The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1876-10-26
MANTUA STATION.

Correspon Iencs
: In tho item last week with regar
to Centennial tourists, we did not in
|, tend to put Miss Georgia Farr, VIII
by the way is one OF our brightest IN
tellectual liz hts, in the questiOnabl
| position of having married man Onl!
as escort, but think we wrote it thus
"R. /. Hutchinson and wife, of Hiram
and Miss Georgia "A. Farr, of thi
place. In this connection we MAJ
state that Mr.. Hutchinson has return
ed and reports his daughter, Mrs
Frank Dilley, now in Philadelphia, a,
in quite i'll health, SO serious as tt
cause her mother to remain with heI
for the present. Their son Willie hat
also been quite sick during the absence
Of his parents, but is out again.
The auction sale of Cincinnati bug
gies by Mr.. Cregh on Saturday, re.
suited in the disposal OF four to vari.
GUS parties. The price realized fol
them averaged about S72, and the gen.
eral impression seemed TO be that they
were sold qnite low.
The usual sobriety and quiet of our
little village was rudely and bolster.
ously broken in upon Saturday even
ing by genuine, full blown horse race.
Horse talk abounded, the very air
being ladenwih profanity, obscenity
ond "horse.' Finally, the details were
arranged; the stake of So side put
up in responsible hands; the referee
and judges selected, every other man
acting as bottle holder. Russell of
Aurora named +. 6. Mugglcr, and
young Spencer of Mantua, heavily
backed by "Bonedust.' 8. IN. Maid Of
the Mist. II she had been missed al
together it would not have lessened
her chances. After several Intellectual
attempts to get the horses off together,
on the ninth trial the word was given
to '9o!" as they crossed the score neck
aud tail. Talk about Comanche In
dians and their feats of horsemaus ship!
Why ii was nething compared with
this, even John Gilpin's gallop was
thrown completely in the shade, and
Tam O'Shanter's midnight ride before
pursuing witches was tame affair.
Wild cheers rent the air, commingled
with the gurgling of some invigorat-
ing cordial as the thirsty sport turned
his staring eyes heayenward and en-
deayOred to fracture the bottom of the
container by exhausting the air. 1t
waa soon evident that the mare stood
no chance of winning the race, as it
WAS over before she got fairly under
way, and Muggler was declared win
ner of the heat and race, Is :224 being
the worst time ever made on our
course. Money changed hands much
more freely than after Presidential
elections, though probably in smaller
amounts then more dust was swept
from throats husky with excitement
aud hallOoing, and thus terminated
one of The most successful and highly
moral free and easy entertainments
ever given at Mantua Station. We
understand that a series of pugilistic
encounters are soon to be presented
for our delectatioD, some strong indi-
cations in that direction having been
developed during the race. No astute
politician had sufficient fOrethought to
canvass the crowd to ascertain their
political predictions, but it was
thought by competent judges, that
from the way money was shown, the
are going for Hayes.
Potatoes are not coming in as freely
as last year, notwithstanding the ad-
vance in price. Some are undoubted-
ly holding for still greater advance,
though the yield is much below the
general average, and the quality is
hardly up TO the standard. The price
paid for the past week, has been from
60 to 20 cents. The principal buyers
are VIM. II. Bradley, Z. ii. Thompson,
and L, j. Rhodes, all of whom, we be-
lieye, pay the highest market price in
cash for the esculent.
S. N. Andrews, of Rootstown, has
been in our place for some days past,
cooperating with Mr.. Thompson in
the potato trade. His experience in |
The produce business, combined with |
tact, makes him a valuable assistant.
Gr. Henry ID. Trask, of Mankate,
Minn., with his family, is visiting this
section. He is for the present with |
his mother i'm Hiram. This is his Sec
Ond visit in twenty three years, the |
former one occurring before his mar
rage some II years ago. The writer
had not seen him since he first left for
he West. he makes some very re-
freshing statements about hail aud |
snow storms, Indians, grasshoppers,
etc. MoURNER
Oct. 23d, 1876.
THIS is Ohio-day at the Centennial. |
Portage county will be well represent
ed. as there were 73 tickets sold at the !