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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-02-05
PLAYING SCHOOL.


Six in row on the door steps there.
Nice little sch0OImas am prim and fair.
Funniest noses. dimpled chins-
Listen aWhflei the school begins.
Class In ,rfthematic. come this way.
Why were you absent Mary Day.
Now, Miss Susan. what's twice foars
May be les 'leven-may be more.
JohEny, don't blow in your brothers ear.
Stop ik-or must inteferes
Say your tables-noW begin;
Trustees come dropping int
What would they ever say to us.
Finding school in suCh fnss1
Baby Jenny. how Is that
d o q. dear don't spell catg
Terrible boy yonr face IS red
Why will you stand upon your heads
Class In spelling, that win dos
Here's certificates for you
Faces as pure IS the morning sun.
Voices that ring with harmless fun;
Sweet Is the lesson you imparti
Sweet and learned it all by hearth
Six in a row on the doorsteps there.
Nice little schoolma'am prim and fair
Free Of this world and all its pain,
Would could join your class again.
Esao FORK Nal.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-02-05
g, ooA1 AsHna ABour F1un "a Fsnns


had very pretty plum tree in my
yard year ago last summer. It had
but few. ptnms on 1t. 1t looked
healthy but the fruit fell of until only
seven very imperfect plums remained.
That fall E dug about the tree cut
away the grass, and spread coal ashes
from the crates and stoves, around is
fOr two of hfee feet aud about two
or three inehes deep, and tramped the
ashes lightly down. The 4plIowing
spring the tree leaved entnieely, was
full of plnnis and nearly all remained
On untilripe SO full weFethe branch
es that I had to tie them mp to sRp-
port the weight. The frpit was quite
perfect in size and shape, and Il am
sure the manner of treatn1ent was
the cause Of the Improvement. i
think many fruit trees could be- thus
FimproFed- -bofh in the quantity and
quality OF fruit they woald produce.
". II. Wooden, MGdesoll, nd.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-02-05
AN ENcHANrED ISLE.

Ii lake Maggi559s Il Ebs Stands
belonging to the Borromean family,.
among which is the sIsola Belief an
ground well worthy. of its
name RWoshundred years 40 the
island was barren rock to-day,
thanks to freak of a spendthrift no.
bleman, it is " a Joy forever Ten
terraces, built On Ihassi2B stone piers,
rise out OF the water; earth Of sufEl<
cienf depth to grow the laf8est trees,i
was brDught thare, and these many.
years II has been 5 iittl fofest or lux
nrient vegetation from every cline =
There flourish the camphor and india
rubber trees, the bread fruit and the
banana the black Bamboo and the
AmsFiaAn aloe, the cedar of Eebnnon,.
the magnolia, the date palm laden
with fruit, and camelias fifteen feet
highF Every step brings one inr cons
tact y II b new beaHgias, while statues
and wondrous work Ia stone minqle
everywhere with the living green,
ivies, honeY-snckles, trumpet creepefs
and wealth of ferns and creeping
sflanfaa "a
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-02-05

Josh Billings says: 81 will state
for the Information of those who
llazeu't had chance to lay in sekfit
wisdom az freely az have, that one
single hornet who feels well can break
up whole camp-ineetiDg. {. iss5s
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-02-05
FARM FOR SALEs

The undersigned offers for sale a % acre lot of
irSt-rate farming or grazing land Said land
lies in the south east portion of Randolph town
ship, Portage county, Ohio and cannot be beat
en- for any purpose All under high state of
cultivation; first-rate fruit every year on said
premises. and a neTer-failing wen of water
for stock. Buildings comfortable. There is
also 3 timber otof 1Sacres adjoining the above
tract. which can be sold with the above, if de-
Sired or not, to suit the purchaser. Terms made
easy. Said premises are being occupied by g.
j. Fenton. Inquire on the premises.
973 G. j. FENTON.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-02-05
3 Among other evidences of progress

i Among other evidences of progress
italy has thoroughly respectable
public debt amounting e. $l,000, ,O00,-
900. This 10 the growth of thirty
years, as4only that far back in the past,
she had no debts. Neither had she an
army and navy, commerce, manufac-
tures, orraiIways, all OF which she
has now
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-02-05

Tim 1neanest man. lives in Piqua.
he engaged . woman to DO the family
washing. Being along in the world,
with the exception of q little girl, the
woman is compelled TO take the latter
along when going out to labor. On
settling with the woman for her days
washing, the s.meanest man" deduct-
ed / twenty-five cents for the little girl's
dinner sa 5atsas 81 sd aeis .iss
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-02-05
FoREIGNEEs 81 ooNeREss.


