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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-04-07
HANNAH BINDING SHOES.
LUCY LARCoME.

LARCOME.
Poor lone Hannah,
sitting at the window binding shoes,
Faded, wrinkled,
sitting, stitching in a mournful muse.
Brlght-eyed beauty once was she,
when the bloom was on the tree;
Spring and winter
Hannah's at the window binding shoes.
Not neighbor
Passing nod or answer will refuse
To her whisper,
t bs there here h from the fishers any newsF
On an endless voyage gone!
Night aud morning
Hannahs at the window binding shoes.
Fair young Hannah.
Ben, the sunburnt fisher. gayly woSs;
Hale and clever.
For willing heart and hand he sues.
May-day skies are all aglow,
And the waves are laughing sol
For her wedding
-hannah leaves her window and her shoes.
May Is passing:
Mid the apple boughs a pigeon coos;
Hannah shoulders,
For the mild Southwestern mischief brews
round The rock OF Marblehead,
outward bound, schooner sped;
Silent, lonesome,
Hannah's at the window, binding shoes.
'Tis November:
Now no tear her wasted check bedews;
From Newfoundland
Not sale returning will she lose,
Whispering hoarsely, "Fishermen,
Have you, have you heard of Benz"
Old with watching,
Hannah's at the window, binding shoes.
Twenty winters
Bleach and tear the ragged shore she views
Twenty seasons!
Never one has brought her any news,
Still her dim eyes silently
Chase the white sails o er the sea;
Hopeless, faithful,
Hannahs at the window, binding shoes.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-04-07
SONNET.
JOHN DENNIS.

Alas sweet Life, that thou must fly so fast.
is there no breathing-space for thee and meS
So much we have to say, and learn, and see,
So late it seems since springs glad moments
past
And now me leaves change color at the blast,
And the sh i'll mists come creeping up the lea,
While enc by one friends pass me silently
To the strange rest that ends this coil at last.
With Ee0 depart the splendor and the glow,
The fervor caught from meadow, mount, and
r1ver,
The lovely light, purer than unstained snow,
That flled dear eyes and made the pulses
suiver;
All ! let me, then, call pack the word 1 said,-
It's better life should ny, since friends have fed
spectator.
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cuisines this place is the multitude OF small
er houses, each with its little yard and qar-
den, which have sprung up all around in the
manufacturing suburbs. These are owned
generally by their occupants, the bone and
sinew of the country, who have come hera
TO earn their living and "grow up with the
place" and they do "grow up" From small
peg nnings, they frequently acquire fortunes.
ana become leading men. Especially is this
true OF those who emigrate from New Eng
iand, that hive of industry. They come here.
bringing win them their habits of thrift.
economy and virtue, with ali he conditions
so favorable. why should thew not succeedS
IL Is not easy to find a New Rnglander
who Is not doing well. gettino
rich In fact, the prosperity of
the city is due chiefly to this class of per
sons. They take the lead in every nublie
enterprise. There is vim and perseverance,
ABOUT them which always secures the best
results. 1t Is matter of surprise. that with
All the advantages attending industrial labor
mere, any are to be found willing to exc ont
but a scanty subsistence upon the harren
rocks of New England. To sucb Il he home
go was 1t once to your correspondent-
mere are quite as pleasant homes and the re-
ward OF labor is far more remunerztive Rnt
my letter is becoming quite too long. else
HUI Moulo venture few words to agricuturists.
mere are broad acres waiting for cuItivation'
NO dressing and very little tillage is reonir-
ed 70 reap an abundant harvest. The inn
preston has been prevalent that the west
ana especially Indiana and INDIANAPOLIS is
not healthy. No idea can be farther from
the truth. Compare the statistics of mortal
lily, and it will be found that during the wear
Just passed the death rate in Indianapolis has
been less. in proportion to population. than
tnat or any other city in the union. one
thought more, and close. The laboring
man, and indeed every man. is inclined 10
ask In selecting a residence, "bow are the
taxesT" To this question we can give most
satisfactory reply. The levy for CITY taxes
TINS year, in indianapolis is Ito per cent.
wnlie the state, county and township tax is
oo-lOO OF per cent, making total for citv.
township, county and state tax of ! 65-IOo
per cent. The city tax alone of Chicago is
more than per cent. Our city tax of $50
54I, due March l, 1874, will nearly louidate
our city debt, while the debt of Chicago is
soz;ooO;OOO, that of Cincinnati SIS, 900.
ana that of Louisville over 100000 900
mus, from statistics now on hand. il an
pears that not city in this nation can make
so good showing iD this regard, or can
present so low tax levy, as the great in
land city of Indianapolis.
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THE PRESENT.

