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Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-09-22
To See Down a Well.

1t is not geneally known how easy
a matter it is to examine the bottom
of a well, cistern or pond of water
by the use of a common mirror.
When the sun is shining brightly,
hold mirror so that the reflected
rays oflight will tall into the water,
A bright spot will be seen at the
bottom so light as to show the
smallest object very plainly. BY
this means we have examined the
bottoms of wells fifty feet deep,
when half full or more Of water.
The smallest straw or other small
Object can be perfectly seen from
the surface.
Inthc same way one can examine
the bottoms Of ponds and rivers if
the water be somewhat clear and
not agitated by winds or rapid
motion. If a well or cistern be
under cover, or shaded by build
ings, 50 that the sunlight will not
fall near the opening, it is only
necessary to employ two mirrors,
using one to reflect the light to the
opening, and another to send the
light perpendicularly in the water.
Light may be thrown fifty or hun
dred yards to the precise spot de-
sired, and then reflected downward.
We have used the mirror with
success to reflect the light around
a field TO a shaded spot, and also
to. carry it from a south window
through two rooms, and then into
q cistern under the north side of a
house. Half dozen reflections of
the light may be made, though each
mirrior diminishes the hrilliancy
of the light Let any one not IA
miliar with this method try it,
he will find it not Only useful, but
a pleasing experiment. 1t will, per-
haps, reveal a mass Of sediment at
the bottom of well that has been
little thought Of, but which may
have been faithful source of dis
ease, by its decay in the water.
Journal Of Agriculture.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-09-22
The Code Duello.


Christianity and civilization have
condemned, in the strongest terms,
this relic of barbarism, and many
OF the States have made it the high
est crime known to their laws, and
among those who have done SO, is
our own State. In 1885 our Legis-
lature passed the following law on
the subject:
"SEcTIoN XIV. That il any
person shall engage in or fight a
duel with another, or shall be sec
ond to such person who shall fight
q duel; or if any person shall, by
word, message, letter, or any other
way, challenge another to fight Il
duel; or shall, knowingly, be the
bearer Of such challenge; or shall
advise, prompt, or encourage or
persuade any person to fight duel /;
or challenge another to fight duel,
be it fought or not; every person so
offending shall be deemed guilty of
misdemeanor, and, upon convict
ion thereof, shall be imprisoned in
the Penitentiary, and kept at hard
labor, not more than ten years, nor
less than one year; and shall for
ever after be incapable of holding
any office of honor, profit or trust,
within this State; Provided, how
ever, if death ensue from such duel,
the persons concerned shall be
deemed guilty of murder, and shall
be punished for murder in the first
or second degree, as the case may
be) as is provided in this act; any
thing in this section to the contrary
Notwithstanding. .
Afterward, that there might be
no repeal of some of the improyi-
sions of this statue, they made it a
part of the fundamental law of the
land, which may be found embodied
in the " Constitution of the State
of Ohio,' (Article Is, Section 81,
and reads as follows;
Ono person, who shall hereafter
fight a duel, assist in the same as
second, or knowingly carry chal-
lenge thereof, shall hold any office
in this State"
BY this law and this Constitution
Mr.. Denver is prohibited forever
from holding any office, no matter
how small, in the State Of Ohio !;
and yet the Democratic Convention
thought it right and fitting that he
should hold the office Of Congress
man.
Comment at this time is unnec-
esssry.- Clegmoat Courier,
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-09-22
THE MINISTER AT THE PUMP.

