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Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-10-23
BIRDS OF NO FEATHER.

Four little birds in a nest too small,
Only one mamma to care for all;
Twas chirp and twitter the livelong day
No wonder the mamma soon grew gray.
Papa-bird was a dashing fellow,
Coat of black, with dash of yellow;
Never a bird in the early spring
Could rival him when he chose to sing.
He helped the mamma bird hang the nest
Where the wind would rock it the very best;
And while she sat on her eggs all day
He'd cheer her up with q roundelay.
But when from each egg in the swinging bed
A little birdie popped its head,
He said TO his wife, - I've done my share
of household duties; they're now your care.
Then of he'd go to concert fine
In the apple trees and bright sunshine,
Without thought of the stupid way
His poor little wife must pass her day.
At last the mamma-bird fell i'll,
And the papa was forced, against his will,
To take her place with the babies small,
Ready to answer their chirp and call.
Sorry day for the wretched fellow, 90
Dressed so gay with scarf of yellow!
Shut in the house from morning till night,
Was ever a bird in such plight2
At eve he said, Another day
Would turn my golden plume to gray:
Or else, in a fit of grim despair,
I'd fling these children into the air!''
Have I mixed up birds with human folks?
And homes with nests in the lofty oaks?
The story is true, and I overheard
Those very words of the pap8-bird.
But who he was and where he did dwell,
III never, no HeUsT, No NEVER tell!
The truth for once is the truth for aye,
And this is thereas son why mammas grow gra.
MARY B. PEEKE.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-10-23
Incomes of Professional Men.

A large number of the New York pas
tors are very wealthy men. This is al
ways true of the Catholics, and has been
true of nearly all the older pastors. DIR.
Spring was very rich man, and in old
age married a very wealthy woman for
wife: The elder Tying is millionaire;
William Adams has always been rich
since he has been in New York. Dr.
BeVeair, of Trinity Church, has an es-
tate in litigation to-day. A large portion
of the clergy are poor. Two or three of
the denomination are rich. Nearly every
successful doctor has a fortune. 1t is the
same with eminent legal practitioners,
When the minister gets poor, as he does
| at the last of his life, the lawyer and the
doctor become rich When he Outlives
his usefulness, as he does when he be-
comes old, the lawyer becomes q Judge
and the doctor professor. I asked an
eminent physician the other day, Why
is this? He replied: 1t results from the
way we begin. Nearly every praCticing
| physician and lawyer at the start is poor.
| He has his fame to win and his fortune to
| get. He spends years in laying the fOun-
! datiOn of his fame. He studies economy
and rigidly looks out for the COppers. He
| isn't required to entertain anybody, and
| nobody expects he will maintain the stvle
| of successful merchant or a rich lawyer.
| He travels little, and earns his money be-
| fore he spends it. A minister takes his
position at a bound. The younger he is
| the more popular he is. He takes rank
| with the lawyer and merchant and doc
| tor at the start. He is flush in funds, and
! imagines his bright day will always last
| The money that he should lay up for his
waning hours he spends in trips to Eu.
rope, and visits the places of fashion and
culture. When the pastor has got to the
summit and looks down the western slope
he has spent his money, just as the doctor
and lawyer have the foundations of theiI
wealth laid, and fame and usefulness vel
secured. There is not a profession in
New York in which it is so easy to Lay
up competence for the future as the
ministerial one. The average pay il
larger than any other profession.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-10-23
Mad at the way She Was Saved.

