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moving trial committees who at
tempted to tell the manufacturers and
their fellow farmers just what the
draft was, which was an iInpossibili-
ty,@ In the year 1870 one of the pion-
eer minds i'll Improvements, who had
long sepn the evils that this dynam-
ometer was working to the farming
community and the injustice it has
doing to the superior machines of the
country, devised a simple and effect
ual Improvement which removes these
evils and secures to the farmer as we'll
assto the manufacturer the means of
ascertaining the degree of merit pos
sessed by each machine. This simple
Hcontriyanee is attached TO the Gibbs
Dynamometer for the pnrpose Of reg,
isteriRgJ eacha IpovelnenH Of she IhaAds
upon a paper tits So Isinipie inlits
ar1sahg gefhe eht Shat any one Who can
add figures together can tell the exact
draft, even to the one hundrdth part
of a pound, This Invention supplies
what was needed to make the Gibbs
Dynamometer a, perfect smachine,f ac-
comprising its work fully land aecu-
beuratelYE cit is knoWmas the self-reg-
istering dyaamometer, to distinguish
it fromlcGibbs. .i!nT nTheGnappearahce of
this dynamometera was. hailed with
joy by fhe manufacturers of first class
machines, and has been opposed by
others, whose ifnperfections it expos
ed. It was one ofothese Dynamome-
ters that was so bitterly opposed by
the Russell and Excelsior, machines
at the Sufield moving trial. The
Buckeye men insisted upon useing
it, as it was. the, only, thing by
which the draft could be. asceEtained,
and to consents to use any other would
be committing<a fraud upon the peo-
pie of Suffeld. Bat. the Russell and
Excelsior combined to oppose its use.
when the Buckeyes went to test draft,
they. refpsei to test, and left.the field.
and to blind the eyes of those present
so that they should not see the real
cause as an excuse, they attempt to
find fault with the Dynamometer and
the gentleman (Mr. Greenwood who
had it in charge;;s and then, as if to add
insult to injpry, they. offer to use one
of those old Gibbs gnessing machines,
which they knew and acknowledged
could not show tile exact draft. Such
an effort is nnworthFIef honest mind
ed, men and should not only be expos
ed but should be met by open rebnke
from the citizens of Sgffield Town
ship upon whom the IMPOSITION was
Fpracticed.j They knew too .welliwhat
the result of q fair test, would be.
The Committee's report draft of
these three machines at Mansfield fri-
ali was still fresh iHI their memory,
and they did not wisfil to- repeat it
there. tnf will insert II here for the
benefit Of any who have not seen iii
Draft RUSSELL iiis Senior MowerWas Nov, eF,Hls ss
/" Excelsioruefs .sneHata '' 100
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-09-26
LOTS FOR SALE.

FTlHE inders igned has inst plated and laid
Il out twelve valuable lots in his second addi-
tlon to the village of Ravcnna, situated on
Chestnut and Springfield streets BY far the
most desirable of any vacant lots in town and
are now ready for sale.
May 20. 1872 I9T H. L. DAY.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-09-26

Thistest was madeiby yable and dis
interested mem mHdffferent parts of
the State. witifa ID ynamometer that
always tells the truth, This. shows
clearly why the Russell and Excelsior
preferred to lsav6 the field rather than
expose the faets.o II there are any
who haye any doubt about this matter
If fssa esaRs AsiSs aeas and
iasy hs1s a w 9a al "a bad sti aG sai'f Buck
eyes's losing its supremacy in Sufffeld,
as spectator" would have us believe,
the people will show their apprecia-
Seksse Se 4 'S $SnI S s l'qsssiRlP s5s
chine. Let US give credit to whom
credit is due. EYE WITNESS.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-09-26
THE DRY GOODS CAMPAIGN
is NOW FAIRLY OPEN AT
Z NO. l. ETNA BLOCK.


