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Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1873-09-11
PRESIDENT GRANT

and lady, and Gen. Dent put in an appear
ance, as did also Gems. Porter. Babcock
and Sherman, and Admiral Goldsborough.
The Rev. DR.. Newman. Chaplain of the
Senate, and several other clerical gentle
men were present, and we might go on and
enumerate hundreds of others. But the
names we have given are enough to indi-
cate the character of the people who at
tended, andrwe can truly say that no more
worthy or enjoyable entertainment has
eyer been presented to an amusement-loy-
ing community.
All we have to say, in conclusion is, that
wherever Forepaugh's Aggregation goes,
the denizens of that locality may felicitate
themselves upon an oppol tunity of wit
Messing the most stupendous combination
ever placed under canvass.
The equestrian department is removed
from tents 1, 2, 8 and 4, so that all who
have any aversion to circus exhibition.
need have no fears of. coming in contac
with this part of the combination. Th
J, Museum, Menagerio and Aviary are all il
tents l, 2, 3 and 4, removed from the cir
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1873-09-11
FREE MENAGER1E EXHIBITION,

equaling in extent and variety any collec-
tion of animals or birds exhibited here this
season. When it is remembered that ONE
MILLION of dollars have been expended in
organizing this establishment, and that its
daily EXPENSES would constitute fortune
to many, and when we consider that the
most insignificant show travelling cannot
be visited for less than the admission fee
required to attend this gigantic concern of
Forepaugh's, we are amazed at the pluck
and enterprise displayed by Mr.. Forepaugh,
who is certainly the king of showmen in
this country.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1873-09-11
We are Determined to and Can Sell Goods CaDH than IHDbsly
THE BEST OF PRINTS:

AMERICAN CoCHECo, MERRIMACK, only yard
cheap DRESS GOODS
LENGES. BERAIGES, &C. at 123 16a, and zoe yard.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1873-09-11
STOCKING YARNS,

ad3 m g
os@a lT
of which they have good stock.
fuvJ ~ $50 ,t~@- IL
rEa rl bea sI
-9Eus ID @ aslsiIq
September 18th, 1873.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1873-09-11
Jeans and FIannels,


Purehased in July. at less money than
they could now be obtained, and as
they were bought low will also be sold
low. Don't fail to examine them and
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1873-09-11
BEST PEOPLE

have attended and have come away de-
lighted. We, ourselves, have been several
times, and when circus can induce us to
go more than once, you may wager your
mother-in-law's money that it was good
one On Wednesday afternoon we gazed
around the vast audience, and discovered
men whom the nation delights to honor,
and ladies who are the leaders of our fash
ionable society.
There was the rotund and jolly Robson,
the Secretary of the Navy, and his charm
ing wife: there was the financial Boutwell,,
the Secretary of the Treasury, and the old
sardinc of the State Department, Secretary
Fish. The Marquis de Chambrun, saun-
tered in with Senior Lopez Roberts, the
Spanish Minister; Sir Edward Thornton
the British Minister; and Lady Thornton
: appeared to enjoy the performance very
: much. On Thursday,
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1873-09-11
NOT A RAILROAD SHOW.

Again, FOrepaugh's establishment is the
only great overland show now travelling.
Except the very smallest of shows, nearly
every circus is now transported by rail, and
the cost of transportation, obliges them to
cut down their exhibitions in every depart
ment; by doing this, they visit more large
towns and cities than show such as Fore
paugh's can, during the season, but the
exhibitions themselves are in every way
inferior to what they were before this
mode of transportation was adopted. Fore
paugh adheres to the old plan of travelling
with wagons-and giving a good show
| and the people in town and country can
see for themselves, as his. concern "goes
marching on"-that it is big thing on
wheels'-far eclipsing any and all railroad
shows now travelling.
At Washington. Baltimore, Pittsburg,
Chicago, Detroit Columbus and Cincinnati,
which cities the exhibition has recently
visited,
IMMENCE AUDIENCES
have thronged the pavilion both day and
night Col Don Piatt of the Sunday Cap
ital, thus alludes to the success of the ex-
hibition in Washington:
Never were there more numerous OF
brilliant audiences congregated under can
vas, or anywhere else, for that matter
than have thronged the tents of Mr.. Fore.
paugh during the past week. The very
best people in the city-and Washington
you known, is ':some" on her
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1873-03-26

