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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1875-08-05

A BoY vino had stolen some apple
was forgiven for the rather ingenious
manner in which he excused himself
The schoolmaster asked him what he
had to say fer himself, the urchin re-
piled: "The apples were Toms;
dent know how he got them, and now
they're mine, and he don't know how
[ got tEem."
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UNION MEAT MARKET !


PETER HEUcLl, Proprietor.
Will keep constantly on hand. ALL KINDS
OF MEATS usually kept in country markets,
which Iii. customers will ind to be OF the BEST
QUALITY, and in the BEST CONDITION. rs
he has large Ice-box. in which 1t is kept du-
ring the hot weather.
The Be st Cuts Of Beef Sold at 10
Cents per pound, and from tn at
down to Cents per pound.
Other Meats equally low. -rf5 fI" i.i3
SALT PORK AND BEEF kept constantly on
hand.
The best of Bologna Sausages Of my own
make, at 12x cents per pound.
II All kinds of Meats delivered to customers in
any part of town, at my regular market prices
| Try me. y "7 FETEH HEOGLi.
Ravenna, July 1, 1875. s5S-3m '-i
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MISS MtsER was fatally burned a.,
New Jeffer son, Penn, recently: The
Miserable woman poured ker osens
nt0 the stove.
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Y left my bed and board without just cause or
prOvocation. therefore forbid all persons trust
ing or harbOring her on my account. as will
not pay any debts of her contracting after this
date. So kOB EhT kEED.
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Rates of Advertising
Business Cards.

FRANCIS L. CLARK,
Mecpauieal and Architectural Drauehts-
man Patent Office Drawing Specially,
No ~ Fifth Avenue. Pittsburgh, Pa.
June6, 1871 lso-y-
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j. GoUCHER, M
HOMGOPATHY, ,
Il ACUTE OR CHRONIC DISEASES, -
j. GOUCHER, NJ. D. 80

offers his professional services. .
The Doctor studied the Old School system with
Prof. Valentine Mott. MD, Of New York city.
and graduated ins the Medical University Of
New York. No. $50 broadway, and also graSu-
ated in the Eye and Ear Infrmary of that city.
He has also been Hospital Student OF Prof. n.
II. Smith, OF Baltimore. -
The Doctor practiced the Old School system
for twenty years. He then studied Homeopathy
and graduated in that school, which he practices
exclusively. The Doctor has had considerable
Hospital experience, and thirty-fye years
practice in the profession OF Medicine
He is located at Ravenna, Portage county, o.,
on the Cleayeland 4 Pittsburgh B. R.. eighteen
miles north of Alliance; it is at this point where
tire GreatW estern crosses the Cleveland road.
The Doctor has his Office at his residence, cor
ner of Sycamore and Cedar streets. SIR
OFFICE HOURS-From s y. M. to p. m.
GOUCHER, NJ. d.
Ravenna. Jan. Is 1874. - 17S-y.
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Robert Whaley.

