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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-10-04

qualities of head and heart. pani this locality a
visit recently. and being something of sports
man brought his gun with him, and having
passed the night with some friends, arose from
his slumbers soon as the dawn approached.
and encircling his huge proportions with a
game bag, and " th his gun upon his shoulder,
marched like knight of old, to An adjacent
forest, intent upon filling his bag and returning
in time for the morning meal. but unfortunately
while passing herd of cattle, a ferOciOus bull
discovered him treading firmly onward. and
with dabOlical intent, rushed madly after him.
The mind that had solved so many knOtty legal
problems took in the situation at a glance, and
with telephone rapipity thus soliloquized: 1T
will reflect no honor brave man to slay this
horrid monster with powder and ball. and will
be a4sacrifice TO one of my friends" AT this
moment. in the dim distance he discovered a
friendly stump. and with terrible determination
flashing from his eyes, his muscles standing out
like ships cables upon the surface of his body.
started to reach the friendly shelter. Ye Gods.
what Il sightl "JOseph and his band" would
! have turned gray at the spectacle. People in
the vicinity thought it was u tidal wave sweep
ing over Hiram. looking for Garfield. Thanks
to vigorous constitution and a determined
will. the stump reached and he was sep
Grated from the enraged monster. but for long
| weary hours his cruel enemy held him pris-
oner, with no shelter from the burning sun. ex-
eept what q narrow trimmed silk hat could af-
| ford When nature had been almost exhausted
| a little girl came passing by singing Hold the
Fort" and our legal friends sad situation was
discovered and picking up little club. and
turning her mild blue eyes upon the ferocious
brnte, said sweetly. very sweetly, " You dog
on old critter you git," He got. All vegeta-
tion has disappeared where the legal giant and
the giant of the herd had their struggle for the
superiority. and the old adage that Large bodies
move slowly has been demonstrated to be q
| fabrication.
Hon. U. L. Marvin also paid us a visit since
his declination of Senatorial hOnors. He did
not seem grieyed over the action he had taken
but looked cheerfully forward to the victory OF
his party. man with SO good record, de-
served better treatment from Republicans. but
they have greatly weakened their chances OF
success by the change, and Democrats will not
regret their folly, but they ''scooped the Akron
| ring, PEG.
Freedom, Sept.20. 1877.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-10-04
Democratic Meetings.

Democratic Meetings will be held as follows
ThursAay EvcnInG, Oct. 9TH,
MANTUA ASTATION.-Speakcrs: J. ii. Mich
OILS and W. b. Thomas.
PARIS-Speakers: 1. T. Siddall and A. III
Douthitt-
Friday Evening, Oct. 5th.
Observation-Disclosures W. b. Thomas and
I. T. SiddaIl.
Saturday Evening, Oct. 9Th.
neutrality-suspicious.; 1. II. Phelps and W,
B. Thomas.
STREETSBORO-Speake j. II. Nichols
and A. N. Douthitt-
Monday Evening, Oct. Sth.
ArWATER-Speakers:J J. H. Nichols ana J.
T. Siddall.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.: 1. H. Phelps. Z. p.
Hatfield and W. b. Thomas.
The local Committeeman are requested to
make the necessary arrangements for these
meetings and secure full turn out to each..
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-10-04

Let every VOteI Aeme ~ Dch
That the great fight in Ohio which
takes place on Tuesday next is q con-
test between the laboring, producing
people and the corrupt agents of the
grinding money power. If the people
by dividing their votes should allow
the Republicans to succeed in carrying
the State, the Shylocks will regard it
as an endorsement of the oppressive
and grinding contraction and forced
resumption policy which has been
spreading -desolatiOn over the country.
The people of Ohio cannot afford to
allow the grand principles of the DEM
ocratic platform to suffer defeat and
the work of desolation to continue.
Let us then work together to prevent
the dire calamity, and let every man
do his duty from now till the close OF
election day, and the days of the op-
pressors and plunderers will be at an
end
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-10-04
That Upright Candidate.

