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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1871-03-09
DAIRY PR DUCTS IN OHIO.

The Importance of the dairy inter-
est in Ohio is shown by statistics
which have been collected and pub
lished, taking the business for nine
wears, from 1860 to 1869, inclusive.
The total make OF butter in the first
year was 3S,440, 49S pounds; and OF
cheese. 24,Sl6,42O pounds; in 1868,
lutter, 37,005, 1878; cheese, 17,Sl4, ,596.-
The table shows an increase of butter
in 1868, of 2,446, 1863 pounds above the
average for the nine years, and a de-
crease from the average of cheese
amounting to 2,227.596 pounds, 10
In the manufacture of cheese, Geau-
ga takes the lead of counties in the
State, her products for 1869 being A.
534, $3.50 pounds. Trumbnll is second,
her production for the same season
being 2,983,564; Ashtabula, third
2,771,S10; Lorain, fourth, 1885, ,946
Portage, fifth, 1,946.527 Medina,
sixth, l, ,499, ,666; Summit, seventh, l.
428, IA; Cuyahoga. eighth, 1,342,46
These are the great cheese counties
none of the others reached halt mil
lion, and most of them but few thou
sand pounds. t fJ 1a
In the manufacture of butter. there
is not so great difference, nearly al
the counties producing largely, Ash
tabula taking the lead. In 1869 she
/ produced 1,OO0911 pounds. Wayne
second, 91S,554 pounds; Trumbull
third. 369,S25 pounds; Lorain, fourth
S4s,So5 pounds; Portage fifth, S24.33'
pounds Stark, sixth, 1904 pounds
Medina, seventh, 1868 pounds
Panlding produces the least of am
county. her product for 1860 being on
,lIy IO4,356 pounds, and Montgomer.
the least cheese, making but 100 lbs
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1871-03-09

CAN A WOMAN KEEP A SECRET
The Nineteenth Century, a periodical
published in Charleston, thus treats
this cin=mooted point -" Mea-ssy-
women can't keep a secret. It's just
the reverse-women can, men can l.
Women carry with them secrets that
would kill any. man. Woman never
tells: man always does. Woman sut-
fers and dies man blabs and lives
Man cannot keep a secret; woman
cannot make it known. What Is
sport to the man is death to the wo-
man. Adam was sneak. Eve would
have kept the apple a secret. Be ye
faithful. Whoever heard woman
talk about her lovers tiascos! Eve
rybody has heard a man gossip. Man
delights in telling his illicit conquests
woman would cut her tongue out first.
Men are coarse in their club-room
talk; women are refined in their par
lor conversation. Whoever heard OF
woman telling of her lovers! Who
has not listened to the dissipation OF
men? Man boasts; women DON'T
Women never tell tales out of school
men are always babbling. So down
with another old adage. Woman can
keep a secret, and her ability TO do SO
/ is proved by the conduct of ST. John
| New Bruins wick) girl who did moi
| Tell her lover she was worth four mil
| lions in her own right until after hei
marriage" H.ft r-Ittf,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1871-03-09
SPECIMENS OF THE WIT OF THE LATE
Z, .e~3 GEO VI, PRENTICE.


About the only person that we ever
heard of that was not spoiled by be-
ing lionized was the jew named Dan
iel. f er $50
Whatever Midas touched turned in
to gold. In these days touch mau
with gold and he'll turn into any,
thing.
We are often told to initiate nature.
Still, we shouldn't initiate her too lit
orally. We needn't dress in green
velvet through the summer because
she docs.
An author, ridiculing the idea of
ghosts, asks how a dead man can get
locked into room. Probably with
skeleton key. s4oz e ii
"Is it possible, Miss, that you don't
know the names of your best friends Z!
.E Certainly l don't know what my
own may be year from now
Our neighbor is still arguing against
the credit system. Let him try to get
credit anywhere to the amount of five
dollars, and he will find that his argu-
ment is perfectly conclusive.
| A gentleman, if aggrieved, has a
right 10 lsuIla biackguard's ears, but
| he should not cut them OFF. They
should be left on for the accommoda-
ton of other aggrieved persons.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1871-03-09
DIDN'T PERsIsTr

The following anecdote is told of
one of our most careful and sedate'
druggists gentleman of the old
school, who for City years has occq-
pied the same corner, and in all his.
dealing ), incidentally, is a very scru
pnfous man. Not long since person
of not particularly liberal practices,
and withal close man, came into the
ssGood Samaritan" with a recipe that
he wished put up, and the man OF
drugs proceeded at once to attend to
it. While engaged in weighing out
the compound, the customer, with a
smile, intended to be childIike and
bland, said to him g Now, doctor, be
sure and give me good measure.a The
doctor paused, holding the. scale at
rest, while he looked over his specta:.
cles at the man before him. g Sir"
said he solemnly, (" if 1 were to give
you the merest grain more than this
recipe calls for, you would be in hell
in five minutes" The buyer didn't
insist. --.s4
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1871-03-09
MOVING FEAT.