- Come and See
Our new stock of Dress Goods, the finest stock
we have ever shown in this market, from 20c up.
Many of the Dolly Warden styles. Japanese
Silks at soc, TSc, and 81. per yd Splendid black
Gro Grain Silks at 1,50. A good stock Black
Alpacas from 4Oc up. 500 yds. splendid Piques
at 20c and 25c per yd.
Come and See
A fine assortment of shawls, from $s up.
et s Come and See
A splendid line Prints from 7 to IKE; spleu-
did heavy Ginghams at II and 121sc.; fine IA
bleached and brown cotton at 121Sc.; heavy
brown Cotton at I4c.
Come and See
Plain White Hose at 1Oc; Ribbed do. at 12Jsc.
Regular made Hose ut s5c Gents British halls
hose at 25c.
Come and See
a fine line of Dress Linens, cheap, Good crash
at 10o.; Heavy Table Linen at 40c.; Napkins at
II per doz.; 4 linen hdkf's for 25c. Ladies good
laced Caters at l,5o per pair.
.ai.. .taris Come and Buy
Good 200 yard spool Thread at Sc. u spool: good
Paper Collars at lOc per box; good elastic suS-
penders at sbc per pair.
Come and Buy
Your Groceries cheap. Good Sugar at i0c. per
lb. ;choice Green Tea, fresh and nice at 81 20.
gi Come ana See Us.
We have not time to enumerate our great
variety. We have a large stock OF Crockery,
WALLPAPER. Boots n Shoes, Hats Z Caps, SC,
and all must be sold at low figures. Feeling
very grateful for the very liberal patronage be-
slowed upon us in the past We hope TO merit tho
same in the future.
Bring along any amount of good Butter and
Eggs and get the highest market prices in
goods or Cash,
N. CONVERSE.
Ravenna May 0. 1872.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-09-26

A NYTlING you want done in the limo
IA Heads, Cards, Posters, Pamphlets &c he
sure and cometo the Press Onice, on Chestnut
Street, north end OF Empire Block.
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SOUND INSURANCE.
W'atertoWn Insurance Go.
Watertown, N, Y.

CASH CAPITAL 5000, 600.
SURPLUS OVER 145,O0O,
Insures detached Dwellings, their contents,
ana Farm property only.
Pays for damage by lightning whether FIRE en-.
sues or not. and for Live Stock killed by light
ming on the premises.
Is not exposed to sweeping fires.
- Insures from 10 to 20 per cent lower than COM
panies doing general business.
Had no Chicago losses.
ii. e. ,BEDELL Agent
Shalersville Ohio.
The following are the names of few of the
persons in this vicinity who have taken insur-
apce in this company.
SHALERSVILLE
G L Horr Steele III Streator
Geo Geodell ~ n III Smith Sterling
A Weaver S Colby ID Colby
re .fq.aH Il; RAVENNA 80
J III Nichols p Brainerd ii d Seymour
Dem1ng Merits w Riddle
HaYen tCA Reed. VIM Ward
L S Ward
y 7'iiio 90 STREETSBORO
II Burroughs W A jenkins NDPeck
L. Russell Clark Mrs j Clark
S"-s4 " ROOTSTOWN
F W Barlow A II Barlow G w Green
> Rogers II b Cotton BisselL
JESSE NJ. ADAMS, NORRIS WINsLoW.
20 ysifu SEo,Y. - iegl PREs'T
SnaIersVllle. Dec 70. 1871. 174-Gm-
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Chairman Liberal Republican State
: Executive Committee 'ii1 20 h9S.i
aCoLU5fBus, 1OHIo,3 September 16. 'tii
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sgFEIA1A.

lCorresRondfnce ,i.,a0 Jsurb uGied
The Following Communication o has
been in eur possession for several
weeks past, but has been crowded. out
nv other lfr1atter. ,tn {I419 h3o of 1921
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Credit Mobilier.

Still. ANOTHER EvAsIvE DENIAL.
Some of the daily Journals give the
denial( p of Henry Wilson, which is.
tine following, in full:
NATIcK, Sept, II, 1872
TO the Editor Of the Troy W7tig:
Isend you a speech of Gen. Hawley.
His statement is correct, but do not
wish to write any more letters, and
do not intend to do so, if am charged
with every crime. Since, I went to
the Senate in 1856 / have made one
speculation. l bought house and
lot in my town for $50, and sold it
TOR S400 Signed -.sr-l-.--..l -. --,.zs---z
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your aRepublicanism; you. must SUR
renderi yOur:opposition to- the; extern
sion of slavery, or consent to 8 great
civil war; 81 This, they said, vas the
oHly alternatiYe. Bloodshed and de-
yastation oyer the WhGle annntry, or
you shall surrender the principles on
which you have just carried the eleo-
6ion. i was one OF those who said
No; there is no such alternative" i
denied that the Southern people, the
great majority of them, are against
the BnioH. I demand that there shall
be open, free discussion before the
Southern people of an honest Vpterri-
fed, unconstrained vote. If they APP
prove, If the people of South say they
want disuhion, will consent to It.
Lfknow thev will not. l know that
the Southern people, the great major
ity, would have voted az they did that
Winter-not for secession, hAt fag
clingfng to the Union. And now, to.
day, If the Nation were to be impefil-
ed, and there were just two modes of
saving it; TO trust to the chances of
of free, fair vote of the Southern
people, I would very greatly preferto
take the latter chance rather than the
tormer. For, fellow -citizents, they
do greatly misunderstood and mallgn
this American pe9pIe WheR they as
sumo that In cold blood before tbepe
had been any clash Of arms, the peo-
pie in the North desired disanion. In
its Inception, in its origin, the great
masses Of those who consented to the
secession movement, meant nothing
by it but to back down the North and
make us consent to, the eEtegsioH
of slavery. That was theit purpose,
and that was mypurpose to resistlahd
defeat.1i II4tI9J h1IaH 90 EoE4Jn955r
Fl Well, the war is ended. 1 think IL
ought to be. We had a great, terri.
BILE, a bloody, destructive, civil war.
0nr snacess was perfect. The defeat
of the adversary was more complete
than any defeat recorded In history.
They have suffered much. They ihaVe
alia9 Cannot we afford TO
be magnanimouS, atleast? They see,
A.rtf. "a
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1872-04-05
slek.RoOm Hints.


