The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-08-26
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EDINBURGH


/ The farmer, like the soldier, has
been doing guard duty the present
harvest, to take advantage of every
fair day 10 secure his crops, and yet
some of the crops were damaged be-
fore they were secured. All are now
in the barn except a part of the oat
crop, which was hardtto cut, being
down very badly. The crop is unusu
ally heavy. Corn is also promising
well!f The fears of the beatIe' in juiing
the potatoes are vanishing, aud the
crop will perhaps be u fair one. - "9l
t Money matters still continue hard.
T TX payers tlris season were pressed
unusually hard for money to pay theii.
taxes, yet our Commissioners do not
symyathize with the tax payer but
use his money for, that which will NOT
benefit one in one hundred of those
l,whOipayithe taxes. OF what benefit
" i'll that large well in front 'ofsthei
Court House be to the mass of aie
citizens of Portag County. Here again
we have the proof of what Republican
rsts enchmsnt means. These conven-l
tional declarations appear to only
mean to enlarge, add TO, ihcrease.A
Why anot,at least in these hard times,
cut down the expenditures and let us
have retrenchne ent inits true meatiing,
a curtailing or cutting down of ex-
penses Cannortaxpaying voters see
these things2 Let US. have peace! 900"
/, On last Thursday evening, Col. s.
d. Harris, 'of Hudson, delivered Ice
ture in open Grange to a large and
attentiye audience. 9Itnis enough to
say that il was equal to his editorials
i'm the old Ohio Farmer. i" 5' "7i
Notice was given of two more lec-
lures to be'giSen in open Grange, or
The evenings of the et9th and 9th Of
Septemberf by good lecturers. The
invitation to all is come and hear. '-
Last Friday afternoon Mr.. John
Chapman Sr. and his daughter Mary,
Ann, met with q serious accident.
They were at his sons house in At
water, and on starting, home their
horse baked, and; plunging Violently
forward, threw Mr., Chapman, his
daughter and son-in-law, who occu-
pied the back seat, to the ground,
Mr.. Z. and his daughter we're not able
to get home that day, and the daugh-
ter is still unable to be taken home.
On the 10Th of July, Miss, Rose
Stanford. was called from time to
eternity. She was 20 years of age.
Her disease was not understood by
any of the four doctors, that were
called in. A post mortem examination
was made. Her heart was found to
be greatly wasted away, which was the
true cause of her death. This disease
no medicine can reach. Her lungs
were somewhat affected, and she had
also a curvature Of the spine.
The families of Mrs. Emma Hudson
and Mr.. A. S. Plummer were called
to mourn the loss of daughter and
Mrs. Ella E., wife of
l.. j. Plummer, in Dinsmore, Wash |
ington county, Pa, on the 24th Of July, |
but they do not mourn as those having |
no hope, in the death of one of their /
number, for her great Captain was
with her while crossing the swelling
tide. She sleeps in the grave in Bur-
gettstown. Pa. but at proper time,
by her own request, she will be
brought to, this county and laid by
her father, in Palmyra, there to lay
until the great trump shall call all to
arise. @str
On next Thursday and Friday the
County Sunday School Convention
meets in the Congregational church.
are now being made for
if. ris NJ sygaI- ls.sI Hs,u CITIZEN.
August %, 1875 ,.g .s, ,-5s