The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-05-13
A TALE OF TALES.


And<it came TO pass after many days,
that the servants of the Lord who
dwelt in Nashville, Tenn, erected a
sanctuary % cubits high, 30 cubits
long, and 10 cubiis wide, which cost
much money, and in order to obtain
the silver and gold to release them
| from debt, they cast lots among them
| selves TO see who should Journey
| around and about Northern Ohio and
squeal to the people at each and every
/ village, also cities, at the price of 70
cents head, and among the many
places they called at the city OF Raven
ma, and in that place they were well
patronised and cared for, and the in
hsbitants of this most holy village
closed the church doors and their own
that the people might hear the squeal-
ing, for twas good, verify say unto
you, cheap at Is cents. This noted
! village is situated in a small sink hole
near an old dried-up canal, on the
Pittsburgh r.. r. The shape thereof
the citizens of this place spoil yearly
the contents of two or three hundred
scores of kegs; but verify say unto
you, it is temperate and moral town.
But woe unto the man or woman who
lives therein.
And the Tennanites that squealed to
amuse the people of this place were
black as the ace of spades, yea, char
coal would make white spots on their
faces. And among the many who
listened to the Tennanites were Pub
licans and Sinners, Atheists and SLAM
derers. The latter were the most
prominent thereof, and were seated
among the Scribes, Pharisees and
ranting Preachers, in armed chairs
about the center of the room, and
during the entertainment those large
masses of filth and corruption calling
themselves Christians, rolled around
in their easy chairs with their months
wide open, catching all that was said
and more too, and at the same time
manufacturing large quantities of
wind which was badly impregnated
with lies falshoods &C., and afterwards
jeurpeyed around and about Portage
county, and distributed what they had
heard, and much more of their own
manufacture.
They also soft-soaped the parents in
regard to their sons and daughters,
and they spake unto them, saying,
your sons and daughters make levity
of the blacks, and were rude, yea.
even laughed aloud.
And the mothers waxed wroth and
reasoned among themselves. saying,
how can this be that our daughters.
whom we have reared and learned to
love, make fun and cry aloud when at
q public entertainment.
However, they believed that which
the liars and hypocrites told them, and
in the fourth hour of the night, two
days before the Philharmonic concert,
the Lord came to them in a dream,
saying, verify say unto you. should
you not have more confidence in your
aud believe what they say
before ye would the lies and gossip OF
a foul neighborhood, for verify say
unto you, if one of your lambs get
lost. leave your ninty and nine and
hunt the missing one. But be sure
you do not hunt your lamb before it
goes astray, Gas they have done this |
time) and beware of the wolves and |
atheists, that come to you dressed in
sleeps clothing, with smoothe tongues
and foul mouths, and believe them not,
some day they will rend you. But if
you can CLEAN facts from honest and |
upright citizens, that will prove be-
yond doubt in your minds, that your
daughters smiled aloud at the squeal- |
ing of the Tennaites. then thou
shouldst punish them accordingly,
But if they be innocent land ye smite
them, it were better that milestone
be hanged about each of your necks
and the whole be cast into the sea.
Take heed, all you that are aged and
middle aged, that you practice what
you preach, and set an example wor-
thy of the attention of your children
and children's children. STUB.