Lot the past guide, the future cheer,
While youth and health are in their prime
But o! be still thy greatest care
That awful point-the present time!
Fulfill the duties of the day
The next may hear thy funeral chime,
s } shaft thou wing thy glorious way
Where all shall be the present time.
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Mary Clemmer Ames writes to the Brook
lyn Argus about Canon Kingslsy's daugh-
ter: "In the private gallery of the House
sits Miss Kingsley. Without being in any
sense masculine, her profile is stronger even
than her fathers. She has large dark eyes,
and her features are remarkable Tor an ex-
preston of energy and strength. She is
stately brunette, with none of the reputed
fioridness of the average English women.
Her simple black hat, trimmed with black
lace and small tea roses, and plain gray
travelling dress, offered a very marked con-
trast to the velvets, India shswls, and en-
broidered cashmeres of her newly-found
American friends. Her body guard on one
side is Mrs. Blaine, on the other, Gail Ham,
ilton and Harriet Prescott Spofford ('Hand-
some Dick0."
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-04-07

In speaking of the success of the women's
temperance crusade in the west, the New
York Tribune says: "The result is so good
and so praisewolthy that most people do
not care to question the strict logical accu-
racy of the processes which have led to it.
The only thing which can be insisted upon
is that they shall keep within the law in all
their operations, and this they have gener-
ally done. They have relied, in most
cases, upon the efficacy of PRAYER,
by their own sincerity and srdor, to accom-
plsh their purposes. They are not perplexed
by the complicated conditions which pre-
vent their plan from succeeding in our great
cities, and we would do WELL in considering
the best means open to us to obtain similar
results, not to forget the immense difference
between our environments and theirs.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-04-07

Senator Conkling and Senator Thurman
have spoken very gingerly about the cur
rency question. The excuse they give is
that they have been unwilling to consume
valuable time while the business in
terests OF the country are lsngnish
ing on account of the uncertainty of the
result of congressional legislation. This is
a fiimsy excuse. The fact is that both
Thurman and Conklin are afraid Of their
popularity. Both of them are looking
askance at the White House, and while
they feared to offend Wall street, they were
also afraid to incur the displeasure of the
western people, whose votes will determine
the choice for president in 1876. The sena-
tors imagine they are playing sbrewd
game, but it is a game not much in favor
now.-St. Louis Democrat.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-04-07

In "Plea for Girls" the New York
Graphic says: 1t is no longer the fashion TO
provide girls with marriage outfit of home
made spinning, weaving, and stitching.
Modern machinery, which transfers fibre
into cloth as quickly as it could have been
done by the use of Aladdin's wonderful
lamp, seems to have rendered it!unnecessa-
ry; yet Is it so in reality? Has ANYTHING
oeen done as yet to compensate the girl for
this loss-to perfectly fill its place? OF
course We write in referencet to the daughters
OF the middle class, the farmers and house
holders of the country, where living is both
easier and more difficult than il is i'm the
city. where girls do not have to toll in shops
out where, without source of present or
possible future interest, life is dull and stag
nant-hardly, as it seems to the yonug.
with their fresh energies and eager ac-
Invites, worth the living. A district
school and years finishing at
boarding school, which makes the girl
thoroughly unhappy for the rest of her life
is the usual method of giving girls an "edu-
cation" Sensible men should know better
and do better than this for their girls. Their
home training, it is presumed, furnishes
them with knowledge upon domestic mat
tiers; but let them in addition to this be
taught several useful arts by which thew
can obtain alivelihOod. We say several adj
visedly, for there is not one hardly by
which an intelligent woman can obtain a
decent living.
The voices of the merchants of New York,
who gathered in Steinway hall last We'd
nesday night, addressed a larger audience
than was collected within its walls
They spoke to the president of the
United States, and demanded that he
should call off his federal hounds
They spoke to congress, and demanded
instant and efficient legislation TO
estop the hounds from being ever again set
on to worry honest men. They spoke to the
people, and entreated them to consider how
vital to the public morals is the question of
a reform of the civil service. Admirable as
were the speeches of Mr.. Choate and Mr..
Schultz, the high tide of the enthusiasm of
the meeting brimmed over in the short and
incisive declaration of Mr.. Chittenden, that
"there cannot be-there cannot be-there
cannot be purity in the custom house, till
its service is utterly divorced from party
politics. New York Evening Post.
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the chief element Of the opposi-

