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SEGOSD NiTI0NiL BINS,
OF RAVENNA o.
xDesiguated Depository of the

US Bonds and Securities bought. sold and
exchanged, ut our counter, at best market rates
stocks and Bonds, OF all kinds bought ana
sold ON Commission, in New York. or any de-
sired market
Highest Market rate for $50 and 1910
Coupons, Gold, Silver, and premium funds
OF all kinds
Drafts drawn and cashc,! on all the principal
Titles in the United States
sight Drafts on England and Ireland and
Passage Tickets to or from those Cities at
New 9ork rates
Revenue Ssanps-all sizes for sale
Accounts and DepotitS of Business men and
. Individuals. received on most favorable terms
and prompt and liberal treatment guaranteed
Interest allowed on time deposits IS may oe
agreed upon
WI BEEBE, cashier
GEO. ROBINSON, President
Sept .. 1so5. IT.
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N. Converse & Cos
ADvERTISEMENT

IN. UUuvGl6 q UU j
ADvERTIsEMENT
We desire to state
to the people Of Por-
tage County that we
have returned from n.
Y, and bought for our
New Store the finest
stock Of Goods ever
shown by us.
Our Dry Goods De-
partment is complete
in all its branches, and
we will endeavor to
keep it SO.
SHOES.-We have
a very neat and con
venient Shoe Depart
ment, we'll stocked with
good Goods,b bought di-
rect from manufactur-
OIo' s..z ..i5ao.Ioi j
- 't n}ai gai|
GROCERIES. I'M
Staple Groceries we
shall at all times keep
a fresh stock, at Low
Prices. Come and try
our choice Teas.
We shall be pleased
to have everybody call
and see us, and we will
take pleasure in show
ing our goods, whether
you purchase Or not.
Farmers, please bring: !
in your Produce, and
we will pay the high
est price, and give you
good Goods cheap.
We will pay cash for
choice Butter. s''aaz
No. g. Marvin's 81 New
Block. !. g..,' ''',. s5. +. "A
N. CONVERSE afs D.n.Ausrrs. .9d
May 3, 1876 -sl. aga
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Brown Linens.

The balance of our Dress and Pant
Linens at cost
n. CONVERSE 81 Co.
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Caution.

My wife Ann t;arey. having LETT my he'd
wi and inlld without any just caaSe prov
cation, thisfi TO forbid all persons han boring or
trust ing her on my account. as will pay NO
debts of her contracting after this date.
GILRERT CAREY.
Ravenna, July H. 1856. 4l2-3w
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First National Bank,
OF sAVENNA, o.,

cPP SIRE ETAA BLo ck.
EsraBLIsRE IN 1868,
10 N Home Iasfit,ssioa FOR the aceoBlBto-
aaf.o- or us. I'-epye oJ Portage County.
We VIII eudeavor in the future, as in the past.
give preference and iiiI onleTs and supply the
wants and demands OF our own county people
first.
VIII pay the Highest Market Rates for
Coupons. Gold. silver and Premium Funds
OF all AindS-
Interest oslowc,l ON time deposits
Revenue Stamps. all sizes, Kept constantly
han'i. and all orders GIIetI promptly
Special Deposits received without charge.
u, = Eonds and Securities bought and sold
ct best marSet rates
Drafts drawn and eashed all sheprincipal
tiles in the United States.
sight Drafts on England. Ireland ami all
titles in Europe
Collections made on all points in the United
: tates, and prompt remittance made
=. II. CLARK. .Prc<.-
~ E-WITTEE. Cashier 90
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a. n VALUABLE mare belonging 10
Peter III. Bean, living a mile east of
this village, died very suddenly about
noon on Sunday, lie had led the an
inal 10 water OF which she drank
9uite freely, and Immediately there
after lay down, and after a brief strug-
gle died. It. is the opinion of Mr..
Bean aud the ~farrier, Mr.. Beitz, the
death was caused by poison.
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Portage Go. Official Register