A sfck-room- shoald have a pleas
ant aapect.rr Light is essential.
Blinds and curtains may be provi-
ded to. screen the eyes too weak to
bear full day, but what substitute
makes up for the absence of that
blessed sunshine without which life
languishes2 The walls should be of
cheerful tint; if possible, sort of out
door glimpse should be visible from
the bed or chair where the invalid
lio3, if it is but the top ofatree and
bitofsky. Eyes which have been tray
cling for long dull days over the
pattern of the paper hangings, till
each bad and leaf quirl is familiar
and hateful, brighten with pleasure
as the blind is raised. The mind,
wearied Of the g4iIF1inE battle With
pain and seh, hhds unconscious re-
freshment in the new interest. All
there is a birds shadow, fitting
access the pane. The tree
top sways and trernblss Wits soft
rusthngs--a whiteN cloud hoats
drea1ningly Dyer the blue,
now, oh delight and YondoE the
bird himself comes s5a2t and
perches visiHly On the bough, dress
ing his feathers and qniyeriGig forth'
few notes Of sons al tEe Woad,
then, is not lyingin bed because, we
are shut out-that life which has
no-hing to dowithpihs and potions,
tip-toe movements, Whispers and
doctors boots crealdng in the en-
try-may cause the hot. tears to
rush sudlenly into our eyes, 1t does
us good, ana we begin to say With q
certain tremn1ous thrill Of hope:
When I go oubagainE y SHAH der
so and s0f - As =
All, if nurses, if friends knew how
irksome, how positively harmful, is
the Saneuess OF a siek-reoms surely
love and skill would devise rene
dies. fit were only bringing IN
blue flower to-day,and a PlnlkE' one one
tomorrow; hanging n tresh'plcture
to vary the mondtony Of the wall, or
even an old one IL. a new place
something, anything-zib ls such IN
finite relief. Small things and asin-
gle things suffice. To see many 81
hls Surroundings changed at once
con(uses an invalid; to have. one
little novelty at a time to. vary the
point of observation, Stimulates and
cheers. Give him that, and you do
more and better than if you Tiled
tue apaftment With fresh objects. =
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Show Ihyself q Nan.


Now there are two courses, either
OF which you can take. One is tc
say: 81 am not living for dressing
so well as my companions snd
must have fine clothes and better
fare. The other is to say, with
stern manliness:. IT have come
here to make my way; and honesty
/ and simplicity require that I should
not live any higher than myself can
earn the means of living. | will be
no mans paUper or beneficiary
| Will make what I take; and what
make and take shall support me. !"
The discipline which you get from
this latter course of seIf-denial is
better than going to college. Many
man Graded IN learning gets no
discipline; but a young man who.
having been reared and trained in
self-indulgence, leaves his fathers
and comes to the city and saws, s.I
VIII be behOlden to no man: / can
afford to I've asplain as any NJ an.
both IN regaId to diet and clothes. if
IL IS necessary to my manhood, I
Will not have anything which I can
not fairly earn; I will be independ-
.ent and establish myself" Such a
young man gets discipline which
is worth a university education.
By forming that purpose and ad-
herring to it, he is educating him
self Ia the very elements of man
hood. He is making man of him
self. 1 -- ss a~E-
Do you suppose men think less
tt-yOU because you dress plainly.
Do yon think your chances in life
are less because you feel ashamed
to show man where your room Is,
and where you sleep? Why, many
a man has slept in a barn who was
bettrr than many others who slept
in mansions and palaces. a man
ought not 20 be ashamed to
say: 81 sm poor and cannot,
do SO and so2' It is the curse of
America, since there are no orders
of nobility here men are ashamed to
admit they are poor. The young
man defends himself and saws: Il
am not SO poor as you take me to
be-. Even sensible. people Weld to
the temptation of the devil, and are
to acknowledge that they
wor.-Plymottth Pulpit.
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SUNDRIES.

