The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-03-08
MANTUA STATION.

MANTUA STATION.
Corr~spon lance
We have been shown lately letter
from Jas. NJ Crafts, of Whately, Mass.
"A relative of DR.. A. S. Crafts of this
place with reference 10 a genealogic-
al record of the family now in process
Of preparation, and eventually to be
published. 1t is the intention to give
short sketches, and portraits of the
representative men, which includes a
generous proportion of doctors, law
yers, ministers, teachers etc, and at
least one gOvernor-Saml. T.. Crafts,
of VI. 1t is an undertaking of no lit
tie magnitude considering the state
ment OF the writer that they are scat
tered from Maine to California. Not
withstanding the difficulties encoun-
tered, he says: sWe have full $50
families nearly or quite comIl.te Of
the first seven generations, and have
the MAJ erial, including later genera
tlons of making the number almost
25O. By request Drs. A. S. and Jno.
Nj. Crafts have furnished each short
sketch, accompanied with excellent
likenesses, to be used in making up
the record.
Mr.. e. L. Van Allen has very much
improved the appearance of the front
of his place of business, by divesting
. 4, lor Of he Sf.ocfinn'
aud supplying the place with stand
of choice plants, confectionery, fruits,
lace curtains, etc. Clark is young
man of good degree Of taste in fix
ing up thugs, aud means to have it
understood that he is not ashamed to
have Outsiders see what is transpir-
ing while he is fixing up insiders.
Among our callers last week was
Will. Hutchinson, of Hiram, who has
quite recently been doing Philadel-
phia. He reports his sister, Mrs.
Frank Dilley, as being quite we'll
Mr.. and Mrs. Dilley anticipate return
ing to Ohio at al early day.
Mr.. ID. NJ. King has been in Cleve
land for the greater part of the winter,
getting out finished patterns from
which to make castings of his really
successful potato digger. Mr.. King
has been laboring for some eight
years, and has expended several thou
sand dollars in perfecting his labor
saving machine, and now that success
has crowned his efforts, has fairly
the right to appear before the
public, though being an extremely
modest man where his own merits are
it is with extreme difficult
ty that he can be persuaded to do so
At the risk of giving o Ience we shall
make such statement with regard to
the matter IS we believe to be true,
with the hope that the product of his
genius aud mechanical skill may not
only be productive of satisfactory Pc
cuniary results, but also benefit the
hard working tiller of tue soil. That
the machine is all that is claimed for
j., Mr.. King has statements from
practical farmers who have used it
under varying conditions. Such men
as VIM. w. Stevens and Clark Norton,
of Hiram A. N. Farr, +. p. Bard and
Chas. Baker, of Mantua ;.IamesO Brien,
of Freedom A. S. Beecher, of Shall
ersville, and scores of others, not only
in the towns mentioned above but ad-
ja:ent ones, give the machine their
approval. In an issue of the Ohio
Farmer. for Nov. 25th, lS76,is detail
ed description of the machine, and we
that arrangements have
been made with Cleveland parties to
sufficient number 10
meet the growing demand.
DR.. J. M. Crafts has returned lr, m
whittier he has been for a
fow days past attending the COM
of the Medical department
of the University of Wooster, of which
he is one of the csnsors. Some hard
work and general good time report
ed.
For the reign Of the man who loos-
eneth not his hold upon one teat, un-
til he graspeth another, we shall ever
b,a MoURNER.
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