st. Louis Times-JournaI.
'tDon't go on that log,'' screamed the
masculine attendent as one of the damsels
walked out on the careening limb of an
the bank.
''Why? ?" but she kept on going.
cit will turn with you!'' shouted the
gentleman warmly.
elbow can it?'' and the line with a
long sweep of the pole descended into the
water.
just then there was a slight oscillation
of the log, two dainty feet swept from
under cloud of skirts, a syIph-like form
bent gracefully to the treacherous flood
and, with stified scream, body and feet
disappeared from view. But for a mo-
ment only. The next instant, like the
twin eEtremities of a pair of scissors, two
symetrically modelled female continue
t1ons appeared above the surface, bobbed
about a second, and then sank again. By
this time the gentleman was in the water,
and by good fortune cOntrived to get
hold of the gaiteT-Clad feet, and was tug
| ging away manfully in the direction Of
the bank. But the unfortunate lady ap-
peared to be turned wrong side out and
dragged heavily, like an inverted um-
brella. But landing was made at last,
and the young lady, like a capsized sail
ing vessel, was put right side up with
care. As soon, however, as she had re-
| gained her usual balance, she turned furi-
Ously upon her rescuer.
''You wretch! Why did you pull me
out by the feet?"
''Because [ couldn't get hold of any
other part of you. You seemed to be all
| legs.''
ssSir! How dare you?'
/ cOuld.''
The subject was too delicate to continue,
but it was evident the lady and her friends
were excessively indignant. No apollo
! gies could cOnciliate them, and it was in
a tone of inexpressible sorrow that he said
in turning away:
eff you ladies will persist in turning
upside down when you get into the wa
ter, I can't help it,
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-10-23
A Boy With his Ear lnh1s Pocket.

Recently a small boy with his head BAN
daged entered book store and said he
wanted to buy some school books. AS the
clerk was waiting on him he inquired the
reason why his customers head was tied
up in such a shape.
cob, responded the boy, in a matter
of-fact way, ga horse bit off my ear this
morning."
sNo5' said the clerk. doubtingly;
''what was the trouble, anyway"
81 tell you he did bite it off, the lad
said with some warmth, ''and can prove
it, too. Just you look here nOw," and
reaching down into his pocket he drew
forth wad of newspaper soaked with
blood and slapped it down on the counter.
A crowd formed around the little fellow,
who with great gravity and pardonable
air of triumph proceeded to unwrap the
unsavOry mass. Then he pulled forth q
| CHASTITY relic in the shape of a human ear,
| evidently torn out by the roots.
'sThere, didn't 1 tell you so?'' he cried
eXuItingly. "He fetched it off the first
nip"
! The boy gave his name as Eagan, and
! said he lived on the Clapp Farm, While
working in the barn the horse reached
| his head over the side of the stall, caught
| the little fellows ear in his teeth and
Chewed it off. Having thus delivered
! himself, the lad carefully rewrapped his
precious ear, thrust it into his pocket and
departed.-Ou City Derrick.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-10-23

They were courting. "What makes
the stars shine so dim to-night?" she said
softly. "YOur eyes are so much brighter ,
he whispered, pressing her little hand
They are married now. /" wonder how
many telegraph poles it would take tC
reach from here to the stars" she saiC
musingly. Gone, If it was long enough, ,
he grOwled; "why don't yOu talk com
mon sense ?"-ROckZalId Courier.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-10-23
A Touching scene in a street Car.

