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Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1867-10-10
"The Old Woman"


Once she was Mother" and it
was Mother, I'm hungry" mo
ther, mend my jacket" and "Mother
put up my dinner" and Mother"
with her loving hands would spread
the bread and stow away the lunch
con, and sew on the great patch,
her heart brimming with affection
for the impetuous little curly pate
that made her so many steps, and
nearly distracted her with his bois-
ferrous mirth. ..........
Now she is the "old woman" but
she did not think then that it would
ever come to that. She looked on
through the future years, and saw
her boy to manhood grown; and
he stood trausfgured in the light of
her own beautiful love. Never was
there more noble son than he
honored of the world, and the staff
other declining years.
Aye, he was her support even
then, but she did not know it. She
never realized that it was her little
boy that gave her strength for her
daily toil-that his slender form
was all that upheld her over the
brink of a dark despair. She only
knew how she loved the child, and
felt that amid the mists of age his
love wouldbea her gently through
infrmities to the dark hall leading to
the life beyond.
But the son has forgotten the
mothers tender ministrations now.
Admit from the moorings of home,
he has become cold, selfish, heart
less. Mother" has no sacred
to the predigal. She is
''The Old Woman" wrinkled, gray,
ame and blind. Pity her 0 grave,
and dry those tears that roll down
her furrowed cheeks! Have com
passion on her sensitive heart, and
'ffer it thy quiet rest, that it may
,orget how much it longed to be
dear mother" to the boy it nour-
shed through careless childhood,
,ut in return for all this wealth of
has only given back re
lroach.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1867-10-10
Will and Shall.

A note in the Round Table has
the following just criticisms upon
the grammar of American litera.
ture:
Macaulay, in one of his critiques,
says that mot one Londoner in a
million ever misplaces his wM and
shaIl," and, he might have added,
his aUould and should. But l am
inclined to believe that in America
scarcely one man in a million ever
fails to misplace them. Mr.. Moon
has already referred to this pecu-
liarity in American writers in one
of his recent criticisms. The truth
is, this vulgarism is getting to be
an intolorable nuisance. We meet
it everywhere. I'VE lgiU have uni
versal bankruptcy within three
months" exclaims one of the most
dashing and slashing of our Jeffer-
son Bricks. We tcW be inevitably
lost, unless" act, atc., cries as fash
ionabIe Whitefeld. ~ ecould very
much like to see," etc., say half the
persons you converse with, and
nine tenths of the writer's who fig
ure so luminously in our daily
prints-meaning, of course, II
should like" 1t is the same old.
joke over again about the French
man falling into the water; II wilt
be drowned, nobody shall help
me-"
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1867-10-10
Descent Of an Enormous Meteor
in Lake Ontario.

Captain Turner, Of the schooner
Algerine, who arrived in Hamilton
on Friday morning (24), reports
having witnessed, at about eleven
O'clock on Wednesday night, a
splendid phenomenon in the descent
Of an immense meteor into Lake
o. tario, which struck the water
not more than three hundred yards
from his vessel The captain was
standing on the main hatch The
vessel was about twelve miles off
the Niagara lighthouse, bearing S.
S. W. Attention was attracted by.
sudden illumination from the
Northwest, which almost instantly
increased to a dazzling brllIiancy.
On turning he beheid large body
OF fire in the heavens, which seemed
to be approaching at a d scent Of
about thirty degrees, and growing
rapidly as it came nearer, the OBJ
servation Of time being 50 brief as
hardly to admit of computation inI
seconds.
The momentary impression of
Captain Turner was that certain de-
struction awaited his vessel, as the
terrific missile seemed to be direct |
ed to strike the vessel broadside -
The time of reflection. however,
was brief, and the light emitted was
80 binding in its effect that the man
at the wheel and another of the
crew on deck fell PROSTATE, and re-
manned for some time completely
stupefed with horror. The Captain
himself, as he states, remained
and saw the frey body
enter the water some three hundred
yards ahead of his vessel, about two
points off the windward. A loud
attended the contact with
the water, which was sharp and
deafening, equal to a thunderbolt
close at hand, and a large volume
Of steam and spray ascended into
the air, which was noticed for some
time after. The Captain estimates
that the meteor was body ofabout
twenty feet in diameter, A long
trail of fame of the most intense
brilliancy was noticed as il struck
the water.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1867-10-10
CHAP. H..

