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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-03-01
PORTRAIT PAINTER.
Sam I'm . painter now.

Sam I'm painter now.
OH, Julius, I'm glad TO hear of it; it
doesn't take you long to learn a pro-
fession. Have yoa painted any great
portrait yet?
Yes. 1 Ipainted that of old Mrs.
GrImsey; 1 was to get ten dollars for
ID. r
well, did you get it, Julius?'
No, she said she wouldn't pay me-
No!-Why not?
She said de picture wasn't like her !;
an her friends said so, too.'
well, what did you do about it?'
'One day she called at my studio, an
said; Mrs. Grimsey, you say de pic
ture is no likeness?'
Yes she said !; my friends say SO
too,-a little angry, you know-see!
SO L went on: sez L.. Mrs. Grimsey.
you've got little dog, haven't yon?'
She said, Yes, she had little dog.
well, now, says L, MRS. Grimsey, L
hab submitted de picture to all your
friends, and dey say it's no likeness !;
but I'll place de picture in a part OBJ
de room designated by yerself, yer dog
dat yer say is SO mighty cunnin' shall
be brought in, and if he recognizes
your likeness you shall pay my price !;
if he does not know the likeness, why
i won't ask ceut. Is that fair?'
She said it was; an. mex morning
was named for the trial accordingly,
posted up to de house wild my chet
ID obe,, as we say in French, Sam, ,and
all Mrs. Grimsey's friends collected
+ aud filled de spacious departments, all
connected by folding doors SO l set
de picture on the floor, leaning wise
against the wall, and called for de Ca
nine species brought in.
And was he let loose?
Yes, he was, am bounded into the
room, saw the picture, went toward it
and
Well, what? l
3 Licked it all ober,-all the time v = {.
gin his ts !.
Well, ha then occurred!
De peop,c held their breais in silent
astOnlshment, see?
Then your triumph was complete
Ju,ins. Did you get your likeness?
Weli-Sam; wasn't
so bury good butt had put the coat
oo h"g's iard on The picture, at night
afore. all .tat's what de dog licked
SAM
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-03-01
MONEY INA HOLLOW TREE.

A month ago, perhaps, a man by the
family, was out in the woods hunting
nuts, at Palmyra, Missouri, when one
of the girls saw something that at
tracted her attention in hollow tree.
and called 10 her mother TO come and
look at it. Mrs. Jefirics made some
examination, and soon found il to be
and old paint keg. Upon taking 1t
out, there was found within il an
esrthcn jar containing $685. III gold
and silver. They did not know what
to do with it, but concluded, 10 keep
quiet and wait for Developments.
However, some of the children men-
toned it at school, and thence ii came
to the cars of Isaac and Jacob john
son, who came al once to see Jcfirics,
and soon convinced him that the treas
ure belonged to them and they had
hid it there the day before Porter's
raid into Palmyra in 1862. After hid
ing it they did not go TO look for it
for some time and when they did
were totally unable TO find the place
of its concealment, nor had they ever
been able TO find it since. The key
had been pushed up into the hollow
of the tree and propped up by stick,
which, in the course of the fourteen
years since elapsed, rOtted of and let
the treasure down, and thus it was
found by accident. The JohnsOns
made present of SO to the little
girl who found it /; and who will say
it was not cheap enough?
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-03-01

oyster once, and when he got inside
Theu he split the shells open and took
half one for beat, and he sailed
along until he met a sea serpent, and
he killed it, and drawcd of its skin,
and he got home and sold il TO an en-
gine company for hose for S4O, 600 10
put out fires with. Bill said that was
actually so, because he could show me
a man who used TO belong to the cn-
ginc company. | wish father'd let me
go out TO find sea serpent like that;
but he don't let me have chance to
distinguish myself.
Bill was saying yesterday that the
Indians caught him once and drove
eleven railroad spikes through his
stomach, and cut of his scalp, and it
never hurt him bit.-He said he got
away by the daughter of the chief
sneaking him out of the wigwam and
lending him horse, Bill said she
was i'll love with him, al,d when L
asked him to let me see the holes
where they drove in them spikes, he
darsn't take off his clothes or he'd
bleed to death, He said his own fatf.
er didn't know it because Bill was
afraid it would worry the old man.
And Bill told me they wasn't going
TO get him to 90 to Sunday school.
lie SAYS his father has Il brass Idol that
he keeps in the garret, and Bill says
he made up his mind TO be pagan,
and begin to go naked, and carry Il
tomahawk and bow and arrow. And
10 prove i to me he says his father
mas This town ali underlaid with nitro
glycerine, AS soon rs he gets ready he :
going 10 blow the old thing out, and
bust her up let her rip and demolish
her. lie said SD down At the dam and
told me not 20 tell amy body, but l
thought they'd he no harm in men
tioning il To you.
And now | believe must be going
! hear Bill whistIiug. May be he's
got something else To tell me.
The Smith boy, we think, will be
profitable to the youth of the commu.
nity.-l Max Adeier.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-03-01

