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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1873-06-12

wEAKING A NEW BOOT.

The DanbnrY ~ NelcS says: " 1t is a
little singular how we'll a pair of boots
an be nIade' to 1T atihe store. You
nay not be able to get your loot only
! part of the way down the ley at the
iIst trial, but that is because your
stocking is. sweaty, or you haven't
started right, and the shoemaker sug-
sests that you start again and stand
up to it., and he throws Iittleapo WIDER
rom pepper box to aid you. And
10 you stand. up and pound down
your foot, and partly. trip yourself up,
md your eyes stick out i'll an unpleas-
mt manner, and every vein i'll your
D0dy appears to be on the point OF
bursting, and ali the while that dealer
stands around and eyes the operation
IS intentiy as it the whole affair was
perfectly new and novel to him.
Mhen your foot has finally struck
Jott0ms there. is faint impression on
Jour mind that YOu1 have stepped into
I'd open stove, bHt he removes it. by
iolennhy observing that he never saw;
boot fit quite as good as that. You
nay suggest that your toe presses too
l4rd against the trout or that some
1f the bones in the side of the foot
AAOASC AAA4SAA t2s@AAGA4N~A1 O0S soy =
shis is always the way with new
ooot, aud that the trouble will entirely
disappear ina few days. Then you
AXE the old pair under your arm and
start for home as aniGnated,as a relic
of 1872, all the while, feeling that the.
world will not look bright aud hap
py 10 you again until you have brained
Cliat shoeniakeE. You limp down
own the next day, and smile all the
while with your mouth, while your
Eyes look as though you were walking
oyer an oyster bed barefoot. When
40 one is looking yod show q fond
.uess for resting against something
chat, will, s9stgin YOqe weight, When
YOU get home at night you go for
those old boots with an eagerness
shat cannot be described, aAd the re-
marks that you make upon learning
sbatlyOhr wife has disposed of them
60 widow woman in the suburbs,
Ife calculated to Immediately depop-
Alate the earth OF woman and shoe
shakers generally"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1873-06-12

course, he would be like himself il
having four legs, i've fingers on each
etc. 1t was well enough to have
voice like. a lion's, but it should alss
be as small as that of the little NOUS
sometimes. The grizzly bear also has
some good points, one of which va
the shape OF his feet, by which b,
eOuId stand up it he wished, and h,
was, in favor of making the mans fee
nearly the same. The grizzly wa:
also happy in having no tail, for ht
| had learned from his own experience
| that that organ served principally as |
harbor for fieas. The buck eyes anC
ears were pretty good also-perhap;
better than his own. Then there wa:
the fish, which was naked, and which
he envied, because bair was burden
most of the year; so he favored man
without hair. His claws ought to bt
as strong as the eagles, so that he
could hold things in them. But, witt
all their separate gifts. they must &C
knowledge that there was no anima
besides. himself that had wit enough
to supply the man and he felt Obliged
therefore, TO make him like himself in
that respect-cunning and crafty.
SA4G OO5 OgC hAtl
the beaver said that he had never
No tail, indeed! He would make q
man with a broad, fiat tail, so that he
conld haul mud and sand on il.
The Owi declared all the animals
seemed to have lost their senses none
of them proposed to give man wings.
For himself he could not see " hat use
anything on earth would be to him
without wings. A-'-ll-l ss-i''s
als The mole said it was perfect folly
Co talk about wings, Tor with wings
the poor man would be certain to fly
up and crack his noodle against the
sky. Besides, if he had eyes he would
be certain to get them singed against
the sun but without eyes, he could
b4rrow in the cool, soft earth, and be
hsppy.
Last of all, the little mouse squeak
ed out. that he would make man
with eyes, ofsceHrse, so he could see
" hat he was eating /; and as for bur-
rowing in the ground, that was q
hImbug. 4.l51she p 4of4t u
So they all disagreed, and the conna
eli broke up in row. The coyote
de " at the beaver, aud nipped piece
out OF his cheek the owl jumped on
the coyotes head, and commenced lift
ing his scalp: and so they all got TO
ighting!o But finally they stepped,
and taking each lump of clay, they
commenced moulding man accord.
ing to their ideas; but - the cunning
coyote began to make one like that he
had described. 1t was so late when
they Tell to work, that Rightfall had
come on before any one had flushed
nis model, aud they lay down and fell
dead asleep. But The coyote remained
awake, and worked on his model all
uight. When all the other animals
we're fast asleep he went slyly around
and threw water on their models and
so spoiled them. In the morning
early, he finished his, and gave it life
before the Others could make. new
lnpdeIs; and SO it was that man was
created by the cOyote.-F From g The
California Indidls" in the OccFland
for April.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1873-06-12

