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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-09-24

The annual meeting of the Yer
mont branch of the woman's board of
foreign missions will be held at Wind
sOr Wednesday, Oct. Z.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1885-01-15
Boxing Fruit i'm Florida.

A correspondent at BOardman, Ma
rine county, Fla, writes rs follows in
regard to boxing oranges and lemons
in that state:
'.The boxing material and hoops
pieces and middle piece OF plankS are
sawed and planed here. The paper
wrappers also come from the East, ana
are sent here in huge boxes, worth s4j
the box. and requires cents worth of
paper for each box of oranges. Large
packing houses, similar to our sugar
houses, are erected close to the railroad
and in 4 house where from 10000 boxes
to $4,000 are shipped, it requires from
ten to twenty laborers with step-lad-
ders. each provided with sack like
unto a cotton-pickers's bag, and nip
pers. to cut the orange stems close up
to the oranges. A couple or more of
two-mule wagons bring into the orange
groves field boxes with handles; into
those the cutters empty their bags of
oranges carefully so as not to injure
the fruit.
These boxes when full, are taken
up by the wagoners, sixteen or eight
cen boxes at a time, and are carr ell to
the packing-house and placed therein,
and another set of boxes taken back to
the grove on the leturn of the wagon.
Grading the fruit comes next in order;
that is the perfect fruits are chosen
from those that are creased or have
been injured on the trees or in their
growth, and the bright chosen or separ
ated from the russets or colored. Next
in order comes the sizing the oranges.
They are PASSED between row of up
right pegs and a board, the pegs plac
cd at different distances from the board,
and between every two pegs trough
leads into box into which the sized
fruit drops. At each one of these boxes
stands boy, whose business is to wrap
the fruit in tissue paper, with the stems
upward, and they are then taken and
packed securely aud firmlyinto shipping
boxes, and after undergoing this pro-
cess the lid is put on and hoops bind
all securely together, and the fruit Is
ready for shipment.
len men in the field, gathering
oranges, one assistant to help load in
wagons the boxes when tull, two sort
ers, two graders, six wrappers, one or
two packers, one man to prepare the
boxes, and one man to nail up after
packing, two wagoners, constitute Il
packing force to put up. say l5O boxes
Of fruit per day ready 10 market at
cost, say of 45 cents for each box for
box material, paper, nails and labor.
1t requires S45 worth of paper to the
600 boxes of oranges, and they range in
size from ninety-siX to the box to 800,
and it costs much less for handling the
largest size. One dollar per man, and
80 cents Per boy are the wages paid
daily"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1885-01-15
The Hear: Is Ever Young.

The heart is young, the heart ia ever young.
Thrilling with raptnraus tinntions StllI,
When Time his dirgc Of na'.y Years has SUM;
As when the gladsome Voice. IRON cave al"
Rang on in early youth, and many thrill
uf Wild '"laht rang through each stainless
breast.
The heart is even young and takes its MI
tT joy. when IN the Trbrs OI age lis drest,
ur Oh mothers bosom finds its rest
Tine ma - no wrinkles on il; II Is fair
In tt" old msn OF three score years ana ten
As in ii4r STRIPPING, buoyant free from care
lnnstIc 10 reach the ripper years OF men.
The Eh!Sy eagle boasts sharper ken
When hc has SCARED alntt for many years,
bravins the sunshine, lightning, storm, as
when
First from his eyrie, mid cOntending fears.
He rose, and scorned the cepth where crag
appears.
The locks may whiren meath the SHOWS Of
age,
And nature fade npon the sightless ball;
sounds sink to silence aud no more engage
The listlcss ear. once open to the call
OF father. mother. sister, loved ones all;
The blood still circles round youthful heart,
Which; although conscious or its bitter
Lives in lis pleasant memories. to part,
From them. when lifes last deep foundations
start
Treat kindly, then, the old; for know that
thou,
And think. if meath long years thon'rt called
to bow
And bear the locks of venerable gray.
Thou.t hope TO pass the evening OF thy
Kind friends and tender relatives among;
And when disease on thee his hand shall
And meath deaths touch thy nerves shall be
unstrung,
Then shalt thou mount and sing, the heart is
The heart is ever young
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1885-01-15
Tweaty-Seyea Years on His Back.

