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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-02-17
Taking Things Without Asking.

When / was boy [ was playing
out on the street one winters day,
catching rides on sleighs, and it was
great fun. Boys would rather catch a
ride any day than go out regularly
and properly to take a drive. As
was catching on to one sleigh and an
other, sometimes having nice time,
and .ofttimes getting cut from a big
black whip, at last fastened like Il
barniele to the side of a countryman's
cutter.
An old gentleman sat alone on the
seat, and he looked at me rather be-
nignantly, as | thought, and neither
said anything to me or swung his old
whip over me; so / ventured to climh
upon his cutter. Another benignant
look from the countryman, but not a
word. Emboldened by his supposed
goodness, I ventured to tumble into
the cutter and take the seat under his
warm buffalo robe beside him, and he
then spoke. The eoloquy was as fol-
logs:
"Young man do yog like to ride =
!" "Yes."
ado you own cutter Q"
" No, sir"
"It's a pretty nice cutter, isn't itq'
eyes, sir, it is, and nice horse
drawing it,
"Did ask you to get in 2"
"No, sir"
"Well then why did you get in9"
"Well, sir, II Thought you looked
good and kind, and that you would
have no objections"
Sand SO, young man, because yot
thought l was good and kind, yol
took advantage of that kindness, ant
took favor without asking for it 7"
eyes, ,sir.n
els that ride worth having7"
eyes, sir"
"Well, now, young man, | want tt
tell you two things. You shouldney
er take mean advantage of the kind
ness of others; and what is wortl
having is worth asking for. Now al
you tumbled into this sleigh withou
asking me, / shall tumble you int
that snow drift without asking you
Sand out l went, like shot off ;
shovel, and he didn't make much fi1s
about it, either. picked myself NJ
in bewildered state, but l never for
| rOt that lesSOn.D
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-02-17

Papa" said a little rIrchin to his
father, the other day, Il saw printer
20 down the street just now."
g Did you sonny7 How did you
know the person was u printer 7"
/" Because do, pa.n -~
"But he, might have been a carpen-
ter, blacksmith or shoemaker"
"Oh, no, papa; he was printer
likely an editor-for he was gnawing
u bone, and had no stockingsNon. The
crown was out of his hat, and his coat
was all torn. l am certain he was a
printer"
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-02-17

The Grand Duke Alexis was snow
balled in st Louis. While riding
around the city with a party offriends
a gang of boys was encountered, who
instantly recognized the imperial ris-
itor. With a chorus of yells,
"There's the Jukei" and Give it to
the son of Czar," the mitrailleuse OF
snowballs was discharged. Royalty
ducked beneath the fast descending
missiles, but ducking availed not, and
Alexis smiled a grim smile as the de-
mocratic SNOW trickled down his neck.
The mind of the average American
gamin is not up to decent respect OF
royalty.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-02-17

OVER MoDEsT-A young lady with
a number of others who were injured
by railroad accident near Boston,
was carried to hospital. The sur
geon came round and said to the FASH
ionable miss: Well, madam, what
can ] do for you7" Doctor, one OF
nav limbs is broken" "One of your
limbs ~ said he; "well, which one is
it 7" 4'Oh, l can't tell you, doctor, but
it's one of my limbs" "One OF your
limbs," thundered the doctor, out OF
patience; (which limb is 1.-THE limb
YOU thread a needle with 2" g No, sir, /"
she answered with a sigh; "it's the
limb wear a garter on The doctor
attended to her and said: 9 Young
woman, never say limbs again in a
hospital; for when women gets as
fastidious as that the quicker she dies
the better
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-02-17

The Jewish rabbi of the great syn
apopue at Berlin receives salary OF
s3O. 600 year. This salary is a vol
untary contribution from the congrega-
tion and is said to be, of its kind, the
highest paid to any preacher.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-02-17

A rich young fellow from Alabama
visited New York the other day, and,
having imbibed a little too freely took
it into his muddled head to enlist in
the United States service, under the
impression that there was to be i'm
mediate war with Spain. He is now
petitioning the Secretary OF War for
u discharge.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-02-17

If the French Government can farm
out the monopoly of the sale of tobac-
GO in French domination for thirty
wears to bankers who will pay off the
balance of the war debt, it is fortu-
nate. The people of France can pay
the debt in this way if they chews
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-02-17