Tue RICHEST MAN IN THE WORLD.
This enviable person is probably tho
Khedivo of Egypt. His yearly in.
como is $50, ,000,000 and he has twen-
ty.fve richly furnished palaces within
the walls Of Cairo. He is vastly
more progressive than tho Sultan, his
Turkish master; is rapidly extending
his dominions, building railroads and
making commercial improvements,
and will ultimately become independ.
ent Of Turkish domination. Ho is at
present making arrangements for the
connection of q railroad up the Nile
to Dongola, and thence across the
desert TO Loudan, which country he
will make one Of his own provinces.
II has been remarked of him that as
Viceroy upon any throne in Europe,
he would be the greatest monarch Of
the ago. He is not only a prince, but
a merchant, capitalist, q statesman
and o cultivator. lie sleeps only four
bours out Of twenty.four, and at his
desk center his railroads, steamship
lines, telcgraphs, postal service, pri.
vate estates, sugar mills, cotton cul.
ture, army, navy and civil service.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1873-03-26

STAR DRIFT,-One OF the most re
markable discoveries supposed to be
made by modern scionce Is the drift
ingof the stars. Mr.. Richard A. Proc.
tor, Secretary Of the Royal Astrono
mical Society, claims the merit Of first
suggesting the possibility Of there be-
ing in fact no fixed stare; but Prof.
Higgins is said to have frst demon
strated the fact that certain Of the
stars, notably Sirius, are wandering
through space with almO<t incredible
rapidity. The undulatory light wav es
are the criteria by which this ap-
proach or recession is formed, and the
rate at which they strike the eye OF
the observer gives the proof of the
stars coming toward the earth or 60
ing from 1t. Jf the waves come in
quicker succession than from lumi.
nous body at rest, the source of light,
according to well know law, is ap.
preaching; if, on the contrary, they
come in slower succession than from o
luminous body at rest, the source ol
light is receeding. Not only doe,
this star drifp-as Mr.. Proctor calls
it-take place with single stars, bu,
whole groups, with rythmic motion
are circulating among themselves
sometimes drifting silently, swiftly
mysteriously, in a common direction
sometimes intervolved in manner al
present unaccountablo.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1873-03-26
A Remarkable Test Plate.

One of the devices used by micro.
scopists TO test the correctness and
power Of their lenses consists OF glass
plate, upon which lines Of exceeding
tineness are engraved by the diamond.
For this purpose small ruling machine
is used, oil the parts whereof must be
made with unusual niccty. In Europe
the test plates made by NJ. Nobert, Of
Prussia, have long been celebrated for
the fineness of their ruling, and in
this country those Of Mr.. L. M. Ruth
erford, of New York city. The ex.
pense of the best Nobert plates has
been 500 each, and the finest rulings
heretofore done have been 10000
lines TO the inch. There are few
microscopists who have ever been
able TO see or resolve tho limos of these
plates owing to the difficulty Of prop.
erly lighting the plate. DIR. Wood.
ward, Of the United States Army, ia
among those who have succeeded in
doing so. Ho has not only seen them
but has photographed the lines.
Professor +. A. P. Barnard, Presi.
dent of Columbia College, New York,
has lately received from Nobert new
tost plate, ordered some two years
ago, at an expense Of 5000, which sur.
passes in the Oneness Of its ruling any.
thing heretofore produced. 1t is q
slip of glass 81 inches long and II
inches broad, in the center of which
the unassisted eye may discover wha,
appears to be q mark perhaps the
fiitieth of an inch in width. But
when placed under the microscope
this mark is found to DO composed Of
a great mum Der Of parallel lines. The
plate, in fact, contains twenty test
bands, that Ia to say, twenty series o.
lines as will occupy or moro than 90
cupy the field of view of the micro
scope. Tho fnoness of each band OF
series varies from a ratio Of three
thousand lines per square inch up tt
too hundred and forty thousand line'
per square inch; this last band con
tains double the number Of lines cvel
before ruled on test plate. Nober'
is said to have remarked, on sending
this plate, that II the microscopic, or
seeing these lines, found that they
were not sufficiently fine, he woult
engage to rule a still finer plato
When Professor Barnard succeeds IL
seeing them, doubtless he will let vi
know.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1873-03-26

