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The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1891-12-16
SCENES IN IRELAND.

Extract. from . Private Letter from MIS-
Al. Stewart, nee Comstoch, now Trs''
cling in the old Country.
BKIyAsr. Ire, Oct. q, MY Dear
Father and Mother:-I wrote you all an
ocssn steamer letter. We landed M
Queenstown and when we were transfer
red from the large steamer to the tender,
YOU cannot imagine the lonliness thss
came TO my heart, and l would gladly
have turned back and gone to Liverpool
With nv new dear American friends and
the ship that seemed 30 much home
But they are scattered now and we are
left aluue. The few human beings whom
we know on this side OF the water
We may never meet again. But they have
left place in our hearts, for they were
companions across mighty ocean. We
were two in party Of FIVE 10 do ireland
and our first step was Cork, where we re-
viewed the queens own college and the
.ssbado1 Bells on the Lee" We were
driven about the city 10 It's parks, etc, 10
an Irish jaunting cart--a most miserable
affair. We then went TO Blarney, quain
old Irish town, with no point Of interes
but the castle, which Is the finest In Ire
land. wish l could describe Il to you
It's many dungeons, prison cells and stair
ways, etc. hewn out Of solid rock. II wa
, built by the McKartheys In 400. taken b
) Cromwell in 1912. Imagine our climbin
100 steps to keep up the most ridiculou
, practice Of kissing the "blarney stone
, Our two fat men were putting and blo'
3 Ing like steam engines, and when final
they puGkered themselves together enoul
to get down ip very narrow space to ki
: III. stone, nearly exploded with laught'
, We we're obliged TO run one mile ba
4 10 the station in order to catch the ira
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1891-12-16

ABOUT every three months In the year
trouble arises with the Catholics at some
point in the United States on the common
school question. This time II occurred n
still 1ater, Minnesota. Every citizen has
equal rights In this country, but they
should be careful In assuming those priv
ileges that they do not evade the law In
attempting 10 enforce them. II the Cath
olics feel that they are not clothed with
sufscieut rights In any way they should
le. their grievances be known to congress
BY position, and not attempt TO eniorc'
them, regardless Of lawful rights, as ha'
been done In many cases. Obey the law
Of the country in.which you are rssiden
10 The easies, way TO get along, and II tn
laws are bmdensome Try and haye ther
changed at the proper place.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1891-12-16
BEpoRE G. 8. Bnce was sworn

BEFORE @. 8. Bnce was sworn in as
senator, Mr.. Sherman gave notice to
,he senate tha, the question Of hr. Bice's
citizenship Of Ohio would probably be
rsised at later date. We haye claimed
from the beginning that Mr.. Brice wa
not the proper man to elect as senator. for
uumberless reasons which We think will
meet the approval Of q majority Of the
thinking men Of hts own party. We art
atisfed tha. the party really demands
tia. he be unseated, and the sooner IL car
be done the better for all concerned.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1891-12-16
Washington Letter.

WASHINGTON, Dec. l1.-lSpecial.]-
The presidents annual message to con-
press Is beyond question one oil the aoieS'
and hest written messages ever submitted
TO congress, It contains not single
sentence of partisan politics, and YET i'S
statement of facts, showing the condition
of every department of the government
and Of the country at large, presents the
strongest of arguments for retaining the
Republican party in power, for the simple
reason that the country owes It's present
general and unprecedented prosperity TO
The wise legislation Of the last Republican
coperess and the fsr-seeing craftsmanship
displayed by the present administration
Ia carving out that legislation. The
portion Of the message relating 10 foreign
affairs is calm and d,gnifed, and yet
bristlipg with true AmerIcanism, the KIND
that every patriotic American whatever
his politics, must endorse. ltrecommends
the adoption Of q constitutional amend
ment providing for a uniform method oi
electing congressman and presidential
electors that would put an end to such
disgraceful gerrymandering schemes as
that which has been adopted by the Dem
ocrats of Mich igan, and II proposes
bipartisan commission appointed ny the
supreme court 10 consider the evils con
pec,ed with our present election system
which shall proceed with candor, calm
ness and patience upon the lines OF Jus'ic'
and humanity, not Of prejudice an'
cruelty"
From mu,terings already heard tn
election Of Crisp TO be speaker oi ID
house will be costly one TO the Demo
: cratic party. This will first begin '
r show when the announcements oil th
Y committee cbairmanships. which with IN
exceptions of the committee on rules an
that on milage, will probably not Q
made until after the Christmas reces
e Neither Mr.. Crisp nor any other ma
g could satisfy the diverse elements whiC
q by combining made him speaker. Ju
u think Of q man trying to please Chari
Z A. Dana, Tammany Hall, Governor Ben
B. tor Hill, Senator German, Jay Gould al
e. the moss.back Democracy oil me oou
IS At one and the same time, and you have
faint idea Of the task undertaken by CHI
Long. beaded Republicans regard !
s election Of CRISP as a very fortunate Uni
10 for the Republican party, for while =
es Crisp Is personaIlya a clever and popu
Do man, he represents all the elements u
% elected him, and the demands Oh 'n'
!" elements which he will be compelled
Ior a certain extent to scceds to will ct
~ add to Republican chances OF victory n
~~ ~~ year.
Ie The impression seems to be gene
los here that Mr.. Blaine will shortly mi
an public q letter saying that he VIII un
no circumstances be a presidential car
date neIt year.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1891-12-16

