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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-01-18
New AdverGis' ts.
TO CONTRACTORS.

CEALED proposals will be received by the
> Board of EdueAtiss of Ravenna Township.
at the ofice OF the Clerk of said Board, up to IL
O o'clock noon Of Friday, Tsbruary 10Th. 1883, for
the furnishing OF material for and building Of
a School House in Sub District No. Of Raven
ma Township. according to the plans and spec
ifcstions on file in said ONCE. The price of la
Dor and materials must be separately stated in
each bid Each hid must be Accompanied by
sufficient guarantee Of some disinterested per-
be entered into and the performance Of it prop
erly SECURED.
The Board reserve the right to reject any and
all bids ARTHUR Il, SEATON,
Clerk OF Board
Rayenna January Is. 1883. 7hi-4W
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New Discovery for Piles. Sample
boxes free, at
BELDING 81 &ARNSTRONG'S.
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PORTAGE COUNTY
FARMERS INSTITUTE.
TO BE HELD
AT REEDS OPERA HOUSE,
RAVENNA, OHIO,
On Monday and Tuesday, January
22nd and 23d, 1883.

OA AOhud4 anu ueSuAY1 - AN
22nd and 23d, 1888.
PROGR RAM.
MONDAY, JANUARY a2ND
10 90 A. M.-Introduction.
| 10 80 A. M.-Address of Welcome, by BRAD
FORD HowLAND ESQ,
10: As A M.-Address by W. I. CHAMBERLAIN
s. Is the Farmer the Chief Producerg''
II 30 A M.-Address by X. 8. WING; "Rentet
Farms"
RECESS FOR piNNRR,
] rs P. M.-Music.
1:3 P. M-Address by REV. A. C. BARRows
Experiments in Agriculture"
2: is p. M.-Address by CORNELIUS BALDWIN
Roads, Fences and Farm Buildings Of
Ohio''
3: P. M-Music.
3:15 p. M.-Address by W. 1. CHAMBERLAIN
The Best Education for Farmers Chill.
dren."
EVENING RECESS.
I: 90 P. M.-Music.
7:15 P. M.-Address by PROF. T. c. MRNDRN-
HALL Queer Things in Japan"
500 P. M.-Address by L. B. PIRR0E; "Should
Farmers be Horticulturists2'
TUESDAY, JANUARY 2aRD.
1000 A. M.-Address by JOHN GOULD, Ag'l
Editor of Cleveland Herald; THE Tea
denotes of Ohio Dairying."
10 As A. M-Address by T. B. TERRY; My
Fam of Fifty five Acres''
II 80 A. M-Question Drawer.
RECESS FOR DINNER,
1: rs P. M.-Music.
1880 P. M.-Address by Prof, N. c. REED:
"Weeds."
3: 10 P. Address by JOHN GOULD; "The
Cream Gathering System of Butter Max
ing"
500 ?. M.-Address by W. I. CHAMBERLAIN;
"Manures in American Agriculture"
QUESTION DRAWER will be opened at the
commencement of the Institute. ANY persons
having question they desire answered or dis
cussed. will please hand the same to the Secre-
tary. and they will receive attention.
This course of Lectures is held under the aus
pices of the Ohio State Board of Agriculture.
The acknowledged ability Of the Lecturers. aAd
the beneficial results of these Agricultural
meetings is obvious to every intelligent farmer.
All Farmers and others interested Cincluding
their wives and children). are invited to attend.
Let there be a grand re- union Of all interest
ed in Agriculture. that there may be full
house each day. All free.
r. H. PECK, Secretary.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-01-18