: There are fiften foreigners in Con-
gress- In the Senate, Carl Schurz, OF
Missouri, is native of Cologne, Ger
many, and Is the only one OF the fif-
teen who has any trace of foreign ac-
cent. - It is oparad0zical to hear this
man apostrophizing America as his
country, in words where the th sound
thickens to d d, and the r. is almost
iosts But the Senatof2s language is
excellent. Whether his speech be
prepared or extempore, no speaks
very fluently, and with an apprecia-
ton of the delicate idiomatic distinc-
lions 'of.onf tongue that refutes Ham
mertoH's maxim of its being imposssi.
Bile tor q person to- know two Ian
guages perfectly. German Is Mr.
Schnrz's domestic tongue, and English
his public. So he must be excepted
from that dis60ufaging rule. The
other foreigner in the Senate is Jones,
3 Welshman bY birth, and he Is worth
$1,000, 1000. He very appropriately
halls froH Gold Hill, Nevada. In the
sHonsss the Unitsds Kingdom is we'll
represented there being five Irish.
men, four Scotchmen, two English
men, Zone OF whom is Elder Cannon;
OF Utah)sa Canadian, and Mexican
who, instead of being q asonor0us Don
Something or Another, signs himself
'.Bnckner,7 like Mark TWain's land
lady, who twas an Italian by the.
name Of Murphy" .sasfsa o a
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-02-05

BOUTWEZL says the South has in
creased In wealth since thoawgf. In
South Carolina IN 1860 the property
valuation was $3.50 000,0 600, and the
taxes $302, 000-now the valuation has
falleu to $1940O0 600, aud the taxes
are 81, 600, 900. u Georgia the cash
value Or farms Ia 1870 was &15S, ,OO0,-
600, in 1870 $24, ,0O00 600. In Louisiana
taxes Aamonnt to confifcation and
Grants Governor recommends repa-
diations e 81
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LEGAL NOTICE.
Henry d. BIai7
Mary J iRlair He'ie'oh ioF "iVoiee

Petition for Divorce.
Mary j. Blair lf HfAt
Mary j. Blair. whose present residence is un-
known, is hereby notified that Henry b. Blair
did, on the ast day of January. A. u. 1874, file
his petition In the eoee of the Clerk of the Court
Common Pie 5 within and tor the county Of
Portage, and State of Ohio, charging the said
Mary J. Blair with adultery and with wilfui
abs ence for more than three years prior 10 The
nting Of said petition, aud asking that he may
be divorced from the said Mary j. Blair; which
petit ion will stand for hearing at the next Term
Of said Court. HENRY Il. BLAIR. S.
By ffuTcHfNs q THOMAS. Petitioners Atty's,
Dated January 81, 1874 81 ffs = ss2-bt
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Attachment Notice.

Thomas s Harper1 Before A. N. Farr. Justice
A. Field & Co. } township, Portage co Ohio.
On the pad day of December, A. u. 1873, said
Justice issued an order of attachment in the
above action for the sum Of $i1el s5.
NORTON " PHELPS,
Attorneys ior Plaintiff.
Mantua, January 20. 1874. 2s2-st
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-02-05

AsGooD brother in a Baptist church
of Miami county, Indiana, while giv-
ing his experience, not long ago, said !:
1Brethren, I've boon atryin this nigh
onto forty year to serve the Lord and
getfieh both at once, ana tell yer it's
mighty hard sleddin'."
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-02-05

One lady remarked to another, in
conversation, that sparroWs were use-
ful in Kidding some cities of canker.
worm. The other lady said she would
rather not be tormented by sparrows.
Just then gentleman approached and
was referred to -
AMr-W do you think worst
sparFoWs or worms 2D xa
He blnshed q little and said:
Il don't Know never had SPAR.
rows" @
a--ps--
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r EGAL NIoT1CE.

EGAL NOTICE. 2 .'2's 3 =
Michael Campbell of the city of New OrIeans3
IN che State of Louisiana, will take notice thai
on the Sd day of December. A, ID. sT5, Bernard
and Bridget Dyer, filed their petition against
him in the Court of Common Pleas of Portage
county. Ohio. alleging in subs tance that said
Michael Campbell obtained from them deed of
the East half of q part of eight acre lot No. 16.
Ohio. by fraud and mistake in the description
contained in said deed, which should have been
for the West half of said lands, and that the
prayer of said petition is for correction and
r. formation of said deed and transaction. or
that the same shah be delivered mp and cam
ceI1ed
Said Defendant is required TO answer on or
before the third Saturday after the expiration
of six weeks from the date hereof.
RANNEYs q HATFIELD
Ravenna, Dee. 3. 1873; s75-6t
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ToTICE is hereby given that a partial divi
IN dend has been declared to the creaitorsof
the estate of George kibler, insolVent. PAYABLE
at my offiee In Ravenna. on Thursday the f6i n
day OF January, A. ID. 1911
W. Is, THOMAS, Assigned.
Rayenha, January T. 1874. 2e0-aW
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MARv RoosA.s EsrATE.