The Cleveland Leader thinks Old
Probabilities might also tell the peo-
pie when to change to Spring over
coats and lighter underclolhing.
An Illinois clergyman has reti.
toned for reduction of his salary,
and has friends propose to place him
IN an insane asylum.
The Italian fleet has been order
ed to be ready to sail for the Span
ish coast in order to provide for the
not improbable contingency of King
Amedeus sudden departure for
Spain.
The marriage Of two sons of the
second wife 10 two daughf ers of the
third wife Of the same man is a Gu
rious event which recently occurred
in Essex County, Va.
A Western girl who has been well
brought up, knocks down every
man who kisses her, and she is so
pretty that the half married and all
the single men IN the town have
black eyes.
Revenge IS sweet. A widow won
$4,000 from German gambler
at Baden Baden, and a French gem
eral, whose haired of Germaly is
undying III arried the avenger of his
country an d d-the $4,000.
Smith and Jones were at the me
nagerie, and the conversation turn-
ed on Darwin's Theory: Look at
that m cnkey," said Smllh; ''think of
it being an undeveIoped human -
''Humanl" said Jones, contemptu-
ously. fISs no more human than
I am" - a.s-.a.-e7 -.5 a.a
The centenary of Southey, whose
character and fame are very dear to
men of letters, viii arrive ON the
18th of August, 1874. That of Col
efidge IN imagination
aud great in intelect-is closer at
hand, Occurring on The 2lst ofOyto-
Der of the present year.
"The new Eschatology" is an at
tempt to prove from the Sweden
borgian standpoint that the texts Of
Scripture usually adduced concern
ing the destruc ion Of the heavens
and earth are to be interpreted SYM
bolically, as the sun means love. the
moon faith, the stars doctrine, etc.
Two men having arranged to fight
a duel In Rhode Island, the Gov
ernor issued a proclamation forbid
ding it, wheTeHpOn one of the par
ties sent him note saying that one
Of them would stand IN Connecti-
cut and the otherin Massachusetts,,
and shoot over his miserable little
State.
In the Galary Clllb-Roou Current
number) a good story is told of a
college president, who NEE ing on
the cars a student whose character
for sobriety was not good. and
whose then appeaTan sc evid eneed a
recent debauch, approached him
and sOlemnly and ragretfullg said.
'.Been on a drank" so have +"
was the immediate reply.
Rome is in ecstacies over a new
ballet on the subject of the 'sDivine
CommedisP r. A dancing Dante Is
the hero. Frederic Barbarossa is
represented with a heavy black beard
running away from the Italian bal
lerini. Dante appears, gesticuIa-
ting wildly and Virgil enters and
feels his pulse. Then, after being
joined by Homer, the trio dance a
iundsngo in the Elysian fields. In
Pargatory Dante meets Beatrice,
who. IN a very rickety conveyance,
carries him off to the 9FOa0 eteruo /.
The last scene discovers Italy bound
IN chains; at the sound of Garibaldi's
hymn her letters fall of. Dante rush
es forward to bless her; the audi
enee shrieks with delight, and the
curtain falls.
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Stingy Churches.



Gratuitous preaching makes sell
fish, ignorant, and indolent church
es. a congregation votes its own
distinction when 1T decides to get
along with a preacher who costs
them little or nothing and earns just
as little as he gets. A cheap min
ister is bad economy. Churches
which adopt this policy are ipvari-
ably in the background in all their
operation. The congregations are
small and struf gle along late to the
place of worship, the singing isInis-'
erable; the prayer-n naetingsthin and
dull, the Sunday sSeho DIS, If they
have any, Of little aceount,s unless
conducted by outsiders, the houses
of worship are badly warmed and
not haIf-lighted, the communion
vessels are bottles and common
tumblers, they do nothing for mis-
sions, take but few religious papers,
are without books or musical ilstru-
ments in their families, their chill
dren run wild In sin and folly, and
general disregard of religion pre-
walls. In one thing such churches
exeeI-that is, in quarrels. They
are usually split into factions, and
aLo lRd In committees, councils, dis
cipline, add exclusions. They fight
each other when they ought to be
working to save souls, exclude mem.
bers when they ought to be gather-
ing them in, destroy schmthes when
they might build thedn up. hin
dreds ofsueh charcfes ean bs5olfaa
all over the country e 1s Issls
have already baeo rssaa
af ignorance ia the pa sb-n-
mess in the pea lIli9gs
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AUNT rAHITmA.