In lS4S. while Jonathan Bass. then
Is years Old. was going to a pasture,
now built upOn in Lockport. n Y, he
felt severe pain in his right foot. II
has never been able to discover what
caused the pain. He became lame.
and tried in every way to get cured.
doing little work in one place or an
other until 1851, Then, one joint after
another having become affected until
all were diseased. he was at last put on
an invalid's movable bed. He has
never since left it. Until 1865 lie MAN.
aged to feed himself, but since then hu
has been fed by others. All his Joints
are firmly set and immovable. and
though he cannot move any part of his
body, and, of course. cannot chew at
all, his appetite is vigorous, and he
eats great deal of meat BY sucking it
into his throat in long slices.
He can talk as well as ever. and is
an intelligent and weli-read man. He
read so constantly when be was first
bedridden that he blinded himself. and
has not been able to see since 1869.
His body is in such a singular cOndi-
ton that it seems as if il was all one
solid bone. Tne fie,h has wasted away
and his arms and legs are very little
thicker than the bones beneath the
skin. Yet the bones of the fingers of
the right hand have disappeared, and
so have all the bones of the left hand
and of all the toes. He weighs only
seventy or eighty pounds, and any on
who can raise that weight can lift him
by putting one hand under his head
and one under his heels. his body he
ing as rigid as if he were a log. His
muscles are said to be unaffected,
though useless, his heart and all his
other vital organs perfectly sound. and
his condition otherwise such as To lead
the doctors to believe he will live many
years longer. He does not suffer pain
now, as he used to do early in his af-
fiictiOn.-Ne,C York SIN.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1885-01-15
Catlin's Indian Pictures.

George Catlin, Philadelphia artist,
was inspired by visit from. a dozen
Sioux chiefs to Washington, in. 1882,
with determination to visit every tribe
of Indians on the continent of North
America, and to bring home faithful
portraits of their principal personages,
male and female, views of their viii
lagos. games, etc., and full notes of
their character and history; to procure
specimens of their costumes, and a
complete collection of their weapons,
implements, and manufactures, in Or
der to form gallery. He carried his
hazardous undertak ng into effect, and
roamed about for seven or eight years,
in the course of which he visited and
associated with, on familiar terms, for
ty-eight different tribes, the widest and
most remote, and brought away five
hundred paintings in oil, of which
three hundred were portraits, besides
an extensive collection of their COS
tunes, etc. He made several unsuc-
cessful endeavors to have congress pur-
chase his collection, and then took it to
Europe, where he exhibited it at sew
eral capitals. but could not dispose of
it. At last he became involved pecu-
niarily, and an English sheriff seized his
collection. After his death, however,
it fell into the hands Of one who appre-
ciat d it, and who generously gave it
TO the Smithsonian institute.-BcH:P Per-
leg I'o0re.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1885-01-15
A Surprise Party.

A well-to-do bachelor. who is a gen.
eral favorite with the Young ladies in
the community in which he resides, has
recently completed a handsome resi-
dence just across the river from Knight $
Landing, in the edge of Suttcr county.
His bachelor retreat is adorned with
beautiful shrubbery, running vines,
rare plants, and exotic flowers. forming
a sort of terrestrial paradise. Marriage
able young ladies, in passing the place,
look toward it with longing eyes. One
evening last week the gentleman's S
friends, old and young, determined 10
treat him 10 a ''Surp: iSc party and
house-warming, and, for the purpose,
engaged the services of string band
and caller" and having provided
themselves with baskets of choice edi-
bleS, crossed the river in silence and
began moving on the encmy's works,
having first taken the precaution to
throw out au advance guard OF Young
ladies familiar with the premises, to
propitate a Cerberus of a dog which
was supposed to keep guard over the
premises. The proprietor of the man
sion, who is strict church member
and rather adverse to dancing, did not
take kindly TO the idea OF having his
house overrun by. the sons and daugh-
ters of Belial, and according V declined
the protfered surprise with thanks
and shotgun. The discounted Terp-
sichoreans, after holding council of
war, retreated in good order, and re-
crossed the river IN boats.-!San Fran
cisco Ar9OndUt.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1885-01-15

