPHzA.
June II, 1s7O-3m
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JOHN E.. ALEXANDER

Takes pleasure in announcing to his friends of ELKTON
and Of the county, that the liberal patronage he has
received has induced him to offer public the great
variety and best selected stock of STOVES both Cook
ing and Heating. offered in Elkton and at prices
that cannot fail to please Among the assortment will
be found the following:
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1870-08-27
TOWN LOT LOR SALE.

LOT IN ELkTON, fronting 81 feet the Phila-
dclpha, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad, opposite
the Depot and los feet deep W"uld make first class
Business Stand. Apply to the subscriber.
BENZ. WELLS.
anrl l6 1S1O-tf EIkton. Nd
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DRY GOODS ana GROCERIES.
The Interested Should Visit ThGm!.
READ THEIR PROCLAMATION /:

READ IHE Elk FSOCLAN AIlON
To friends and all,
I"ur attention call
To splendid assortment of Goods;
We think th-yl compare
With any elsewhere,
In city. i'll town, the woods
We have Ecvcts and Llccs
To suit all stylrS and faces;
poplins and Atwood Delanes,
All shades of AlQacaS,
And the finest Tot;ccus.
And Silk by the yard OF skeins.
Our Blcachci and Brown Cotton
Must not he forgotten:
And they tin best that made.
Our large stock OF Notions,
From the Oceans,
And Prints that will wash and not fade.
We have Eo";s and fine Shoes
From which you can rhnusc:
Any size or fashion that's worn,
Silk and Felt Hats.
Fine Cloth and Fur Caps.
From Paris. New ork and Lcslorn
Now orr Groceries are
All selected with care,
Such Sugars. Co,rcs and Spice,
And ali kinds of Teas
Both Japan and Chinese,
Carolina and East India Rice.
I'll. great mistake
That some good people make.
In thinking that we do not keep
All we say that we do
But well prove To you.
II you will give us peep
Our Clerks polite
And once more we invite,
Our friends in the country and town.
We selling Goods cheap.
By the small or heap,
At the Store of the BROTHERS BROWN
Agents for Grover & Bakers Celebrated
amily & Manufacturing Sewing Machine.
Feb. 5, 1870.
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Method of Rearing Young Cattle.

A correspondent of the Americon StoeH,
Journal gives his views ON this subject as
follows:
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FARM IND OTSEHOLD.

US To any who will contribute an coca
sonal article to this column-once a month
or oftener if so inclined-we will send q copy
of The Villa free
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-05-26
MT. UNION.
CoRRFSPONDENcr

The weather for the past few day:
has been very warm for this time O
the year, yet it has been fine weathe
for the farmers in the vicinity of oul
village to do their planting, whicl
they have nearly completed.
The wheat fields in this vicinity
present very good appearance, anG
the prospect for abundance of fruit
the coming Fall, is quite flattering.
The Summer term of Mt. Union
College opened on the 18th inst, with
much larger attendance than was
anticipated. There were in attend.
ance the first day, about one hundred
and twenty students, which is much
larger number than were in attend
ance on the first day of any of the pre-
ceeding term during the year. Since
the beginning of the term, the attend
ance has been increased by the return
of quite number of our students
who went to their homes to spend the
I" twenty four hour vacation which
interviewed between the spring and
summer terms, and now the attend
ance is about one hundred and fifty.
The first Lecture of the term was
delivered last Tuesday evening in the
College Chapel by Rev. Alexander
Clark of Philadelphia, on the subject
Individuality. The Lecture was very
interesting, and well received by the
audience. w.
Mt. UNION, May 21st, 1870.
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AURORA,
= CORRESPONDENTS.


