The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1870-02-16
A Blower Wan ed in the National CAPITOL.


z The National Capitol is magnificent
structure. On the crest Of command
ing hill and in the midst Of "a pretty
park ofgrcen trees. summer Or; winter
its appearance to the eye, approached
from any point, is exceedingly beautiful
and imposing. Its position gives it all
the advantages Of al abundance of fresh
mir from whatever quarter the winds
may blow ; and yet 1t appears our ma
tional lawmakers in both chambers are
somewhat in the condition of mouse in
ap exhausted receiver. The two cham.
bers are so enclosed in sacl masses of
masonry rs to be excluded from the air,
and the required oxygen has to be
pumped in by machinery. The folly of
this sort Of architecture, ignoring ven,
lilation and fresh air, may DO detected
in the new Parliament buildings of
London OH the margin of the filthy
Thames; but The stupidity which has
placed our two houses of Congress each
in the centre, us it were, of a great stone
Monastery Of numerous walls and clois.
lers on every sido is unsurpassed.
OF course the atmosphere in 9th
wings ofthe Capitol is considered unheal.
thy, owing to the insufficient supply Of
oxygen from the pumps below, and to
its rarifed condition from the action OF
the subterranran furnaces. In this
extremity New York engineer has
come to the rescue with proposition to
supply blower to both houscs. A
blower A grim joke, thus. A
blower AS il we had not had a
surfeit. of blowers in the Honse aud in
The Senate since their first opening
A il these blowers who had blown
upon the country raging four years
tornado Of fire, sword, blood and chaos
were not equal to any requirements Of
blowing But they are not; and so
q New York engineer proposes a steam,
blower, a blower Of a thousand horse
power, embracing a system of blowers
which will blow the fresh air in through,
the openings overhead aud blow the
exhausted air out through the openings
in the floor and regulate it to the tenn
perature and moisture Of q pleasant
summer dav.
So, then let it be,-New York Her.
aid.
THE FouR LARGEST CATTLE IN THE
WoRLD.-The curiosity of the CITY
has been greatly excited to-day upon
"bovinc" matters. Mr.. George "
rault is well-to.do Duchess county
farmer, man who takes great pride
in laising sleek, fat cattle. In this
branch Of a farmers business he has
met with the greatest success 30
great, in fact, as to be able TODAY to
state with truthfulness that he has
raised the four latest steers in the
world. The lightest one of them
weighs three thousand pounds, and the
heaviest over four thousand pounds.
The latter is named "George Pea
body" Recently Mr.. Ayrault sold
these cattle to Mr. Lalor, of Fulton
Market. New York, for $500 each
or $4,000 for all.
They are, purely American, having,
been calved ON Mr.. Ayrault's farm,
and they are indeed wonderful to look
upon. Thoy were brought here from
Mr.. Ayrault's on hugo barn-like sleds,
being drawn into town one by one,
the first two by six horses and the
last two by twelve oxen. AS thew
passed through the city to tho stables
Of tho Northern Hotel vast crowds
followed them, and windows in the
streets through which they moved
were filled with men and women peer.
Ing down upon the monstrous masses
Of flesh. They are to remain here on
exhibition till Friday, when they will
be shipped to New York and there
butchered, after which their hides re-
to be stuffed and placed in Central
Park. ..... ays,i ii.
During the past year these animals
haved gained 1850 pounds each.
Their feed has been mostly meal and
beets. A beautiful chrome litho.
graph of them has already been is.
sued, and it is soon to be followed by
q chart from Mr.. Ayrault, giving
particulars relative to their "bring.
ing up" The heaviest pair weighs
800 ponds heavier than any on record
ia ibis country Or Europe.-Pough.
keepsie Correspondence ofthe Ne,o York
Even'ny Telegram.
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AN Assass;s KlLLED.--The Ma.
riana (Fla.) Courier, Of the 9th Jan.
uary, says: .~' iE'a,
Calvin Rogers the midnight aesas.
Sin who murdered Miss Maggie Mo.
Clellan on the night Of the first OF
October last in this place was arrested
at the residence of Andrew Watson,
oolored, last night, and in attempting
to break arrest was killed by che
constable and posse. aH pFI ro
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". Tho Macon Telegraph oalls upon
the discharged Government employees
and those persons who are advestisina
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