Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1878-02-28

contract for the entire inc from Indian
apolis to Chicago was let to Yeoman,
Hegler & Co., who were to be paid a sub
sidy of about 81 900 per mile, for which
they agreed to complete and equip the
road. They were not bound by their con-
tract to begin work until January 1, last, |
but anticipated the work on this division,
in order to give stimulus to the enter
prise as a whole. They began work Nov.
1, and finished laying the iron February
5. The second division is from Bradford
to Monticello, the third from Monticello
to Delphi, and the fourth from Rensselaer,
to Dyer, in Lake county. The engine is
from the Baldwin Locomotive Works,
fac stnatLe of those run on the Centennial
Grounds, at Philadelphia, and perfect
beauty. The equipment so far procured
seems to be neat and serviceable, though
of course light.
And now, kind reader, if you want to
see a delighted community, just get on
the cars and go up to Rensselaer,.
The silver DOIIar---Bad ON the Rag
Baby.
Cincinnati Commercial
8 The body and soul of Mr.. Ewing have
received shock. It has been has special
office to nurse the Rag Baby. He loves
that baby, damp and ragged as it is. He
hasn't been able TO realize in his fond
heart that it is dead. He has insisted
upon making it sit up. He has declared
his profound confidence in its everylast-
ing youth, and the beauty imperceptible
to others has been ineffable to him. In
such an hour as fatigue had dulled his
senses, he spied rolling along the high
way which leads through Congress and
the White House to the Treasury Depart
ment and beyond, an object that seemed
so near, and was yet so far. so familiar,
yet so strange. 1t was shining like
shield. 1t was moving as if it were the
glittering chariot of the winged steeds. 1t
was the Dollar of the Daddies-the Alex
ander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson,
George Washington Dollar; the AL
mighty Dollar of American history and
mythology; the full moon dollar, the big
white dollar, the Bland-bright dollar, the
full weight dollar that was put in the
bill. 1t struck Mr. Ewing that this was
the very thing he had been wanting ever
since he was little boy. It displayed
the Goddess of Liberty and the American
Eagle-the Goddess with the flowing hair,
and the Spread Eagle. 1t seemed to Mr..
Ewing that the woman and the bird were
both beautiful, and that he would go with
them notwithstanding the incumbrance Of
the Rag Baby. Withersoever thou goest
I will 60 and thy people shall be my peo-
pie said Mr.. Ewing, and he scampered
away after the big white dollar-the
round, rolling dollar-the gay old dollar
that shone in the sun. It was the dollar that
he loved. He always had loved silver, any
how. His affections as to white metal
might for amoment have been chilled, but
were ready at a minutes warning become
volcanic, So he followed the rolling dol
lar. and he saw that it was one unit and
one hundred cents. The fact could be
read in raised letters where its edge i'm
printed the dust. The devotion of Mr..
Ewing was unfaltering and passionate,
but he bore the Rag Baby with him, care
lessly, perhaps, at times, but steadfastly
holding it forgetfully, perchance indif-
ferently, by the neck or leg; but when
reminded by some incident of reckless
ness of its sacred presence, he clasped it
to his burning bosom, that it might dry
there. Several times, feeling some solicit
tude for Mr.. Ewing, we reminded him
that his divided duties might lead him in
to perilous predicaments; that this fol-
lowing after the Goddess of Liberty with
the flowing hair, and the American Ea-
gle with the expanded wings, was incon-
sistent with his rag-baby professions, the
ardent sincerity of which we never for a
moment doubted. But Mr.. Ewing knew
his own business. He grew Jealous on
the hard old white dollar question. His
cry was heard far off-whoop, la land il
was evident that he was distinguishing
himself as a driver-aye, he drove like {
bull .whacker in the Far West. One look
ing from the dome of the Capitol nigh
we may say from Ohio, as John Phoeni1
saw when he beheld the coming editor, {
cloud of dust with whip-lash waving
over it, 1t was Ewing with his silve-
chariot, with the Goddess and the Eaglt
and the Rag Baby.
But he received a shock. When the bi:
} dollar, with the Bird and the Woman Oh
: it, passed through the Senate, Ewing say
that his Rag Baby was cut off. There tn
, poor thing swassout in the cold! In hi
/ impetuosfty, he had dropped the dink
darling. He saw that he had been RelE
ing along hard dmoney-money that woul
:, chink; money that was liable to aid tn
n country to specie resumption. So he ra
e like a madman to bar the door of th
y House against the Dollar of the Daddie
e unless he could put in the Rag Baby als'
If He saw, with the preseience that come
with solemn moments, that the Rag Bah
n was castaway and to be mourned will
e out hope if permitted to linger in the w
Ell while the ancient dollar rolled radiant u
le the avenue. And so, like the sunfiOwe
W he turns to the bloated infant of his fal
I'd cy, as it is collapsed and moist in the mu
4 the same glance of pride and longing To-
\. that he gave when first it smiled.
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