We have but little news of interes
in this locality of late. r... =, 4
The Aurora Thespians play The
"Hidden Hand" on Thursday and
Friday evenings of this week.
Mr.. c. r. Howard has about finished
the work of assessing the real estate
of this township. ~ hHa .....52' .,.. 49,
Mr.. Frank Hurd has raised the
frame of his new residence. He keeps
about 20 hands employed on his build
ing and improvements. Ty5
Mrs. Sally Loveland the oldest lady
in Aurora, died at the residence of her
son, Albert Loveland on Sunday
morning, aged S5 years. She was a
very exemplary lady. Her funeral
took place ON Tuesday.
Mr.. I. M. Jones, of. your village
has justput up i'll our cemetery, very
nice monument for Mr.. Milton Blair,
Mr.. Jones has added very much to
the appearance of our Cemetery by
the fine monuments he has erected
therein during the past year. sz.T7
Rev. j. s. Graves, for sixteen years
pastor of the Brick (Presbyterian)
Church at this place, butwho has been
located for four years past at Rosco,
ILL.,, is on visit to his friends here.
He preached to his old congregation
last Sabbath very acceptibly, aud a
strong effort is, being made TO again
secure his services in this place.
- r.-4...... r.s-s --.-r
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A GooD. story is told on our ole
friend Jno. +. Beaver, who was in at.
tendance at Court last Monday: The
old gentleman as. many know, resides
in the country, OH a considerable
farm, and has for many years. He
also boasts of considerable knowl-
edge of agriculture. A, few weeks
ago while leisurely perambulating his
garden, Che always walks leisurely)
he espied lot of thrifty plants grow
ing IN a sort of bed, and concluded
he would reset and raise large lot of
turnips, of which he is especially
fond. Accordingly by his direction
the ground was prepared, the turnips
transplantcd, and tended with great
care sntil-a few days since, when he
visited the patch, and found as fine
bed of growing mustard as one
would wish TO see. The curses of the
old gentleman on the occasion, are
said 10 have been both cloud and
deep" a lt.J
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7ilFIRE AE ST. PAUh; M1ais.-A spe.
clal despatch to the Chicago Tribune
dated the 18th inst, says a fire broke
out this morning in building on
Third street, being modelled into liv-
cry stable, and soon communicated to
Concert Hall, adjoining, both of which
were destroyed. The latter building
was occupied on the first floor by
RochelFs furniture establishment. and
on the SECOND floor by-Bryant s. STRAIT
tons CommerciapC College and lodging
rooms. Nothing was saved. The
building adjoining Concert Hall, occu-
pied by 7. Wernera az saloon, and
Haggeffy s. Co., as commission
store, tWas, also destroyed, The fire
then crossed Third street and destroy
ed Putnnm's grocery store and the
contiguous building. Also a block
kn0oWIfas Greenleafs building. Loss
from $50, 700 to $4,000. TWO Young
men in Bryant 81 Stratton's building
were obliged to leap from the third
story rear window tothes ground be-
low, nearly one hundred feet, the
building nrlg being on the edge of a.
bluff. Both were badly injured and
one at least will die. A woman and
child also perished in the flames. - s.
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no u-hnn, it mau .ooncern.

} -
We, the undersigned Apothecaries and Drug
gists of the City of Cleveland, take pleasure in
recommending our fellow townsman, Mr.. E. A.
ShclIentrager, to the citizens of Ravenna and
vicinity. rs a competent Apothecary and Drug
gist. He has been connected with some of our
best Drug Houses. from his boyhood up. both as
a dispenser of medicine and a salesman, and we
can assure AIessrs. Brainertl g Son, that in our
opinion, they have made an excellent selection,
a man of ability, in whom they can place the
most implicit confidence, and who is capable OF
taking charge of any Drug Houses as o pre-
1scriptionist and salesman.
L. NJ IESSLER, 1880 s.tt.l u, srs
-e1t - YABPEf., MOORE & Co, -.,.-r.
sii5 a. ijSE IfENSCII' & Co, yl ~, -. -
SAATL. II. SHANNON,
HARTNESS s. 1IULING,
H. q. BUSCH M. d.,
BENTON, MYERS & CANFIELD,
q. W. CLARK,
w. II. CAPENER, NJ. d.
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4 lay 1Eisaa Eenss =. ehe foIlowins line
5IEaroRIAL DAY
1 all gather around

