The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1885-01-29
No EES BY VINCENT.

Times are hard; Lu.ir ess is depressed
and workmeu are Idle lu consequence
OF all this there must lie q good deal of
suffering among the poOr classes duriug
these cold Winter months. There il
one good thing about Ravenns, and
that ia. ii ronIaIus buI few people who
u C really desliInte. and We are there
fore but little able t" judge OF the ex
treme sutfsring> Of the poverty -strick-
ell in The cities. The poor We shall
always have with u.s." but We do not
always feel like lending them n help
ing hand. We enjoy the iuxuriss OF
eur own hoIues, live sumptuousiy, but
are very apt to turn the poor beggat
from our door with contempt. We do
not like to share with the unfortunate
our comforts.
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The New Orleans Exposition does
not seem TO he turning out very sue
cessfully. 1t is said that the money
appropriated by the Government has
been squandered, and that gross Mis.
management exists. The Exposition
WAS opened two months before il was
ready in order to get money. Every
thing, according to the papers. is in a
chaotic state, and general confusion
prevails in all the departments. There
can be no question that the intention
was to make this one of the greatest
shows, and no doubt it will be when
the season shall be more advanced and
the managers become settled in their
duties. Meanwhile visitors should de
lay going to New Orleans for a month
or two-at least until the beautiful
weather of February and March, the
two most delightful months in the
southern cline.
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Court has been occupied to q great
extent this term in the trial of dis.
puted lines, and CO.. .troversies over the
| title to real estate. Four cases of this
sort have already been tried, and the
Lord only knows how many more art
on the docket. AS land becomes dI
vided up between more owners anG
the price of real estate advances, thess
disputes will become more common
In years gone by, when land was low
and surveyors had only crude instru
ments, difference of few feet in the
amount of land mau had was not O
very great consequence. Now, q dis
pute between two land owners over ,
strip of land worth ssn 10 fought ant
contested to the bitter end.
49,
I understand that our Board of E,iu
cation have employ ed a teacher to in
struct the students of our public school,
IN the art Of drawing, and compe
them all to provide themselves with
the necessary books. ~ and take uI
the study. whether they have any
taste for it or not There are scholars
who, should they study the theory NJ
drawing until doomsday, could never
become proficient. The taste is not In
them; you might as well attempt t.
teach frog to crow. or a rooster t.
sing, as to teach some people to draw.
1t makes 10 difference, however, they
aust bear the expense of this highly
fashionable, "too utterly utter" ar
They are compelled to peg away, anr
spend the time with IL which could b
used much more advansagennsly nL
practical studies.
The expense attending n course OF
study in our schools is altogether to.
mnch anyway. 1t will well nigh bank
rupt man of ordinary means to send
o family OF six children clear through
the school. Books are changed every
few months, SD that by the time on.
child gets through them they are q,
no Use to the next one, thus com Pelllns
esrh Of the six children to have q com
plete set %, text books, from the pn
mary grade clear up through the high
school. In past years Rays arithme
tic was used all over the land, ~ y
standard text book, but, in dozen
years, numerous different arIthmetics
have been adopted by our Board ol
Education. 1t is thus with all the
text books used in Ourschools. Change.
Of this kind should be very few and fal
between.
~
hear rumors floating through the
air that Ravenna 10 10 be afflicted with
another skating rink. Who is tt
build it or where it is to be located, nc
one seems to know. / should think
the present one would be sufficient to
accommodate all who have been ear.
ried away with the prevailing craze
for it is craze, and is raging exten.
sively all over the county. In Phil
adelphia rink has just been erected
at cost of $i50,OOO. There are two
others in the city which cost probably
as much more. These three establish,
ments have in constant use three
thousand pairs of shates, which are
rented out ut from 10 to 25 cents, ac
cording to style. A brass band in con
slant attendance, night and day, and
a dozen young men as instructors foG
learners, are absolute necessities at the
rinks. The instructors must be geo
looking as well as expert aud graceful,
for to them is due much of the popu
larity of the resorts for the young
ladies, who are their constant and
faithful supporters.
VINCENT.
"Opinions are but little things"
said John Wesley l35 years ago, We
think that opinions which are backed
by experience are substantial. The
masses who use Dr. BigelOw's Positive
Cure all speak highly of 1t for coughs,
colds, wh"oping cough, Group, bron.
chitis, asthma, influenza, and all throat
and lung diseases. It's cure ls safe.