Maiden ladies weighing upwards of
two hundred pounds, and dwelling in
the house with young married folks,
are very apt to think that any laugh
ter or sly chattering among the latter
is insidious abuse of them, and natu-
rally wish to be satisfied on the sub
iect. Such a hyperbarytic and NOR
bidly sensitive maiden near Spring
field, Ohio, afflicted with just such a
pair of welded lovers. One evening,
a week or two ago, the couple sat by
their fire with two friends, one gem
tleman- and the other a lady, and all
were laughing and talking as they had
a perfect right to do. The maiden
heard the sounds of innocent glee,
mounted the garret stairs, ana
prowled with eager ear among the
beams above the party's head. She
was clad only in her robe de NUT
She made misstep, her feet touched
the ilath and plaster, the ceiling gave
way, and presently the maiden lady
was dangling in mid-air before four
pairs OF staring eyes, struggling and
screaming TO be free. but, alas unable
to extricate herself. How long she
beat the air the chroDicler neglects to
tell .DcIt is improbable that she fell
through, for. had she done SO, het
/ weight must have carried her through
the floor, and so she would have fall
en- successiyely through all the cell
ings to the celler, and we should have
had report of frightiul earthquake
in China. 1t is hard for maiden tc
struggle with the disadvantages O.
two hundred pounds avoirdupois, anc
to be sneered at, but even thus curl
osity not the less deserves punish
ment. She never smiled again.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1871-03-09

DIR. f. was the President of a
Southern college, who professed to be
very grammatical in the use of his Ian
guage, and therefore expected his pu-
pils to he likewise. Playing cards
was strictly forbidden on the school
premises but, as is always the case,
the law was often violated by the stu
dents without being detected. A
number of freshmen collected togeth,,
er in one oil their numbers room, and
were enioying a good game of euchre,
when knock was heard at the door.
Who's there? 2" one exclaimed.--
" Me,, was the loconic reply. "Whe's
me ~ "Professor f." You he =
Ha, ha, ha! Professor f. wouldn't
say me! He'd say, it is j, SIR" The
old Professor turned his back and
went of, knowing that they had him
there. si3 q to g .ag...t
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1871-03-09

- PRESIDENT GRANT. since he has at
tanned his present high position, has
frequently taken needless pains to
show his contempt Tor the people to
whom ne owes his elevation. The
Washington Patriot says that at the
late carnival in that city, right in the
midst OF the wheelbarrow race, when
the presence of carriages was posinve-
ly prohibited, when the crowd was
surging across the avenue in dense
throngs, and at time when IT was
positively dangerous to the multitude,
the President with the ladies of his
family drove rapidly up the street,
followed by another carriage contain
ing his father-in-law and lot of Juv-
Guile Dents, the two vehicles dsshinng
among the people, scattering them IN
all directions, and imperilling num-
ber of lives. gao i0 ha
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1871-03-09

The New York Sun correspondent,
who has JUS returned from San Do
mingo, is of the opinion that the part
being enacted by Grants Commission
ers is a mere farce. There is no par
ticular desire upon the part of the ma
tiyes there for annexation, and there
is nothing there that the United States
need desire.
The Government of Hayti, which
occnpies the west end OF the island
which affords an abiding place for the
lizards, centipedes, worthless negroes
and degenerate Spaniards of San Do
mingo. is averse to the annexation
scheme of Grant, and unofficial dis
matches received at Washington yes
ierday intimate that war with Hayn
NAV be calculated upon in the event
that the star of Republican aggrand-
izement shoots in that direction.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1871-03-09
official Registry.
COUNTY OFFICERS.


