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The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1878-07-03
The Possibilities Of Science.

With the assistance Of the micro
phone, which magnifies sound and aids
the ear as the microscope does the eye,
it has been ascertained that flies have a
sort of language of their own, aside
from the familiar buEzing. Mr.. Preece
an English scientist, states that with it
he has heard the tramp Of little fly
across box with a tread almost as
loud as that of Il horse across a wooden
bridge. A curious sound accompan-
led the tramp Of the fly, which, it was
suggested; was caused by the neighing
of lis prObocis. 1t is to be hoped that
the flies have not got habit of repeat
ing all they hear while walking on the
ceiling; if they have, what disclosures
might be made by some scientific caves
droPPer with a stray fly imprisoned in
a micrOphOne.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1878-07-03
Serious Observation-Disclosures.

A misunderstanding of a serious ma.
ture has taken place between the Hon.
Henry Watterson and Hon. Abram 5.
Hewett of New York, in regard to the
electoral bill which gave Mr.. Hayes
the presidential Office. Mr.. WattersOn
charges that most of the Democratic
representatives were opposed to the bill
and that Mr.. Ti!den was also opposed
to it, but that Mr.. Hewett, rs chair.
man of the Democratic executive com.
mittee, and the right-hand man of Mr..
Tilden, successfully created the impress
sion that he (Tilden) was in favor OF
the bill, and that for this reason the
members supported it, thinking they
were following the wishes of their
chief.
MIR. Watterson gave his statement
to Il reporter of the New York Sun,
to which Mr.. Hewett replies at length
substantially denying all the charges,
and Mr.. WattersOn repeats them with
emphasis in the following words:
"Now, | repeat and declare my
charge of personal dishonor upon you;
and as you don't wish to fight it out,
and I'm sure | don't | will make you
this proposition: You select two mem.
bers of the committee of advisement,
of which both of us were members /;
will select two; the four shall select a
fifth, and if do not make my charge
good Twill make you public apology.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1878-07-03
Waste and Want.

Either man must be content with
poverty all his life, or else deny him
self some luxurIes and save to lay the
base of independence in the future.
But if "A man defes the future and
spends all he earns whether his earn
ings he one or ten dollars day) let
him look for lean and want at some
future time-for it will surely come,
no matter what he thinks. To save is
absolutely the only way to get solid
fortune; there is no other certain
mode. Those who shut their eyes
and ears to these certain facts will be
forever poor, and in their obstinate
rejection of truth, mayhap, will die in
rags and filth. Let them so die, and
thank themselves. But no! They
lake Il sort Of recompense in curing
fortune. Great waste of breath. They
might rs well cure the mountains or
eternal hills. For we can tell fortune
does not give away good and substan-
tial goods. She sells them to the
highest bidder-to the hardest and
best workers for the boom. Men never
make so fatal mistake as when they
think themselves creatures of fate /;
It's the sheerest folly in the world.
Every man may make or mar himself,
which ever he may choose. Fortune
iffor those who by diligence, honesty,
frugality, place themselves in position
to grasp hold of fortune when it APP
pears in view. The best evidence Of
frugality is the FIVE dollars or more
standing in your name at the savings
bank. The best evidence of honesty
consists in diligence and frugality.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1878-07-03
HARTFORD OHIO COUNTY, KENTUCKY, JULY 3, 1873

men of the jury, they are all dead !
Where is Mrs. Beasley's man Sam
Go ask the worms in the graveyard
where he lies. Mr.. Peaks wdhan Sa.
rah was attended Ivy him, and her fun
eral was appointed and he had the
corpse ready, Where is that likely
Bill as belonged to Mr. Mitchell ?
Now IN glory expreSsin' his opinion
of Royston's docterin'. Where is that
baby gal of Harry Stephens? She are
where doctors cease from troubling
and the infants are at rest"
Gentlemen of the jury, he has ct
enough chicken at my house to pay
for the salve, and furnished the rags,
and | don't suppose he charges for
maxim her worse, and even he don't
pretend TO charge for curin' of her, and
| am humbly thankful that he give her
nOthin' for her in'ards as he did his
other patients, for somethin' made 'em
all die mighty sudden"
Here the applause made the speak
er sit down in great confusion, and in
spite of logical restatement of the
case by Senator Toombs, the doctor lost
and Peter Bennett won.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1878-07-03
An Unterrified Female.