alt was frightful to SEQ one after
another Of the small number of brave
mon who ventured into the hole tol
break ont the cargo helped out almost
suffocated.i Yet still the fight--a 6ght
of the severest kind--for life went on
for thirteen hours, and how the heroic
men could stand the smoke (the blind
ing, sufiocating smoke Of burning cot.
ton Is worse than any one can i'm
agino) is beyond my comprehension.
Our noble captain was in and around
that horrible main hatch during the
thirteen hours, and seemed as II made,
not Of flesh and blood, but q compound
Of iron and asbestos. The only officer
who seemed to bc endowned with like
endurance was the chief engineer,
who, though once attacked with vom-
iting, was only away few minutes.
To add to our trouble, twice very
heavy sea broke on board, and an i'm
mense quantity of water went down
the hatch it caused subsequently o
good deal of labor TO all hands to get
out of tho ship the water that had
helped to save our lives. At last
some firemen were sent down to hold
the hose and help to hook on the bales
and cases, and the last fiery bale went
overheard at halfpast nine on Christ
mas morning. ncg
"The scenes at this time was heart
rendering. There lay stretched, in
various places, tho first and second
officers, second engineer, doctor, ear
penter, joiner, boatswain and his mate,
chief steward, second steerage stew.
ard, and three brave seamen, writhing
in agony, oil OF them blind, bandages
over their eyes, and suffering excruci.
ating pain, not only in their eyes, but
in their throats and chests. Our he
roic captain suffered lees, but his eyes
were infamed, and his voice could
only be heard in whisper.
"Gonerally speaking, during trying
contingencies on shipboard, passcn-
gcrs are o source of trouble to the off.
GERS and crew. Of course, any assist.
ance we could render in actual labor
on deck would be of little avail; but
when one after another Of these brave
men was brought into the saloon our
energies found their right direction
in assisting the saloon and steerage
stewardesses in bathing these poor suf
erers' bandaged eyes, and giving them
all the relief we could
"When the fire was finally subdued
and careful examination showed tha,
no treacherous spark was left below
the cargo restowcd, and the ship pui
to rights, ventured to ask the cap
tain If any time he had despaired o.
saving our lives. Only once he re
lplied, Just after midnight, felt the
Minnesota and all her human occu
pants would soon see their last hour ;
and he added lin all my life never feI
so full Of gratitude to the good Lore
of Heaven and Earth, as did wher
l came up out Of that hole when allth'
trouble was past. Need add, tha
in this pious sentiment we all shared
and our Christmas Day was passed il
a manner befitting those who hat
thus been merciiully relieved from th,
utmost peril Of their lives"
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1873-03-26

A Colorado pig rooted into a can Of
nitro glycerine and devoured twenty
pounds of the frozen mixture. His
owner attached a long string 10 him
and took him out In the woods; there
he tied him last, aud then ho got q
keg Of gun powder, scattered It around
tho pig, fixed fuse mile in length
and set fro to IL. In about q half an
hour terrific explosion occurred, and
pork went higher thnn ever BEFORE.
The pigs owner has enough Of wood
already cut TO supply his entire neigh
borhood. Hereafter when farmers 10
Colorado want TO out their winter
wood they'll Gil pig with nitro gIyc-
crime and blow him up. This is an
other wonderful discovery BY an &C.
cidcnt. z hNf t 4 oi.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1873-03-26
Good Hunuor I Duty.

..v m. ,lof,no oood Lunnor =.
W. Il, rrow vhst n ia We can feel
VA on;ov n hnt n h hard 10 min the
,h;nr Jowr to snv formal definition.
IT." s ,ooJ I hn,norod man 4 A. ali events
= -. hser', 49, ra.r = man 10 bo envied. :.
msn rry n ,"hom ,romhlas IN liyhllv and
= I'm man y" vno % "nrt.rs a. mnch 6snniness.
=. I =" .r;ou NJ S H. -.d;s,ss n "a n
wsrs smg ii. ,ocd hnmor hscomes
~ 49, - ns s'. .,s;ss o,h.r nao.
ule,. . od "ood rh~ h~ror " ,.,am, ~ % r;nod hsIf
pa ssH soN .nmas - ~. ,1,vmJ s",';, ~ rSe rnS ecmr.
~ ue"'rs sI oo"Io a ous, 'es.v0s .,' s"u Lv
.shs' % ooou I",no. ",D, ~" s.AIIuy TySS ~
Sa.eu : "o. 'S a,..',,; - S
pSsuaps 40 n.vu .;" os o ,hs I's U.s.'" ,'',s ""
aS iS;n ps,,s's s,a ao'''a ed .dI mser a. % on
10y '";.. ."'hs " ..so, ; a soou h.nnu .s'u "
msn @ ,vSo ~ .,p;",. Y.v ,ae.o .o,S d;Ipppy dppy Now
.am " am.,;s', Mtv 1%UJ J Ssovu u'nn om'
';pr "s %u,v% n,. uSpenos upon o.,, sas ~ =.
sh;,,h mora; ovai,,w % | IA v ~, ~ ~
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1873-03-26
A Mans Way and a Woman's Way