The Utica Tribune says: A lady en-
tered q car on the OakwOod road one day
the past week leading little girl perhaps
4 year old. The mother sat down and
lifted the little one to the seat beside her.
The child was nibbling at piece of cake
or sugar, now and then turning her face,
full of childish love, up to her mother and
murmuring some almost unintelligible
words of affection.
Opposite to mother and child sat an
other younger lady, who often smelled a
fresh rose which she held. The innocent
little one before her attracted her atten-
ton, and the natural kindliness of the
sympathetic woman heart prompted her
at once to offer the fragrant flower to the
little budding lily opposite. So she leaned
a bit forward and spoke:
EFBaby want the pOsey ?'
But the child seemed not to hear. Per-
haps it was the noise of the moving car
| that prevented Then she spoke a little
! louder, and held the flower forward
| temPtingly:
''Baby may have the pOsey.''
The mother heard, for she looked to-
| ward the other lady and smiled--and oh
such a look of heartfelt gratitude, of
| motherly love, vet heavily saddened with
| such an expressive tinge of sorrow as is
seldom seen. And still the lady of the
rose pressed upon the little one acceptance
| of the flower.
s'Baby, take the rose holding it almost
to the child's hands. And now it seemed
she was heard, for the blue eyes turned
full upon her wOuld-be-patron, and then
in moment she strangely drew back and
turned her eyes appealingly toward her
mothers face. The lady with the flower
showed her bewilderment in her look,
while panied expression fitted across
the face of the mother, who leaned for
ward and whispered just a word:
HMy darling is blind!"
Then the whole sunless, darkeued life
of the fair little being-fair as the flower
which had been offered to her-came up
I before the mind. All beauty shut out
from her foreverI For her no foliage
strewn, flower-studded scene to follow the
bleakneSs of winter. No looking with awe
; into the mysterious depths of the night
sky, spark ling with glittering, twinkling
, star-gems, for over those blue eyes the
Creator, in the mystery of His designs,
had hung the fmpenetrable veil. No eX-
2 pectant gaze toward the mothers face for
f., the gentlest smile that ever sOothes d
( childish trouble; only the blind passage
of the little hand over those features, fol-
= one moment of which that growing little
I one will often and often willingly Offer
l years of existence. For her the birds viii
: sing, the loveliness of form and feather
e are not. For her, while the babbline
stream may make mysterious music, it,
. dimpled waves and winding reaches anC
verdant banks do not exist.
How bitterly vivid all this as the lady
I opened the little hand and shut within il
d the thornless stem of the rose, now bear
= ing tear on its petals!
And there were other swimming eyes il
= the car.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-10-23
The Holy Spark in WOman's Heart,
Chlca ro Journal

The Holy Spark in WOman's Heart.
Chicago Journal
''Michael is a good enough man when
he is sober, your Honor, but when he gets
drunk he is very ugly" Then she re-
lated how he drank up all of his money
and came to her and said he had a job in
the country, but had no money to get out
there. She pawned her shawl for dol
lar and gave him the money and he
started off. The next morning he returned
home very drunk and his money all gone.
He abused his wife because she had no
more money, and seizing their three-year-
old child, beat it with his fist until its
head and face were a mass of bruises.
"I'll see that he don't do so again for
awhile - remarked the Court. and Mrs.
Bohan interrupted with ''Ah, thank
Your Honor" but when Justice Wallace
continued, $3.50 fine, which means one
hundred DAYS in Bridewel," )" that poor,
weak, lame, suffering little woman fairly
gasped with astOniShment. She had not
Contemplated her Michael as an inmate of
the House of Correction. The tears forced
their way to her eyes, and in very pitifUl
tones she pleaded for Michael. "Please,
don't be hard on him; he didn't mean to
do il; just forgive him this once, Judge,
and know he will do better. Please try
che must have a lesson. Let him stay
out there few days, and then come here
and we will get him out, and he will be
thankful to you for his release" 'SOh,
please keep him here, and then | can come
and see him and cheer him up. Let him
stay here for a day or two and then let
him 60" The Court was immoyahle,
however, and the little woman when last
seen was inquiring whether, if she raised
half of the fine, she could get Michael out.
81 think l can get $25 for what things
have" she said.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-10-23

Gem'len," ;" said the president, as an
old oyster-can fell off the shelf in the
corner with a loud bang, &C find dat de
older grows de mo- l find dat [ didn't
know muffin in my younger days. Oar
was time when, if any nigger in ole
Virginey had called me a liar L should
hev lit down upon him like a CatamOunt
on a hOss fly, no matter whedder | did lie
or tell de truf. Up on de far grounds de
odder day l was called a liar by a white
man. l simply riZ up one eyebrow at
him and aXed him to prove it for money,
an de vilyun skunk away like q dawg.
If man calls you liar you kin knock
| him down all you want to, but his Opfn-
| yum remains de same. If you AK him to
prove it, an argy de matter wild him, he
will see his mistake an apologize. tell
ye, if / war a Baptist an Samuel Shin
war a Methodist, do you 'spect l could
win him Ober to my side by abusin' his
belief an knOckin' him down wild a
grindstun? De world am too ready to
strike out from de shoulder kase Il hard
word comes, an too quick to sOt down on
de man who can't be lifted up by de col
lar an his Opinyuns shaken out oh his
pockets. Arguments, my frens, am a
heap better dan cuss-wOrds; Opinyuns
am way head oh blows, an mindin' youl
own business an keepin' your head shut
am de brightest clinker in de coal stOve.'
Detroit Free Press.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-10-23