comprising the chief element Of the opposi-
ton, has taken the initiative steps for the
consolidation of all opposing elements, and
the platform which it will adopt will GER
tainly be broad enough for all to stand
upon. All shades of the opposition should
now be given delegates to the convention,
and allowed to assist in making up the is
sues; by a united effort, Indiana can be
made powerful barrier to the further
spread of Grantism,
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-04-07
A SCOOP NET.

From the Lafayette Argus
1t will be seen that the basis of the call is
broad enough to include all elements of OPP
position to the republican party. The dem
ocratic party, having the organization and
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-04-07
CLAIMING A RIGHT.

Crawford county has candidate for state
treasurer in the person of K. f. Robertson
the present efficient treasurer of this county
In presenting the claims of Mr.. Robertson to
this position, we feel it our bounded duty to
state that undoubtedly Crawford is entitled,
all things being considered, to some place on
the state ticket. Our candidate Is good
man, has discharged the duties of his pres
emit Office with economy and fidelity, and in
fact is as good a man as could be found in the
state for the position. There is a desire on
the part of democrats here to urgently press
his claims, and the position we take as a
county, is certainly sufficient reason for ttfe
nomination of Mr.. r., to a place on the
ticket.
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/ sUFFRAGER.

From the Newcastle Times.
If it is altogether noble and lovely for
women to endure the filth, the obscenity,
and the rudeness Of mobs in order to lpray
down intemperance, will some of our po-
litico-religious ssvans tell us how far wrong
or ignoble o. ENJOYABLE it would be for them
to go to tie polls and vote it down. One
vote on the side of temperance is more pc.
tent than hundred prayers, if it be the one
that turns the tide, and it requires vastly
less time and less exposure of any kind TO
go and deposit a vote in the ballot box than
1t does to parade among rude men and offer
prayers in the saloons.
UP, GUARDS, &c.
From the Plymouth Democrat
With two years of rest our arms are rusted
and it is now time to prepare them for
action. We know our enemy and the bat
tie we have to fight, and the sooner we pre-
pare for it and move on his works the more
complete will be our victory. 1t is certain
no evil can result from the early and thor
ough organization of our forces. Marshall
county should give an unprecedented demo-
cratic majority this fall, and with a proper
use of the means at our command it will do
so. Let us meet and take counsel together,
brethren.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-11-19

Fatal ACCIDENT AT Il ENT.-A cor
respondent writes US from Kent. on
Monday: ....,.a.,....i. ......-...s,..
"Last Friday evening, few minutes
before six O'Clock, Charles Frank, a
day switchman in the Kent yard, was
killed in the vicinity of the glass fac
tory. He had occasion. to cut train
and stepped between The cars to pull
the pin, when it is supposed his foot
caught in the frog, and the train back
ing down on him carried him, . dis
tance of two hundred feet. mangling
him in most shocking manner. The
back of his head was broken in, tile
lower jaw fractured in two places, his
right arm pulled from its socket, and
his iutestines streWed along the track
for quite distance. A fellow switch
man some distance below, failing to
see the signal from Frank, went up
the track and found him under a car
in the condition above stated. His
boot was found in the frog, where he
went in to cut the train. The funeral
took place on Sunday from the Catho-
lie church and was attended by large
concourse of people. Deceased was q
single man about "a years of age" ;
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-11-19
August Flower.


b The most miseEabI5 beings IN the
world are those suffering from Dys-
pepsia and Liver Complaint.
More than esventy-fiye per cent of
the people in the. United States are
afflicted with these two diseases and
their effect; such as sour stomach,
sick headache habitual costiYeness,
1nrure blood 1eartlidrh SStekbrash,
gnawing and burning pains at the pit
of the stomach, yellow skin, coated
tongue and disagreeable taste in the
HTouthF coming. uppf thF food after
eatiAg IAHA EpiEits,&s. So toSthe
Drug Store of BELDING Sc ARMSTRONG,
nd get Is cent bottle, or a sample
bottle for 10 cents. Try it.
GIG. GREEN, sole Manufactures,
st.iHs = '..se.rs,.s WooDBuRY, NJ.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-11-19

