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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-06-03
FORCING THE SEASON.

You cannot bring the spring by set
ting your table with peas and straw
berries and lettuce out of time, any
more than you can make New York
Paris by putting all the women in
Worth costumes and Virot bonnets, or
make New York clerk an English
swell by merely dislocating his shoul-
ders, sticking out his elbows and DRESS
ing him like groom. Spring is in the
heart of things and in the constitution
of man, and it doesn't really come till
the heavens and the earth are of one
mind that they are ready for it. Then
it comes in reality, and we all know it
and canned vegetables and Southern
strawberries are recognized for the
shams they are.-[Clarence Cook in
Scribner.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-06-03
A BAsHFUL YOUNG MAN.

Not many miles from San Juan CAL,
not more then fifteen, resides young
man who is not over 25 years of age.
He has considerable of the requisite
the coin. Up to within very short
time he had led a very lonely life, but
thanks to the year 1880, which has
proved his salvation, a young lady has
proposed to him, and he is now enjoy.
ing her society as his wife. The
young man had every qualification for
a good businesss man, but notwith.
standing all this, was extremely BASH
full, and blushed clear to his ears every
time he caught sight of a young lady.
Moreover, he imagined he was fright
to behold, and no girl would conde-
scend to look with favor upon him.
In fact, it was his opinion that he was
destined to lead life of single bless
edness all the days he might wander
about on this terrestrial sphere. One
day, however, he stopped at the house
where resided lovely girl. She had
seen how shy he was on every occa-
sion aud became infatuated with the
peddler of apples and garden truck,
and was determined that he should be
broken, as leap-year had arrived,
which gave her every privilege in this
particular granted to the sterner sex.
The young lady, therefore, walked up to
him, as he stood by the we'll and, call
ing the young man by his given name,
asked him why he did not get marri-
ed. He replied with characteristic
non-esteem that he didn't think there
was anybody who would haye him.
Why" replied the young lady with
great fervency, Why, ] will have
you." The young man turned red and
stammered by turns, but finally he did
manage to tell her Gall right" Ar
rangements were made at once for the
marriage ceremony, and in less than
a week they were living together as
man and wife, happy as birds in
nest.
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and not a trace of regret was there in
that sparkling face of hers.

and not trace of regret was there in
that sparkling face of hers.
Harry was wofully cast down. His
clouded face seemed reproach to her.
He had not raised the money, and
could not, he said. The squire offer
ed him an extension of time he would
not have it.
1t is of no use," said be, land we
may as well be oyer with it at once.
The little place is not worth more
than the money you loaned me. 1
will make yon deed of it, and you
may write that the mortgage is salts
fed
He produced pen and ink, looking
all the time like man about to sign
his own death warrant. Then baby
was hustled unceremoniously back
into his cradle, and Margery unlock.
ed little drawer in her husbands
desk, producing a package, and plac-
ing it before the Squire, asked him to
count its contents. 1t was found to
cover the whole amount for which
her husband had given the mortgage.
1t was left me by my uncle Hetb,"
explained Margery. Lawyer Knowles
was in need of all his shrewdness to
the matter out, but 1 paid
him q round sum for his services"
Harry called himself q slow man,
and it did take him some time to get |
the better Of his amazement. He had |
barely succeeded in comprehending
the whole, as his wife turned from the
door from whence the squire had
made his exit. Then, for the first
time, the little woman broke down.
She threw herself into the strong arms
that we've ready to receive her.
"Oh. Harry! how could you-how
could you be jealous of me"
He answered not at all, but held her
Is in one of his own iron yises. Pres-
'ntly he fell to kissing her hair, fore
read, cheeks, lips; and looking up,
The saw what she had never seen be.
ore on the cheeks of her Vulcan were
wo round, big tears.
Harry did not go to the shop that
lay, and baby got sadly neglected.
1t was several years ago that this
vent occurred, and Harry's birds ,
lest is now called "The Dove Cot !"
y the observing neighbors. +.
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A LAND wIrnour. lAUeHrEn.