The perple OF Aurora were greatly sdr-
prised and checked Saturday evening by the
death of Austin Risley, an old mar over sky
years of age. Mr.. Rlsley was a wealthy, &c
centric old bachelor, who lived alone The
circumstances of his death are rather peculiar.
On Saturday morning, about IL O'Clock, Ar
thur Staunton called, and not finding him in
the house, went to the barr, where he was
horritied to find Mr.. Rsley lying on the floor,
nearly covered with show end; ice which had
beaten in upon him through the door, which
WAS wide open. Help was called and every
thing possible Was doue to restore life 10 the
nearly frt z;n body, but without success, for at
six O'clock he died in great agony. 1t is not
known how long be had lain there exposed TO
the cold, but the indications are that he was
injured the nigh '''+yte. On his face Sere
two ugly wounds and bruises, w''i"'. oii&
have been made by falling from The i.--,' Il,
barn, or may have been from The b!J~ 7fe~---e
miscreant W % thought to secure the money
which Er. kisiey Was known to have at uimts
10 his house. Whether or not robbery w8s
committed can probably never be decided. as
it is not known how much money he had with
hin. nor is it known where he kept it. Mr.
Risley, aside from his peculiarities, wae q
most worthy man, and member of the Disci-
pies church, where The funeral was held at 9
p. M On,Montay, the Rev. Gaien Wood Off
ciating Rep Dem.
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NOTICE.

THE undersigned has been duly appointed
i and qualified as administrator of the estate
of Ebenezer Olmstead. deceased late Of Raven
ma Township, Portage County. Ohio.
CHARLES OLMSTEAD,
RaHenna. Dec Il. 1882 T41
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-01-18

A NATIONAL Veteran Reunion will
be held at Columbus for five days in
July, commencing on the Oath.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-01-18

REcHERCHE.-Not only the most
exquisite thing for the teeth and
breath extant, but TEABEBRY" is a
beautiful little ornament and finish to
the toilet. cent samples at Belding
& Armstrong;.
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Local Time Tables.

The following are the times of departMre 0
OF trains at Ravenna stations:
CLEVELAND AND PITTsBURG RR
TRAINS WEST
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Rogers Combined Iron Fence Crest
ing and Farm Fence Posts, For sale
at BALDWIN il WAkf,RR's.
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IMPORTANT TO TRAVELE LERs.

SPECIAL LINDUCEMENTS are offered you
by the BURLINGTON ROUTE. 1t will pay
you to read their advertisement 10 hs feuaa
alasWhexe n this iaraA
The Dawson journal., 1883-03-08

tsogia on isats.

Tue Atlantis Constitntiou give the
following Instance Of accidental poison
ing A 9@Ds 2.i@ Aa
Oh Tuesday last Mrs Grew mixed
some rough on rata with some meal
and left ii upon table in the kitchen
for the bensf, of the pests Rof her
household. On the same day the
cook ground some red pepper IN the
coffee mill, and yesterday morning be-
fore grinding the coffee for The family's
breakfast, undertook 20 clean the mill
by running some meal through it,
this being the only successful method
of removing the particles Of pepper
known to housekeepers. Without
knowing the meal upon the table con-
tanned the rat poison, the cook uasd is
and then ground the coffee, Of which
al partook at breakfast Not q great
while after reaching his place Of busi-
Mr. Grew became deathly sick and re-
turned to his home. There ne found
eveY member of his household, incla-
ding his servants, suffering in the sa,ue
way. An investigation of the matter
qniekly brought to light the facts de-
tailed above, and in CREST haste Dr..
Alexander was called in. The physi-
elan soon cause the recovery Of Mr..
Crew and family, and last nigbs they
we're about we'll.
The Dawson journal., 1883-03-08
TRUTH.
You want to know, Tom, what is
the first quality of manhood?

