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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-04-11
Every cOirimn of newspaper COZ

Every coinnln of newspaper con-
tains from ten TO twenty thousand dis
tinct pieces of metal, according to the
size Of the paper and the fYpe. The
displacement Of q single one makes an
error. rs it any wonder that errors
occur? In the largest Offices profess
ional proof readers are kept whose
practiced eyes, passing twice over ev-
cry line of proof, detect most of the
errors; boy is also kept for that pur-
pose, at the same time reading the
copy alond. Still mistakes are fire.
quently occurring, after coming from
such hands, and probably no newspa-
per or book was ever published with
out errors that might be detected by
the merest novice. In book printing
it is estimated that proof reading costs
half as much as competition. -9i'-
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-04-11

The Pittsburgh Post says 1T is re,
ported that Governor Curtain comes
home to oppose the denomination Of
Grant, and that he will resign his
commission and take open ground
against him. He is also spoken of in
connection with the nomination for
President before the Cincinnati Con-
yention. Lively times ahead.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-04-11
Destroyed by an Earthquake

+, European advices state that the
town of ofrSchemakher, in the Caucasus, -
was, almost entirely destroyed by q
thirty-seveD, and the destruction of
property was very. large. "A consld- 81
cradle portion of the country is con-
verted int0 desert, and the inhabft-
ants are reduced to great misery by
the destruction of the crops. s.'s g = y 4 Z,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-04-11

-ais0 .sass5sa A FANCY,
q Something came to my soul to-day,
Out OF the misty past. = -. =, =. {.
As a spar from . wrecked and sunksn ship
May 1oat 70 the shore at last;
% "A yasne audshadowy vision rEf7 sas -
That vanished as soon as 1t came, r
"a For memory could noe grasp it sss Fl -
soreixe 1t place and name.alsaat - 81
It seemed Ike dim remembrance. aa 81
-Ofli Life in another sphere,
And left me in silent wonder,
Waiting as tito hearT - fls{ r
A voice 1had long forgotten,
With message of welcome sound, -,,f
Lifting me nearer heaven ~
D As vapors rise from the ground.
There may. be Zines when the spirit 4 =
Escapes from the house Of clay
n And 1ies % its native heaven,
As child goes out to play;
se And the glfmpses that nit so dimly -.
-e1 AT tinaes across memory's truck
a. Are something it dBds IN heaven i
That 1t longs to carry back
~ IS
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-04-11

can't understand me now, but you
will, hope, soon comprehend what
you witnessed"
When Franz learned that Julia was
absent he grew sad. They told him at
the house that she fixed no time for
her return, and they gave him her adj
dress. He determined to seek her, but
the bill of Maitre Benoit was still un-
settled, and he was no more able to
pay it now than formerly.
HYou shall paint me sign for my
house," said Benoit 81 have not had
one for years. That which hung at
the door was blown down and de-
stroyed in the tempest" -sa
Franz gladly availed himself of this
means of freeing himself from debt.
He had taken his breakfast outside of
the inn, and began to paint the sign
which Maitre BenOit procured from
carpenter. -. ,ls..s l.5.,..f......
A golden lion rampant Franz work
ed into the wood while he smoked his
cigar. Old Bemoit stood agape at his
side, while the women stopped draw
ing water and became spectators AT
length to the delight of every one con-
cerned, it was completed, and by the
dl0 VI IouQCE nOASbcu AAtO PA6CCs 0A0
Franz once more took his departure.
He found Julia and sent her the
ring in q note with these simple
words II am here" .9.,I..-..
Franz and Julia were married, and
returned to live at the old mansion
near Falaise. The establishment of the
townspeopie (most of them by this
time knew something of Franz was
very great. But old Benoit was the
most dumbfounded of them all.
"Ah p said he, snow understand
why he capered SO about my house"
And 80 Benoit became Franz Koer-
per's tenant. He wished to remove
the sign, because he did not think it
looked respectful to keep it there, since
Franz's fortunes had SO changed.
mo, mo-; my good friend" Franz
would say, alet it remain it may
teach me humility, if in my prosperi-
ty l should ever forget elbow poor
artist paid his bill" 'Ir-.5l
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-04-11

Why is a mans life safest before he
has had his dinnsr2 Because he can't
6fe-Geet then.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-04-11
Desirable Residence For Sale.

