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The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1889-06-19
PENFIELD.

June II, 80.
MIR. and Mrs. Archibald Mclean. visit
ed their daughter Mrs. Glenn. Gardner and
family In Huntington one day last week.
Mrs. X. McConaughy visited her daueh
ter, Mrs. Esther Jones and family in Ober.
lin, couple Of days last week.
BoRN-June 18th. three pound
daughter, to Mr.. and Mrs. J. o. Lang.
Miss Tressa Starr, Arthur Christv and
sister Angie, are home from school AZ
Berea.
Miss Mable Jones Of oberlin, is spend.
ing a week with her grandparents, Mr..
and Mrs. r. McConaughy.
Rain, rain, when will we have better
weather. The cold and frosty weather
OF the past few weeks killed the foliage
on the sycamore trees in this community
and they are presenting a rather forlorn
appearance; some Of the second growth
oak trees look but little better
Mrs W. M. Thorpe OF Cleveland, Is Wis
iting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Lemuel
Starr and ether friends in town.
Mr.. Albert Peirce of Wellington. at.
tended services at the Baptist church Sun.
day afternoon.
Miss Wealthy Renouard Is making an
extended visit with her sister. Mrs. John
son and family Of Ridgeville.
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A. NJ. FITCH.

In describing the business interests of
Wellington we cannot interest our readers
more, than by giving the history Of one of
the le aiding mercantile industries of the
town. Twenty-one years ago this summer
Mr.. A. M. Fitch put stock of clothing
and furnishing goods, into the only avail
able room at that time, small wooden
lSx24 room, one of the Huntington relics,
brought here on wheels, situated on the
South side Of Liberty street, and COM
menced business under the name of the
"New York Clothing House." Previ-
GUS to that time the clothing business of
this section OF the country, had been con-
Quoted on bantering principle, charge
all that conscience, or want OF conscience
would allow, and take all that could be
obtained. Merchant and customer would
wrestle over the price Of goods, as fercely
as Jacob and the unknown wrestled at
Peniel, until both becoming weary of the
contest, compromise would be effected
at some point between what was first ask
ed and what was first offered, and the
weary customer would wend his way
homeward, feeling that If he had paid two
prices for his suit, he had saved fright
smart sum" by his sagacity, argument and
physical and mental endurance, and the
cheeky merchant would stretch his weary
carcass upon couch in some secluded
corner and deplore the condition OF bus
iness that required the asking Of twenty
five dollars for suit of clothes that he
would have to sell for fourteen, fifteen,
eighteen or twenty dollars, according to
the endurance or bantering qualities of
his customer, or the amount of time he
could spare to conduct trading wrestle.
The clothing business of the country was
In such repute, that any man, no matter
what his nationality or previous condi-
ton Of servitude, who would engage in 1t,
was dubbed "Jew" and unworthy to be
believed and the finger of derision was
pointed at him, as though he was respon-
sible for the murder committed on Cal
vary, eighteen centuries ago. Mr. Fitch
believed that such condition was en-
tirely wrong, that one mans money was
as good as anothers; that the principle Of
making pleasant, agreeable customer
pay more for goods than q disagreeable,
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AMATEUR.
June II. 80.

June II, SO.
Childrens' DAY at 81. Z. Church Sunday
and Sunday evening.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the N. Z.
church gave an ice-cream and strawberry
festival ut the town hall Saturday evening.
Proceeds $25.
Miss Jennie Fuller spent few days
last week with her sister In Oberlin.
Misses SADIE and Nan Mccoy Of Penheld
spent Sunday with their aunt, Mrs. W. d.
Orr.
Celia Boffenmyre Of Ashland is visiting
her aunt Mrs. Van.
MIR. and Mrs. File Of Cleveland are
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Hahn.
A dance at A. MAYORS Thursday even
ing.
Mrs. Bowand who has been spending a
few days with her aunt Mrs. johnson has
returned to her home In Cleveland.
Mrs. Rarnhart Of West Salem is visiting
at B. Smiths.
There will be Masonic Picnic here ut
Spencer June s4th. Everybody invited.
Be sure and bring your baskets we'll filed.
Mr.. ii. V. Clifford reports raising pie.
plant stock measuring in circumference
sOs11S stem 20 inches in length and 81
inches In circumference.
GLADYS.
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HUNTISGroN.