Bay Horse. 1615 hands high, weighs 1900 lbs.
foaled April 9th. 1S71;by Night Hawk, out of the
celebrated mare Brown Jane;,she by young Gift
ford Morgan her dam by w. Wadsworth's
old Henry Clay; granddam unknown; but by
her fine form and blood-like appearance was
supposed to be of the Messenger tribe. Now.
as | do not want to go back to the stud of
Solomon with the pedigree of this Horse.
which L could do il l saw fit, l would merely
say, for horse 10 breed Stock for general pur.
poses. he is second to none, either foreign or
domestic, in this country.
Will stand at the stable Of the subscriber two
miles north and half mile east of Lawrence.
commencing April LIST, 1875, for limited num-
Der of Mares, at the low price OF Twenty Dol
lars, to insure Mare in Foal Good keep and
pasturage furnished for Mares at distance.
but escapes and accidents at the risk of the
owners thereof
Il. 81 will give Fifty-six Dollars IN Pre-
NUNS for the get of this Horse, TO be shown
at the Agricultural Far at Lawrence. in the
fall OF 1876, az follows For the best Yearlnp
SO Second Best Yesrlisg, 50: Third Best
Yearling. sc Fourth Best Yearling. "a Best
Sucking Colt, SO I'd Best Sucking Colt. SO !:
30 Best Sucking Colt, &c 4th Best Sucking
Colt, "a.
1044m3 STEPHEN Sronn,pn
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Mortgage nl".-De'aut having been
made In the pawn cut of al inden'ure OF mort
gage, bearing date the tbirty-first day OF De-
cember, A. d, 1873, executed by Helen Lzrkins
and Robert Larkns, her husband, OF the city
OF Niles. Beriien county, Michigan to John ID.
Scrlmger, Administrator OF the estate OF
William j. Scrimger deceased, Of Van Buren,
county, Michigan, and recorded in the Office Of
Register Of Deeds OF Van Buren, county and
State Of Michigan, in Vol. II, OF mortgages, on
page 304, on the fourth day OF February, A. D.,
1874, and the amount claimed to be due and
unpaid at the date of this notice being five
hundred and seventy-seven dollars and forty
seven cents, and no suit or proceedings at law
having been instituted to recover any part there
OF, or the Notes accompanying the same: Now
therefore notice is hereby given that, by virtue
of a power Of sale contained in said mortgage
there will be sold at public auction, to the high
est bidder, at the front door of the Van Buren,
County Circuit Courthouse, in the village of
Paw Paw, Michigan. on the Thirteenth day of
July, A. D., 1875, at the hour Of One o'clock in
the afternoon OF SAID day, the premises de-
scrlbed in said mortgage, or so much thereof as
may be necessary to satisfy the amount due on
said mortgage, with ten per cent. interest and
legal costs, together with an attorney fee of
twenty-five dollars, covenanted for therein -
that is to say the following piece or parcel Of
land. situated In Van Buren, county and State
of Michigan, viz: commencing twelve and one
half rods east Of the southwest corner OF the
east half of the southeast quarter OF section
twenty-nine town one south, of range fifteen
west thence north twenty-three rods, thence
east six rods. thence south twenty-three rods,
thence west six rods, TO the place OF beginning,
be the same more or less. 1046tl3
Dated Breedsville. April Is. 1875.
JOHN y. SCRIMGER. Mortgage.
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SheriM's Sale.-Notice is hereby CIV
EN- that by virtue OF an execution issued out
OF and under the seal Of the Circuit Court for
the County OF Van Buren,, State Of Michigan,
in cause wherein Caspar Durham is plaintiff
and Joseph Allen Is defendant, and bearing
date the seventeenth day OF June, A. D., 1875
and to me delivered, / did. on the twenty
fourth day or June, A. D., 1875, levy upon all
the right, title and interest OF Joseph Allen in
and to the following described real estate, stu
ted in the township of Bloomingdale. Van Bu-
rem County, Michigan, described as the North
East quarter OF the North East quarter Of Sec
ton number fifteen (15) in township number
one CD South OF range number fourteen 04)
West. which l shall expose for sale and sell to
the highest bidder, or so much thereof as shall
be necessary to satisfy said Execution, together
with the interest and costs thereon, at public
vepdue, on Saturday, the fourteenth day of Au-
gust. A. d., 1875, at the hour OF ten O'Clock IN
the forenoon of that day. at the front door OF
the Van Buren, County Circuit Court House. in
the village of Paw Paw, Michigan.
Dated Paw Paw. June 26. 1875. 1O57t7
JOHN T.. SHowERMAN. Sheriff.
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LITERARY LABOR. james Parton
says, in sketch of the founder of the
London Times, remarkable feature of
the system upon which that paper has
been conducted is the liberality with
which it has compensated those who
have served it. Writing is peculiar
kind of industry, and demands so siren
uous and intense an exertion of the vi.
tai forces that no one will ever get good
writing done who compensates it on or.
binary commercial principles. The rule
of supply and demand can never apply
to this case. There are two things
which the purchaser of literary labor
can do toward procuring high quality
OF writing. One is, to give the writer
the amplest motive to do his BEST and
the other is, to prevent his writing too
much. Both these things the conduc-
tors of the Times have Systematically
practiced. 1t is their rule to pay more
tor literary labor than any one else pays
for the same labor, more than the writer
himself would think of demanding, aud
also to afford intervals of repose after
periods of severe exertion.
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THE COU.N'TRrPRESS.