ReI.e~ea,tasire in Legisliture--Orviilc Blake.
PrO6dfe Jstf9s--GI'ivOu seymour.
C0NHty CIeFE-Juin Mchar=c-
eol.~ly Ha'iito,'-- W IiiianI GrinneH
County Ireas1rer-JOhn e. Beatty. -
.Msr.%-O T. i:is.ien-
Kecoysier-tseorge ". Barrett - -rx -. 81
sssg 4ssasgssst satols no
CONT. Edward A Irsons.
County surr<por- --Jcdcdish coie'
CoroHey.--LyInan Bry ant.
Sclt90t EedBtfHers-S- w paiton. = fuckett
George DaIsic.
Mayors of ofIueorrorafed Villages.
tGa5rsftsrize-o. Ferris;
hsHt-LHarIe> II. Kent;
Justices of the Peace.
-ff,eats1'-S! ive=ter \ Hin,aan. \. V Wilson.
Aarord--IOhn l.. Thompson, Worthy TAYLOR. 60
B,1iD.aeLd-J 1 Carrier. Z. H. Chapman. p :
Dee1.feGi--t.. = TibLal>. j. II. Hoffman.
EaiatMygA-smi;h sanford. Llihu Fish
f'hnA7fH-Nei~on Barber, Milo shorts. Isaac
free.,ora-sstman nriant. Henry g. Jennings.
GayTetesriae-A. a. Barber. JaInes Norton. Il
XiruEs-Richard NJ Hank, Allen 4. Barbcr
Frank Squire.
YdRfaa-AIcnzo Farr. Henry Cobb.
Neis0H-COrneiius Baldwin. Gorge l. Hc,igcr
PGi1yFd-Drrin stevens, David NJ. Evans 1hos.
u W ilIllm-.
Paris--I'raineIs, seiby. Z riah IIiEehclil. ~
o,pA-N .ttiI.Is 4. Sears James =. Coo - -
RareHAG--C oruc!ius n Reo'. AicX'r Topping 2.
Andrew Jackson
RG1fst07Cz-SsnvCl Z. Min.
.oze,ieFsriAs-S. 81. EIiFiaEe. y. II Smith
.>tTeet~J0ro---N. d Peck. r.. NJ. stanton.
>s,tfeld-iiugh X. Martin. W iiiiam Paulus.
H!adAq14--G=ur.c !; Conaut. IiIo's %. Angel
SOCIETIES
Unity Lodge, No. Ia, f, and a. NJ.
Meets the second and fourth Mondays OF each
month
Tyrian Chapter, No. 81, II. \. VI.
Meets the third "wednesday of eaci, month. in
81 lsonfc Hail. Phcnix Flock. - - 4
j. j. RIjI!ARDsON. HIP
J.. o. q. F.-Ravenna Lodge, Ne. G5.
Meets every wednesday evening at odd Fol-
oas' Hall. g. ~ - - ~
Ravenna Encampnnent, No. Ic9
Meets every End and fth FRIDAYS OF each month.
Patrons OF lsusbandry-RAy
GRANGE. No. $2-Meets every Saturday: octo-
Dor II at : o'clock 7. NJ. and on each alternate
at 100 p NJ at Hrange Hall.
CHU RCHES.
CONGgEG ATIoNAI.- REV. A. Al. HILLS.
Pastor Services on Sunday 3t ib-S9 A. Il. and |
: 81 =. sunday School at i2;I5 p. N. PRAY er
Meeting ON Thursday Evening at : 20 90 7-u-43i
METHODIsT-REv. e. w CLARK Pastor.
Services 81 SUNDAY at 20 30 4. y. and 90 p ".
Sunday School at 2:i5 p. NJ Prayer Meeting 4
or Thursday EyenIn:. ut 7:;5)- t'+ --- 9a'
DISCIPLE REV. GEoEGE DARsIE, Pastor. !
Services or-S Sun,ay ut 10 80 Il VI. amt 30 7 ~
sunday school ut 1915 r u. Prayer Meeting |
on THarslay EvcninS at. 20 .tl SttifiI1ti !
GRACE-REv. w II. CAFrRs. Pastor. SEP |
vire~ on sunday az 10:3l A. n. and 80 = ". |
Sunday School at 1915 p NJ. Prayer Meciins
on Thursday ivSning III I-jO- s fl..a ---.is 3 \
IMMACULATE CONCEPTION--CATEIO !
10 ~ each alternate SUNDAY SUNDAY school at |
30 p u. High Mass. sunday. July 4. and each !
alternate SUNDAY thereafter Mass e-crylweek !
day morning at : 30 -rit s...s- !
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AND now be getting ready for the
County Fairs. That of this county is
TO 'come off, on Wednesday. Thurs
day and Friday, September 10Th, Goth
and 21st.
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windl,am am 81 lopm sspm eos,m
Freedom STA &C.,. , ri ps e23
EavcnEa.... 6. 10 =. & iI5 .. ~ =. gia =.
Kent. IL 6 ~ =" 10. lUuU q"
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GOING sourn-MAIN LINE.
GoIxG NoRTH4aIAIN LINE. = =
GoING EAsc-KIyEH DIyIsI.,N

