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Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1875-10-14
BuT).

Club, what's the matter ?'' asked the
court as a boy of eight was brought
out
II fit J-Jim,'' sobbed the boy.
''When ?"
Last nj tie"
''And where's Jim p
"He got away"
''And why didn't you get away g.
"H had sore h-heel."
''Was it much of fight?''
"Y-yes, sir-I licked him
"What caused the fight p
''He kicked my little b-brother.'
"My son." said the court, after a
glance through the window, 'sthere
was once boy. He was q good boy.
He didn't hook apples or put pins ,un-
der anybody. His face was always
clean, his hair was slick. All! he was
a jewel of boy. He wouldn't cheat,
lie, swear, or fight. He went to bed
early, got up early, minded his mother,
and what do you think became of him p
"Got run over by buss!'' sobbed
the boy. @
"No, my son; he got to be Govern
or of Michigan. Will you promise and
try to be a Governor ?''
'Yes" .
"And the next time you'll run rath-
er than fight %
"Y.yes, sir; if can't get hold of q
club. ."
He was told to go.-[Detroit Free
Press.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1875-10-14
THE WANDERING JEW.

The Wandering Jew once said to me,
passed through city in the cool of the
year;
a man in the garden plueked fruit. from tree,
1 asked, "How long has the city been hereT"
And he answered ME, and he plucked away,
''1t has always stood where it stands to day,
And here it will stand forever and aye"
Five hundred years rolled Ay and then
I travelled the selfsRme road again.
No trace of city there 1 found;
A shepherd sat blowing his pipe alone,
His flock was quietly nibbling ar ound.
asked, How long has the city been gone!
And he answered me and he piped away,
1.-The new ones bloom and the old decay.
This is my pasture ground for aye.
Five hundred years rolled by, and then
l travelled the self same road again.
And I came to a sea, and the waves did roar,
And a fisherman threw his net out clear,
And, when heavy laden, he dragged IL ashore.
I asked, "How long has the sea been here?'
And he laughed, and he said, and he laughed
away,
"As long as yOn billows have tossed their
spray,
They've fished and they've fshed in the self
same bay"
Five hundred years rolled by, and then
/ travelled the selfsame road again.
And l came to forest, vast and free,
And Woodman stood in the thieket near;
His axe he laid at the foot of tree,
l asked, chow long have the woods been
here?"
And he answered, "These woods are covert
for aye;
My ancestors dwelt here alway,
And the treeshave been here since creation day
Five hundred years rolled by, and then
travelled the self-same road again.
And found there city, and far and near
Resounded the hum of toll and glee.
And asked. Chow long has the city been here,
And where is the pipe, and the wood and the
sea?"
And they answered me, as they went their way
Things always have stood as they stand to :
day,
And so they will stand for ever and aye"
I'll wait Eve hundred years, and then
I'll travel the self.same road again.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1875-10-14
HOW to JUDGE a Town.

The Jefferson City (Mo.) Journal
tells this:
About a week ago a gentleman from
Tennessee, representing a capital of
$4,000, in search O location in
which to engage in business, gave us
a call, and after stating his mission
"west," asked to look at our paper
We handed him the Morning journal,
and to our surprise he did not stop to
read our newsy local 'pick ups" or
our attractive editorial page, but turn
ed at once to our advertising columns,
and commenced counting our adver-
tisers and measuring their space.
''Well," said he, glancing up from
the paper, is that all ? is that the bust
ness OF the town ?''
ooh, no. said we, fhere is the
Tribune with a few advertisements
that don't appear in the Journal.
He then counted two additional To-
cal business advertisements in the
Tribune, and again looked up with the
remark:
"And that's all, is it? Why you
haven't got near as much of town
here as thought you had"
And we explained to him that we
have great many business men who
do not advertise.
''They are not business men to hurt,
if they don't advertise" was his an
sWer.
We could not contradict him, and
we were poWerless to vindicatc the
''claims of the city,
He left US, saying if he had time he
would look around, hut thought this
was no place for him.
This is one instance, and a fact.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1875-10-14
The Same Old Story.

