The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1873-07-03
THE EDITORIAL CONVENTION

THE EDITORIAL CONVENTION.
The third annual meeting of the Editorial As
sociatiOn Of the 18th and 18th Congressional di-
stricts met in our town on Thursday and Friday
of last week.
The attendance numbered thirty or more gem
tlemen OF the Press gang" and was the largest
our readers to the official proceedings in another
column:
ed, indeed gratifed with their visitto our goodly
city, and we may say our citizens, one and al,
endeRVored to make 1t pleasant by their usual
and well known hospitality.
On Thursday afternoon the association had a
business meeting in the Opera House, which had
casion, s. b. Harris, Of the Ravenna Press, presd-
ing and Mr.. Burchard, OF the Warren CORStitutiOn,
siticiating as Secretary. After an interchange Of
views a business committee was appointed, when
the association adjourned till Friday afternoon.
About half past D. m. the gentlemen in attend
ance accompanied by number Of our Citizens
ladies as well as gentlemen, visited Myers's lake
being conveyed thither in carriages provided for
the occasion. OF course, the band accompanied
discoursing several airs at starting, and when
there, sweetening the forests and Identifying the
knows how. The company returned before 8
o'clock and in less than an hour after the
BANQUET AT THE ST. CLOUD
Was announced and the doors Of the spacious
dining hall thrown open. The tables were soon
host and hostess of the st. Cloud, Mr.. and Mrs:
Ely, did themselves full credit and lost none of
their well earned reputation this festive
casion- The repast was all that could be desired
and most artistically arranged.
on behalf Of the citizens Of Canton welcoming our
Editorial guests in a few hearty and appropriate
words Of welcome. Mr, Harris responded briefly
ample justice to the estables and delicacies sem
timents and responses were announced in order.
1he EditoTIdk ITdternitg & the Press was r0sp0nd-
ed to by VIM. Reitezel ESQ of the Western Re-
serve Chronicle. Mr.. R. had been appointed orator at
the previous meeting, and his excellent and prac-
uea ADDRESS occupied q little over twenty min
utes IN delivery and was well received, the
speaker being several times interrupted by ap-
"7he Bar called out Judge UnderhilI who, aE-
Yer T a lew happy remarks closed by saying, The
HttPtt should not be forgotten, and called cut
Rev. C. Smith of the NJ E. church. Mr.. smith
responded most happily and felicitously, when
of the Canfeld Nelus who Acquitted himself with
proper gallantry.
sour RailOays" being given X. H. Folger, Esq,
was called out and for ten or fifteen minutes re-
sponded in style worthy of the theme & himself
"1he Nei0 Postal Lat0" called out neighbor
or the other, much to the amusement of the com
pany- Hs concluded by rsmarking that he saw
Poeticai machine. AS for himself and his paper,
they were more given to truth than poetry
by Mr. Meiregor, Who being called for ID SI be
would submit whether his poem. prepared for the
occasion, was not truth. Mr.. McGregor then read:
THE HOUSEHOLD. GODS!
We read, in old Mythology, great Jupiter would
meeting of the greater gods. in high Olympus
hail.
There, in assembled Senate, would he distinctly
His mighty viii, and there decree it be fulfilled
by fate;
The greater Powers were ready to obey each
And carry out the mandates, by air, and sea- and
land;
Old Neptune, with his trident, was paramount at
And old EOlus ruled the winds with high au-
The earth was more divided, with matters slight
And even yet tits evident that things are hardly
And in that distant period, confusion would
ensue,
Wheneer the charming Godesses would some
There's Juno and Diana, and others I might
Who troubled father Jupiter with more than
loves own fame,
But all these mighty pOtentates have passed to
And tits of little moment now to what they did
amount:
AnOther class, the lesser gods, more numerous
they say
More eiFeqmseribed in power and range, tho
useful in their way;
Among these were the Household Gods devoted |
to tSW5et Homei"
rhe faithful guardians of the hearth, nor e'er |
Their high and holy mission, great Jupiter de-
70 cherish all the Virtues and to benefit man
Those Household Gods have perished too, have |
long since passed away;
The Virtues tho, survive them, around our
survive too in their vigor, with undimmed splen-
dor, shine
Is brightly. as in days of old, and Jupiter's de-
sign.
With fresh impersonations come angel graees in
70 sHeeten every virtue and blaeken every sin;
They're found in caskets various let's look in /
We hnd here sold Mortality" and meet with
Isre too. are, ANGELS Whispers, s,"-"the Chill
dren in the Wood"
The Children" of eur Dick ems and Little Rid
ing Hood"l Il
We travel with old "Crusoer and find sweet |
"Annabel Lee
The maid that's not forgotten in that ''Kingdom
by the Sea-"
down the river floating is-'The Lady Of sha-
Who passes bye the "viOlet, and sweet Forget
Ny heart i, in the Highlands" with the Lady
fthe Lakew
While on the -Bonny banks o. Clyde" rest
The Wounded HareT' limps by us, srhe Noun.
tain Daisy" blooms"
The skylArk," and " The Wee Birds" rehearse
their sweetest tunes.
we've been away,
John Anderson my Joe, John," and good ''Auld
he sweet Last Rose Of Summer bedecks s.The
Old Arm Chair"
The Cricket on the Hearth" comes in, the even
ing joys to share
The Pilgrim" in his 'Progress"-the "Pilgrims
of the Rhine" 4
IRE welcome guests-in unison with Burns and /
"Auid Lang Syne!"
md hosts of other worthless, historic in their
fame, -
With all the brain creations too numerous to
nanel
10 Life's great burdens press you, with care, or
lust 99pe the priceless volume, and, search the
III Hopes without foundation-an aspiration
vaini
Jnless the heart is purity, and. life without
"Ieanie Deans" -
10 delicate to nature. are those interesting
These are not Aeeting shadows. but embOdiments
immortal as the qualities they represent so well.
The World" Is thus before us-"The Sun" with |
yigor shines,
10 "Herald" and to Chronicle" mans wishes /
and designs,
The Tribune" makes the "ReeOrd" up,-"Ga-
zettes" the ravished earth
With light and hghtnings, photoing the "News |
The Times" 'tis seen, makes Progress-s'The
Spirit" moves with steam -
mother earth beyond conceptions |
iOd bless the cart Prsservative.' it crystallizes
immortal life. creations from human fancy
wrought ---r
Creations Of right reason, we'll fitted to display
raYi
of the freside, so full of sweetest
chimesl
dore life-like and attractive than the gods of
ancient timesl ....r
1r. Gillespie, of the Alliance Local, was called
ipon for a song, and he gave in fine style, s'Fhe
lappiest Time il nOW"l The effort was heartily
lpplauded.
The dance at the Opera House was announced
or ALL while those preferring were invited to ad-
ourn to the parlor, where Mrs. Burehard had
Kindly consented to favor the company with
song or two, accompanied with the piano. Mrs
8urehard, formerly Miss NorYell was some years
lgo q musical favorite in Canton. She favored
he company with Comm thro. the Rye" and
several other pieces. in artistic style.
The dance went on to the best of music and
IndSr the management of Mr.. I. P. Miller tn
he "wee sma' hours" were showing larger dE-
lres. The company about midnight partook Of
With truth that the whole affair passed OF pleas
lntly and satisfactorily 70 all concerned.
tar "a IN he aff.