Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1878-07-18
Chips from spring Grove

EDS. HERALD:
Farmers in this vicinity are through
with gathering the golden grain, and
what pleasant faces they are wearing, be-
ing blest with such bountiful crops. o.
v. Creamer gathered 81 heads of wheat,
the grains of which were counted, yield
| ing 1715, an average of the little over 81 =
grains to the head. The voice of the
thresher is heard, and great deal of
wheat is now being threshed and put up
on the market.
| Fruits of all kinds is abundant, and
corn is growing so fast that it is hard
work to keep it in the field.
| Alb. says his watermelons are sstoO nu-
merOus to mention:" He has an acre OF on
ions planted, which he took me to see,
telling me he had some as large as a peck
measure, and when I said. ''I can't see
it, he remarked that they had Eshrunk.
| Tom is still looking forward with an
anxiety mingled with fears and hopes :;
and, before the goal is reached, he will
have to learn that symmetry does not
mean a receptacle for the dead. Tom is
wide-awake and very sanguine of sue
cess. He says he will yet ''iutter.''
d. Creamer, whose musical talent is
| second to none in the county, is drilling
a Sabbath-schOol in singing, at Harmony
Church, three miles from Plymouth, a
new edifice erected last winter. Mr.. G..
understands music thoroughly, and has
an unusually fine voice for singing. He
is also Chorister of Spring Grove Sabbath
School. This school, under the supervis-
ion of Wallace Creamer, is one of the best
conducted in the county, and the location
cannot be excelled anywhere for beauty
of surrounding scenery. Last Sabbath,
at the close of school, Rev. Hegler, of
Marietta, made a brief but interesting
and instructive address to the children,
after which, Rev. Caddy, of Lima, deliv-
cred very BILE discourse. This Church
is under'TAe charge of Rev. DIR. Flood,
one Of NE ablest ministers in the Confer
encss
Moving machines will begin to chaw
grass and stir up the bumble-bees this
week. Look out for bunged noses and
fellows with good deal of "cheek.''
Clint's ponderosity is still immence, but
he can run one hundred yards in one
hour. He says he can run as fast as any
man in the county, that can't run any
faster than he can.
Bill has at last revealed a joke, the re-
tention of which has been gnawing at
his yitals for nearly a year. He was
afraid, if he told it, the boys would get
the better of him; but he told me conf
dentially. He hitched up a colt which
/ IL,
the colt was victorious, but Bill did not
accompany him very far; he got out very
suddenly and reclined among the weeds
to mediate, He says. the colt jumped
three bitches, four fences, and circled p
times around hay-staek without injur-
ing the buggy. He must have been lit
tie Off while telling this, as he seemed
very much excited and said, 'FDon't say
anything to the boys about this, for it will
be fruit for them OF course l won't.
A butcher-knife should never be used
in carving pickles, if it (the knife) is
very sharp, as the pickle is very apt to
give diabolical curve and throw the
knife on a thumb or finger, severing il
from the hand. This happened a few days
SINCE
Miss Flora Caddy, who has been at
tending school at Lima, is visiting the
Misses Bush. She returned to her home
in Flora, Ill, on Tuesday, accompanied
Z sl7s1 a 9n...,.lsin ,~1kedora Bush, who is go
! i~g to make "a two or three months visit
Miss Clara Stimson, of Washington, i;
visiting -her. uncle, Wallace Creamer.
Young chickens are ripe and are disap
pearing very rapidly. This is very .un
healthy locality for chickens. They dc
not live long after ripening. MIN.