A kross word il : little thing. bnt it
IL what stirz mp the elephant.
"a kind word IL little thing, but it
iz just what soothed the sorrows of
the setting hen.
An orange peel on the sidewalk iz a
little thing, but it has upset many a
giant.
An oath iz a little thing but it iz re-
corded in the great ledger in heaven,
A serpent's fang liz little thing but
deth i it's vicktory.
A bady liz little thing, but a con-
stable was once baby.
& A hornets sting iz a little thing, but
it will send . schooiboy home howl
ing.
A star IL little thing, but it can
hold this great world in it's arms
eazy.
, The tung is little thing. but it fills
the univarce with truble.
An egg iz little thing, but the huge
krockerdile kreeps iuto life out oy it.
A kiss il very little thing, but it
betrayed the Son ov God into the
hands ov his enemy.
A spark il little thing, but it can
light the poor mans pipe, Or set the
world to burning.
The akorn iz little thing, but the
black bear and his family live in the
oak that springs from it.
cAword iz little thing, but one
a word has been a mans destiny for
good or for evil.
A penny liz little thing, but the in
terest on it from the days of Cain and
Able would buy out the whole. globe.
A minute liz little thing, but it IL
long enough TO pull dozen akine
teeth, or 10 get married.
A lap-dog liz little thing, but he il
very silly thing too.
Lille is made up ov very little things
Life. itself liz very little thing one
breath less, then comes the phuneral
-lJOsh Billings.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-03-01
HE HADN'T

The temperance revival in Detroit
has set many men te thinking serious
iy. One OF the serious was discover
ei coming out OF a L1rned street sa-
loon yesterday, and an acquaintance
collared him and said:
You have been drinking
Not drop was The reply.
But L saw YOU wipins oil your
mouth.'
Yes, wiped oil my mouth, but |
h,dn't been drinking g1s
That's honest, is it!'
That's honest. If you don't believe
1T smell of my breath
He turned his face, the other got his
! nose down TO inhale, aud as he stag
gered back he called out:
IF a little whisky will kill that smell
you GO and get it right away and I'll
stand between you and the pledge, and
pay for the drink to boot, ,-[ Free
Press. :
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-03-01

THE Scientific American, in an ar
article on The Blue Glass Deception,
does not attempt to conceal its con
tempt for General Pleasanton's theo-
ries of electricity. The blue glass
manual refers to Seunebler's research
es, which 60 to show that the blue
and violet rays are the most active in
determining. the decomposit on of
clrbOnic acid in plants. This state
ment, the Scientific American says,
has been totally disproved by DE-. Won
Is .zold, and the superior efficacy of
the yellow ray in decomposing car
bonic acid has been shown by Prof.
j. w. Draper, Vogel, Pfeiffer, Selim
and Placentim. General Pleasonton's
assumption that violet rays have a
magnetizing power on steel is also
traversed. The conclusion of the
critic is this: The violet glass acts
purely as a sliale for decreasing the
intensity Of solar light, and in this
simple fact lies the sole virtue (if any
there beg of the glass;
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-03-01
HOT WATER FOL; INJURIES AND
BRUISES.

HOT WATER FOR INJURIES AND
CRUISES.
The New York Medical Journal re-
ports this case: The patient WAS en-
gagged in a machine shop, and while
his hand was upon the anvil Of a trip
hammer, the hsrnmer-weighing 100
p0unds-fell. II so happened that 4
file was on the anvil, and in this way
the force OF The hammer was arrested
shout hall All inclI before it reached
ia. bed. When the hand was examin-
ell il was found that the whole palm
was "a mass OF pulp The metacarpel
bones were cOmminuied extensively,
aud there was apparently but small
chance of saving the hand. II was,
however, placed in hot water, and
kept there for two or three weeks and
then taken out and dressed.
In three months the patient was
sufficiently well to leave the hospital,
anu now-nine months after the acci-
dent-he is able to move the fingers,
and has quite a useful hand. Bruises
and injuries do much better when
treated with hot than cold water. The
temperature should be about 1O3 de-
grees F. Another case is reported of
compound fracture and dislOcation OF
the ankle joint, in which the proximal
end of the first metatarsal bone pro-
truded from the foot. The disloca-
tion was reduced and the foot placed
in hot water. AT the end of a week
it was taken out and dressed in the
ordinary manner. The foot is now
doing well and promises a good re-
suit.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-03-01
MIR. SMITHS BOY.