T OFFER FOR SALE the 11S story white frame
Il Dwelling house, green blinds. just west of
c. & P. r. r. on Main street, Ravenna. Ohio,
now occupied by e. G.. WAIT. Large lot. I'M
ished house. good fruit. and one of the cheapest
and most desirable places ia Ravenna, at the
price, $500. Possession given immediately.
s~.A tf3gE ] ! NORMAN ROOD.
March 12, 1872. 1s5-4w.
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Farms and Village Property
for Sale. -. ..,,,.s

II OFFER my Farm in CharlestoEn (eoo acres)
IL for sale. This is one of the best Dairy farms
in the State. Good ,hoase, two barns. cheese
house. sc. VIII be sold on favorable terms.
with or without the stock now on the farm
ALSO, q farm Of 90 acres in Tuscola county,
Michigan. adjacent to the thriving village. of
Newberry, which is settled with Portage county
people. Is good timber and grain farm.sa
of c. q. P. r. b. Also. house and .lot on
Chestnut street, Rayenna, near the Union School
building. ss NORMAN ROOD.
" March l2 1S72. 1s5-4w.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-04-11
Vol. 4 No. 81. eEe1

CLEVELAND PITrsRURG RAILROAD
On and after yoy 18th, lssI, Trains viii leave
Stations daily. Sundays excepted,l as follows:
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1872-12-25
Growth Of Nails.

NJ. Dufour has made observations
as to the rate of growth of the nails.
Here are some of the results. The
nails of the little fingers grow more
slowly than those of the other fingers
and thumbs. The difference is about
one-ninth. The pean rate of these
Excluding the little fngers) is about
one millimetre (l00th part of an
inch) in ten days. The rate of growth
on the thumbs is probably greater
than that on the six longer fingers
There is little difference between the
rate of growth in different animals.
The nails grow atabout the same rate
upon both hands. The rate of growth
is not constant throughout the length
of the nail; it is greater near the base.
The rate of growth at the side parts
is probably the same as in the middle
part. The substance of the nail ad-
vanees equally throughout its breadth.
The rate of nail-growing in an indi-
vidual at intervals of several years
shows sensible differences.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1872-12-25
A SNOW PlOw.

The Union Pacific Railroad is hay-
ing built, in its shops in On ha a
snow plow, which, when finished, will
be the largest and most powerful in
the world 1t is rapidly approaching
completion, and in a few days will be
ready for business. The trucks on
which it is built are very heavy and
strong, and were cast especially for
this plow. The platform ON the truck
is % feet long and 10 feet inches
wide, and is composed of solid oak
timbers 8 by l6 inches. These TIM
bers are held together by 10 iron
bolts, II inches in diameter, which
run crosswise. This solid bed is fast
ened to the transom beams by 40
bolts, 30 over each truck. The inclin-
ed side, placed on the platform, is 80
feet long, and slopes at an angle of
80 degrees, and is held firmly to the
bed by 40 bolts, of an inch in dame
ter, and is supported from behind by
inclined posts, 6 feet long, inches
wide, and l6 inches thick. The en-
tire length, from the rear of the plat
form to the end of the slide is 80 feet.
The rear of the platform will be box
ed in, making aroom twelve feet high,
ii feet wide, and 10 feet long, for the
purpose of keeping the snow out. 1t
will be furnished with a door, so that
if necessary it can be loaded with
iron. The monster will weigh fifty
tons, and will be operated by three
of the heaviest engines on the road.
The cost will be over $4,000.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1872-12-25
A Familiar Phrase.