June 49, 49,
There will be no meeting in the NJ. E.
Church next Sunday, the church is being
papered and painted; the Pastor will
preach in the Town Hall. One week from
next Sunday, there will be services in the
NJ. Z. Church again. some changes having
been made. Sunday school at ten sharp,
preaching at eleven and class meeting
from twelve on. Rev. Dawson preached
last Sunday TO good congregation.
1t seems strange that In so quiet and
orderly town as we have, that friends can
not have nice plants In the cemetery and
find them on the graves Of friends but
this Is not the case, some choice plants
have been taken away from lots this
spring; Il does not seem as though 1t
could be children's work, for no parent
would let child bring home plants with.
out knowing where they got them. Chill
dren are requested to not even pick bios
SONS from the plants. as the friends that
set them there, want to see the blossoms.
lester Gun and wife, from Pittsdeld,
spentSunday with friends here, stopping
with their old peighbor, Henry Lawrence.
: Grandma Elder has lost two sisters by
death within about -four weeks. Mrs. c.
p Morgan Of Cleveland. nearly eighty
years Of age and Mrs. Mary Billings Of
Kirkland, most ninety.
Some Of our people attended the Green
wich fair last week
We are having great deal Of rain,
scarcely day passes that we do not have
heavy shower either during the day or
in the night the ground Is soaked so full
of water, that II 10 impossible to make
hay until Il dries of.
Erwin irnni, spent Monday night aud
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BRIGHTON.

June II, 80.
Horse thieves on Thursday night last;
the horse OF Dell johnson was taken from
The yard near his home, It was tracked
north .heipg led behind buggy. The next
day about noon he found Il near Kipton.
our merchants are busy buying wool.
Mrs. Snow Of Bedford, and Mrs. Lucus
Of kipton, visited their sister, Mrs. CLARK
last week.
Childrens' exercises in the NJ. E. church
last Sunday evening.
The Congregational Church of this
place, and Of Clarksheld, have employed
Rev. Mr.. Williamson OF Union, Pa to
supply them for year.
Mrs. George Knapp is visiting In Bu-
cyrus.
Mrs. q. M. Peasley is visiting in Massil
Ion.
Mrs. Fox Is visiting her sisters, Mrs.
Gill and Mrs. Peet.
NEWS.
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SPENCER

June 10, 89.
Pienty OF rain and the crops and mead
oys are all looking well except coru, fol-
which 1t is most too wet.
Mrs. John Pittenger, who has been suf-
fering from rheumatism SO as not to be
able to leave the house for great part Of
the time, is now so much improved that
she visited her daughter, Mrs. F. Daugh.
erty in Berea last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. H. Daugherty visited
In Medina on Sunday.
Mrs Snyder has sister visiting her
for few days.
Several families attended the Firestone
reunion a, Wooster on last Thursday.
Over one hundred were present and a
very pleasant time is reported.
Mr. and Mrs. William Orr, and daugh.
ter jennie, were the guests at the marriage
OF Miss Rachel Mccoy to Charles Berkey,
In Penfeld on last Tuesday evening. The
bride and groom made short call on
their friends In this place on Thursday
The ladies' aid society of ihe NJ. e.
Church will meet with Mrs. Aldrich on
Wednesday Of this week.
The "Kids" played the Chathams on
Saturday, score 12 to 10, favor Kids.
Prof. Ward, Of Berea college, will give
an interesting lecture in the NJ. Z. church
at the River corners, on Monday evening,
June 17tb, which none should fail to hear.
Frank Rupp, now of Cleyeland, is spend.
inS few weeks at home.
Misses Media and Bertha Hart and Miss
es Winnie and Hattie Griessinger, attend.
ed the Quarterly meeting Of +. W. B.
Church in Rochester Saturday and Sum
day. 80 "a
Morton Daugherty spenta couple days
Sith ffiends In Wellington last week.
| Miss George Aldrich Is spending the
week with friends in Berea, and will at-
tend The commencement exercises.
AT the festival given by the Baptist
Church for the benefit of Henry Brouse
and family on Thursday evening, Is dol
lars were cleared and this makes in all
nearly 800 that has been raised for them
sluce their house was consumed by fire,
besides the work cheerfully given, in put
ting up the frame for new house.
Quite delegation attended the Chill
drcn's Day exercises in Penfleld on last
Sunday evening. The Day will be OBJ
served at the Methodist Church on next
Sunday, both morning and evening. All
are welcome and invited 10 come.
AMATEUR.
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/ insulting banterer was meaner than steal.
ing and that individual business should
be conducted as honorably as the Govern
ment sells its postage stamps, or railroad
company Its tickets, one price to all Mr..
Fitch was the first Clothing merchant of
Lorain County, to adopt the One Price,
Fair Price System. Such system at that
time was considered an innovation, and
caused more comment than hand organ
with monkey accompaniment. Merchants
within competing distance sat up Howl
and complained in the wholesale markets
that Fitch had ruined prices and demoral-
lied trade. Nevertheless the people gen
orally appreciated the innovation and
came from the surrounding country to
trade, when bargaining did not produce
the ennui of the fighting of a battle. Mr..
Fitch soon found that his room was too
small and he rented the old Bank build
ing, and built on an addition which he
thought would afford sufficient room, but
in three years his business had increased
so that more room was needed. He rent
ed the largest room III the Union Block
but in few years he found his quarters
too small, and in company with Messrs.
Vischer and Oiterbacher, he purchased
a site on the South side OF Liberty street
and built the commodious reom which
has always been known as the New York
Clothing House, where he did thriving
business for several years. Five years
ago he sold his stock and went west, hop.
ing to find better country and healthier
climate, but after travelling from Wash
ington Territory to Mexico, he concluded
that Lorain County was as good place as
could be found, and returned and engag-
ed in the Clothing and Furnishing bust.
ness In Elyria. This spring he reopened
the old store in Wellington where will be
found everything needed in the line of
mems and boys clothing and furnishing
goods, all Strictly New, Of the best work
manship, and at the lowest possible
cash prices. Mr.. Fitch spends several
days each year with one Of the best de-
signers Of patterns, in Rochester, New
York, has his patterns made expressly for
him, and his work done on contract, and
prides himself on furnishing clothing
equal In every respect, and superior in
many, to the best tailor work, and at the
lowest ready made prices.
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Scrofula

