Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1868-03-26
RUM DID IT.

that ?"
"Well, yes,--if he can out of it.
But you may depend upon it, this
man will find that his great rooms
are haunted He'll hear noises
there some Of these nights, or /
miss my guess"
"Well! what for r
Because, if this great freestone
palace with plate glass windows
had the whold truth told about it,
it would have one Of Coroner Pratt's
verdicts chqlkcd all over it, so that
every stone in the front would say
confentially to every passer by,
Run DID IT.
"You don't say so p
81 do say so. Every dollar that
has been paid for that lot, and all
that magnilicence that is piled upon
it, has come, at first or second hand.
in small coin, out Of the pockets of
poor thirsty drunkards That house
| is the price of more murders than
there are days in the year, and if
some of those ghosts don't haunt
him, then there amt so much jus
tice in things, as l believe there is
l tell you I'd rather live in o cave
on cold potatoes without any salt,
than to live there, fine as it
looks !"
Thus communed two men in our
hearing, the other day, as, in front
of us, they passed one of the most
showy mansions, newly built, in
one of our fashionable quarters. 1t
| is a goodly house to look UPON
Architects and builders have done
their best, and the result is, "a cred
it to the city" We had often admir-
ed it; but the suggestive remarks Of
our unknown friend, set us on
different train of thinking.
"Haunted r'-he viii bauntit him
/ seIr!Memory will live there with
him and memory will haunt it'll
God will dwell there with him; and
Gods vengeance will haunt it, A
palace! Nay; rather call it pan
demonium !
Will he die there? In which
room? Which four walls shall be
compelled to witness that scene?
Which door shall the avenging Flu
ries seize and shake as they hurry
to dip their burning talons in his
hearts blood? Talk about the bor
rors Of death by delirum tremens!
If you want to see horrors, sit
down by the death-bed OF the man
qcho manufactures deljriam tre-
mems and sells 1t by the cask or
gzass--sells it in spite of supplica-
ting wives and starving children,
and a frowning God,-sells it in
spite of all heaven and all earth and
all hell, for the fair diving profit
that he makes ! If some honest |
angel would paint a portrait of the
proprietor of the place as God sees
him, and hang il up sin good
light over the fireplace of the Ii
brary, would he stay in the house
to face it, think you?
What new light would break up
on our appreciation of men and
things, If every house, had adver-
tised upon its walls its secret histo-
ry.
Ifevery man knew that to-mor-
row morning there would appear,
patent to public gaze, written inef-
by the finger Of the God
who cannot lie, upon the outer wall
which shelters him in the exact and
entire truth in regard to all the story
of his gains, would all Of our bust
ness men have a good nights rest
Would they go out with untroubled
gaze to read the record, and invite
their stranger customers round to
look at it, as an inducement to CON
fdence in their dealings? If it
could be known that, a year hence,
such a record would be made, Of
all the transactions of the year,
would it not modify some methods :
Of trade? :
Yet there is a day coming when ,
| much more public exposition
shall be made, with terrible exach- /
-udc, of all the affairs of life ! Why |
S not that day more kept in view ? a
(FRoM STREET THoUGHTs.")