expected to be in their hives just be-
tore dark. the hens lighting on theiI
roost closed the gales and kept them
closed alt night. The early rising ol
the hens would automatically open
| the gates and. return the bees-theil
honey all safe-to the airs of heaven
and the flowers of earth. He received
the parent.
Another applicant asked for pat
ent right tor an. artificial moon that
should tight each town that used it
without expense His eye had often
1een struck by the reflection of the
Instant windows at sunset, and how
faF light travelled. He therefore pro-
posed = balloon tor each town sudi-
;iently large to raise huge reflector,
that was to be hoisted every evening
It dusk, about the time the hens had
shut in the bees. The reflection OF
the sun rays cast downward upon the
gillage was sure TO light it through
the darkness of the night. Fortunate
iy fer himself this inventor presented
lia application thrpuglr patent attor-
| teY, who told hiIasit was doubtful II
it could be obtsined.
La. the fall OF. 1872 gentleman ap-
fllied for and received q patent for
building hOlses. on W heels and rollers
so that in case OF earthquake they
uight roll back ward and forward, and
aot bs>shAken to pieces. .-..5.5...s s
Another gentleman applied tor q
IsteMt for healing canals by steam, so
that boating could go On in winter as
ell as. in The summer. The officials
decided that this invention was Wor-
thy of protection, aud gave him his
patent, a-.a
= Another applied for a, ombiRatiOus
1fl clock and o, bed, so ingeniously
.sontrived that when the clock struck.
tho bottom of the bed dropped out.
HI claimed that this plan would
probably aH AIKEN. the sleeper.
i Another inventor from the frontier
asked for combustion of cannon
sdd q plough. For this purpose he
lied three applications, making the
slpngated handles OF, the plough hol-
sOkF, SO as-tO form two ssssItnoH.. These
we're to be Kept Ioaded till the gneril-
as were after. tbs. pioughman, the
cannon were then 10 be fired, the
sderillAs, shot down, and the farmer
20 go on his way rejoicing
i Ia 1870 3 very Ingenious gentleman
rom IheDFHEal Districts applied for a
Ja.ent 10 prevent MS froul switching
their tails, lie. presented Two models
= one shaped like abOttle, around the
and of which The cows tail was TO be
u rled the other was q square block,
With the hole through the ceuter,
wherein the tail was to be put and
tied IN q knot, SO that the animal
;ould not withdraw it.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1873-06-12
INDIAN LEGEND OF THE CREATION
OF MAN.

After the coyote had finished all the
Rork of the world and the interior
4himans, he called council of them
to deliberata on the creation of man.
They. sat down in an open space in the
forest, ell in circle, with the lion at
The head. On his right sat the grizzly
,oear, next the brown bear, and SO on
around, aceordiHg to rank, ending
With the little mouse which sat atthe
lions left. .t-.l
The lion was the first to speak; and
he declared he should like 10 see q
man created with. q mighsy voice, like
hinself, wherewith he could brighten
all animsls. For the rest he would
nave him well covered with hair, ter
ribfe fangs in his jaws, strong talons,
etc. &ht Ho!i
The grizzly bear said it was ridicn-
lous to have such q voice as, his neigh
Dor, for he was always roaring with it,
and scared away the very prey he
wished to CATCH He thought the
man ought to have prodigions
strength, and move about silently but
very swiftly when necessary, and be
able to grip his meat without making
aBy nOiSes - 81 iaf sAt# atot Sa Z
The buck said the man would look
very foolish, in his way of thinking,
unless he had q magnificent pair ,oI
horns on his head with which to fight
IL 9 also thought II was very absurd
to roar SO loudly. and he woHldup pap
less attention to the mans throat than
he would to his ears and his eyes, tor
he would make the one like a spiders
web, and the otherlike ire. L .-aO
The mountain sheep protested he
never conld see what sense there.was
in such horns, spreading every way,
only to get caughtliui the branches. III
sne man had horns neatly r0llcd1 up,
they would be like q stone on each
side of his head, giving weight 80
that he could butt. a great deal harder.
When it came the coyotes turn 10
speak, he declared all these were the
stupf6est speeches he ever listened TO,
and that he could hardly keep awake
while such noodles and nincOmpoops
were talking. Every one OF them
wanted to- make the man Just like
himself. Yhsy laight as we'll take one
Of their own cubs and cali IL 4 man
sfor himself, he:very well knew thai
be was not the best animal that could
be made, and he could make one &
great deal better than himself. O
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1873-06-12