To-day. lei all gather around
Eaeh gras covered hillock and mound,
Which covers slaia soldiers bed,
" Eita rey' y'reuce ,a,dioye our tributes we bring
oser each grave bright floral token wen fling
IN naeln'ry OF the loved ones How dead.
Come, fathers aud mothers since vet
Your sacrificed sons you cannot forget.
Whose blood for their country was shed:
With sorrewiBg hearts and forms bended with
years.
cossle-esssii drop flower bedewed with your
tears,
In ls,eHa'ry Oft loved ones now dead:
Come, widowed wife, with heart reat in twain
Mourning for him who died not III vain.
Lying now in his lonely earth-bed;
AS the day rolls around with each passing year
Oh come to his grave and here drop tear
In nem'ry Of The loved one now dead!
Dear childreR-Ke ask youtoo, TO come
And think Of the time when your fathers left
home :
And for our country so willingly bled;
Now tie. nations your father, for You TO pro-
vide.
10 love and protect you. whatever betide,
For the sake of the brave ones now dead!
Let the patriot JOIN orlr gathering band
"he loves the calm peace smiling over the
land,
Though never his comrades 10 battle he led;
Let 'i.h him drop a flower. with prayer offered
above
Ger the graves of our heroes who istlll live in
our love. ~
Since he does not lie wi,h the loved ones
now dead
a on may passsome grave. silent aud lone,
No name at its head, speaking out from the
stone
Telling who lies, unknown. in that narrow
bed;
There There drop q brighs flower, since well you may
know y
That hearts mourn to-day, o'erburthened with
woe.
: E Forthe loss Of that loved one ROW dead.
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/ OUR old toWnSnlan, Samuel Red
| field, hEs been journeying in the Yves
/ recently, and while there was inter
viewed by the Newton Free Press
from which We copy the following
notice:
We had the pleasure a few days age
OF spending an hour with the venera
! bic Samuel Red1ield, of Ravenna. Ohio
/ who was on business trip TO Omaha
Nebraska City, and other points along
/ the Missouri. Mr.. Redfield is oyel
| seVentE-six wears old, and vet hav.
ing the app sarance ofa sprightly, well
preserved man III sixty. He owns a
section OF land III Story county, which
he says he Will probably divide among
his grandchildren, as it is some
trouble to see to it, and he can't afford
to pay hundred dollars year taxes
on it much longer. Mr.. Redfield has
been resident Of Portage county for
sixty years, and is well versed in all
the movements by which the Western
Reserve has been brought from will
derness to one o4 the richest and most
populous sections of the Union. He
left Connecticut at the age of seven
teen, on foot, making about hundred
miles i'll three days on an average, and
made his mark in the timber few
miles from the present site Of Ravenna.
He had but just fairly got his farm
started and was not vet twenty-one.
when the call was made for troops to
defend the northwestern frontier in
1872. Mr.. Redfield was among the
first 10 answer the call, and his COM
pany was stationed for while at the
present site OF Fremont, where
Croughan afterwards obtained so sig
nal victory over the British and In
dians. lie went with the forces to
Detroit, and was one of the soldiers
so'ignominiously surrendered by Hull.
He says he was sick at the time and
made q s. retreat" But he was made
prisoner with the rest, and parolled,
and was kept i'll that condition for
eighteen months, liable at any time to
be exchanged, and unable to obtain
discharge. His company was never
allowed anything tor clothing, and
they never got the small pay to which
they were entitled, till 1926. He saws
a pension would be Of but little ac-
count 10 him, but there are many 9TH
ers, and the widows of those who have
died, who are poor, and to whom
pension would be a well-deserved and
substantial benefit. He says that
while the government is dealing so
literally with those who served dur
ing the late war, to which he makes
no objection, it would beweIl enough
to remember those equally deserving
who bave waited nearly sixty years.
Mr.. iaedGeld has always been among
the foremost in forwarding all needed
public Improvements, and in later
years has contributed much to the
scientific literature of the country.
Among his miscellaneous essays we
fnd q = Theory OF the Gulf Stream"
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RgANTUA.
fCoRPrsPoNnENcDl

COtfRfLSB0E DEHC
For the past two or three weeks, an
unusual quiet has prevailed in oul
town. Farmers have been busily en-.
gagged IN putting in their spring crops
and an item of news could not be
found after 'the most careful and
thorough search. The weather is now
extremely warm for the season and
vegetation is coming forward with
great rapidity. All kinds of fruit will
be abundant if no frost or other casu-
atty interyenes TO destroy the present
prospect.
The different cheese factories in
town, viz. G. T. Hinckley's, Elmer
Frost's and John Mussell's are now
employing full force in the manu-
1acture Of as good an article as can be
found in the market. The extremely
high prices asked for COWS has pre-
vented many from filing up their pas
lures, consequently the grass is album
dent everywhere and an unusual
quantity Of milk is now daily furnish
ed.
The teachers i'll the several district
schools in town have all commenced
their summer Iabors, with prospects
of success, considering fhe small num-
Der of scholars enrolled. The lack of
scholars may detract somewhat from
the benefits which ought to be received
by the employment of competent
teachers, for no teacher, however
we'll qualified and experienced, can
maintain the interest in school of a
dozen scholars, that might be realized
IN one oftWice or thrice that number.
With one OF two exceptions the young
ladies employed are experienced in
the business OF teaching, and we,hopc
for satisfactory results, from the large
expenditures which the people Of this
town are willing to appropriate for
educational purposes. The teachers
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-05-26