Is form Of blood poison which descends
from parent to child; sometimes Il omis
one generation to appear In the next. II
Is Q taint which be eradicated from the
system before q cure can be made. Swift,s
Specific drives out the virus through the
skin, and thus relieves the blood Of the
poison. Murcnry and potash mixtures
dry mp sores Of Scrofula and other blood
diseases, only TO bottle up the poison
10 the system, which Of course is certain
TO break out al some weak spot, as ihe
throat, nasal organs and lungs.
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|TEE NEVs
A ssshllla " 0u s's.isl cs,rslp,ai,at,.
All About the Happenings and Special
Eventsin their Immediate Vicinity.
AMHERST.
June 1879.

E June II, 'S9.
Burglars.
Quite showsry to-day.
Listen for Wedding bells. eDame Ru.
NOR" says i viii take place Wednesday
evening. :
Twenty men discharged from the quar-.
ries here last neck.
We don't like to see such stale news in
print as our Communication gave last
week. efA
Miss Nettie Shepard has returned from
a term Of school In Hiram. She looks as
smiling as eyef .and received a glad well
come home.
A. B. Worley went over 10 LAGRANGE
last Friday, to6all on friend, but we un.
derstand he failed to do SO.
The band boys gave strawberry fes.
tival at the home Of Gibson Bros, last
Thursday evening, large crowd present.
Proceeds $27.25 for the benest Of the
band.
The picture Of our school in the village
was taken last week by L. B. Gardner.
F.J. Harpster Esq, is to be our new
Pm. Gibson Bros. feel quite disappoint-
ed, we judge, but we are sure Fred will
do well and all those who have worked so
hard against him, will be satisfied as we'll
as others.
Miss Smith u Cleveland, spent a part
Of last week with her mother, Mrs. Griffin
The Kendeigh Corners people will give
a strawberry and Ice cream supper at the
residence Of ). Ludwig on Quarry street,
Tuesday evening.
A little son has come to the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. r. Freeman, to gladden.
their hearts.
Burglars entered the store belonging TO
Gibson Bros. about 1e o'clock Saturday
light The ifo.i< . In one. cellar window
were pried out and an entrance gained.
From the cellar they succeeded in cutting
a hole s in. by feet 9 in. through the
partition and pushing out two drawers IN
the drug department. Having gone thus
far the cellar and ouside door was opened
so that their escape might easily be made.
They then went through the jewelry case
taking everything In the line of jewelry
and cutlery. Seven watches were taken
L
two Of which were gold, the entire stock
OF knives, razors, razor straps, watch
chains, rings. cuff buttons, pins ETC., we're
taken and also five pairs of shoes. The
entire loss.is placed at about $500. Fred
had valuable lot Of jewelry on hand tor
a country store and probably the loss will
reach nearly $4OO. The supposed thieves
came to town about noon Saturday and
during the remainder Of the day conlin-
ued to drive about town. They drove q
black horse and were leadinga dark bay
weighing about 100 lbs. While riding
about town they bad the curtains on their
buoy so no one noticed their features,
hence II will be hard to find them. We
understand the boys will not do much 10
hunt them up, but they surely should
try il.
Oh
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scott McDermott Tuesday night, with
Mason Smith, class-mate.
Warren Wells and wife, and Mrs. AL
bert Lang spent Sunday here.
W. W. Harvey came down with Mr..
Dawson Sunday.
Mrs. Burrell from Elyria, with three
grandchildren, whose father is Con.
sui to Mexico, are visiting friends
here. q
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sA1IlEal, PHOTOGRAPHER.