BENEFIT DANcE.-A Thanksgiving
Ball is arranged to be held at Kent's
Hall, in the village of Kent, on We'd
nesday evening next, November 25lh,
for The benefit of Protection Hook and
Ladder Company Mol of That place.
The Committee of Arrangements will
please accept our Acknowledgements
for an invitation to attend. As our
dancing days are over we will be un-.
able to comply with their kind request
but we wish them pleasant party,
and one that will aid in initiating TIM
treasury of the company, which is orr
ganized for the protection of the prop7
erty of the citizens of that village.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-11-19

SHEEP KILLED-Two weeks ago
last Sunday and Monday some worth
less dogs got among the flocks of
sheep of Samuel Elliott, d. D. Gill
man, Alferd Catlin, and WILDER Cole,
in the township of Charlestown,
killing and damaging sheep to the
value of 1925. The dogs were follow
ed TO their homes and killed, and their
owners came forward manfully and
arranged the matter.
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ANkse1v1Ne next Thursday

THANKsGIvING next Thursday.
TRADE seems quite brisk among oul
merchants.
The weather continues quite mild
yet: l{f1 ~ uf59 Hk
J The walls to Pitkin's addition are
nearly up.
CHkIsrfAs comes on Friday, this
eeaitf' f'-z-sl..-..i I-,,s -4.i.#s
WARREN is TO have an amateur the.
atrical . pany. i}sal
THE painting aud penciling of the
west end of Phehix Block give q
marked Improvement to that corner
The Crusaders of the 10Th district
are to hold conyenfion at Painesville
on the 28th inst.
LEAVE your orders for Job Printing
at the PRESS Office. We can surely
suit y GU in style of work and prices.
ND. CLARK, Esq, President of the
First National Bank, returned home
from three weeks Eastern visit, last
Sunday evening.
"A MUCH needed rain storm set in on
Tuesday morning, and continued thro'
the day and night.
THE hotel de Risdon is one of the
most extensively patrOnized institu-
tions in this region just now.
The froscoing of the new Episcopal
Church on Cedar Street is nearly COM
pleted, and the work is said to be
neatly done.
WE are pleased to acknowledge the
receipt of ten gullon cask of excel
lent sweet apple cider from our Dem
ocratic friend, Edward L. Meister, for
which he has our thanks.
WE have the exclusive sale of II.
F. Hemingway & Cos Celebrated Bal
timore Oysters, guaranteed TO be the
best in market. Try them.
MASON & Son.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-11-19

Pubic SALE.@Aa Mrs S. iS.hCard viii
sell at public auction, at his residence
at the fsur corners of Deerfleld, Edin-
burgh, Atwater, ahdPalmyra. 'onTues-
day, Dec, lst, lot of valuable proper
ty, consisting of bay mare, two milch
cows, two heifers coming in, spring
calf, fat hog, hay, straw, corn fodder,
wheat, oats, corn. wheat on ground,
mower, buggy, wagon, horse-rake,
and other farming implements; har-
nesses, household goods and furniture,
lumber, SC. P, II, Bean win do the
selling. Those wanting bargains
should attend. - .ta't
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Or Thursday evening last Prof. ].
Wesley Wooden, the famous colored
lorat or, was ann ounced for. one of his
inimitable lectures at the Opera
House. Though p rich treat, and the
admission only quarter. was prom
ised. the attendance was very slim.
The people of our village are not liv-
ing up to their privileges.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-11-19

THE Mahoning and Portage County
Commissioners have let the job OF
building the iron bridge across the
Mahoning river on the dividing line
between the two counties on the Deer
field road, to the Canton Wrought
Iron Bridge Company, at fifteen doll
lars the lineal foot.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-11-19
Sewing Machines at
.Y33 r. AuctionI

A. G. MASON, Gen1 agent of the Davis Sew
ing Machine, will sell at Auction, some 25 Sew
ing Machines all of first class manufacture. al
his ONCE. No. 4, Reeds Block. on Saturday,
November 21st. 1874 All who wish to purchase
a good machine for a small amount of money,
should not faiI to be on hand promptly at 1
o,elock. as the Machines will be sold for what
they will bring. This is no humbug Sale, as the
Machines are all first class and in good mOrking
order Call and see for yourself,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-11-19

