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Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1867-06-13

HEALTH INsURANCE.--A thin, ca
daverous-loookng German, about
fifty years of age, entered the office
of a health insurance company, and
inquiredi
"Ish te man in vat insures de peo-
pies helts p
The Agent answered, II attend to
that business. s"
"Vell, l wants mine helts insured.
Vot you sharge?'
different prices,' answered the
agent; from three to ten dollars a
year, and you get ten dollars a week
in case Of sickness
"Vell,' said Mynheer II wants
ten dollars vert"
The agent inquired his state of
health.
"Vell, I ish sick all de time. Is
shust out of bed two or three hours
a tav, und tie doctor say he can't
do nothing more good for me-"
that's the state ofyour health" "
returned the agent, ''we can't in
sure it. We only insure persons
who are in good health"
At this Mynheer bristled up in
great anger "You must tink rs a
fool. Vot you tink l come pay YOU
ten dollars for inshure my helt ven
| was veil"
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1867-06-13

We extract the following from
the Dubuque Iowa. Daily Herald.
The scene occurred in the Dubuque
county jail:
"THIs IS THE ROAD TO He'll. -
This terrible suggestive expression
was used the other day by one of
the prisoners now under sentence
of death in our county Jail. The
occasion of it's utterance was as
follows:
A party went to visit the prison
ers in Jail. One of the condemned
recognized one of the visitors as a
former resident of the same town
in Ohio. His widowed mother lives
there still and some of his sisters.
The visitor asked him if his mother
knew of his situation. He replied
that she did, and that he had re-
ceived letter from her but few
days previously. Immediately up
on this allusion to his mother, his
mind seemed to wander back to the
home of his early affections, and his
face gave evidence of an intense
and indescribable anguish of heart
so painful and terrible that he was
pitiable to look upon. He burst
into tears, and addressing the visitor
in question, who was a lady, ex-
claimed.
Oh Mrs -, little did | think
when | saw you in Ohio that 1
would ever come to sucn condi-
ton as this. Little did I think 1
would ever COME to the dishonora-
BILE death l am doomed to die, and
break the heart Of my poor old
mother and disgrace all of my rela-
tives. Oh, my God, my heart will
burst; ! never killed Wood, but 1
was drunk and was present at his
murder, Had I not been drunk, l
would never have heen there. 1t is
whisky that has ruined me. Whis-
ky led me into bad company, and it
is whisky that has brought me to
the galIows. The temptations Of
the whisky shop first led me astray.
Yes, Mrs. =, the whisky shop
has been to me the road to heH!
and now if I was able, would have
printed over the door of every
whisky shop in Dubuque and every
where else, in big letters that every
one could see, these words of truth,
This is the Road to He'll"
Here the poor fellows head sank
upon his hands, and his agony
seemed terrible. He doubtless felt
the truth and force of all he said,
and all who saw him pitied him.
As the words of doomed and dy-
ing man, his forcible and agonized
remarks made deep impression on
all who heard him.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1867-06-13
For the Herald.
TRIALS.
BY LILLE LELLFoRD.

"Oh! these trials how they
seattle and burn into our very exist
ence )" and Mrs. Carey dropped in
to the light rocking chair, set out
to her by her neighbor, Mrs Jones,
and began swaying herself backward
and forward quite nervously.
elias some new trial ovetaken
you, my dear Mrs. Carey p queried
the last mentioned lady, in sym
pathetic tone of voice, seating her
self beside her.
eyes, things are daily, hourly,
going wrong-the little things-I
mean. They are wearing my life
out" And the little lady rocked
herself more yehementIy.
"The little things ?"
eyes, the little occurrences of ev-
ery-day life so fatiguing, physical
ly, and so doubly trying, mentally.
| think it will appear quite an insig-
nificent thing, however, to you who
appear TO possess the happy quail
fcation of making all go right.
1t always seems to me that every
object moves with, or gives way to
you, without an effort on your part.
How it is, remains a mystery to
me. But then you have no chill
dren to throw your domestic ma
chinery out of gear I almost
wish sometimes that l had none"
ooh! Mrs Carey, how can you
say SO ?"
"It shocks you, no doubt; but
then you do not know the many
trials l have to undergo. To re-
late them, they would lose that part
that seemed to annoy most. For
it is only in feeling these trials
having to pass through them ones
self, that will enable one to taste
the bitter they contain. To be
sure, l do not want my children to
die, but I wish I had not been call
ed to be the mother of so many lit
tie troubles in the first place" D."
Mrs. Jones face wore a sober
look, which Upon noticing, Mrs.
Carey continued.
"You think it wicked in me to
talk so, and that there is no good
in me at all. Well, perhaps 1t is
wicked, and l sometimes think my
self there is no good in me, that is,
in my heart, for I often find my
self in the state that Paul lamented
in himself, ''When l would do good,
evil is present with me-
"No, my dear friend, 1 do not
thing as you intimate. / think you
are capable of doing vast amount
of good; and the very quotation
you gave just now from so great
and good q person as Paul was,
ought to be a source of the greatest
encouragement to you. For we
know that he did much good while
in the world. Perhaps it was some
of these little trials that made him
feel as he did just then"
"If could only think so. 1t
seems to me that no one has so
many cares as myself Now if they
were great trials 1 could bear them
such as the world could appre-
ciate-and friends would sympa-
thize with me; but the small trials,
no one can see; no one imagines
the sore temtations, struggles and
gone through with to ena-
BILE me to bear these"
saYnn rnistaEn there my dear Mrs. |
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1867-06-13