Pictures OF all kinds. Finest work and latest
{<Sies. Copying and enlarging in crayon, Ink
land Pastel. Special attention to the babies.
Crosisr's Block, Wellington, o.
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Jewelry and Silverware.
ATTENTION All!

The opening Of the finds my filed with the
latest designs Sverware full line Of Specaces with Gold
free of charge
An elegant stock Of Rings Bracelets Cuff Collar Sleeve but
Diamond Studs and large stock Gold and Silver Watches
Oh all the standard makes Sold on extremely close margin also
excellent line of Clocks manufacturers in the land
Since May LIST have adopted the Cash System therefore selling
Tor cash only am better prepared to customers the benefit
OF better prices in all grades of goods Repairing specially
Please call and see me- Yours truly,
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Cawtells's Art Gallery Pictures in ey
- cry style and right up with the times.
Special attention paid TO enlarging in Crayon
Ink, or Water Colors and copying from old
plicates can be had at any time. Gallery over
BoWlby a Halps grocery.
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NOTARY PUBLIC.
roNsoR1AL.

EUGENE ROBINSON. the Barber. keeps
" one OF tho neatest. most convenient Bar
Dor Shops In town. Only nrstclass workmen
1mpoyed. A full assortment Of hair oils, po-
nades and hair restoratiyes Fine bathrooms
n nconneotion and Furnished at all hours with
hot and cold water and all necessary conv3Di-
snces Rooms. South side Liberty street.
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would only peri apps have fought with
flowers. | say I answered him uncon-
sciously No! for I did not then know Of
any, hghtlng with flowers. And now
while thinking again over that idea it
seems crazy to a sound mind of this
world. L cannot think of any that are
fighting with flowers. I don't know
why 1t Is, or what it is that makes us so,
but we hate too often, and never think
In our disputes of love and each other or
OF hgnting with flowers. I said in the
courts that day the contest between what
should have been friends, and as I heard
the bitter words Of abuse and scandle be-
tween lawyer and client and client and
lawyer as they hurled them backward and
forwards, l wondered why they did not
stop for a moment and see if this poor
crazy fellows battles were not kindest
and best, as he in his oddly fought with
his flowers.
Oh! the hatred of this world that might
be s~upplanted with love, and the number
of foes that should have been friends.
And the many quarrels and disputes Of
this life, that come up before us every
day, how much better and sweeter 'twould
be to us all if we would fight them only
with flowers. "For a new command
ment I give unto you, that ye love one
another" S. W. F.
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H T WITH FLOWERS.

I was sitting in my Office one day busily
writing, when in walked a strange gen
tleman. He seemed to be almost covered
with flowers. They were in his hat,
pinned On his coat, and long wreaths
were streaming over his shoulders. I
soon found by talking with him that he
was a harmless ~lunatic, who had an i'm
aginary lawsuit with some of his relatives.
"Do you love flowers? 2" I asked.
ooh! yes I love them-but I am now
only fighting my aHnts and uncles with
bouquets? You never saw anybody do
that way before did your" he replied,
and / unconsciously answered "No."
The gentleman that sat beside me smiled,
and the poor crazy fellow went out. And
when he was gone it seemed to me palmer,
and the thought came back to me again
and again, I had never seen people fight
ing with flowers. I had seen selfshness
spring up where love should have grown,
and quarrels and disputes resulted, when
if they only had stopped to think they
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gdFtry.
THE ROBIN ON WALL
JACKSON'S GRAVE.

