Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1873-11-27

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tertainlnents. is the cake Walk" being a
contest between couples of ladies and gen
tlemen in elegant and graceful walking, for
the prize Of cake, the contestants paving
an entrance fee" which goes to make up
fund for the benefit of the Church, or for
whatever object the entertainment is Civ
en-. We have some very fine movers among
the ladies and gentlemen of Washington
and it might not be a bad idea for some of
our Church Societies who happen to be in
need Of pocket money to give them an op-
portunity to show off their gaits in a con
test of this kind.
- Our ancient and respected friend,
Squire Doozenberry, remarked to
US the other day, that it was always diff
cult for him to suppress a smile when he
saw little short man doing the gallant by
the side Of his very tall and adorable An
geIine Sophiana, tiptoeing along to shield
her divinity from the vulgar rain, with an
umbrella hosted in the air to the extent Of
his ability The Squire is a very observing
man, very.
- Mr.. Shaw, Sen, of the Shaw House
made mstep in starting up the Fayette
street entrance to the hotel, on Monday
morning, and fell into the cellar way. strik-
ing upon coal-pile, and injuring himself
so he had to call for assistance to get out.
He is able to be about again, although con-
sidera bly, bruised.
- Prof Fessenden's Musical Convention
is in full blast in Bloomingburg; is well
patronized and the prospect is exceeding gly
bright for an unusally interesting Concert
on Friday evening. 1t is hoped that the
Washington friends will remember the
concert.
- We issue the HERALD a little in ad-
vance OF the usual time, in order that we
may properly observe Thanksgiving, and
are obliged in consequence to postpone
publishing the report Of Tuesdays Stock
Sales until next week
Z ! NJ. O. Adams, of the firm of Hamil-
ton & Adams, is now permanently located
in his new beautiful and commodious brick
residence on Columbus avenue.
- Ed. Pearson, formerly of this place,
is now filling the place of his brother,
who died recently, as Cashier of the bank
at Greenfield.
= Lon. Burnett is building a neat fran e
residence on Paint street near the Union
School Building.
Report of the Public schools of wash
ingtOn for the week ending NOvem-
ber 81. 1873.
Pupils enrolled. $40
present ..-.-...-..-.---. .4l ~
- admitted .............-....... I2
withdrawn n....................... e. -.
Cases of absence Go
= tardiness .-......... ................... 0
g discipline OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
situations -..--. ID
We are proud again this week, not
only of our ''enrolment," but of the fact
that the week has passed withouta case of
hardness The contrast between the re-
ports for the month ofNoveInb Der 1867, and
1878, is not a matter for boasting, but it is
so striking that we give some figures from
each, for the encouragement of our pa
! irons and friends Wis: In November 1867,
we reported "643 cases of absence" and
100 casses Of tardiness, " from an average
enrolment of ''358'' This month, Novem.
Der 1878, we report 1913 cases Of absence
and &c cases of tardiness.'' from an average
enrolment of ''5ol.'' This difference il
Attenance and Punctuality is an index, We
trust, to the changes for the better, that
have taken place in other and moro impor-
tant features, which it is not within the
province of weekly report to cnumerate
Our motto is still EXCELSIOR
Respectfully,
P. E. MoREHoUsE, Sup't.