Mrs. jerks has been on the stand.
She has faced the Potter Committee,
and has covered herself with glory in
her evasive replies to all the conun-
drums propounded by General Butler.
Mrs. jerks is not fool by jug full
She is smart lady as well as a very
valuable one, and being in the presence
of that august committee did not frus-
trate her the least particle. She knew
what she had to say, and she said it
well. Her intention was to shield
Sherman by conveying the impression
that she wrote the famous Sherman
letter herself, but those who will take
the trouble to read the testimony can
not come to any other conclusion !;
though her testimony was given in an
unhesitating and confident style, it was
decidedly too thin to serve the pur-
pose. Her roundabout and evasive
replies made it sufficiently plain that
there were reservations which would
present the matter in different phase.
Mrs. jerks is the smartest woman by
long odds to be found in that family,
and if she does not succeed in clearing
Sherman's skirts of rascality, mo other
woman need apply"
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1878-07-03
Starting i'm the World.

Many an unwise parent labOrs hard
and lives sparingly all his life for the
purpose of leaving enough to give his
children a start in the world rs it is
called. Setting a young man afloat with
money left him by his rich relatives is
like tying bladders upon the arms of
one who can not swim-ten chances TO
one he will lose his bladders and go to
the bottom. Teach him to swim and
he will never need the bladders. Give
your child Il sound education, and you
have done enough for him. See to it
that his morals are pure, his mind cul-
tivated and his whole nature subSer-
Went to laws which govern man, and
you have given him what will be of
more value to him than the whole
wealth of the Indies.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1878-07-03
The Duty OF Democrats and
Greenback Men.
Knoxville Enauirer.l


Those who would desert the Demo
cratic party to Join the Nationals or
Independents should consider the re-
cent legislation in Congress and ask
themselves what there is to be gained
by such a step. 1t will be remember
ed that the Resumption act, which
was passed by the Republicans on n
strict party vote, contemplated the
cancellation and destruction of United
States legal tender notes down to
$500, 100000. But the Democrats
have recently succeeded in passing a
bill through both Houses of Congress
preventing the reduction of the legal
tender circulation below the present
figure. The amount of greenbacks
afloat ut the present time is about
1915, 10000 Under the resump-
ton law SIS, 000,0 900 of those green
backs would have been called in and
Cancelled within the next few months
but for the law just passed. This bill
will, however. prevent the threatened
contraction, and will keep the present
volume of currency outstanding, which
is equivalent to adding 100000, 900
to the permanent legal tender circula-
ton OF the country. The Democratic
party has thus stopped the contraction
policy. Ifit is given complete control
of the government it will constantly
lcgislate in the interests of the people.
No man who ever voted the Demo-
cratic ticket should now desert the
party. II the " National movement
becomes formidable its only effect will
be to keep the Republican party in
power-the party which passed the
Resumption act, originated and main
tains our oppressive tariff, and is the
creature of the money power.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1878-07-03

Mr.. Lecky, in his History of the
Middle Ages, says, with respect to
cleanliness, that the saints in Mesopo-
tamia regarded washing the body as a
pollution of the soul, and no man was
considered to have attained the full
Odor of sanctity until he has converted
himself into one hideous mass of cl0t-
ted filth. st. Anthony. in his extreme
old age, refused to put his feet in hot
water, OH the ground that washing of
any sort was fieshy vanity. st. Abra-
ham, for fifty years after his CONVEX
sion, rigidly refused to wash either his
face or his feet. observing that the face
ought to reflect the purity of the soul.
St. Euphrasia joined convent of 139
nuns who never washed their feet, and
who shuddered at the mention of a
bath.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1878-07-03
John Sherman's Letter.

New ORLEANS. Nov. 20, 1876.
MeSsrs. ID. 4. We5er and James f..
ACCOMPLISHMENTS Yoar note of
even date has just been received.
Neither Mr.. Hayes, myself, the gen.
tlemen who accompany me, nor the
country at large, can ever forget the
obligations under which YOU have
placed us should you stand firm in
the position you have taken. From a
long and intimate acquaintance with
Governor Hayes. | am justified in as
suming responsibility for promises
made, and will guarantee you will be
provided for as soon after the fourth of
March as may be practical, and in
such manner as will enable you both
to leave Louisiana should you deem it
necessary. Very truly yours,
JOHN SHERMAN.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1878-07-03
Communism.