STATIONS. ACCOM- MAIL. EXPKESS- ACCOM-
Bejiair 4 ;y,Pa IG50AM ? 80 r. A D
bridgeport 4.45 a. II 90 : $.n9 . g..
Steubenv'e. 6 is '' IL OF Pm. 4G2 - Tb
w Weilsvilte. lbs - 81 " ~
Rochester 230 ID " 93l
Pittsburgh. g 40 T-f5 " lo3o
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summer Dress Goods. ~ +
Our stock Willie reduced at and
below cost. i jim! (,oSvrrsr & Go. -
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SOME one has made the sensible OBJ.
servatiOn that the next hardest thing
10 -diary7toAkeepy is a5lead pencil.
Right, only he didn't think Of an UNI
breila.
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sd ifS y 'r
5,m White Goods.
q A fine stock to be closed out at cost
= N. CONVERSE & Co.
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LscaI TiI.e Table
soisG EAsr COL
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LARCENY.-On Sunday last while
Mr.. 5. A. Coe and family who live
near ROotstOwn Station. were at
church at the Center of that township.
their house was entered and S97 in
money stolen therefroin.. Suspicion
at once rested upon VIM. Coe, lad
aged between Ii and Is years as the
thief, and he was arrested on Monday
morning by Sheriff Risdon and com.
mitted 10 Jail. A young man named
VIM. Campbell was suspected of being
accessory to the crime, as he had re-
ceived part of the stolen money.
and the two were preparing to go off
together aud take up their residence
at Saginaw, Michigan. Campbell took
the early Ravenna Accommodation
train for Cleveland, but telegram
from Sheriff Risdon overhauled him
at Newburgh, and he was brought
all knowledge of the manner in which
young Coe obtained the, money, and
claimed that he had only borrowed a
portion of it. The young men were
taken separately, before Justice Top
ping on Monday afternoon, Coe
charged with the stealing and Camp
bell with being an accomplice. The
former made clean breast of it and
owned up to doing the stealing and
on the trial of Campbell testified that
the matter had been talked up between
them previously, that Campbell had
cOunseled him to commit the crime,
had received a portion of the stolen
money, and that, in their contemplated
Michigan home, they were to share it
together- The istice required them
to enter into bonds for their appear
arice at the next term of Court OF
Common Pleas, aud in default thereof
they were remaDded to Jail.
THE A liance people have new
county project ON hand, which is that
OF forming new county from terrific
ry to be taken from the counties of
Portage, Stark, Columbiana and Ma
honing, with the county-scat at Alli-
ance. This project, we are informed,
has been agitated considerably and
meets with much favor especially
among the people of the southern pal t
OF Mahoning county, who are sore
over the removal of their county seat
from Garfield to Youngstown. Just
what action has been taken in thit
matter we are not advised, but we
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VERDICT OF CoRoNER's JURY.-In
the case of the sudden death of James
Beck, which occurred in his room at
The residence of Mr.. Charles Brooke,
OH Sycamore street, on Wednesday Of
last week, Justice G.. A. Reed acting
AZ Coroner, empannelcd a jury to de-
termine by what cause the deceased
came TO his death. A post mortcm
examination was made by Drs. Wag-
goner, Leonard and Hugus, and upon
their testimony the jury rendered a
verdict that the deceased came to his
death from the rupture of blood ves-
sells and effusion of blood at the base
of the brain-an apoplectic condition.
The deceased was from 2S to 81
years of age. of Scotch-English natIvi .
ty, and had been in this country about
five years. Z His funeral took place on
Thursday from the residence Of Mr..
Charles Brooke, Rev. George Darsie
officiating, and his remains were fol-
lowed to their last resting place by a
number of the legal fraternity and u
few personal friends of the deceased.
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THE School Examiners were in ses.
sion last Saturday, and had twenty
applicants for certificates before them.
Their next meeting will be held Au-
gust 18th.
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Unity Lodge, No. IL, f, and a. NJ.
ectS the second and fourth Mondays of each
, 1876-12-30

