The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1891-09-16

Watson Allyn received quite severe injuries
by being run over by his horses, attached to
heavy wagon. The team was frightened by a
traction engine and Mr.. Allyn placed himself
in 'front.' the ter, as he thought, to hold them !
The front is the wrong end to successfully re- !
strain team of frightened horses.
Mrs. j. e. Ellis has gone to the Thousand Is !
lands. for summer outing.
Many of our people attended the Trumbull
County Fair. and their report is that it was an
immense success.
Ebenezer Mcintosh is the owner of horse
apparently as old and dilapidated as himself,
which his daughter-that is. Ebenezer's daugh-
tor-confdently and confdingly harnessed to
carriage and left unhitched at the door of their
residence. while she made further preparations
for her ride. The old horse slept. and sleeping
dreamed, and dreaming dreamed he was a colt
again, and began to caper, and capering unre-
strained, ran away, as any colt not dreaming
would have done, resulting in a very much de-
moralized carriage, and an old horse that ought
| to have known better.
The Hiram and the Rapids Sunday Schools
pooled their pleasures and picniced at Merritt
buttons grove. on the banks of the historic
Cuyahoga. last Saturday, and had a most en-
joyable occasion. in games. visiting and rowing
on the water. When the Hiram party got home
4 they found that Alice Dean. one of their num-
Der. was missing, and no one could tell when or
where she was last seen. In much alarm a
| searching party returned to the picnic grounds,
though late, expecting some terrible calamity
had happened. After anxious enquiries they
found that young lady answering her descrip-
tion was seen going toward Hiram on foot
singing, and happy as lark. She had secluded
herself from the crowd to exercise her artistic
skill on a fungus growth which she had found
and was so engaged in her art work that she
did not notice the departure of her friends, and
was greatly surprised to find herself alone. She
had three mile walk home.
ITO kill two birds with one stone.' is trite
saying. but Pete Spencer and his best COW got
shot by one discharge of shotgun last Satur-
day. Pete lives little way over the line in
Troy, on the east river road. He has a hired
man who is better at wandering aimlessly abo III
with an old gun, than he is to work. Pete was
finishing milking his best COW in the morning
and as he had been informed that milk wal
worth cent pound. or ten cents gallon he
was stripping tn he COW for all the milk she coult
give, and stripping, his head went up aud dowr
| in harm onious motion with his hands. and hi
thoughts, as he speculated as to the value of thu
lacteal fluid he was then extracting, and multi
: plying the probable value by the number o
r days he would probably be able to extract a lik
) quantity. to which hewas about to add proba
: BILE further increase in price. when bang wen
a gun, and with vicious kick and melodiou
below. away went the best cow, and with
sickening swish down on the ground went tn
milk. and with groan, down went Pete. sho
: in the neck-literally shot in the neck. Thus
happened: The hired man had returned froI
his morning hunt, and the ID fool could fin
! nothing to shoot. but shoot he must. SO he she
1 ooI.<1 InJnr
L the COW and several lodged in Pete's neck an
/ shoulders. 1t was narrow escape, but we al
a pleased to learn that the wound is not very dar
d gerous.
l., Prof. Pierson came near having first clas
. confagration one day last week. when the gas
oline in his stovc-a Dangler-took fire and ser
out tremendous blaze, Mr.. Pierson was al
C sent. but Prof Cotton hearing the alarm, wei
y in ard with much presence of mind took off tt
i tank, and thereby saved further damage tha
" the ruin of the stoye.
We regret to learn that VIM. W Stevens hs
a severe paralytic stroke last Sunday morniI
= week ago. but are pleased to learn that he
convalescing and sincerely hope the inprov
e, ment will continue till final recovery.
z. Our republican friends are well pleased wi
E. the result of the Democratic Convection sa
n urday. They say they are now sure of Joi
= Sherman man in the legislature. Whether the
!, ljoy is well founded or not remains to be see
- But that the convention was controlled by pr
us tended democrats in the interests of John She
us man is painfully apparent. and several dem
j.. Gratis haven't the courage to vote the sentimel
n they expressed not ten minutes before tn
- voted. No m an is more anxious for the succt
of democratic principles and the success of t
~ ticket than myself. but that we have an ener
al in our camp that will endeavor to defeat us
know. If there is no probability of eleeting Q
Ia ticket the serpent VIII remain dormant. but
ut there is probability the serpent will be war
IT. ed into activity and do all in its power to s
), John Sherman. Il