Many years ago, a certain minis
was going, one morning, to his
schoolroom, He walked through
a number of streets, and as he tnrn-
ed the corner, he saw assembled
around a pump, party of little
boys playing marbles. On seeing
him approach, they began to gath
er up their marbles and run away
as fast as they could. Que little
fellow not having seen him as seon
as the rest, before he could succeed
in gathering up his marbles, the
minister had come to him and plac-
ed his hand upon his shoulder
They we're face to face, the minister
of God and the poor little ragged
boy, who had been caught in the
act of playing marbles on Sunday
morning. And how did the minis
ter deal with the boy? That is
what | wanted you to notice.
He might have said to him !:
" What are you doing there? You
are breaking the Sabbath. Don't
You deserve to be punished ?"
But he did nothing Of the kind.
lie simply said; "lIave you found
all your marbles?"
No, " said the boy, 81 have
not.
+" Then, " said the minister, "Ill
help you" Whereupon he stoop-
ed down, and began to look for the
marbles and as he did SO, he re-
marked, 81 liked to play marbles
when was a little boy very much,
snd think | can bea you; but l
never play marbles on Sunday.
The little boys attention was
now arrested. He liked his friend S
face, and began to wonder who he
was. The minister said;
81 am going to place where |
think you would like to be; will
you come with me r"
Said the boy, Where do you
liver"
"In such place." was the an
swer.
"Why, that's the minister's
house . exclaimed the boy, as if
he did not suppose that kind man
and minister of the Gospel could
not be the same person.
{" Yes, +" said the man; L am
the minister, myself; and if you
will come with me, think | can do
yoa some good.
Said the boy, " My hands are
dirty, can't go.
But, " said the minister, " here
is a pump why not wash them ? "
+" i'm SO little that ! cant wask
and pump at the same time "
'" We'll" " said the minister, "if
you'll wash, I'll pump.
He at once set to work, and
pumped and pumped; and the boy
washed his hands and face till they
were quite clean.
Said the boy, "My hands are
wringing wet, and l don't know
how TO dry them.
The minister pulled ont the hand
kerchief, and offered it to the boy.
"But lis slean," he replied.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-09-22
GEN. DENVER IS A LAND
p" "" GRABBER.
Denver and the Land Grants.
TO the Editor Of the Cincinnati
Chronicle:

TO the Editor Of the Cincinnati
Chronicle:
The Democratic nominee fol
Congress, in the Sixth District, il
a new man among the people OF
that region-a sort Of political
fossil, dug up from the great pro-
slavery graveyard of Kansas, with
the hope that his obscurity would
be his strength, and thus steal a
march upon the district by his elec-
ton. He was one of the seven
plaques which President Buchanan
sent, in the form Of Governor OF
Kansas, to fasten the curse Of sla-
very upon that State Failing in
his mission, he became disgusted
and left the country to its fate.
But dc notpropose to ventilate
his Kansas record, which is fine
study for the Democracy of his dis
trict. Let that pass for the pres
ent. Iwant to call attention to his
Congressional record as q land
yraJJer.
Gen. Denver was in Congress
from California, from 1855-56 to
1867, During that Congress-
the Thirty fourth-the great rail
road land grabbing was reduced to
a system, and it has been success
fully operated in every Congress
since, until it has swallowed up mil
lions upon millions of the finest
public lands in the great West, to
be held by mammoth railroad cor
ations until the increased value will
give them wealth and power in
the land that will make the people
who have been robbed of their in
heritance, dread and fear them in
all coming time.
May 6, 1856, q bill passed, giving
a million and a half acres of land
for building four railroads in Iowa.
The bill provided that the Govern
ment land along the route of these
roads should not be sold for less
than double the common prices
thus making the grant to the rail
roads worth double, and taking just
that much more from the settlers
who buy to make their homes. Mr..
Denver voted for this bill.
May II, 1856, the Florida land
grant passed. Denver voted yea.
May 21, 1856, the Alabama land
grant passed. Denver voted yea.
August 6, 1856, the Mississippi
land grant passed. Denver votes
yea. @ .3 +.
Mr. Letcher, of Virginia, said OF
these bills, in debate: t
81 say, then, it is most extraor-
dinary that a bill which proposes
to grant millions Of acres Of pub
lie land should be passed here uIl-
der the gag Of the previous ques-
tion, denying to everybody not
only the right to debate the bill,
but even the right to read it.
Yet Gen. Denver voted right
along, blindly, for all land grabs.
In the Alabama case, It turned
out that the road had been built
and running, and the land was a
clear gratuity, without any pros
pective public benefit.
General Denver may be regarded
as on -out-and- out land.grabber,
carly in the cause. To put him in
Congress now, while the mammoth
Pacific land grabs are being press
ed, will give them one more hearty
o Mr. Smith, our present
member, has steadily opposed the
land grants. Let the voters look
to this. HISTORY.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-09-22
MS AFFAIR OF HONOR.