Judges of Common Pleas-GEo. NJ. TuTrLE,
PHILo T. CoNAST. Hs-
Probate Judge-JAcoB v. NELL
Prosecuting Attorney-C. A. REED.
County Auditor-wMLIAM GRIENELL.
County Treasurcr-E. G HIxMAE.
Clerk of Coz rts-ANDREw JACKSON
SheriE-OTIs Is. PAINE.
RECoRDER-G. W. BARRETT.
County Commissioners-HENKY J. NOBLE. n
b. JESKEss, SMITH SANFORD.
Coroner-REcELLUs RooT-
Surveyor-JEDpIAHC COLE.
Directors of County Infirmary-J. c. BEATTY,
AusTIs 5. BEEcHEE and OzIAs ALLEN
MAYORS OF INCORPORATED TOWNS.
Ravenna-JoHS MEHARG.
Kent-s, p woLcoTT.
GarrettsyiIle-0- L. HAwLEY.
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE
Atwater-J Z. Conrad and Sylvester A.
Hinman.
Drimheid-Joseph L. Carrier and A H. Lam
phare.
Edinburgh-Smith Sanford and Asa Bingham
Chariestown-Augustus Munyon and Nasn;ln
IL. Smith.
| cher
Freeaom-Lyman Bryant and ArYiilus C.
Hiram-Rufus Butts and Frank Squire.
Mantua-A. n. Farr and Henry Cobb
Neison-James Asnai. .tii,. "a. = r. IA ;,,o,,
! Palmyra-John j. Williams, David T. p" lisoh
I and Enoch Morgan
/ Paris-A. B. Merrill and Brainard SelD!;; Jr
Raverna-JoHS MEHARG. George r. hopm-
| son and Charles B. Stowe.
| Randolph-James p. Coe and =. 7. Sears.
4 RootstoWn-A III. Barlow and Gideon oey-
Shalersyille-samuel G. Eluridge and W iiiiam
! Carlton. s.. cd E,benezcr
/ Streetsboro-E- M SeanOon -. ~ = :
"snsield-H. X. Martin and VIM. Paulus
| Windham-E. S. Woodwork ana Iholnas "
Angel. -L-----
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1871-03-09
GOOD ADVICE.

Let.us speak of man as we find him.
And censure alone what we see,-
Should a man blame, let's remind him
That from vice there is none of MS free.
If the veil from the heart could be torn,
And the mind could be read on the brow.
There are many we'd pass by with scorn,
Whom we areloading withhigh honor now
Let's speak of man as we find him.
And heed not what others may sayi
Is he frail ithen a kind word will bind him,
When coldness would turn him away.
For the heart must be barren indeed.
Where no bud of repentance can bloom;
Then pause ere You cause it to bleed,
On smile or frown hangs its doom.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1871-03-09
(, NEw7yEKsIoN OF AN OLD STORY

=. "a r..
8. I commenced being good at very
early age, and built myself up on the
best models. / was yet an infant
when 1 read the. affecting story of
hacking down the cherry tree by
George Washington, and his manly
statement to his father that he could
not tell lie. read the story; and
it filled me with a desire to surpass
him, was not going to allow any
such boy as George Washington, If he
did atterward get to be President, to
excel me in the moralities. 1mmedl-
ately, seized an axe, and cut down
the most valuable cherry tree my
father had; and more, / dug up the
roots and burned the branches, SO that
by no means could the variety be pro-
duced, and I went skating OH Sunday,
so that l might confess the two faults,
and be Wept over on account OF my
extreme truthfulness. The expert
ments were, I regret to say, partial
failures. was very much like Wash,
ington, but the trouble was my father
did not resemble George Washing
tons father, which was essential tc
the success of my scheme. . Did you
cut down that cherry tree % asked he
F." Father, / cannot tell a lie, l did i
with nv little hatchet,1 | answered
striking the proper attitude for the
old gentleman to shed tears on me-
But he didn't shed. Heremarked tina
he had rather l had told a thousand
lies than to have cut dow n that partic,
uIar tree, and he whipped me till
was in state of exasperating rawness
ny skating idea was no less q failure
L broke through the ice that Sunda,
and was pulled out with difficulty
by boat-hook. AS | lay sick tor {
month with a fever, L didn't get {
chance 10 get off the Washington re
| mark.-MarE I'acdtn.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1871-03-09

NEGROES AS CENsUs TAKERs.--
Washington dispatches, somewhat
tardily il not reluctantly announce
that the delays in taking the CENSUS ut
the South are largely due 10 the ap-
pointment by the marshals OF improp,,
er persons as assistant marshals ana
enumerators. In many cases these
officers were ignorant negroes, who
did not dare TO go into their districts
during the day, some OF them nave nave
been detected pawning their ois9ks
and certificates for liquor. The Su-
nerintendent, Gen. Walker, did not
d;seoyer that any subdivisions were
missing until an attempt was made in
the office to make up the tables, and
/ then it required much time to ascer-
tain why the reports had not been
made, aud to order the appointment
of new officers and new connt.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1871-03-09


