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The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1880-12-30
CAMP MEpERIA. Nm.
lice IL 1850

Dec. IL, lSSU.
To the Editor Of the ESTKRPEIsE.
Since my last communication l have
been back TO the Bend lin Kansas) and
recruited 65 men for this camp. l lcfG
the Bend Nov. 22nd. just after going
over the Rattoon mountains our train
got ditched, no one killed but many.
bruised, your correspondent not except
ed. After lying there IL hou.s we were
relieved aud passed on to our destina-
ton. On Nov. 24th led the men on
foot 20 miles over the Sander noun
tains. bit of experience long to be re-
membered. This is a wild barren rocky
country. The cannons are full of nice
pine, balsam aud cedar. The inhabi-
tants there are a mixture of the Pueblo
Indians and the M,xicans, and are
called Greasers, an ignorant shiftless
set. They all carry Il large butcher
knife in their belt which they throw
with great precision. There are about
100 Greasers working for this company;
your humble correspondent is foreman
over a large squad of them which he
finds no difficulty in managing. Com
mon laborers get $50 per month and
board. 1t will take two years to COM
plete their enterprise here. Several
cases of mountain fever here, only two
proved fatal. Our superintendent is
kind and humane. Ii. III. l..
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of these elegant quarters was 1850 lbs.
dressed, 1 ,l6O lbs. The fore quarters are as
large as respectable sized barn doors. Said
beef was purchased from 8. K. Laundon.
Then the display Of pork was very fine. One
roaster, Weighing SIS lbs, dressed, was so
neatly decorated with ribbons that he would
not have known his former self had he
stepped in. But what shall be said for the
turkeys and chickens-enough to supply the
township; and then the new steam sausage
chopper is . complete success-at least 20
says WILL" and he knows; and then-but
Why cay more? Go and see how It Is youi-
self, and be happy.
A late letter from Mr.. Kunz says: az am
stopping at Los Angeles, about 4S0 miles
from San Francisco. The country round
about Is devoted to the raising Of grain,
grapes, oranges, lemons, lines, and all kinds
Of nuts. Strawberries were expected to be
ripe at Christmas time. Rain fell from the
S0th of November to the 4th Of December
i've days and nights-supplying the much
needed moisture to prepare the ground for
the next crop. Los Angels is twenty-five
miles from Tillismstop, . port from which
large quantities Of grain are shipped to Lon
don. About three ships = day are loaded.
Oranges will be ripe about January 10Th.
The Morey letter hurt Garfield some, but In
the city 1t hurt the Democratic party more,
many Of the Democrats declaring that II 1t
proved te be forgery they would never vote
that ticket again. Los Angeles generally
gives q Democratic majority OF about $50,
but they were this time beaten by 124 ma
jority. The weather since the rain is like the
last OF August in Ohio. My health is i'm
proving" We have received many Califor-
mia papers from Mr.. Kunz, which show that
in the art Of newspaper making they arc not
much behind their brethren OF the Eastern
Sfafaa
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The Seventh Eplstle of Timothy.
The burthen of business constraineth