LYNX KGLLED. One day last week
while Mr.. David Frazier, of Mon
roe township was out hunting, he
met with quite an adventure. While
rambling through the woods, very
unexpectedly he came upon a mon
strous lynx, which his dog immedi-
ately attacked. But one blow from
the animals paw laid the dog pros
trate at his feet. Mr.. Frazier, think
ing it best to make way with the
creature as soon as possible, drew
up his gun and shot him. In size
this terrible animal was about equal
to a common cur dog. When
standing upon his hind feet, he
measured nearly six feet. His skin
was sent to Columbus to be stuffed,
and will, in few days, be on exhi-
bition at Mt. Sterling Ctrcleri1le
Union.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1867-06-13

THEODORE THroN IN Hall
Theodore Tilton has been looking
into New York by gaS-llght, and
dare not tell all that he saw. lie
says Of what he did see;
"In company with several well.
known public men, under the guild
ance Of the police, we made a tour,
last Saturday night, through the
nethermost haunts Of misery, vice
and crime in the city of New York.
This is an exploration which every
man connected with public affairs,
either by civil or editorial duty,
ought, if possible, to make at least
once in his life. Born in New York,
and having always either resided or
labOred within it, we never saw or
knew our own city until last Satur
day night Never until then had we
any adequate conception of its pow
erty Of its squalidness, of its vii
lainy, Of its debauchery, of its lep-
rosy! The sight'can never be for
gotten! The story, even if we had
the heart to tell it, must, for decen.
cy's sake, remain untold. We can
only say that none Of thej famil-
lar descriptions had adequately pre-
pared us for the actual scenes. We
were shocked, confounded, sicken-
ed And as we now look back up
on the awful revelations of that
one nights descent into hell, we
can hardly persuade ourselves that
what we saw was reality; it seems
a hideous dream
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1867-06-13
new eneoiea Of swindllng.

A new and successful kind OF
swindling has lately commenced and
been carried to such a profitable
extent that a party Of swindlers
who have been brought to trial at
Middletown, and Minisink, N. Y.
had, as it is supposed, realized $780,
600, twenty-five to thirty wagons,
and from sixteen to twenty horses,
before their arrest.
Proceeding to the country, the
swindlers take different towns, and
circulate among the farmers, to
whom they offer patent rights Of
articles of ready sale. They repre-.
sent the retail prices of such arti-
cles to be double or treble their cost
to manufacture, and to show their
confidence in the large profits that
the farmers can make, they agree to
sell the patent right for the note of
the farmer, payable in one year, and
that if he, the farmer, does not
make profits, they will take back
the right free of charge. If the
farmer consents the swindler draws
up the note, which the farmer signs,
and in some cases the swindler en-
dorses the condition of payment
upon its back.
When the parties separate, the
swindler trims off the edges of the
note with scissors, when the back
from the front, the back
having been neatly fastened to the
front paper by mucillage upon the
edges. Having thus rendered the
note plainly negotiable, the swindler
proceeds to the next farmer or mer-
chant and gets it cashed, or gives it
in payment for horses carriages,
or other property, and then
passes along to victimize another
party. We hope the vagabonds will
get their deserts. s. Scientific Amer
icaH.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1867-06-13

To BEAUTIFY THE TEETH.-Dis-
solve two ounces of borax in three
pounds of boiling water, and before
it is cold add one teaspoonful of
spirits of camphor, and bottle for
use. A table spoonful this mixture
mixed with an equal quanty of tepid
water, and applied daily with soft
brush, preserves and beautifies the
teeth, extirpates all tartarous adj
hesion, arrests decay, induces a
healthy action of the gums, makes
the teeth pearly white.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1867-06-13
Medical Notice.

