Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1872-02-15
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further contributions under , cents,
saying that ''the widows mite bust
snesP e PlayedToRt qhege.p a RWt
An Indian1an asked the CLERK Ct
court whether he couldn't reduce the
rates if ''halt a dozen fellows clhbbeGl
together to take out marriage lIeen-
ses.'
No one has died in Holmes county,
Ohio, for ted years past, and the citi
zens naturally begin to regard their
presehf Rabftatiohs as their eternal
Holmes
The oldest man in the United
States is dying off at q fearful rate
His death has been reported In every
State in the Union during the past
two weeks.
Agentleman of Detroit had pady
len IN bis floorsfef orc he last
week He teolz . 1i, caraLl fSf ten
derly, and next Gay snapped it OF for
terrier pup.
A young lady says that a gentleman
ought never to fee. dfscOBFaoeti u lfen 7
the ''momentous Question: is nekatived |
by the object or ifSs cfIoicc, afor in \
life, as in grammar, we always decline |
before 8eleoningate- "a rsf3 ..s
Areporter thus graphically describes
the effects of storm on, the North
River. "While Che storm. was at its
height, the vesseIreeled to The larboard
and the captain and another cask Of
whisky U0lledzoverboaFd.2 ssssFaas7 ~ = I
What can be wetter than a woman
with a cataract in her eye, a waterfall
on her head, ascreek, in'her back. forty
springs in her Skirt, and high tied
shoes? "Why, one with a notion in
herheaa aud swim ming in tears
The late Sir Join. Burgoyue is said
to have beer 1 free eaef4t eontrf4sutor
young ladies albums. Here is one Of
bis contrlRltlensnoM txsa uo ssrizf5
n%d %iih Findy f go5Rd nsRPy 6e ReT ysaT as
NYo YoH Thsa sSonid TGT WPs PsSsslke R9s
A married lady III Connecticut re-
Gently fell into the river and would
hayEbeen droEz1ed edsaxcept thstheE cries
attracted the attention of her bRshand,
who, mistaking her in the dark for
another woman, worked like a beaver
to get her out. .8A3AA4 41U ~
j. Fisk, Jun, was not utterly bad,
for his efforts in BEHALF of-tbe farmers
along the Erie road when he attempt
ed to stop the circulation of the New
York EEibuae 8H his trains ougIlt al-a
wAyssosbe resnenbered by the agriss
Uuitural part of the@eommunfty as a
bright spot in dark life
A Baltimore lady who had been ex
ceedingly annoyed by boys who rang
her door bell and then ran away, f.
nallys ,ssta ftTapAfeE them byT which
pail of WaterSFasgto beyspilled5 upon
the next person that ran gsthe bell. In
a few minutes her pastor called, and
was baptized, but retired, without
making a visit.
sA~httle thing inrag Sabbath school
was asked by her teacher if She al
ways said her prayers night and morn
ing. aNC, AAflss, q stionsf,,'' SYWhy,
Mary 2 ara loH not aIfaisl to go 10. sleels
in the dark without asking Godt take
care Of you, and watch over you till
morning ?" tENo. Miss, I ain't-cause
sleep in the u1fetctte:.''=
SAta fnenage'ie in indianapolis a
small lioness escaped from her cage,
and thesehief of police went to the top
ofthe nRhte pelein Eve minutes. He
is reported now as saying he went up
there just for fun, to decide bed Be,
sides that, he says he didn't know the
lioness was out of her cage, and that
he didn't go up anyhow.
"A ascholar.in a country school was
asked Elbow do you parse MARY
milks the COW? ?.' The last word was
disposed of aslfollows: s'Cow, noun,
feminine gender. singular number,
third person, and stands for Mary
Stands for Mary! How do you make
that ont ?''i Because added the in
telligenta pupil, s>if the cow didn't
stand for Mary how could she milk
her S'sati aafe isF a aa.e
"a Texas paper says eve have
been asked why we stopped publish
ing the list of marriage licenses issued
by the clerks Because a great big
stand up in the mud out there in the
sandhills said we published his daugTi-
ter as married when she wcr'nt, and
that he would hit us on the head hard
enough to knock our ankles out OF
joint for it? Is the explanation salts
fsctory2"
I'm one ot the Ohio towns a citizen
had rendered himself obnoxious to the
rest of the community, so be was
plaeedin Che hands ofa vigilance. co m
mittee for treatment. The chairman
of the committee made the following
report: - We took the thief down tc
the river, made a v hole III the ice and
proceeded tosdHck him, brt he slipped
through our hands and hid under the
Ice t2AH our efforts to entice him out
failed, and be has retained his point
otadxantage somealIOurs.'r sIst5 .a.
On one of our recent cold nights &
Nashua lady put her two boys in bee
in cold room, tucked them up, and
sat down ION theL edge of the bed to
hear them soy the eiF prayers. -Johnny
aged seven, got through all right, and
huddled up to Willie, aged five, who
had just trcemmepeed.h his prayer. Pres
emily Willie began toahurry, the words
camezfaster EtlIahshel could distinctly
utter them, the prayer ended thus
81 pray the Lord my soul to keep
amen-take your hand off'm me OF
TliwarH your ear for you" Johnny
was trying to tickle him.
In one of tie Western States there
resided a family consisting of an ole
man by the name of Beaver, and hi:
three som, ali Of whom were very
wicked. They had often laughed to
seorhe the advice and entreaties of {
pious, though very eccentric minister
who resided in the same town. 1t hap