Buchanan, the first bachelor Presi-
dent, had quite brilliant adminiStra,
ton socially. His niece, Harriet Lane,
was in many respects Il magnificent
woman. Her appearance was striking
and her manner winning. Intellectu-
ally she was very strong, and she pre-
sided over her uucle'S household with
a dignity and grace that has handed
her name down to posterity as one I'll
the best female characters ever in the
White House. She has seen great
SORROW since those days. Her uncle,
whom she loved as father, has passed
away, and her two little boys, 10 and
II, the fruit of her happy marriage,
have both died within the last three
years. Her husband also departed
this life suddenly within the last
year, and the brilliant mistress of the
White House of little more than q
quarter of a century ago is childless
widow
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1885-01-15

They were walking together under a
very little umbrella. and she liked him
well enough not to want large spread
of alpaca. He was modest, and seem
ell TO be nervous, and she finally re-
marked. very softly, and with Il note of
interrogation:
..Charlie?'
YES. Fannie" he responded.
.'I'll carry the umbrella, if you'll let
me-"
..Oh. no. | can carry it,
"Ies, Charlie. but, you see, your arm
takes up So much roo that one side of
ME is ont in the wet.
Il know that, Fannie, but what will
i do with my arm; won't it be in the
way just the same?,'
Il don't know, Charlie. Gus Clarke
always knows what to do with his when
he is walking under an umbrella with
Mary Martin, because Mary told me
SO"
Poor ChaIl lie!
~ - "A
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1885-01-15

My dear" said MIR. Sniginbottom
to his wife one day at the table, AS he
valiantly struggled to carve piece OF
meat. ''Why do the butchers put these
miserable wooden pins into the roasts?
Every time try TO carve off slit g |
strike on one of them.
81 do not know. dear, unless the
meat is more skewer that way" re-
sponded Mrs Snigginbottom.
Maria, think you had better see a
physician at once. | am afraid over
work is affecting your mind. ."-IsraS
Sl'tingS.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1885-01-15

nerr Myer. a German sratistlclan,
saws that 80 per cent. Of the people Of
Germany receive less than a dollar a
day. The sudden and formidable
growth of Socialism in that country
NAV thus be understood in a measure
The ProgreS Medical describes two
new Oriental pOisons. which are said to
be innocuOus when taken into the
stomach, but have the reWarkable
quality OF immediately arresting the
action of the heart when introduced
into the blood. I
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1885-01-15
Ayers Sarsaparilla.

Since then Mr.. LELAND has recommended
AYERS SARsAPARILLA in n;any similar
cases, and he has never yet heard OF its fail
ure to effect n radical cure.
Some years ago one of MIR. LELsSD's farm
laborers bruised his leg. Owing to the bad
state of his blood, IN ugly scrofulous swelling
or lump appeared on the injured limb. T"r-
rible itching of tho skin, with burning and
dartiug pains through the lump, maze lilo
almost intolerable. The leg became caor-
mously enlarged, and running ulcers formed,
discharging great quantities of extremely
offensive matter. No treatment was of any
avail until tho man, by Mr.. LELASD's direc-
tion, was supplied with AYERS SARsAPA-
RILLA, which allaye;l the pain and irritation,
healed the sores, removed the swelling, and
completely restored tho limb to use.
Mr.. LELAND has personally used
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1885-01-15
Ayers Sarsaparilla

for Rheumatism, with entire success; ; and,
after careful observation, declares that, i'll
his iclief, there is TO medicine il the world
equal TO it for the cure oil Liver Disorder
Gout, tho effects of high living, salt
Rhcum, Sores, E~uptiOns, and all the
various forms of blood diseases.
We have Mr.. LELASD's permission TO invite
all who may desire further evidence in regard
to the extraordinary curative powers Of
AYER's SARsAPARILLA to see him person.
ally either at his mammoth Ocean I;ctel,
Long Branch, OF at the popular Leland Hotel,
Broadway, 9th and 25th Streets, New York.
MIR. LELAND's extensive knowledge OF the
good done by this uns,Yualled eratiicator nf
biood poisons enables him TO give inquirers
mueh valuable information.
PREPARED BY
Dr.. J.C.Ayer& & Co. Lowell Mass.
Sold by all Druggist; 81. sis hotties inr 81.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1885-01-15

