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Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1868-09-03
Nitro. hpsphate Of Lime.

nOBBlN'S ELECTRIC SOAP.-Just re-
~ ceived.a supply of this excellent and mos,
economical article:
apll W. w. PADGETT.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1868-09-03

1t is a Sovereign Remedy, ,while for Fever and
Ague, and all those diseases which are general.
ed in miasmatic climate, it is a certain pre-
ventive and cure.
That its wonderful medicinal virtues may not
stand alone upon our statement, We append few
unsolicited testimonials from those whose posi-
ton in society and reputation as citizens will
place their evidence beyond all question. and
carry with them strength and conviction to the
most incredulous. ------------
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1868-09-03
Goes Dyspepsia Cure.

You will see how soon it will dispel your bad
feelings and gloomy forebodings How soon it
will chase away any species of Dyspepsia How
soon it will give you new life and vigor, and how
soon it will make we'll man woman of you
For your own sake, for the sake of everybody
suffering, we beg, we entreat you TO try IT.. f
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1868-09-03

Dept OF LABOR AND AGRIcULrURE OF MD.
Office 81 ". Caluert Street,
Baltimore, July Is. 1868.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1868-12-31

BUILD SHEDS. Shelter is food,
and shelter is health. He who
would feed well and give comfort to
his stock, must build sheds to his
stables. But few days and winter
will chill and destroy, and it is high
time for the economical and the
humane to bestir themselves for
their own domestic animals. Even
the rudest structures are of some
account. -Four posts, few poles,
and a deep covering of slough
grass, form a protection better than
nothing, if the structure is built up.
on the highest and dryest ground.
A broad shed, made close upon one
side and two ends, Is far better. A
good hedge, grove of trees ora
clump of evergreens, are OF great
value. Cattle, sheep and swine
must have shelter if they are not
to die Of exposure and disease, Of
come out "spring poor" Build
sheds now, and furnish them with
feeding racks and troughs.-Prdrie
Farmer. .l' -- .-''o44
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1868-12-31
Wine at Washington.

G, A. Townsend says the ladies
who lead in Washington society
will attempt, this winter, to inaug-
urate the custom Of giving din
ners without wine. This reform
would go very far to purify the at
mostphere Of washington life, check
the fearful rayages Of intemperance
among our public men, I'M
prove the character Of our nation
al legislation, and give security and
stability to our National Govern
ment. This sensible movement
will, from the outset, have the sup
port of the example of our new
President and Vice President, for
both Grant and Colfax long since
adopted the custom of rigidly ex-
wine from their own ia
bles, and declining it when offered
to them at the tables of their friends.
Mr.. COlfax has long been a teeto-
taller from principle, and it is fortu
nate that his great social influence
at Washington is to be thrown on
the side of abstinence and sobriety.
Let us hope that the Inauguration
Of tie new administration will
also be. the Inauguration of
a new code of Washington NOR
ais Itis proper that this temper
ance movement should originate
with the women Of Washington,
by whom it should long ago have
been begun. They-the wives and
of Presidents, Senators,
and Cabinet Minis
5ers-bave the remedy in their own
hands, and they will be false to
their womanhood and to the coun-
try, if they do not use their infu-
ence, and use it Alright Sandusky
Register.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1868-12-31
Steam Carriages for Common
Roads.


On Saturday afternoon a very re-
markable sight was seen in this city.
A train Of heayily-laden coal wag
ons, looking exactly like luggage
train, was observed coming steadily
up the steep incline leading into
Edinburgh. It was one of Mr.. r.
W. Thompson's patent road steam
ers with india-rubber wheel tires,
having four huge loaded wagons in
tow. The total weight Of the load
was forty tons. The road steamer
had drawn the train from Newbattlc
collieries, eight miles from Edin-
burgh, over very hilly road with
rising gradients of one in sixteen.
The hill from Pow Burn up to Min
ron street is both long and steep,
but the road steamer drew its train
to the top with the most perfect
ease. In the outskirts of the city,
where the roads are macadamized,
there were many places where bro
ken stones had just been spread on
the surface. Over these sharp, loose
stones the india-rubber tires of the
road steamer passed without crush
ing, or in fact, disturbing them in
the least ,Theroughest and sharp.
est bed of broken stones sank gent
ly into the astie'cushion Of India
rubber, which rose from the contact
with the most jagged fragments Of
stone without any trace or mark of
injury. The perfect command
which the conductors of the train
had over its movements enabled
them to control both its course and
speed with the almost precision II
The line of streets through which it
passed are always the most crowded
streets in the city; but, notwith-
standing all these obstacles, aggra-
vated by the streets being at some
points under repair, ard closed for
one-half their width, no difficulty
was experienced in steering clear of
every impediment. This invention
seems to remove all obstacles to
the use Of steam OH common roads. |
Scotsman.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1868-12-31

