Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1871-07-13
Letter From the ssCorners. -


JASPER Mills. July 4th, 1871.
EDITORS HERALD:-I deem it expedient
to communicate through the columns of
your excellent paper, few things in re-
lation to the celebration of the 4th of July
at Sabina, Clinton county, Ohio. This great
national day that gave birth to the Ameri-
can Republic. was celebrated by Sabbath
School picnic. By the kind and generous
invitation of the Sabina Sabbath School,
and the citizens, Mt Olive and Mt Carmel
Schools, of Fayette County, were invited to
join them IN the celebration of this great
day of our American Independence
In pursuance of the arrangements made
by the Olive and Carmel schools, they
were to leave Mt Carmel church at ~
O'Clock A. NJ, but in consequence of the
rain in the morning, the procession did not
start until about 91a O'Clock. At this time
all faces were turned toward Sabina The
large procession moved along the Whining
ton pike with great regularity. The pro-
cession was led by James G. Beatty, who
carried very beautiful banner with ap-
propriate inscriptions. Following him was
two-horse wagon with some twelve or
fifteen persons, mostly children, and they
carried large American flag. Then fol-
lowed the entire procession. No accident
or confusion occurred on the way. This is
attributed to our worthy and faithful mar
shals, Jas. w. Garlinger and John l. ] ZONES,
who kept things in the right place. When
we came within half mile of Sabina
we were met by officers from town, who
conducted our train (headed by a good
brass band from Vienna), up Main street
to Rapp's tavern, then turning to the right
down Cross street to the Depot, forming a
curve to the left, the train moved back on
the same street; the procession, at this
point, was moving IN opposite directions on
the same street, which made the scene look
delightful. We moved back on Main street
opposite Jacob Theobald's residence. At
this point all dismounted, except 4 few,
who remained to take care of the teams.
The Sabbath School scholars of some eight
or ten schools then formed a procession,
and headed by the band, moved on foot to
A. C. Mills beautiful grove, about quar-
ter of a mile northeast of Sabina, on the
Wilmington pike, arriving on the ground al
a quarter to twelve. A programme of the
afternoon exercises was read and the meet
ing then adjourned to half past one O'Clock
Then came the baskets-men, women and
children running to and fro, with baskets
buckets and pitchers and all sorts of yes
sells; and in few minutes the ground wa;
literally covered with dead chickens, roas
beef, ham, mutton, cakes, pies, honey, but
ter, and God knows what all the people haC
to eat; they had an abundance and to spare
The good people of Sabina and vicinity
had an abundance of good water and lem
onade, furnished for the occasion, which
made things very pleasant and agreeable
All enjoyed the dinner and social gather
ing. One thing speaks well of the mora
and intellectual improvement of our county
and that is, I saw no one intoxicated; hearC
no profane language, and did not see an,
immoral conduct.
At half past one one o'clock the peopl
gathered around the stand and organizes
the meeting by electing T. Douglas, Presi
dent; A. C. Mills, Vice President, and MI
J. GalIaher, Secretary. The object of tn
meeting being stated by the President, tn
following programme of exercises was car
ried out:
l. Singing by the Sabina Sabbath School
led by n. w. Vandavest.
2. Prayer by Rev. B. Y. Siegfried.
8. Singing again by the Sabina Sabbatl
; School.
4. Music by the Band.
5. Address by A. II. McVey, Esq, c
Wilmington.
6. Singing by the Cross Roads Schoo
led by J. NJ. White.
z. Music by the Band.
8. Address by Rev. B. Y. Seigfried, {
Wilmington.
9. Singing by Mt. Carmel Sunday Schoo
led by NJ. w. Mark.
10. Music by the Band.
: IL. Address by Rev. W. G. Irwin,
r Wilmington.
II. Singing by the Sabina School -
13. Music by the Band.
IA. Address by Rev. S. B. Smith, of ia.
per Mills.
Is. Singing by all the Schools in col
: cert, the song, Shall we gather at tt
! river.''
16. Music (Hail Columbia) by the Ban
t All the exercises were well perfOrme
y well received and appreciated by all
: There was about fifteen hundred peop
d on the ground, and all appeared to mantle
Il a disposition to add to each others cor
It fort. The speaking was exceedingly goo
h and well adapted to the occasion. II
u singing was exceedingly good, charmil
is and animating. and all felt as though it W
q good for them to be there.
-e Our kind neighbors of Sabina don't kno
If anything about the word failure" Tn
u don't know what it means. They can't fl
y it in their vocabulary. They have learn
10 its opposite, success, and when they Il
p they are sure to carry off the belt. w
a. Jasper Mills ever give an opportunity to ]
70 turn to them their kind reception?
~ BAsooM.
Taxes for 1871.
The following table shows the total raj
of taxes levied on the general duplicate
RS 1871. 1t includes all taxes levied in ga
ed township, but does not include assessmel
.c- for road improvements:
h TOWNSHIPS. TAX ON THE 800 vALUArI