The phrase "the devil to paw" is
not so profane in its origin, not so il
legitimate, as some might suppose
Most of the common expletive say
ings of the day have a parentage le-
gitimate and proper, and the forego-
ing is not an exception. The start
ling word is not necessarily impious
or irreverent. We have the devil
fish, y and we have in the printing of
flee a youthful specimen of humanity
who cannot be understandingly des-
ignated to the craft without borrow
ing the Plutonic appellative. The
phrase in question doubtless originat-
ed in printing Office, on the occasion
of the Saturday nights settlement of
weekly accounts. The publisher,
with seant purse receives the omin-
Gus call of his foreman.
"Well, John, how is it? What must
| pay tonight"
"Typus wants five dollars, and
Sbooting-stick wants four. and Side
rule says he must have seven.n
Mercy, John, you'll clean ME out
entirely. My subscribers haven't
done thing at paying up this week.
Bullets see-here's the money!
"And sir should like few dol
lars for myself"
That's bad!-But here you have
it-all I've got"
But, sir, you forgot-there's the
deua to pay"
And can we wonder that thereaf-
ter, when the poor publisher wished
to particularly emphasize what he
deemed to be perfect erlsher in the
way of business, he borrowed this
phrase?
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1872-12-25

An old fellow named Joe Pool
very eccentric and an incorrigible slut
terer, was constant lounger at the
tavern in Waterfeld, Me.
One day a traveller from distant
part of the State arrived at the hotel,
and was met by an old acquaintance,
q resident of the town.
After some conversation on differ
ent topics, the traveller was addressed
as follows:
"By the way, Brown, look out for
old Joe Pool tonight You will know
him quick enough by his suffering.
He will be sure to come around and
offer that you've not got whole shirt
to your back. If you take him up,
you'll surely lose by a trick he's got.
He invariably offers to lay this wager
and always wins"
Every WE'LL" said the traveller, 81
will not let him get ahead of me-
Much obliged for the caution"
The evening arrived, and large
crowd was collected in the bar room.
Our friends were there, and old Joe
Pool was present and in his element.
IL tell wh-what. You are nicely
dressed, but I'll bet you ten dollars
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1872-12-25
Care Of Horses.

All horses must not be fed in the
same proportions, without regard to
their ages, their constitutions and
their work; the impropriety of such
practice is self-evident. Yet it is
constantly done, and is the basis of
disease of every kind.
Never use bad hay on account ol
its cheapness, because there is no prop
er nourishment in it.
Damaged corn is exceedingly inju-
rious, because it brings on inhamma-
ton of the bowels and skin diseases.
Chaff is better for old horses than
hay, because they can chew and di-
gest it better.
Mix chaff with corn or beans, and
do not give the latter alone, because
it makes the horse chew his food more
and digest it better.
Hay or grass alone will not support
a horse under hard work, because
there is not sufficient nutritive body
in either.
When q horse is worked hard its
food should be chiefly oats-if not
worked hard Stood should be chiefly
hay-because oats supply more nour-
ishment and hesh-making material
than any ether kind Of food; hay not
so much.
For saddle or coach horses, half a
peck of sound oats and eighteen
pounds of good hay are sufficient. If
the hay is not good, add quarter of
a peck more oats. A horse which
works harder may have rather more
of each; one that works little should
have little.
Rack feeding is wasteful. The
better plan is to feed with chopped
hay, from a mangcr, because the food
is not then thrown about, and is more
easily chewed and digested.
Sprinkle the hay with water that
has salt dissolved in it, because it is
pleasing to the animals taste, and
more easily digested. A teaspeonful
of salt in a bucket of water is suffi-
cient.
Oats should be bruised for an old
horse. but not for young one, be-
cause the former, through age and
defective teeth, cannot chew them
properly. The young horse can do
so, and they are thus properly mixed
with saliva, and turned into whole
some nutriment.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1872-12-25
Seen Better Days

