Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1873-07-12

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Bditor Teiegropt.-In looking over my LET.
ter In your last weeks paper found the com.
pOsiior had made quite bInnder in setting
up The type. In the third paragraph he left
out one or two lines, which gives It very
awkward appearance and makes II uninielli.
gible. | concluded your proofrcadcr was
abrOad, or that his mind was so occupied with
the approaching Fourth that ii made him
careless.
The repairs ] spoke of at the Methodist
meeting house are completed, and the machin.
cry is again In running order. Most or what
was done was around and back Of the Pulpit
think the appearance Is somewhat improved,
but 1t docs not display much artistic skill. 1t
forms too heavy and dull a back ground to the
picture which the congregation has to look at
50 much.
The most notable items during thcpast week
are wedding, N runaway, aud a fghtl The
first is cOmmcndable, the second accidental,
and the Third disgraccful.
Mr. B. +. StJOhn, son Of our Landlord was
married on the evening of the third, To Miss
+. Peasc Of this place, daughter Of W. H..
Pcase. Mrs StJohn, mother of the bride
groom, was highly delighted TO lliInk that
she was blessed with a iuIl.grown daughter
all at once, the only daughter she ever had.
The runaway was with II pair Of horses be.
longing to Messrs Fcren ando and Francis Cut
Ter. They took fright at something wble
standing at the cheese factory, and ran from
there 10 the village, distance Of hall mile.
On their way they came very near running
into horse aud buggy standing in the street
with two ladies in the buggy. Mr.. Reynolds
saw them coming aud with great presence of
mind took the horse by tue bits and led
him out of the way. lie was just in time to
save them. They fetched up in front OF
Dean IL Braden's store. The principle image
done was some small break to the wagon TO
which it was attached and the breaking %. an
axelirce TO buggy in front Of hcsstDre
The fight was with two young men under
the influence Vi liquor Ii WAS especially dis
graceful OH account of the liquor being fur
nishcd them by u citizen who knew when
lac Let them have it, that they were in the hab
/ ii OF getting drunk, and oi course woull make
bad use OF it.
~ OdIth was ICiliAtOlc uulcl Ody.-
A Il the stir was in the morning when the curs
LEFT ior Ashtabula, and when they returned
at night. Ashtabula absorbed all the patriot
ism Of This place, and all ol It's loose change
too. II ii had not been for the sparks ol
youthful patriotism manifested by the noise
of few frc-crackcrs we should scarcely have
known what day il was. 1t reminded one oI
the illness of which Wordworth speaks o
when he says the only noise heard WIS
'The Wocdpccker tapping the hollow beach t.ee."
Our cemetery trustees have set some men to
work 10 put the resting place of the dead in
order They are rnlarging some of the lots
ana cleaning ont the paths and drive ways -
/ When they get through, our cemetery grounds
! will rs'nt velv pleasant and inviting ap.
! pearance. Ii will cost something to do it, ant
no doubt some of our citizens will find fault
But the cost TO each individual taxpayer vii
be but iritic, and the pleasure il will afford
TO those who visit the ground will richly pay
all such expense. What can he more pleasing
than to see manifestations of kind remem
brances of departed friends and neghbors 2
Let us beautiIy the earthly hablation of oul
dead and honor their sacred dust by covering
1t with mementos of our kind regards
The omission sad one to be sure probabl,
occurred in the making up OF tho form, In which
care neither the compositor the proOfreader was
fault. To err is human, and printers but men.