There are few people who do the
country paper full justice Most every
body is inclined to look away over the
shoulders of the country editor, to some
paper printing more reading matter
and then make comparisons There are
people who actually believe it impossible
TO find person with common sense
with industry or with brains in the of.
flee of country newspaper a newspa-
| per can have no charms for them uoless
| it can be mystifed under strange per.
sonality and in buying copy they pro
ceed upon the same grounds as IN the
purchase of bar of soap-they would
rather have one chat comes from the
city, because it must necessarily be 50
much better in every sense than home
production. The same man would laugh
at you il you should refuse to patronize
the cross roa mill, because you be-
lieved you would rather get your -four
from the city. The country newspaper
is one of the most important attributes
of every town in the United States
When colony settles anywhere with
tho intention of bnilding village, the
first thought is newspaper; the press
is thus in the very vanguard of civillza
ton. 1t is the useful agent in every
place of progress and growth. There is
not another single power that can do so
much good, patient work in the way Of
building up as the local newspaper. 1t
is not altogether important how it is ed.
tied, whether with ability or not, SO that
it be conducted with an INDUSTRY and
enterprise at least side by side with the
town 1T it eau afford 10 keep a few
yeaIs in advance it is all the better. A
country paper that had little else than
advertisements would be an immense
help to any place, for advertisements
constitute most reliable index to the
character, siz, business and general con.
dition of the town To the stranger
who may have looked in IA prospective
way upon place, the advertisements
are the invaluable part of the papers
that have been sent him. Without a
newspaper, with its local news and bust.
ness announcements, what would the av.
erage American city or village be? 1t
surely would be unknown to its neigh.
bors.
The country weekles ought to be the
best supported newspapers of the whole
land, for they contain news and gossip
that cannot be found in any of the city
dailies. The farmer can learn from his
local paper-if he prefers to take it
how much his neighbours sixty-acre farm
sold for, how the schools are prospecting,
the price of butter and eggs at the vii.
lage market, and what improvements
are in progress through the section in
which he lives. He can get none of this
in the city paper, and he cannot be
thoroughly useful citizen without such
items of light information. 1t is not
always that the best towns support the
best newspapers, but it is strictly fact
that no place ever gets the credit of be.
ing thrifty or enterprising until it can
send out first class paper, and that al
ways depends more upon the people than
the editor. Fort Scat .N1attor
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Admit '~srnt"V.'- -u e.-Dy virtue
OF license, to me granted by the Probate Court
for the County Of Kalamazoo, Michigan, shall
sell at public auction. to be held &C the front
door of the Court House, in the village OF Paw
Paw, IN the County OF Van Buren, and State OF
Michigan, on Tuesday, the Goth day OF April,
1875, three o'clock in the afternoon OF said dav
all the right, title and interest OF Alonzo Hub
bard, deceased, held at the time OF his decease,
In and to the following described real estate, to-
wit: The undivided one-half Of the northwest
quarter OF the northwest quarter Cf section
fourteen Q4), and the undivided one half Of
the northeast quarter of the northeast quarter
OF section fifteen Q5), in town two (2) south,
of range thirteen (13) west, In the County OF
Van Buren, and State OF Michigan. l038t7
Dated February 18th 1875.
WILLIAM SOUTHARD. Administrator
of the estate OF said Alonzo Hubbard, deceased
The above sale is postponed until Monday,
the 18Th aav OF July 1875, at the same place,
and at tn our of three O'Clock p. M.
Dated Ap.l Goth. 1875. 1047tl3
WM b. SoUuHARD, Admir- etc.
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From the Republic.
Quite a number of the independent
papers are rallying under the Republi.
can Banner. In Ohio the Ottawa coun-
" Reportcr, hitherto an Independent
paper, hoistcd the Republican flag last
week, and announced that, "When com.
PEELED to choose between Governor Al
len, the Bourbon policy of the late Ohio
Legislature, Catholic Church agrandize
ment, as foreshadowed in the Geghan
bill, and Republican reform and old
time principle, as embodied in General
Il j Hayes we can hesitate no longer
The Akron, Ohio. Aryas, hitherto an
Independent journal, with decided
leaning to the Democratic party, "Repu.
diate, the Roman Catholic Democratic
alliance, and comes out for Hayes and
victory
The Columbus Grove Ijdcue, Ohio,
also an Independent journal, has placed
the name of General Hayes at the head
of its editorial column as its candidate
for Governor. 1t gives the following
logical reasons for its decision
LAS to our position on politics, we
sba! have no occasion to change the
motto on our first page; but zee cannot
6ef'eec Il right to gre support TO the
party that has, for the sake Of pocer,
yfeided ITSELF 50 unscrupulously to CATH
o(ocisaa, an OR State. We cannot bow
at the feet of the Beast, and consequent.
ly our columns will hereafter be devoted
to the dissemination of Republican sen.
tlments in Putnam county,
Thus are the ranks of the Republican
party filling up, not only in Ohio, but
10 other sections of the country. The
feeling of practical Indifference, so gen.
orally manifested last fall, has changed
TO enthusiasm, and those Republicans
who then absented themselves from the
polls, or voted the Democratic ticket.
are now earnestly at work with their
party. We state this with the assur.
ance of gentlemen returned from Ohio
Pennsylvania and Maine, who speak
from personal knowledge. In Ohio, the
nominee for Governor is universally DOB.
ular, and he is conceded by both parties
to be the strongest candidate for Repub
lican Governor that could have been
nominated. A similar sentiment is ex.
pressed in reference to the other Republi.
can nominees. This is a vital element
in a campaign. 1t is hoped other States
will be equally successful in the choice
of their candidates.
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Not so Much Fam gR ~.