Communications may be addressed SIMPLY
"CHEF, Donaldsonyiiie, La, OF 10 the cur
tor and proprietor personally.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-02-17

The great diamond, weighing 154
carats, which has been found at tie
Cape and is now on its way to Eng
land, is already furnished with it's le-
gend. 1t is said to have been found
in the wall of one of the native huts,
where a poor Irish adventurer had re-
eeived hospitality for the night, and
that being surprised by the light shin
ing amid the darkness, he had, upon
examination, found it to proceed from
clump of the earth of which the wall
was built. Of course the clump was
soon detached by the visitor, and this
new Koh-i-noor, with many other
smaller diamonds, found within.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-02-17

advertisements, 81 per square first
insertion; rs cts. each subsequent insertion
All official advertisements 81 per square each
insertion.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-02-17

A SALT MoUNTAIN.-The famous
salt mountain of Palestine, called by
the natives Jebel Usdum, is singular
formation, being solid mass of rock
salt, of greenish white transparency,
very much the color of shallow sea
covered at the top with a loose crust
gravel, flint, plaster of paris and
chalky marl The mountain runs
north and southwest. 1t is about
seven miles long and one and half
wide. In its highest points it is nearly
five hundred feet high. Around the
base of the mountain the ground is
full of dangerous hollows, into which
animals often, and sometimes men,
fall and sink out of sight. Little
streams of water are constantly trick
ling, even in the dry season, from un-
delneath the salt mountain, and run
ming into the sea. A correspondent
writing from there says he never
tasted anything so salty i'll all his life ;
salt itself in the lump, is not so salty.
Only little way east-about ten
miles-are rich fields of sugar cane,
indigo, wheat, barley, and oats.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-02-17

man appeareu laGely III MdttCH Cluiih
with patent air brake for railroad cars
for sale. He claimed that it would
stop train going at the highest rate
of speed in half its own length. There
was a certain railroad man also up
there who treated this suggestion with
scorn, and said he would wager large
sums that the air-brake wouldn't stop
a train any quicker than any other
brake. So he borrowed the contriv-
ance and fixed it on an open car on the
Switchback railroad, and went up to
the top of Mount Pisgah to get q fair
start. He let her come down the in
clined plane for awhile until she began
to move along at the rate of sixty
miles an hour, and then he suddenly
placed his foot on the brake and but
on full power. One minute later the
eye of any solitary traveller passing
| through those wilds might have OBJ
served car standing perfectly still on
the track, and a railroad man going
down hill among the blackberry bushes
and underbrush head d-foremOst at the
rate-say of forty-six miles an hour
He was carried home on a stretcher
with an abiding faith in the success ot
the invention, but thinks its usefulnes:
would be improved if some other maj
would improve on the machine, 81
as to avoid the certain decentralization
overtaking those who use it.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-02-17

MARRIED MEN.-There is an ex-
preston in the face of a good married
man who had good wife, that a
bachelors cannot have. 1t is indes-
cribable. He is little nearer the
angels than the prettiest young fellow
living. You can see that his broad
breast is pillow for somebody's head,
and that little fingers pull his whiskers.
No one even mistakes the good mar
ried man. It's only the erratic one
who leaves you in doubt. The good
one can protect all the unprotected
females, and make himself generally
agreeable to the ladies, and yet never
'leaye doubt on any mind that there
as a precious little woman at home
worth all the world to him.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-02-17

To CLEAN LOOKING Glasses
Take q newspaper, fold it small, dip
into basin of clean cold water. When
throughly wet, squeeze it out as YOU
do a sponge, then .rub;it pretty hard
all over the surface of the glass, tax
ing care thatit;is not so wet as to run
down in streams in fact, the paper
must only be completely moistened or
,damped all through. Let it rest a
few minutes, then go over the glass
with a piece Of fresh newspaper, till it
looks clear and bright. The insides
of windows may be cleaned IN the
same way also spectacle glasses, etc.
While paper that mas not been print
ed on is better, but in the absence of
that very old newspaper, on which
the ink has become thfoughly dried,
should be used. Writing paper will
not answer.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1872-10-03

