Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1874-12-03


The house to me may lowly be,
If l but like the people IN it.
\ lowly roof may give proof
That lowly flowers are often fairest;
And trees. whose bark is hard and dark.
May yield us fruit, and bloom the fairest;
There's a worth as sure meath garments poor,
As e'er adorned a IoftIer station;
And minds as just as thOSe-we trust
90 Whose claim is but of wealths ereation
Then let them seek. whose minds are weat,
Mere fashions smile and try to win it
The house to me may lOwly be,
IL but like the people in it.
From the Scientific American.
Mechanical Aesthetics and Prac-
teal Men.
We met our practical man, him of
the. street car, ''whO never learned
nuthin' from books" at the American
Institute Fair the other night. He was
slowly trudging through the machine
ry department, apparently devoting
his attention Ito the steam engines
We noticed that as he scrutinized the
large driving engine, his brow cloud
ed by the time he. had reached the
niclle plated Baxter, the cloud deep
ened into frown and when he ar
rived opposite the Myers rotary
fierce scowl overspread his features
Suddenly turning on his heel, he re-
cognized us, and, without further pre-
amble, burst out with
sNow, look here, boss, | wanter to
know if this isn't cussed nonsense, all
this ere frippery, nickel plate and red
paint, and gildin', and stuff, about
masheen! What for, anyhow? Don't
make the thing run 10 better, does it !?
What's the use er shinin' that Baxter
like a lookin' glass? l don't fuss
over my engine that way; much as l
can do to keep the green off the brass.
Haven't had no paint near it for ten
years. Don't see that it works any
wuss, either
We remarked that we supposed the
exhibitors desired to attract public at
tention by uniting artistic beauty with
mechanical excellence, and that the
certainly augmenting tendency toward
aesthetic refinement was
(Which? Oh, keep them big words
for your paper l never was no shakes
on the dictionary. just you tell me
what's got inter people, that they waste
stamps on what amt no use? Look
at this, now"
And here he fshed from his over
coat pocket dilapidated copy of the
Scientific American Of few weeks
back, containing the engraving of the
new mold-ramming machine on the
front page.
"What's that feller in that picte1
for? Or that heap er dirt and the
shovel? Couldn't any practical man
understand that masheen without thai
chap pullin' the handle? S'pose {
mee-chanic wants all that shadin' anC
prosperity and fggers? When I see
a masheen, I wanter to see drawins'
nice plans and things drawed out
Why don't yer print them, not picters
only fit ter hang in the parlor p
advantageous advertisement" WI
insinuated.
No it taint nuther.' he rejoined, 'nc
more than these ere circulars ant
books with fancy covers that these fel
lers is givin' away so loose for nothin
Nor them blue signs, nor that shiny
engine. I don't do no advertisin'.-
Don't believe in it. Didn't l try it
Didn't l pay dollar for putting m
, name in pious paper printed out il
Milwauk ee, or Oregon.or somewheres
The chap that wheedled me in sal
, he'd throw in ten dollar cromo an
a book about saints rest by ma
named Baxter (that engine feller,
s'pose). Didn't get nary an answer
t, Catch me getting fooled by any moose
paper agin p
mo, 1 amt got nuthin' shown i
this Fair. Anybody that wants te
see my work can come to my shop
q There amt no gold and silver and re
I paint there, nor patent invenshun
nuther. Feller wanted me ter buy or
er them new tangled emery whee
t'other day. But said: No, SOM
I used this old grindston' and othel
like it goin' on thirty years; and
a., guess / can make it do little lOnge
st No sir, when I get any money to was
nd on advertisin' or fancy paint {
blamed invenshuns, then I'll shut l
shop Good night. Come see
sometime. Aint got no cards; shop
S. in the alley, fourth door back on -
'm street. There amt no sign. just stal
we we in the entry and yell; and if one
we the boys hears yer, he'll let yer in :"
in Our meditations, as we watched 9
9nt 9nt friend elbow his way out of the crow
pc took about the following shape: An
By By thing akin to beauty or taste, VIII
brought in connection with the N
= chanical, is, by the self called practiC
individual, resented as an unWarrant
BILE encroachment. When the purpo
g of ernamentation is (besides gratii
ing the eye) thus to draw attention
the merits of an object, both end a
means meet his wholesale condemn
and ton. Strictly and purely utilitaria
he fails to see any benefit in a me-
ure which does not instantly bring
II pecuniary returns, or to perceive th
- increased gains are or can be due
the keeping of certain facts consta
ly before the world, or to PRESENT.
the same in some manner so unique
at once to attract the popular gaze
Since he cannot appreciate matters
clear to- every rightly thinking obse
er, it is manifestly impossible for o
ers more refined to impress him.
and his kind see nothing to praise
the fact that our American mechan
and manufacturers Though the CO..
try is destitute Of museums of ind
trial art, those great educators of
Old World) nevertheless contrive
mingle the beautiful with the use
with Il delicacy and true art feel
elsewhere almost unrivaled. The
itors at any Of our great fairs
: fad this aesthetic selfculture max
itself everywhere felt 1t appears
the graceful figures and neat prop
) tioning ofthe ordinary Implement
. labor, in the exquisite finish of
metal and wood work, in the I'll
sand tasty forms of the common
miner appliances, in the dainty tri
ries which embelish the safes. the