The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-08-10
Weather ana Crons.

The Bulletin of the Ohio Weather and Crop
Service for the week ending August g. gives the
following report from the Northern section:
Weather conditions-The rainfall was below,
and temperature and sunshine nearly average.
Crop conditions-Fine week for harvesting
Oats. th1eshing wheat and for fall plowing
Light showery weather was favorable for the
growing crops Haying is nearly done. Wheat
threshing out poor with berry shrunken-not up
to expectations. Oats harvested are fair crop
Corn is growing well. tasseling and siking;
nights are little too cool. Buckwheat and
tobacco are looking well. Potatoes are prom
ising in some counties. but injured by blight
and bugs in others. Pastures good in some
localities. but in others have Teen damaged by
droath and grasshoppers-grasshop have
also injured Oats, clover seed, cabbage and corn
over good many counties. Blackberries are
plentiful. Early pears are ripe. Grapes rot
ting cons siderably
party of us were sitting on the porch of the
:" Burton Exchange up in Geauga. few eve
nings since. smoking our after supper cigars.
when some one spoke of the beautiful ten acre
Park with its rows of lovely Norway NAPLES.
which lay before us. 6 L have seen some big
trainings over there. in my time'' said an old
settler. When this country was new people
were afraid the English would come over from
Canada and combine with the Indians to clean
them out. SO they held their regular training
days, and kept the militia in as good shape as
possible. Now.'' said he. we can go over to
Canada and lick 'em in two hours.''
There was a heap of Injuns around here
down the Cuyahog' where the huntin' was
good and up to Bass Lake they had bustin'
big village. 1 have found great many fine
relics up there while making garden My
TV,i,
and feathers to go up and help old Tecumseh,'
at Sandusky, He had been in their village
more than once. but when he saw them coming
| towards him through the woods, he thought
best to secrete himself until the pesky critters
had passed. They expected to come back ao-
companied by the English, and massacre every
white settler, But their expectations were NOS
| realized. Those resolute old settlers were
| angry at the way the Injuns were doing, and
made it point to put bullet into every one
| he found in the woods. They killed six ou
| party of seven one day, between here and
Airam. The seventh escaped back to Sandusky
| TO tell the tale. Not single sqnaw ever got
| back here"
There was quite a settlement here before
there was even log house or shanty up at the
mouth of the Cuyahog' where Cleveland now is
| There is a spring right over there south of the
tiers were very numerous in those days.
yellow RATHER seven feet long was killed be-
| tween this hotel and that house just across the
street. have killed good many in the har-
vest ields.''
Il used to play the fiddle for dances all over
this part of the country. I played in Ravenna
two winters in the 40's, when Russ Kelly and
that crowd were on earth first. am 75 years
old and believe have played for more dances
than any other man in Ohio; but my hands are
crippled up SO now that my playing days are
about over. l suppose Kent is getting to be
quite village" The speaker was the veteran
fiddler, MIR. Alf. Utley, who will no doubt be
remembered by great many old residents of
Portage County.
Burton is a fine healthy place of about twelve
hundred Inhabitants, and although not directly
upon railroad, controls good trade from the
surrounding country. Her business men seem
prosperous and contented Two of the leading
business houses are conducted by former Por-
tage County boys. Mr.. A. G. McLlintock car
ries an elegant stock of jewelry, China ware
&C. MIR Fred E. Harmon, formerly of Aurora.
is popular and successful dry goods and gro
cery man.
Foremost among the agreeable men one will
meet in business circles are Messrs. Fore,
at the Bank. and Geo. Mum and G Nj, Gilmore
of the Park Pharmacy.
Burton can boast of some exceedingly fae
public buildings and private residences. There
are two hotels, the buildings of which are old
back numbers. Landlord Barnes. of the ex
change. and his estimable wife are agreeable
and painstaking people. There are no flies on
anything in Mrs. Barnes spotless dining room
There is not lawye in the town The writer
suggested to resident that we might spare
couple from Ravenla. but the offer was not
looked upon with favor. judged, for the gentle
man remarked that they now had the reputstion
of being respectable community. and did not
care to make an addition of this kind,
No Intoxicating liquors of any kind are sold
here. and our c. P. Hopkins keeps the town
well supplied with soft drinks W. T.