hood nav
equal.
Fer InAammafOry or Chronic Rheumntism
and GOut, Dyspepsia Indigestion, Bill.
iOus, Remittent md Intermittent Fevers,
Diseases of the Blood, Liver, Kidneys aud
Bladder, these Bitters have been most successful.
Such Diseases caused by YitiNted Blood
which is generally produced by arrangement of the
Digestive Organs.
DYSPEPSIA OR INDIGESTION, Head
ache, Pain IN the Shoulders Coughs Tghtness of the
Chest Dizziness Sour Eructations of the Stomach Bad
Taste in the Mouth, Bilious Attacks Palptaton of the
Heart, Inflammation of the Lungs, Pain in the regions
of the Kidneys, and hundred otheE painful symptoms
are the ofsprings of Dyspepsia.
They invgorate the Stomach and stimulate the torpid
Liver and Bowels, which render them Of uneQuAlied
efficacy in cleansing the blood of all impurities and i'm
parting new life and vigor to the whole system
FOR SKIN DISEASES, Eruptiona. letter.
Salt Rheum, Blotches Spots, Pimples, PTstulss BoNs
Carbuneles Ring-Worms, Seald Head, Sore Eyes
Ersipelas Itch, Scurf, Discolorations Of the Skin,
Humors and Diseases of the Skin, of whatever name
nature, literally dug up and carried out OF the
system in short time by the of these Bltters. One
bottle in such will convince the most ncredulous
of their curative effect.
Cleanse the yitiatod Blood whenever you find its inn
purtles bursting through the skin IN
Sores cleanse it when you find it obstructed and
sluggish in the veins; cleanse it when it is foul, and
and the health Of the system will follow.
PIN, TAPE, and other WORMS, lurking in
the system OF SO many are sfectualy des-
the circular around each bottle, printed in four
laaguages-English, German, French and Spanish
J.WALKER, Proprietor. R. II. MCDONALD & CO.,
Druggists and Gen. Agents. San Francisco CAL, and
80 and 81 Commerce Street, New York.
~ SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS AND DEALERa.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1872-10-03

- An Indianapolis correspondent
saws that at the funeral of woman in
that city recently, sympathetic and
admiring neighbOr volunteered the in
formation that 'sfor patient resignation
the corpse could dance all around any
woman living"
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1872-10-03

= The New York Herald sent Stan
ley into the interior of Africa, and
that it may not be outdone in long and
perilous journies, the Tribune prcpo
ses to send a man to find place
where there is actually brake in the
Republican ranks.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1872-10-03
MANHOOR-HonHLs

MANHOOD-HOVV Lost, How
/MS2 RestOredo-Just published, a new
SSS edition of DIR. CULvFRwELL'S Celebra-
&szss% - ted Essay on the radical cure of GER
tain weakness, the effects of Errors
and Abuses in early life. The celebrated author
in this admirable essay, clearly demonstrates
from a thirty years successful practice. that the
alarming consequences of such errors and abuses
may be radically cured without the dangerous use
of internal medicine or the application of the
knife; pointing out a mode of cure at once sim
pie. certain. and efectual, by means of which ev-
cry euferer. no matter what his condition NAV
be, may cure himself cheaply privately and rad
ically This lecture should be in the hands of ev-
cry youth and every man in the land
Sent under seal in plain envelope to any ad-
dress postpaid on receipt OF six cents, or two
post stamps. Also, DR.. Culverwell's Marriage
Guide,'' price 25 cents. Address the Publishers,
Feb 1. 1ly1 CHAS. j. G. KLINE &CO
l27 BOwery, New York. Post Oiice Box 1856
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1872-10-03

- Papa had been trying to explain
to his bright little boy how his baby
brother had gone to heaven when he
died. His first question on waking up
in the morning was':N - -
''Pa, didn't you say that baby was
in heaven, and had a crown on his
head ?" H} .FFF4 BE.T
eyes, darling"
'iWell, I bet you he haint got aharp,
has he2" i-@A =
81 don't know, but expect So"
"Well, bet you if he has got one
he can't play on it"
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1872-10-03
CHERIFFs SALE.