OYSTER SUPPER.-The ladies of the
Congregational Church of Ravenna,
win give an Oyster Supper at the
Lecture room of the Church, on Chest
nut street, tomorrow (Friday) eVe-
ming. Tea will be served from five
tiHhaH.past nine o'clock,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-11-19

On Friday last while the scholars of
the public school at Clifton, three
miles from yellow Springs, O., were
playing upon the grounds, one
of the larger, scholars threw a ball at
another, which accidentally hit little
girl named Laura Collins, aged nine
years, in the pit Of the stomach, .caus-.
ing her death almost INSTANTLY
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-11-19

BROKEN LEG. On last Friday,
Frank Wheeler. a young man living
III Freedom, was hauling stone, when
a large stone was by some means
thrown upon him, producing a COM
pound fracture below the knee, The
young man is a German, fifteen years
of age, and is now at the home of hfA
father, in the North part OF Freedom.
DIR. Tidball, of this place set the bro
ken Understandable Journal
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-11-19

THANKsGING DANCE. = Arrange
ments have been made for a party at
Reeds Opera House, and Wednesday
evening next. Humphreys full Orr
chestra have been engaged for the oe-
casion, and pleasant time is antici-
pated. All are invited to attend.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-11-19

FAST TIME.-On Sunday last, Chas
Spafford, engineer on the engine p
D. Cooper, on the A. & G. w. Ry.
made the run from Kent to Meadville
distance of eighty-eight miles,in tw c
hours and ten minutes.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-11-19

LARGE VEGETABLES. = Mr.. J. J..
Boles brought to our Office on We'd
nesday morning a fat field turnip,
which weighed six and a-half pounds.
Can that be beat?
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Fancy Goods.

Call at No Mechanics Block. and see Mrs.
BIOnsOn's FANCY GOODS, where you will find
entire new stock, and of style never be-
fore offered in this market. just what You all
want IN FiepariBg for the Holidays.
5 Gtamping done PRoMFTLY ASD CAREFULLY.
: Ravenna. EoV. II. 1874. s25-4t*
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IcE.-Mr. G. N. Bissell is constructs
an iee-house on South Chestnut street
with capacity for storing two hun
dred tons of ice.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-11-19

Mr.. G. P. TICKNoR has taken the
school in the District East of Shalers-
vile center, and will commence his
services on Monday next.
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follows
Hosiery.

Come and see good Merino Stock
ing for ladies, at l216 cents. A large
assortment Gents hosiery, from 5
cents a pair up. N. CoNvERsE j. Co.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-11-19

AT the meeting of the County Board
of Examiners held in this village on
the 7th inst, there were f1fty-tWo ap-
plicants. Certificates were granted as
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-11-19

The Portage County Teachers As
sociation will hold its newt meeting at
GarrettsVille On Saturday the 2Sth
inst. $
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n1voROE NurICE.-Pas.oria ]. Sim

DIVORCE N1TICE.-Pastoria J. skinner,
whose residence is supposed to be Cleve-
land, Cryahoga County. Ohio, IS hereby not fed
that on the 2nd day of November, 1874. Sylvan
skinner filed his petition gaiust her. the said
Pstorfi J. Skinner, III the Office Of the Clerk OF
the Court of Common Pleas of Portage County,
ohio charging said Past0ria j. Skinner with
being guilty OF aduitcry with one S j. Sheldon.
The pray OF of said petition is for Il declee di-
vorcing said parties. for custody Of their child
william Skinner, and other relief.
Said petition viii be for hearing atthe neXi
term of said Court, cOmmencin January 4. 1875
al such time after twelve weeks from the date
hereof as a hearing thereof can be had
EkseE Z4 sylvan SKINNER,
BY B. p. Fl ATFIELD his Atty.
Ravenna. o Nov II, 1ST4s4 - , ~ 1874 Ct
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; MASON & SoN will pay the highest
market price for Butter and Eggs.
BUTTER and Eggs wanted. at Mason
s. Sons.
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,NoTE-sHAYERs succeed financially,
beeaDss tliey etAke so much interest
in their business.