DR.. E. CONE may be consulted at the
following times and places;
In Washington, at the Kirk House, on
Tuesdays, after the express train arrives
going West, until the train goes west on
Wednesday, June Il; July l6; Aug. 90;
Sep "a; Oct. 90.
DR.. CONE cures hi forms of Chronic
Diseases, las Dyspepsia in all its various va
ri9ties; all diseases of the Lungs and Air
Passages, as Laryngitis, Bronchitis and
Consumption; all diseases of the Kidney,
Liver, Pancreas, and the Glands generally;
all diseases of the Heart, Blood and Blood
Vessels; all diseases of the Brain and
Nerves, as Epilepsy, Chorea, or St, Vitus'
Dance, Neuralgia, Palsey, and general ner-
vous innutrition; all diseases of Females,
enlarged Tonsils, and all forms of Scrofu-
la, as also all diseases of the Eye and Ear,
and all other Chronic Diseases.
GB" No charge for consultation, but cash
Cor medicines.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1867-06-13

A gentleman being asked by a
clergyman why he did not attend
the evening prayer-meetings, said
he could not leave the children
"What have you no servants ?"-
"Yes,r he replied, "we have two
servants to keep the house and board
us, but we are allowed few privi-
leges."
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1867-06-13

to think my wife and children would
flourish, kept like hot-housc plants 2
Human beings need the sunshine,
so wisely did'used over the whole
earth, Thank you, Mrs. Jones. -
I'll attend to what you have said.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1867-06-13

Fayette Lodge, No. lO7, of Free and Ac'
ceptps Masons, meets on the first Wedn1es'
day evening after the full MOON ana when
the moon fulls on Wednesday, on that
evening. MILLS GARDNER, W, NJ; A. u
,JonNsoN, S. W.;O. GARrs, j. W; JOIN
MIzER, Treas; B. H. MILLIKAN, Sec; j. d.
YEoMAN, s. D.; W. P. CLEAyEAND, D. D.
j.. G. KEvRNY, Tyler.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1867-06-13

- The wife of the editor of an
Ohio country paper amused herself
one day last week by throwing rot
ton eggs at the editor Of a rival
sheet.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1867-06-13

1t is said that President John
son has lost q pounds of flesh
since he became President. Ihisis
not quite two pounds to veto.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1867-06-13
UNION CENTRAL COMMITTEE.
SCHOOL EXAMINERS.

DC. EASTMAN, H. H. EDWARDS, j. B.
PRrpoY. The Board meets at Washington
on the third Saturday of every month; also
She first Saturday in April May, August
September, October and November
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1867-06-13
/. o. G. T.

Ray of Hope Temple No. 800, meets ev,
ery Monday evening at the Odd Fellows
Hall. J. Snider, VIC. t.; jennie Logan,
W, ". T.; O. 7, Emerson, W. o.. B. H.
Millikan, w. R. S.; Maggie A. Uutick, w.
A. S.; George @. jenkins, ", F. 81; Jen-
nie Wilson, W. T.; A. H. Snidor, W. M i;
Emma Cherry, W. D. M; Lide MeElwain!'
WIG; George Bryan, W, Q. e.; Josie
Rlakemore, W r. H. S.; Lide Mlllikan,
W. 1. H. S.; T. M. Ustick, P. W. O. T.;
j. B. Priddy, 7. D.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1867-06-13

Temple Lodge, No. 227, meets at Wash,
inrton every Tuesday evening at their hall
on Court street. G. NJ. SCOTT, N. G j. b.
PhlpDy, V. G; ALLEN HEAGLER, R. 5; H.
MILLIKAN, 7.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1867-06-13
CHRONIC DISEASES!
Especially those of Females.