. In the nomination for Representative this
fall, the party of "High Moral Ideas" the "Goa
and Morality" party has but added one more to
the long list of proofs that their God is mammOn
and their morality a term synony NOUS only
with party policy.
The nomination itself was a thing planned on
the Fourth of July, in the Office of the Hon, ~
James A. Garfield. in Mentor. 1t was necessa-
ry to have some one who possessed wealth, and
was entirely unscrupuious and devoted to the
interests OF Garfield. All other qualities. such
as purity, honesty. manliness and ability-attri-
butes to which the candidate should be a stran-
ger. In such party 1t was not necessary to
search far for one who united all the needed
elements in his person The hour had come and
the man was there. 1t was no matter il. for
forty years. he had kept place, where under
the cover of respectability, and the plea of rec
reation, card playing and drinking had been
carried on each night and every Command
ment in the Decalogue. except ''Thou shall not
Kill, been broken. 1t made no difference if
his wealth had been accumulated by grinding
the faces of the poor. and by double dealing
with all who did business with him; 1t was of
no consequence if for years he had openly ours
ed the Common School system of our State, and
grumbled because some of his lilly gotten gains
went to educate and thus elevate the sons OF
poor men around him; man was wanted who
combined strong Garfield element" and
honesty and ability were things not necessary
to be thought of.
How can the respectable and honest men of
the Republican party-and, thank Heaven there
are many such in it-how can the levOut and
God fearing Chi titan gentleman. the man. who
hates sin and loves purity for the sake of his
Redeemer-i say how can such men cast a bal
lot for such candidate, and yet be able to
strike a balance with their consciences2 Will
the Christian put politics before religion? viii
the honorable man put policy before honesty?
Or will the sensible men Of the Republican
party put faith in 4 card whose meaning is as
double as its author. and place him in position
where he can do more mischief than he is al.
ready doing:
Let the ides of October answer L.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-10-04
More of Xyest,s Work.

The BellefOntaine examiner" pub
lishcd at the home of Judge West,
gives currency to the facts of the
breaking of still another will by tins
distinguished G.? advocate. In this in
stance poor, old, broken-down col
ored woman was cheated out of life
interest in an estate worth several
Thousand dollars. The only motiyc
of West in this cause was to secure a
big fee, which was paid him out of
the proceeds of the robbery.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-10-04

The new amendment provides large.
ly for more clerical force, which must
be in proportions 10 the number OF
Courts, and may besalely estimated at
one hundred thousand dollars more,
and SO we will have by the so.calied
reform in the Judiciary Il new burden
to the amount OF a third of a lmiIlion
dollars OF additional taxation imposed
Oh us. DO the people desire to TINS
further burden themselves in these
times? Ii so, vote yea Tor the COnsti-
tutiOnal Amendment. But the act in
no wise amends the present system, ,or
assists in disposing OF business.
Ii provides tor u new District Court,
to be composed of one Judge, to
which an appeal or writ of error may
lie from the Common Pleas, thus
placing one Judge alone to supervise
one other Judge-the old appeal from
Philip to Philip. The present system
is far better, for as now there are at
least two Judges in the District Court
who have never heard the case before.
The amendment is bad in other
ways. Itprovides for other and addi-
tiOnal Courts of the same kind, and is
but the entering wedge to an enor-
mOusly expensive and cumbersome
system OF judiciary which will in every
way impede s,iiIOrs and tax the people.
1t should be voted down.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-10-04

Hayes Dear Confederate Friends. i.
A Washington special to the En-
quirer says:
John Sherman has been weaned on
pacificaiiOn soup. He has appointed
to n position in the Treasury Depart
mcnt Major f. GriswOld, of Baltimore
who was on the staff of General VIM
der in command OF the rebel prison
pens during the war. Captain Porter.
of the One Hundred and Twentieth
Illinois Regiment, in his testimony be.
fore the Congressional Committee on
the Conduct of the War, said of Girls
wold: Gle is the most. Infamous
wretch / ever knew" 1t is long
stride for John to make such an ap-
pointment. but then he has a long
reach. f,u
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-10-04

Boss TWEED says that S5OO,CoO was
paid to secure the passage, by a Re-
publican Legislature. of the New Y Ork
City Charter under which all the steal
ing was done. The RAIDS are not as
noisy about the stealings of the Boss
and his gang as they used TO was. "Oh,
sing that gentle strain again."
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-10-04