The burthen of business constraineth
me to write my seventh epistle to my
brother grocerymen concerning dead
beats, for would not have them as thou
that besteth against the air or that run
meth a grocery in vain. For is it not
written. " He that rurneth not his busi-
ness judiciously shall surely run it into
the ground - which, being interpreted,
signifies that he shall surely bust. Never
theless l would keep YOU in remembrance
that il becometh US to deal Justly and
walk humbly before God always, realiz-
ing that we are but earthen vessels, and
that an honest man is one of the many
noble works of nature that cannot he
seen for nothing, and that regrets are the
natural Inheritance of gray hairs. i
would not have you forget tnat there are
times of great heaviness of mind, when,
after having sold On credit and gotten TO
yourself. much script, the Clevelander
saith unto thee, PAY that thou owest,"
and you gaze upon your unpaid accounts,
being in torment, not having the where
with 10 discharge those bills. / would
also keep you in remembrance how, at
divers times, you have bought butter
from honest, frugal housewives, and sold
it out agaip for two pence commission,
and afterward your customers have
brought it back and addressed you in
the scriptural language that was spoken
at the grave of Lazarus, Behold it
stinketh already" Nor would l have
you forget how, when you looked over
the list of dead beats at the end of the
year and found the profits gone like
chaff before the wind, and the remem-
brance of them was as stencil in your
nostrils-yea, even "as a root out of dry
ground, void of comliness" or credit.
He that hath ears to hear let him hear
what the Hornet says concerning dead
beats, and whosoever will, let him come
to the Hornets Nest and buy groceries /;
yea, let him buy eggs and honey, etcetera
but not without money and without
price, but without credit, having the
ready cash in your parses for sc have
not yet reached that state of worldly
prosperity when VIC shall be able to sub.
sist on empty air or the promises OF dead
beats but We shall endeavor TO come as
near to fulfilling the scriptural promise
with regard to spiritual gifts and graces
as the conditions of this physical exist.
ence will allow.
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respectfully represent, that whereas
said village is destitute of some of the
most essential things to extinguish fires
that may be destructive at any time, we
the reforeurgently request of said Coun-
Gil to purchase as soon as practicable,
fire engine and hose, buckets, and such
suitable apparatus as may be neces-
sary, and that the same shall not exceed
in cost the sum of one thousand dollars.
Oct. 27ta, AID. 1880.
VIM. Rininger, E. Benedict, j. w.
Houghton, j. II. Wight, j. Ii. Woolley,
S. b. Emerson, w +. Herrick, Smith
& Jordan, G. d. Foote, A. NJ. Fitch. III.
Wadsworth, II. B. IIamlin, r. F. Jones,
j. NJ. Otterbacher, f. f. Webster, S. K.
Laundon, S. Windecker, j. Rust, o. Al.
Stroup, VIM. Vischer, E. Il. Robinson,
w. w. Harvey, ID. l.. Wadsworth, Ben
net Bros & Co., 1. l.. Comstock, X. j..
Robinson.
Action was taken ut once to secure
said petition.
Although a majority OF the members
of the council did not personally favor
the movement, yet the petitioners being
fair representation of the citizens aud
tax payers. it was decided to lay aside
all personal preferences and conform to
their wishes. If a mistake has been
made the blame must be with the
petitioners. As to the purchase which
has been made and which some persons
think is not judicious one, we have to
say that a trial of the engine will be
had on next Saturday or the first favor
able dly thereafter. If it works rs we
expect IL is well worth the price paid
for it and much more, if not the council
are willing to assume the responsibility.
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CHRISTMAS GIFTS !

A new lot of silk mufflers,
silk handkerchiefs, and the
largest assortment of gentle.
mems neck wear ever brought
to town, and suitable for holi-
day gifts, just opened at
Harvey's.
A pair of gloves of any kind
you wish, or a nice scarf or fine
suspenders, collars, cuffs, ETC.,
can be had of Harvey.
Harvey has bought a new
lot of overcoats at lower prices
than have been bought this
season, which will be sold &C.
cordingly. And don't forget,
an all-wool suit can be bought
for $1,000.
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To Whom 1T May Concern.

To the Editor Of the EsrERPRIsE.
referring to the fire engine matters,
the council have been more or less CEN
sured for their action In purchasing the
engine and fixtures. The facts are as
follows: Early in August the engine
matter was discussed in Council, COM
mittee appointed to confer with the
citizens aud report. The general feel
ing at this time was against the pur-
chase Tire matter was dropped at this
time. September 20lh, committee of
fou- was appointed to see the business
men and inquire rs 10 the .dvisab,lity
of buying the engine and fixtures. Tuis
committee reported October 4Gh, that a
majority of cit zens were adverse TO puI-
chase "u.i supply OF water could be
secured. The council then took action
securing additional water supply.
November 17,h the following petition
was presented, drawn and circulated
by parties outside of the Council.
To the Honorable Council of the Incorporated Village
of welipston:
We. the undersigned citizens and
property holders in said village would
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Pc B SON AIS.

