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Mrs. Emma D. Lennon.

On Friday evening, the 21st inst, our
citizens are to enjoy the rich treat of
listening to an entertainment by Mrs.
Emma D. Lennon. The Ladies Society
of the Congregational church have en-
gagged her services for that evening, and
the proceeds are to be applied toward
refitting the church parsonage for occu
pancy by the new pastor. Several of oul
people have listened to Mrs. Lemmon, and
all speak favorably Of her, in fact, where.
ever she has appeared the people and
press have been loud in her praise. The
entertainment will be held in the Congre.
gational church, and will consist of select
readings and recitations. We predict
crowded house and an evening of rare
enjoyment.
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Miss COuzins' Lecture.

The last entertainment Of the Library
Course was the lecture of Miss Phoebe
Couzins, the woman lawyer of st. Louis,
Monday evening, at the Congregational
church.
Leaving Washington the night before,
accident and delay of the train made it
barely possible for her to reach here, and
the audience had become rather impa.
tient, when at u quarter past eight the
lady came up the aisle and was introduced
by j. Fl. Dickson, who also expressed the
obligations of the Library Trustees, for the
free use Of the Methodist and Congre-
gational churches, the liberal
patronage extended and the efforts of
Prot. Kinnison and the High School in
selling tickets. The half hour concerts by
the orchestra, while the audience was
waiting, have been very attractive feature.
Miss Couzins appeared in neat, elegant
and becoming travelling attire, has a
graceful figure, the blackest of we'll arch
ed and clearly defined brows, symmet-
rical head, and wears her hair arranged
in fashionable coffure, giving her a
jaunty, youthful and pleasing appearance.
But as young girl, the daughter of a
mother who performed heroic and self.
sacrificing work as a sanitary officer on
the field Of battle, the woman who gath
cred the wounded from Shiloh and
brought them on a steamer to
st. Louis, where this child was one of the
first to go aboard-her early familiarity
with the ghastly scenes of war, and the
gravest experiences of life made her pre-.
maturely student of the problems that
seldom disturb the feminine mind. Like
most women, who sit near the scales
and observe the false weights by which
many human affairs are made to balance
she has become somewhat embittered as
we'll as wise, and, more than is aware per.
hars, mars the winsomeness Of her plea
by her unconcealed and entire sympathy
for the woman.side Of the questions she
discusses. To be sure she is on the plat
form as their advocates and not to tell the
[redeening Qualities Of good fathers, ihus
bands and brothers as happy, sheltered
women know them. She had possessed
herself Of remarkably convincing array
of facts not brought 10 tile front ih1iislory
showing how self.sacriflcing how apt aud
inventive, and full OF resource in emer
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-03-12

I'VE take the liberty of publishing a
private letter from Mr. Washburn, because
it contains many things OF interest to our
readers.
"A very pleasant party, with supper,
warm sugar, &C., was give Saturday even
ing, March 8th, by Mr.. and Mrs L. G.
Ledyard, to their neice, Addie. School,
mates and others were present.
DIR. McClaren we are glad to announce,
has been rapidly improving in health and
is now able to attend to office practice. He
can be consulted at his residence, for the
present. and can be reached by telephone
NofA'Jprib baGd91uq gpiod doerl II haB
Mrs. Helen IT, Crumrine, wife Of
Bishop Crumrine, and daughter Of Orline
S. Adams, formerly of Wellington, died of
consumption, February 2S, 1884, at To
peka, Kansas, aged 81 years, 8 months and
25 days.
t3hSU1a tNth tsNiaA2u ? ,2qEdG <9W
Mr. BaF Locke, awhose illness we
mentioned last week, died Sunday at 8 p.
m. He did not rally after his attack, but
lay in ahalf unconscious condition, unless
reused, but could not speak to be under
stood after Thursday. He had been
resident of Wellington since 1888 and in
April next would have been IA years old
He had been blind for many years and
,hisEfamiliar figure upon, our streets was
known to all irequenters of the town
Notwithstanding his infrmity he did
many kinds of manual labor about his
premises with painstaking and skill that
were the wonder Of observers. He was
member Of the Disciple church, and a
sociable, quiet happy man, who mingled
freely with our citizens and was univer-
sally respected and liked, as was evidenced
by The numbers who called to nakesib.
quiries and offer assistance, during his
briei illness. Funeral services will be
held at hishte Tesidepee, at 70 O'Clock to-
morrow, conducted BY his pastor, Rev F.
II. Moore.
fTS Srrg 70 UGEI w III
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Business lofals.
Items ander this head eotU be charged one
cent toord each Insertion.