The Irish have been described by
novelists and travellers as light-heart-
ed and rolicking peonle-full of fun
and quick in repartee-a devil-me-care
race of folks. especially ready to dance
or to fight. I have not found them so.
| found them in the west of Ireland
sad and despondent people. careworn.
broken hearted and shrouded in gloom.
Never once in the hundreds of cabins
that [ entered-neyer once even-did
L see merry eye or hear the sound of
merry voice. Old men and boys, old
women and girls-young men and
maidens-all of them, without soli-
tary exception, were grave or haggard,
and every household looked as if the
plague Of the first-born had smitten it
that day. Rachel, weeping for her
children, would have passed unnoticed
among these rm-hearted peasants,
or, if she had been noticed, they would
only have said: 4" She is one of us. "si
A home without q child is cheerless
enough, but here is whole region
without a child's laugh in it. Cabins
full of fchiIdren-and no boistrous gleeI
No need to tell these youngsters to be
quiet. The famine has tanned their
restless spirits and they crowd around
the bit of peat fire without uttering a
word. Often they do not look q second
time at the stranger who comes into
their cabin. Can Americans conceive
of country whose only happy chill
dren are in a public institution? If
you can do SO, then you see the west of
Ireland in the winter of 1850. Now,
don't say God pity them - just pity
them yourself first. They need no
more prayers, but they do need more
meal.-[James Redpath in New York
Tribune. bfss $50 kl 80 i Il
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q. PRIZE CONUNDRUM.-Why IS dog
that was refused exhibition at the dog
show on, account of lameness, like
sheet of blotting-paper? Because
lamadog is a slow pup. aud q slope up
is an inclined plane, and an ink-lined
plane is a sheet of blotting-paper.-
[Scientific American. f...4.t..s5- ..--
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-06-03

WHO was Ezekiel" ?" asked q Sun.
day-schOol teacher of an Intelligent
looking little girl in one of our city
churches. The answer was " Ezekiel
was one Of the minor prophets, and the
son of Daniel Webster" This answer
was accepted without controversy.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-06-03

A CONTEMPORARY says Eve is as de-
serving of monument rs Adam, and
urges, "Give them a monument
apiece" But why not treat them as
this country has George Washington
give them piece of a monument
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-06-03

AN Iowa clergyman preached
against the sin of shaving on Sunday,
and next Sabbath the sexton refused
to split kindlings 10 start a fire, and
the congregation dispersed.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-06-03

"IT's high time Church and State
an old gentleman who heard somebody
talk about different denominations of
pOstage-stamps.
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NO BABY In TmE HOUSE.
No baby i'll the house, l know;

No baby in the house, I know;
'Tis far toe nice and clean.
No tops, by careless fingers strewn,
Upon the floor are seen.
NO finger-marks upon the panes,
No scratches on the chairs.
No wooden men set up in rows
Or marshaled of in pairs.
No little stockings to be darned,
All rag ged in the toes.
No pile of mending to be done,
Made up of baby's Clothes
No little troubles to be soothed.
No little hands to fold.
No tiny fingers to be washed.
No stories to be told.
No tender kisses to be given,
No nicknames "Loye" or Mouse"
No merry froHcs after tea.
No baby in the house.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-06-03

1T is believed that cats can be made
tender-hearted by playing soft, sad
music to them, but how much easier it
is to hire boy to chuck them off the
bridge.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-06-03

"a IT is possible that many men become
{" converted" for the sole purpose of
getting an opportunity to brag of their
deYiltries.
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Whitewashing.

DROF. POULrNEY would inform the peo
pie of Ravenna that he is on hand and
ready 70 do all jobs of Whitewashing that may
be intrusted to him, In neat and workmanlike
manner. All orders left at his residence, on
West Bowery g., near Diamond Glass Works,
or at the Grocery Store OF j. II. Furry, will
receive prompt attention. LllLf
Ravenna, March g. 1880. Goa l5Ia-I7 -
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jim sm1rH,s sUccEss.