Home aginI home agin ! from
furrin shore! wuz on the thresh-
old NV my homestid, wich wuz a
home to me, humble though it wuz a!
Looizer Jane, the wife Nv my buz-
zum, was at the gate gossipin with
her nabor ez wuz her wont.
"Looizer Jane !" shreekt l.
"S-i.r!" sed she in h surprised
tone.
"Ha," hist 1, "is this the treat
ment q fond husband receives on
his return to the buzzum Nv his fam
lily ?"
Husband yoo? is't possible ?
Where is them gray Iox? Hast
grown young again, ez when in
manhood's prime thou woodst and
won me? 1t cannot be,-and yit,-
that breath 1t is it isl" and she
swoondid at my feet The children
| he'd more trouble with, but they
finally acknowledged me. The nose
wuz the feecher they took hold Nv /;
that wuz unchanged.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1867-10-10
Conceit.

Hardly anything is more con-
temptible than that conceit which
rests merely upon social position,
the conceit of those who imagine
that thus they are divorced from
the clay of common men, Of those
who shrink with horror from the
idea of work as something which
degrades by its very contact, and
yet who, very likely, owe their
present position to some not remote
ancestor, who recognizing his call
to work, lived more honestly in tho
world than they do, and was not
ashamed of soiled thumbs. 1t is
one of the meanest things for peo.
pie to be ashamed of the work from
which they draw their income, and
which glorified their ancestors more
with their soiled aprons and black
gowns than themselves with their
fine ribbons and flashing jewelry.
1t might be a fine thing to be like
the lilies, more gloriously clothed
than Solomon. and doinor nothing
if we were only lilies. Advantage.
GUS position is only a more emphat-
ic call to work; and while those
who hold the advantage may not be
compelled to manual drudgery, they
should recognize the fact that man
ual drudgery may be performed in
the same spirit as that which char
acterizes their own work, and there
fore that is equally honorable
Rev. DR.. Chaplin.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1867-10-10

and sad and when, on nearing th'
church, she heard a gush Of organ
music, which, though jubilant il
sound, struck on her ear like a fu
neral knell, she trembled, and
would have fallen to the earth had
not q page supported her. A
few minutes afterwards she entered
the cathedral. There, with bis ret.
inue, stood the royal bridegroom,
whom she had never before seen.-
But her glance roveu from him to
the organ-loft, where she had ex-
pected to see the mysterious organ
list. He was gone, and she was
obliged to return the graceful bow
Of the king, to whom she had been
betrothed from motives of policy.
Mechanically she knelt at his side
on the altar-stone; mechanically
listened to the service and made the
responses. Then her husband drew
her to him in a convulsive embrace,
and whispered:
elizabeth, queen, my wife, look
up!" @
Trembling in every limb, she
obeyed. Why did those dark eyes
thrill her so ? Why did smiles bring
a glow on her cheek? All! though
the king wore the royal purple, and
many jeweled order glittered on
his bresst, he seemed the same hum
bic person who had been employed
to teach organ music, and had
taught her the lore of love. |
"Elizabeth," monarched, "Ber-
tram Hoffman, the mysterious or
ganist, and King Oscar are one
Forgive my stratagem. I wished to
marry you, but l would not drag
'out to the altar an unwilling bride.
Your father was in the secret"
While tears of joy raincd from
Ter blue eyes,the new made queen re-
urned her husbands fond kiss, and
or once two hearts were made hap
" by royal marriage.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1867-10-10
PEErING rMMo, .rnE RLINps.

In place of books, or work, or play, II
Some ladies spend the live.long day
In scanning every passer by
And many o wonder they descryH
They find among the motley crowd
That some are gay and some are proud;
That some are short and some are tall,
They get their information all
Bypeeping through the blindsl
You walk the streets lat common pace),
You catch the outlines Of face. =
The face seems stranger again you look,
Dear sir! she knows you like book!
She knows your business, II be bound,
And all your friends the country round,
BY peeping through the blindsl
She knows the Smiths across the wey,
And what they dine on every day;
And thinksthat Miss Matilda Jane
Is growing very proud and vain
She knows the Browns at Number -Four,
just Cpl Osite her very door;
Folks quite as poor as they can be,
For don't they set and sew while she
Is peeping through the blindsH
Dear ladies, if you don't succeed
In gaining knowledge that you need,
Then at your window take your seat,
And gaze into the busy street;
Full soon you'll read your neighbors well,
And can their tastes and habits tell;
And know their business to 7,
Much better than your own, you see.
Bypeeplng through the blinds.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1867-10-10