Call at the Domestic rooms and see the
LITTLE DAISY" Sewing Machine for girls.
loft.
"A full stock Of Diamond dyes, at j. W.
Houghton's. IT,
Barb wire in 5OOb lots at 5 cents, at
Benedict's, subject to market changes.
New velvet red tissue, for paper flow-
ers, at Houghtons.
R-Capsicum Cough Drops, for sale at
Houghton's.
My Lime Juice Tablets to relieve thirst
and sore throat at Houghton's.
Farmers can find Whale Oil Soap at ].
W. Houphton's. Sl3
ARTISTS GooDs.--Amateurs can get an
outfit by calling at Houghton's.
Red Bird Food.-Houghton has it. Pre-
pared expressly for them. J3O'4w.
Call and see the Elegant Spring suitings
at Fitch's, and then let Tlssot make you
suit IL
--noughton has new and fine assortment
Of fountain pens at prices that those desir-
ing one can afford.
-Medicated Tar Drops at Houghton's, an
excellent remedy for diseases of the throat
and lungs.
"A choice assortment of Easter Cards,
banners and easels just opened at Hough-
toms, the finest ever shown In wellington.
Nothing in Hills Peerless Cough Syrup
can hurt the youngest child. Van Setback,
Stevenson s. Co. For sale by q. G. Starr.
& Co. 1t
For disordered stomach, bad breath,
bilious complaints, indigestion, &C., use Dr.
8. D. Howe's Liver Pills, for sale by j. W.
Houghton. u.
The ENTERPRISE office was never so well
prepared to do all kinds Of job work neatly,
promptly, and at so reasonable prices as
now. Give us call and see how well we
can serve you. J'3O4w
Letter seals with initial letters, also the
latest novelties in fine stationery; great
quantity and variety of tablets, scratch
books and scrap books just opened atJ. W.
Houphton,s. 7tf
New styles and good assortment OF
Placques-gilt, silver, white, black and
brass Placque Holders, Gard Panels, Pal
cites, Sable and other brushes, Paints
Eases and Slants at Houghton's.
The company in which you will improve
most will be the least expensive to you.
-FARMERs-If you want the best Barbed
Wire made, please call at j. H. WoolleJ's
Hardware Store, and it will give him pleas
ure to show the goods, the barb is so ad-
justed as not to tare the flesh of the animal
or pull wool from sheep. ~
AS charity covers multitude Of sins
before God, SO does politeness before men.
Fitch will run a Job Counter for Thirty
Odye5 uuu dH uIohou iobo VI ouito Will oo
sold at or below first cost. There will be
only from one to three suits of a kind but
the variety will be such that any man can
get fit. Remember thirty days. II
The certain way to be cheated, is to fancy
ones self more cunning than others.
-Vane, Calverts & Co.'S. celebrated Pure
Ready Mixed Paints can be found at the
Hardware Store of j. H. Woolley, which he
will warrant to be equal in durability and
covering capacity TO anv Paint made in the
State, Those having painting to do will
please call and examine for themselves. This
paint is warranted to give salts action. 2S
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To BUSINESS MEN,. &. Lenenta v
the Earnest Worker and Fireside Frier>
Clyde, o., is authorized to make advc,-
tising contracts for this paper at pub.
lishers' lowest rates. He also gives lowest
rates on job printing.
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AN OLD RESIDENT.

LosT.-A note dated Sept. I'd, 1882, of
$50, payable to me or bearer, against N.
Robins. | hereby warn all per- ons from
purchasing such note as payment has been
stopped. 1tp. IA. VAN CLEEF.
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For SALE.-The house and lot, the prop
erty of Mr.. Alfred Searles, situated on
Barber street, Wellington, Lorain Co. o.
10t1p.
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NARRANT[E UNLIMITED.

We have put in a full line Of
Terry's Scissors & Shears,
And request all our customers to
call and examine them. They are
sold to us under a "Warrantee IN
limited" "and we cheerfully recon-
mend them to our trade. We keep
them in Terry's Cylinder Case, and
can without trouble, show them to
our friends. Our stock is COM
plete.
4y1 MALLORY, PRICE & co.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-03-12

For SALE CHEAP-FoR CAsH-A good
home with seven rooms, cistern, well,
wood-house and small harm. Very near
the business part Of town, and desirable
situation. Inquire at the Office of HER
RICK g. RICHARDSON.
The Mineral argus., 1884-04-03
Sunlight and Human Health.
the London Observer.

