Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-11-13
THE NORTHWEST
MIXED SOMEWHAT.
COMMENT ON MATTERS LOCAL
AND GENERAL. MORE OR LESS
INTERESTING TO OUR READ
ERS.
Election Over-A Defunct Town
Gravel Roads-A Class Who Retard
the Civilization and Advancement
of the County, Etc, Etc.

Gravel Roads-A CLASS VINO hetaru
the Civilization and Advancement
of the County, Etc, Etc.
TUESDAY was the climax of many days of
work, worry and anxiety. The forces OF two
mighty political parties assembled their
clans, sounded the battle cry and wagei
war of ballots. So
The result like all struggles whether of pen
or sword left the combatants in condition
oflaxity to outward appearance while within
is feeling of JOY attendant to victory or the
pangs of chagrin and disappointment that
will force themselves forward for recognition
and like the ghost of Banquo will not down
until time shall erase from the blackboard
ofthe memory that defeat is yours.
During the strife for the offices in the gift
of the people the Capitalization of attention
is here-business is practically paralized
while even the social world suffers. Nor is
this interest of this century alone-it has
ever been thus and will ever be so. The first
election of Washington was, as is generally
believed, unanimous, but he had opposition,
and it IS an historical fact that a bitter spirit
of antagonism greeted George pending his
election and during his second term. There
must be two political parties, each undergo
ing defeat or victory and subject to change
with the minds of great people.
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VIEWING the above fact it is matter of no
small wonder why some will permit differ
ence in political opinion, estrange friendship
and affect business relations. Neither party
could live alone, and while considering this
cannot understand why it is that men exist,
who IN some cases are wholly dependant upon
the patronage of the opposite party, (not as
party but as individually, who loosens his
tongue, opens the cave commonly known as
mouth, and lets escape therefrom a mass OF
abuse to roam about and light upon the heads
of his friends-and this because the mental
composition of these friends unfortunately
(P) is not patterned after his. Nine times
out of ten this man is loosing friends and
custum, in behalf of some candidate whom
he has never seen. Some, in explanation of
these freaks, that is au explanation to them
selves, take refuge behind the belief that this
mode of action constitutes loyalty. This is
erroneous, for anything directly in opposi-
tion to mans own welfare and that of his
family is not loyalty and doubly so in these
piping times of peace,
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IHAvE seen warmest friends meet on the
corners of our town after months of separa-
tion with joy depicted on the countenance of
each at the meeting. have seen these same
men part two hours later hating each other.
They had waded through all the strata of a
political discussion up to where faces pounded
to pulp was deemed necessary as beitting
closing evidence to establish their loyalty.
Loyalty! Bosh! Who is benefited by thisim-
agination but about one to every thousandf
When this question is truly answered it apears
ridiculous why private interests will be sacri-
feed through politics whether National, State
or county.
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HAVING travelled over the county consider
ably during the last month l find that the
prosperous condition of Henry county COM
pares fayorabIy with any in the northwest.
It has a soil the fertility of which has never
been questioned. Her system of drainage is
fast nearing perfection. With these two
fundamental requisites for good cultivation
the broad acres are fast being changed from
where few years ago were primaeval forests,
into beautiful and abundantly yielding farms.
The inhabitants appreciate their advantages
and with but few exceptions are content and
thankful. Those who are not owe their mis-
fortune to penchant to protrude their
nazal appendages into other peoples trou-
bles.
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IRAN across young fellow in --- town
ship laboring under this disease. Perched
on an eight rail fence, unshaved for six weeks
with wardrobe to match, he whitfield at a
young sapling and ever and anon squirted
tobacco juice at bevy of flies twenty PAGES
away, each squirt never failing to accomplish
its mission on its death dealing errand.
This youth was snarling; he had
learned the business from his father who in
turn received instructions from his father,
and so on for generations. 1t was an heir
loom that required no will and testament.
He knew every neighbor for miles person.
ally, and every mans business and how much
he was worth, in the township. He main
tanned that none became prosperous honestly
but by beating his neighbors. Each dis
couraging remark began with 81 heerd it tell
as how it is whipered etc." Then would fol-
amile of gossip, all purely coming from his
own imagination, the fertility of which
0utrivaled fertilizer that can be found near
barns.
II heerd it whispered" he partly expec
torated, partly said, "that John Smiths stuck
up son is goin' away ter college; he's too
good to work on farm like me that's what
e thinks but dog on me I'm just as good as
him or his old dad, who my dad said, and
recon he's no liar leastwise nobody in this
gang wants ter say So" He looked upon his
following of loafers with an attempt at
truculence, killed a fly on the opposite side
of the ditch and resumed: "My ole man
said he knew Smith when he come to this
county; he didn't have no boys and surrey
then," he said with fiendish delight hover