We cut this out of the CovingtOn
Post: The Communist leaders are a
queer lot. They want to destroy all
the machinery, or put it in the
hands of the workingmen. All right /;
give it to them. What are they to do
with it when they have no capital with
which to purchase raw material, or
buildings in which to carry on opera
tions? Take them from the owners {?
Very good the owners being reduced
to poverty, they can organize another
Commune and re-pOsSess themselves of
their property, holding it until such
time as still another Commune shall
again relieve them of it. A pretty
state of affairs, truly.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1878-07-03
What Divorces DO.

We copy from an exchange the a2-
pended narrative of young girl,
which, whether accurate or not, shows
what is the tendency of the present
loose divorce laws. No person having
proper conception of the marriage
tie will ever ask for a divorce.
There is a young lady in the city
who says she has more parents and
step-parents living than any one she
ever heard of. This is the way she
tells the story;
"You know papa and mamma never
could agree, aud so finally they got
divorced. | don't say whose fault it
was, but mamma did behave ugly
sometimes, and even I could not get
along with her. So when the separa.
ton came | went to live with papa.
Shortly afterward mamma married
again, and papa was not long in fol-
lowing suit. | did not like it very
well at first, but my stepmOther turned
out to be first rate, and | got to like
her splendid. Then papa seemed to
get infatuated with another woman
that he got acquainted with, and she
wheedled around him until she made
trouble, and the result was another
divorce, and papa soon married the
woman that made the trouble. When
the second separation took place |
went with my stepmOther, because /
loved her and because my services
were Decessary to help to take care of
the baby. Then what does she do hut
goes and gets married. declare l
never saw so much marrying in my
life. 1t only happened little while
ago, and my new stepfather-l sup
poe he is-treats me in a very kindly
sort of way, as if he felt he couldn't
help himself, but didn't exactly like
it, and / don't like it bit. rcan't go
back to mamma, because she is mad
with me for going with papa in the
first instance, and | can't go to papa
because of that wheedling woman, and
can't bear TO stay where | an.
1t is too bad that a girl should have a
father and a mother and two stepfath-
ers and two stepmothers all living at
once. and not a house that she can feel
at home in"
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1878-07-03
IT'S Wicked TO Shwear.

Two Germans fresh from Cincinna-
ii visited New York, and one, well ac-
quainted with the city. invited his
friend to DelmOnicO's, where a dinner
for two and bottle of wine was or
dered. The place and fare was praised
until the bill s11 was presented. This
they considered an extOrtiOn. They
paid, however, and while walking
down Broadway the excited German
commenced to swear at the supposed
extortion. His friend then said, do
not shwear, Yawcob. 1t is wicked to
shwear. God has punished dot man
DelmOnicO." "How ?" IL have mine
pocket full nit spoons"
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1878-07-03

A beautiful young heiress in Moscow
has married begger Sc years old. 1t
has a queer look ut first, but nothing
could be more natural. The young
girl-she is only 22-could not enter
into possession of her fortune until she
was married, and the young men whom
her guardian introduced to her were
empty headed creatures, to whom she
was unwilling to bind herself for life /;
so she resolved to marry an old beggar
and get the money without sacrificing
her independence. The old man was
one of her pensioners. and readily con-
sented to marry her and then keep out
of her way, retiring on comfortable
allowance. All the beggars feasted and
made merry on the wedding night.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1878-07-03
VOL. 4
For the Hartford Herald.
TO DEAR FRIEND FAR AWAY.

