The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-12-27
HIRAM.


We acknowledge that our town lie
the last blizzard the more fa
vored localities got their Thermometers
down several degrees below zero, while
the best We could do was twelve above
We will have to lay in al improved
quality OF Thermometers to keep
down with our neighbors.
Mr.. 4. M. Hank and wife have gone
to California to visit friends during
the winter. Their tickets allow them
six months to take In the State,
Mr.. and Mrs. j. G. Ellis have re.
turned from ILL.,, where they went to
visit relatives.
DR.. Dyson has for several weeks
been on the sick list with lung trouble
He and his wife contemplate spending
the winter in Georgia..
We are pleased to notice that the
problem of better roads Is icing agita.
ted by the press in several localities
That there ought to be change in our
road laws, goes without y saying. The
ridiculous practice that prevails in
some localities. of piling up with
wheel scrapeTs great quantities OF
chunks anu tough muck In the center
Of the road, ought To TIE prohibis ed. In
such Cases it Ia impossible to drive Ill
the middle Of the road, aLd the travel
er can take his choice which side of
the ridge, aud pass along with his
wagon or carriage tipped at an angle
of ABOUT IS degrees, while the occu-
pants careen in the opposite direction
to Keep the center of gravity, at the
loss OF equanimity of an angelic dispo
sltion. 1t Is a mistake to suppose that
all soils should be worked alike. A
reasonable piling up of sandy or grav
ely SOIL might not work great incUn
venlence. but muck or heavy soil
should be ploweu ia the fall and scrap
ed In the spring following. AS gen
eral rule the worst roads are those
where the most work is done. Every
person who uses the roads To anS lea-
sonable extent will agree Win IN, i'll
this proposition. AS the law row Ia,
or as 1t is executed, there Is no system
In Its practical workings In sulue 10
calities 100 much work Is dune, IN
others, none AT &II; ami what work il
done Is generally cut of season or with
poor judgment. The paying of road
tax III labor Is well enough theoi etic
ally, but practically it Is u failure
some will perform an honest days
woik On the highway in discharge OF
their tax, while others will shIIk and
perform little or nothing, and still get
credit for An homes uay's work, The
most equitable way Is 10 pay the whole
tax ia money, and pay that money to
those Who Will guar antee to keep the
highways in good condition for u term
OF years for the least money. This
question ought to be agitated till an
Improved 81 stem is evolved.
The communication In the PRESS OF
Dec. 18th, frem b. e. Frazer and W
r. Jewell, Pres. and Sec, of the Co
Prohibition Ex. Com regarding the
failure to count their votes in Ran
dolph, brings 10 mind like occur
renee IN this place q few years ago, al
an October election. In the Doll box
was one prohibition vote, which the
judges proposed to not count, for the
reason, they gave. that it would not
make any difference in the result. BY
counting this ballot the poll books and
Tally isheels would agr, as to numbers
objectod to their efussl to count the
ballot, and argued that they had moth
Ing to DO with the result their duty
was TO- count all the ballot. anu count
them As they appeared. NeilAer had
tney Alright to sssAme that IL would
not Affect The resolt, for they might az
well assume that the republican OF
democratic ticket would win, and
throw out the defeated ticket. rs to
throw out this one. That the elector
VINO deposited that ballot had the same
right to have his baliot counted as q
republican or o democrat had. The
judges were good, honest men, but
somehow they could not get their
minds above the idea that the election
was mere squsbble between certain
men lor Office, and that man should
vote for principle seemed utterly alb
surd to them. l regret to say that far
TOO many have the same views at the
present time. It seems that the theory
that every man has q right to vote.
and to have his vote counted, is appli-
cable only to the negroes of the South.
II.