Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1876-01-28
KINGSVTLLE.

There are not few among our people
who are tired of this slam-b bang business
incident to the fourth of July. They
claim to have as much patriotism, and
appreciate as highly the blessings of q
Republican form of ofGoYernmeut, and yet
cannot see very much necessity Of max
ing so much noise about il.
The only remedy for Us. they claim, is
through the enscting Of laws prohibiting
the sale and use--mors especially OF fire
crackers. The article from the Scssntifc
Amsrican which we append, gives = clear
view Of the reform necessary, and we
think it will meet wlih favor from large
portion of the reading public. The fol-
lowing is the artielssin question, on
which we will rest our case
DANGEROUS PLAYTHIEGs,
Another factory for the manufacture o
Toy torpedoes has exploded. The cir
! cumstances of the disaster are of no mo-
ment to any one except the unfortunate
victims and the owner, who is fortunate
in escaping similar mutIlation. Not
withstanding the average boys devotion
to snap and bang, it may be questioned
whether the pleasure afforded by play,
things of the explosive sort, is anything
| like a sufficient recompense for the risk
attending their production, storage and
USE. It bas been suggested that the sale
of such things should be prohibited, and
their possession be made punishable by
fine. The suggestion is sensible and time
". The Centennial year. with its inten-
sihcations of fourth. Of July ferVor, ia up
on US, and thu popular demand for FIRE
works threatens TO be excessive. It
would lie good thing for the county,
at the beginning of its second century,
TO put away such childish things and
adopt less dangerous mode of mani
Testing the spirit Of iubilalion. political
or otherwise. Surely, our inventors
ought to be able to devise simple con
trivance to serve IS q substitute. It is
worth trying for as public benefsction
as for the millions that are in 1t. Z = e
Our II. E. brethren are holding Sc
ries of meetings, and much feeling Il
eYinced, land the need OF 3 refreshing is
also manifest and sincerely hoped for.
Speaking Of noisy demonstrs tions re-
minds usof the shooting matches that
occur in the woods Of John Blood, so
often. The said woods are not very re-
mote from the village, and thus our earn
on such days afford the clear evidence as
to the event. Last Saturday the boys
were again at their old sports. We
know not the result, but Of late. our
Kingsville boys haYe rather boasted over
the Conneaut boys sin sharp shooting,
and some two weeks ago the following
report of shots made only gives the lssl
one to Conneaut. The list b as follows
B. NJ. Blood, turkleS Bert Mitchell,
2, Castle, 1, Sweet, 1, Il. A. Blood, l.
The centre shots were all that counted
for such game. The old regiment OF
Squirrel Hunters" could make good
draft here. %
Our weather reminds us Of the expla-
nstion that once on = time was given Us
by Hoosier. with whom We desired to
tarry from the fact of the weather being
very unpleasant, and Of which we were
complaining. He said, ln = YerV concise,
business way, that the "old man had gone
away from home and the boys were fool
ing with it," While the "looling" was
going on, which was for several days, we
enjoyed his hospitality muehly.
Many of our folks are enjoying the
mild weather, and don't dream half a.
much about ealiiOrnia and Florida as
they did last winter.
We don't have. with the clouds, very
many "'hay days"-all on account % the
foolish" experimenting, perhaps
We learn that Prof Howard Is, with
his class in North Kingsville. to give a
concert at LockwoOd's Hall next Sa,ur.
day evening. He Is pushing his students
right along. g. - g.
Kingsville, Jan. %. 1876.