AN OLD DEBT PAID. Thirty-two
years go, Tom Johnson, mighty
hunter before the Lord, bought a
rifle of Morgan Jones, who resided
at Evansville, Indiana, and agreed
to pay for it in fur. Four years af-
ter Tom wrote to Jones, from some
point in Iowa, saying if it wasn't
"fur" enough to pay for the gun he
would 60 further" 1t seems,
however, that Toms conscience
took new lease of life, as he grew
older, and a few days since the heirs
of Jones received from the Rocky
Mountains a package of furs,
enough to pay the debt wit inter-
.nst
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1867-10-10

= It was election day, and
Grimes, having assisted on the oc-
casion by the deposit of his vote,
and absorption of about as much
old rye as he could walk under,
started with two Of his neighbors
who were in the same state of ele-
walton, to make their way to their
homes. They had to cross tho
Brandywine creek on a foot bridge
constructed of single log thrown
across, and bewn flat on the upper
side, but without any hand rail to
guide in the transit. There would
have heen no difficulty with clear
head and steady legs in crossing;
but with our party it was felt to be
not devoid of difficulties, under ex-
listing circumstances. However, the
creek must be crossed. Grimes
two friends took the lead, and with
much swinging Of arms and contor-
ton Of body reached the farther
side. 1t was now Grimes turn to
face the music, and making a bold
start, he succeeded in getting about
one third of the way over, when a
loud splash anrolnced the fact that
he was overheard. Emerging from
the water, it being about up to his
breast, he quietly said, as if his
course was the result of mature de-
liberation-"f guess I'll wade!'
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1867-10-10
CHAP. III.

Husband minep' sed she to me
in her winninest tone, "thy locks is
black, while mine, alas is gray.
Buy for me also Barrett's potent
cure, that l may be ez fust yoo
knowd me i'll loves young dream !"
Good l resist the entreaty? Ma
ry. | bought a bottle, and 10 in a
month she wuz transformed. Her
rusty gray hair became ez black ez
jet. A new set NV custom-made
teeth, wich cost me fifty dollars,
completed the metamorphose, and
she wuz young agin,-hcr yooth
costin me fifty-one dollars, cash,
Disastrous investment! Four
weeks from that date, she run off
with a yankee pedlar, who sposed
she wuz but twenty-four!
Kin sue Barrett and git judg-
ment for her valyoo? Alas, no!
And SO l plod on YEARLY and alone,
a mizable objick. 1 Good marry
agin ez a young man, hut this fond
heart kin never thump for anuther.
Falls: Looizer Jane! Too effica-
shus Barrett. .
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1867-10-10
Trip 70 Ruropo.
"a voyager to Europe gives the
gying account Of the passage in
| tlH gteamer

A voysger to Europe gives the
gying account Of the passage in
! tle ateamer;
! There are several ladies who
keep tlIeir state rooms from the be-
ginning, eating nothing, holding
nothing, crying to the Captain to
stop the ship and put them on shore,
and asking piteously whether the
next wave will be as big as the last
one These are all hauled up on
the fourth day, and have sensation
Of being bounced into the air and
left hanging there, But none are
so utterly miserable as the ships
bride, who came on board with her
groom in her travelling dress Of
silver-colored poplin, with a tear on
her white vail as she bade her mo.
ther goodbye, dropped upon her
groom's arm, and thought Of love,
protection, Paris and presents. In
two hours she has Il sensation, as
she stands on the hurricane deck,
ofhaving eaten too much fruit cake.
This increases as the ocean draws
near, and finally resolves itself into
q great ache, both in the head and
stomach. Proud as a Sioux brave
stands her husband. Pale as CAP.
tive squaw is she, wondering wheth-
er such pains are consequent upon
the marriage state, and wishing she
were single again, or had taken the
other man. Atlast she fades below,
like the spectre Of mermaid, and
sobs her pillow case full. Poor
dear' She thinks that John will
be disgusted; while John, like a
born surgeon, is running for harts-
horn, salts, Congress water and
brandy, all of which are thrown at
him out of the depths of her dis.
tress, and she lives to believe that
the first week Of marriage is the
weariest of all"
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1867-10-10
THE EEND.