a .
A laughable instance of the big sto-
ries they tell in the East about Colora.
do and its silver mines, we find in an
exchange, and it is too good to be lost.
1t says ss.s 4s)5
The other night the New York
sleeper was crowded, and T rode over
there from Washington in Wagner
car. soon found we had lot of pas
sengers highly seasoned with Colorado.
One of them led off with story of a
fellow whom he had furnished with
money to buy his meals with few
months ago and was now worth over 8
million He was followed by the man
whose brothers. son had bought mine
for SIS and sold it in month for $4OO,
600. Then came the story of a man
who was keeping bar in Leadville and
took the claim to an untried mine for
a drink and sold it for fortune. And
thus it went on, each narrator outdo-
ing his predecessor. At length ner-
vous little old man, with his head
carefully tied up in handkerchief,
who had listened with great patience
to the stories of our fellow passengers,
opened his eyes slowly and remarked:
}3" suppose none of you have heard
of the story of Jim Smith-have you p"
thought he was coming in on my
line, SO 1 said no, what is it?''
"Well," said he, "Jim was a brick
mason in Brooklyn, and it took him
four years to lay up barely $4,000. just
one month ago he took his money and
went to Colorado, and now, although
it is hardly thirty days, he amt worth
q id cent"
With this he closed his eyes and
smiled sweetly, and dropped off into
the sleep of the just-and we had
peace for the night.
A WESTERN minister put to flight
crowd of curbstone lOafers on a recent
Sunday by sending the deacons out
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-06-03

A WESTERN minister put to flight a
crowd of curbstOne lOafers on a recent
Sunday by sending the deacons out
with the contribution box. zst lssr >
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will And choice and complete stock at the old
stand. which will be sold at the old prices before
the late 50 bo0m.''- col ; rE.re
Come and see me. and will guarantee you
fair and gentlemanly treatment and good bar
gains. A T. BALDWIN.
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Chas. w. Trask.
DENTIST 7
a IA zEsfcs zzff q fsHzs -
Mantua Station. o.
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A. N. FARR,
NYOTART PUBLIC, Mantua. o.. Con
N veyancing, Collections and Pension Bnsi-
ness pronptly sttended to on the most reason :
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Business Cards

MISS L. e. JACKSON, u
ARILLINERY GOODS OF all kinds. Opera
Nl Block, Ravenna, o.
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Particular Notice!

TIME firm Of Ruggles & Baldw in having been
l. dissolved.itts absolutely necessary forthose
having unsettled accounts with the firm 10 call
anil settle the same without delay.
: Those in want Of anything in the line eff
Mexico weekly ledger., 1880-08-05

where lay the box on which / espec
tally depended as bait to hook the
thief. BY walking slowly 1 managed
to let the shades of evening close
around me before I was far beyond
the spot where. 1 had made up my
mind to watch and wait.
Eight! Nine! Were they never
coming? and was my trap laid and
bated in vain? Ten! Surely they
should have come by this time.
Still Was that a sound on the
road? Yes, and coming from the viii
lage, too. There were evidently sew
eral of them, and l began 10 regret
not having brought some help. Nearer
they came, laughing and talking, as
cautiously drew further back from
the road. And now they were oppo-
site the spot where the box wss dhid.
But what? They have gone by, and
in the hearty guftaw of the man fur
sthest away of the three, L recognize
Farmer Lobbins, an honest fellow.
whose acquaintance had made dur
ing my short stay. sssa asso3 .:s b.
After this sell, had almost given
up, and had actually made up my
mind to abandon the affair, when =
faint sound from down the road made
me crouch as low as possible. once
more. 1t was no hoax this time. A
short thin man, whom 1 easily recog-
nized as man. -of-all- work who had
been helping the gardner that day,
was creeping stealthy down the road,
close to the bushes. As soon as he
reached the spot where the box had
been thrown, he lit small lantern to
aid him In his search. This time j
felt sure, and so when the man blew
out the light, after securing the sup
posed treasure, the capture was made.
ooh! lHhy, yes, observed the
worthy Mr.. Muggridge, who was il
the office when brought in the pris.
oner that night, Il thought as much
I've had my eye on that fellow al
along.'' ....-.-. .. ~
| The man made confession-in
deed he was caught in the act, ,ant
could not deny it,. The jewels were
all recovered and the reward proved
very useful in helping me to MARI,
and settle down quietly, when, on,
month later, l received my promotion
Mexico weekly ledger., 1880-08-05
FROM LEADVILLE.
LEApyILLE, Col. July %, Il