TOTICE is hereby given that the subscriber
IN has been appointed and Qualified as admin
istrator on the estate of Mary Roosa, late of
Portage County Ohio deceased.
Dated at Shalersville, Portage County, Ohio,
this third day of January. a ID 1874.
2sO-3w W.J.WEAVER
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AN Ern no TIE pRorIrs!


An old farmer. up to al methods
of making bargain. IKas very ilI,
and friends were expeeting an early
demise. His newheW aad a man
hired Tor the occasion bptchered q
steer that had been fattaned, and when
the job was completed the nephew en-
tered the sick room, where a few
friends were assembled, when, to the
astonishn1ent Of all, the old man
opened his eyes, and turning his head
slightly, said, In b full voice, drawing
out the words t
!" What have you been dong 2" ~
Killing Che steer" was the reply.
What did you do with the hide -
& Left it in the barn ;gofng to sell it
by-and- by nrTFaes rsrTarrfK fara
= Let the boys drag i around the
barn couple of times; It win make
it weigh heavier" ?. 1A4 -1es
And the good man was gathered
unto his, fathers.
IkE hla Nnfs
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! COME AND SEE US,
And We win Do Won Good.

- iosa0as slll 95lzs.iiElsll
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-02-05

9 He has been dead ts0enty-seUsn
years." said the widow. o
Then Gum left all of q sudden. He
n m net insure nnyof tho Kempers.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-02-05

I. HIS cousin says Kossuth isn't poor,
after all. sS sas $ - ss -
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-02-05

WHEN is lawyer most Ikea mule
When he drawssnp 4 konFesahce. =
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-02-05
Custom Saving. Promptly
Attended,. toais5s

We propose to give strict attention to business,
deal squarely with all and TO merit liberal
tom, a Il orders left at Il. l. Parsons store,
Main street, or at Poe Bros, will receive as
prompt attention as if left at the ill.
BFE% 4 KING.
. Ravenna, Aug 20, 1S72. 5ffsszsz aU9 -6n.
,NoTIcR.-AlI persona. having Logs at this Mill
1eft in the Kellogg ADMINISTRATOR are re-
'duested TO callat once. and identity the same.
'iol Ell aii.i d 5auosgcs.tI BIRNys & KING.
The weekly Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1872-1882, 1874-04-18
LIEUT.. GOH Il. Z. DA VZH.

We had call from Gov. Davis
on Friday. He was compelled to
remain in Jackson one day after
the adjournment, and from that
time has been water-bound. He
will make an effort to float out to-
wards his home this afternoon.
Gov. Davis has made an able pre-
siding officer of the Senate. Oc-
cassionaliy upon bills pending. His
remarks have always been clear,
pointed and convincing. His rulings
have been almost universally &C.
ceptable to the Senate. His friends
in Noxubee may we'll be proud Of
him, and may welcome him home
as one who has efficiently perform
ed his whole duty.-Miss. Pilot.
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THE CONSISTENCY OF II.