y great many boys mistake their call.
ing, but all such are not fortunate
enough to fluid it out in as good season
as did this one 1t is said that Rufus
Choate, the great lawyer, was once in
New hampshire making plea, when a
boy, the son Of farmer, resolved to
leave the pillow and become lawyer like
Rufus Choatc He accordingly went
to Boston, called on Mr. Choate, and
said to him: heard you plead case
III our town and | have a desire to be-
come lawyer like you. VIII you
teach me how - " As well as | can, -
said the great lawyer, Come and sit
down. Taking down copy Of Black.
stone, he said Read this until | come
back, and | will see how you get on"
The poor boy began. An hour passed
His head ached, his back ached, his legs
ached. He knew not how to study.
Every moment became torture He
wanted air. Another hour passed, and
Mr.. Choate came, aud asked q" How do
you &c; on :" Get on Why, do you
have to read such stuff as this ?"
" Yes" How much of it? All
there is on these shelves and IN ore, "
looking around the great library
" How long will it take :" Well, it
has taken me more than % years. b
" How much do you get :" :" My board
and clothes" " Is that all ?" We'll
that is about all that | have gained as
yet Then" said the boy, " will
60 back to blowing. The work is not
near as hard and pays better
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Opinion of the Press.
The LfUiRg Issue.
From the Lansing Republican,

From the Lansing Republican
The democratic legislature of Geor
gia has thrice voted down a bill to sim
ply empower the county authorities tC
levy tax for maintaining public schools
Not school was opened therefore last
winter in II counties, and the tota
school fund from the State treasury
only supported schools in the other coun'
ties for about three months IN the year
In the planting districts it averaged less
than eight weeks for the year. The old
slaveholding class grumble at any tax
for the education of the poor whites and
negroes, just as they grumbled aud re-
sisted it previous to the rebellion. We
have heretofore referred to the way in
which common schools are crushed out
bv the democracy of Arkansas and
Texas, aud the efforts now on foot to
expunge from the State constitutions OF
North Carolina and Alabama their edu-
cational requirements. This is Southern
democracy, which will control the next
house of representatives at Washington,
and aspires to run the whole govern
ment on the confederate plan.
The common.school system of this
country has three classes of enemies,
who are combining their strength to de-
stroy free public education if possible.
Its worst enemies are the Roman Cath
Ole bishops, who foresee that if all the
people are educated their despotism will
be in danger from their own church
members. Second, Brigham Young and
the Mormon leaders for the same reason
hate common schools and denounce them
in very much the same language as the
Roman bishops. Mormonism rests on
popular ignorance, and when the masses
are educated they will no longer put
their souls, bodies, intellects and earn.
ings into the hands of few spiritual
despots. Third, the Southern demo-
cratic party is foe to ommon.school
education, and is now seeking to abolish
it in several Southern States In the
constitutional convention of Missouri
"A petition has beer presented from l41
citizens of Saline county, condemning
the existing school system, after ten
years trial, as 4" founded on extortion,
absolute wrong, and violation of pri-
yate rights" and requesting that it be
abolished. This county is strongly dem
ocratic, giving Greedy l,507 majority
in 1872.
There is an existing law in Great Brit
ain, passed at the time of the Roman
Catholic emancipation in 1929, by which
the presence of Jesuits in that country
is "a misdemeanor. Although it has
never been enforced, yet the behavior of
this insidious and knavish order is now
such that Mr. Disraeli, the premier, has
declared in parliament that the law is
not looked upon by her majesty's gov
eminent as obsolete, but that It's reserved
powers will be used # necessary.
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sSEgFsG aeaIgDEtEs%'
MEETING.