x .-E - So S.. rfa s-.r-.
The crowd who sat on the mourn
ers' bench in the court room looked
like the Mulligan Guards after they
had attempted to capture lot of head
strong billy goats in two acre inclos-
use. They were as a general thing,
'1badly wrecked and roughly bruised.5'
Chromos OF that group given with fif.
" cent tickets on the Nashville Rail-
road would secure more PASSENGERS
than their engines could pull. The
Judge walked into the room leaning
upon the strong arm of Justice, and
entering the stand took his seat, bridg.
ed his nose with eye glasses and open
ed the big book. The Marshall shout
ed, go! yez! o! yez" etc. The shy
sters. were thicker than mosquitoes,
and the room was permeated with a
perfume akin to that of a Woodpecker's
nest in July. The. Judge eyed. the
crowd and the crowd watched the
judge. Just as he was about to sing
out the first name on the list, a form
IN the crowd arose from among the
'mourners" and advanced into the
presence of Justice. He was looking
up at the ceiling with one eye, and at
the judge with the other. His upper
lip resembled q piece of raw beef, and
his left ear was hanging down like a
wet sock. The blossom end of his
nose looked like burst tomato had
lodged there. and upon his left cheek
were scratches that make it look like a
miniature map of a battle field in Her
| zegoyina. He was hatless, and his
hair was frizzed worse than a 4th street
girls. His right arm was in sling,
and he looked all over like he had
| been struck by tightening after he had
| got done fighting a forty horsepower
threshing machine. He looked mel
ancholly and sad, and as the stern
Judge looked at him tear would dim
his mellow eye, and the left co orner OF
his. coat tail would sponge it up. The
man was the Conserved of all observ-
ers." Presently the justice spoke in
a stern voice and said: 7-
SWELL, sir!" 5laa- = ==-1 -ta
mo, sir Do L look like a man
that's qUeH?'' - ...- ....4 -.f, h..'
How did you. get here ?''
policeman showed me the way
Il ''What for % = .' = =
Because hats his business, reck.
on" .aa - a.s
''Where' did he find you 90
81 wasn't last
''WeH, what have you been doing ?"
''Judge, look at me good; 1 didn't
do all this myself"
''I suppose you have been drunk"
''1'Ve been somewhere -
"What bruised you up so ?''
ga skillet and some other kitchen
furniture" ~.
-''Are you married man 90
--''SYes; are you p
Eyes little"
''Marry an orphan %
mo, sir!
Neither did 1; that's what's tn,
matter with me- You know how it is
youself. She came over to my house
and o. -.-~'
"She! who ?''
'My mother-in law; you see
"That'll do Mr. Clerk, fine,
saint got a cent. 1 suppose tn
wagons out at the door waiting 70
passengers to the work house. II
just go out and take a seat in it. Tn
tired"
And he went out singing ''Wha
is home with out mother-in law :;
> and the judge called up the case O
F'Larry Gilfllan, charged with paintin
the words, fresh butter on Mrs. Fla
herty's billy-goat's wheelhouse."- %
Detroit Free Press.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1875-10-14
TFIom the Vieksburg Herald. I
She got the Dress.