OBRIEN's GRAND CARAVAN AMI
MONSTER MENAGERIE.-It affords us
pleasure to announce to our readers
that this mammoth Menagerie will
make its advent in Ravenna, on Tues
day, May 31st, aud give exhibitions
both in the afternoon and evening,
thus afiording an opportunity of wit
Messing not only the largest but most
varied collection of animals and birds
ever eongregated under one pavilion
In order to give increased respecta-
billty to this monster and moral enter
talnment, no Circus is connected with
it. With this menagerie are three ele-
plants, among which, is one but re-
centlylmported, and said to he the
largest ever captured, together with a
herd of camels and % superb dens
filed with unique animals and birds.
making it the most magnificent dis
play OF the animal kingdom ever COL
lected in this or any other country
We are assured that every specimen
OF the animal kingdom represented
upon the bills, may be witnessed with
in the extensiYel Pavilion of this
mammoth establishment, and num-
Der of others, as three or four denss
have been purchased since the illus
trated posters and Autographs were
printed. To jndge of the capacity
and extent of this mammoth Menage-
RE, everybody should witness the.
grand street parade on the morning
of the day of exhibition, led by Prof.
kauffman's famous Military Band,
and followed by elephants, camels, a
chariots, tableaux, cars. animal dens,
NC. Don't forget the day, Tuesday
May 81.
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INFORMATION. WANTED,-Sarah J.
Burner left the fesinence of Mr.. M
Maurer, near Fostoria, about the mid
die of October 1868, to so to her faith.
er, then supposed to be living at Gas.
tilia, and has not been heard from
since. She was eighteen years of age,
four feet eight inches in heighth, light
hair and blue eyes, wore a dark de-
lane dress and heavy, striped wool
en- shawl, and carried a satchel and a
bundle of clothes.a Information in
regard to her whereabouts would be
thankfully received. 25(G&s /
Address Rev. NJ. Long, or William
Rarick, Fremont, Ohio.
Exchanges please copy. e,s ,F'
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StrGFIHg Flowers Oh GOIlieF'S Graves.
CEREMONIES AT RAvENNA,
MONDAY. MAY soth, 1870.

For the purpose of properly observing the
National Annual Conrmemoration day to nav
the tribute of gratitude and respect to those
soldiers OF the Republic who gave their lives tc
their country, and also those who, surviving the
casualties of WAY. have since gone TO their 81.
lent rest" the committee of arran gements for
RaYenna have prepared the following
ORDER OF CEREMONIES
1. At 12 II. a Federal Salute viii be fired at
Court House Park.
2. At1:25 P. NJ the Church bells of the VII
lage will. ring for five minutes during
which time the procession will form in
front Of the Congregational Church on
Chestnut Street
5. At1:S5 P. NJ. the procession viii march for
the Cemetery in the following order:
First-Committee of Arrangements
Second-Rayennas Silver Cornet Band.
Third-President of the day. Orator and
Clergy -,
Fourih-Divisions of the Decoration Commit
tees, twelve in number.
Fitth-Citizens.
Upon arriving at the stand in the Cemetery.
halt will be made and that portion of the pro
cession having in charge ceremonial duties will
maintain its order and position and after aibrief
address by the President of the day, will pro
eeed at once to the decoration of The graves.
i During the ceremony, the Band viii continue
playing appropriate music ~
At3 T. NJ. the decoration being concluded. the
congregation will assemble at the stand and the
following concluding exercises wiz be had:
l. Prayer offered by Rev. RIM Warren.
2 Pleyel's Hymn by Band
3. Vocal Music i
4, Address By Gen. W T. Wilson. y
oil u
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THE three story oil Warehouse, of
Morehouse, Freeman & Crumb, at
Cleveland, filled with stock, consist
ing OF Oil in tanks, in barrels and q
large quantity of empty barrels, was
destroyed by fire on Friday morning
last. Loss from $4,000 to $50
The building was owned by Dr, j. p.
Robinson. g gsl- - .rf576S
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On the1st of May L shall leave home to be
absent three or four months and L hereby noti-
fly all persons indebted to me to come forward
and pay what they owe. All accounts not set
tied by May 1stI shall leave for collection; so
money can be saved by settling with me. Those
to whom am indebted are asked to present
their claims for payment.
The RAyENNA SUMMIT MILL will be operated
as usual. and its business conducted by compe-
tent men, W. E. BDADLEY.
Ravenna March so. 1870! If. rt-
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nemooratic County Convention,

The Democratic Electors of Portage County
are requested to meet in Delegate Convention
at Citizens Hall, Ravenna, on Saturday, the
Ssth day Of HAY, a. d. 1870, at 10 O'clock A. NJ.
for the purpose of choosing five Delegates, to
represent Portage County. at the Democratic
State Convention. TO be held at Columbus, o., on
the 1st day of June. A. ID. 1870 in pursuance of
the call of the Chairman Of the Democratic
StatelCentrai Committed; and for The tpansac-
ton of such other business as may come before
said County Convention yq7Ff-. z-y
The several townships and election precincts
,offhe county, are entitled to delegates as fol-