The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1895-03-20
RANDOLPH.

MARCH Is, 1895. Mrs Thomas Gorby died on
March 9Th. She was born on the 10th day of
July, 1920, and was the oldest daughter of David
and II annah Goss. Her father one of the
early pioneers of the township, and for many
years held the Office of Justice of the Peace ner
mother was sister of Simons and Jason Ryder,
of tliram. She was married to Thomas Gorby
in the fall of 1874, and was the mother of six
children, two of whom died in infancy son
died from disease contracted while serving as a
soldier in the late war, and three daughters are
living, one in Kent and two in Randolph. Mrs.
Gorby had been member of the DiscipleChurch
for more than fifty years. ber husband, who is
well known throughout the county, (having
served several terms as Commissioner was too
feeble to attend the funeral, as was also her
in-law, Mr.. David Simison, both being confined
to the house with grip. The funeral services
were conducted by Rev. Curry, in the Disciple
Church. on Monday, at p. M, large audience
being present.
Percy Sears, while hunting in Sardis Loomis'
woods last Friday. brought down an American
Eagle The bird was flying directly over head
One wing was SO crippled that it dropped to the
ground and was captured and carried home, but
it died during the night. The wings, when
spread, measured over seven feet from tip to tip
For the benefit of those who never saw such
weather are having" we give few notes
from our diary for the Spring of 1875:
March Is, Weather warm; had a thunder
storm last night and another this morning; the
frost coming out rapidly; few have opened
their sugar camps. 18th. The two past days cold
and snowy. 18th. Snow enough for good sled
ing. 18th. Cold, on the morning of 9th ther-
mometer deg. below zero; warmer this morn
ing thunder shower rained all forenoon slapped
my sugar trees today. 9th. Sugar water run all
last night 2Sth. Froze last night, sugar water
runs today. 29th. Pleasant and very goo
sugar day. 30th. Warm this morning; ground
still frozen hard in places, swamps full of ice {;
in the road frost appears to be all out.
April End. Past two days pleasant, but showed
today. 18th. Last week pleasant; sowed oats
18th. Showed last night; ground frozen aud snow
flying today. 18th. Cold and clustering; showed
about two inches. 18th. Cold and snowy day.
10TH Cold, with little snow. Goth. Clear and
cold this morning, with about two inches of
snow on the ground. 2Ist. Cold and clear; froze
all day in the shade. 22nd Cold froze hard last
night. 23rd. Cold and showing. 9th. Cold; a
good sugar day. 25th. Clear and pleasant; good
sugar weather. Goth. One of the best sugar days
of the season."
This ends the record so far as the sugar season
is concerned.
Rev. Geo. IT. Vibbert, the noted Temperance
lecturer, has struck this town hard. He has had
good hearing, and what is strangest of all is
we have discovered that old voters, who have
voted the old party tickets for years, agree ex-
actly with him. Just how they reconcile their
votes for the old parties with favoring the shut
ting up of saloons we can't just see. Sunday
evening he spoke to a full house, at the Disciple
Church. At the close of his speech he was in
vited to return to Randolph about the middle of
April and spend week in a regular temperance
campaign. X