When woman has hen To drive
into coop she takes hold Of her hoops
with both hands and shakes them qui-
etly towards the delinquent, and says :.
"Shew there The hen takes one
look at the object to convince herself
that it's o woman, and stalks majesti-
cally into the coop in perfect disgust
of the sex. A man don't do that way.
He goes out Of doors and says, at is
singular that nobody in this house can
drive q hen but myself" and picking
up stick of wood, hurls it at the Of.
Tending bipcd, and observes, "Get in
there, you thief" The hen immedi-
ately loses her reason, and dashes 10
the opposite end of the yard. The
man straightway dashcs after her
She comes back again with her head
down, wings out, and followed by an
assortment of stove wood, fruit cane
and coal clinkers, with much putting
and very mad man in the rear. Then
shc skins up on the stoop, and under
the barn, and over fence or two, and
around the house, and back again TO
the coop, all the while talking as only
an excited hen can talk, and all the
time followed by things convenient
for handling, and by man whose
coat is on the sawbuck, and whose
hat is on the ground, and whose per-
spiration and profanity appear to have
M limit Rv This time tha ofher hnna
have come out to take hand in the
debate and help dodge the missiles
and then the man says that every hen
on the place shall be sold in the morn
ing, and puts on his things and goes
down street, and the woman dons her
hoops and has every one Of those hens
housed and contented in two minutes,
and the only sound heard on the prem
ises is the hammering by the Oldest
boy, as he mends the broken pickets.
Danbury Nclcs.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1873-03-26


A visitor in Philadelphia wonders il
the publication of jokes is prohibited
by law in that city. Probably not,
and for tho same reason that there is
no law against water flowing up hill
or people walking on their hoads.--
The other day some wit asked Phil
adelphian what was the original pen
wiper. lie gave it up, Of course
Conundrums do not grow in that city.
at was Penn's pocket handkerchief"
replied the wit. "You cannot mako
me believe that William Penn used to
wipe his quill with his handkerchief"
retorted the Philadclphian, with con-
siderable feeling. A law to suppress
joking among such a population would
be as useless as statute against dan
cling in hospital of cripples.-Goldcs
Aqe.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1873-03-26
A Neat Swindle.

Tho following, from the Philadel-
phia Press, 10 interesting to all deal.
ers in jewelry:
The other day, at about IL NJ, o
carriage, elegant enough in all its ap-
pointments to be o private turnout"
drove up to the door of one Of the
largest jewelry establishments on
Chestnut street, not far from Twelfth,
and from 1t descended Q gentleman,
at least 80 to all appearances, attirod
in the most fashionable manner
Saunlering inside with an easy grace,
he requested TO see some Jewels, sta
ting that he desired to mako a large
purchase. He carried In his hand
handsome case, or bag, which he dc.
posted on the glass before the clerk
who stepped forward 10 wait upon him.
He was very particular in his choice,
but at last selected about 81, 900 worth
of jcwelry Of various kindsand styles.
As the clerk was about to put the mn.
merous little boxes into one large re.
ceptacle, tho stranger said: "Wait q
moment; we can do better !" and
opening his case which still remained
upon the counter, he took from II and
handed to the clerk neat box with o
key, sufficiently large to hold all his
purchases. Into this tho clerk put
the jewelry and handed il back to his
customer, who locked it, leaving the
key in the lock, and replaced it 10 the
bag, closing the latter. Then putting
his gloved hand into the breast pock,
ct Of bis coat, as If TO take out his
pocket book, he exclaimed, in great
surprise, "Well, how forgetful I am
l have left my book and money at the
hotel. must go back and get it,
Very careless Of me, very. You will,
OF course, want TO keep this. Ii
wouldn't do to trust an entire stran.
ger with such valuables," and, open.
ing the bag, he again took out the
the little box and handed it to the
clerk. "It's very annoying, but will
drive right to the Continental and be
p'Sh ia Ivy iiOuicutS. W ltl lew
commonplace remarks, the elegant
gentleman returned to his carriage
and was seen 10 drive away in the di.
rection Of the Continental, taking
with him the nice and innocent LITTLE
bag he had brought. They waited q,
the storea long time for him to come
back. In fact he hasn't come back
yet. At last light dawned upon the
terrified clerk, and he reached for III,
beautiful little box with the beau
tifdl little key. "Ob, it's all right
of course" he hoped, in spite Of BIZ
suspicious. Something has detained
the gentleman, but may as well max,
sure. He is snre now. The beautifu
little box with the beautiful little Ike,
contained old worthless iron padlocks 5
No news Of the thief. Every reader
will see at once how the swindle wa
accomplished. The man had tw,
beautiful little boxes, with two beau
tiful little keys, in that innocent littl,
bag, and, Of course, gave the righ
one Chat is for him. TO the clerl
when he left.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1873-03-26