There is something deeply and
peculiarly affecting in the expression
applied to persons in distress
''they have seen better days" No
claim upon our sympathy touches US
so nearly as this. When woman, in
particular, gentle, good and unobtru-
sive, is the unfortunate object who
has "seen better days" the cause is
still more strongly calculated to move
our compositions, for we are usually
inclined to presume, and with proba-
bility, that though she is partieipat-
or in the sad reverse, she could not
have had any blamable share in pro-
ducing it. OF all objects Of pity, in
deed, under the sun, the woman who
has undergone a change in her estate,
and bears her fall with uncomplain-
ing mildness and patience, is one of
most truly and profoundly interesting.
Shoeless, garmentless, homeless pow
erty that sits by the wayside begging,
with many wants obtruded on every
had, never touches the soul with q
pang hundredth part so acute as
does the shrinking, carefully concealed
indigence Of the woman who has
"seen better days"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1872-12-25
a Family OF Thieve. In Hartford

The Times tells of singularly de-
PRAYED family. A glance at the ca
reer of the various members shows
how it is with those naturally bad:
Few names appear on the record
of the police more frequently than
that of the Webb family. A few
years since, the father, mother, boys
and girls were often in jail at the
same time; and it was rare indeed,
when there was not some member of
the family under arrest. Now the
father and mother have gone to "that
bourne from whence no traveller re-
turns" and the children were left to
take care of themselves. One of them
is now in Jail for stealing. To steal
with that family, was as natural as
for a healthy man to eat and drink.
One day the mother and three of the
children were released from jail
Coming up pearl street they passed
by the grounds of James Goodwin.
who was to have dinner party that
day. The cook had taken unusual
pains with the butter, and several
pounds Lad been worked up into fan
cy shapes and put out of doors to
COOL Mrs. Webb saw it, and seeing
no one on guard, she appropriated the
entire lot. She stuffed it into the
coats of her boys, gave some to the
girls, and filled the bosom of her dress
with the oleaginous substance until it
had been stored away. Then she
left; but she had not proceeded far
when the butter was missed and the
thief tracked out The Webbs were
all arrested, and when brought into
the station house they presented a
funny scene The butter was melt
ing and running in unctious streams
through their dresses, coats and 9TH
er garments,
Another time the old woman went
into provision store, on the floor of
which lay quantity of hams. She
sat down near them and after she left
a sixteen pound ham was missing
Pursuit was made and Mrs. Webb
was arrested Although she had
been gone but few minutes no trace
of the ham was to be seen. The next
morning it was found under the bunk
in which she slept, in the station
house. She was examined, and it
was found that she carried, concealed
under her clothes, a big hook, fasten-
ed to cord around her waist. Ga
this hook she had managed to fasten
the ham, and had walked off with it
swinging behind her in the folds of
her dress. The thieving adventures
of the family would gill volume.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1872-12-25

you havn't got a whole sh-shirt to
your. back"
.'I1l take that bet," said the stran-
ger" "Put the money in the land.
lords hands"
This being done, the traveller pull
ed of his coat and was about follow.
ing suit with his vest, when old Joe
cried out
'Ho-ho-ho-hold on. You've lost
Ha-half your sh-shirt is fr-front, and
the other half is on your ba-baek!"
There was a roar of laughter, but
the new conner did not mind it, but
pulled off his vest too, and quickly
turning his back to Joe displayed to
his astonished gaze shirt neatly fold
ed and placed underneath his suspen-
ders.
OF course the laugh was turned
upon Pool, who acknowledged that
be had lost the wager He never
offered the bet again.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1872-12-25
The Marriage Of Henri Hossef.rt.