The Enquirer and Brown county
NesUs call the killing of Gilbert by
Denver, in a duel, "His Affair of
Honor Our laws call it misde-
meanor, high crime, punishable
by Imprisonment, and in some
cases, by death, and one which rem
ders Mr.. Denver forever incapable
of holding any Office Of honor,
profit or trust within the State of
Ohio Cgermeqt Courier.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-09-22

Yayette Chapter Royal Arch Masons,
meetS on the W WedHesday evening before the
full moon: Mills Gardner, H. p; j.
F. Ely, King; A. O. Johnson, Scribe; ]
P. Robinson, @. H; A. NJ. Stimson, P, 81
Il. L. Robinson, R. A. O.; j. P. Popejoy,
@. NJ, Sd Vale; John Millikan, G. NJ. I'd
Vale; r. "a. Robinson, a NJ lst Valei
John Miser. TrG B. H, Mllllkan, See'yi
L. G. Karney, Guard.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-09-22

An Exchange says: Anna
Dickinson says that she has taken
enough slack jaw from the ridicu-
lers Of womah's rights, and that
hereafter She win give the men
att for tatls' Whereupon the Glas-
gov, (Ky.) Times says; "Well'
Miss Anna, we're after yOu-Here's
our tat"
The ravages of cholera are in
creasing IN Havana.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-09-22

DR.. w. R. Smith-Sir; We pre-
sumo you sent this blank here for
petitioners, We have no use here
such a paper. We are all good 10y
al Republicans. Wedpn't wish TO
join the r" Whisky Ring that is
opposed to John A. Smith, of any
other ring that is tryingto destroy
the party. You and some few 9th
ers there bave lowered yourselves
in our estimation.
John A. Smith is not going to
abandon the candidacy. He has
too much respect for the party.
We were notin favor of Mr., Smith
at first, but he has been nominated
fairly, and now we should all go to
work for him, and elect him ifpos
sible; but instead of that, you and
some others about town are trying
to split the party, to spite John A.
Smith I3would be ashamed of
myself If you did not like John
A. Smith, and could not vote for
him, why didn't you keep mute ?
We good soldiers wall remember
you men in after years. 81 's
ANA ~ 100 Coon SOLDIERS.
Sugar Tree Ridge, Sept, 6, 1870.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-09-22
4. O. O. II.

Temple Ledge, No. 297, meets at Wash
ington every Tuesday evening, at theiT
hall ON Court street. G. P. Barnes, N ,G.i
N. Blanchard. V. g.; ]. G. King, Sec';
L. O. Karnoy, p. s.; OIL. Getz, Treas.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-09-22

Come. love of country, guide us now,
EndOw our yengeful arms with might;
And dearest liberty, do thou
Aid thy defenders in the hght.
Unto our flag let victory,
Called by thy stirring accents, hastei
And may thy dying foes ut last
Thy triumph and our glory see!
Then up and from your ranks the hlreling
foe withstand;
- lnnd.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-09-22

Yet. generous warriors. still forbear
To deal on ull your vengcTul blows;
The train Of hapless victims spare.
Against their will they are our foes.
But Oh those dgspots stained with blood.
Those traitors leagued with base Bouille,
Who make their native land their prey;
Death to the savage tiger blood!
Then up and from your ranks the hireling
foe Withstand;
March on-his craven blood must feTtiilze the
land.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-09-22

Raw of Hope Temple No. 292, meets Mon
dav Eevening at their Hall in Ely's block
W. @. T., pr. E. Q. Hamilton; W. W
T., Mss Lide McElwain; W. R s., Geo
MoCandleSs; W. F. s., David Elliott; W.
T., Mrs. j. B. PriddyI W M, James II
Gould; WIG, Miss Alice Stewart; W.
o. g., r. j. fireman.
.,r,cr.1,.r,gE uAnVNC r. D
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-09-22
And when our gloriou. sires are dead,