LEApvrLLE, Col, July %, 1880.
EDITOR LEDGER: l will write few
lines to let you know that We "Au-
drain boys" are ''solid," and doing
we'll as could be expected. Leadville
has railroad at last, and eastern
men need not dread the stage line
any longer. The great U. S. Grant
visited the city of Leadville this week.
Shooting anvils and music welcomed
him. Coles circus exhibits here on
tile 31st of this month and the 1st of
next. Times have been rather dull
since the miners struck, but are i'm
proving slowly. The railroad has
knocked great many teams ont Of
employment, and also reduced the
price of feed and groceries. Some
new discoveries are being made by
prospectors, and one or two old mines
are failing. The nights are very cool
here-cool enough to freeze water in a
pail. There is snow on the mountains
around us, causing the nights to be
so cool. We have very little rain,
and the soil seems to depend on snow
for its moisture, consequently We
have but very little grass only near
springs and streams. West OF US
runs the Arkansas river, and its val
ley is dotted with tents of dairymen,
who are accustomed to spending the
summer months here. These are
called milk-ranches, and sell milk in
any Quantity at the ranches, aud also
in the city, at 80 cents psr gallon, Of
cents per glass. One also notices
portions Of the valley enclosed by
fences. These are hay ranches. and
J are usually situated at the foot o.
J gulches, and consists Of. vet land,
. the moister parts being cut over fol
j hay, the dryer parts furnishing pas
tsre. This life among the s'Rockies,
; is pretty rough. We do our own cook
: ing. washing, &C., and good cook II
e in demand. Give the girls our low
and best respects. Tell the boy'
o that we arc chopping saw logs abov'
timber line and having good time
Good night. Yours respectfully,
et CHARLlE B,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1880-08-05

folio size mounted op tinted card
hoard; the second Is cemposed often
views Of the obciiskfon QUO slieet 9of
card board OF folio size, and the third
set is s, ,reprodnctioa in album size Of
the second set. The folio pictnres
present the follosing siews: The
obelisk in its originaI Upright position
at Alexandria, and drapci with the
American dag TO indicate its posaes.
sion by sCommanticf Gofringe Com
mander -Gurringe taking possession
of the obellsk the obelisk as it ap-
peared after the casing had been
completed; the obelisk with the ma
chinery attached for lowering it; two
views from different positions of the A,
ohelisk and its staging; the obelisk
in its first stage of removal as it be-
gan to swing on the pivot towards a
horizontal position; two views from
different points of The obe.isk LIN q
horizontal position; the obelisk in the
dry-dock awaiting shipment; The
Dessoug as it lay in port at Alexan-
drIa awaiting the shipments Of the
4obelisk. The Photographic views
were made by August Xuereff, pho
tographer of Alexandria, and . the
negatives were brought to this coun-
try by Mr.. Wright. The views are
sharp and clear and tell an unbroken
story of Commander Gorriuge's
operations from the time he took pos
session of the obelisk. Besides this.
the photographs give good idea Of
the water front OF Alexandra and ef
the former surroundings Of Cleo
patra's Needle. ,=zs -3ear sE-.. 'asl
Commander Gorringe was busy all
day arranging for the Decentralization
of the pedestal aud foundation. He
also inspected several dry-docks and
found that there are two that will an
swer his purposes, and as soon rs a
wharf is selected he will engage one
of these. To-day will be spent in
examining the routes by which, the
obelisk may be transported to its
eventual site in this city. Comman-
der Gorringe was informed yesterday
that the plaza at Fifty-ninth, street.
opposite the Scholars Gate, is of
made ground. Its present surface
finish was given to it no later than
1870, aud it.wax- formerly little bettsr
than a quagmire. He said that made
ground would be totally unavailable
as q site for the obelisis, the weight iof
which, in all nearly $50 tons, would
rapidly sink it through such foun-
datiOu ..zts ts.= -ss5ts+ se as. 81
Mexico weekly ledger., 1880-08-05