1t takes 1000 roses to yield two gal
Ions of altar. In the morning the red
blooms are collected BY hand and dis
titled into clay stills with twice their
weight of water-the water which
comes over being set to cool all night,
and throwing up the thin film of oil
which covers it in the morning like
cream on new milk. This is the altar,
which must be carefully swept off with
a feather, and transferred to a small
nhial
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1885-01-15

Major General Hancock will retire
Eem the army in February. 1883
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1885-01-15
Business Cards.
T. I'll. PHELPS

A TFORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT
"A LAW. Oisce over Peter Kings Grocery,
Wes Main ST., Ravenna. Ohio.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1885-01-15
A. N, FARR,

o. P. SPERRA,
Attorney at Law. Office in Wheeler''
Building. Main ST.. Ravenna ooo
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1885-01-15
WARREN LELAND,
Largest Hotel Enterprises

of America, says that while passenger from,
Sew York on board a shi going around CaIo
Horn. IN the early lays OF emigration 10 Cal
ii'ri,i;t, he learned THAI ono of the officers OF
the vessel had cured iInself, during the voy-
ass, of an obstinate disease by the use of
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1885-01-15

Twenty-Five thousand eight hundred
and twenty-five patents vera granted
during the last fiscal year.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1885-01-15
' n TNGET,T,.

TTORNEY AT LAW and Notary
IN Public Office in over Mrs. smith 5 Miiii-
-ery. Store. Mantua station, Ohio o4%-u-
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1885-01-15

1t was formerly common supersti-
little worm. having the form of an eel.
which gradually gnawed a hole in q
tooth. - r-
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1885-01-15

T0R PRINTING Oh ALI AIN D8
I'll sFromptiJ ana nsASiH execRtea,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-06-04

are calling to mind the wonderful
progress that has been made in this
department of the public service
since the Republican party took
possession twenty-five years ago
The cheap postage, the greatly inn
proved service both at home and up
on the ocean, the postal treaties with
foreign nations, the free delivery,
the convenient boxes upon every
corner of the street, the money-or'
der arrangement, and the convenient
package business are a few items
worth naming of the wonderfully
improved service. 1t would almost
seem an if Republicans had turned
over the Office with nothing about il
to get clear of except "the offensive
partisans." When Democrats sue
coed in making as good record OF
things practical they will have rea
son to be proud.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-06-04

jumped from high wagon, had
taken part at dance and had walked
without crutches innumerable times"
On appeal to the supreme court
the case was remanded for new
trial, on the ground that the damag
es were excessive. The second trial
at Monroe strangely resulted in a
judgment of $4,000 against the city.
The city took an appeal from this
verdict, aud the supreme court to-
day affirmed the judgment, on con-
dition that it be reduced to $4,000.
This suit has been the cause Of a
great deal of trouble in Lancaster,
aside from the effect it has had upon
the value of the property in the city.
The long established law firm Of
Bushnell & Clark, which consisted
of A. II. Bushnell and John e.
Clark, was dissolved because of dis
agreement between the partners as
to the merits Of the case. Persons
who had been intimate friends for a
lifetime have become enemies
through the McLimans case. Wit
nesses who have testified in her
favor have been socially ostracised,
situations have been lost, employees
discharged, and the McLimans case
has for several years been the one
drawback to the general happiness
of the citizens of this enterprising
little city. All are glad u decision
has at length been reached, although
there is great and general dissatis-
faction with its nature.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-06-04