And when our glorious sires are dead,
Their virtues we shall surely find
When on the sell.same path we tread,
And track the fame they left behind.
Less to survive them we desire
Than to partake their noble grave;
The proud ambition we shall have
To live for vengeance or expire.
Then up and from your ranks the hlrellng
foe withstand;
March 0n-hi1 craven blood must iertilize the
land.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-09-22

Fayette Lodge, No lO7, of Free and Ac-
Aooptsd Masons, meets on the first Wednes-
! dav evening after the full moon, and when
'ths moon fulls on Wednesday, on that
evening. Mills Gardner, W. M; j. P
Robinson, s. W; j. A. Mclean, j. W.
"A. NJ. Stimson, SOD; H. L. Robinson, J..
ID; John Miser, Treas; B. H, Millikan,
Ss'y; L. O. Karney, Tyler. - 81
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-09-22

Those marshalled foreigners they
Make law to reach h'Frenchmau's hearthY
Shalt hireling hosts who fight for pay
Strike down our warriors to the earth?
Gudl shall we bow beneath the weight
or hands that slayish letters wearl
Shall ruthless despOts once more dare
To be the mas ters Of our iate2
Then up. and from your ranks the hireltng
foe withstand;
March on-his craven blood must fertilize the
land
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-09-22

Then trcmble-tyrants. traitors, ALL
Ye whom both friends and foes dispise;
on YOU shall Tctribution fall.
Your crimes shall gain worthy prize.
Zach man opposes might to might;
And when our youthful heroes die,
Our France can well their place supply
We're suldiers all with YOU TO fight
Then up, and from Your ranks the hirellng
foe withstand;
March on-his craven blood must fertillze the
land.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-09-22

Those banded serfs-what would they have,
. IS tyrant king together brought!
Whom are those leitcrs 10 cHslaye
Which long ago their hands have wrought?
You, Frenchmcn, y0u, they would enehain.
Doth not the thought your bosom fret
The ancient bOndagc they desire
TO force upon your ueCks again
Then No, and from your ranks the hireling
foe withstand;
March on-his craven blood must fertilize the
land.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-09-22
rnE mAnsEILLAIsE nYMN.

The famous song known as the harseillalse
hymn, having been prescribed In France as
tooreyoutionary, BOW permitted to be sung
as a means Of inducing the people IN war. The
following is given rs "a fair rendering from
the original French:
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-09-22

Come children or your country, come,
Now glory dawns upon the world,
Our tyTants rushing 70 their doom,
Their bloody standards have uDgurled;
Already on our plains we hear
The murmnTs Of a savage horde;
They threaten with the murderOus sword
Your comrades and your children dear
Then up, and from your ranks the hircllng
foe WithsMnd;
March on-his craven blood must fcrLilize the
land.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1870-09-03
CLIPPINGS.

|. A hsnd-to-mouth ezistence--That of q
dentist.
Why rs ohairmaker like a sehool-mas-
ter2 Becauee he canes bottoms.
A bazaar lately took place in London in
aid Of the Home of Lost and starving
Dogs
A Polish Countess Ssskovska is keeping a
hotel at Monroe, N. Y. She was a gold
broker in New York years ago.
There is an umberlla in Bangor Me-,
which has been in possession of one family
for fifty years. Itwas bridal gift.
A very severe battle was fought between
herd Of swine and den of Iattlesnakes Oh
farm near Columbus, Ohio. The for.
mer were victorious.
The papers relate that there was fire re.
Gently at Northampton, Mass, by which the
heart of the town was burned out. The heart
being gone the the livers were obliged to 60
also.
BILL said Bob, why is that tree called
weeping willow p "Cause one Of the sneak
ing, plaguey things grew near the school,
house, and supplied themaster with switches.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1870-09-03

The LATEST SERPANT SToRY.-A very
pronounced fish story comes from Barry
county, Michigan, where, we are 'told,' a
monster resembling snake is residing in
Harwood Lake. 1t is represented as being
about twenty feet long, and from five to
seven inches in diamster. 1t has been
seen number of times-ouce, last summer,
by Sweede, who supposed it to be the
devil. The other day his snakeship was
seen again by boy, who was fishing at the
time. and had quite string of fish lying
on the bank. The boy says the snake came
out of the water, and, with one gulp, swal-
lowed fish, string, and all, and then came
for him and he, not particularly wishing
for such an associate, made tracks for
more congenial companion. 1T is said
that the teeth OF this serpant are three or
four inches long.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1870-09-03
A Drop Of Oil.