One day not long ago an old chap
from the interior, accompanied by his
wife, entered Vicksburg dry goods
store, and after looking around for a
moment said to the clerk:
.'Pile yer best kaliker down here
afore me, for Mirandy wants a Dress
AS the pieces were tumbled down he
continued. ..
''Mirandy's been purity good this
summer, and she can have her pick of
the best kaliker in the store. s.
The old man felt of the different
pieces, and his wife tossed them over,
and finally they settled on particular
piece and he said; b..
'Cut her off nine yards O. that"
"Whats Nine yards ~ echoed his
wife. .. .. E5 -
"That's what I said, Mirandy."
81 can't get kaliker dress with
loopup behind to it out'n nine, yardsp
she exclaimed, turning pale with dis
may a.. .a..
"Who said anything about loops?'
he inquired. Haven't YOU always
got kaliker dress ont of nine yards ?'
"Ges, but the fashion has changed.
I've got to have fourteen yards now"
."HaYea ell! I'd like to see myself
buying any fourteen yards!' a1a.
Then you swon'ti'G Il ~=G -a
h. F'Not if die forit!'h E.a s-
s'You are an cid miser!" she hotly
exclaimed, asra SAD as
'sDonit fool with the alligator, Mi
randa,1 he warned. z-arIle a.4
"Oh l guess you'd better buy her
the DRESS" putin the clerk, hoping to
make peace, ss 81 as ~ T-.rl.
':Dam f dol" growled the man.
The woman walked down the store,
looked into the back yard, and turn ed
and called OUT: l" 5sz a-s .-
"Come here, a minute, Willam'
'"What yer want ?'' he inquired.
"Come here, darling 1 want to
whisper to you," she continued -a#
He followed her out among the
boxes. Her face wore smile, and he
suspected nothing. When he was
clear of the door she turned and seiz-
ing him by the wind.pipe, rushed him
backward, and Topped him over a pile
of boxes. -ss ae
''Mirandy, I'll pound bIazes OUT n
you for this" hoarsely whispered the
man. rH. q ..eE
"WiIliam, it don't lay in yer back
boneH she replied. *H
Take thatY' he gasped, trying to
kick her. d d .-ar-..s l.z. E7-f@>--
He made a heavy struggle, but she
clung to his throat, and topped him as
often as he partially rose After re
alizing7 that he was foul, he family in
quired: ..= so ID. -.et
"AIirandy, what's yer object ?''
A kaliker dress !" she responded.
t''Nine yards p he asked
''Plump fourteen!" she responded.
Say twelve, Mirandy."
Straight fourteen and no gouging :"
she answered.
i He made a grand effort TO thro VI
her off but she banged him down and
landed blow on his nose in addition
"Mirandy," he gasped.
i ssWell, William p
s.Ten that young man to cut off that
kaliker''
= THAT'S right, William; that's pur
tyr' she said loosening her grasp and
extending her hand.
You won't say anything, Mirandy
"Not whoop."
He scrambled over the back fence
and she went in and had the full mum
ber of yards cut off. When ready to gt
the old man was at the door with tn,
mules, a shade of sadness upon hi
brow, but still willing to admit to tn,
clerk
"Mirandy took me by surprise, bu
it's all right; charge that kaliker t.
my account"
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1875-10-14
The Story of a ThOUsand-DOllaF
Bill

The death of Josiah Cobb recalls a
singular incident of his life. Aboat
the year 1929 a colored woman named
Sarah Ridgely called at Mr.. Cobb's
grocery store and purchased small
amount of groceries, giving him
thousand dollar bank note in payment,
thinking that it was a one-dollar note.
SupPosing that it was stolen, he detain
ed the bill, and advertised for the oW-
ner repeatedly, but no one claiming it
he invested it IN the city stock. Sew
eral false claimants appeared for the
note, and it was the subject of several
lawsuits, which terminated in Mr..
Cobb remaining custodian of the fund
The history of one of these claimants
was as follows: Mr.. Cobb one day
was conVersing about the money with
a man who made so many particular
inquiries that Mr.. Cobb mistrusted his
motive, and told him that the woman
was dark and had large wen on the
side of her neck, when in fact she was
a mulatto and had no such a wen.
Shortly after very dark women with
avery large wen on her neck appear
ed from the Baltimore Aims House
and claimed that she was Sarah Ridge
", but the fraud was easily exposed
and up to this time the woman who
left the bill has not been heard from.
Mr. Cobb allowed the money to re-
main with accumulated interest until
1866, when it amounted to So, ,74O, and
he then presented it to the Union Or
phan Asylum.-T Baltimore Gazette.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1875-10-14
What Came of Advertising for a
Wife.

A Melbourne WidoWer, with some
thing of family and a goodly bank &C
count, advertised for a wife over 8
ficticious signature. Several answers
among which was one that particular
ly pleased him. The chiography was
delicate and graceful, the language
chaste, and the signature like his own
ficticious. After a brief and mutually
agreeable correspondence, a time and
place was agreed upon for themeeting.
At the time appointed, the gentleman
was W iting in a private parlor at a
certain fashionable hotel, and shortly
afterward lady entered, thickly veil
ed. She came in trembling, and did
not venure to look up until the voice
of the gentleman, in respectful greet
ing, fell upon her era, at which she
started conVulsively, raised her eyes
to the face of her swain, and then ut
tered a suppressed cry-a cry the tone
of which struck upon the gentleman's
ear with a sound not unfamiliar. He
lifted the veil and looked upon the
scared face of his own daughter, whom
he had supposed industriously pursu-
ing her studies at a school in town
some distance westward from Mel
bourne. The young lady has sine
been installed as housekeeper in the
paternal mansion, and her papa is not
likely 10 advertise for wife again un-
til his daughter is married.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1875-10-14
A Discouraged Editor.