The records of the United States
Patent Office exhibit innulne:able ap.
plicstions for ludicrods as we'll as i'm
practicable inventions. The time and
talent expended in devising some ma
chine, which it is supposed will make
the inventors fortune. would, il Rp-
piled to his ordinary daily labor,
make him thoroughly competent
mechanic aud secure him conlforta-
BILE livelihood. AS proof OF, the
truth of the above remarks. few il
lustrations may begivsn. In 1870 the
owner OF some besnives, irritated by
the loss of his heney by the bee moth
acked for patent for combined hem
roost and beehive. He had noticed
that the bee moth travels by night,
while the busy bee works by day
His desire, therefore, was for device
that should admit the worker by day
and keep out the thief by night. Thus
his ingenuity effected the erection OF
a henroost pivoted upon a beehive,
provided with gates. The bees are
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Ratas Of Advertiss1l.y.
Business Cards.
WEDDELL HOUSE,

f.. AIUssER, Proprietor, west side Public
square, Rayenna. OaiO- s-d-
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1873-06-12
THE WISE MAN WHO WILL CROSS
THE ATLANTIC IN A BALLOON. t--5

THE ATLANTIC IN A BALLOON.
Philadelphia Correspondence of \. Y world
1t is now almost a fixed fact that
| Professor John Wise, Secretary of the
| meteorological Section of the Frank
| lin Institute OF this city, will start
| from Boston Common on July on
his elial voyage across the Atlantic.
Mr.. Washington ii. Donaldson, the
| daring aeronaut, and two scientific
gentlemen, not yet selected-althOugia
there are many applicants for the adj ).
venture-will accompany him. Within
few days past the Common Council
OF Boston have appropriated the sum
OF $4,000 for the purchase of the ma
terials tor the balloon aud for other
necessary apparatus, provided that the
Boston men of science can be satisfied
that the Professors theory is plausi-
bic one. Prof. Wise says he can do
this beyond all question. lie will
make the journey OF 1900 miles IN
not more than seventy hours, aud
probably only sixty. His condolences
in the success OF Ills venture is based
on the theory, which his frequent eX-
periences as an saeronaut have proved
10 be a true one, that the entire upper
atmosphere surrounding the earth
moves WIN tue TSkOluNAOA ot NnS
eastwartlly. According to this, as
soon as this air-Iide is struck by the
balloon the air-ship will DRIFT Europe ).
ward, at the rate of one hundred
miles an hour. But this immense rate
of speed will not be a source of peril
to the voyagers, for, as Prof. Wise ex-
plains, to the voyagers, the balloon,
no matter how fast it may go appesrs
to stand still. Professor Wise does
not claim that he can return across the
Atlantic Though the air, his theory
only Involving the praclieability of a
VOYAGE to the East, lie will take u
mail out with him which he viii en-
gage 30 deliver at their destinations
in three days time or less. The Riest
ship in which this extraordinary ven
ture will be made will consist of three
balloons, one nearly as large as the
other two, They viii be capable of
lining ll,000 pounds, exclusive of
their own weight, basket, life-boaG.
etc, of which latter one fully equipped
for an ocean accident will be carried
along. The basket and its appurtenan-
ces will be something novel. 1t will
resemble a covered room, with a'cel-a
lar where the water and food for the
trip will be stored. 1t will have
windows ON all sides, and a lime-stoye
| foF heat and cooking, while an electric
| light will be secured at night by means
of q vacuum tube with platinuna tube
at each end,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1873-06-12
INSURANCE AGENCY.
NJ STUART.

Counselor MT Law, Ravenna. Ohio. ohice IN
East End of Plenix Brick Block
Ibaf 1SaiS ".
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1873-06-12
JANE ELIZA'S WEDDING TOWER.