very much wiser--I suppose-but good
deal fatigued.
We changed cars at Kalama for Dublin
and had three fourths Of an hour 70 visit
Kalama lakes. The scenery is simply su-
purb about here, and had it been summer
I suppose We would have seen some OF
the finest scenery in all Europe, as It Is
called so at that seasoi Of the year
We hurried back to the depot and ar
rived al Dublin about dark. Had our
supper and did the business part Of the
city by gas light. We we're especially To-
terpsted In the parliament building up
at G o'clock the next morning; In our
carts ready to do the town by o'clock
Went first 10 the Glasevian cemetery, saw
the monument OF Daniel 0'Connell; the
fresh grave, still strewn with flowers, OF
Parnell; the Kellenanbam jail, near by,
where he was imprisoned for seYen
months. was very much impressed with
II all, for, in spite Of his disgrace, the peo'
ple evidently loved Parnell, and had he
lived, might have made him king Of Ire
land.
We were then driven TO Felix park
100 acres, the largest in Europe; saw the
/ residence Of Balfour, closely guarded by
British soldiers since the murder Of Cayen
dish and Burk; saw the spot where
the dastardly deed was perpetrated
caught q good view Of the British
cavalry and infantry, which would seem
much out Of place in dear old America
where all Is peace and harmony. w
were quite interested In the duel grounds
called the fifteen acies, where the gentry
, used TO settle their old scores; and Cal
, no, begin 10 tell the many things OF intel
est here. " "'
|, We caught our train Just In tlme;'w "
9 could NOT help noticing coming from Oh
e south TO Belfast the growing activity {
the north, and when Belfast was reache
Q we all called 1t an ideal American cit
). In tact, our views Of IrelaLd have entirel
n changed. Her laws may be bad, but b
b country Is magnificent. The people ha'
st reached such high degree Of cultiyatit
IS and are tar more courteous than the aye
a. age American.
ID Our parry separated here, much TO o
th sonow, but we will meet them in Lond'
q this week Saturday night and trip throuI
%. Holland and France. II Is such congo
be ial party all around, and Dr. Duncan, n
ng re,ary and manager Of the Chauisuq
Ir. meeting, being a man Of SO much knot
ar edge walking historian, wecall hin
lat We can learn more with him as trayeli
,se companion in week than we could !
to month by ourselves Looking &, II In I
cb light, We considerh q rare opportunity,
ext he knows just where historical points
interest are located and can give you
raj history Of them clear through. ..
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1891-12-16
Probate Court Matters.

viii Of Ephraim Foote, late Of oberlin'
admitted TO probate.
Adam Kolbe, North Amherst, appoint
ed guardian Of Lawrence A. Kolbe.
CIV. johnson, Elyria, appointed guar
dian Of Sarah Jane Thorp, an imbecile.
Robert Ellison appointed executor "f
will and estate Of John Ellison, late oil
Avon.
will Of Charles W. Rich, late Of Car
Isle, admitted to probate. Widow elect
under will.
will Of Edward P. Burrell, late o
Sheffield township, admitted to probate
Widow elects under will.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1891-12-16

In another column will be found the
prospectus Of the Cleveland Leader. The
Leader is one OF the ablesi papers in the
west. its editorials are instructive and
right to the point 1t is newsy, but still
does not omit TO ventilate TO the entire sat
isfaction Of the public all attempts at job
bsry, vice and crime. The Leader has be
come part Of the household and susines
noom.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1891-12-16
Court Matters.

