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Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1872-02-01
: The Davenport brothers Iatel

= The Davenport brothers lately
gave some of their psychic exhibi-
tions at Ithaca, New York, but their
tricks were sadly disarranged by some
of the Cornell University fellows. A
private letter tells US that some of the
students, having a scientific turn Of
mind, provided themselves beforehand
with pyrotechnic balls containing
phosphorus, so made as to ignite sud
denly with a bright light, During the
dark SeanceS, when the Davenports
purported to be, and as the audience
supposed were, bound hand and foot
within their closet or cabinet, and
when the guitar was floating in the
air ana playing musically around, the
aforesaid students struck their lights
all of sudden, when the "spirits''
were found to be no others than the
Davenports themselves, VINO were
lodging about the stage, brandishing
the guitars, and playing the tunes
The music suddenly ceased, the COM
mittee declared the performance &
humbug, and the players departed
from Ithaca by the earliest train.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1872-02-01

= There are too many BOYS on
our streets after night. The streets
of large cities have well been called
school Of crime and we may we'll say
that the streets of our small towns are
primary schools for the same kind of
education. Mothers had better put
their children sin their little beds" at
home, and by keeping them from the
streets, give them at least negative
education in another OBJECTIONABLE.
Connelsville Herald.
Sensible advice!
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1872-02-01

NASHVILLE, Jan. 25.-Gen. r. S.
Ewell died, at his residence in Maury
County, this morning, between aud
8 O'Clock. In giving directions touch
ing his tom bstone, he laid particular
stress upon the fact that he did not de-
sire any word to be employed in the
inscription that could reflect in any
way upon the government of the
United States.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1872-02-01
Education in Prnssia.

By law of Prussia, every child is
required to go to school between the
ages of seven and fourteen, and to
learn, at least, to read and write. In
the standing army, out of 126,00O
men, but te0o> soldiers were found
who could not read and of 100000
between the ages of seven and four
teen, at the last census, 2, ,22S,000 were
actually attending school.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1872-02-01
THE PUBLIC SCHOOL.

Eighty little urchins
Coming through the door,
Pushing, crOWding, making
A tremendous roar
Why don't you kept quiet?
Can't you mind the rule?
Bless me, this is pleasant
Teaching public school.
Eighty little pilgrims,
On the road to fame,
If thev fail to reach it,
Who will be to blameG
High and lowly stations
Birds of every feather
On a common level,
Here are brought together.
Dirty little faces,
Loveing little hearts,
Eyes brimful of mischief,
Skilled in all its arts.
That's a precious darlingi
w hat are you about"
s'May pass the water!''
please, may 1 go out?''
Boots and shoes are shuftliHg,
States and hooks are rafting,
And in the corner yonder
Two pugilists are battling
Others cutting didoeS-
What a botherationl
No wonder we grow cfusty
From such association.
Anxious parent drops in
Merely to inquire
Why his olive branches
BO not shoot up higher.
SAYS he wants his children
To mind their ''p's'' and ''q's,"
And hopes their brilliant talents.
Will not be abused
Spelling, reading, writing,
Putting up the young ones,
Fuming, scOlding, fighting,
Squirting on the dumb ones.
GymnaSts, vocal muslci
How the heart rejoiceS
When the singer comes,
To cultivate their voices.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1872-02-01

= A Georgia colored lyceum dis
cussed the question, (which is the
most useful-paper or gunpowder p
The debate was closed by disputant
who spoke as follows: "President-
'spose dar was a bar out dar at de
door, and you was to go dar and shake
de paper at him, you'd see what de
bar would do. But jes shoot cannon
at him and mark de result. / calls for
de question:" The President forth
with decided in favor of powder.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1872-02-01
Our GOOD friend Russia

Our good friend Russia is getting
trifle alarmed about the Poles. This
peculiar nation, previous to the late
war, showed a strong disposition to
submit to Russian wishes and blend its
nationality in that of the conqueror.-
Now, however, the Polish leaders
seem to have whipped about, and to
be coqueting desperately with Austria,
The Bear growls.- Gin. Chronicle.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1872-02-01
WAsuIxeroN WHSrEHoRs.
Nat one indictment. but six. have