You want to know, Tom, what is
the first quality of manhood?
Well, listen 1 am going to tell
you in one little word of five letters.
Aud | am going to write that word
in very loud letters as though you
we'e deaf, SO that yon may never
forget it. That IL TRUTH"
Now then remember truth is
the only foundation on which can be
erected manhood that is worthy of
being SO called.
Now, mark what I say: truth
must be the foundation on which the
whole character iS to be erected. for
otherwise, no matter how beautiful
the upper stories may be, and no
matter Of how good material they be
built, the edi6ce, the character, the
manhood, will be but a. sham; which
offers no such refuge and protection
to those who seek it, for it will tuni-
BILE down when trial comes.
Also, my boy, the world is very
full of such shams of manhood, in
every profession occupation. There
are lawyers of this town who know
that they have never had any train
ing to tit them for their work; who
vet impose npon the people and take
their money for giving them advice
which they know they are not quali-
fed to give. I heard of one lately
who advised his ''partner never to
have anything to do with law books,
for they would confuse his mind"
There are ignorant physicians
who know they are ignorant, and
who can and do impose upon peo-
pie more ignorant than themselves
There are preachers, without num-
Der. pretending to know what they
have no. learned. Don't you see
that their manhood is, at best, but q
beautiful deceit.
Now | want you to be a man, and
that you may be that, 1 want you
first AMI foremost to he true, thorou-
ghly true. l hopa you would scorn
to tell lie, but that is only the very
beginning of truthfulness. I want
YOU to d'spise all pretense; all effort
TO seen otherwise than you are.
When we have laid that founda-
ton then we nan as" - 4 - '-i' .
manhood, glorious and godlike, after
the perfect image of Him. the perfect
man, wGo said He was born that lie
might bear witness to the truth
Bishop Daley.
The Dawson journal., 1883-03-08


The Memphis Appeal remarks that
the impression still obtains that the
Southern people still cherish such h
deadly hatred to Yankees that they
VIII neither smell, taste, touch, or
handle anything contaminated by
Yankee hands. This is q most
egregious error. The Southern peo-
pie love the Yankees, and they show
their affection in a thousand different
ways. When they retire at night
they nnbotton Yankee buttons to
Yankee male coats, .wais5coais, pant
10 )ns, shifts and drawers. They
pnll off Yankee bouts with Yankee
bootjacks, and divest their feet of
Yankee socks. Til march to Yam
kee bedsteads, turn down Yankee
coverlets, Yankee blankets, PROSTATE
themselves on Yankee mattresses aud
lay their heads on Yankee pillows.
The be lbugs are the only things not
made by Yankee hands and imported
from the land OF tue Yankees. On
rising in the morning we tread Yam
kee carpets, stumble over Yankee
chairs and sofas, build a Are with
Yankee coal taken from Yankee
scuttles, in Yankee CRATES, catch the
ashes in Yankee pans, and use Yam
kee pokers, Yan'.ee shovels and
longs. We repair to Yankee wash
stands, pour water from Yankee
pitchers iato Yankee DO Wis and wash
with Yankee soap; and then use
Yankee towels and Yankee tooth
brushes. Next We march 10 Yam
kee besureau, and stand before a
Yankee glass, and use Yankee combs,
Yankee brushes, Yankee powder,
cologne in Yankee bottles. We sit
down in Yankee chairs to O Yankee
table. covered with Yankee cloth,
Yankee knives and forks. Yankes
dishes, and feed upon Yankee food
We call tor Yankee tooth-picks, seize
Yankee la from Yankee RACKS
turn the key to a Yankee lock, ope,
a Yankee door, enter o Yankee bug
gy seize the Yankee reins to Yankee
harness, and repair to our place q
business, and spend tie day in trad
ing on Yankee Industry. The Soutl
is rich in resources, hut our peopl
are 50 fond Of Yankees that the,
lavish their wealth upon Yankee en-
Iterprise.
The Dawson journal., 1883-03-08