Guild lay under his engine. dead.
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Cleveland Ohio. sa-5O per day. r. A. GIL
LETfE, Proprietor
Dec. :. 1868, ~
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1873-06-12

AN old lady writing to her son out
West, wafns him to beware of hillious
saloons and bowel alleys.
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FY tsr-rcHINs. wB.THoMAs.
IIUTCHINS & THOMAS,

Attorneys at Law, Itaxenna- Ohio Ofhee IN
ftfupfr.. Building Ar- IIuteliins " III attend
At nj. tssFlns OF the Common Pleas and Distrlct
Courts in Portage County silly
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-10-10
andrew aFObBsOn'S aUf0rtu1
HaIe Deposit.
from the Cincinnati Enquirer.

from the Cincinnati Enquirer.
Our Washington correspondent re-
.t,I4it- lie statement that ex-Presi-
Dent kudrc1c Johnson has lost &c.,
$50. which he h-d deposited in the
Ffrst National IN. d. Cooke Bank OF
H.,lrrrion CITY, which has turnet
.tlt a broken and disLOHOred instiIu-
sion. -. really feel much sorrow
s.r 3hc tN-Prcsident. According t.
-Et s..CuuIs 10 embraced the great
mass ul his means of support-ali
s., moan. which he had saved from
81 igr. 2. devoted TO the public ser
Vice. Whatever may lie said of An
,ssuu johnson, none can deny that he
Ea- u,cuuiuri!y honest, above Ie-
I,tn. above even suspicion. The
small ~mpu,t OF his fortune is sutii-
,ient proof Oh that score. When hy
v as 5upe.c hCd bs Radical parlisan
E.fuIE.y in Congress, and DO ettorl
.,-s spared 10 make drs g-net o.
lh.Isss against him, personal mailg-
rr,rf dared nos 60 80 far as TO blnI
dist lr Lad been ihe subject OF bride
and corruption. one OF his first acts
20 BON President was 20 return pres
-nt gl valuble span OF horses, With
an elegant carriage. which ne rCGeiv-
,.E ugm c,rjaiu friends III New 1 Ork,
accompanied with n flatterin" letter.
iu lis rCCiiuaiion ne took tho true
..-nu;E H. II Ne could not aflOTd as
sr. ~ia"Ut O lay himself liable TO the
suspicion OF bes'owiug iaVcrs upon
hose no made him such donations.
So y.as q noble contrast with the con
..aut often. Grant, who has accepted
everything that has been offered him,
---,Fi tha exception OF n Bull Pup
-.n4 sp hin! from Cleveland and thSt
.,ss declined because the express
..ERrgrs ha3 rot been paid. An eA-
'.v-fdCNt and ex-senator thus scFu-
,rulou-. with such aE anyiJbic rcPU-
r.tllH deserves 4 better fate than to
r.sy bis luoncy by q rotten bank fail
y.gC. Cur wonder IS that Mr.. john
san. educated as au old anti-bank
Democrat should have been 80 IN
e.rr.tCLs as to deposit so large an
u.cgut @iGh amy one banking iusli-
af:af fn,- = considerable period OF
4.c. This Jess TO an hcncst OK
Es-s-fdeu, is the more 10 DC regretted
because tha dishonest officers OF The
sank made fish OF 1aa cad flesh "i
~ E,nr, aud ifaccounts are rue. re
-s-.., 10 PrrsfI, nj Grant his money,
.sat ;lu- assisted to rob the other
rcuaa5sora of an equal distribution.
while andrew Johnson is not worth
100000. ana has been for forty years
sir high public positions, Grant in ten
or t--alYa years. has amasscd, in two
offices. lhat Of General in the army
md President. ii fortune CT millions.
II would DG ia doubt the justice of
Providence to suppose that the
worldly account OF the two men arc
So permanently remain adjusted as
flcy are T2rC.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-10-10
THANCERY SALE OF
" VALUABLE MAURY AND
SUMNER COUNTY LAND.