How TO TELL DISEASED MEATs--
In view Of the fact that there 10
danger that diseased meats may
find It's way into the market, Il may
be stated, as guide to meat pur-
chasers, that healthy meat is firm
and elastic to the touch, and hardly
mOistens the fingers. Diseased
meat is soft and wet, the serum Of
ten runs from It, Good meat has
but little odor, and that by no
means disagreeable, Diseased meat
has faint and cadaverous SMELL
This is best observed by cuttingit
and smelling the knife, or pouring
a little warm water over when chop
ped. It also loses ten per cent.
more weight in cooking than when
healthy. The diseases engendered
by bad meat are chiefly diarrhea
and tape worm 1t often creates
carbuncles and boils. Care should
be taken 10 have meat most thor
oughIy cooked, # consumers wish
to avoid all possibility Of animalcu-
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1868-12-31


DIVIDING SwARMs.-Many people
that have bees are not satisfied with
their doing well, but want them to
do better; and to have them do bet
ter they divide their strong swRrms
up, thus making them feeble and
weak, so that they fall an easy prey
to worms and robbers. Their own
ers learn a lesson, when too late,
that they will not very soon forget.
A neighbor of mine had six strong
swarms, and thought he must in-
crease his stock, or my bees would
rob his, as / had some 80 swarms;
and to increase his they must be d.
vided. SO he called to his assist
ancea a preparationofsmoke and pep
permint, and they went at it, max
ing ofthose six swarms some twelve
or fourteen, The upshot of the
whole affair was that my bees did
rob his--every one but two, and
those he sold to me for $3.50 per
swarm to save their lives, and he
has never had a bee since.--F W.
B., in the Country Gentleman.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1868-12-31
The Declining wear.

The year begins 70 tremble with decay,
Like an old man who leans upon his stan,
And in q graveyard reads the epitaph
OF all his offspring who have passed away;
But yet soft breeLes with bis thin locks play.
scattering his sadness with jOcund laugh
While the great sun, yet warns in his behalf
And with his dart keeps Winter still at bay,
Yea, sOothed and BATTERED in full many Wav
Though all the delds be bare and woodlands
sere,
from Insight by thickening haze
SerenelY smiles the eilOW-decliDing year.
Like one who has in gladness spent his days
And waits his coming end without fear.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1868-12-31
"No Room for Loafers. +"

These words recently met our
eyes as we passed a workshop in
the city. 'No room for loafers. ="
Sure enough there is no room for
loafers in this working world
They are not wanted ia the busy
workshop, nor in the editors sane
tum they are a nuisance in the
country store, splitting and spew
ing about the stove, and at the post
office and street corners are in ev-
cry body's way. They are forever
out Of place-When in the aims
house or Jail. A dead weight upon
society, they are a hindrance and
bore. They form no part of ma
ture's plan; it abhors them, as it
does a vacuum. While all the
world around them is going for
ward, they are standing still, or
rather gliding imperceptibly back
ward into seedy vagabondism. A
loafer soon grows rusty. tits only
use which keeps our faculties
bright, and the idle man gets dull,
stupid, stolid and muddy-headed.
Yet some ofthese fellows seem to
,hink very well Of themselves. You
will see them strutting along the
sunny side of the street, lounging
at corners, or hanging about the
doors of the hotels, with fine clothes
upon their backs, and a we'll salts
fed smirk upon their countenances.
The poor creatures look down up.
On poor working man as being of
Inferior orderl No doubt the
irones affect to despise the busy
bees, until they are driven from the
live to starve, while the workers
east upon the honey. A loafer
setting himself above the man who |
abors with his hands Why, he is
Is far below him as, in the order Of
creation, the sloth is beneath the |
common horse. A young mechan-
c, in his working dress, and with |
lis tools in his hands, is every way
more agreeable object than the
1est dressed loafer in EXISTENCE
Phere is always room for him. He
8 never out of place, for he is keep
ng step with the movement of the
Universe. He has an aim, a pur-
pose, and he stands for something. |
His faculties are trained to use, and
lie is of value to the world for what
le can do. The skilled workman
S to the idle man what the manu-
actured article is to the raw mate
ial. He has an additional value
Lbove that of mere manhood.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1868-12-31