DR.. and Mrs. L. P. Holbrook spent Christ.
mas and Sabbath in Wellington.
Mr.. SIlss Miller has been West, called
there by the death OF his son, Tordyce.
Dea. W. F. Chapman. Of Huntington, died
spuday evening, after somewhat protracted
illness.
Henry Mills has gone to Maysville, where
his two brothers are at work for Frank
Wadsworth.
Lewis Benefits family-father mother
brothers and sisters were entertained at the
Bennette House, Saturday.
Miss Sophia wadsworth 10 confined to the
house ana bed. suffering from an injury to
the knee resulting from fall.
Mr.. Samuel shattuc, Of Kirton died Dec
22nd, at the residence OF Mr.. Taylor, in
wakeman. near whose house he received his
injuries.
Mrs. Carrie johnson and children, Of Ark
ansas City, Kansas, are visiting her sister
Mrs. P. Nichols, and her brother, 8. A. Will
Jams Of this village.
y SOEt. I1OfI ouo AiOih VI SohhSsA
College Burt Carter, F. etevick. Z. stroup,
and Miss Nattella RinDger, Of Delaware !;
Frank vanCleef, E. Benedict, Ida stroup,
and Alma sprague, from Oberlin College,
are all home for the holidays.
]. H Knisley, wife and son, Of Mansfield,
spent Christmas in Wellington, guests of
Mr. and Mrs. VIII Crosier. Mr.. Kiusley is
- t. - .ot. 80 hfrfa
and has justly become celebrated for the ex-
cellent ft and quality Of his goods.
B. II. Colver, of Denver, made us q very
pleasant call this week. He is home on a
visit, and will stay till about the first Of Feb
ruary. His account of the people, country
and scenery is very entertaining, and gives
one desire to see the great West at the
earliest opportunity.
Mr.. Geo. o. Cromwell, successor to E. 8.
Everett IN the firm of H. G. Starr & Co, was
married to Miss Helen NJ. sheeler, of Canal
Dover. Dec. 22nd. Mr.. ard Mrs. Cromwell
have taken rooms at the American House,
and will hereafter, make their home in Well
ington. We extend our best wishes and q
cordial welcome.
Mr.. Ogden, whose genial face and court
eous bearing has for q score Of years been
associated with being served ut the grocery
department OF Baldwin, Laundon, & Co.'S
Store, was made the recipient of q very hand
some Christmas gift by The members of
that firm. An ebony gold headed cane,
bearing the Inscription "James Ogden, from
Baldwin, Laundon, & Co., in commemo.
ration of twenty years faithful service" He
is spending the winter at Knoxville, Tenn,
and the cane was sent in time to reach him
as q Christmas Gift.
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80 Uso


Trying to run grocsry store with
wind. Steam, varacity and honest
merchandise walk over everything else.
All that good Coffee you hear 50 much
about Is roasted in our Steam Rooster,
and the pure ground Spices are ground
in our Spice grinder.
Every body knows that Maltby's IT..
& NJ. Oysters are the first choice every
time. We are his Agents here and
ship direct from Baltimore.
We have n larger and more complete
stock of Holiday Goods than ever be-
fore. Nobody should think OF buying
Christmas presents before seeing the at
ttactioBs ia our show cases, on our
tables, hanging On the ceiling and lying
on the shelye..
Do Won want nnbby China, jap
anese or Iroi, 5 one Tea or Toilet Sea !?
Bnwlby & Halls is the place To buy il.
Do yon want fance Vases, fancy Cups
aud Sarcers, Mugs, L amps, everything
in fine Glassware aud too MANY other
thing to mention, go TO the Cuiiee and
Spice Mills, and reliable Crockry store
kept by
loft. BowLBY 6 HALL.
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A painful rumor reached here yesterday
that Miss Hittell, SO well known In Medina
As . music teacher, was dead. It was said
she died few days since at the home of her
parents in Midland City, Mich. The report,
however, lacks confirmation, and probably
grew out Of the fact that she is at home very
sick.-Medina Gazette.
Mrs. Fred strohmeyer, of EIyria, COM
mitted suicide by shooting herself with a
revolver Dec. 27th, at 1920 p. n. She had
retired, and shot herself in bed. Deceased
has been an invalid for considerable time,
suffering from consumption, which must
have soon ended her life. Alteration Of
mind as q result Of the disease Is supposed
to be the cause Of the rash act. She leaves
a husband and one little child to mourn her
fnsa-
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"PAP s. Srow, PHILADELPHIA" ;"
MDCCLIII.