AN aspirant for bankrupt hon
ors at Franklin, Pa, called upon
his attorney in that place to have
instituted the necessary proceedings.
The registers fee, as per bill, was
$50. The attorneys fee was 800.
The former the client had forth
coming. The latter he had not;
and he must therefore be denied the
sweets of judicial white washing.
A happy thought struck the counsel.
He inquired if bis c'ienthad a friend
from whom he could borrow 500.
''Yesp The money was immedi-
ately borrowed, paid to the inge-
nious lawyer, and the name of the
lender duly included in
the list of bankrupt's creditors
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1867-10-10
1. O. G. 7.

Ray Of Hope Temple No. 299, rheetsey;;
ery Monday evening at the Odd Fellows
Hall. NJ, J. Williams, W. G. t. Josie
Blakemore, W. V. T.; l, B, Bradrick, W.
c.; Frank johnson, ". R. s.; L. Kirt Da'
Wis, W. A. s.; H. W. Hamilton, W. f. s.;
Lizzie Allen, W, t.; R. A. Robinson,
W. M; Jennie Bell, W. D. NJ; Anna Blake
more, W.I.G.; Jesse Worley, W. 0. G.i
A. McCandless, w. r, II. s.; Maggie Us
tic, W. L. He j. Snider, W. P. Q. I.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1867-10-10
THE FOUNTAIN w YOUTH.
A Movin Tale---WaFFapted Purely
Vegetable, and None Genuine On.
less Signed By the Proprietor.
BY Petroleum V. Nasby.P 7. N. (wieh is
PostmAster.) ]

AVSbHlh5beft
..t . CHAP. !. HIttt
1t wuz in Moo York city, that gay
metropolis, the sect nv luxury and
refinement, and the home ov John
Morrisey and the Black Crook.
Thither he'd come, after 0 how
many days Nv tiresome walkin ez
the rear guard NV a drove Nv the
cattle Nv a thousand hills Nv west.
ern Pennsylvanys l wuz in Moo
York, and on Broadway wuz a site
The rumblin, jumblin, mass uywag-
ons and stages and coaches the
sidewalks filled with ahurryin mass,
the rich, the poor, the high, the low,
the proud, the humble, the aged, the
yoothful!
/ gazed into the winder NV drug
store. Fatal gaze! Unfortnit look
That look he'd an inAooence onto
my fucher life. 4
Wat did l see?
A card. !
Thus it red: "Barrett's Hair Re- !
storative!" !" with a picter Nv a man I
with thin, gray lox afore usin it, and
the same man with heavy hair ez
black ez Poe's stately raven NV the I,
days NV yore, after yoosin it. I
Only this and nothin more.
1t wuz enuff My hair wuz gray.
bought bottle and applied it ez
by directions on the wrapper.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1867-10-10
DIR s. AH
Jepthae, ST., & }, M,
D A V T s

VNTOULD LDRESPECTFULLY INFORM
w the citizens of Washington and vi
cinity that they have associated themselves
permanently in the prOetice of medicine.
Their vast experience and successful
treatment of all the forms Of Acute and
Chronic Diseases for more than thirty years,
has gained for them wide spread reputa-
ton; and having availed themselves Of the
advantages of all the new discoveries and
means for the reliefand cure ofthe afflicted,
they confidently anticipate a full share of
the patronage and confidence of the public,
believing they SO well and truly merit that
confdedce of this people
They will give particular attention to all
forms of ....... ...s
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1867-10-10

Argentine "paddee" quite aged,
living some miles out oftown, came
into telegraph office one day to
sell some "praties", and seeing the
instrument, battery, ETC., wondered
if that was the "telligraft". After
gazing steadily for several minutes,
he said he had always wanted to ask
one question and this is It's
the wire hollow on the inside or on
the outside p r.a
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1867-10-10

Fayette Lodge, No. 1O7, of Free and Ae-
eeptps Masons, meets on the first Wednes-
day evening after the full moon, and when
the moon fulls on Wednesday, on that
evening. Mills GARDNER, W. NJ; A, ..
JOHNSON, S, VIC. CARTS, j. W. JohN
Nicer, Treas; B. Fl. MILLKAN, Sec; j. Il.
YEoMAN, S. D.; W. P. CLEAvEANo, j, d.:
L. @. KEgRNY, Tyler.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1867-10-10
oFFICIAL DIRECTORY.