A family named Smith has recently
boy, on Saturday leaned over the
fence and gave to our reporter his im-
preston of Mr.. Smiths boy. lad
about years old:
Yes, me and him are right we'll ac-
quainted now ; he knows more'n do
and he 3 had more experience, Bill,
says his father used TO be robber
(Smith by the way, is a deacon i'm the
Presby terian Church, and a very ex-
cellent lawyer,) and that he has SlO,-
100000 in gold buried in his cellar
along with whole lot of hnman bones,
people he's killed. And he SAYS his
father is a conJuror, and that he make es
all the earthquakes that happen any
where in the world. The old man
comes home at night, after there's been
an earthquake all covered with sweat,
and so tired he can hardly stand: Bill
says it's sucl hard work.
'And Bill told me that once when Il
man came around there trying 10 sell
lightning rods his father got mad and
ct him, 1T him right up, and- he takes
bites out of every body he comes acrost
That's what Bill tells me. That $
all know about it. And he to!e me
that once he used to have dog ,One oi
those little kind of dogs, and he was
flying his ki,f, and just for fun he tied
the kite string onto the dogs tail,
And then the wind struck her and his
dog went boomin' down the street,
/ with his hind legs in the air for about
a mile, when the kite all of Il sudden
began TO go up, and in about minute
the dog was fifteen miles high, and
commanding a view OF California and
Egypt, and Oshkosh, think Bill said.
lie came down anyhow, know in
Brazil, and Bill said he swum home
all the way i'm the Atlantic Ocean, and
when he landed his legs was all nib
bled off by sharks.
L wish father'd buy me dog, sos
/ could send him up that way. But l
never have no luck. Bill said that
where they used to live he went out
on the roof one day to fly his kite, and
he sat on the top of chimbly to give
her plenty of room, aud while he was
sitting there thinking about nothing
the old man put a keg of powder
down below in the fireplace to clean
the SCOT out of the chimbly. And
when he touched her off Bill was
blown over agin the Baptist Church
steeple, and he landed on the weather
cock, with his pants torn, and they
couldn't get him down Tor three days,
so he hung there, going round and
round with the wind, and he lived by
eating the crows that came and sat on
him, because they thought he was
made of sheet iron and put up there
OH purpose.
lie had more fun than enough. lie
was telling me the other day about a
sausage stuffer his brother invented.
1t was kinder machine that worked
with u trcadle, aud Bill said the way
they did in the fall was to fix it on the
hogs back and connect the treadIe
with the string, and the hog'd work
the treadle and keep it running up
and down until the machine cut the
hog up fine and showed the meat into
the skius.-Bill said his brother called I
it Every log His Own Suffer- and |
it worked splendid. But don't know.
Peers 10 mes il there couldn't be no
machine like that. But, anyway, Bill |
said SO.
And he told me about an uncle of
his out in Anstralia who was ct by 3 II
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-03-01
sHE DIDN'T STAND UP

At one of the d .troit churches
where revival is in progress the cler-
gyman asked those who wanted to be
prayed for to stand up. Quite a num-
ber rose to their feet, and after services
were closed one lady was heard ask
ing another at the door:
'Why didn't you stand up?'
'Oh, didn't want to- was the re-
ply.
why, you are a very foolish woman.
| wouldn't have missed the opportu-
nifty for anything
Opportunity for what 2
why, for standing up there and
showing off your seal skin sacque
There wasn't another in the whole
church Free Press.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-03-01
THOUSANDS OF TEXAS CATTLE
STARVING TO DE ATH.

STARVING TO DE ATH.
Owing To the drought which pre-
Vailed for so long in the fall, prevent
ing the iattening of cattle and the
growth of grass, and reducing their
power of bearing the inclemencies OF
the winter, many thousand cattle are
dying daily from starvation and 9TH
er causes. The loss to the county and
to the owners Of stock will be very
great Corpus Christi Times.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-03-01
.CASTOR[A.