About the lst of October a pioneer
in one of the northern counties of
Wisconsin was seated on q log in
front of bis cabin, visiting for his
evety-osLeE-day shake Of the agus TO
come along. when q covered wagon
drove up. It er'ntained man and
his wife, and few articles Of furni.
tnre, and they were looking for .
piece of land on which to sauak.
Il was nip and tuck which was the
meanest looking man. Both were
ragged down in lhe mouth, ,snd had
chills and fever as regularly Is sun
rise, aud neither one had made q
cent in the last ten years. 1t was
also pretty even thing among the
women. One was cross-eyed. and
the other had a brokes nose. One
was almost toothiess and the other
had stiff knee One chewed slippe.
|rY-eln and took snuff, and the other
smuasd plug tobacco in clay pipa
Stranger" remarked the settles
after the four had looken each othe
over, 81 haven't any fodder for yes
horses, nothiug.tu get up d dinner
with, and we get our drinking watsr
from creek half mile away. Yer
a mean-looking family and I'd advise
yet TO drive en- ases A
I'd "Strangsr," echoed the other, II
would not have stopped nohow but
TO offer yes trade. My old woman
don't like the Woods and I don't
want to go farther. How'll ye trader
The settler got up and walked
around the wagon and whistled
"Old Dan Tucker" twice over, and
then replied:
II reckon It's about an even thing"
''Yes, purity even. What do you
say, old woanang"
''Wall, l can't be much wuss o6,
she replied as she jumped down
The settlers wife was not over
seven minutes packing up, and ~ the
wagon moved off she called back;
"Goodbye, old man Reckon we
don't owe each other nothing"
In less than u fortnight the set.
tier appeared at the county seat to
consult a lawyer, and great vas his
Indignation as he explained:
"In less'n a week after that, ere
wagon drove off that 'ere woman
went stone blind and likewise devel-
oped consumption, and yesterday
morning she suddenly dropped on
her chair and died without kick"
s'She did,"
"And I've got to bury her and
break up and lose my squat. Now
Unor', wnat 4 wuI4G Is % know IA
there is any law in this state which
allows stfanger to tote O dying
female around the country and trade
her even up for an old woman who
could chop cord and half of wood
per day and sat up all night to keep
the bars from holdin' a convention
in the shanty i"-Detfoit Free Press.
The Dawson journal., 1883-03-08

Sparta Ishnaelits ''Ten thousand
dollars worth Of loans approved in
Hancock in one day? What do our
farmers mean mortgaging their
homes TO raise money to make cotton
in order to increase their indebted
ness thereby ?"
In onr efforts to induce better
system we have sometimes grown
discouraged. Ii there is any one
thing that the Journal desires to see
above others it is the independence
aud prosperity of our farmers. While
we hava reason to believe that the
farmers OF Terrell are. in, far better
condition than the above paragraph
represents the farmers of Hancock
we yet believe there is room for I'm,
proyement at home, and we shal
continue to, point the evils If the
credit system so long as there is letl
q vestigs OF it standing
The Dawson journal., 1883-03-08

He was as good as bis word, and
started in with the most Susine,s-liks
air imaginable and knocked his late
vicfor into the gutter. Every time hs
got up he knovked him down with
''Blast me, l can't stand abuse: When
he got through with the .irard man
the crowd thought it was pile Of
rags and mud.
CHOW, look hero, my friend,' said
the last victor, next time you lick
man let we'll enough alone. Do noe
abuse him You handled yourself we'll
enough while you were IickihK ms. kus
YOU overdid the abuse.--Colunsbas
Times.
The Dawson journal., 1883-03-08
{ PHI yRT."a W
. .lyAeAt Nef.@ What does it mean