We. the undersigned persons, Stockholders
in the Paw Paw Railroad Company, owning
more than one fourth of the Stock of said
company. in value, hereby give notice that a
special meeting of the stockholders of SAID
company will be held at tue office OF C. A.
Harrison, IN the village of Paw Paw, Van Buren,
county, Michigan. (sald company having it's
principal Office in said village on Monday. the
I'd day OF August, A. .. 1875, at II O'Clock. in
the forenoon OF SAID day, for the purpose of
electing Board of Directors. and for the trans
action OF such other and further business as
may come before said meeting.
Dated, Paw Paw June ODD. 1875.
Emory O. Briggs, c. 4. Harrison, Albert
Jackson, Geo. W. LongwelL \. Sherman, Free
& Martin. y. Van Aullen Il Co.. Jonn Ihliug
+. VI. Manning, +. Martin, T. b. Adams. u. {.
Ford, Henry Ford, G. W. Lawtou, u. b. Nc
Kinney. John I.vle, VIM. LYLE. 1Oj6tG
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PrObnte Orsier.-state OF Michigan
County OF Van Bnren, ~. AZ session or the
Probate Court, for the County OF Van Buren,,
holden at the Probate Office, In the Village or
Paw Paw. on Monday. the fourteenth day OF
June in the wear one thousand eight hundred
and seyentyfive. Present-George w. LAYTON,
Judge of Probate. In the matter or the Els
tate of SARAH CLARK, deceased On reading
and filing the petition, duly verified, OF James
Mccormick praying that an instrument herein
filed aud purportiug to be the last VIII and tes-
lament OF said deceased may be admitted to
Probate and letters testamentary thereon may
be granted 10 HIMSELF executor therein
named. Thereupon it IL ordered, t1at Mon
dav. the nineteenth day OF July, 1875. at ten
O'Clock IN the forenoon, be assigned for the
hearing OF SAID petition. and that all persons
interested IN SAID estate, are required 10 APP
pear AT a session OF said Court, then to be
holden at the Probate Office III the village OF
Paw Paw, and show cause, il any there be.
why the prayer of the petitioner should not be
granted. And 1t u further Ordered, that said
petitioner give notice to the persons interest ed
in said estate. of the pendency OF said petit
ton and the hearing thereof, by causing
COPY OF this Order to he published IN the
TRUE NoRrHERNER. a newspaper, printed and
circulating in said County OF Van Buren,, for
three successive weeks, at least, previous to
said dav Of hearing. 1O55t3
GEO. w. LAWrON. Judge OF Probate.
A true copy. g. w. LAYTON, Judge ef Probate.
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STKANED or STOLEN

From the premises OF p. j. Specher, in the
township OF Bloomingdale, on or about the
10th day of May, 1875, pair OF two-year old
colts. One black stud with white strip in
his face and four white feet and legs, and body
interspersed with white hairs; the other a
brown mare. both of medium size. Whoever
will give information leading to their recovery,
will be literally rewarded, Address
1O57t3* p. J. SPEICHER, or
9. D. MYERS. GobIevilIe. Mich.
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Notice To Hear Gl;iims.-In Pro-
bate Court, Van Buren, County: Estate OF
Joseph Reynolds, Deceased. Notice Is hereby
Civ en-. that said Probate Court will receive, ex-
anime and adjust all claims and demands of
creditors against the Estate OF said deceased,
and Monday, July 18th, and Monday, July 26th
are hereby assigned for hearing said claims,
and six months from the date hereof are al
lowed creditors IN which to present their
claims
Dated Paw Paw. June 21st, 1876. 1O56t6
Gro w. LAwToN, Judge of Probate
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Notice. To FEcnr Claims In Pro-
hate Court. Van Buren, County Estate OF John
G. Brunson, Deceased. Notice is hereby given,
that said Probate Court will receive examine
and adjust all claims and demands of cred-
tors against the Estate of SAID deceased. and
Monday, July 10Th, and Monday, July Goth are
hereby assigned for hearing said claims, and
Six months from the date hereof are allowed
creditors in which to present their CLAIMS,
Dated Paw Paw. June 21st, 1875. 1056t6
GEO. w. LAYTON, Judge of Probate
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