At Washington are found Con
servatiye-or Democratic -delega-
tions from Louisiana and South
Carolina, urging national interfe-
| renee in the affairs of their respect
i've States. They ask that the ma
jority may be ignored, and that the
will Of the minority may be set up
as law.
Who would believe that these
were the very men who have been
SO alarmed at the progress OF tFed-
eral aggression -? They now ask
the Federal Government to go
farther than the Republican party
has ever dared to suggest in the
direction of Capitalization. To how
much better service could they act
if these delegations would go home
and make an honest effort for pol
itical reconciliation, healthy party
contest, and the obliteration of all
race prejudices before the ballot
boxl
On this point the New York
Graphic puts a strong case, when it
asks the South Carolinians at Wash
ington to remember what the con-
dition OF the colored man has been.
As that paper says:
"The white people hated him. They
looked OH him as the cause of all their
woes. They would have expelled him
from the country if they had possessed
the power. They took advantage of
his ignorance. They traded on his
necessities. They cheated him out OF
his wages. They burned his school
houses and churches. They set the
Ku-Klux loose upon his hut, who muir
dered his brothers and compelled his
wife and children to flee for their lives.
Nothing could well exceed the bitter
ness with which these people persecu-
ted the negro for years, and if they
did not exterminate him it was because
the Federal Government interfered for
his protection. The negro remembers
all this"
And Why should he not remenn-
ber it? But he is willing to forget
and to forgive. Speaking through
the eloquent Elliott Of South Caro-
lima the despised negro offers to
unite with the whites in overthrow
ing those unworthy to rule.-Buf-
falo Commercial Advertiser.
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The real depth Of the sea can now,
by means OF. the ingenious instru-
ments devisd for the purpose, be
ascertained with a reasonable degree
of certainty. It has been thus
shown that the Baltic, between
Sweden and Norway. is 125 feet
deep; the Adriatic, between Venice
and Trieste, 100, the English Chan
mel, 300; the Irish Sea, in the South
western part, 1000; tie Mediter-
ranean, east Of Gibraltar, 3,1oo; of
the coast Of Spain, 6,2oo; by the
Cape of Good Hope, $500. The
basins Of the Southern hemisphere
dip and rise alternately from tie
equator toward the pole, causing
very unequal depths OF water.
Captain Ross famous experiment in
this way is probably familiar to. all
By throwing over heavy weight to
which q small line was attached, he
succeeded in penetrating about H.
600 set, when the weight broke of
without touching tho bottom. 1tia
well known, however, that create,
oceanic depths than this have, o.
lite years been reached, and ever
during the exploration Of the Gul
Stream, under Maury, soundings Q
the ocean were made to the eeptl
of $4,000 feet, or more than ST.
statute miles "A vast depth, indeed
and greater, It may be said, thar
the elevation Of any mountain abov'
the surface. ~
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THE NATURE or AN OATH.

In October last the case Of Frank
Davis (colored) againstethe North
western Union Packet Company was
on trial in the District Court at
Dubuque, Iowa, before Judge VIII
son, and plaintiff attorney exam
ined several colored 'roustabouts, "
one of whom was excluded on the
ground of not knowing the nature
of IN oath. Col J. Ham Davidson,
defendants attorney, placed on the
stand a colored "scrubber" from the
steamer Lake Superior, whereupon
plaintiff s attorney raised the ques-
ton OF his competency to testify.
Judge Wilson proceeded to interro-
gate him, and the result was pro-
nounced satisfactory, amidst roars
of laughter from bar, jury and aud
fence. ~
Judge-Do you understand the
nature and obligation Of an oath
Witness-Dont zactly understan'
what dat means. 50
Judge-Do You know what You
are to do when you are sworn to
give your evidence9 -
Witness Trolling up the sotstes q
has eyes)-I do dat; T. to tell d.
troof. .
Judge-What will happen to you
if you don't tell the truth :? -
,Witness-Jege, dat dar AIM
gwine to happen.-Exchange.
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MONKEYS. ar SUPPER.

.1
This rather comicsl picture is iron
the pen Of Mrs. Bradley, an East.
ern< missionary. We elipfi it from
| the Inland Advocate t>1
There is a pretty grove Of mango
trees just out Of Lucknow, called
the Ash Grove, or the monkey
grove. In this place there are hun-
dreds Of monkeys. One evening
I went ont to see them. At first, OF
1 rode under the big tree, looking
everywhere and not seeing one, i
was beging to feel disappointed.
But presently / saw two or three
in the road, three or four ON the top
Of o house, and all at once they
were everywhere, hanging from the
branches Of the trees above my
head, running across the road, up
the tree trunks, sol concluded there
were few left.
As I was watching these few, a
man came out Of q small shop with
q big bag full Of grain, and going
up and down the road in front of
our buggies, began calling out, 40,
40, 40; which means come, come,
comet
In a few minutes everything
seemed alive with the ugly, long
tailed monkies. They sat down on
their hind feet and put the grain
into their mouths as fast as they
could; very greedy they were. Some
of the mother menkeys took up
their little babies in their arms,
rocking them backward and for
wards, just as you have seen your
mothers do with your little brothers
and sisters.
Just as they were in the midst OF
their big dinner, eating as fast as
they could, there appeared on the
top Of a house a very large black
monkey. He sat a moment and
gazed upon the feost, then sprang
from the roof, seating himself in the
center Of the assembly. There|was
a general breaking up, and sqqeal-
ing fearfnlly, they all ran away to
the edge Of the road.
The old fat monkey sat upon his
hind feet and looked around, then
wisely looking up at me, seemed to
say
+ IT am monarch of all I survey;
My rights there is none to dispute"
and then quietly settling himself to
work, began eating:
Not one of them dared to come
near him. I asked the reason, and
they said he was the king-monkey,
and oil the others were afraid of
him. After he had eaten enough
he scampered back upon the house.
top and sat watching the others as
they finished what he had left.
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.pROSP ECT u 8
or THE
1pMiStMm1aM.
THE LOUISIAN1AN