F-e-I VET. Wnat does IL mean
Upon yon soldiers faded coat2
His hand is hard and rough and brown;
| see scar along his throat:
His eyes seem looking for off still
His close-saut mouth IS tirm and grim
Mothers what means that li;tle word,
= iUpoaia Sleeve 80 W ,rniaid dimq" -
Itneans, my child that rugged hand
: Has .wiekied musket long aad well; r..
Has sent the iron thunder home, z
And tuned the song of screeching shell.
1t means that steady, stsunch and true,
= He fairly soh that ragged scar,
While you and | sat safe at home, E,T
And read the news about the war.
a~tFt fFaAfEs tEEs ~Tft
What wonder if the mouth is grim,
n = That said 50 many swift 'g3olibye's?"
Lies common words are idle breath,
! J Besidcthese earnest battle-cries.
What wonder if the gaze is dim,
And yonder strangely fingers yet?
The eye that has looked straight at death
Ills image may not soon forget
Ana this is what it means, to earn
! Tire title veteran" on coat
i To march through flood and field, or lie
Where rebel rifles sweep the moat;
To serve the guns i'll rife-pits; .Te.n't5
To sleep beneath the silent sky;
To dream of home and wake to war;
To see comrade drop and die;
To hear and heed the fearful song,
Which whistling mimic bullets sing
To faint and fall, and longing lie
For one cool drauyht from rock spring.
And this my child, is what It says, n
That little word of letters three.
Go, claspshis hand, and give him thanks,
For battles fought for you and me-
The Dawson journal., 1883-03-08

From Peck's SUM-

From Peck's Sun. Ftt...
"Ha! Ha! Now 1 have got you"
said the grocery man to the bad
boy, the other morning, as he
came in and jumped upon the
counter and tied the end of ball
OF twine to the tail of a dog, and
"sicked" the dog on another dog
that was following passing sleigh,
causing the twine to pay out until
the whole ball was scattered along
the block. Condemn you, I've a
u, 5ion TO choke the liver out f
you Who tied tlla; twine to the
dogs tail?"
The boy choked up with emo
ton, and the tears came INTO his
eyes, and he said he didn't know
anything about the. twine or the
i dog. He said he noticed the dog
come in an wag his tail around
the twine, bat he supposed the
dog was friaa8 of the family,
aud didn't disturb b;n. Every
body lays everything that is done
to ma,'' sAil the boy, as he put his
his handkerchief to his nose, "and
they will be sorry for it when |
die. | have a good notion to poi
son myself by eating some of your
glucose sugar"
"Ees, and you do about every
q thing that is mean. The other
day I Ia ly came in AMI told me to
send up % her house some of my
country sausages, done up i'll mus
lin bags, and while she was exam
ing it she noticed something hard
inside the bags, and asked me
what it was, and / opened it, and
hope L may die if there wasn't a
little brass paddock and peice of
red morocco dog collar imbed-
ded in the sausage. Now how DO
you suppose That got in there?"
and the grocery man looked saw
age.
The boy looked interested, and
put on an expression as though in
deep thought, and finally said: Il
suppose the farmer who put up
the sausage did not strain the dog
meat. Sausage meat ought to be
strained"
The groceryman pulled in about
half block Of twine, after the
dog had run against fence and
broke it, and told the boy he knew
perfectly well how the brass pad
lock came to be in the sausage
but, thinknsit was safer to have
the good will of the boy than lie
i'll will, he offered him a handful
of prunes.
"No," said the boy, 81 have
swore off on moldy prunes. [ an
no kindergarten any more. Fol
years | have eaten rotten peaches
around this store, ard everything
you couldn't sell; but have turn
ed over new leaf now, and afte
this nothing is too good for me
Since pa has got to be an inventor
we are going to live high"
4 Whats your pa invented?
saw a hearse and three hacks g
up on your street the other day
and and | thought may be you ha
killed your pa
Not much There viii be NOR
taan three hacks whal T kill pt
ana don't yoa forgpsit Wan, sii
Pa has struck fortune, Il he ca
maxi the thing work, Hohas g
an Idea aboat coal stoves thai vii
bring him several million dollar
II he gets royalty Of $5 on ever
coal stove II the world, His ide
is to have coal stove ON caster
The Dawson journal., 1883-03-08