While in sad and lonely musings
Der the changing scenes Of time
To my memory sadly Tushes
Many thoughts Of Aud LRngsynei
In the chaos Of my fancy
Still there lingering thoughts combine,
OF the pure. exalted virtue
In that friend l left behind,
Meier can Timee reisntles: inroads
Upon those things love so we'll,
In my heart Of hearts diminish
Love which only Death can still;
Many summer friends surround me-
Aud many kind and true to me,
Still that void is never stated
Save my thoughts are wrapt In thee.
+. Those happy hours.we spent together,
Oh how quickly were they passed,
So repIete with friendships pleasure
That the bright dream could not last;
But how sweet the consolation
To my lonely heart is given,
That IL on earth We meet not ever
We may meet again in Heaven.
Ife'er on my fond hearts tablets
Other true friends names are craven,
May they serve in some slight measure
A reminder of thee given;
Ne'er shall I forget the pleasure
OF that woodland stroll with thee,
when 20 me thou giy'st treasure
still as ever dear to me.
ThoH stt AR IN real distance,
But in fancys pleasing train
Thou art lingering ever near me.
Beguiling my sad heart from pain;
Then is overcast with trouble,
And, perchanee, bowed down in pain,
Thou hast given sweet assurance
Which shall give me heart again.
On how we'll do | remember,
That, sitting meath that old oak tree,
Thou to me didst give promise
To ever true aud faithful be.
Perhaps, when far on Life's vast ocean
You cast = lingering look bshind,
Love may be in some proportion
In our friendships wreath entwiLed.
II my frail bark, launch'd on Life's billow:
Should their frenzied rage Withstand,
And should l ever be permitted
Again to see that dist mt land,
Where thy bright ani joyous presence
Bids dull cares aud sOrrows cease,
There may in perfect pleasure
Pass my life with thee in peace.
Hartford. Ky. ii. u. h.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1878-07-03

Proofs or former explorations are
found in various parts of the Black
Hills region, and it is probable that
gold was discovered there about thirty
years ago by several separate parties
of adventures, all of whom were killed
by Indians. The home of men and
beasts, mingled with rusted mining
tools, were in one place discovered
within a rude ratification of rocks. In
another spot a rotted sluice box, made
of a hewn tree, showed that mining
operations had been carried on.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1878-07-03
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
DIRECTORY.
CHURCH. DIRECTORY

R.rti.,-Serviecs Arst Sunday and sun
A. night IN every month and Saturday
S;Sht pTeceding.-w. P. Bennett, pastof'
Church Seuth-Serviees third
So ana sunday night In each month
Rev. W. W. Cock, PASTOR
Methods, Eplscopal--Services fourth sun
day and Sunday night in each nOntn-heS'
ia. Humphrey, pastor
Buiou Sunday School every Sunday morn
ins Al half pact eight o'clock
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1878-07-03

1t is curious that money should be
called by so many different names.
Some describe it As ''spondulix," some
as the stuff" some as the ''sugar,
some as ''rhinO," some as spoons,
some as the ready" others as ''brads.
The French call it "largent," the Eng.
lish "the needful," in Mexico, east
ing" in the South Crooks, in the East
'tin," in the West rags" in Canada
it goes by the name of "spelter," in
New York it is short"
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1878-07-03

A promise should be given with
caution, and kept with care. \ prom
ise should be made with the heart and
remembered by tho head. A promise
is the offspring of the intention, and
should be purtured by recollection. \
promise and its performance shauld,
like true balance, always present a
mutual adjustment. A promise delay
ed is justice deferred. a promise neg
lected is an untruth told. A promise
attended to is a doubt settled.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1878-07-03

Mrs. jerks declares that she did not
read the note written by Anderson and
Weber to John Sherman. Yet the
reply, which she claims to have dicta-
ted, is direct answer to the demand
made by Anderson and Weber, and
tallies so closely with their note that
no person could have written it with
out having read their note.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1878-07-03

An Illinois man, with a foresight
worthy of a better cause, popped the
question on a railroad train, and now
the maiden is at loss to decide as to
which county she had better commence
proceedings for breach of promise.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1878-07-03

"When the truth comes to be known
about the election in Louisiana, Presi-
dent Hayes and his administration will
be sunk in infamy."
SENATOR Roscoe CoNKLING.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1878-07-03

"Dear Mr.. Erarts Please give Mr..
Anderson a consulate in some warm
climate. This is a speciaiease. (Signed)
Il. b. HAYES.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1878-07-03
LODGE MEETINGS.
A. Y. M.