Florence @. Benton, vs. VIM. F. Benton,
Divorce granted.
Mary T. Waite VS. Lorin G. Waite. Di-
vorce granted on ground OF gross neglect
of duty and willful absence for three
years.
Louise ]. Peet VS. Mary Danforth. Order
for partition. The committee to divide
is composed Of o. Goss, E. A. Fox and
John Bennett Land is IN Brighton.
williams vs. Garfield. To sci aside the
will Oh Dwight Williams, of Avon. Will
was sustained.
Porter Us Porter. Divorce granted.
Bridget Cummins VS. l.. 5. d N. s. Ky
Verdict for $4,000 for killing husband oi
plaintiff.
John Martin VS. l.. s. & NJ. s Ryp fol
damages to person, is now on trial.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1891-12-16
Children Cry for Pitchers Castoria-

When Baby was siek. NO gave her casieria
When she vas . child. me oriedfOr csstoria,
When she bsoan,s tflss. she elung "a catoria,
When shs had chiId,n, ,ba es'ethep claoriA
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1891-12-16

SECRETARY FOSTER had better take a
,acation from bis desk at the treasury de-
artment and return to Fosioria If be
wants to improve In health. His condi'
ion at the present tune is somewhat
tlarminp.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1891-12-16

THE representatives from Cuyahoga
,ounty are reported to be unit for the re-
urn Of Mr.. Sherman to the senate. The
senior senator will doubtless be reelected
m the first ballot.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1891-12-16

TIE G. L; d W, company appears to be
dissatisfied with the accommodations
hey receive at Grafton with the Big -Four
company and have decided to enter
Cleveland over the Lake Shore road by
way of Elyria.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1891-12-16

Col. G. l.. KEENAN,, of Norwalk, is
making a desperate effort TO be adjuiant
,eneral.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1891-12-16

Gov, HILL, of New York, has body
guard accompany him 70 avoid danger
rom cranks.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1891-12-16

Did you ever buy horse and not haye
some misgi ,lngs as To his points till they
were fully tested? Not so with Ayers
Sarsaparilla; you may be sure Of Il at the
start. 1t never disappoints those who give
IL a fair and persistAnt trial.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1891-12-16
SOUVENIR.

The Benedict Shoe Company will present to every pur
chaser of their shoes slippers handsome nonoaS
souvenir $3.50,
We have just opened lneNof Ladies anu @ uens
ru .,inners which are low in price and very attract
i've Watch our show from now until the nonoays
and see fyou don't find presents
The BENEDICT SHOE COMPANY
One door west of Hardware
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1891-12-16

Nearly all colds are slight at first, but
their'tendeucy Is TO 80 lower the system
that the sufferer becomes ready victim
TO any prevalent disease. The use OF
Ayers Cherry Pectoral, in the beginning
of cold, would guard against the danger
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1891-12-16

GoyERSoR-ELDcT MCKINLEY has ap.
,ointed Myron T. Herrick, OF Cleveland a
member of his staff.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1891-12-16

UP TO December 6 Sherman had l9l
Republican papers and Foraker SO.
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1891-12-16
Take Warning

And don't let the germs Of that vile dis
ease, catarrh, take root and flourish In
your system. Sulphur Bitters will pre-:
vent this and make you strong and
healthy.-Editor Weekly Press
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1891-12-16
Marriage Licenses.

HHEFH"FTO HfCCe"
g. A. Reisinger and Cora Bruce.
Jacob Ketnla and Lisi Kaukauka.
Harvey Nichols and Olive Slough.
Otis 8. RAYMOND and Nellie E. Baum
William II. Blanchard and Hattie Stark
Geo. ]. L-imbach and Francis Irene
Fosdick.
Two "don't publish"
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1891-12-16
For United States Senator,
Hon. John Sherman,

SEND the ENTERPRISE to your friends
The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1891-12-16
List Of Jurors for January Term.