Especially those oil FemaleS'
Diseases of the Ear and Eye, Deafness,
Otorrhoea, Blindness, Sore Eyes, Scrofula
in all its various forms and complications;
Nervous Diseases of every kind, Affections
of the Throat and Lungs, Liver Complaint,
Dyspepsia, Sick Headache, Affections of
the Stomach and Bowels, Kidneys and
Urinary Organs, Rheumatism, Neuralgia,
Heart Diseases and Sexual Debility, Sper-
matorrhoea, Gonorrhoea, Syphilis, and all
the forms of skin disease The various
forms of Dropsy, Erysipelas, Epilepsy,
Fistula, and Piles of every form, Prolapsus
Uteri, Sterility, Leucorrhoea, Suppression,
and oil the forms of Female irregularity,
will receive special attention.
gy" OFFICE one door West of the Will
son House.
Where one or the other can be found at all
times unless professionally absent.
Consultation at Office Free.
They will visit patients if requested.
March %, 1867. lS-tf
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1867-06-13
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.

Judge of Fayette Common Pleas Court.
A. s. DIoKEY, of Highland County.
Probate Judges. B. YEoMAX.
Prosecuting Attorney. B. PRTDDY'
Sheriff. AMEs STRALEY.
CLERK of Court.-R. MILLKAN.
Auditor. MoCANDLEss'
Treasurer. G. JOHNSON.
.Recorder,-Z. W. HEAGLER.
sSurveyor.-JACoB CREAMER.
Coroner-H. LYMEs.
Commissioners -WM. Il. JONES, ALLEN
'HEAGLER, B. +. THOMAS.
UNION CENTRAL COMMITTEE.
The following comprises the Union
Central Committe of Fayette County.
UNION - Capt Allen HeOgler, Curran
'Millikan and NJ. ]. Williams.
JEFFERsoN-EthanA Allen and S. W. Say
Iers.
,PAINT-Thomas LaTimer.
lMADIsoN-B F. Thomas.
NWAYENE-John H. Parrett.
PERRY-Jacob Cockerill,
CoNcoRD-Capt. Morris B. Rowe.
lGREEN-Enos Reader.
JAsPER-Rufus DeGroot.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1867-06-13
The gerald,
PUBLISHED EVERY
THURSDAY NOR MING

TERMS,
Per year, in advance 90
" within the year, --.-- ESQ
For six months ,------------------ 100
A failure to notify the Publisher of a
wish to discontinue the paper at the end
off ngAgement, will be erogOrded as wish
to continue the paper.
TERMS OF ADVERTISING.
The following prices for advertising
have been agreed upon by the publishers
of newspapers in this town. oo
q !
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1867-11-30
r eIlef for saIaried Men.

An experiment has been tried IN Lon
don on the associative principle, and
with such eminent success that it is
certainly worthy of consideration here.
And il is for the benefit, not of hand
laboTers, who, &c general thing, get
AN offset to the rise IN prices IN cor
responding rise IN wages, and who yet
make more complaint than all other
classes put together; it is for assisting
the numerous class OF persons with
fixed incOmes-cl agymen, clerks, gov
ernmental officers and so onto get
more for their money. An income
now does not g6 much more than half
as far as it wonld have done few
years ago.
The experiment mentioned was based
on the principle which enables insuT-
ance offices, railway companies, public
Libraries and other institutions to fur
nish their conveniences at low rates to
large nrJ oclc. of subscribers, who
continually It a regularly patronize
them and pay s ready money. A few
gentlemen in London arranged with
some of the best tradesmen there that
they should sell goods at about twenty
per cent. below the usual prices to any
one presenting ticket from the ASso-
citation they were about to start. The
tradesmen were willing. because sue,
cess of the scheme would bring them
by the agreement large trade, and
one that paid for every purchase con
the nail, assuring small but quick
profits and rapidly multiplying returns.
The plan worked admirably. a few
shillings paid for a ticket, and the in
come from the tickets paid the services
of a practical business man to keep
run of the affair and see that all parties
were fairly dealt by. The machinery
is as simple as 1t could be, but it was
all that was necessary. No capital
needed, no dues, no fines, no assess
ments, no grand officers or officials, no
anything-but the agent and his tick
cts, the customers and the tradesmen-
and all were benefited. A groce. who
buys for six cents pound what he can
sell for ten, is the master of each and
all his customers. But if he were as
sured of a large increase of their num-
Der and ready money payment in every
case, he would gladly reduce his sell
ing prices.
This Eseems to MS a very admirable
and efficient plan. 1t has already been
proved considerable success, and we
can see no reason why it should not be
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1867-11-30
testimonials OF Physicians.