Judge of Fayette Common Pleas Court
A. 8. DIoKEY, of Highland County.
Probate Judges. B. YEoMAN
Prosecuting Attorney. B. PRIDDY.
Sheriff.-JAMEs STRALEY.
CLERK Of Court.-R. MILLEAN..
Auditor.-ABEL McCANDLEss.
TNreasUrer. @. JoHNsoN.
Recorder.-Z. W. HEAGLER.
Surveyor.-JAcoB CREAMER.
Coroner.-H. LyMEs
Commissioners .-WM. H. JONES, ALLEN
B. +, THOMAS.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1867-10-10

AN aged lady, member of the
Tyringham { Mass, family of Sha-
kers, one day recently, took from
her closet some articles Of dress,
telling some of the ''sisters" pres
ent that they we're the clothes she
wished to be buriedin. A few min
ut.s afterward she went to bed and
died almost Immediately.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1867-10-10
THE MYSTERIOUS ORGANIST.
A LEGEND OF THE RHINE.

kind hearts are more than coronets,
And simple faith than Norman blood"
Years ago, at grand old cathe
dral overlooking the Rhine, there ap
peared a mysterious organist. The
great composer who had played the
organ so long had suddenly died
and everybody, from the king to
the peasant, was wondering who
could be found to fill his place,
when, one bright Sabbath morn, as
the sexton entered the Church, he
saw a stranger sitting at the Grape
shrolded organ. He was a tall,
graceful man, with q pale but strik-
ngly handsome face, great, black,
melancholy eyes, and hair like the
ravens wing for gloss and color,
sweeping in dark waves over his
shoulders. He did not seem to no.
tice the sexton, but went ON play
ing and such music as he drew from
the instrument do words of mine
describe. The astonished listener
declared that the organ seemed to
have grown human-that it walled
and sighed and clamored, as if a
tortured human heart was throb-
bing through its pipes.
When the music at length ceased,
the sexton fastened to the stranger
and said, "Pray, who are you sir ?"
"Do not ask my name," he re-
piled. II have heard that you are
in want of an organist, and l have
come here on trial"
"Youll be sure to get the place"
exclaimed the sexton. "Why, you
him that's dead and gone,
sir!"
"No, no: You overrate me-" re-
sumed the stranger, with a sad
smile; and then, as if disinclined to
conversation, he turned from old
Hans and began to play again. And
now the music changed from a sor-
rowful strain to a grand old p@an,
and the mysterious organist,
"Looking upward full of grace,
Prayed till from happy place
Gods glory smote him in the face"
and his countenance seemed not I'M
like that of st. Michael, as portray
ed by Guido.
Lost in the harmonles which
swelled around him, he sat with his
"far-seeing" eye fixed on the dis
tant sky, a glimpse of which he
caught through an open window,
when there was a stir about the
church door, and a royal party |
came sweeping in Among them
might be seen a young girl with a
wealth of golden hair, eyes like vio-
let's hue, and lips like wild cherries.
This was the Princess Elizabeth 81
and all eyes were turned to her as
she seated herself in the velvet
cushioned pew appropriated to the
court. The mystery organist fixed
his eyes upon her and went on
playing. No sooner had the music |
reached her ears than she started
as if ghost had crossed her path.
The blood faded from cheek, her
lips quivered, and her whole frame
grew tremulous. At last her eyes |
met those ofthe organist, in a long
yearning look, and the melody lost /
It's joyous notes and once more
and siged, and clamored.
"By my faith" whispered the
ling to bis daughter, "this organist
las master hand. Hark ye, he
shall play at your weddingF'
The pale lips of the princess part
ID, but she could not speak--she
vas dumb With grief Like one in
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1867-10-10
sCHooL EXAMINERS.

D. O EAsrMAx, P. E. MonEHousE, j, b.
PnlDoY. The Board meets at Washington
ON the third Saturday Of every month; also
.he first Saturday in April, May, August
September, October and November,
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1867-10-10

Some cottages are advertised for
sale at Taunton, England, and in the
advertisement it is stated that "each
of these houses will give the fran
chise to the occupier under the new
Reform bill"
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1867-10-10

The Chicago papers have lately
been boasting that their city will
soon equal Philadelphia The Phil
adelphia American replies, by show
ing that the valuation of both real
and personal estate in Philadelphia
exceeds that of the whole State OF
Illinois.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1867-10-10
n, o. o. f.

Temple Lodge, No. 297, meets at Wash.
IngtoR every Tuesday evening, at their hall
on Court street. ]. B,PRIDDy, N. G AL
LEN HEAsLEE, Y. G; S B. YEoMAN. R. s;
i. @. Karney, P. S.; R. MILLlKAN. I.