List Of Jurors for January Term.
GRAND JURORS
Philapder Smith, Wellington.
L. W. Richmond, LaGrange.
George n. Wiliord, Ridgeyille.
James Lees, Henrietta. ~
John Stevenson, Brownhelm.
r. B. Smell, Columbia.
I'D. Kinney, Russia
8. B. Dudley, Russia.
John Robinson, Avon. >'..
Fred Bradley, Wellington.
Il. II. Barnard, Russia
Albert Douglass, Wellington.
Julias Peck, Brownhelm.
William Turner, Grafton.
]. Il. Comstock, Elyria Ga ward.)
PETIT JURORS.
W. r. Eskert, Elyria (tp).
MI. Braman, Elyria ed ward).
q. W. Coyen, henrietta
Jessie Crawford, Black River.
Henry Peters, Elyria 9th ward.
r. E. Jump, Russia.
John x. Smith, Black River
o. E. smith, Wellington.
Edison A. Clark, Huntington.
Lewis Wise, Grafton.
Lewis Nichols, Russia.
S.M. Mason, Carlisle. ~
Henry Fulmer, Black River
T.R. Bowen, Black River
John Maxwell, Ridgevllle.
HID. Taylor, Pendeld.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-01-29

they should be, not as they are. and by it
many are swayed from the truth and facts
and give themselves over to the indulgence
of utOpian ideas and dreams. Socialism.
communism. anarchism, etc., are but the
efforts OF honest people to put into tangible
shape the utOpian schemes of sentimental
lists for reaching the ideal state of perfec-
ton in society. They entirely ignore the
cold fact that perfection of the whole can.
not exist while imperfectiOns are created in
the component parts thereof. Society can
not reach state of perfection until man in.
dividually becomes perfect
L have depressed somewhat but it was
intentional. desired to bring out the idea
and truth that in all things stern fact. and
not sentiment, is the final controlling ele-
ment. Let the printer who bewails his con-
ditiOn because it is not as good as that of
his fellow workman, perhaps in the same
''alley," know that the reason lies wholly
within himself. though the fault may be
one of birth and not possible for him to
alter or correct beyond certain degree.
But many. very many times the fault-fOr
fault it is-can be corrected, if not entirely,
in very great degree, by his own efforts if
put forth in the right direction. Let him
study first himself and then his better paid
fellow workman. and note wherein the diff
ference lies. The difference noted, he will
always find that it lies in superior natural
endOwments or acquired knowledge and
skill. If the former. he can scarcely hope
to reach him with equal effort, but he NAV
by the right kind of effort approach much
nearer to him than without it; if the latter,
he cannot only reach him, but by greater
efforts be able to Overtake and pass him in
the race. With equal natural endOwmentsf
it is effort and application that win. The
race is not always to the swift, however, as
the old table of the tortoise and the hare il
Illustrates. but it should be; when it is not,
the cause can easily be shown to be a fall
ure to use the powers possessed. Because
one sees he cannot reach as high as another.
is no reason for sitting down supinely and
allowing the other to gather all the fruit
there is much on the lower limbs you can
reach and make good use of. Use the fac
ulties your creator has given you to the best
possible advantage, and you will have little
cause to bewail your lot among your fellow
men. Bear in mind that knowledge is'
power, which, rightly used, will always
command price and bring a reward to it's
pOssessor. The waste l would deplore
more than any other is the waste of faculties
by failure to use them. A waste OF fac
ulties means the loss of opportunities, and
loss of opportunities means the blghting of
life-the destruction of all that is good of
a man. the highest of all created beings
Samuel G. Sloane, in The Inland Printer.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-01-29

Puck of January 2Sth contains capital
cartoon on the silver question by Keppler,
entitled: Pulling Together" Senator
Stewart is represented as using team OF
congressional jackasses to draw the surplus
product of the silver mine senators to the
United States mint. Puck can be relied
upon to keep the silver question before the
public in its proper light; and before Puck
gets through with them, the silver men will
find that their scheme to get dollar for
seventy cents worth of silver has been
nipped in the bud.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-01-29
NO SOONER OUT THAN IN.