The people of Mexico will rcmem-
ber Bro. Haskell, who was in this city
q few weeks since running what he
called Il gospel MILL" para aiding the
streets, &c. The St. Louis Times of
last Monday, says of Bro. Haskell,
who is now in that city:
AS per announcement In the morn
ing papers, General Haskell and
his salvation army held forth yester-
day at Post-Otlice corners. The
generals" forces consisted of three
young women, whom he dubbed
'lieutenants, and three sad-eyed,
red-faced men, who bore the appear
ance of having recently graduated
from the oyster-can brigade. One
of the men wore red whiskers, red
nose and spectacles; another had a
black moustache, red nose and Il
duster; the third had a red nose and
crutch. The whole army, includ-
ing the general" seemed to labor
under the impression that by keeping
their eyes closed and giving as much
prominence as possible to their red
noses they would strike the lookers-on
as the most sanctimomous collection
of bipeds that had ever been seen
west of the Mississippi river. Each
lieutenant and each owner OF red
nose carried full supply of song
books, which they were prepared to
dispose of at the very high price o1
five cents per copy.
The army ranged itself on the Posi-
Office steps and prepared to knock
the devil out of the sin-cursed GROVE
of merchants, bankers, politicians
and bummers. The general" push
ed up his sleeves and, closing hi.
eyes and bringing his strawberry nos,
into bold relief, said: "We amt herr
to talk Hancock and English, o.
Garfield and Arthur, or Gov. Crit
tenden, and any of that sort of stuff
We are here to talk about the Lore
Jesus Christ and His saving grace
These song books are nicke
apiece -a .ar
Mexico weekly ledger., 1880-08-05
MEXICO MO, THURSDAY, AUGUST s. 1880.

gliding over our sins little. Bah!
all the worlds alike! Here goes an
other, and another Count fast, my
pious damsel. dare say there's no
confessional in your church. y
els there in your's?'X
''Well, if there was, gold gets into
that, sometime, they say. Hold
fast, there; you've got the last elink-
er; now, set me free
''Wait q minute.''
'But won't wait; 1 swear 1
WON'T
'.Can you help yourself?'' 1 said,
coolly. sD:~ 81
swell, no, not much; but Pm
smothering in here. Can:t you take
pity on poor fellow" "7f Es -=ss
''Sit down fiat on the floor" l
said. heard him plump down as
obedient IS school-boy.
s'What next" = ' .l-- g.
I turned to the kitchen door to see
if the lock was all right. Then l
turned the key with a sharp click,
which sounded to me like the report
of a pistol.
''There!" Icried, and sprang into
the kitchen, locking the door be-
hind me.
He came out of his prison swearing
like trooper.
"Sharp old Satan, she's locked her.
self up some"here,'' trying the
kitchen door as he spoke. "Good
night, Madam Delila-good night !!
You've got the best OF this. You
have robbed me. Good night-get
down and say your prayers
Ard l did. What is more, l cried
like baby over my money, thinking
what it would bring us.
l never saw the strange burglar
| again. and in few weeks Rebecca
was comfortably established in school
No one ever knew where the none,
came from. An uncle died about
that time, and some of my neighbors
shrewdly suspected that he had lef,
US something; but had nothing te
say on the subject.
About six weeks after my adven
turc. brother Joe came to me one da,
and said that he had been stopped II
the street py strange man tina
morning, and that he had begged hin
to say to Madam Quimby that ''tht
t'rill of her night-cap was little too
wide!' So saying he passed ON
"What did it mean?'' Joe asked.
Nothing, only that he was crazy,
| answered, qaickly; but my fac'
was as red rs blaze.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1880-08-05

FI>HE NEXT ANNUAL SESSION commences
4 on sept 9Th. Course of study thorough
ahu comprehensive Teachers of enlarged ex-
ptritiice anu recognized ability. The Musical
:iiid iaiiting Departments are unsurpassed in
ern Languages. Home Department all that is
implied in the dear word Home" buildings
new oi line, modern impressive STYLE and ele-
sahtly furnished throughout. Grounds ample
lor all purposes. and beautifully adorned with
ne"ers, Shrubbery, ever greens and forest trees.
Location central, easy Of access, and regarded
as the most healthfui In the State. Board and
tuition per session of 10 months. only Siso.
The year just closed has been one of unpre-
erdrIted prosperity, and is the assurance of the
consuinmation of the high purpose of the Presi-
dent 10 continue Hardin College all Institution
oil learning eminently worthy of support from all
interested in the thorough and ACCOMPLISHED
education of Young ladies
fF"r Catalogue. or other information. adj
dress H. f. BAIRD
13-u Business Manager.