1t is great mistake to suppose that Castoria
is not adapted 10 grown persons as well as Chill
dren. They only need 10 increase the quantity
But children have 20 many complaints for
which CaStoria j. adapte'l-like Wind Collie
Sour stomach. Worms. Tetter. fecthing and
Group. that it is especially recommended for
them.
Its effects are more certain than Castor Oil.
contains no alcohol and is us plcaSan to take
as honey. 1t never gripes. BY regulating the
stomach and bowels the CaStoria cools the
blood, eNpels worms and prevents teverish ness.
guiets the nerves and produces health-then OF
course. children can sleep in quiet nd mothers
can rest.
Castoria is recommended by all physician s
and nurses VINO have tried it, and it is havin. II
| rapidly increasing sale II is prepared with
great care after the recipe of DIR. Samucl Pitcht L
OF Mass, at the Laboratory vfJ b. Rose ~ Co /,
| 46 Dey Street New York.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-03-01

BIuE.GLAss having cured rheuma-
tism, many sufferers wonder whether
1t might Lot have softening effe,
upon the joints Of boarding house
Iosst turkey.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-03-01
CEN TAUR
LINIMENT rs.

The lame can be hcald and the wounded ma d
whole We now know just what the Ccntau
i.iniments will do They will not mend broken
bones or cure Cancer, but they will extract
soreness. alay pain, cure Rheumatism and Il
larger range of flesh. bone and muscle ailments
than any article ever before discovered.
Scientific skill cannot go beyond the effects of
these remarkable preparations. Chronic
Rheumatism of many years atanding, Neu-
ralgia, Wcak-BacA.. Fever Sores, weeping
Sinews, Sciatica, Cake,i Breasts, Distorted
joints AMI Spraincd Limbs OF the worst KIND
cured by the W hite Centaur Liniment
1t will destroy the pain AMI heal " Nithout a
scar al ordinary Burns and Scaids. twill cN-
tract the poison OF Bitcs and StinSs, and The
frost from Frozen Limbs. IL is very enicacious
Tor Ear ache, Tooth ache, Itch and Cutaneous
EruptiOns.
Mr.. Josiah Wcstaka, OF Marysville. writes
For wears my Rheumatism has been so bad
that have been unable to stir from the house.
The first three bottles OF Centaur Liniment ena-
bicd me TO walk without my cruiches. am
mcnding rapidly. / think Your LiDiincnt SIM
ply a marvel
G. IL. kcnnett. Druggist Rock Prairie, Mo.
writes
.Ccntaur Iiniment sells better and gives the
best satisfaction of anything in the market
What the Centaur Lininicnt has done for 9TH
il will do for you. 1t il handy, 1t is reliable,
an' it IS cheap.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-03-01


Arc the most
effective and
congenial pur-
GatiVe ever dis
covered. They
are mild, but
c n'c ctual in
I II IL op cra-
t ion, moving
he bow :
surely an IL
without pain
Although geil-
tie in their op-
Grafton, they
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-03-01
The Yellow Centaur Liniment

is worth its weixht in gold to owners of horses
ami mules.
1hi, Liniment has erred more SpraineJ,
Swc,nr,t. Ring -boneh. nnd Called Horses in
than have all the Farrier> in tie: country in ah
age IT. effects simply wonderful.
We have thousands ui,om thon>'in''s of certifi-
Gates a. strong ~ the following:
MY horse was lame ior u year with a fctl"ck
wrench All remedies failed Ia care aud con
Si.i-re,i him worthless until commenced 10 use
Crutaur iiuimcnt. which rapidly cured him.
heartily rrcoinmt nj II.
Rk.N GEO. w. FERRIS.
''Nanrrvilie. Schnharie Co. y. -
"DEAH SIRS-I have used your Centaar Lini-
,n-nts in NV family. aud hud il Ia lie oi grea!
value I';,..-,. send me two dollars worth. one
for the i,.,i-- and horses RILEY SiGkLES.
FALLS STATION, WYOMING, 90. pa
It maxi vrIv little Inference what the ease
is whetn-r il b.. Wrench. Si,rain. Poll Evil.
Rin.hone, scratches or lameneS> of any Kind
the effects are the same LiverS men. Stage pro-
prietorS. Farmers Ne. should never he without
the elbow Centaur LinimcHt IL is sod every
where and warranted in it, effects
I.abratOry of J. b. Rose & Co.,
II DEY ST.. NEW YORK.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-03-01
Ayers Cathartic Pills.

