The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1885-04-23
HIRAM.
Corresp yntience


time.
The frogs entertained us with their
first cancert the lllh inst which is
considerably later than the - oldest in
habitant" can call to mind. II the
little fellows are to be sileuced the
proverbial three times, we hope The
intervals will be brief.
do you know" said AN ancient
maiden lady, at the sewing society last
week, as she wiped tear from her
nose, why this winter reminds me
of NV youthful days. What a
strange idea. =" exclaimed several ladies
- But pray tell US why" Because,
" heu | WAS gid. used to inger in
the lap OF ~" "Oh, yer, remember"
said he eldest of the company, and
l understand he has just buried his
third vile. > . Dear me, are you sure"''
excitediy exclaimed the ancient one
aud during the iemain inder If the session
she was as happy aud gay "a a girl Of
forty.
The past week has been good har
vest for The sugar makers. Several
hundred gallons of syrup of exceeding
sweetness and tine flavor has bee u
manafactpred, all of which has found
ready market iq "ths fsr vest"
The Ladies Mite Society gave a sn
gar festival at the Church last Thurs.
day evening, which, as it should have
befp, was literally patroniaed.
MIR, Reno last very yalgsLle cow
last week cause qnkRORq.
Mr.. S. Young has sold his store
building to D. II, Beaman, who in
tends nalng the upper portion for y
printing ofI;es. Ihe psople of this
place sincerely hope THAT Mr.. Young
| will not go out of business.
SOMETHING ABOUT BOoMs.
When Garfield was nominated for
President, in 1880, Hiram College had
q boom. But the event happened a.
the wrong time of the gear, and the
boOgl didn't last but few weeks, and
when 1t has entirely tialtened out, the
wonderfully astute f4e4ity east around
for a new boom, and with their acute
vision, discovered that we had too
nlqch mail service, therefore, they had
it curtaiied aRs-half 1t mattered no,
that the people Objecte4, ard those
| furnished nine.tenths of the revenues
of the office protested, the brilliant
faculty declared that the College could
not stand two mails day, and the
people might go to the devil. 1t was
to give the College boom that the
mail service was curtailed. Then some
enemies began tG agitate the idea OF
moving the College to sOine other TO-
cality. The main reason given for the
removal was that the mail facilities OF
Hiram we're inadequate. Then the
metaphysical minds Ct the very erudite
faculty began to hear something drop
so to speak, and they begged to have
the mail service restored, and it wa.
done, and the College got another
boom. It got boom at both ends o.
tAc mat oci WIG tuSsl!od. hul Ihs
College has quite recently received /;
real big, substantial boom, one thai
will last for all time, and one that vii
increase in volume and intensity as i
goes bounding and booming down
through the succeeding ages. One o
the faculty has been promoted to Tia,
office of School Director for Sub Dis
trict No. =. Hiram township. The
i event will stimulate the endowment
| fund 10 All iucalagIsble extent, scholar
ships will sell al premi4IL1. and tn,
town will be flooded with students
Such a boom was not obtained with
uut a mig hty erfLit. The whole faculty
Turned out to the school meeting, the,
ie.i ALI the calves down that were oil,
enough to hieat, they sent runners Oh
into the highways ana ditchesi Il
bring III the lame and the halt tn
blind and the deaf. TO fight an imag
mary foe. for there was not a person
in The District thai had the least OH
lection to Mr.. Cotton serving as Schoo
Director, it he, wished to. But to trea
the matter seriously, it looks littl
suspicionsly-ths manner in Whicl
the election was brought about. VIII.
the faculty should all turn ont to thi
meeting, n thing never done before
why should bring with Them u lot q
hoys, who are temporarily residing
l. Il Al Ia.
school, who pay not one cent of take
here, and who have no more interes
in our district school than a ChOctay
Indian, aud why they should send OH
runners TO bring in voters, when Il
other person had been named for Di
rector, is of course not without a mo
tive. That Hiram College is or is nc
waxing at this time, is perhaps not
question. But that part of the fac
ulty lacks dignity is disgracsful fact
A Prof who dabbles and takes an act
i've part in little township politics
caucuses, especially for the nOmins
lion of township officers, is out of hi
place in one or the other position.
u man is not respected in his positio
at home, he cannot command respe(
abroad. This he must do to rende
his position successful. If perso
does not respect his position the worl
will not respect him. If he dabbles i
matters beneath his position, he dem
Onstrates that his mind is low, narro,
and bigoted, and cannot com mand re
spect from we'll meaning peoyle. Ii.
A BILL has passed both Houses c
the Ohio Legislature providing for th
furnishing of school text books at tn
least possible cost. Under its provis
ions each Board of Education is al
thorized to agree upon what books al
to be used in the schools under il
charge. and to purchase them at whole
sale direct from the publishers at tn
least cost possible to obtain good books
The books are then to be furnished
the pupils at their Wholesale cost price
and books once adopted cannot b