= Not one indictment. but six, have
been found against Stokes, 1lla mur-
derer of Fisk. There is such thing
as so separating attacks as to render
all points weak. There would be
more hope of conviction if all energy
was concentrated in one indictment of
murder in the first degree.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1872-02-01

Charles Yerk, of Hanging Rock,
Ohio, chose drowning as his mode of
suicide, and jumped into the Ohio
River on Sunday evening of last week,
He was drunk at the time, but made
success oft.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1872-02-01

Kate Stanton advises all men to
marry healthy widows with healthy
children. But, then, mustn't some one
marry the girls first to make them
widows?
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1872-02-01
Kindling the Desire for Learning.

Kindling the Desire for Learning.
The first means by which the teach
er will most successfully accomplish
the work assigned him, is By ercittnq
an the pupil desire for knosoledge
Man is an emotional animal. The
desiriUe faculty must act before the
energies of the soul are walked up
Wonld you induce youth to become
a sailor? You appeal to his love of
the marvellous, you excite in him a
fondness for sea-faring life, you awake
desires that can only be gratif1ed amid
the perils Of the ocean, and the work
is done. What was that stimulus that
walked up the mind of the young Tai
low Chandler to the development OF
thought which even in his youth, as
tonished mature, rejecting men? II
was his Unsuitable desire for knowl-
edge Kindle this desire in the soul
of your pupil, and it will consume the
last remains of ignorance in the mind
Cause this stimulus to mental exertior
to bear upon him, and difficulties il
the attainment of knowledge may rise
high as the Alps before him, and Ma
poleon-like, he will reach the plain:
beyond. And though be may have
but little capital to meet the expense
of his campaign of discovery and con
nunSt pncOuraUpd like the vOuthfT1
Alexander, "by his hopes" his jour
ney through the dominions of litera
ture and science will be distinguishe,
by constant victories and triumphs.-
Rev. Samuel Findzey.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1872-02-01

Miss Isabella Titus. aged 18, ayoung
lady from Boston, respectfully con
nected in that city, shot herself Thurs
day night, in New York City, at the
residence of friend, dying instantly.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1872-02-01
EDUCATIONAL COLUMN.
The Kindergarten.

There are few children who do not
give early promise of becoming worthy
members of the class that Carlyle wor-
ships-the men and women who Do
Things They fall short of the prom
ise in most cases because their natural
propensity is Systematically repressed.
Every healthy child is by nature
Doer. Activity is at once the effect
and the cause of his development
Everything about him is a challenge
to his spirit Of investigation. Long
before he can translate his feelings
into words, he approaches every OBJ
ject with a question: What are you?
What can do to you? What can you
do to me? He pushes and pulls, up
sets and sets up-the very incarnation
of change; for it is only by changing
things that he can find out what they
are, what they can do to each other,
and what they can do to him.
This process of personal investiga-
ton continues until the time arrives
for his transfer to the primary school.
Immediately the course of his devel-
opment is reversed. Heretofore he
has delighted in action; now he must
keep STILL His life has been in nature,
his thoughts employed on men and
things. Now his attention is riveted
fO tho most oba+raot op5 o,4;6o;oJ -
human inventions-the cart preserva-
tive of all arts" Heretofore he has
been a creature of sense; light and
color have charmed his eyes and in
spired his awakening mind with eager
senses he has smelt and tasted, felt
and heard, suffered and enjoyed all
that his little world has had to offer
Now every sense must be kept in obey
ance save light and hearing, and the
activity of these is restricted to the
dullest and dreariest exercise. Here
tofore pleasure has been the aim of
his life; now pleasure is interdicted.
He was social by instinct, and talka-
tive by habit; now he is set by him
self and forbidden to speak; spon-
taneity gives place to methodical drill.
His tastes and desires are disregarded.
The laws of his physical, mental and
moral development are studiously vi
olated, and this is called systematic
education. It would be hard to find
anything more ingeniously perverse.
But custom binds us to the enormity
of such system. 1t is only when
contrasted with something better,
something more IN accordance with
the eternal fitness of things, that men
see how absurd it is. And even then
the majority plod along in the ole
; way because they are used to it, and
look askance at the innovation, unit
some one of commanding influence
pronounces in its favor. AS vet bu
little of kindergarten literature, anG
less of its spirit, has filtered into Eng.
lish. What is most needed is some
through going American, thoroughly
in sympathy with the life and spirit OF
American children, who shall become
imbued with the spirit of FroebeI
through elaborate training in genuine
kindergarten work, and then adapt
Froebers games and working ''plays'
to the tastes and instincts and spiri
of our children.-Scribner Mnothlg
2
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1872-02-01

