The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1871-12-28

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Correspondence
Your correspondent is unwilling tt
have the Press 60 out among 1T
friends without some record of tbs
doings of our people each week, yei
few items of interest are ahoat JUS
now in our community.
A singing class was formed two OF
three weeks ago, which meets on
Thursday and Friday evenings of each
week at the Town Hall, under the di-
rection of Prof. e. H. Seer, of 0berlin
/ College. Nearly one hundred schol-
ars are in attendance and much inter
est is manifested in the subject, the
whole town having become aroused
to its importance. We are sorry to an
nouDce that two OF our choir leaders,
| Mr.. c. j. Moore and Mr.. S. p. Crooks,
are unable TO meet with the class ow-
| ing to failing health, Mr.. Crooks es-
| pecialIy being in very precarious
condition, and doubts are entertained
in regard to his recovery. Mr.. g. B.
Stilson and +. p. Bard are still at their
posts as choristers. and, with such re-
Inducements as can be obtained from
new recruits, it is expected that our
churches will henceforth be furnished
with good singing to attend the
stated preaching.
On Sunday and Tuesday evenings
of last week, Rev. T. Newcomb, of
Hiram, gave two lectures at the Union
Church; Subjects: The BibleD and
g The Birth of Christ Mr.. Newcomb
is diligent and critical biblical stu
dent, possessing wonderful reten-
tive memory and the power of pre-
senting his subject with remarkable
fiuency, clearness, and plainness of
speech, with the single objection of
extremely rapid utterance, yet that
may be beneficial by securing the
closest attention. The lectures were
very interesting and instructive and
calculated to promote the careful study
of the Bible, not as an ordinary book,
but as q volume of Divine inspiration,
Last Sabbath morning Mr.. N. deliver
ed discourse at the Union Church
on Christian Love, before large and
attentive audience, who listened with
bfeathless attention, as the speaker
portrayed the results which would
follow from an obedience of that Di-
vine precept Glove thy neighbor as
thyseif.0 All of our orthodox church,
es were represented before him, to-
gether with sprinkling of the out
side element, and the harmony that
seemed to prevail, and the pleasant
countenances of the entire congrcga-
tion must have assured the speaker
that his remarks aceat home, and would
be productive of much good in the
future.
On Wednesday evening last week,
while the mercury was ranging a doz-
en- or more degrees below zero,
seedy looking delegate came tramp
ing along and took lodgings without
leave, in the school house at the CEN
ter, where, by a rousiDg fire, he kept
the icicles from his nose until morn
ing, when, upon leaving, he borrow
ed the teachers satchel, containing
suit of clothes, a valuable gold pen
and sundry other articles of value, and
decamped, but leaving his tracks in
the snow behind him. Upon the ar
rival of the teacher in the morning he
discovered his loss. and Immediately
started three boys in pursuit, who
tracked the thief to the Railroad and
thence through the fields in various
directions to the Railroad again and
finally discovered and overlook him
near Aurora Station. One of the boys
named David Fleming, seeing the
satchel in his hand, in resolqte and
determined manner, stepped up and,
taking him by the collar, accused him
of the theft and demanded the satchel,
enforcing the demand by a vigorous
Whereupon the thief drew revolver
n for ed fc r1co Int mir nnIr
repeated his soleleather admonitions
the mind of the thief that David was
in earnest, and, withal, right in his
Judgment and correct in his conclu-
sions. and, moreover, that he intend
ed to carry that satchel back with him.
sold article and also allowed the boys
cred everything they was stolen from
the school house, when they kindly
permitted him to go his way in peace,
probably to try his luck again in in
crasing his store of worldly wisdom.
He was man of about forty years of
age, but in this case age and expert
ence were no match for young Amer
lea.
OuT DlstflCb OCuOOlS are HOW dill III
successful operation and supposed to
be under the care and guidance of
competent and efficient teachers, our
Board of Examiners having certified
to that effect. Not all, however, who
are thus licensed succeed as teachers,
however much they may acquire as
learners. To acquire knowledge of
certain branches that are studied is
one thing; to communicate that
knowledge to others, is quite another.
Hence some students should remain
students all their lives, and others fill
the positions that nature intended for
them.
Our recent cold snap, after turning
into a snow storm, which brought out
q few sleighs and enabled the farmers
to get few logs to the sawmill, final
" ended in rain and warm south
wind which carried off all of the snow
and finally closed on Saturday eve-
ming with tremendous high wind
scattering things generally.
VERITAs.
Mantua, Dec. 25, 1871.
AURORA.