Don't stop ne just now, said the
young Central street lawyer. I've
got 10 go oyer to the Police Court
and look after d case "A case ech-
oed his friend You don't tell Inc
you've got a case at last do you
What kind of case is it?'
"A sait for debt, responded the
disciple of Blackstone
And who's it against? ? persisted
tn. friend.
well to tell you the truth, STAN
mered the lawyer, its against me
and | am colnsel you see.'
The friend smiled sadly as he
mnrmured. L Thought so, aud offer
ed he paforsuuats cigar from tbs
private colleesion il his yest.
The Dawson journal., 1883-03-08
The Banging of a ts:ri's Hair
Z Changes Her Who Q Nature.

flF
Bangs on a girl give her an unfGly
! look, like a COW with board over
her face, You take the gentlest COW
in the world and. put a. board over her
face, and turn her ont in a pasture and
she getsSthe reputation of being anruly
and yol would swear she would jump
fences and raise merry Hades, and
Won wouldnt give 50 much for her by
SO only for beef It is SO with girl.
| If she wears her hair high on her fore
head. or brushed back, or even has
frizzes, and has a good look, Won will
go your bottom dollar on her, and YOU
/ feel that she is as good as gold, and
than when sho tells her y6iiug man
that she loves him, there ia no discount
on IL, andsno giggiing back; but take
the same girl, with her front hair
banged, and when she looks at you
you feel just as thoughashe would hook
and you cant trust her. She has q.
fence jumping look that makes d Young
man feel as though he wouldn't feel
safe unless she was tied hand and foot
so she couldn't gst out Of the pasture.
IA girl with bangs may try to be good
and true; but it is awful hard work.
When she looks at herself in the glass
aud sees the quarter of an inch Of
forehead she says to herself: i am
dangerous j thew want to look out for
me. She thinks she is all right, but
she is constantly doing that which a
girhv ho wears her hair brushed back
would never think of doing. The
bang gil may belong to the church
and may try to- put on pious look
while the hymn is being read. BIT
she will look out from behind those
bangs, sideways, at some meek and
lowly christian who is trying to get
bis mind fixed on the hymn, and he
will get his mind on her, and it will
break him all up. and be won't know
whether be sings "A Charge to Keep
I Have or She's D 'isy The bang
girl may place her bangs down on the
back of the pew ahead OF her during
the morning prayer, and try to be good
but her corset will be too tight, and as
she bitches around to ease the pain,
one eye will rise Ike the morning sun
oser tne DICK Oh INV pew, anu tuaS eye
will catch the eye OF u young man two
seats to the right, who's is trying to
cover his face with one hand while he
tries to keep the flies off the ponade
on his hair with the other, and his in-
terest in the prayer is knocked into a
cooked hat. The banging of girls
hair changes the whole nature of the
little wretch, aud she becomes gsn
that is not loaded. You take pic
ture of 'Evapgeline' and bang her hair
AMI she would box as though she
wouldn't run at people. How would
Mrs. Van Cott the alleged faIna'e
preacher. look with her hair banged
It is jast the same with boys You
take nice pious Sunday school boy
who can repeat three hundred verses
Of the New Testament, and ent his
hair with clipper and he looks like
Tug Wilson, Wichita KanI Times
Plantation philosoDhy.
The Dawson journal., 1883-03-08
Plantation Philosophy:

- What is on de outside of man is
de straw, but what is on de inside is
de grain.
It's eber nigger's duty to be bap-
tised. Even if he amt got de faith
the water'll do him good any how.
Doan Jelge by de actions. A pos
sum is a mighty big hipercrit but
he's powerful good neat.
Oar can be such a thing as too
much economy. IT'S de little dose
Of camomel dat salivates a man.
My idea of better worl is what
dars an election going on all de time
clse den de white folks is alters per
light vd
1t may be possible for man what
doan like music to git 70 he6en but
dnged ii | can see what business
he'll hab up dar.
Tears sometimes caused from d
hardenin' Oh de heart as well as 8
softenin Pse cried like child wher
I'se been real mad. thh