Mr.. George Cary Egglcston, some time
ago, published work entitled "A Rcb-
els Rccollections," in one chapter OF
which he pays the following just tribute
To the fidelity and honesty OF the negroes
in the South, prior to the period of rc.
construction. 1t will be read by men of
all parties with interest;
With the history of the South during
the period Of reconstruction, all readers
are familiar, and it is only the state of
affairs between the times of the suIrcnd.
er and the beginning of the rebuilding,
that / have tried to describe in this
chapter. But the picturc would he in
excusably incomplete without the men.
tion of the negroes. Their behavior
both during and after the wal may well
surprise anybody not acquainted with
the character of the race. When the
men of the South were nearly all IN the
army, the negroes were left in large
bodies on the plantations with nobody
to control them except the women and
few old or inirm men. They might have
been insolent, insubordinate, and idle, il
they had chosen. They might have
overturned the social and political fab
rics at any time, and they knew all this
too. They were intelligent enough to
know that there was no power ON the
plantation capable of resisting any move.
ment they might choose to make. They
did know, too, rhat the success OF tho
Federal army would give them freedom.
The fact was talked about everywhere,
and no effort wac made 10 keep the
knowledge Of it from them. They knew
that to assert their freedom was to give
immediate success to the Union cause.
Most OF them coveted freedom, too, as
the heartlness with which they alter
wards accepted it abundantly proves.
And yet they remained quiet, faithful,
and diligent throughout, very few ot
them giving trouble OF any sort, even on
plantations where only few women re-
mained to control them. The reason for
oil this must be sought in the negro
character, and we Of the South, knowing
that character thoroughly, trusted it i'm
plicitly. We lett our homes and help
less ones in the keeping OF Africans of
our households, without any hesitation
whatever. We knew these faithful and
affectionste people too well to fear that
they would abuse such trust. We
concealed nothing from them, and they
knew quite as well as we did the issues
at stake in the war.
The negro is constitutionally loyal to
his obligations as he understands them,
and his attachments, both ideal and per
sonal, are urcommonly strong. He
speedily torgets an injury, but never a
blindness, and so he was not likely to
rise in arms against the helpless women
and children whom be had known inti-
uately and loved almost revcrcntially
from childhood, however strongly he de-
sired the freedom which such IL rising
would secure 10 him. 1t was u failure
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For at Salvanu's words the monk HAL
palcd,
And hastily descended in the thropr
And through the priests in silence pass.
el along.
The crowd dispersed; the greater part
Withdrew
To the paz1a, there to hear anew
And question Of Silvano all the facts.
And learn with horror Of such "holy"
acts.
The attendant priests bore poor Pictro
thence;
And, though they knew full well their
false prctencr,
Rather than yield Ms guilty OF the crime,
They marched beside his corpse in meas
urrd time,
And buried him in consecrntcd ground
No "hoIicr" spot in Florence could be
found
Silvano took PietTo's vacant place,
And the Freethinkers numbers grew
apace.
But from that moment always took they
care
To guard against this miserable snare
OF batlled priests, who strive mt death to
gain
The power which they in htc could not
retain,
And thus by dcath,bed stories fraught
with terror
To keep their poor. dcludcd flock in
error.
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! Aul lubS llhN EhlHcu lcSIlIlllhtt 'CHoNn'
Lorenzo WAS no scholar. did not look
From one days dawn to another in II
book;
His labor well performed, he was con.
tent,
And went to Vespers, took the sacra.
mcnt,
Prayed for poor Pho Nom in his cell
Devoted all those wicked men to hell
Who kept poor Pho short Of wine and
jelly,
And even prayed for sanity Antonelli !
But his one son, Pietro, mockingly
Scoffed at poor Pio's" feigned captivity
Laughed at the tale of dungeon, chain
and straw,
And asked what guard stood at the
papal door
Save Pio's own Swiss soldiery in yellow,
Who made show OF guarding the old
fellow.
Much worse than this, Lorenzo's heart
was gricved
To hear his son declare he had been de-
ceived,
Deluded, duped already now too long
BY those vile priests whose conduct was
as wrong
AS their false creed on superstitions
basel,
Which in all thoughtful minds was now
replaced
BY broader. nobler truths, hy which he
saw
How grossly he had been mislld before.
1t was in vain that good Lorenzo prayed,
And called the Holy Virgin to his aid;
In vain he strove to change his sons
condition
And warned him that he fastened to
perdition,
Hopelessly doomed to endless punish,
ment,
If lie turned sccptic and ate meat in
Lent.
Pietro pointed out what bloody strife,
What reckless disregard of human life,
Had marked the Church's history and
stained
The Pnpal annals, and what triumphs
gained
BY evil over good, what dark array
Or dreadful prosecutions, from the day
When first the Church through Constan.
tine gained power,
Came down the ages to the present hour!
Pietm was a scholar, and could read
Books which had shown him what
hollow creed
Was that which had been taught him in
his youth,
And made him stand forth monfully for
Truth.
The German language, whose harsh nc.
cents hung
Like heavy weights upon his Southern
tungue,
He yet could read, and from il power
drew;
He studied well its critics, and he knew
The rise and growths OF doctrines, and
the way
In which they had descended to his day.
He saw with Indignation the fierce hate
With which the Church had struggled
to abate
The influence of science, whose pure
light
Had steadily dispersed the drcary blight
OF superstition's miserable reign
With long continued evils IN its train.
Pietro was not silent. Long enough,
He said, the world had fed upon the
stuff
Which priests had manufactured for its
diet,
And meantime murdered men to keep
them quiet.
Tie taught his liberal doctrines far and
wide,
And thoughtful men came over TO bis
side.
In time he stood the leader of school
DetestiDg naught 30 much rs priestly
! rule.
Unsparingly they criticised away
The myth-sprung stories OF an early 'Asy,
The silly miracles Of this decade,
The bare faced frauds of relics iately
! made
, 1876-12-30
The Herctic IPletrO.
From The hdcr.