Whatever / do and whatever I say,
Aut Iabltha. tells me that isn't tAe way -#
When she was a girl ttOrty summers ago.
aunt TLoitha tells me they never did so.
Dear aunt! If I only would take her advice! 2
Butt like my own way, and ind 1t so nice !!
And besides, forget b alt the things am old /;
But they all will come back to me-Hhen Lam
old.
TIA youth passes by. itmay happen, no doubt.
He may chance 10 look in as chance to look
She would never endure an impertinent stare
1t is horrid, she says, and musIn' t sit there.
4 wall, in he moonlight has pleasures. I own,
BUTT isn't quite safe to be walking alone; 81
So take Lads arm-just for safety, you
But Aunt Tabitha tells me they didn't do so. q
How, wicked we are. and how good they were
They kept at arms length those detestabIe
What an era of virtue she lived in!-But stay
Were the men all such 70 CUES in Aunt Gabitha's
daSE a. "a
If the men were so wicked, I'll asiE my papa
How he dared to propose to my darling
Was he like the rest of thomY Goodnsssl Who
And what shall say, if "a wretch should pro-
poser
am thinking if aunt knew so little of sin.
What lt,.a a t5 tEoRder Aunt fabitha's aunt must
And. her grand -aunt-it scares me-how
shockingly sad sc H n
ihat we girls ofto-day are so frightfully bad
A martyr will save az, and nothing elsecan;
Let me Perlsh-to rescue some n retched young
mani
Though when to the altar a-Yictim I CO..
Aunt Tabitha'I tell me She never d id sol
Poet Gttke BrecshJCtSt A06te
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Pen Portrait Of Jefferson.

= EaHF 4
Jefferson was a STRIPPING of sevenz
teen, tall, raw boned, frecl1led and
sandy-haired when in 1850 he came
to Williamsburg from the far west
OF Virginia to enter the College. Of
William and Mary. Wi h his large
feet and hands, thick wrist s and pro-
minent cheek homes and chin he
couidnot have been accounted hand
some or graceful. He is described,
however, as a fresh, bright, healthy
looking youth, as straight as a gun
barrel, siReWy andstrong, with that
alertness of movement which comes.
If early familiarity Withsthe saddle,
gun, canoe, mjnuet and country
dance--that sure, elastic tread, and
ease OF bearing which we stIll
observe in country bred lads who
have been exempt from the rudor
tolls of sasasultures while epjoying
in full measure The freedom and the
sp orts of the country. His teeth,
too, were perfect, which alone re-.
deems a -countenance destitute of
other charms; his eyes, wh1ch were
of hazel gray, were 'beaIning and ex-
pessive, and IN his dem eanor grave,
assurance of gentle heart and
sympathetic in 4uisitive mind .eSuch
lads eager and uniformed, still com g
to college from honest country
homes, InregiOns where agriculture
Is carried on upon scale that al
lows some leisure to thesefarlneF 81
family, somo hberality Of lexpendi=
tule, books music, a tinctuEe. OF art.
and hospItable airs. How welcome,
how dear toinstructions worthy of
them, are such unhacDeyed minds
in boiies unimpaired. { e. .ss
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Thelatest case of abseneesofmind
is that of q young lady, who on re-
turning froAza walk with her sloyerl
the other evening, raped him IN
the face, and bede o good night at
the door. 49,
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It is supposed by many that flow
ers should be carefully kept away
from sick people, as they exhaust
the air or communicate to it some
harmful quality. This may, in de-
gree, be true Of such strong, frag-
rent blossoms as Glacs or garden
lilies, but of more dehcately- scented
onesno such effect need be appre-
hended. A well-a'red room viii
never be made close or unwhole-
some by o nosegay of roses, migno-
nette, or yiolets, and the subtle
cheer which they bring with them Is
Intimately reviving to weary eyes
nd depressed spirits From alone
End Society" ScTiBaer'S for APJSA