Dr.. Nathaniel Harris, for many years resident Of
MiddlebuTy, Vermont. recommends ALIENS LUNG
BALsAH being superior TO all other remedies for
Bronchitis. He says
81 have no douDt Il Will soon become classical
remedial agent Tor TIE Of all diseases Of the
Throat, Bronchial Tubes, and the Lungs.
EATH. HARRIS, N d.
Or. Lloyd, Of Ohio, surgeon in tbs army during
the war, from exposure contracted consumption
de says;
4 have no hesitancy in stating that 1t Dy t3s
use OF ALIENS Lung BALsAN that AZ. now alive
and eDio! ing health"
Dr. Fletcher of Missouri, says:
81 recommend your BALsAA Ia preference to any
other medicine for Coughs and it gives satisfaction
ALLBN'sL LUNG GALSAm
Is the remedy to cure ali Lung ana Throat difficult
ties. II should be thoroughly tested before using
sny other bssam Il VIII cure when all others fail
Directions accompany each bottle J.E. HARRIS
6 Co, PFopristors. Cincinnati, Ohio. Sold By all
Druggists. Octlscwly
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1867-11-30
the Giants Canscuar.

A correspondent of the Clevelan d
o. Herald gives the following picture
of the Giants CausewaY as 1t is seen to-
day The writer says:
The wood cuts in early school books,
and the nun beriess descriptions L had
read since of the Giant Causeway, had
prepared me somewhat for a degree of
familiarity with its general appearance.
But the description must necessarily be
imperfect to convey conception OF its
wonders. No one has been able to IN
ravel the secret of its formation, for the
theroies of the learned seem to be no
more satisfactory than the wild legends
OF the locality. We walk over the
heads of forty thousand columns flor
this number has been counted by some
curious and leisurely person) all beau
tifullY cut and polished, formed of such
neat, many sided pieces, so exactly ut
ted to each other that 1t would seem
difficult work for the most ingenious OF
human artiicers, aud yet they are the
result of The indubitable laws OF nature,
acting without any apparent object,
aud by a process which has been so far
and may forever be, a mystery to oul
understanding. There are three OF
these basaltic formations which extend
into the sea, the longest, about one
Thousand feet, with many caves, which
the weather would not permit us to ex-
plore.
A bold headland rises above the
cove to the height of several hundred
feet. and from its top we have fine
view of its whole extent, and an I'M
limited look out into the Northern
ocean. The Giants gateway and the
Giants organ, both composed OF bas-
attic columns, are below us, as we'll
as the Giant amphitheater.
TO the right is the phenomenon
called the chimney tops, which9onsists
OF three pillars from 80 to so feet high.
1t is said they were battered hS one OF
the ships of the Spanish armada, whose
crew ia the night time mistook them
for the chimneys OF Dunluee Castle.
Beyond is Sea Gull Island, and we
come in succession to Lions Head,
the Twins, the Giants Pulpit, Bengore
Head, the Giants Granny, and the
-Four Sisters, rocks deriving them
names from some popularity in theil
formation.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1867-11-30
POETRY.
ryERIAsTING FLOWERS,

d. II sepd thee but q single gift,
b al little bunch OF dry crisp flowers
sill rainbow cOiOred, though as long
since sunshine fed them, OF the showers
Mare phantoms of those thoughts OF love
Whose living seed from Eden Dle"i
code hand in pity sent them forth,
m Talmud legends are but true
Dsar nrnmise me that when I'm dead,
VoniiI press within my clsy-cOld hand
Tba same bright everlasting hoWers'
m bear them through the Silent Land
sbsU not need remembrances
Cfthse. my own: bnt still ~ Keep
These aIvays with M through the dinf
gad shadow u Deaths long, long sleep.
park waters, in thy blacklist gull
DARK valley. in thy gbsstliest cleis,
IN pusrd these flowers the types OF love- %.
Though nothing but these flowers pc isit
Come fame and torture for my sins,
OR mercy upe the golden portal,
Still. stili Iil grasp those changelezs no"eIa
To prove INV b0undless love immoItaL
-T,5ibaeY's An. and OI-ifntdi Ld kec0id