Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-04-02
81 love the merry, merry sunshine.

Everyone has heard and acknowledg ed
the truth of this simple ditty. But sup
pose there had been no sunshine that day
what then? The party would have ia
ken advantage OF it and slipped into
Hahn & Meyers Eagle Clothing House
and selected one of those nice spring suits
so that he might be prepared when the
sun did shine. First come, first served !,
but they have goods enough for all. st
Within few weeks the season for seed
ing will again be at hand. Every intelli-
gent farmer understands the value OF
every moment of time when the season
opens, and should therefore lose no time
in making preparations forit. Your plows,
harrows, seeders, rollers and wagons
should be overhauled now and put into
proper shape. Prepare your seed with
special care to get rid of broken and light
seed, weeds, etc. If the seed of your own
raising is not satisfactory, secure some at
once from a reliable source. Ifyou have
manure pile haul it out to the fields now,
you can spread it later. Get your teams
in shape by liberal feeding, and in gen.
eral way put in practice the adage, "a
stitch in time saves nine.'
| Mr.. EDIToR:-On Saturday last the
friends and relatives of j. Ashcroft gath
cred at his home on the Napoleon Pike to
celebrate his 4sth birthday. They came
with well filled baskets. Mr.. II. took ev =
erything in good humor, but when the
young folks got him and his better half
on the dancing floor he thought they were
little too old for that sport, but when
they saw old grandpa collars and his esti-
mable and aged wife on the floor, they
took courage and enjoyed the sport hugely.
A good time was enjoyed by all present
and when the time came around for the
guests to return home one and all wished
Mr.. A. many more birthdays as pleasant
as his 18th. GUEST.
Most people think Panorama is a strip
of painted canvas ten feet wide, set up on
edge and laboriously Ieeled off by the
yard at the tap OF man with long stick
There is as much difference between the
panorama of thirty, or even five, years
ago and that wonderful creation ofgenius
the panorama of the Siege of Paris, as
there is between the primeval ox-cart anG
a Pullman palace car. The magnificent
painting hangs in a complete circle against
the inner walls of an immense and orna
mental building 400 feet in circumference
and rs feet high. The point ofobservatior
is an elevated platform in the center, ant
the effect is the same as though the OBJ
server were suddenly transported to thu
locality depicted. He sees no painting
only a landscape stretching to the horizon
line, which in the case the Seige Of Pari
includes the beautiful city OF Paris IN thu
distance, tho protecting forts, the Bois d'
Boulocne. suburban villas, and the wind
ing Seine, while around him on every sid'
embattled hosts are painting with human
blood new map OF Europe. 1t is one Q
the wonders ofthe age, and is to be seen Al
the corner OF Wabash Avenue and Hub
bard Court, Chicago. Ocean.
ANY of our citizens visiting Chicago
should not leave the city before they spent
an honr or two viewing the Siege OF Paris
which is indeed one of the wonders of the
lage.