II Won value your eyesight use these Perfect
LENSES They are ground from minute Crystal
Pebbles, melted together, and derive their name
tsDiamondI' on account of their Hardness and
Brilliancy They will last many years without
change and are warranted superior to all others
New York, CAUTIoN,-NOne genuine unless
stamped with our trade mark. For sale by respon-
Bible agents throughout the Union.
D. FURTW ANGLER, Jeweler and optician IS
sole agent at Washington q. H. Ohio, from whom
they can only be obtained. No Pedlers employed.
Sep. z, 1871. 42#ly
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-08-21
Almost StransICu.

A St. Louis paper says that man
named Henry Neclcy wont down in
well on Saturday night at Bissell's
Point, for the purpose Of recovering a
hat which had been dropped in. In
short time he gavo a signal of dis.
tress which told those above him that
he was being overcome with foul
air. There was but little time for
dcliberation. a rope was hastily
procured by the bystanders, one end
of which was formed into moose
and let down to the sufferer. After
angling a moment tho man in the
we'll gave tho rope ajerk, and tho men
other end commenced pulling it up.
When about half way out they dis.
covered that the moose had fallen over
the mans head, and that he was
dangling by the neck. llorriiied at
tho discovery: they wisely concluded
that death by strangulatiou was nc
worse than death by suffocation, and
so they continued to pull away until
they landed. Nceloy Oh terra iirma in
an unconscious state. by the appli
cation Of proper restoratives he was
resuscitatcd and is nov doing we'll
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-08-21
Criminal CnrclcSSllrSS.

A small colored boy was killed in
Rnthcrfordton by white boy, named
Harry Churchhill, who was playing
with what is supposed to be an un.
loaded pistol. In commenting upon
such accidents, tho Savannah Nows
says:
We arc glad that ono State has
d,ne 'omo hing to prevent people from
being killed Tor fun. Michigan has
passed law making it misdemean
or, punishable by inc aud imprison.
mcnt, to aim iirc.arm at any person.
whether 1t be loaded or not, and il
harm comes Of such an act, tho per-.
pctrator is responsible criminally and
pccuniarily. This is a salutary stat
ute, and should be adopted in every
State. Thon the joke Of aiming guns
at peoples heads would lose it,
point,
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-08-21

they seem to have unwittincly pur.
sued they express themselves as aux.
ious to return to the peaceful pur
suits of industry whenever the oppor.
turity is offered them, and to become
law abiding citizens in their rcspec
tive communities.
Colonel Whitley then named four
persons safely to be considered as
proper subjects for the exercise of Ex
ccutive clewcncy. They arc old men
poor and un,earncd, and were un.
doubtedly led into the Ku Klux order
by misrepresentation.
With regard to others, should it be
the intention Of the Government to
make an extended exercise of it's
clemcncy in that direction he submits
the names Of eighteen persons whom
he deems most worthy of its considcra.
tion.
AS to the remainder Of the prison
crs who entered tho Ku Klux order
with full knowledge of its real OBJ.
ject. Colonel Whitley says it would
not be entirely expedient to exercise
the Executive clemency.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-08-21
Serious Accident,