From the London Observer.
For some considerable time past the
Astronomer Royal and his assistants
have been weekly reporting the signi-
ficant fact that the recorded sunshine
during the seven days has been, upon
photographers who need be affected by
this intelligence. What can it possibly
matter to the world at large if there is
not sunshine enough about to discolor a
piece of sensitivized paper? AS a mat
ter of fact, however, the discoloration
of sensitivized paper is but n of the
many processes due to the chemical en- =
ergy of the sunlight. And a prolonged
absence of sunlight is a very serious
matter. Its effects upon the health are
direct and perceptible. We get no
ozone, and we become dull and l~istless,
as if we had been sitting up all night.
When thus out of tone and below par,
we are consequently deficient in that
vital energy which would otherwise en-
able us to shake off ordinary ailment.
Nor is this all. Absence of sunlight for
any considerable period is almost inva-
riably followed by epidemic outbreaks,
When the sun is active, filth of all
kinds putrifies as it collects. When
there is no sunshine the filth collects,
accumulates in masses, and ferments.
These fermented accumulations are q
source of positive danger as soon as the
sun resumes its activity. Decomposi-
ton under a bright sur is comparatively
harmless. Slow decomposition in the
dark is especially hostile to health. We
need no chemist to tell us all this; but at
the same time, it is as we'll to bear the
chemistry of common life in mind.
When the Astronomer Royal reports a
total absence of sunshine we ought to be
especially careful and, it may be added,
children suffer more from the absence
of the suns rays than do adults. Adults
have only to keep alive; children have tc
keep alive and to grow, which entails q
double amount of chemical work. Now.
if there be no sunshine, We can best
supplement its absence by exercise, and
yet strange enough, the absence of sun
shine is regarded by most mothers as q
sufficient ground for keeping children
within doors. 1t is, on the contrary the
very reason why they should be sent out
and kept out as much as possible.
The Mineral argus., 1884-04-03
Orange Culture in Florida.

The country readily takes all the
oranges Florida sends northward, and
consequently their culture steadily in
creases. 1t is stated that orange groves,
five years after they are started, will
sell for 81, 900 per acre; andt prepare
such a grove, covering five acres, costs,
according to a careful estimate, from $500
to$ 81, 900. After the first five years,
the growth of trees and increase of fruit
is constant during at least ten years
longer. and afterwards, with care, the
grove will retain its vigor for a century.
Florida according tothe census of 1880.
produced &c, 900, 600 oranges, valued at
500, 900, and the product is largely in
creased now. Yet the demand for them
is largely in excess of the home supply,
as the country consumes 600 900 600
annually, the remainder coming from
abroad. Like the wheat of the North
west, the oranges of Florida are a cash
article, finding ready buyers, and being
generally sold on the trees, n or two
cents each, who take risk and gather the
crops.-Florida Correspondence Phila-
delphia Ledger.
The Mineral argus., 1884-04-03
Carpets.

Changes of fashion occur in u car
pets as in dress. Last year sombre and
subdued colors and neutral tints pre-
vailed; now brilliant tints and high con
trasting colors are in ascendent. The
reaction in fashionable styles of carpets,
however extreme, is usually treaceable
to long operating influences, and it is
for manufacturers to discern in advance
the tendency of the public taste. The
present patterns of carpets are of an all
over description, without central figures.
For certain accepted patterns of old
standing there is a constant demand,
but periodic novelties are the rule,
There is too much study not only in
costly but in cheap carpets, ofthe dainty
effects of contrasts, as in yellow and
orange, with or without lighter c%olors,
blue and lilac, scarlet and crimson,
or white divided by faint blue.
Carpets admit of demi-tints, but no
shades. Ecru grounds are just now the
most popular for the richer descriptions
of carpets, The variety of patterns that
are turned out allow of the carpets Sc
| lected for the rooms of o house to rep
resent the individual taste of the occu-
pant, and thus on individual grounds
creating pleasure in addition to the mer-
it's they may possess as agreeable COM
positions.
In the way of direction in choice of
patterns, so far as colors are concerned,
we would state that combination of col
ors that would not be pleasing in a dress
are unsuited for carpets and will never
look well in a room. A tailor has made
a very effective stair carpet of patterns
neatly sewn together, as in patchwork,
and edged with scarlet two inches wide.
Ee has taken care to have the patterns
all the same size, and they look like
thick striped material.
The Mineral argus., 1884-04-03

