Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1878-08-08

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and from first to last he did not receive,
from all sources, more than half the
money that has been consumed in the D.
& S. f. We see in these two men a ca
pacity for adapting means to ends. Now
if these gentlemen, who, without money,
can accomplish such results, why can't
our chief head with his financial strength
and backing, go on and complete the coal
road? 1t has so often been said of him
that he could command money, and was
made President on that ground, that we
naturally expect something from him.
Colonel, shall we be disappointed?
A SToCKHoLDER.
The Ruins of Jay Cookies Palace.
Philadelphia Times.
Ascending a hill, high gray stone
building, capped by a French roof, catch
es the eye. Not the building alone, but
all the surroundings have an air of i'm
measurable superiority to their neigh
bors. A hedgerow begins down the hill
and running along the right hand side of
the road stops at a massive iron gateway
only to begin at the other side, continu-
ing as far as the estate bounds the road
side. Ogontz stands back about hun
dred rods from the road. The drive that
leads to it cuts through a lawn almost too
profusely shaded by evergreens. The
house itself is great uneven pile of grey
stone, looking like three houses built to-
gether. The part that fronts the road is
a square structure, five stories high,
fsharp at the angles, with nothing to re-
lieve the cold gray of the walls but the
bleached walnut easements of the win
dows, which are punched together as
though afraid of encroaching too far from
the center and wishing to render them
selves as little conspicuous as possible
To the left of this portion is three-story
uneven structure, which gives the build
ing the appearance of rambling. The
| hollow square between the two buildings
is filled by a large conservatory, whose
glass roof, shaped like semi-circle, is
conspicuous from the road side Against
these buildings, on the opposite side, is
built another large house, four stories
high. This third house joins the other
two together and makes the three houses
one.
Everything about the place seems to be
constructed on a scale of bigness. On
either side of the third house is big pi-
aza, either one of which, if partitioned off
would make a good sized ball room The
doorways are big enough to drive team
and wagon through. They are as wide as
they are high. The gas lanterns through
out the ground are bigger than city gas
lanterns. The stable is big enough for a
livery stable. The lawn is big and the
hedgerow footwalks-ar big enough for
carriage drives. Back of the house
the ground descends and runs into
wood, overgrown and wild with long
grass and bushes. In the widest parts
among the brambles here and there a
blooming flower or bush is seen, the rem
nants of former grandeur. The house it.
self shows sadly the effects of neglect.
There are no tall trees to protect it from
the sun. On all sides the easements ot
4 the windows are cracked and bleached tC
dull whitish color. The IRON pillars
and fretwork of the piazzas are red will
rust. The walls of the conservatory
F where the plastering has not fallen away
show patches of sky and trees and water
: over which artistic labor groaned and was
doubtless well rewarded. The door knob!
, are rusty, and the doors creak on theil
f hinges. The fountains in the ground!
relieved of their statuary, which have
. gone to swell the list of "assets'' are par
2 TALLY fallen in. The brick walls hav,
. crumbled. The white swans, that spouteC
o%o1.1 hi or17 IL
like streaks of rust down their backs anc
looked parched and thirsty.
I Down below the stable, in a small hoI
Y low, stands what was once the gas-house
: 1t is half hidden by wild bushes an
;. vines, suggestive of an excellent resor
O for snakes. On the roof is yet seen tn
n fixtures of telegraph wires. Jay Cooke
r private line ran that way up to his house
where he had an office The hothouses
e where rare flowers bloomed, are ran
" with weeds and wild vihes. The stable
q the only place that does not show so pIair
IS ly the ravages of neglect. The farmer
u who work the tillable portion of the ei
: tate use it and have not allowed it to 9
: to rack.
The only being about the place yesteI
= day, with the exception of farmers VIII
i passed to the'stable now and then with
3 load of hay, was man at work with
II lawn-mower.
e 'When was this house built?''
l. ''Do you know when Richmond fell ?
w 'EIn '65,''
le ''rhat was the very day the cellar w,
ID staked out.''
ut elbow long were they building it?"
In "AbOut a year,
n The house has been unoccupied near]
S. four years. All the furniture was reno
>" ed long ago. Four or five times a wet
oil the man with the lown-mower said
n threw open the windows and doors al
- gave it an airing. Ogontz originally co
10 tanned 2l7 acres. Fifty-seven acres ha
er been sold since its owner failed. II
ur great banker himself lives quiet Ii
a with his son-in-law, Mr.. Barney, hims,
It. a Philadelphia banker. The Barney ma
ar sion is a modest brown stone structIu
re surrounded by fine grounds, half way
Ii tween Ogontz and York road station. II
nd old gentleman is at one of the wateri1
of places on the Atlantic coast.
he General Sheridan has discovered I'll
,es the "Medicine Men" among the Navs
lat Indians tie their patients to trees, in sol
sr- cases, and shoot stones into their bod
an to cure them. The shooting howev'
by generally had exactly the opposite etteC
and the soldiers who discovered the dc
me tors at their work put stop to their tre'
ha ment and asked the doctors what they h
lot to say. The 'Medicine Men fePIied I'll