A congregation, anxious to get rid of
their pastor, were considerably perpleNed
how to do it without hurting his feelings.
After considerable discussion thev con-
cluded to inform him they were obliged
to reduce his salary. A delegation was
appointed to wait on him and notify him
of the fact. Brethren" ;" was his reply.
" have been with you in prosperity and
will never desert you in adveTsity.'
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-10-23
wounds in the Heart.

y. Y. Times
Wounds in the heart are commonly
supposed tobe instantaneOusly fatal, but
such is not the case. Indeed, it is not
possible except by some extreme violence
such as dynamite explosions, to blot out a
human life instantly. Keeper Goods pis-
tol ball went right through the heart of
Barrett, the Sing Sing convict, yet he
lived four minutes. Portfolios knife cleft
the heart of BOlander completely in twain,
but he did not fall dead upon the spot.
The instinct of self-preservation remained
and even that horrid wound had not de-
prived him of the strength to obey it. He
ran first toward a neighbOring drug store,
then turned ran down Fulton street, and
had reached a point many feet dista Mt
from the spot where he was stabbed and
fell and expired. SOO'Connell, who was
his heart was actually cut in two by the
stroke, ran several feet after the wound
was inflicted. A punCture of the heart is
necessarily fatal, but the victim is often
conscious for two or three minutes,
though generally without much power of
motion or speech, save the first cry of
agony. This shows that the brain can
act even after the heart is destroyed. On
the other hand, the Heart continues to eX-
ercisc its functions after the brain has
| ceased all action, as in case of death from
severe blows on the head. The hearts OF
| criminals who have been hanged gener-
ally keep up their pulsations for twelve
| or fifteen minutes, although it is reason
| bly, certain, when the neck is broken thai
| they can receive no nervous impulse from
! the brain during that time. The contin.
ued working of the organ is attributable
! to a residum of nervous force. In the
case of some animals, this is sufficient tC
| keep the heart pulsating for hours after
it has been taken out of the body. The
common notion that the heart is a delicate
organ is a mistake. It is on the contrary
one of the most robust. It's muscular
strength is enormous, and its tOIerence OF
disease is something mavelous. Men anC
women whose hearts have been diseased
from childhood sometimes attain ripe
old age, and many people with hear
disease live for many years in almost mo-
mentary expectation of sudden death, ant
then die of some other malady. Only
very few of the many diseases to which
the heart is liable are inevitably anC
speedily fatal. Most of them, even Of til,
organic diseases, are quite compatible
with long life. AS to the functional dis
eases, or arrangement of the hearts &C
ton without actual lesion, they are devoil
of danger, though their manifestation
are commonly more disquieting than thOs
of serious organic disease.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-10-23
PUBLISHED BIZ
,ERMs: $500 Per Year in Advance,
o r FL Q Il :
Masonic Directory for Fayette County
Ohio, FOr the Year 1879.