He was a sad eyed, meek faced man,
and we supposed he merely wished to
give us a news item; but when he
commenced telling US about building q
barn on his ranch 190X2S0 feet, seven
stories high, and ornamented with bay
windows, we thought it was time to
check him, and SO we commenced:
"Well, we must admit that that is a
pretty large barn for this country, but
back in the States our father built a
barn 225x500 feet, nine stories high,
and furnished with steam elevators :;
the" .
"Back in the States" interrupted
our listener. "Why, that wasa't much
of a barn FOR the States. l remember
now, that when was quite young my
father built chicken-co 55Ox832
feet / don't recollect how many stor-
les it was high, but know that there
was q cupola on it for the roosters."
about how high was that cupola ?"
we asked. .....
81 don't remember the exact height
now, mister" was the reply, ''but ]
know it was so high that the fourteen
upper tiers of roosters died from the
effects of the light atmosphere the lirst
night"
Then we went out and sat down on
the wood-pile, and wondered why
somebody was always outstripping u;
in the race Of life.-[Fairplay (Col.
Sentinel.
''Bub, do you know this is Sunday :?
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1875-10-14
The Shifting Center of POpu1a-
tiOD


In Professor Walkers statistical at
las of the United States there is a Gu
rious computation of the movement of
what is called the t'center of popu-
lation," since ITO.
The population of countries are sup
posed to be grouped at their geograph
icai centers, and then each individual
being assumed to be of the same gray
ity as every other, and the country be-
ing assumed to be a plane surface
without surface without weight, the
''center population" is determined by
computing the poirt at which the
country could be pivoted so that the
weight of the people on one side
should just balance the weight of the
people on the other side. According
to the table computed in this way the
center of population has moved stead
lily westward siEce ITO, but has shift.
ed very little to the north or south Of
the fifty sixth degree of latitude, In
1890 the s'center" was twenty three
miles east of Baltimore In ten years
it moved forty one miles, and was
eighteen miles west Of Baltimore. In
ITO it was DETECTED somewhat to the
south, and had moved thirty six miles;
in 1920 it had moved fifty miles to the
west and south; and in 1880 it reach
ed its most southern point, and was
twenty nine miles west of its former
position. In the next ten years it
moved little to the north and fifty
five miles to the west; and in the fol
lowing ten years turned slightly to
the south, and again moved fifty five
miles. Between 1850 and 1860 the
greatest western movement eighteen
miles) was occassioned by the settle
ment of the Pacific coast. In 1870
the center had again shifted forty-two
miles to the west and slightly to the
north, and had reached point forty
eight miles east by north of Cincin-
natl. The total movement from 1890
to 1870 was three hundred and ninety
nine miles almost due vast. The va
ration north or south, taking the ex-
treme north and south positions, did
not exceed twenty miles. The move
ment was to the west and slightly
south west from 1890 to 1880; almost
due west from 1880 to 1850; and to
the west and slightly to the north
west from 1850 to 1870. =
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1875-10-14
A Handy Conscience,

'My wouldn't steal peaches from
Mr.. Gammon's orchard, l hope ?"
"No, ma, wasn't in that crowd the
other night"
That's right my boy. Keep out of
bad company, and you'll never do
wrong. Let your conscience be your
guide in all things and the fond mo-
ther patted her son approvingly on
the head, and went about her duties
with light heart.
Left alone, the noble boy thus solil,
oquized:
You don't catch me foolin' around
old Gammon's. My conscience can
guide me to lots of better orchards
than his, where there amt no dog,
nuther." - Missouri Brunswick
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1875-10-14
Fantastic Hosiery.

The New York World says: The
silk hose come in fancy boxes, four
pairs in box, from $40 to $50 box.
The four pairs are all of different col
ors, and each pair is embroidered or
clocked in different design. The
artists and designers skill is ssen on
every pair. Some are pure, others
pearl, and others cream white, some
pale blue, rose color, mauve,T drab,
brown, in all shades red, from scar
let to deep crimson; and gray from
the darkest London smoke to the pal
est lead color. Exquisite combinations
in strongly -contrasted colors appear
in embroidery on the sides, running
half way up the leg, or to the calf
above the ankle, and sometimes cover
ing the whole instep. Sometimes the
embroidery is of the same color as the
stockings, long lines running between
the open lace like clocks, terminating
in fiori-form points half way between
the knee and ankle. The instep of a
pair of white silk hose is sprinkled
over with tiny rosebuds and leaves in
natural colors, the pure green and red
Another pair has beehive on the in
step, with bees swarming in lines that
terminate in points below the garter
another pair is striped lengthWise in
alternate inch bands of blue and rose
color, each stripe ending in a steeple,
or vandyke, at the same point, defined
on a solid ground Of drab or lead col
or. The tops Of the Yandykes are or
namented with embroidery in flowers.
Again another pair is scarlet, with
gold color or bright blue embroidered
clocking on the sides. Some are striped
horizontally in narrow bands of blue
and rose color, or rose and lead color,
intersected by lengthwise lines of en-
broidery and open clocking Others
again are of plain, solid cOlors-blue,
apple green, rose color, scarlet and
crimson, purple brown and gray, in all
! shades, but knit or woven in ribs to
form lengthwise lines All of this
hosiery is long enough to garter far
above the knee. They say that in Paris
choice and fastidious women are hav-
ing the tops of their fine hose trimmed
with Valenciennes, Cluny and Ouch
esse lace. 1t is put on full enough to
be tiuted, Exquisite garters, with
gold and silver buckles, and some
even jeweled; are shown to 60 with
this costly hosiery. The garters are
also trimmed with rosettes of real lace.
!
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1875-10-14