Drae1NG TREEs.--Allhardy trees,
except evergreen, that are to be
transplanted in the spring may be
taken up now; and all broken
roots and the ends of those cut off
by the spade should be pared
smooth, and then healed in a dry
place, covering the roots foot or
two deep. Trees taken up this fall,
and carefully trimmed and healed
in, will be far mere certain to grow
next year than if the digging is
delayed until spring, for the SIM
pie reason that wounds made on
the roots will commence to heal
during the winter, and be ready
to throw out new feeding roots
early in the season Besides this,
spring brings its own work, and
we are likely to delay transplant
ing until too late for safety. It
requires time for the wounds on
the roots Of trees to heal over, and
it is better to give plenty when II
costs nothing additional. m.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1868-12-31

l . ANNN@N - W. u NTN - - ~
first story above the chapel, anG
Weighs more than sixty tons. i
swings freely and is easily rung.-
l smote it with the palm of my
hand, supposing that such a blow
could not produce the Slightest vi
bration in such a mighty mass Of
iron, butt it ung out as clear and
startling as if spirit within had re-
sponded to my knock without, Two
bells are of solid silver and their
tones are exquisitely soft, liquid and
pure. 1t was exciting to go from
one to another and strike them with
their tongues or with your hand,
and catch the variety and richness
of their several melodies. .
The chapel below is dedicated to
the patrop saint of all ladies about
to be married, and it may be readily
believed that the bell that gives ex-
preston to their prayers willIhave,
at least to their ears, the sweetest
tone ofall the bells in Moscow.
Ihad come down from the Krem-
lin to my lodgings at Billot's, and,
wearied with the wandefings of the
day, was lying on the bed and look
ing out on the city. 1t is just be-
fore sunset, and the day has been
oppressiyely warm. A delicious
glow from the gorgeous west is
bathingy all the domes and roofs
with splendid colors, and silence is
stealing.in with the setting sun upon
the crowded town. It is the eve Of
one of the most holy festivals ofthe
Church. One vast church edifice is
in view fmy window, and
but short way of, AS l lie mus
ing, from this church at hand comes
the Softest, sweetest tone of an eve |
ming bell. Another tone responds. 1
A third is heard. The Ivan tower
on the height Of the Kremlin utters
MS tremendous voice, like the voice
Of many waters. And all the
churches and towers over the whole
,ity, four hundred bells and
more, in concert, in harmony
with notes almost divine" lift up
heir voices in an anthem of praise,
such as / never thought to hear
With mortal ears waves ofmelody, |
IN ocean of music, deep, rolling, II
leaying, changing, swelling, sink
ng, rising, sounding, overwhclm-
ng, exalting, l had heard the
great organs of Europe, but they
we're tame and triling compared
- thuh y Z = .a.f y .saI'N r.
With this. The anthem Of Nature
vt Niagara is familiar to my ear,
,ut its thunder is one greatmQno-
one. The.music of Moscow's bells
S above and beyond them all. IT
$ theyoice, Of the people, 1t ptI
ers the emotions Of millions of |
owing, heating, longing hearts, not
enlightened, perhaps, like yours,
,ut all crying QUITO the Great Fa-
her, in those solemn and inspiring !
ones, as if these tongues had yei-
.es to cry: "Holy, Holy, Holy, |
Iord God Almighty, Heaven and
Garth are full of Thy glory"
9iyts a,atora yiIeap IRENEUs.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1868-12-31