How 1T IS DoNE.--The man who
answered an advertisement TO the fol-
lowing Affect says his curiosity Is sat
isfed now: shff
'If you would like 10 know how To
mako homo happy, send a postage
stamp and 25 conis TO L. y. box NO
=, Cincinnati" gnn. ,
ho did send the necessary cash, and
soon received the answer: ..
II you are o. big fool as we .hink
you must be for giving US your money,
you can mako homo happy BY leav'
ing IL and going wcst yoursplf.
Aud yet that man is not happy.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1873-03-26

Tho maddest woman In tho United
Statos of America is tho one who lives
at Jackson, Maine, and recently lent
her fifty dollar muff to female &C.
quaintance, who sported II at Q small
pox funeral; who sent II homo with a
neat little note, stating this fact, and
that as she chad sprinkled IL with
benxinc, tho owner need not fear catch
ing tho disease"
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1873-03-26

A good story is told of the students
OF an institute which is located in a.
New England State. A year or two.
since, just before Lent, the Principal
Of the school lecturcd tho boys upon
the propriety Of ahstaining from soma
accustomed article of diet during Lent,
and desired each one to write the
name of the article upon slip Of pa
per, and hand them to him next morn
ing q: the opening of the school. Tho
papers were handed in, and upon
every one was written the significant
word, "Hash,"
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1873-03-26

To THE PoISr.--Rev. Talmagc, one
Of Now York's sensation clcrgymen,
in hisspeech last Sunday morning thus
alluded to the Credit Mobilier disgrace:
"Tho Augean stable, uncleaned after
5000 oxen had stood there for thirty
years, was a small job for Hercules
compared with what the Poland Com.
mittec found Of national dirt in the
Congress halls. On that Union Pa.
ci6c railroad many of your represent
atives took through ticket to hell.
They paid their fare in so per cent.
dividends
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1873-03-26

A sleepy student, who had spept
the previous night in wild carousai,
was called upon to read the following
verse from scripture: "Moscs was an
austerc man, and made atoncment for
the sins of his people" Imagine the
CONSERVATION Of the professor and tho
wild hilarity of tho students, when he
read it as follows; "Moscs was an
oystorman, and made ointment for the
shins of his people"
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1873-03-26

A Troy, N. Y, dentist, while ply
ing bis avocation around tho mouth
ofa lady customer recently, was seized
with emotional insanity and kissed
her. She was not 80 far under the in
duence Of ether but that the shock re
vived hcr, and tho tooth carpenter
loaned her husband $50 on long timo
the next day, besides making no charge
for his two and hall hours work.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1873-03-26

BooKs.-To use books rightly is to 60
to them for help; TO appeal TO them
when our knowledge and power fails
to be led by them into wider sight,
purer conceptions than our own, and
receive from them the united sentence
Of the judges and councils Of all time,
against our solitary and unstable opin.
ion. Puskin.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1873-03-26

What agonies must that poet have
endured, who, writing Of his love, as.
serted In his manuscript that he
"kissed her under the silent stars"
and found out the compositor had
made him declare that "he kicked her
undor the cellar stairs" rII.t
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1873-03-26

"Whorc are the men Of 'I6i" shout.
cd a Newtown orator. "Dead," re-
sponded a sad looking man In the
middle aisle. Tho Newtown orator
was surprispa NJ the intelligence Of
his audience. Ifi
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1873-03-26

A model bill, made out by an old
farmer against his neighbors, read as
follows: "Neighbor A. to DR.. to B.,
TO horse and wagon going 10 mill onco
since and twice before, one dollar"
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1873-03-26

u ls proposed TO put In operation
at the Vienna Exhibition model shoe
factory, doing oil the steps Of tho york
by machinery, and turning out 4 i'm.
ishcd shos in seven minutes.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1873-03-26

A pair Of boots In Iowa cost just
two loads Of potatoes, and 10 raise
the potatoes just wears out . pair oi
boots.