Here's richness! Dio Lewis, who
knows all about diet, physiology, ex-
ercise, sanitary matters, and, in short,
about everything that is calculated to
keep the human system sound, and
the mind contented and happy, has
the dyspepsia. 1t is said also that he
is looking forward apprehensively to
an attack of gout.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1875-10-14

Money was never more plenty than
at present, says the Norristown Herald.
At least we Judge so from the conver-
sation that passed between two boys
in front ofthe Postof1ice last evening.
One of them was about eleven years
old, and wore stump of cigar in
his mouth and no shoes on his feet.
The other wore straw hat with q
ragged edge" and stone bruise on
his heel, and about twelve summers
had passed over his tangled locks.
This was the conversation. "That
bass [ cocht weighed morn two
mounds" 81 bet thousan' dollars it
didn't" 81 betcher five thousan' dol
lars it did-cum now." And neither
boy looked as if he had five hundred
dollars in his pocket, but appearances
are deceitful.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1875-10-14
Chinese Shemakers in Massachu-
SRttS.


Of the two hundred hands at present
employed by Mr.. Sampson at North
Adams, says the Springfield Republi-
can, ninety-three are young Cinnamon
and he is so we'll satisfied with the re-
suits of his experiment that he con
tinues to engage them. The seventy
five who were originally imported for
his factory all left when their three
years were up, some staying in
San Francisco, but most of them re-
turning to China. In twenty eight
months the seventy five saved from
their wages s37, 200, and, at the end
of three years, they had, in the hands
of friends at home, forwarded by the
month, an average of $500 each, which
is an independent fortune there. They
go home now whenever their time is
out, and more are hired to take their
places, coming through the agency of
Yung, Chung, Wing & Co. of San
Francisco. They are more industri-
Gus than the native Workmen, but do not
acquire experience enough to turn off
as much work. They are paid S26 a
month, and it costs them about SO to
live. After working hours they are
allowed the freedom of the town like
other workmen, but they are never
complained of for any breach of order
or manners, and in the shop they are
quiet, peaceable and harmless. Their
chief object in their present life seems
to be to send home as much of their
wages as possible, but they are very
eager as well to learn the English
language. In many cases this thirst
for knowledge overcomes their stupid
ity, and they hire teachers among the
young ladies of the village, whose
houses they visit after their work is
do0o
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1875-10-14
.FFICIAL DIRECTORY.

Common pleas Judges-THos. n. GRAY. :. F.
STEELE.
Probate Judge-JoHN B. PRIDBY.
Prosecuting AttOrney-ACE GREGG.
Shcrin-JoHN MILLIKAN.
Clerk of Court-JoSEPA 4. PLUMB
Auditor AMEs p. ROBINSON.
Treasurer-C. CARTS
RecordeF-Z. W. HEAGLER-
COrOner-E. 3. UPDEGROyE.
Commiss ssi0ners-ABRAM BrsH. F. l.. FORD,
ROBERT &. SUTHERLAND
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1875-10-14

Spotted Tail has dropped one mil
lion dollars in his price for the Black
Hills The ether day he stated posi-
lively that he would stick to seven
million dollars. He now asks six mil
lion dollars. Some of his companions
want fifty million dollars. Delano
told Red Cloud last spring that TWEEN
ty-1ive thousand dollars was sufficient.
The Indians are probably going to
stick to the millions. If they do, it is
doubtful ifthe commissioners will con :
clude their business at the Council.