Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-10-02
was a surprise.


Republican meeting here on that day.
1t Was "a SURPRISE
We accepted an invitation to attend the
eightieth birthday anniversary of Mrs.
Mary Divins, who resides mile and
half below Good Hope, in this county.
Her children had concluded to celebrate
the eightieth birthday, and to make it a
surprise, too, and in accordance with this
idea the necessary preparations were
made by the children and many of the
relatives and friends of the family to
celebrate the occasion with dinner and
with social and intellectual enjoyment,
and for this purpose the friends began to
arrive at the old homestead of the Divins
family on Saturday morning last. The
old lady was not able to solve the mys-
terry of this large raid that was being
made upon her quiet and peaceful home
until it occurred to her that it was her
eightieth birthday anniversary. That
furnished the key to the riddle.
! After a good deal of hand-shaking and
congratulations, and some time spent in
social converse, large table was spread
on the porch, and huge baskets contain
ing a variety of the best edibles the coun-
! try could afford, prepared with taste and
| skill, were brought forward and their
contents placed upon the table, and am
! Pile justice was done to the dinner by
about eighty persons, and all testified to
| the fact that it was good to be there and
enjoy the dinner and the g feast of reason
and flow of sOul.''
In aacOp1aOpa with u rnOuaCt nrO-
cured the names and ages OF those pres
ent who were past sixty years of age,
which we found to be as follows: Mrs.
Mary Divins, so years old; Susan Dupoy,
"a !; Margaret Mccoy, II; Dianna Stuckey,
So; David Stuckey, Il; John DupOy, G2 .
Jonathan Barrett, p; Hamilton Rodgers,
II; Robert Harper, 73; Ira Yeoman, II ;
DR.. Dunlap, of Greenfield, 73; Solomon
Arehart, 81; Matilda Painter, 81; Ma
than Divins, Il DR.. Baker, "A; Thomas
Barrett, 81; Mrs. Ira Yeoman, IS; Cath
crime Painter, Il; Mrs. f. Harper, So;
Mrs. Moore, of Dayton, 63; Margaret
Allen, 81.
A very fine, large, handsOmely-decO-
rated cake was presented to Mrs. Divins
: by her granddaughter, Miss Lucy May
Divins. On the top of the cake was ar
e tistically wrought, in embossed letters
' this passage from Scripture: " She eatett
not the bread of illeness.''
Mrs. Mary Divins was born and par
TALLY raised in Virginia, her maidel
: name being Mary DupOy. She came t.
Ohio sixty-six years ago, and has residet
. near the house where she now lives eve
since. Her husband died nine years age
! She is still in the enjoyment of goo
health, and may live to enjoy more birth
): day anniversaries after this than man
5, younger friends who paid their respect
=, to her on this her eightieth birthday.
, w. c. COup's Great show Coming.
% W. c. Coup's menagerie, museum an
1 circus will visit Washington on Frida!
10 Oct. 10Th. 1t is pronounced by the pre-
g and public everywhere, the best sho
n. travelling. We clip from the Columbl
Dispatch of Monday the, following.
''The weather being delightful, vel
Ot large number of people were on Hig
ad street, this morning, to see the street p
Of rade of w. G. COup's United Shows. TT
combination gave their first perfOTman
'e- this afternoon, before a large audienc
70 EAulDIIlOnS OF GnIS character are SfON
of ing more and more in favor with Il
IN people on account of the order that is O
-, served. A nice looking audience atten
gu ed the performance this afternoon. Il
I'D new features of the show attracted ge
,gs eral attention. There was a pleasil
o. combination of music, mirth, novel
y" and pleasure in the museum, menager
aquarium and circus.
10 The Broncho horses, said to be wer
70 0,000-and they must be worth t
Irt money when trotting horses sell for 81
Ill 600 and $15, 5,OOO-seemingly Understo
or. the human language.
~, The Devil Fish, preserved, is in wa
iu- on, and so arranged that its long a
BILE powerful arms may be examined by sp'
of tatOrs. The white whale, preserved, a
nd surrounded by ice, is in long box, |
~ is not as much of a curiosity as the De
eSs Fish. The latter has eight arms brant
rty ing out from its fore part, either of viii
We, could reach around a horse, and some
ali them around animals of that size seve
- times.''
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