Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-07-03
Ohio Editors Abroad.
From the Senior Editor Of the HERALD.

| used IN drawing the engines. / have
seen the firemen running with the ma
chimes on the streets in large cities, but
never before witnessed the operation of
attaching the horses to the engines. For
the benefit of our party, the Captain of
the Department had the horses attached
to the engines. There were three attach
ments, four horses to the large engine and
two horses to each of the other machines.
The horses stand in separate stalls, with
chain across each stall, already har-
messed up and ready to hich on. When
the fire-alarm is given the chain drops
and the horses rush out instantly, down
an inclined plank plain, as though they
were intent on getting out of the build
ing; but each horse knows his place, and
dashes with great speed to the machine
and places himself in position to be at
taehed to the engine, and it is astonishing
the short time occupied in hitching on,
and ready to run with the engines. The
men who attach the horses to the engines
slide down CREASED pole from the story
above, like streak of lightning, and at
tach the horses the very moment they
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operation is performed in 10 or IA seconds
from the time the telegraph gives the
alarm, and the horses are off at full speed,
There has been contest between the Gin
cinnati and st. Louis firemen, as to which
has the best trained horses, and the best
and most efficient fire department., which,
we believe, is yet an undecided question.
We visited the Board of Trade rooms
in the forenoon, but did not find as much
vigor and snap in this department as
there usually is in the Chicago Board of
Trade rooms-especially when our Fay
cite county enterprise undertakes to run
the wheat market in the Garden City.
| In the afternoon we visited the city and
county prisons, and the various offices
connected Herewith, as well as the gal
lows which ornaments the back yard in
the Jail yard. There were about 130 per-
sons, of various colors and sizes, in the
prison, Is of whom, believe, are there
awaiting trial for murder. Nine of them,
however, will undoubtedly be acquitted
on the common plea of insanity, mala-
dy that is alarmingly on theincrease-es-
pecia1ly among criminals charged with
having committed murder. It does not
attain to such an extent with criminals of
a milder grade.
A brutal little Frenchman murdered
his divorced wife ON Wednesday, while
she was at the washtub. We saw her
body lying in the Morgue. At the Cor
Orner's inquest the evidence was conclu-
sive against him, and the murderer con-
fessed the evidence was true. A hempen
rope will undoubtedly ornament his neck
The crazy dodge is not so likely to rescue
/ him from the hangman's professional
services as though he was gentleman of
| respectabiltty and high-toned. We were
taken into room where large number
of photographs were grouped in large
! frames-perhaps 300. We knew not
where we were; but moments refiec-
tiOn led us to exclaim, ''Rogues' Gale
ry,' what almost any one would say who
goes into that room. Their characters
are Enthusiastically written on their coun-
tenances.
We visited the city Library and Read
ing-rooms, which we found to be an in
teresting place. Among the curiosities
there, we found among the statuary a
Grecian image of some distinguished in
dividual. 1t is chiseled out upon fiat
surfaced stone, and is rare specimen of
antiquity, said to be the work of an arti-
san three hundred years before Christ.
From the Library we returned to the
Lindel.
Sunday morning we attended the Union
NJ. z. Church and heard an excellent SER
mon. At2 O'Clock 20 carriages were in
front of the hotel, ready to carry our
party to Shaw's gardens, some four or
five miles from the center of the city
This garden is the personal property OF
Mr.. Shaw. The grounds are artistically
laid out and contain the rarest specimens
of flowers, shrubs and trees that can be
collected from the different continents OF
the world. The trees and shrubs have
all been planted by Mr.. Shaw, and he
knows every shrub, plant and flower
in this spacious garden. By the way, Mr..
S. is an old bachelor, and there is a little
romance connected with his history: In
his youth, like most of men, he courted
and loved q most amiab1e female, which
resulted in marriage contract being en-
tered into by the lovers; but the cruel
fates decided that the legal obligation
should never be solemnized, for the in
tended bride sickened and died. Mr.. S
never married, but being wealthy, ha
devoted the whole of his long life to thu
accumulation OF flowers and their cul
tivation, on this beautiful spot. The por
traits of himself and afianeed ornamen
the beautiful parlor of his house.
From this garden the party visited thu
various parks, and the st. Louis rae
course, where the speed and bottom of tn,
best Southern horses is put to the test
We also visited the Fair Grounds, tht
finest and best arranged fairgrounds we
> ever saw; the various buildings are il
the best style. We spent short time a
the geological Gardens they have SOM
Z very fine specimens of animals, but no
/, near so numerous as Cincinnati or Phila
delphia.
Il From the gardens we returned to tn
e Lindel, and after supper, took walk wit
: our young friend, Thos. Saxton, acros
I the great bridge which spans the Aissis
y sippi. This is a magnificent structure
and may be said to be one of the creates
Is achievements in modern architecture
Il The bridgeis almost mile in length.
o Mr.. Lou. Jones and wife and Mrs
Nancy n. T4eavell called on us, and w
had a good meeting. Mrs. Leavell is praC
!. ticing medicine here, and we are glad
learn has good practice. The other
:, live here also, and are engaged in bus
ness; they are all ex-Fayette county pei
pie.
n This morning we take the cars for KaI
to sas City, and from there we go to Deny'
te and Colorado Springs. 1 will return vi
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