The Democratic platform of Ohio.is
broad enough and liberal enough for
any man in the State to stand upon
who desires a change in in the pres
ent oppressive and ruinous financial
policy of the Radical rulers.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-10-04
.Sil.is's Proclamation.

is hereby made to all the
l qualified voters of Portage county. that Il
General Election will be held as required by
law. on
Tue Sday, the 9th day of October,
A. ID. 1877. at the several places of holding cleo.
tions IN said County, between the hours of &
O'Clock A.. M and O'Clock P. NJ. OF said day, at
which time the following officers will be chosen
FOR STATE OFFICES:
Governor. Lieutenant Governor. Judge of
the sup, ;slne Court. Attorney General, Clerk
OF Supr, me Court, Treasurer of state Com
missioner of Common Schools, Member Board
OF Pubic Works. senator for 26th Senatorial
District. Judge Common Pleas Court Second
Suh-Divis ion. Ninth judicial District.
FOR COUNTY OFFICES:
1 Repre- sentative, PrOsecut ng Attorney 1 Au-
djtor Treasurer. Commissioner, Iniirmary
Director.
Also to vote for or against "Ju,iicial Consti-
tntionl Amendments" also, to vote for
again 'Thc Free Ranking Act
NOTICE is also given, To the Trustees of the
several Townships, that the following is the
Annual AppOrtionment and number of Jurors
which they are expected to return to the Clerk
OF the Court O1 Common Pleas:
Annorfion. n in No IN h
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-10-04

The steaIings of the Tweed ring i'm
New York are cast in the shade by the
facts which are being brought to light
about ths stupendous plnnderings OF
the Radical pets is South Carolina.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-10-04

If the Independent Greenbackers of
Ohio should succeed in polling $4,000,
or even 100000 votes and thus give
the State into the hands of the Repub-
Ecans, can any one of them tell us
how that will tend to promote the
principles they profess? When they
have secured the election of Garfield
or some one OF his ilk to the U. S.Sen.
ate and the 1st of January 1879 has
passed, they will open their eyes to the
pleasant fact that their loved green
back theory is among the "dead issues
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-10-04

Is that party which now openly con-
fesses that for long years it has
bsen tramplin. upon the cOnstitu-
tion, disregarding the very genius Of
our Republican institutions, and put
ting tyrannical usurpation in the place
of law and the constitution" fit to be
longer trusted with power?
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-10-04
DEmocRAr1c COUNTY TICKET.

FOR RREPREsENrATIvE,
WILLIAM H. BETTES, of Randolph.
FOR AUDIToR.
DELOS ORR, of Franklin.
FOR TREASURER.
WILLIAM r. ALCORN,' OF Ravenna.
FOR PROSECUTING ATTORNEY.
SETH ID. NORTON, Of Ravenna.
FOR COMMISSIONER.
CHESTER r. HOWARD, of Aurora,
FOR INFIRMARY DIRECTOR,
ALMON L. THOMPSON. OF Shalersyille.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-10-04
Tho VOlksblatt ON the Proposed
Amend ments TO the state
COnstitut tiOn. tH
[From the Cincinnati volksblatt. j

TOM thc OluCIundti
With view to reform of the Judi
ciary the Legislature at it's last session
passed proposed amendment to the
Constitutions, which Is to be submitted
to the voters at the October election
This proposed amendment contains all
the bad features and many worse than
the article on the Judiciary in the
"new Constitution" which was de-
leated by 100000 Votes, and, If proper
ly understood, this amendment should
be rejected in The same manner. Ii;
proposes to abolish the Probate Court,
the present Common Pleas and Dis
trict Courts, and substitute therefor y
new Common Pleas and DistrictCourt.
What the object can he, except to
make room Tor large number who
want to be made Judges, no, one can
conceive.
1t abolishes the Probate Court. but
substitutes for it a Common Pleas
Court in every county, mere change
in name. 1t gives the Legislature the
right 10 create as many Courts and
Judges as ii dcsires-a right which it
now has. 1t creates a new and indie
pendent Court called District Court,
and for this purpose divides the State
into twenty districts, What will be
the result if adopted We. shall have
eighty-eight Common Pleas Judges
instead OF eishiy-eight Probate Judges
But those lightweight Common Pleas
Probate Judges can not do the busi-
ness now done by the Common Pleas
Court. 1t will require at least thirty
more Judges in the Stale. There are
now fifty-eight Common Pleas Judges
i'll addition TO the Probate Judges, and
the complaint is that they cannot do
the business. To the taxpayers this
will be a bonanza. At present the
Probate Judges do not receive their
salaries from general taxation, but
from the fees of the particular bus-
ness. This new amendment proposes
to abolish this and put their salary on
the duplicate. Let us see how it w i'll
III ynrl-
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-10-04
MARRIED