HARTFORD LODGE, NO. 1856.
Meets third Monday night in each
month. W. II MOORE, w. NJ.
II. WEiEsHEINER, Secty.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1878-07-03
CRIMINAL COURT.

lion ] A Murray, Judge, clovsrPort'
lion Joseph uavoraft, Attorney, oWeh'eoro'
III, Wise ,Jailer, Hartford
oe,ober aua continues two weeks each term
COUNTY cOuRr.
Hon. W. r. Gregory. Judge, Hartford
Can't. sam. X. Cox, Clerk, Hartford.
~. Sanderfur, Attorney, Hartford
Court begins on the arst Monday IN every
"0A'D' QUARTERLY COURT.
R.g,n. on the Srd Mondays in Jsnusry'APr'''
July and October.
COURT OF CLAIMS.
Begin. on the first Mondays In January ana
October. -
OTHER COUNTY OFFICERS.
II. Leach, Assessor, Cromwell
a smith FitIhugh, Surveyor. sulphur epnhs''
Thos. II. Boswell, Coroner, sulphur sPrings'
y p Rove. school Commissioner, Hartford
,rcrpaTES, COt'RTS
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1878-07-03

CONS hbLhSs
the Coustables of Ohio County and
heir Post Office address;
cENEy DTsTEIcr-Eo. !.
WV EIell, Rosine.
cool SPRINGS DlsrRlSr-No' -
Isaac Brown, Rockport.
cENTtETOwN DIsrRicr-No' D.
NJ Casebisr, ceralVo'
RKII's sroRE DIsTRIcT-So. 1.
=. A. webb, Bedas
FoRpsvIILE DISrEIcT-No' ,.
JOI Harder, F"rdsville.
ELLIS pIsTRIcr-Ns. u
Vacant.
HARTFORD DISTRIcT-Ho. Z.
WI Maddox. Beaver Dam.
CROMWELL pIsTRIcr-Ho.s.
Emery, Cromwell.
HaRTPuRD DISTINCTION. y.
vacant
srLPHuR SPRINGS DIsrRIcT-So. 10.
T.. J. Kerry.
RGKrLETT's DIsrRIcT-so. ii.
Vacant.
POLICE COURTS
HartCord-F. p. Morgan, Judge, second Mon
days in January. April, July and oetee er.-
w. n. Grifin, Marshal.
Beaver Dam. W. Cooper, Judge, hrs'
Saturday in January, April, July an October
Thomas Stevens, Marshal.
cronwen.-A.P Montague, Judge, second
Saturday il January, April, July aud OCTOBER
Jas. W. Daniel Marshal,
Ceralva.-w. d. Barnard, Judge, last Sat
urday in March, June, September and Deoem
ber.-Daniel Tichenor. Marshal.
Hsmiltou-wm. Hamilton, sr. Judge, post
Office address Mellenry, courts held third sat
urday in January, April, July and October
W.D. Hamilton, MarshAl. p0st-Ofies address
McIIenry.
Rockport-J. W. Duke, Judge, Riley
MeDoweII, Marshal. Courts held frat wednes
day in January, April, July and October.
ROsine- r. R.wedding, Judge--J. p. Lewis
Marshal. Courts held first Saturday in March
June, September and December.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1878-07-03

The clink of silver money is for
cash-ears.
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COUNTY DIRECTORY.
CIRCUIT COURT

CIRCUIT COURT,
tton lanes Stuart, Judge, greensboro
Al. Morton, Clerk, Hartford.
~ MurrelI, Master Commissioner, Hartford
y W Phillips. sheriff, Hartford. DsPsties--
NV Bunser. Hartford. 7 Taylor, Beaver
Dam, + ii Cooper, Fordsville, 5 L fSlks-'On'
Court begins second Mondays in May and
Novsmber, and continues three weeks each
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/. O. O.. II.
uGHTF00T& WEDDING.
PHYSICIANS & SURGEONS.

Tender their Professional Services TO the cit
isens Of FOTdsyille and vicinity,
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r.. A. M.

KEYSTONE CHAPTER, NO. 10.
Meets second Monday night in each
month. M.EA r. BAIRD, IT. P.
Comp. II. WEINSHElMER,Sec.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1878-07-03

A teacher in Tennessee was recently
indicted for feruling girl sixteen years
old, until she went into commissions,
because she would not ask his pardon
for a disrespectful answer she had
given him.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1878-07-03

t. HIN the sentence you quote :
"The ball goes whizzing through the
air." whizzing relates to ball-modifes
it, if you please. In the sentence,
The boy goes whistling through the
field" you have no difficulty in seeing
what whistling relates to boy.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1878-07-03

When the preacher makes two to be
one flesh, it is sometimes hard to tell
which one it is. / have heard that an
appeal to scratching and hair-pulling
has frequently been made to settle the
question,