H- The Steubenville Herald says
Quite a romantic wedding came of
in this city on Monday last, which
is another example that reality oc-
casionally exceeds fiction in this
mundane sphere. A gentleman, re-
siding in California, came to this
city and married aayoung a lady
whom he had never seen, his only
knowledge Of her being d letter he
had read addressed to arelatiye, re-
citing her troubles and her lonely
condition. 1t so touched his heart
that he resolved the woman who
could pen such a letter would make
q good wife, and a mother to his
motherless babes. He came to this
city, saw thelady, proposed, and
was accepted, and, after the tying
of the mdesolvable knot, the two,
mutually pleased with one another,
left for his r-off home in CalifOr-
MIA. We hope that the adage
Marry in haste and repent at leis-
ure," may never be theirs.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1868-12-31

Fayette Lodge, No, 1O7, of Free and Ac-
osntps Masons, meets on the first Wedn1es-
day evening after the full moon, and when
the moon fulls on Wednesday on that
evening. MILLS GARDNER, W. NJ; =. GARrs'
s. W.; JAS. STRAEEY, ]. W.; A. M STM-
soN. S. D.: JAS, MCLEAN, j. d. B. H,
MILLlKAx, sso,i j. MIsER, TreaS'i b. o.
KARNEY, Tyler.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1868-12-31
OFFICfAL DIRECTORY.

Judge of Fayette Common Pleas Court
A. S. DIoKE4, of Highland County
Probate Judges. B. WOMAN.
Prosecuting Attorney.-H. B. MAYNARD
Sheriff. AMEs STRALEY.
CLERK of Court,-R. MILLKAN'
Auditor MoCANDLEss'
Treasurer. O, JOHNSON.
'Recorder.-z. W. HEAeLER.
,surveyor.-JAcoB 0REANER'
Coroner. r.-JAooB CARR.
Commissioners. .-WM h. JONES' ALLEN
HEAaLER, WILLIAM CLARK e.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1868-12-31

A BACHELOR ON SLEIGHING.--
Things matrimonial are sour grapes
to old -bachelordom sleighing is a
matriAionial kind Of thing at least
good deal Of matrimony has al
ways followed close on the heels OF
good deal Of sleighing. An old,
dried up, shriveled up, Hard dp old
chap, whose heart never experien-
ced thedivine af1latns that9 comes
with love, thus talks aboht sleigh
ing:
oaeK you meee1a couple, one Of
whom is d female and the other
amt, and the one that amt is try
ingtQ make fgurc 8H9RtHe snow
with a whip, and squirting tobacco
juice into the circles, while the wo-
man looks straightahead or leans a
little t'other way, t-may safely be
set down as man and wife of some
standing,
Z ''1ftwo youthful heads bent down
over some pretended curiosity on
the robe, while the horse has the
getting along wholly to his own dis
erebion, thisindicates the elirstsymp-
toms of the heart and generally of
the brain
t'sWhen you meet q dsshing pair
With team that is equally on the
dash, ribbons twisted around the
drivers arms, with a very long whip
Hiu tbeBeclets they, maylbesetd down
as some body elss's wife, taking an
/. airing ] with SamebodE els94 els9'sl lIa bus
paAqi1 $40 Toda ot 9itro1i oG
sniM2-It IS trae Of many persons
that their memory is nothing but
a row of hooks toihang up grudges
on. sig st.gS 5sr
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1868-12-31

F,vette Chapter Royal Arch, Masonsii meets s,i
on tbe wednesday evening before the run
moon John NJ Turk, H. p; s. N. 1eom1a99' con
King; j. F. Ely, Scribe; ]. W. Cleialyeland, =
II. Mills Gardner r 81 W "a X vons SieaTei%ay Gar,
~ e e NJ ID Vail; d. F, Mouser, G N. 1st Vail;
B, Il. Millikan, sec'y John Miser, Treasurer
4 q KarnaY. Guard.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1868-12-31
NEW SHOE SHOP.
NJ Tu'n HHilN El1n Ina 14@
HHAS nIIEEEE- & SON.