George Dews against Debora Dews, ct. al.
So In Partition.
NO 2491.
BY virtue of an order Of sale in the above stated
case from the Court of Common Pleas of Fayette
county, Ohio TO me directed, and in pursuance Of
the command thereof will expose and offer for
sale at public auction at the door of the Court
House In the town Of Washington in said county
otFayette on Wednesday, the Both day of October,
1872 at O'Clock p. m. of said day the following
described real estate bo-wit:
The southeast halves n-lOts numbered 10I and
109 Zone hundred and seven and one hundred and
eight) in the town of Washington. Fayette county,
Ohio, and the real estate sold and conveyed by
Isaac 9. VanDeman and wife to Josiah Dews on
the 9Th day of March, 1885, the Deeds for which
IS recorded In Book W. pages b53 and 554 of deeds
In the recording Ofice Of Fayette county, Ohio
Said lands and tenements to be sold by order ot
said court in said cause.
Appraised at 81 500.
Terms Of sale-one- third on day of sale one.
third in one and one-third in tive years from da '
of sale. Deferred payments TO bear interest at
per cent per annum, and to be secured by mort
gage on premises.
Sheriff ef Fayette County, Ohio;
Sept. 26, E1sT2. 45sgb prf $l2 so
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1872-10-03
Caution.

A u. persons are hereby notified not to har.
"a bor trust my Son, CISCO Yeoman, on my
account as he has left his home without my
knowledge or consent, and am therefore deter
mined to pay no debts of his contracting from
this date. r. j. YEOMAN.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1872-10-03

= Greeley said he felt better over
the defeation of Banks than over the
result in North Carolina. He prefer
red the gain of one man to the loss of
one State. No one came to console
him, however, for Vermont, and no
new "ancient and honorable" is "out
for Greeley since Maine was heard
from.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1872-10-03
An Arkansas local so.iloquise

- An Arkansas local so.ioquises
thus: "Some Of our exchanges are
Publishing as a curious item state
ment to- the effect that a horse in Iowa
pulled the plag out of the bunghole of
a barrel for the purpose of shaking
his thirst. We do not see anything
extraFlinary ia the occurrence. Now,
il the horse had pulled the barrel out
OF the bungaole and Stacked its thirst
with the plug, or if the barrel had
pulled the bunghole out of the plug
and slaked its thirst with the horse, or
if the plug had pulled the horse out Of
the barrel and saaked its thirst with the
bunghOle, or if the bunghole had pull
ed the thirst out of the horse and
slaked the plug with the BARREL, or if
the barrel had pulled the horse out Of
the bunghOle aud plugged its thirst
with slake, it might be worth while
to make some fuss over il"
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1872-10-03
: "That man" !" eaid a wag, I.

- "That man." said wag, "came
to this city forty years ago. purchased
a basket, and commenced gathering
rags. How much do you suppose he
is worth now7'' We gave it up
''Nothing," he continued, after
pause, ''and he owes for the basket"
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1872-10-03

..syea success in the grand him fast s
es..lns naeao z. IN com / told az
~ li;nY - otnels, was alsaP pound hir
w. ~ - eau no' nave tne Is on to the
80 eo1 nus. neeos accept for they
snvass simply to show that trato , CO..
], I"ep aai cHri"ren .H; nor Tools, FOR to let my
) 80. dln 'f1s ye"r caS1 NY would nc,
6i"h'' loV' a'as to crack
'.'I sne ga" o2'in ien { III friends,
-, oas' 10; !: 'ot my priso-
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1872-10-03
NEW BOOT & SHOE STORE
q. RENSCH.

Has opened a, new Boot and Shoe Store in the
room formerly occupied by Hamiton's News De-
pot, opposite the Court House. in Henry Dahls
building, where he viii be pleased to wait on
customers. Special attention paid to Custom
Work Good hts guaranteed Call and see me
Dec. 81, ri. 81 ma e. RENSCH.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1872-10-03

- The earnings of the Union Pacif-
ic Railroad for last week, were over
100000.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1872-10-03
THE ITALIAN
PILE REMEDY!!
A Sure and Speedy Cure for Piles!