1Ir.ESpringer, of Mechanicsburg,
Pa, writes; 81 was afflicted with
lung fever and abscess on lungs, and
reduced to ,raHinq skeleton. Go,
% free trial bottle of DR.. Kings New
Discovery for Consumption, which
did me SO much good that [ bought
a dollar bottle. After using three
bottles, found myself once more a
man, completely restored to health
with q hearty appetite, and q gain in
flesh of As lbs." Call at G r.. Nor
FErr Drug Store and get . free trial
bottle Of this certain cure for all
Lung Diseases Large bottle SL00.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-06-04

C,TATE OF NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. COURT FOR

CTATE OF WISCOESIN-COUNTY COURT FOR
- Iowa County-ln Probate
Netice is hereby given that at n regular term of
the Iowa County Court, to be held in and for
said county at the Court House, in the village Of
Dodgeyille. in said county, on the eth day
of said day the following matters will be heard
and considered
The application OF Thomas Caygill 10 admit to
probate the last will and testament of Christie
pher NJ. CaygiA, late OF the town Of Linden in
said county, deceased.
And Il is further ordered, that public notice
thereof be given to all persons interested by
publishing copy of this order for three weeks
successfully prior to said day of hearing in the
Mineral Point Tribune, a weekly newspaper
published in said county,
BY order of the Court
JOHN T. JONES, Judge
Dated Dodgeville, Wis, May 10, 1888. -2lw3
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-06-04
Justice to a Much Wronged Mar

Mr.. William ii. Moon has Just re-
turned home from confinement in
Joliet, H., for term of over eleven
years for a crime which later inves-
LEGATION shows him to have been
innocent of, hence, his pardon by
the governor of the state of Illinois,
from life sentence.
Mr.. Moons case clearly shows
how evidence can be manufactured
and bought up by the use of money
in the hands of INSCRIPTIONS men.
MIR. Moon has placed in our hands
letters and copies of documents
which clearly show that he was the
victim of pergury, falsehood and
bribery-hence the action of the
governor-that he had never used
any weapon on the man whom he
was accused Of killing, aud that he
was badly carved and cut up himself,
while the man he was accused of
killing died from the effects of one
wound, and that one, a blow inflicted
on himself by missing the object
aimed at (Mr. Moon) and entering
his own body, thus causing his own
death short time after, and for
which his friends caused the arrest
of Messrs Mccullough, and Moon.
Some of the best citizens in Illinois
interested themselves at this late day
in Mr.. Moons behalf aud secured
his release. Mccullough was re-
leased after 20 months confinement,
through the influence of the Masonic
fraternity, while Moons release was
the work of disinteres;ed citizens
anxious to right wrong and release
an innocent man from unjust i'm
prisonment.- Rjdgelcay Enterprise
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-06-04
Wel'-ter'- Eyes.

MIR Allen, in his article on Daniel
Webster in tha last GcsGyI writes %
correspondent TO IHe Boston tdc.f.Sar.
mentions his great SOFT ewes, as be-
ING peculiarly attractive to children.
This reminds me of aa incident which
may perhaps show tina, those eyes had
sometimes different effect Mr. Web
stcr wa, once spending the summer in q
town near Boston. and, us was his GUS
tom, attended church regularly, both
morning and afternoon. On one occa-
sion it fell to the lot of an uuHodgcd
youth to try his wings in that pulpit.
lie rose. as was natural, with some
trepidatioa, to begin the service. This
trepidation gradually increased till to-
ward the close of the hymn he taltered
perceptbly, and SIS he sat down by the
minister Of the parish, ne whispered:
doctor, | don't know to whom those
eyes belong which are directly facing
me, but they are quite too much for
me and / can not preach. Mr.. Web
ster was responsible for an extempor-
aneous discourse that morning.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-06-04
Thousands Say So.

Mr.. t. w. Atkins, Girard, Kan,
writes: 81 never hesitate to recon-
mend your Electric Bitters to my
customers, they give entire satisfac-
ton and are rapid sellers" Electric
Bittsrs are the purest and best medi-
cine known and will positively cure
Kidney and Liver complaints. Purify
the blood and regulate the bowels.
No family can afford to be without
them. They will save hundreds of
dollars in Doctors bills every year.
Sold at fifty cents bottle by G. r.
MoFFETT.