The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1882-11-23
lew YORK, PENN & OHIO. R,R.
EAsTw ARD TRAINS.
Thanksgiving next Thursday.

Buckwheat cakes and sausages are
now on the bill of fare.
Diphtheria is said to prevail pretty
generally throughout the State.
The Krank Company at the Opera
House tomorrow (Friday) night.
John F. Beaver, of Battle Creek
Mich, is visiting his Ravenna friends.
Saturday was a pleasant day and
there was big crowd of people in
town.
1t costs considerable money to pub
lish newspaper, but many persons
don't seem to realize the fact.
If you failed to see the aurora bore
alis Friday night you missed the
grandest show of the season.
Next Sunday evening Rev. Andrew
Wilson will lecture on 1.-The Resur-
rection to Life and Damnation."
Do not fail to attend the Fine Art
Entertainment in the Universalist
Church this Thursday evening. 1t
will pay.
You will find a large and elegant
stock of Fall and Winter Clothing at
the Boston Clothing House, and don't
you forget it.
The fire on Grant street last Thurs
dry night pretty conclusively demon
strates that there is need of a reservoir
in that vicinity.
n NJ useum of Animals and Mechan-
ical Wonders opened at the Town Hall
Wednesday morning, to continue the
rest of the week.
Mr.. John L. Wait, who has been
visiting friends in this section for sew
eral days past, returns to his home in
Burlington, Iowa, this week. His
mother will accompany him.
Robert McWade's company played
Rip VanWinkle at the Opera House
Saturday night to a fine audience, and
gave the most complete satisfaction.
Cloth swindlers are perambulating
the country plying their tricks. Give
them the grand bounce and patronize
home dealers, who are responsible.
The old saying that "what goes up
must come down" don't seem to have
any reference to price of butter and
eggs.
Fayette Thompson, Of the Norton
hunting party, who returned home
Monday evening, has our thanks for a
fine cut of venison steak.
Prof Sterkel, leader of the City
Band, has returned with his family to
Pittsburg, not receiving sufficient en-
couragement to continue his residence
in Ravenna.
Mr.. John L. Wait, Postmaster at
Burlington, Iowa, spent several days
during the past week visiting the
friends at the home of his nativity.
A little glue dissolved in skim milk
and water will restore the stiffness and
luster to Grape, and make it look like
new.
The fine fall weather still continues
though there is slight chill in the
atmospheric, giving timely warning
that Winter is near at hand.
A very large audience greeted the
Alice Oates Opera Boufle Company at
the Opera House on Monday night and
every one was delighted with the en-
tertainment.
The planet Venus will cross the
southern edge of the sun on Decem ber
9Th. 1t will be a small black spot Wis
ible to the naked eye. Get ready your
telescopes and smoked glass,
Last Saturday Mr.. Henry a. Stur-
devant, of Freedom, sent down to
Recorder Bierce a fine red pumpkin
weighing SO pounds. That is I" some
pumpkins for fact.
Correspondents cannot be too careful
in writing proper names legibly. Or
dinary words can be deciphered, where
necessary, while the names of indi-
viduals are often seen for the first time
by the compositor.
The early part of last week Mr..
Lester Olmstead, of Edinburg, weighed
steer which he has raised on his farm
and which was twenty and q hall
months old when weighed, that tipped
the beam at 1850 pounds. He is GER
tainly fine animal and if anyone can
beat him we will be pleased to record
the fact.
Mr.. Horace Barber, who resides g
mile and n half from town, on the
Cleveland Pike, returned from Yer
mont on Saturday with car load o.
Fine Wool Sheep ducks and ewes)
with which he designs to stock his
farm. Having more of them than he
wants for his own use, he will sell ,
few of them to those who may desir,
to purchase.
On Monday night last, as John H
Clewell, of Garfield, father of D. M
Clewell, ESD, of this city, was passing
along Main street in the former place
he was assaulted by two men, thrown
down and badly beaten. His cries fo
assistance frightened his assailant!
away before they succeeded in robbins
him.