The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1893-03-08

consideration and thorough investigation. came
to the unanimous conclusion that her services
would not he required for the spring term /
When Superintendent Northrop came to our
schools from the State of New York, year ago
last September. he found that there was much
expected of him. After nearly two years of
capable. systematic school work, those high ex-
pectations have been more than fully realized
There is one thing that the Garrettsville
schools have been for a long time. which can
hardly be afforded, and that is. the training
school for larger schools. Many bright active
young men and women have been employed as
teachers in our schUols whose ability and apt
ness in this direction is soon seoyered by other
school boards, who by small advance of sal-
ary take them from US. when ii would have
been cheaper for our board to haye retained
them at the same offer made them in other
schools A poor teacher is dear at any price. a
good teacher is cheap at a reasonable sum.
The Xepelasian literary society of our High
School gave public entertainments at Buckeye
nall on the evening the S2nd, WashiRgton's
| birthday, At the close of the literary perform
ance. refreshments followed, mingled with
| good social time generally.
The Masonic fraternity inyited their wives
and few intimnte friends to their hall last
Tuesday evening Feb. 2s. and had very en-
| joyable time. A. E Crane delivered an address
of welcome. and the Odeen Club OF Cleveland.
furnished very acceptable music. both vocal
and instrumental.
| Last season sugar making commenced about
| the middle Iof January in this vicinity. This
season. at this writing. March 4th. the cold has
not let up long enough for anyone to get hardly
| start There is plenty of time. however. for a
good season
If the weather has anything to do with the
general health of the people. give us steady
cold winter like the present, in preference to
that of last. Another thing seems to be again
demonstrated. and that is the grounding myth
is a fraud of huge dimensions. At present
there is but little danger OF an ice famine. The
crop is an abundant one. and has not required
any cultivation. 1t seems to be a native of this
climate.
If the 4th of March at Washington exhibited
any such disagreeable weather as was on exhi-
bition here on that day. it must have made the
whiskers of the Southern gentlemen who had
assembled there tremble with alright. Many
doleful editorial will be injected into the par.
tisan papers. that the stormy, clustering inau-
ration day is portentous of stormy admins
tration.
Mckinley from his seat in Congress SHE'D into
effect. proved on its return tosbe boomerang
of huge dimensions. 1t not only knocked tht
Republican party silly, but it landed the Major
fiat on his financial back. IL may be claimed
that high tariff had nothing to do with thu
N Major's misfortune; yet it is undeniably tru'
thatit brought into existence. and fostered by
reason of its nursing tendencies. many busi
ness bantling which was not needed. and mos
certainly its existence was unwarranted by tht
great law of supply and demand. 1t is barrel.
possible that some of the Majors paper wa
ioated to buoy up just such unhealthy enter
prises. Since the Majors poor fnanciering ha
| been made public it is astonishing to read tn
vast amount of sentim entail gush on this subj jec
that is being poured into the public ear by hi
devotees. In the language of Geo Streator.
is becoming nauseating.
Last fall we read with interest in the New
York World, concerning the designs of tha
monster of iniquity, the Reading Combination
| whose heartless selfish intentions were to rats
the price of coal TO such an extent to tax
millions from the pockets of the consumer
making it almost a luxury, a direct violation Q
state and national law; conspiracy agains
society, against justice and against decency
We well believed that those who were engage,
IL T. were a goddess, lawless set, who feare
neither God. the law. man nor the devil, Final
Ily. wien the sledge hammer of justice. wielde
by a New Jersey court fell upon it with crush
i1g effect, ,bruising those.stock holders who wer
sLsi aiming the monster to the tune of $500 0(
to $500, 600 each. we were most astonished to fin
) among those stock holders thus bruised an
financially damaged our own beloved Sunda
School Superintende Mt and Postmaster Geners
? John Wannamaker. May the good Lord deliv
er him from further temptation.