For all the purposes Of Family Physic
and for curing COstiveness. Jaundice,
Indigestion, Foul Stomach, Breath,
Headache, Erysipeias, Kheuma-
tism. Eruptions and Skin Diseases,
Bllousness, DrOpsy, Tunors,
Worms, Neuralgia; as Din
ner Pill, for purifying the Blood
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-03-01

are still the most thorough and search
ing cathartic medicine that can be
employed: cleansing the stomach and
bowels, and even the blood. III small
doses of one pill Il day, they stimulate
the digestive organs and promote Wig
orous health.
AYERS PILLS have been known for
more than Il quarter of Il century. and
have obtained L worldwide reputation
for their virtues. They correct dis
cased action i'll the several asSimila-
tive organs of the body. and are SO
composed that distractions within
their range can rarely withstand or
evade them. Not only do they cure
the everyday complaints of every
body. but also Formidable and danger
olis diseases that have baiiled the best
of human skill. While they produce
powerful effects. they are, ut the same
time, the safest and best physic for
children. BY their aperient action
they grippe much less than the common
purgativcS, and never give pain when
the bowels are not inllamcd. They
reach the vital fountains of the blood,
and strengthen the system by freeing
it from the elements Of weakness.
Adapted to all ages and conditions
in all climates, containing neither
calomei nor any dclctcrious drug,
these Pills may be taken with safety
by anybody. Their Sugar-coatin" pre-
serves them ever fresh and makes
them pleasant to take; While being
purely vegetable, no harm can arise
from their use iii any quantity.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-03-01
Draft-Horse
SIR WALLACE.

After \ large amount of time and expense
have succeeded in getting in my possession a
horse of rare com bination, having very fair ac-
tion; style equal to any small horse; color,
bright bay with black points; tail heavy and
sweeping the ground beautiful head. fine,
forehead broad, eye large and expressive; lofty
crest, from which falls of silky black
name; shoulders hi :cly rounded; body clean
nat, powerfully musclcd legs: mlltlness of tenn
per. by examining "A of his get satisfied my
sclfOf the unsrring certainty with which hc
transmits these qualities 10 his po>terity has
vor which none can dispOsscss him of
SIR WALLACE Was foalcd June 26h. 1871,
stands 161s hands hish. will weigh 1850 lbs
over; WAS sired by Imported English Draft
Horse. Further Pedigl ee with horse.
These desiring to raise h ,rse to keep. or
which will command high price in the mar
ket, are cordially invited TO visit my place, two
miles East OF kavcnna Village. where Sir Wal
lace aud the Lexington Colt ANDIE, will be
kept through tina season Of 1876.
j. l.. CHEISIY.
kAveunss April IL, lS16. SS9-u.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-03-01

Ton PR NTI ga or ALL Kinds
~ Fro ui'ty and Neatly EA .uta 1 ID tht, N
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-03-01
B1acksuaithiug

u boost NGER continues the In ness
Ds of Blaek>mithing in all lis branch,- -
tne Old stand, ON the alley east Of Court Hone.
fark. Special attention paid to Horse -shoeiuas-
RavenBa. Oct 2s 1876. 426- tt
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1877-07-05
FACTS.

An African coin called ackie is FIVE
shillings.
In Russia in 1884 the silver ruble was
calculated to be worth 800 copecks.
The Vatican, the Pope's magnificent
palace in Rome, is said to consist of 1000
rooms.
The original inhabitants of the Euro
pean nations were the Celts, Goths and
SclavonIans.
The largest battering.rams Of the an
clients were equal in force to 36.pound
shot from cannon.
The first clock with balance was made
by De Wick in 1854, and the first pendu-
lum clock in 164l.
The most effective machines for saving
and superseding human labor now in use
are of American invention.
Chronometers, for nautical and astro-
nomical purposes, are now made with
such precision that they do not vary from
true time more than two or three seconds
in year.
A square foot of cast iron, one inch
thick weighs 38 pounds 1913 ounces; Of
malleable iron, SO pound l3l ounces; OF
copper, AZ pounds, and of lead SO pounds,
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1877-07-05
SITTING AROUND.

They were sitting around upon barrels and chairs
Discussing their own and their neighbors' affairs,
Ard the look of content that is seen on each face
Seems 10 say l have found my appropriate place,
Sitting around,
In barrooms and groceries calmly they sit,
And serenely chew borrowed tobacco and spit
While the stories they tell and the Jokes that they
crack
Show their hearts have grown hard and undouDt'
edly black
While sitting around.
The "sitter around" is man of no means,
And his face wouldn't pass for a quart Of white
beans,
Yet he somehow or other contrives to exist,
And is frequently seen with drink in his fist,
While sitting around.
The loungers they toll not nor yet do they spin,
Unless 1t is yarns while enjoying their GIN
They are people of leisure, yet often, tbs true,
They allude to the work they're intending to DO
While sitting around
They've habit of talking of other mems wives
As they white up sticks with their horn'han
died knives,
They're scaly old set and wherever you CO.
You'll find them in groups or strung out IN a row
Sitting around.