Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1874-01-22

DuL Hhu cOticCtoiS HaTu 10 make. Iney
have adopted a new system Of credits that
is to make semi-annual settlements, and
to charge interest on all indebtedness at
the end of every six months. They find
it rather heavy to carry the indebtedness
of Customers from one year to another.
If everybody would pay cash down, goods
would be bought for less money, and it
would require less capital upon which to
do the sama amount of business that is
now done on the credit system. Business
men could afford to sell at less prohts for
ready cash, because they could use the
capital two or three times year, and make
more money at less advance on the cost.
This is the idea advanced by the Farmers
Oranges, and there is no doubt butt would
be better both in the end for both farm
ers and business men. This thing of cred
iting from year to year, makes it expensive
for both parties. The ready pay system
and the competition for the trade, will
bring prices down to a small per cent.
= We need hardly say that the subject
of Kidding our town and county of whisky,
beer ale and porter shops, is the great
engrossing topic of the day in all parts Of
our county. There seems to bea persistent
determination that temperance, sobriety
and morality, shall prevail, and be the rul-
ing element in our town and county. Upon
this subject, there can be no halfway
house, as in war for the life of the ma
ton, there can be no neutrals. You must
of necessity, be in favor of the temper
ance movement or against it, and if you are
against it, we ask you to look around and
see who is on your side-see who is
your company. You may rely upon this
as fact, that if all good men are not per
sonally engaged in trying to put an end to
the liquor traffic in our town and county
all bad men are raising their hands and
their voices against the effort to relieve
ourselves of the curse of intemperance
Look at the character of the two parties as
they present themselves to you, and choose
which you would prefer as your associates
and companions.
We are pleased to announce the re-
appearance of the celebrated New Orleans
Minstrels, at Music Hall, on the evenings
of Wednesday and Thursday, January rs
and 20. This party differs very much
from the general run of organizations trav.
cling under the name of minetrels, com bin.
ing, as it does, not only fine minstrel per
/ fOr,,1y,oa bu4 n q ref eloCC rouc;ooI- conoort
The following is from the Chicago Daily
journal: 1T is useless to particularizt
when speaking of party, which taken in
a whole, or in parts, is one of so high ant
uniform excellence. Maud Stapley's sing
ing is fine. Sinner, the one-armed Come.
dian, nearly took the house by storm. The
songs, dancing, contortions, jokes, &C., art
the very best of their kind, and kept the
large audience in the finest humor through.
out. We can conscientiously recomm end
this inimitable troupe to all who enjoy
this kind of an entertainment, and Judging
from last nights performance, as one VIII icl
ofends neither in word or act against the
most fastidious taste.''
The Wilmington Republican esti
mates that $25, 900 have been paid for liq
uors sold in that town apring the p9ste,<
months. The Republican says
that drinking men and saloon keeper
represent that our estimate is too small
The same paper says:
"All the saloon keep RS have signed tn
pledge excepting M and Getz, ant
| they are both closed lnder promise to no
sell again.
The work has en- a success, an
through proper vigilance it can be KEEP
so.'
The Clancy Brothers, James, Johl
and Gus, have bought property in Wash
ington Fayette county, and think Of goin
into usiness at that place. They are 1iv
business men and good citizens. Cfermor
can lily spare them.-[Clermont Gourie
The citizens of Washington and Fayett
! county are always ready and happy
welcome live business men, as citizens an
neighbors. Washington is the right plat
for them.
The LaPorte Qnd.) Herald of the III
: ksays:
"a cold snap pinched us this week. Fro
l till p. M, Wednesday, the mercury fe
Y some nineteen degrees The night WI
: bitter, and Thursday morning the most e
posed thermometers marked twenty d
gresS below zero.
In this place early in the morning of Il
. same day, the mercury indicated six
II grees above zero.