every member, both male and female
for many generations, has been in the
profession. Among these families NAV
be mentioned the Rentzs, Samwells,
Cookies and Bridges. The health of
circus people is almost invariably ex-
cellent."
How do You think the performers
OF America compare with those of
Europe"
The Americans have a great deal
o reckless dash and daring and are
willing to incur more risk. When they
want to do a feat they go right ahead
and try it, whereas a European artist
would first undergo a long and careful
training for it. The American per-
formers idea seems to be that it is no
matter whether the feat is done grace
fully or the reverse so long as it is
boldly accomplished, and this seems to
be the idea of American audiences also;
but with the European, artistic a
and finish count for more than all else,
and If a feat-no matter how difficult or
daring-be performed without these,
the achievement, to him, is wholly de-
void of merit"
"How do salaries at the PRESENT. day
compare with those of the olden time ?"
"Well, though somewhat lower last
season than for several years past, they
are still at figures which once would
have been thought fabulous. Before
the late war $50 to 500 per week was a
good salary for a first-class rider, but
10Y such a n would command from
$3.50 to $500 per week. OF course, the
salaries of people of great reputation,
Mad. Elise Dockrill, Charles W. Fish,
Frank Melville and James Rob-
inson, the great bareback riders,
far exceed the above figures, reaching
in some instances as high as $500 or
even $500 per week, and the same APP
plies to performers in every branch of
the business. Such clowns as years
ago received $50 per week would now
receive 800, but the salary of Dan Rice,
who clowned with Nathans' Circus a
portion of the past season, vas probably
away up in the hundreds. The salaries
of the working hands, such as canvas
men, drivers, hostlers, the men who
care for the animals, etc, have decreased
instead of increasing, and these people
are now more poorly paid than ever"
The Mineral argus., 1884-04-03
Wire Fences.

The objection to wire fences, which
ON their first appearance was quite
strong, has nearly or quite passed
away. This objection rested altogether
upon the injury horses and cattle were
likely to suffer by running against
them; but as these accidents have
proved so rare of late, and the reports
of them having been shown to be great
ly exaggerated, we hear no more of
them. No doubt that now and then a
horse or a COW may be more or less
hurt by being forced against the barbs
but as these barbs are very short it is
impossible to see how any serious injury,
can be sustained from them. Animals
are sometimes hurt by a stone wall, or
an ordinrry post and rail fence, or by
attempting to jump over, or passing
through where there is a broken rail /;
or may be badly injured by falling into
a hole OF a ditch, and if they were all re-
ported it would probably be shown that
there would be as many as caused by
the wire fence. AS a mere matter of
protecting the premises against incess-
ant and damaging trespassing, the
value of the barbed fence will prove to
be acknowledgements Tele-
graph.
The Mineral argus., 1884-04-03
Yariors Honsehc1d Hints.

RATs.-A writer in Chambers's Jour
nal, after many useless experiments in
trying to rid his house of rats, at last
caught two alive in a trap, besmeared
them all over except their heads with
tar, and let them loose in their favorite
run. From 1875 till now his house,
though an ancient one, has been free
of rats.
Buttered paper laid Oyer the chest
will often be of great benefit when a
child is troubled with a cough.
A good liniment OF wash TO be used
COR burns is made of one part of inseed
Nl and two parts of lime water. This
gnould be applied on the surface of the
Irn, and covered with fine linen or
ent.
A good cough medicine is made of
The Mineral argus., 1884-04-03
Breaking Steers.

The orange county farmer knows of
no more profitable pastime for boys
than the breaking of a pair of young
steers or calves to the yolk, if al extra
team is likely to be needed. The calves
will not only 0 o grow into oxen, but
the actual contact of the lads with the
calves, and the ups and downs in the
conflict of breaking them in, viii not
only do the calves good, but VIII i'm
prove the boys from the healthy exer-
else of bone and muscle it always af-
fords. If the boys are young, begin
with a well matched pair Of spring
calves, and lose no time il providing a
suitable yoke to commence the training.
Never use the CAD on them, nor tie
The Mineral argus., 1884-04-03
Sweet Corn Better Than Sorghum.