From time to time the st. Paul and
Minneapolis daily papers bring us accounts
of the arrests of men just released from this
institution. The charge put against them
is nearly always drunkenness, and they
rarely have the means of paying the fine
imposed. consequently they 90 to the work
house. How miserable those fellows must feel
to find themselves in prison again so soon.
their civilian clothes taken away and suit
of old prison togs thrust upon them! They
have bartered their hard earned liberty for
what? For nothing but to indulge a de-
PRAYED and Unsuitable taste. They
feel, no doubt, that they are being harshly
dealt with simply because they are ex-
convicts, but had they never been in prison
the probabilities are they would say
that any man with no more judgment than
to get drunk the first thing after getting out
of prison deserved to be sent back to com.
plete his reformation. To get drunk on the
first day out of prison does not inspire con-
tidence that a man will become a law
abiding citizen. A man may pride himself
upon what he considers his innate shrewd-
ness, but when he goes from this prison one
morning with twenty or thirty dollars in his
pocket and on the following morning is
found in the wOrkhouse without penny to
his name. it is pretty good evidence of his
having screw loose somewhere in his In.
tellectual machinery. When the police see
one of those fellows staggering around I'M
der a too heavy load of liquid conceit they
take pity on them and put them where they
can do themselves no harm. We have a
couple of shining specimens of this class in
the persons of our late fellow-in. jewellers,
Happy Al and Beaudin, whose worthless
carcasSes were lodged in the Saltwater cal
aboOse Saturday night.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-01-29

Under the heading, Outrage on Justice. :"
Tuesdays st. Paul Dispatch tells of treat
ment accorded poor old cripple in the
municipal court which, if true. is disgrace
to civilization. John Strause was charged
with having stolen two sacks of flour. found
in his possession, from a car in the Mil
waukee freight yard. He was brought into
court, put through the form of trial and
then hurried off to the workhouse for sixty
days. Strause claimed to have bought the
flour at grocery store. and a reporter
looked the matter up and found the man of
whom the flour was purchased, he also dis
covered that Strause bore good name and
had always led sober, industrious life.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-01-29
A BILL THAT IS A PROPHECY.

Mr.. Mcmillan, of the Minnesota Senate,
has introduced bill for the creation of
Board of PardOns, which shall have power
to pardon all convicts. This is bill which
ought to pass and become a law in this
state. 1t is long and firm step in the d.
rection of prison reform so much needed in
this country. Twelve men, good and true,
unacquainted with man. knowing nothing
of his antecedents, laborng under the diff.
Guilty of conflicting evidence, swayed, and
frequently confused by the oratory of op.
posing counsels, are given authority to say
whether or not man shall be deprived of
his liberty. even to the hideous extremity
of taking his life. What more reasonable.
what more just. than the creation of a
Board of Pardons, composed of twelve
men, more or less, good and true. who,
having made themselves acquainted with
the antecedents of the convict, having be-
come intimately acquainted with the con-
vict himself by the study of him in his
every day life, investigating under favor
able circumstances, and knowing the heart
and mind of the Northumberland more rea-
senable than that such body of men should
say when he should receive his liberty? We
favor this bill because it looks toward the
breaking up of the Procrustean statute bed
upon which every alleged criminal is placed
without regard to the fiber of his being or
the culture or the lack of culture of his
mind and heart. This bill points to time
when the man will be considered in relation
to his crime. Great care should be ex-
ercised. should this bill become law, in the
appointment of this Board. In no case
should the responsible officers of the prison
be left off that Board. They, more than all
others, will be in possession of the informa.
ton necessary to have in order to reach
right, safe decision. Speed on such legis-
lation, because it leads the people to bet
ter comprehension of the serious social
problems which, more than in any civiIiza-
ton before us, press for full solution Tho
Progressive Age.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1891-01-29

The question has been asked by many
persons if we did not think THE MIRRORS
existence would end with the present ward
ems administration. The answer has al
ways been, I'VE do not know" If the pa
per has any enemies we do not know who
they are, but we suppose it has some.
There have been those who predicted fail
ure for the paper since the start, but some
how their predictions have always failed.
1t was prOphesied that The MIRROR would
not survive change of administration, but
it did, and that too, without scratch. OF
course the continuance of THE MIRROR is
entirely dependent upon the good will of
the prison management, and so long as it
does nothing to forfeit that, there is little
danger of its being ''sat down upon"