BY virtue of a dCoree OF the Chanccry
Court at Columbia, Maury county, Tenn,
rendered at its August special term, 1872, and
revived at its June term, 1873, in the CONSOLE
dated causes of w . y Perkins, ct al, vs.
Nancy r Perkins, ct al, and Nancy X Per
Eins ct al vs. w O y Perkins, ct al, will
proceed TO sell on Saturday the 18th day Of
November, 1873, at the court house door in
Columbia, to the highest and best bidder, on
n credit of six, twelve, eighteen and twenty
four months, notes with good and approved
security and bearing interest from day of
sale required OF purchasers the real estate
mentioned and described in the pieadings
town Tit Of c1ien6ss' ksu e couhty. Ten me-
Colored Methodist Church. east by High
street, south by FRANK Wigfall and west by
Mrs w Sheppard, known AS the Perkiu s
l lot A ibs c SnS cedaE Lens
being in the Sd civil district of Maury coUn-
ty, Tenn, and bounded rs follows: Begin
hing at large sagafras in the north boupda-
ry OF the land, in James Tindall's south
boundary, and running with said Tindall's
limo south S9ls9 east s. poles and 10 links 70
a white oak stump, ironwOod and hickory
pointers Ttndall's southeast corner, thence
south i ~ west l72 poles and 20 links TO an
oak stump, cedar pointers, Thorn psOn
Wrights corner, thence north So west 20
poles to a stake, two pin oaks, dogwood aud
hickory pointers, thence south 70 west 30
poles to a stake, two elms, ash, two pin oaks,
norwood and two hickory pointers, thence
north 7l1So west I'D pOlcs TO an elm, thence
north 81 Is west II poles % a stake, thence
north lszs east 100 poles to a pin oak, cedar
and red oak pointers, Robert Wri2hts south
west corner, thence with Robert Wright's
line south So q east, passinh James TindalIs
corner at Sc poles and q links, in all one
hundred and one poles and six links TO the
beginning, containing one hundred and
niLety-thfee acres and ten rerclIes. RIat OF
said cedar land Will be exhibited on day OF
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-10-10
Necessity o. Party Organize
IiRu.
rErnnn The Dver county Prnpress.

From the Dyer County PTOgrcSs.l
There is one thing strongly and pow
erfullv impressed on our mind. 1t is
well for US all not to forget it, and to keep
Il constantly in view. We mean thu
startling lesson taught tue Democracy
IN Tennessee by the last canvass. There
Is no hope for us bat in the strict en-
surCcment of the convention system and
20 hearty and cordial support OF our nom
incC~. II we permit or encourage indie
pendent candidates, or allow our
strength to be fritted away upon hope
less chances, the struggle will be ire
-rieyably lost In union there is not
only strength, but certain victory
Brownsville states.
The above sensible remarks, coming
fruu a paper that supported Johnson
LIST wear. against the regular nominee
al the Democratic party, should be heed
81 Hv al. In union alone there is
strength, and we can only be united
through the instrumentality OF cOuven-
Fious. The states last year opposed the
-t.muarztic nominee tor congress from
The state at large; also the Democratic
nominee for state senator from this dis
tr:,t. The result is known everywhere,
and by all true Democrats IL regretted
Let d. not Le so again. Many good
Democrats fell into this deluSive error
La tine last canvass and warmly support
I'd Ucu who had aTrayed themselves
agslust every vital interest of the Dem
ue~atic party. The consequence was a
defeat oI the party in Tennessee and an
election Of a large majority of Radicals
TO Congress let Us forgive, but never
s,rrct- The lesson was too dearly
learned to be so soon forgotten. There
81 vat time to retrieve our fallen for
runc-. and "a we will all unite in the Sc
lection OF proper candidates we Will not
be defeated agaiu. This war against
inventions is the vGriest nonsense. \
convention can not be unfair if the peoN
n.s win tsru out and 60 there, unless
tbe people themselves are unfair. we
home aG good Democrats will move for
wand during The approaching canvass in
s.uIrgi.cn rank, that victory may perch
anon her banners and the Radical party
~ nur state he eventually wiped from
ttsrr a
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-10-10
CHANCERY SALE.

by virtue of decree OF the ChanCcr
Court at Columbia, Tenn, rendered at IT.
June term, 1873, in the consolidated Caus
of Daniel J. Estes vs.. heirs and creditors OF
Sarah Il. Foster, ct ais, John Tyler, Trustee
ct ais, VS. W. c. A. Foster, et ais, and Este
will sell to the highest bidder at the Court
house door in the town Of Columbia, Tenn.
on Monday the 3rd day of November, 1873
the tract of land conveyed In trust by w. c,
A. Foster to W. W. Miller, situated in the
10th civil District of Maury county, Tenn.
and bounded as follows. North by the lands
Of Or. a. c. White, East by the lands Of said
White, South by the lands of J. G.. Bailey
and II. l.. Hendlcy, and west by the land,
of David DOrtch, ct ais. The said lands viii
with good security will be required OF tn,
purchaser, and sold free from the equity OF
redemption, and lien retained for the pay
ment Of the purchase money.
oct G-'7S.l ID. b. COOPER, C. & NJ.