was established to meet a necessity
that has long, and sometimes, pain
fully been felt to exist.
II was proposed through. this
Journal to furnish to OUR PEOPLE
the information guidance en-
couragement and counsel which
they so much needed in the transi-
ton from their former unfortunate
condition into the new and better
estate Of American citizenship.
In resuming its publication, we
re-assure our readers and friends,
that, holding this journal true to its
original aims, we shall honestly
labor to make it an efficient agent
in furthering the interests OF the
colored people Of the Nation, and
elevating the race that it especially
represents.
POLICY
AS our motto indicates, the
Lou1sANAN shall be "Republican at
all times and under all ci1cun,-
Stances" We shall advocate the
security and enjoyment of broad
civil liberty, the absolute equality
OF all men before the law, and an
impartial distribution of honor and
patronage to all who merit them.
Desirous Of allaying animosities,
of obliterating the memory of the
bitter past, of promoting harmony
and union among all Glasses land
between all interests, we shall
advocate the removal of all disabili-
ties, foster kindness and forbear-
ance, where malignity and resent
ment reigned, and seek for fairness
and justice where wrong and OPP
preston prevailed. Thus united in
our aims and objects, we shall con-
serve our best interests, and elevate
our noble State, to an enviable posi-
ton among her sister States, by the
development of her illimitable re-
sources, and secure the full benefits
OF the mighty changes in the history
and condition of the people and the
country. 49,.
Believing that there can be no
true liberty without the supremacy
OF law, We shall urge a strict and
undiscriminating administration OF
Justice.
TAXATION.
We shall support the doctrine oi
an equitable division Of taxation
among all classes, faithful collec-
ton OF the revenues, economy in
the expenditures, conformably with
the exigencies of the State OF
country and the discharge of every
legitimate obligation.
EDUCATION.
We shall sustain the carrying out
OF the provisions of the act establish.
ing our common school system, and
urge as . paramount duty the edu.
eatlon Of our youth, as vitality con.
nected with their own enlighten.
ment: and the security and stability
81 a Republican Government.
FINAL.
By a generous, manly, indepen.
uent, and judicious course, VIZ
snail strive to rescue our psper
nom an ephemoral, and temporary
ssAlstence, and establish it upon 8
oasis. that If we cannot command.
' *e shall at all events deserve
success.
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OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.
FEDERAL OFFTuERb.

Edward H Durell-United States
District Judge, office in customhouse.
pJ..R. BeckVith;-D District Attorney,
Office in Custonahouse. ,z=..s:fsss~s, - =.
IS. B. Packard-United States Mar.
sllal, Office in Customhouse. i
Registers III Bankruptcy &C s.
Kellogg, Gustomheuse building, First
District. D. Augustin, Al Exchange
Place, Second District. w. j. G.
Baker, Monroe, La.
Appraiser Of United States Courts
II. g. Heart, Customhouse building.
O6ee United States Pensiens-R. H
Isabelle, 212 Baronne.
United States Signal Service-Nel-
son Gorom, Office ustomhous building
United 4tAtes Treasury in Louisiana
I'm United States Branch Mint, cor
ner Esplanade and North Peters; Benz
F. Flanders, Assistant Treasurer.
United States Internal Revenue De-
partment- Collectors Office in Custom
house; s.. A. Stockdale, Collector First
District Louisiana.
United States Customhouse-Canal
street, between Decatur and Peters;
James F. Casey, Collector.
Surveyors Of6ce-J. n. G. Parker,
Customhouse. +
United States Surveyor Generals
Office Everett W. Foster, Surveyor,
Customhouse.
Weigher's Department-F. W, Eich-
holz, Chief Weigher. Gnstomhouse. :
Ganger's Department-William II.
Finnegan, Customhouse.
Naval Officer of the Port Of New
Orleans-Charles Dillingham;, Naval
Officer, Customhouse.
Appraisers Ofice-J. r. G. Pitkin,
General Appraiser, Customhouce.
Militpry Department Of the Gulf
Gen. W. II. Emory, Colonel 5th Cav
airy, Commanding, Headquarters 249
Camp street.
United States Land >O1fce-Harry
Lott, Register, Customhouse building.
Post observation-disclosures building.
Hours for delivery, 8 A. NJ. to P. NJ.
Sundays s A. M. to l P. NJ. Charles
W. Ringgold, Postmaster.