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


EDITOR MISUNDERSTANDING to ac-
cOmmodate brother Xerxes, l have
"rested in peace until he has had time
to cool off; but now propose to review his
communication in your issue of Dec. 18th,
which was evidently designed % be a
death 6LOU, as he winds up with 4 mutt
lated fragment of burial service. He
''imaginesr he ''struck a tender chord in
my breast" &c. That was imagination
surely, for every string in that institution
is tough as whale-bone. Nothing but
jealousy or prejudice" &c. Nothing of
the kind. The incorporate village of Or
angeville is a pleasant, thriving little
place, which, l am happy to say, has out
grown Hayti, Five Points, Dutch Ridge,
Brockway Mills. Woodchuck, Coal Bank
and Bunker Hill; all neighboring places
of some note. \ desire for amusement,
and that only, instigated that slight cor
r~ection, and it worked to a charm. Then
he comes this, "AUdi Auerdm PdrteDl."
This selection from the glossary of law
book, surprises me. We expect the like
from professional quacks, who depend
more upon Sheep-skin than brains, but
a good, sensible, business man, like
XerXes, ought to know better, and write
so that all can understand him. Skaters
Mill ''about five feet from the State of
Ohio" jerusalem what feet some
people do have! Il is a fact, however,
that a tolerable fair view of said mill al
be had from certain points on Main
street. From the way he mikes up
things il is possible he means the mill
pond. Yes, a mile or so of that extern
sive institution is in the Incorporation,
and somewhere from seven to nineteen
miles of it in Vernon. "Never received
ten dollars for improvements from Penn
s~ylvania." We don't need to so long
as that remunerative bridge is in success
full operation. Crawl into my hole"
&c. Can't do it-don't own any-and
they rent rat holes too high in Orange
vile for my purse. Gown up that I
don't like Orangeville," &c. Why, /
certainly ought to, for outside of it I don't
own a foot of real estate in this county,
His friend figures too low" We all
knew that before. MeSSrs. Skaters eX-
pended more than their estimate oil that
mill in Mercer Co., Pa. 1.-The man look
ing for government land shopld have
went to Hartford" &c, Well, they have
some land about the certer that's so. As
1 was passing through, last July, l saw a
mar and team doing something in a field
with a two wheeled machine; whether
moving, blowing, or dredging, 1 could
not tell for mud. 1t might have been
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Hartford but it seems he did not; but
stayed about this village until he spent
all his money except one copper, and
wasted all his goods but one razor and
an old pipe, and then died of pure disap-
pointment. Last of all IN this:
"ReqUiescat IN pace" ! must translate
this into plain English, or readers will
lose the benefit. 1 spell it this way:
SqHirt-gun split in pieces. OF course it
would with such an awful load. Ishould
think after the recent "onpleasantness''
in our village, he would have the fear of
broken guns before his eyes. As there
is but one item in dispute between Us, /
propose to save the printers ink and
patience, and publicly debate this solemn
question: ResolUed, That Skaters Mill,
situate in Pymatuning township, Mercer
Co., Pa, is located in the Incorporated
village of 0rangeville, in Hartford town.
ship, Trumbull Co., Ohio. Xerxes affirm
and I deny. This covers the entire
ground of controversy, and the question
Once decided we shall know whether
said mill is of the finest in this State.
Jan, 2ath, 1870. XENoPHoS.