The sewing machine went hard, and
would not do its work well, despite all of
sister Amy's efforts. She had oiled it
thoroughly she thought; had attended prop
erly to to the tention and all that and still
it was preverae.
Brother VIII came and looked over her
shoulder, ard knit his brow, as was his GUS
tom when in puzzle. At last, turning
back the machine be glanced over the
works and asked,-
did you oil it here, Amy'?
Why, no, 1 never thought of that A
drop of oil was applied, and in another
minute the slender needle was flying
through the work like a fairy. No more
hard work to turn the wheel. That one
drop of oil on dry spot;in the machinery
made all right.
There are many other places wh.re a
drop of oil works just as great wonders.
Cold mornings, when tempers are apt to
get frosted, as well as toes and fnger-tips.
there is 10 magic like few CHEEKY words.
Oil to dry machine is only a faint COM
parison to its good effects.
30 when any one is angry and ready to
90 and say many rash things, just give
them soft answer You know what the
Bible says about su,h answers.
II Bridget is hurried and cross, just give
her little timely help. Make her fire
blaze up brightly tor one thing, ard see if
her temper does not soften.
All day long as you mix with your mates
a. sh0ol or at home, you will find plenty of
OIL and oh, how it will cheer and bripb.
ten the way for yourself and all about Won
Tile Childs World
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1870-09-03

WOULD SING Ir.-A story is told of
an old clergyman who has the most I'M.
bounded faith in Watts hyms book. He
was fond OF saying that he could never
open any page without finding an appro-
pirate hymn. A mischievous son of his
thought it would be good joke to test his
fathers faith. SO he took an old song and
pasted 1t on one of the pages of the book,
over a hymn, SO nicely that 1t could not be-
easily detected. At church, on Sabbath
morning, the minister happened to open at
that very page, and commenced to read:
sold Grimes is dead,"
lnere was sensation in the audience. He
looked at his book; but such was his saith
In Watts hymns that he undertook :,
again, commencing with the same line
There was another sensation in the audi.
enoe' Looking at it again, and then at the
congregation, and then at the choir, said
ne "brethern, it is here in the regular or.
der III Watts hymn book, and we will sing
it anyhow"
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1870-09-03
PETROLEUM V. Massey,
(Which wuz Postmaster J

G couple of the best connudrums we ev-
er heard were perpetrated the other day
in social circle Of gentlemen, one of whom
had a very bald head: One gentleman
asked
"Why is MIS- head like Alaska ?" All
Gave it up.
because it is great White bear place.
Hardly had the laugh subsided OH this,
when another asked
why is his head like heaven p
This was worse to get at than the other,
and the answer came,-
Because there is no dying or parting
there
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1870-09-03

"A GREAT Discussion. The great dis.
cusslon at Salt Lake City, between DR.
Newman and orsOn Pratt, on the question:
Does ! % ,. the Bible sanction POlygamy ? is in
iul! blast, The willy Mormon leaders rss,rtsd
to various subterfuges to evade the dis,us
cusslon, but the beligerent Doctor was de-
termlned not to be circumvented and ac
cepted the debate on their own terms ,.,h
er than be foiled. The arguments on bo,h
sides have been quite forcible, and no.Nitb-
standing at least nine-tenths of the vas,
aua'anee @ was composed Of infatuated Nor.
nionS.G ,ons, a. Newman was several times sp-
Plaudsd. The debate took place in .bs p
famous new Tabernickle, CAPABLE of .a INC
fortably seating ten thousand nerso,,. 'on %
mas been the absorbing theme amons .ba sba
people.-Ea. ' ina