1t was with very great regret, SAYS
tic Chester Reporter, that we heard
on Saturday last Of tho serious acci.
dent that happened to Mr.. Samuel NJ .
McDill Oh the day previous. lie WAS
having a we'll dug on his farm, and
was about to descend for the purpose
OF seeing what progress the workmen
were making. When he put his
weight OH the rope the knot slipped
and he fell to the bottom of the we'll
a distance of tbirty.six feet. lie was
brought out in an unconscious cohdi-
tion aud continued SO for several
hours. Ga examination no bones
were found broken, though he was Sc
riously cut and bruised on the back
and shoulders. 1t was feared that Sc
rious internal injuries might be cxpc-
rlcnced. At the time Of his fall
there were two men at the bottom of
the well, neither Of whom were hurt.
The sold sixth" had no moro gal
liant soldier than Mr.. McDill. For
four years he followed the fortunes of
that famous band, showing in all of
its bloody battles, being ever in the
front when there was a zoe to face, and
yet provideutially escaping without
receiving. the slightest wound. LIS
old comrades in arms will extend to
him al earnest sympathy in his aillic-
tion, and will j'i" in the hope of his
speedy restoration TO health and
strength.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-08-21
Killing Of Major Randolph.

Major II. j. Randolph, Jr., con.
tractor Of the chesapeake and Ohio
railroad, was accidently killed near
Miller's ferry on Thursday afternoon.
lie was riding towards spot where
some men wcre engaged in blasting
rock, when, boing warned, he checked
his horse, but too lato to avert the
sad fate which awaited him. lie was
struck on the hoad and killcd.--Rich.
mona D'spatch.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-08-21
A Traveller for a Columbia (S. C) lIouSc
Comes 10 Grief.

In Atlanta, on SAturdy morning, a
young man of respectable mien, sail
ing under the name Of j. II. Binnum,
sold at auction fine horse and buggy
for the small sum of $lGi. The
police, prompted by the auctionccr's S
suspicious that all was not right. took
the matter in hand, and worked out
of the suspected partya clear con-
fession that the horse aud buggy be-.
longed to Scligman & Hall, livery
stable men, in Memphis Tenn. a
friend turned over the conveyance to
him at the railroad junction, where,
he says, he made a swap of horses.
lie thon drove as fast as possible to
Cave Spring, Ga, and from that
point to Atlanta. lie sold his equip.
age at low figures, in order to pock ct
the money and leave. Instead of
being named Binnum, the true name
of the party arrested is J. II. Vaughan.
lie has been travelling for the business
house of Shiver, Columbia, s. G. Bin
mum Vaughan is held for orders from
Memphis.-A"yusta Chro nicle and
,SnHnci.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-08-21
A Calf Attacked with lIydrOphObia.
The Macon TclcgraDh and Mess

The Macon Telegraph and Mcsson.
scngcr, Of Thursday, says.
We heard last evening Of 4 well
authenticated case Of hydrophoIia in
a calf, the first of tho kind that has
ever come to our knowledge. If it
was not n case Of this kind it had all
the symptoms of it. On smelling
it jumped against fence with such
force that it broke through, tried to
bite, foamed at tho mouth, eat dirt
and made other manifestations that
left but little doubt on the mind of a
medical man as to the nature Of the
disease.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-08-21
New Laws Concerning Newspapers.