The old frame on which the old bell
hung when it pealed forth its notes of
liberty when the Declaration of Inde-
pendence was signed stands in the
room ct the right as we enter and looks
ancient enough. It is made of oak
timber which has evidently been used
for some other purpose, as there are
gains and mortices that are of no use in
its present form. We notice the iron
rods, bolts, nuts and nails used about
it are all rather rudely made by some
blacksmith whom we know laid down
his hammer more than hundred years
ago. In this room we see relics of the
Revolutionary war and of those times.
Pieces of the old ships that took part in
that great struggle. Glass cases filled
with letters and other papers written
by Washington, Patrick Henry, Benz.
Franklin and hundreds of others of the
old heroes Swords used by Washing
ton, Lafayette and many others. Muskets
used In many a we'll fought battle
where their owners fell in the cause of
Liberty. Drums that cheered them on
and drowned the groans of the wound-
ed and dying. instruments used by
DR.. Franklin to bring the lightning
from the clouds and for other scientific
purposes. Clothing worn by these old
Continentals. Leaden bullets and iron
cannon balls that perhaps have done
their work of death and caused some of
these Liberty loving people to bite the
dust. A study of all these relics would
have take more time than could COM
mani, and more space to tell it than the
ENTERPRISE could spare. Near the
front door on broad flaged plaza stands
q beautiful bronze statute of Gen. Wash
ington. Leaving this historical spot we
go to look mp the pre- historic or ante
historic building called Carpenters
Hall. This contains many relics, and
like the other is kept only as historical
museum. Finding 1t alone we were
not able to gather any facts concerning
it, except from large framed charter
that indicated that It was owne, and
| managed by an association of carpen-
ters. and was used for meetings in the
interest Of Liberty while laying the
foundation of a col btinental Congress
and American freedom. Leaving here
we seek the place where rests the re-
mains of Benjamin Franklin. We
found it in a central part of the city in
a small cemetery surrounded by high
brick wall and cannot be seen except
through the iron gates and an opening
in the wall opposite the graves of the
Franklin family. Here within few
feet Of the street line lie Be NJ. Frank
lin and Deborah, his wife, with nothin g
to mark the spot except two large slabs
lying fiat on the ground. Tho snow
and ice hung SO thick upon them L
could rot descipher the inscriptions.
At the head near the centre stands an
old headstone badly worn by time, on
which is the following:
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The Greatest Remedy known.

DR.. Kings New Discovery for Con-
sumption is certainly the greatest med
ical remedy ever placed within the
reach of suffering humanity. Thous-
ands of once hopeless suffe era, now
loudly proclaim their praise for this
wonderful discovery to which they owe
their lives. Not only does it positively
c'Ire consump ion, but coughs, colds,
asthma, bronchitis, hay fever hoarse-
ness and all affections of the throat,
chest ana lungs yield ut once to its won-
derful curative powers as if by magic.
We 10 not ask you to buy large bottle
until you know what you are getting.
We therefore earnestly request you to
call on your druggist and get trial
bottle for ten cents which will convince
the most skeptical of its wonderful
merits, and show yuu what n regular
one dollar size bottle will do. For>ale
by all druggists. 9-1y(C)
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LATEST NEWS NOTES.