MAY-LU CE-In Mantua. September a5th, by
Elder ID. ], White, Mr.. HeZekiah May and Miss
Bessie Luce both of Mantua.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-10-04
DEMOCRATICsTATE TICKET

For Governor,
RICHARD n. BISHOP. of Hamilton.
For Lieutenant Governor.
JABEZ w. FITCH. Of Cuyahoga.
For Supreme Judge.
J.W. OKEY, OF Franklin.
For Clerk OF the Supreme Court,
j. FANNING. ofCuyahoga,
For Attorney General.
ISAIAH PILLARS. of Allen.
For State Treasurer.
Al. HOWELLS. of Stark.
For School Commissioner,
J.J. BURNES. OF Belmont.
For Member Board of Public Works.
MARTIN SCHILLER, OF Ross.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-10-04

To preserve and protect the rights
of the laboring men, vote the Demo-
cratic ticket next Tuesday,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-10-04

The extra session of Congress will
convene one week from next Monday.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-10-04
THE MARKETS.

.tsl RSyRNNA September D. 1877
FLoUR.-Kins,s Best. ss 90: O. X. s7m
Demand steady ...,--, 49,.
WHEAT-No, Red. 81 :s; MOL White 81 IS
CohN-shehed orihss oo ~ ooc; ears,5Oc.
oAAS~"s & safes ouii'
bAhLrl-Sone IN market.
IAh-oeiiihe AZ 30 a. $lO; according to
quaHly. DHii saie.
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SMnEnn wE,TsNI,;tu s., C, ,,.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-10-04

Senator, which, owing to the present
close vote in the Senate, is of vital I'M
portance to the Interests of both DEM
ocrats and Republicans. This will un-
doubtedly cause very heated contest,
the Democrats at the present writing
feeling more assured of success in that
direction than 1t the time of our last
communication, Mr.. Hayes visit hav-
ing had the elect to dampen the ardor
OF the extreme RAIDS rather than add
to the strength of the party. A good
many of the radical RAIDS have con-
cluded to ''stay at homo" and let the
election go by default, sooner than en-
dorse Rutherford. and we are credibly
informed that a number of Depart
mertment clerks will remain here in
stead OF going home, claiming pro-
lection under Mr.. Hayes recent order
as well as the old excuse of poverty,
but this should not cause our Demo
cratic brethren to be lukewarm in
bringing out their full vote, for it may
be merely a Radical dodge TO influ.
ence Democrats to become inactive
for eye Radical is mighty tricky"
THE PATENT OFFICE FIRE,
which occurred here last Monday,
now that the smoke of confusion as
well as that of the fire has cleared
away, proves to be not such a great
loss as was at first supposed. and the
clerical force in the different Bureaus,
ere this reaches you. will be steadily
mt work as though the catastrophe had
not occurred. n large force have been
busily engaged all week cleaning up
the debris, and overhauling ana assQrt-
ing those models which were not en-
tirely destroyed. many being found in
tolerably good condition, they being
composed principally of iron, thereby
escaping destruction. The models in
jurcd or destroyed are mostly those of
Agricultural Implements, and those
relating to railroads, hydraulics and
pneumatics, and can be readily repro
duced from the drawings and speciii
cations. which remain intact, and were
kept in the story below, and in a diff
fcrent part of the building from that
in which the fire originated, the cell
ing over this ''stOry" being covered by
a brick archway, and said archway In
laid with marble slabs, and all taken
together form the ground floor of the
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1877-05-18
A New Way of Growing Strawberries.

