Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1883-11-30
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On arriving at The Court House the
streets we're thronged with carriages and
foo,men, trying to see something Of the ex-
eculion of Carl Bach, the corn cutter wife
murderer. As we pressed through the
crowd we heard the words. ats all over"
Omnious words! But true only ms to the
hanging business Of the Sheriff. Poor hui
man nnture Wrecked by passion. The
red and white mans vengence is all the
same. The tomahawk, the axe, the bowie
knife and other tools have graced the art of
carving live mortals. But the most popu
lar way of being in at the death, is by
powder, water. poisons and rope materials.
II ia said Massachusetts starved her poor
and then tanned their hides. The South
used untold ways of shortnipg up the days
of the damned Yankee. But Carl Bach
immortalized Wood county by using un-
heard of means. He made mince meat OF
his wife with corn cutter. A beautiful
specimen of beast iness. In this age of IN
ven,iop who can give better picture of q
savage? The artists of Bowling Greer
exhibited his face grouped with his wife
and two child daughters. A merchant re
marked his face looked like a clergyman's
The artist should have gone little fur
ther. Two Catholic priests stood by hi
side Having administered "extreme unc
tionn land thus pontooned purgatory) the,
accompanied Bach's righteous soul as fnl
as the end OF the hangman's rope on In
way to paradise. The clergymen of tn,
Catholic church! Innocent NJ lambs
| Administering mercy and salvation I,
murderers. Do you intend to pack heave,
with such heroes?
After the hanging, the multitude went t
the fair grounds, where fruits, vegetable
and other articles were ON exhibition, 10.
getller with neat cattle, horses, sheep ant
other domestic animals, proved that Woo,
county is Il st b com ing, ii not alrt ally, th
garden OF the State of Ohio.
In passing over the county one can no
fail TO notice the richness of the soil, th,
capabilities OF which have not yet beer
fully tested. During the last twenty year
great improvements have been made, es,
pecially In the department of drainage
For the most pnrt bitches have been wei
engineered. Sometimes, however, we NEE
with bitches that damage the soil and ar
disgrace to the engineer. The fault is 10
40 much of the surveyor and comm issioner
az OF Interested persons who did not under
stand the art Of drainage. After all i
said by way of criticism about the ditche
oi Wood county, the surveyors and com
missloners have done far better thai
might have been expected under the cir.
cunslances, and deserve very great credit
Ii from the outset a system of drainng
had been adopted and carried out ire
sl,cctive Of persons by the engineers, mucl
nna nd 4 tant n,t.
saved, People often fight against and de
feat themselves, because they do not se
what is OH the whole for the best. On thi
account progress is an uncc asing warfare q
The railroad must push things" 10 re
dstoverer must expect opposition. Chris
topher Columbus and Robert Fulton wer
obliged TO push hard in that one.sided age
Women and colored gents in order TO se
cure "clvil rights" must push even in thi
rounded. out aye Of the nineteenth centur,
As we advance, the rubbage and dust i
the old must be cleared OIL and swept ou
OF the way. Almost everything OF III
past needs overhauling and reconslruciins
Too many incunbrences in every depart
ment of art, science, or business. We nee
simplicity and purity everywhere. Gu
the uilcueet cichH OUT lne FhNlneH, DhyOu
creeks and rivers, and under.drain Il,
whole country TO let off the scum lha
breeds 10 much fever and ague. Even III
Bible, that book of books, il besmircle,
Between the Catholic and Protestant thei
are TWO Bibles out OF ONE. Which
which? Bob Ingeisol may answer III,
. question. Then there is the constitute
oi the United States. See what lnmbe
ing string of amendments hang OH 10 Il
tail of that Immortal instrument II ol
; statesmen hitch on as many mora aipen,
y menis III twenty years 10 come as IN II
| twenty years past, the constitution, 10 ss
the lensl, will have very long tail. WI
! moi simplify and purify III sym osium
, constitutional or natural law? Why ,
4. men and women, endowed by their crei
: tor with certain inalIenuble rights, anv,
which In common sense, need 10 be tu
= that n Ll,ck skin does not di.enlrancbi
= IA man ar take away from him his "ciy
\, rlgh's~ A white skin gives a man CO
: slitutirnal rights. How white must Il
g skin he? The man who would dare
e raise hat question in ~ circle OF viii
= men would be Oslracise1. Lot the Amo
: can people with one voice demand the
J, nioyal OF blenishrs aud whatever has
i tendency to degrade man. Right Al
2 Wong are two distinctive ideas. Let e
}, cry man write them ON The tablet OF |
d inind ~ that they never can be efiaced
! eonionndcd. Let every man be protect
!. in his rights. ID.