The electoral votes of all the States have
now been received by Vice Pres. Wheeler.
The widow of Nicholas Patterson, Of Gin
cinnati, has given land worth $4,000 to the
Children's Home Of that city.
Rev. D. williamson and wife Of Norwalk,
were presented hi ndsome bedroom set by
their church people on Christmas eve.
Rev Dr. E. n. Chaplin Of New York. died
Sunday night after n slow decline without
having at any time been confined to his bed.
His last sermon was preached in March.
LIE Due, Commissioner Ct agriculture, has
located a farm twenty miles from Charles
ton, s. c., for the growing Of tea, or ex-
periments with that plant In this country.
The case Of the colored cadet viii be final
ly settled in a few days. It is expected that
he viii be allowed to have another chance
at west Point by being turned back into the
class below.
Orrie Hemenway started for Bay City,
Mich, yesterday, with fourteen borses. The
horses, sent out by Mr.. C. v. Hemenway, Of
Wellington, were shipped By rail- from
Decentralization record.
Col Mcdonald, who when q prisoner in
Libby, in 1854, superintended the digging OF
q tunnel by which over a hundred of the in
mates escaped, died In Colorado. and was
buried in Bucyrus, Dec. Goth.
Mr.. A. NJ. Willard has about completed
what promif es to be his greatest picture
"News from the Front"-it is a subject we'll
calculated to bring out Mr.. Willard's chara-
cteristic excellence ard will add to his al
ready enviable reputation as an artist.
The Tuscarawas vslley Rsilway Co. are
getting SO freight cars built by the Cleve
land Bri dge and Car Company. The freight
business Of that line is rspi61y on the in
crease. The Lake Shore line is SO crowded
with business that shipments from Elyria
East are made via the T. V. Road.
Hon. Geo. ". Geddes, Of Mansfield, Rep.
In Congress from the 14th district, was mar
ried Tuesday afternoon at o'clock to Mrs.
Amelia B. Gass, widow Of Col. Gass. They
were both married at the same time and
place in 1s4s, and after 81 years the cere-
mony is repeated, an unusual coincidence.
Mrs. H. P. Camp died at her home in
bonneville, Dec. nth, aged So years. While
spending IN evening with neighbor che
was taken with q severe pain in her head
from which she never rallied. After leaving
her friend's house she walked home, only
short distance, rcmarkt d to her little daush-
ter that sic was going to die, snd only spoke
a few words after reachi z home, and died
the next morning. Her funeral was very
largely at ended, and the ser, ices were con-
ductsd by Rev. Richard, Of West Salem.-Me-
dina Gazette.
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To the Editor Of the ESrnRPnIsE.
This is famous city, famous In the
annals of history as the seat of the first
Continental Congress. There Is the old
State House containing the old Ind epen-
dence Hall. These rooms are kept as
near the original manner and style as
possible. They have the same ceiling,
the same wainscoting. the same sash
and probably most of the same glass,
the same desk, tables and chairs used by
the signers of the Declaration of Inde-
pendence, and on the walls hang the
pictures Of them all. The floor alone
is all that has been renewed. The
tramp of generations has made this
necessary. In the Hall or Stairway
which Is In the rear part Of the build
ing hangs the old liberty bell suspend
ed by thirteen links, and as we pass up
the stairs we have a good view of the
inscription and the noted crack. In ad-
dition to the "Proclaim Liberty" &C.,
can be seen the name of the founders
that do not recollect of having ever
seen published viz:
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o, What A Cough.

VIII you heed the warning. The
signal perhaps of the sure approach of
that more terrible disease Consump-
ton. Ask yourselves il you can afford
for the sake of saving so cts, to run the
risk ami do nothing for it. We know
from experience that Shiloh's Cure will
cure your Cough. Itnever fails. This
explains why more than a million bot
ties were sold the past year. 1t relieves
Mothers do not be without it. For
lame Back, Side, or Chest, use
Shiloh's Porous Plaster. Sold by II.
G.. Starr & Co. eow-1y(o)
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FRANCIS F."
Son Of Benjaaains & DEBORAH Franklin.
Deceased Nov. 81. 1876. aged four years and
one month.
ssruy nvf rGur OF THE HOrsE-
'.THK pxLIeHr OF THE HOUSE"

Why great city or great nation
acknowledging DR.. Franklin as lead
ing spirit in the establishing of the
grandest government tn" sun ever shone
upon, should suffer his remains to lie in
comparative obscurity, without even
decent monument is a mystery to me
unexplained. J. b. LANG.