SWEEPING THE OCEAN BoTToM.-Sci-
ence is busily at work, exploring earth
air and sea. During the past summer
and autumn, have been made many
remarkable discoveries in dredging
the bed of the sea, from the Bay of
Biscay to the Farce Islands, from the
depth of afew fathoms near the shore
to nearly three miles out at sea. 1t Is
ascertained that there is stratum OF
warm water from 15 fathoms upward,
a stratum of ice cold water from 5OO
fathoms downward, and a stratum OF
intermixture between the two. lt
was formerly supposed that no animal
could exist lower than 300 fathoms.
but various forms of animal life have
been brought up from the profound
! depths of the ocean, many species
having been found altogether new 10
science, Some of. the animals brought
up from depth of ], l,27O tathoms, OF
4 nearly a mile and a half, had perfect
ewes. while the color of their shells
/ indicated the influence of light.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1871-03-09
ANCIENT TMEXICO-INTER DIS
esr a- COvERIES. .c 1850

The Ttco Republics of the City of
Mexico says: By the Siglo we learn
that there have been discoveries
among the .exhumations near San An
dres Tuxtea, in the State of Vera
Cruz, of several ancient statues, OF
what race the Siglo does not indicate,
but in this connection We will observe
that upon former occasion there
were discovered several statues OF a
period, photographic representations
of two of which have been forwarded
to a-gentleman in this city, and which
we have seen, One is Ethiopian, and
the other ancient Egyptian, or Coptic:
These discoveries in the East, and
with recent discoveries in the West,
excites an interesting speculation
among the ethnologists. ~
1t appears from these discoveries
that the Mexican portion of the Amer
ican continent was in former periods
peopled by two different and distinct
races. That in the west the Aztec OF
Indio. and in the east, on the Gull
coast, the Coptic. 1t is known tha
the Aztecs were two or three centu
ries in their migrations eastward unit
their arrival at Chapultepec. No liy
ing evidence of the Egyptian race ex
lists, but overwhelming proofs tina
such race did exist at n former per
iod in the regions of the Gulf. Thes
are to be found in the rnins, hiero
glyphics, statuary, pottery and uten
: sils. But their period must have bee
7 7 before the Aztecs, or the scattere
colonies of the Egyptians were ovei
; whelmed by the forerunning tribe
, which preceded the imperial and civ
ilized portion of the migrating race.
!, This is an interesting question
= And another is how the Egyptian
:. reached the coast of Mexico; whetl
! ! er in their own ships, or those of Il
! Phenicians, the most advcnturol
- navigators of their period, and wi
: were the only race that ventured o.
- OF the straits of Gibraltar in that p
!, Rod. -.~.[
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1871-03-09

A MICHIGAN paper, alluding to the
return of q prominent native OF that
State says: History records no M
stance of an intelligent man leaving
Minnesota and not neutrality-suspicious.
ing he had money enough to bring
him back" ost at 80
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1871-03-09

el A CURE FOR CoLp.-A slight cold
or phlegmatic cough can be cured in
many cases with a very simple and
mce remedy--half pint of hot port
wlne negus, taken when going to bed,
Prepare it as follows: Make a tum7
bier quite hot by rinsing it out with
boiling water; into the hot glass put
two Jumps of sugar, one slice of LEM
on, and a good grating of Autmeg
then half fill with boiling water. Al.
low all to infuse one minute, then fill
up with port wine; stir together and
drink quickly fiss .effeg ueiHa1 E,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1871-03-09
RAvENNA. O. THURSDAY, MARCH O., 9, 1871.
rnE EAKru cUnE. b !: !.