cnce not Iong since. such u society OF
protective Liberals exists there now
In that fair city on the Tuscan plain,
Girt by soft hills and waving fields OF
grain,
Through whose old walls the Arno glideS
along,
Its banks re.ecloing with the gladstone
song
Which from Italian lips comes blthe and
clear
As futc.like music to the listening ear {;
In fair Firenze, famed for noble men,
Who, skilled alike with cbisel, brush and
pen,
Have given it most marvellous renown,
And shed rare glory DER their native
town.
There where the dawn first broke on Eu
ropes sight
After the gloomy darkness of that night
Which wrapped the world upon the fall
Of Rome,
And made for vice and ignorance a
home
There whence the genius of a Dante
sprung
To found in strength and beauty that
rich tongue
Which now adorns great Ariosto's page
And Tasso's verses, and in later age
Held the keen wit of comical GOldoni
And the pure style Of eloquent Manzoni-
There whence arose the vast, Protean
mind
OF Leonardo, who in truth combined
The painter, sculptor, architect in one,
Nor yet in music could he e'cr outdonc,
But shone alike in revelry at Court
And in researches Of the deepest thought
There where immortal Angelo had birth
Whose fame remains unequalled upon
earth,
Whose genius hung the pantheon IN
air"
And whose Titanic statues proudly bear
The Seol Of inspiration 50 sublime
That it but grows more clear by lapse Of
time
In Florence, where Boccaccio sang Of love
And Brunelcscho reared his dome above
The checkered marble of that mighty
shrine
Where grace and masesty so well COM
bine,-
There where the mighty Calico scanned
The starry skies, when by the priesthood
banned,
Accursed, and prosecuted for the truth
Which now is learned by every modern
youth
There where Cellini carved with silvered
skill,
And great Giotto wrought in bronze,
until
Such gates he formed, SO perfect and
precise,
That they were fit for doors Of Paradise,-
There whence the cunning Machiavelli
sprung
And Andrea del Sarto, who among
The painters of the Holy group ranks
high,
Amerigo Vespucci, too, whose eye
First saw the mainland to which still
adheres
His Christian name despite the lapse of
years.
In Florence where the great Reformer
dwelt
Whose life was blamcless, and whose
tones could melt
And sway at will those tickle Tuscan
minds,
Who yet could give his ashes to the
Winds
Tn this fair city, fruitful TO the Great,
In times more recent, and indeed so late
AS five or six years since, there lived a
man
Near to the bank where the lordly Arno
ran,
BY name Pieiro, destined to place
Among the henefactOrs of his race.
lie was a noble heart and active mind /;
A soul more generous one could scarcely
find
He was an advocate and used his skill,
Which was not small, to remedy earth's
III,
= 4 Al ....I hnI.. 49, k,oN Ia,
, 1876-12-30