I do not think sorghum for fodder is
near equal to the sweet varieties of corn
of the smaller and medium size like the
Minnesota. l have raised these crops
near each other in the same kind of soil,
MANFRED and cultivated alike. The
yield in fodder of both was about the
samein weight. The stalks of sorghum
are tougher thanthose of corn and when
cut up and placed in different racks
cows would not touch the sorghum SO
long as any corn was left nor even then
unless pretty hungry; if fed to them
alone they would eat only the upper
part of the stalks. Cows allowed to
get excessively hungry and having
nothing else to eat would probably
consume the entire stalk,
but l do not keep my COWS in that way.
Sorghum stalks have probably a greater
proportion of saccharine matter than
that of sweet corn, and are therefore
preferable to grind for making molasses,
syrup and sugar but as they are tough
er they are not so palatable for feeding
stock, being harder to masticate, and,
1 presume, to digest. Cut up and
steamed, or packed in silo, they might
be as greedily eaten. Sorghum does
best in a light soil, and will endure q
drouth rather better than corn. In con-
sequence of this, L would advise Mr..
Higbie and other farmers to cultivate a
little of it every season. The best vari-
ETY. 1 have tried is the sort called Amber
cane. In my latitude, 80 degrees,
planted the last of April, it heads out
early in July, and is then cut for fodder.
Afterward there is a second growth
from it, but this is not so tall and abun-
dant as the first.-[A. b. Allen, in N.
Y. Tribune.
The Mineral argus., 1884-04-03

Like blind spinner in the sum-
thread my days;
T know that all the threads will run
Appointed ways;.
7 know each dav will bring its task,
And. being blind, no more l ask.
I do not know the use or name
OF what / spin;
7 only know that some n came,
And laid within
Nv hand the thread, and said: 'fSince you
Are blind but one thing you can do"
Sometimes the threads so rough and fast
And tangled fly,
know wild storms are sweeping past,
And fear that L
Shall fall; but dare not try to lind
A safe place, since | am blind.
know not why, but 1 am sure
That tint and place,
Tn some great fabric to endure
Past time and race
Nv threads will have; so from the first,
Though blind, l never felt accurst.
/ think. perhaps, this trust has sprung
From one short word
Said over me when l was young
SO young, l heard
II knowing not that Gods name signed
NV brow, and sealed me His, though blind
Butwhether this be seal or sign
Within, without,
It matters not. The bond divine
never doubt,
know He set me here, and still,
And glad, and blind, l wait His will;
But listen, listen day by day,
To hear them tread
Who bear the finished web away,
And cut the thread,
And bring Gods message in the sun
f'Thou poor blind spinner, work is done"
The Mineral argus., 1884-04-03

The Cincinnati Commercial Gazette,
in thanking contributors to the flood
sufferers, says there is no need of furth-
err contributions from abroad. The
method of relief commonly used is to
distribute small sums of money, suifi-
cient to assist for a week or two. As
an example of the method, this incident
is cited The agent found a woman and
three children living in a COW shed.
"Hello! How are you getting on ?" said
the agent. 80, Tn all right; I'm out
of the water" where is your house ?"
"Flat on its back out yonder." "What
will it cost You to get it up?" about
five dollars l reckon" And the relief
is given.
The Mineral argus., 1884-04-03
High Toned L.entsn Costumes.

Soft gray cashmere, dove-gray Otto
man and Vigogne toilets, and fragrant
English violets are the most noticeable
things just at present, for the reason
that it is Lent. Soft gray, delicately
toned with lace, is becoming, and violets
are in season. Violets are certainly the
rage just now, but sad to relate, they are
not always real-the idea being to make
the artificial ones appear so by perfum-
ing them delicately with the sweet ex-
tract of the real blossom. This is bet
ter than no violets at all, but the fav-
vored ones of fortune, who
care not how many dollars they
lavish upon the florist, are to be
envied as they walk forth adorned, aye,
beautified, by great generous punches
of these blossoms-Nature's potent har-
bingers of spring. Large clusters are
placed on the right side of the hat and
the left side of the throat, fastened with
a slender steel dagger, with their stems
showing-the more and the longer the
stems the more fashionable. One young
lady, whose Lenten costume consists of
a black nuns cloth, made in q severe
monastic style. carries each morning a
good-sized muff of black fox upon the
top of which is gracefully fastened a SUI
perb cluster of Lenten lilies, the pure
white flowers forming a striking con-
trast to the raven-black costume.