PR. Russell, in a late number Of
the Watchman and Reflector, gives
this testimony in favor of what is
known as the '' ''Earth Cure"
81 have noticed with interest in the
papers commendatory notices of the
. earth cioset;" and have adopted 1t,
at least in part, as a sanitary measure
IN nv own household. l can heartily
commend it to others as a speedy ana
satisfactory way of abating nuisance
and enriching she soil; but the "earth
cure | regard, if possible, as a still
more valuable discovery tn promoting
the sum of human happiness. Dry,
sifted earth-Ioam l think the best
applied to wounds or sores of almost
every type, and especially chronic
wounds of man or beast, has been
found to have surprising, charming,
almost miraculous. soothing, healiug
effect. ] saw it first noticed some two
months, it may be, ago. and detailed
account was given by the writer, OF
an experiment made with IT, rs cur
alive, disinft citing agent, in one OF the
hospitals OF Philadelphia. seven pa
ii. nts, with obstinate and serious
w,opnds were selected forthe expert
mlent.z One was a lady from whose
breast cancer had been cut; another
was a brakesman who had limb bad
Iy crushed by the cars, and whose
wounds We're serious and very often
sive to all the ward. The result in all
seven cases was immediately salutarv
and surprisingly beneficial, soothing
the pains, removing the offensive odor
and greatly facilitating the healing
process. The writer who reports
these experiments says the earth
cure" may be regarded as one of the
most important discoveries of the age
in the healing art. can bear testi-
mony to its wonderful efficacy, having
had occasion to try its effect on my
own person, and also on. one of my
domestic animals, with the most graf.
ifying results. AS to the mode OF ap.
piication, would say the wouno
| should be first clcansed with luke
warm water and CASTLE soap, ther
/ loamy earth should be sprinkled OF
sifted on. Cover well and bind up
Wounds thus cared for will not neee
| freduent dressing. Try it and SCI
what it will do for you. - ~
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1871-03-09
PRUNING FRUIT AND ORNAMENTAL
TR Res.

We read great deal about, the
proper time OF pruning trees, ana es-
peciafly the apple tree. Some prefer
fall, some mid-vinter, some springs;
but scarcely one recommends the very
best times in our humble opinion
midsummer. Doubtless some old
fogies will open their eyes and hold
up their hands at such an innovation,
and denounce it as an absurdity; but
we think we will be sustained by a
majority of the olive" men of the
day.
If we desire to improve the form of
fruit tree and get rid of some OF the
superfuous, wood, we should prune
in winter; but if we desire fruit and
a perfectly healed stump, we should
prune from the fifteenth of June to
the twentieth of July. We have done
this often with the happiest results
The fruit buds form after this, and the
operation suddenly cutting off its
growth, produces buds; while the
winter or early spring pruning will
produce only acood, ,uIi4Y. 90.
In pruning ornamental trees iu mid
summer, the bark, instead of recedlng
from the stump, grows over it, and IN
a few wears will completely cover II
and make perfect amputation.
We have noticed this upon our owl
premises as well as upon those OF 9th
ers many times. This pruning is don'
when the tree is taking its mid-sum
mer siesta," and then wakes up. re
freshed for another start, and the bari
gradually steals over the stump as
ashamed of the shabby looking expo
sure. ti-a -
When the tree is in full leaf, an
presents its full form to US, we can sc
J exactly where the pruning should b
done, in order that while the over
J growth may be removed, the symme
t try of the tree may be preferred. rs
: pecially is mid. summer pruning to .
preserved, first, to produce buds o
t fruit-bearing trees as before stated
: and second when large limbs are I
| be removed.--GeInaantos toscn Ieteg'dp'
r. =
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1871-03-09

a couNTRYMAN stopped at tele-
graph window. where young lady
was receiving dispatches and, after
looking on q moment, called to his
companion: "Say, Bill. just you
come and see EN- make paper coli
lars Don't she know her biz, eh,
Dill2 ~
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1871-03-09

Mr.. SPR1eG1Ns is little forgetful
sometimes. He counted his children
the other night, butlcould only make
fourteen. How is this ?" he asked
his wife, 81 thought there were fif-
teen of them" $50 there W, re" an
swered his wife; g but little Sammy
was drowned since them" "lndecd"
said Spriggins, meditatively "why 1t
seems to me that heard of II at one
| time. l,Hd ahuDpN 20 d nGaist! lis
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1871-03-09

i SOME prudent folks object to the
modern style of curt itemizing, which
considers il sufficient for instance, to
announce that young girl lighted a
fire with Kerosene and only seven
hacks could be hired next day for the
nsual ceremony, What do these
nrudes think of this sacred text: "ln
This disease Asa sought not to the
Lord, but to the physicians. And
Asa slept with his fathers" o
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1871-03-09

BACHELOR, after all his matrimonial
attempts, pathetically exclaims =
when / remember all the girls I've
met together, feel like q rooster in
the fall, exposed to every weather; L
feel like one who treads some barn
yard oil deserted; whose oats have
fled, whose hens are dead, and of to
market started