uAyE dpehdd.a new Boot and Shoe
II Shop in their new shop opposite the
Kirk House, They are prepared to
furnish OF their own manufaeture, every
thing in Che Boot and Shoe line, made Of
the best material and in the best style Of
workmanship. 40 "''e :,
We request the public to give us a call,
as We feel confident we can make 1T to
their interest to buy ofus. Give us a trial
Leather Of all kinds and Shoe Findings
of the best quality for saleln-e -.
o,,,, !, g. DUFEEE d SON.
May 90, 1867 '.' p ~" 26tly
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1868-12-31

Temple Lodge, No. 227, meets at Wash; !;
ineton every Tuesday evening, at tn cir hall
ON Court street S. B. YEoMAN, N. e.;
J. N. VANDEMAE, ". G.; H. P. CHERRY'
R. s.; L. @. KARNEY, P. s.; 9. L. GETz'
Treasurer. ..-.-..-. /.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1868-12-31

CHILDREN's SIGHT. What is com,
monty called near-sightedness has
increased greatly within the last
half century, and it is time parents,
teachers and guardians understood
more about it, Children are often
subjected to severe punishment,
both at home and in school, for Of.
fenses that they cannot avoid pos.
sibly from defect in their eye e-sight
AT a teaches convention in Bos-
ton, laet week, DR.. Henry W. Will
liams, now one of the eminent ocu-
lists of the country, had something
Eto say upon the near-sightedness OF
children, many of whom, he re-
marked, had defective vision years
before It was discovered. Some
very clear sighted children could
not use their eyes steadily foriany
length oftimo without blurrihg, ow-
ing to a defect in the accommodat-
i've muscles, a brief rest enabling
them to see clearly again. They
we're apt to make absurd mistakes
reading and to study poorly, which
teachers thought were owing to
idleness. Blindness often inpeA
vened in single day, Many indi-
viduals were born with slightten-
dency to myopia, and had near
sightednessbredght on BY studious-
ness. Near-sightedness was not
known among the savages'of dned-
ucated- races, and appeared most
among those Of the highest culture
The eye should never be strained
to see objects it should not see, or
devoted to too small type or work,
Children who were ambitious to
keep up with their classes often
were allowed to go on until the eyes
were ruined. These cases often
began with only slight symptoms.
Such children should not be com
PEELED to study continuously sho'd
not care where they were in their
class should keep the head erect,
and hold the book up. Teachers
should aid. the child as far as posi-
Bile. The object of education, the
doctor said, was not to cram but
to prepare the child forduties. 1a
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1868-12-31

By direction Of the President,
Major General o. 0. HOWARD is
honorably mustered out 6fthe ser
vice Of the United States as Major
General ofyolunteers to take effect
the 1st Of January, General How
ARD, consequently falls back to his
rank Of BrigadieF General in the
regular army, to which he was ap-
pointed December q, !, 1864,
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1868-12-31
sCHOOL EXAMINERS.

D. O. EASTMAN, P. E. MoREHoUsE, y. B.
PRIppY. The Board meets at Washington
on the ihird Saturday of every month; also
the first Saturday in April, May August
September, October and November
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1868-12-31

ENGLISH PATENT HARNESS BLACK.
1Ne.--Mr. Dodson furnishes the re-
ceipt for this well-known water.
proof blacklng. 1t will keep the
leather soft, aad, if properly an-
piled, gives a good polish. tits
excellent for buggy-tops, &C. old
harness, if hard, may be washed ih
warm water and when nearly dry,
grease it with neatsfoot oil, The
ingredients are three ounces oftpr-
pentine, two ounces white wax, to
be dissolved over a slow fre5l then
add one ounce of ivOrylblaok and
one drachm Of indigo, to be well
pulysrized and mixed together,7-
When the wax and turpentineg are
dissolved, add the vory-blackland
the indigo, and Stir till cold. 9aAp-
ply very thin; brush afterwards,
and It will give a beautiful polish.
b |
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1868-12-31

1a-- The new steel rail has been
laid on the down track of the Hud-
SON River Railroad as far as Pough-
keepsie, and the work is still going
on. On the up-track it is laid as
far as Cold Spring It will rot be
laid any further on this track until
change on the down track is COM
plsted to Albany This has been
found necessary on account Of the
vast preponderance of southern
bound freight over that goingnorth