Tho following is q summary of the
laws concerning newspaper postage
just issued to postmasters.
Sec. 1873. That no newspapers shall
DC received to DO conveyed by mail
unless they shall be dried and onclos.
ed in proper wrappers.
Sec. l39. That when packages Of
newspapers or other periodicals arc
received at postoflice directed ~ ono
address, and the names of the sub.
scribcrs to whom they belong, with
tue postage for quarter in advance is
handed to the postmaster, lie shall de-
liver such papers or periodicals to
their respective owners.
SEQ. l4O. That postmasters shall
notify the publisher of any newspaper
0: other periodical when any slbscri.
Der shall refuse to take the Same from
The Office, or neglect to call for it for
the period Of ono month.
Sec. al. That publishers Of nows-
papers or periodicals. may printtor
write upon their publications., sent to
regular subscribers, the address of tho
subscriber and the date when the sub
scription expires, and enclose therein
bills and receipts for subscription
there to without subjecting such mat
tor to extra postage.
Sec. ll2. That any person who shall
enclose or concc2 l,aEy letter, memo
randu""y w. \ ming in any mail
matter, not charged with letter post
age, or make any writing or mclno-
randum thereon, and deposit or cause
the same to bo deposited for convey
ance by mail, for less than letter post.
age, shall, for every such offence, for
felt and pay five dollars, and such
newspaper or periodical shall not bo
delivered until the postage thereon is
paid ut letter rates.
Sec. 1913. That on newspapers and
periodical publications., not exceeding
four ounces in weight, sent from II
known Office of publication to regular
subscribers, postage shall be charged
at the following rates per quarter,
namely On publications issued less
frequently than once week, Mt tho
rate of cent for each issue issued
once a week, S cents additional for
each ISSUE more frequent than once q
week. An additional rate shall be
charged for each additional four
ounces or fraction thereof in weight.
SEQ. l59. That on ncwspap pcrs and
other periodicals sent from u known
office of publication to regular sub
scribcrs, tho postal shall bo paid be.
fore delivery, not less than one quar-
tor nor more than ono year which
payment may be made either at the
Office Of mailing or delivery, com.
ncncing at any Time, aid thc Post
master shall account for said postage
in the qua.ter which it was received.
Sec. l60. That tho Postmaster Gen
cral may provide, by regulations for
carrying small newspapers, issued less
frequently than once q week in pack.
agos to one address from n known Of
flee of publication to regular subscr-
bers, at the rate of ono cent for each
four ounces or portion thereof.
Sec. lGl. That persons known as
regular dealers in newspapers aad Pc
riodicals may receive and transmit by
mail such quantities of either as they
may require, and pay the postage
thereon as received at the same rates
pro rata as regular subscribers to such
publications, who pay quarterly in
advance.
= . H>---.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-08-21
MuriCrcrS Resulted.

The two murdercrs says tho Caroli-
nian, convicted at tho last term, Ed.
win Harris, for the murder Of Muir
ply, and William Lucas, Tor The mur-
der Of Simpson, and sentenced to bo
hanged on Friday next, the 10Th inst,
wcro yesterday respitod by Governor
Scott, who orders that their cxccu-
tion be suspended until Friday the
30th instant.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-08-21

|
perhaps yourself may say, "this seems
somewhat exaggerated, and is but
the product or effect of visionary
Imagination - yet I candidly assure
you it is not poetic fancy, but really
what occurs in the nature of the
scenes, which I have thus fecbly at.
tempted to describe.
TO change the subject, might spin
out lengthy cpistlo in regard to 10.
cal matters, or enlarge at some length
on the Presidential canvass, which I
find, everywhere I have visited this
summer, to be the all absorbing quos.
tion, and which in truth creates more
interest even than the prospect of
good crops, except perhaps within the
limits of our own State. l have had
the pleasure, if it be such, to Gee the
two candidates for the Presidency,
and to give you my private opinion,
| would pronounce one Of them Tin a
mixed crowd unknown beforehand) to
be an old fashioned country farmer,
of plain address and social man
ncrs, with "corn to sell :" the other
an Irish porter, or Pearl Street dray-
man, waiting for orders, a regular
Bowery boy, in his Sunday clothes.
The contest North and W est will be
doubtful one, and is already Great.
ing the greatest excitement heavy
betting on both sides already, the
monicd power however is decidedly
with the present incumbent, and not
one Of the States north Of the Poto-
mac, considered safe for the cold ,ohHe
hoh" except New York. Much de-
pends on the Southern States, where
great an interest is not manifested /.
"Samho is joined to his idol" and it
behooves every white voter to do his
best for his own safety. If we loose
this election, a dynasty will surely be
established, and "thc heel of the ty-
rant will be placed on the neck of tho
South" Greeley and Grant clubs arc
already organized everywhere, and
the respective partizans arc counting
their numerical strength, with
some degree Of certainty.
might add few lines III "spot-
ting" some Of tho most prominent
persons at the Springs, but justice
would require that | should tell per-
haps too much if spoke the truth !;
suffice it to say there are no very dis
tinguishcd men here except an Eng.
lish Earl, and a Scotch Lord, neither
one Of whom attract more than ordi.
nary attention, both OF whom are we'll
pleased, and have made several very
complimentary remarks about the
Soutlerners, more especially the la
dies, some Of whom fully deserve all
that has been said in their favor.
There arc more "bellet" than
"beauxs," what pity2 One of the
favoritcs has attracted the special at
tention of personal acquaintance of
yours from South Carolina, with O
strong probability of success.
LOCOMOTIVE.