1T never tails to cure the worst cases of Piles
L from 30 to go days, when properly used Gives
relief first application Is painless I'M appli-
cation An external remedy. All persons afiiict-
ed should give it a test 1t is emphatically sure
cure
For sale at Dr. EarlOVv's Drug store,
whore reference can be given to reliable citizens
of Washington and Fayette County who have
used it and been benefited, and ready to tes-
tffy to its merits 41*ly
d1E day to agents, selling Campaign Badges,
y AZ for Ladies' and Gents as bieast and scarf
pins gold plated with photog's of Presidential,
, andidates Samples mailed tree for 30 cents. -
MCKAY u Co. 90 Cedar st, n Y. 44w4
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1872-10-03

Vinegar Bitters ara not vile Fancy Drink
Made Of Poor RUM Whiskexa PrC9E SplF1Es
and Refuse LfquoRs.z zAs-S~1eS1' spieed and sweet
ened Il l.sszc5 5aste, called Toncs"" Appesizarss
TSestoreps" &C. that lead the tiapar on to drnhar,.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1872-10-03

Old Tompkins was farmer in the
mountain region, who, during the sum-
mer, turned his house into hotel for
the accommodation of city people
seeking refuge from the heat and dust
On one occasion, the old fellows
boarders found fault with the quality
Of the food offered.
.sYou city folks are almighty partic-
ular.D said the old chap. "NoW, Tor
NV part, can eat anything"
ssCan you eat crow 2" demanded one
Of the grumblers.
ssOf course I kim" replied Tomp-
kins, 0iest as lief eat crow as most
ANYTHING. Saint bad eating, nohOw."
The boarders conspired, crow was
shot, brought in, plucked, and pre-
pared for the table. While II was De-
ing cooked, one Of the conspirators
obtained access to the kitchen, and
contriyed to baste the bird with copi-
ous dressing Of strong SchOtch snuff.
The game was served up, and all
hands assembled to see the old man
make good his boast. Knife and fork
in hand, he seated himself, boldly
carved a morsel and plunged it be-
tween his eapacious jaws. A small
tear gathered in each eye, and a sub
dued litter ran round the expectant
crowd but the old man was game. G
"Crow, of course kin eat crow"
said Tompkins, and with a gulp the
daitv morsal disappeared. Another
bit was raised on his fork-a, smaller
one this time-and passed into his
ar16i.
BILE.
s"CTow,p said the old man with 2
gasp, ''sartin / kin eat crow, and hall
choking another morsel down.
The laugh grew upmistakable.- =
"Crow," exclaimed the old man, rising
in. disgust, and thrusting his plate
away, II kin eat crow, but I'm blamed
if banker arter il II
1.-The st Louis Democrat propo
ses to give $4,000 TO a charitable so
ciety if it fails to prove that the NeV
York Tribune has not told the truth
except by accident. since the beginning
of the campaign, provided the Tribun
will take the other side of the case a
an equal risk. Furthermore, it propO
ses to tahe the list Of delegates TO Cd
Cincinnati Conventian and give f,O0
for every man in it who had not Al
piled for and been refused Federg
office, or had been defeated for offic
by the people, ii any newspaper in til
land win agree-to give 800 for ever.
man in it who was q defeated o
disappointed candidate. Thus it wi
be seen that if one in ten who com
posed that assemblage can show a rec
ord OF diainterested patriotism ih
Democrat will lose the money. /
other words, the paper will be out {
pocket just in proportion as it fails t
prove that ninety per cent. of the Cir
cinnati delegates were bummers an
soreheads. Here's richness for you.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1872-10-03
WOOD COFFINS

.Ofthe best m aterial and improved styles and fin
ish. Having purchased #.-
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-02-02

School Commssioners to select their o1sEn o1sEEn
Mkspooke Tie course Of study hesgia
breeder snaaseper than in the country dis
tricH ana4the> books suited to the one are
notthe best fitted Tor the other. -; -:
The powers asked for are not strange or
unusual. There is no city Of any consider:
able size, to our knowledge, in the United
States in which the commissioners or trus-
tees do mot possess similar authority, and
we hardly think that the application from
Charleston will be refused when 1t igremem-
'bsred that about three;fourths Of ths sSAt Of
the, schools sis tobbe derived liroms adirect
TAR upon The Citizens. iafhe Getty School
Board should, weii repeat have entire -coh-
srel oFerthe. public cschoelsi ioi the city, and
wa cannot understand that any member Of
the Legislature Who has, taken the pains to
ponder the subject, should object to the
amendments pf6posed. Wscontnend them,
and advise Their adoption, because we be-
aisge ahaE aissyy yh thd8 to impr9ge iaad
stEs cay paSHlc schools SupSn
which so many of our citizens depend for
the educationio f'their children.