The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-09-08

Osman Gard, one of the candidates from
Cuyahoga County for Representative; eleven
years ago was a minister, but concluding he
had mistaken his calling, has been q success.
full business man in Cleveland since.
Mr.. Jenne, q weIl-known elderly citizen of
Litchheld, is very seriously i'll with slender
chances of recovery. He has been to Green
Springs and exhausted many resources with
out permanent Improvement DR.. McLaren
is now attending him.
Mrs. Roger McClory died last week Thurs
day after an Illness of some days, Of dysen-
terry. She was the mother of several chill
dren, all of them working away from home.
The deceased was taken to the Catholic ceme-
terry at Grafton for interment.
the Methodist Church, East Clarksheld, next
Tuesday, Sept. Is. We judge from the pro-
gramme, printed at this ONCE, that all who
attend will benefited. The sessions will be at
1880 A. NJ, 9, and 7S0 Pm.
Warner P. Sutton, U. s, Consul at Mata-
moros, Mexico, made the ENTERPRISE office
a very pleasant call, one day last week. Mr..
A. j. Burrell, Huntington, Mrs. Burren be-
ing an aunt of Mrs Sutton.
The W. s. L E. r. R. company have just
finished the foundation for large water tank
near the Fair grounds. Water will be obtained
from the box shop pond, which will be en-
larged considerably. A wind mill will be used
to raise the water.
Miss Edith Dickson has been engaged to
hear two recitations day, and will also take
charge of one third of the literary exercises in
the High School, the Superintendent finding 1t
impossible to have charge of so many classes
and do full justice to the several schools of
which he is required to have oversight.
good example of the vigor Of old age is
seen in the following, which we have from
the person himself. Mr.. John Smell, of Lodi,
O., is seventy ole years ofssge, and on the
9th of July was employed by Harris & Son
to work as track hand on the new road. He
has worked up 10 the present date and has
not lost an hour He is apparently as strong
and healthy now as when he commenced
work.
Golden-rod is no doubt very pretty for poets
and artists to use as a subject, when subjects
are scarce; but 1t Is dreadfully shiftless for
land owners to let acres of 1T spread along
the water courses and on the rich bottom
lands of the river. III all the untitled land
now growing up to thistles and mullen, and
golden-rod and wild mustard, and dock and
dandelion, and other weeds, were put to rails
ing corn and wheat Lorain County would
have q revenue she little dreams of now.
Where are the supervisors that they do
not look to the weeds on the highways?
Mrs. Barnard, of Dubuque, and her sister,
Mrs Wales, of Monticello, Iowa, cousins
Of E. W. and ]. w. Houghton, and Mrs. Pratt
Of Huntington, are visiting their relatives
here They were daughters of Nehemiah
Houghton, deceased, OF Avon Springs, N. Y.
and came on to attend an expected reunion,
Of the Houghton family, announced by circu-
lar to occur Sept. 1st- The Illness Of j. W.
Houghton and wife, who had much prepara-
tory work to do in connection with the re-
union, determined the resident members Of
the family to countermand the call for for
NAL gathering, and entertain those coming
from a distance in their several homes.