Lorenzo's grief was terrible to see,
For he had loved him spite Of herrsy.
lie was his only c,Iild, and ere his Cleath
lie prayed and pleaded ill his latest
breath
That God would yet be mcritul and spare
An old mans son, aud tore his thin,
white hair.
But now the priests, like vultures near
their prey,
Came prowing round tina: form Of life
less clay,
And gave out word, whereat the city
started,
That ut his death Pietro had impaired
To Fra SiIvestro, much to his relief,
A rccantaton of his unbclief.
Great was the joy that now through
Florence flew;
Religious bigots ovcrbearing grew,
And said, Did L not tell you! IIa at
death
No hereto dares render up his breath
Without rccanting what he knows to be
A mass of wickedncss and ialsityw
Pictros form was carried in great state
With II vast retlnue of small and great,
Al! covered with white gowns and hold
ing tnpcrs
(rhus furnishing employment for the
drapersy,
To the cathedral, where to the great
crowd,
Which through the service stood with
faces bowed,
A Frate spoke He said that the dc.
ceased
Had now from sin and sorrow been re-
leased;
That he had been well known as one
who had,
When living, criticised the Church as
bad,
Rcviled its precious doctrines of the
past,
And on their history foul ISLANDERS cast ;
But, thinks to God when on his dying
bed,
And when around his unrepentant head
Good and bad angels hovered in the air,
Contending which should have HIM MS
their share,
The good ones conquered and the man
relented,
The hrrctic Pietro had repented.
Recanted all, believed the Church's
story,
And. dying then, had gone straight, up
to glory!
Loud WINS the following murn,ur Of sur.
prise,
Frequent the tears in many wrmen's
eyes,
AS the good priest concluded his ha-
mnguc;
When from the crowd an eager listener
sprang.
II say It's false! This priest hath foully
lied
No man but stood by Piet-o's side
I held his hand and watched him till he
died;
No priest came near him till his life had
fed,
And l had gone away and left him dead.
Ofjust this priestly scheme We had our
fears,
And we, lris friends, had sworn for many
years
That, when one from our number came
TO die,
We would prevent this monkish Jug.
glcry.
Lorenzo knows the truth Jf what say
He knows full well that neither night
nor day
Did we cease watching by Pietro's side
Therefore again I say, this priest hath
lied"
Great was the tumult that at once en-
sued;
Loud cries 1csoundel, boisterous and
| rude
Against the priest whose lying trick h-d
failrd.
, 1876-12-30

A fox got drunk all by himself, with
almost human aptitude, in Maine cider
mill
, 1876-12-30

BY every means their subtlcty could find
To crush Pietro and his liberal band,
And tried to have them banisiltd from
the land.
But still, in spite ofhate, the Liberals
grew
In numbers and in strength, and over.
threw
The plots devised repeatedly TO crush
them,
And spoke more boldly AS men tiled to
hush them.
When suddenly their leader and their
pride,
Pietro, sickened and in three days died.