There is no doubt that in many parts of
the country The "hll" or "stool" plan is
failure because of hard winters. Fruit is
much larger aud fuer grown by the stool
system THAT is, keeping all runners clipped
off, and the reasons for this is, that the
ground gets bet sr cultivated, and the plants
being worked upon all sides, make luxu.
RANT growth, and bear in proportion. Now,
if we can adopt some plan by which the soil
can be kept better stirred oil around the
plants, we know fine fruit will be attained.
Therefore, we propose what we will style the
"matted hill system" which is as follows:
Prepare the ground well, mark it or 81
feet each way, as for corn, and at each
crossing Of marker set strawberry plant
Tor, if you have plenty of them, two in each
place will be safer and better). Keep the
cultivator running both ways, and quite often
as plants commence to run freely, and by do
ing this, and when cleaning the hills by
hand drawing stray plants aud covering with
earth, matted hill will soon be formed II
to 2 feet across. We have not iced that
where there are vacancies in matted rows,
and clumps Of plants here aud there, that
the fruit was much finer than where the
matted rows Of plants was continuous.
Roots of strawberry plant run much far
ther than what one would suppose, and
where the ground is filled with them, the
finest is not so foe as when they can have
more room. We advise the trying Of this
plan by those who have plenty of land and
horse help, aud but little hand help. After
they are through bearing, small plow, with
sharp knife or wheel, can be run through
both ways, and hills plowei down closely,
ground levelled off, and cultivator and hoe
run through as beiOre.-F-lsi Recorder.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1877-05-18
Green Fodder Crops.

The attention Of farmers and dairymen has
for some time been directed to the soiing sys.
ten. The advantages to be gained by feed
ing green food are 50 apparent and so fully
meet the requirements Of the small farmer
aud suburbans residents that may adopt the
system without sufficient information in re.
gard to it, and of course, fail to meet their
expectations. Others, moro cautious, only
feed green food during the autumn months,
or during drought in summer, generally feed.
ing corn.iodler once or twice each day in the
field. To this we may add the clearing up
Of food which frost would otherwise destroy
-as turnip.tops, culls from the cabbage
field, immature squashes, pumpkins, etc.
This practice, though not nearly as pro6ta-
BILE as soliug, requires no additional help
and enables the feeder to carry much larger
stock than he otherwise could, as well as pre-
vents loss by shrinking Of milk aud flesh
during droughts. The advantages of an in-
teligent system Of soiling are SO many aud
important system of soiling are SO mauy and
important that We propose some of them
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1877-05-18
FARM CHIPS.

The Delaware peach crop is estimated at
5000 600, baskets.
Belgium spends for agricultural education
about S45 per 1000 inhabitants Austria,
$50; France, s62, and Prussia, $50,
Sventy-fve pounds of decomposed potato
tops are equal in value, in the nitrogen they
contain, to 100 pounds of barn-yard manure.
English farmers trace the outbreak of tho
cattle plague at a farm near Grimsby to n
quantity of foreign bones taken to the farm
for manure.
Canada farmers claim that 6 bushels of
peas are equal to 10 bushels of corn for fat
tening hogs, aud that peas yield larger
number of bushels to the acre than corn.
With wheat at 81 per bushe, gold under
10 premium, and his coming crop looming
up most hopefully, even the chronic grum-
bier among farmers might cherish o senti-
ment OF gratitude aud qualification.
Many consider that ducks are more profit
able than hens for home use, taking into ac-
count the number aud size of the eggs laid
by them. The solid matter and oil in
ducks egg exceeds that Of hens egg by
fully one-lourth.
Prominent European capitalists have
been negotiating for some time, and at last
successfully, with the Land Commissioners
of Florida for SS,000,000 worth of grange
lands, They intend to bring into the state
1000 or 5000 hardy farmers from England,
Germany, France and Italy.
Work horses, il at all, should be checked
very low they can thus pull to greater ad-
vantage, protect their eyes from rain OF
snow, aud are less liable to stumble or injuro
themselves. City railway companies have
largely abandoned the use of check-rens.
The great question with our farmers is,
how to save labor. The man who eau tell
US how to raise ten bushels mere corn 10 tie
acre, with no more labor than before, is
more welcome TO US than be who tells us
how TO raise ten bushels by so much harder
work. 1t is the labor that bothers US.