In the fair valley of her mouutained breast,
Close TO her loving heart at Lexington,
Virginia clasps him in eternal rest
Stonewall jackson, her illustrious son.
One waning Decoration Day, twas there,
A daughter of the old Dominlon* went
To offer, at his laurelcd grave, a prayer
Of tender memory, ERE the day be spent
Beside her own, the hottest tribute yet,
Now came-a wearied robin from the
North
Dear bird of CaIvary-through the sunset
winged its flight, and softly 'warbled forth.
Above his slumbering dust, so sweet a lay,
That it was truly, to her ravished ears,
The peerless anthem of the live-long day
Tt was a Northern Auld Lang Syne IN tears.
flushed was the song and futtering to the
ground,
The watcher saw the bird, with dropping
head, :,
Lie prone, and gasping, on the sacred mound!
Quick in her palm it lay-alas! twas
The S~aviour's precious mark upon the breast,
Made while His thorns it sought to lift away
The robins mission now was doubly blest-
It came and healed the wounds OF Blue and
GRAY WELLESLEY BRADSHAW.
*Mrs. Judge Henry, widow of the late
Judge Henry, of Asheville, n. Co. who had
the dead bird exquisitely mounted.
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CULTIVATE CHEERFULNEss.

Cheerfulness and a festival spirit fill the
soul full of harmony; it composes music
for churches and hearts; it makes and
publishes Qualifications of God; it pro
duces t~hankfulness and serves the end OF
charity and when the oil of gladness
runs over, it makes bright and tall ennis
sions of light and holy fires, reaching up
to cloud. and making joy round about I;
and, therefore, since it is 50 q. innocent, and
may be so pious and full OF holy advan-
to this holy joy does set forward the
work of religion and charity. And, in,
deed, charity itself, which is the vertical
TOP eToG Of all religion, is nothing else but a
union of joys concentrated in the heart,
and reflected from all the angels of our
Gfe and intercourse. It is a rejoicing in
God a gladness in our neighbor's good, a
Measure in doing good, a rejoicing with
him. and without love we cannot have
any Joy at all
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RATES TO MONTGOMERY, ALA,

ATLANTA, GA, June 18th, 1889.
Mr.. L. L.. Polk, President, Raleigh, ~: Z.
DEAR SIR am now authorized to
offer rates of one full fare going and one
third of the highest limited fare returning,
on the certificate plan, as explained In the
enclosed circular form Z, for delegates and
members attending the meeting of the
Inter-Stat Farmers Association to be
held at Montgomery, Ala, August 20-22,
1889; certificates to be signed by Nh.
Jno. @. Cheney, Secretary.
M. SLAUGHTER,
Asst Com'r s. P. Assn.
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The Farmers Alliance Warehouse
OF
Henderson, N. @.

This House was opened on November LIST.
1888. Our sales for the past two months have
been by far the largest since its opening. Our
charges are the lowest, and every pound of
tobacco is sold for full market value. As
Alliance men, we can have no special pets, but
all tobacco is sold upon its merits. We have
the full support of the buyers of this market,
and the great saving in charges is such that
you cannot afford to sell elsewhere. Remem-
Der that "money saved is money made
Bright Tobacco and good rich Filters are in
demand at satisfactory prices, and we guar
antee full market value for all grades. We
want at once so, 1000 pounds of good old Bright
Smokers or Scrap, to be manufactured at the
Vance County Alliance Tobacco Factory, for
which we viii pay the highest market prices.
The opening of this Factory at Dabney, N.
c.. was authorized by the Vance County AIi-
ance at its session of April 9TH, 1889.
BUTLER, JENKINS il Co., Propr's
Farmers Alliance Warehouse ,Henderson,E NO.
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Fruit and Grare Grower,

A 16-page monthly devoted I. i1growing and
horticulture, but chiefly to fruit cub re. 1t is the or
gan Of the Piedmont Pathological and Horticultural
Society. liz q standard journal on pomOlogy, and the
only one South of the Potomac river. Sample copies
with preminm Lists, Ave cts. Published at Charlottes-