Few romaHces Of fiction have ini.
agined f6r their climax an incident so
pathetic as the marriage Of Henri
Rochefort. Several years ago when
the man now condemned to detention
for life was the--young Compte dc
Roeheiort Laeay, he w0oed and won
Marie Anastasie Renauld, the daught-
er Of an employee in the Ministry Of
Finance. They were at the time al
most boy and girl--he, / think, twen-
ty, and dshe-sixtcen-and did not find
it necessary to consecrate their affec-
ton by any other ceremony than
those VOWS ofconstancy which usual
ly prove of very transient force. II
is noe so, however, in this case. By
successive stages Compile de Roche
fort let himself be carried away by
his wit and bis eager desire for not
oriety until he became famous for sat
Tres which were certainly out Of ell
keeping with an ancient title, and he
wisely dropped his rank. The nat
ural result of such career has been
at one time exile, at another implica-
ton in the horrors committed by those
who were or had been his followers,
and finally the condition of a prisoner
for the rest of his life. During all
his changes or reyerses, except the last,
Mile Renauld has remained with
him, and they have only been parted
lately owing to her illness. This il
at present so dangerous that in all
probability death must come soon.
She could not meet this camly with
out remedying for her children, as
the French law enables her to do,
the mistake made years ago. She
could not be moved from her bed,
and her lover had ceased to have the
right, or at least the power, to con-
troll his own actions. However these
obstacles have been overcome, and
the prisoner was permitted to come,
strongly guarded at every step, to
make the dying woman in the Con-
vent of the Augustines at Versailles
his wife. As the poor, paralyzed
woman could not, ofcourse, be moved
to the maire, or to the church for
either the civil or religious ceremony,
w. Rameau, the Marie, had to come
to her bedside. The marriage in
strument was read by him. while VI.
Rochefort stood by the bride, hold
ing her hand. 1t was then signed by
both, and witnessed by Francois Vic
tor Hugo, Ernest Blum, Jean Des-
trieu, and the eloquent barrister, Al
bert Jolly. This was sufficient to
give legal validity to the marriage
and status to the children; but Mile.
Renauld had begged for a religious
ceremony also, and Rochefort could
not refuse a request which will be
probably her last. The blessing of
the Church was, therefore, bestowed
on the pair by the Able Follet, chap
lain, of prisons. They then parted,
and at / O'Clock of their bridal morn
ing their welded life ended forever.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1872-12-25
Guard the Weak spot.

All men, however strong, have a
weak spot, like the rhinoceros, which,
Though plated like monitor, is yul-
,ncrable to spear thrust below the
plates. Satan is not such fool as
to attack the strong defenees; be
would be sure to thrust at the vulner-
able points. Some, indeed, think
they have no weak place; and such
people are right, for they are weak
all over, and no part, therefore, could
be called weak in particular. The
polar bear has weakness, which is
for blubber, and his hunters knowing
this, coil piece Of whalebone like q
watch-spring, wrap it in blubber and
freeze it. They then drop the tempt
ing morsel in the way of the bear,
who swallows it greedily; but as the
blubber melts in his stomach, the
whalebone springs out The bear
then rolls over in agony, and they
come up and kill him. Thus it is
when men yield to an easily besetting
sin; it will cut them asunder.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1872-12-25
How Fools are Buried.

We know an old lady, as blithe a
body as ever lived in this world, who
years ago, prepared becoming gar
ments ready for her last journey.
David Garrick's widow religiously
preserved her wedding sheets, that
they might serve her for a shroud
In 1863 young married lady was.
at her express desire, buried in all her
wedding fnery, consisting of white
neglige and petticoats quilted into a
mattrass, pillow and lining for her
coffin; her wedding shift was her wind
ing-sheet, and she wore a fine point
lace tucker, handkerchief, ruffies and
apron, and lappet head of the same
costly materials Diamond earrings
were-placed in her ears, gemmed
rings on her fingers. and valuable
necklace around her neck; white silk
stockings and silver-spangled shoes
with stone buckles completed her cos
tune. A Norfolk gentleman pre-
served such happy recollection of
matrimonial life that when, at the
age of ninety-one, helay on his DEATH
bed, he gave instructions that he
should be buried in his wedding
shirt, which he had CAREFUL Y kept for
the purpose, that garment being sup
plemented with his best suit of clothes
his best wig, his silyer-buckled,
shoes, black wrist ribbons. and his
favorite walking cane Margaret
Coosins, who was buried in Cuxton
churchyard, Kent, in 1888, ordered
her body to be attired in scarlet satin,
put in mahogany coffin having a
vault nnder a pyramidal monument,
the glass doors of the vault being
covered with green silk curtains
Another example of vanity strong in
in death was afforded Us few years
ago, when a wealthy court milliner
left strict injunetions behind her that
her body should be enfolded in point
loco