OFFIcERs:-C :. snyder, W. NJ; I. j. Lindsey,
g. vs.: H T. Browne. =. w; -. FuTtwangeT'
Treasurer; Il. Al. Milltkan. Sec'yf NJ. Z. Hart
). D.; VI. Barclay, j. D.; .. T. Cunning; " Nm: ~.
H. Hammer, stewards: j. J.. MllllSan. !! a. >
Mills Gardner Mast. Ger; r. \. Robinson, - 4
Ranfst: j. p Patterson. Chaplain. Frnuittth Frnuth'i Is
Gommittee-D. Furtwaugler, Zehulon 9i"ili' -'
Millikan. .--
FAYETTR CHAPTER NO. lO3, ROYAL ARCH AAsOSS'
OFFIcRRs:-H /. Robinson, High Priest' n u
Furtyvau gIer King; ZcbulOn smith, SG1DTt "
s. (roauler. p >: 81. r. Hard Z. IL II. r
BroSr1e III A O.: e. >. Snyder, g. M- ~ '. = II.
:. Plr-Ssij a NJ II v. n. Barclay, G.. NJ. lst v;
" a. Tanzev Treasurer; r. Millikan, secretary
}. J.. Milliknn, Guard.
Elv cOMMAsDERg NO. q, KSIGHTs TEMPLAR.
OVFIcFRs:-J W. Woods, Eminent Command
! n Hudson, GeueralissinO; K. y. Beeson, Cap
taiu General; Mills Gardner, Preintei h. p
6rovne, 5 W; NJ. E. Hard, J. W: Milo Rock
vveIi. standard Bearer; q. s. Snydrr SwOrit Bear
er; H. d. PurBell, Warder; ID. FnFtW ger
Treasurer; 4. j. Lindsey, Secretary; a. L. Mill
kan. Sentinel.
BLOOMIEoBURG LODGE 40. 449, F. A. NJ
OFFfCERs:-A b. Elliott, W. NJ; William Clark
s. "; VIM. NJ. Jones, }. W.; J. N. Mccoy, secTe'
tary; Henry Casey, Treasurer; Chas. Steube, Sd.
Jo6n n Brown. j. D.; Wm. Noble, VIM. Squier
Stewards; j. NJ. Adams, Chrplain: l.. Delenger
Tyler Prudential COmmittec-D. NJ. HAY J0hI
w. Rodgers, Harry Crow.
JEFFERsONvILLE LODGE no. 4GS, F. & A. n
OFFICERS u. W. RoebueE, W. NJ; G. L. Bush
s. w; j. II. Lott, J. w; T.. W. Gray. TREASURER
d. V. Creamer, secretary; J.. a. Eister, > p; 1
r. Marshall, j D.; Urban Hidy, George Miller
Stewards; Abel Armstrong, Chaplain; W in. Wool
Tyler.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-10-23
Strange Features OF New Yorn Lie


New York contains many strange and
startling features of misery and crime to
which one never becomes fully accuS-
toned. A boy of seven years is locked
up in the tOmbs for theft. This is the
youngest prisoner on the recOrd-but
what dreadful spectacle! Look also at
the mother or eighty-siX seeking DrOtec-
son who beat her habituaIIy, and was
therefore bound over to keep the peace
Another feature in general misery is the
history of the once respectable woman
who died in a cellar and was buried in
the Potter's Field. Four months after
this termination of wretched existence
the deceased became, through the death
of a relative, an object of importance.
She would have been the heir of Il large
estate had her life been prolonged to the
present time, but such was the end of
| beauty and, education and refinement.
| Incidents like these occasionally come
before us through the police reports, but
| how little do we know of those which
have no record! Where one may be
made public there are hundreds that are
| never heard of out of their immediate
| circle. What strange feature in the
chronicle of crime is that woman ELIZA
beth Munker), not merely that she is a
confirmed heptOmaniaC, but that her
speciality is surgeons implements. She
! has a passion for rObbing the offices OF
| this profession, which may certainly be
| claimed as an original feature in crime
This leads to the remark that kleptomania
is rather on the increase. There are so
many pretty things which every one can
not afford to purchase that some other
way is practiced, and soon the habit be-
comes so established that it may claim the
milder name of E'mania.'' The E1adV
thieves are so numerous that Stewards
and other fashionable stores employ de-
tectives, but the pilferers still make their
depredations. When detected, they are
ready to pay for their pIunder, and a
they can plead 'EgOOd family" and Gre
spectacle connections" d" it passes for mere
"kleptomania."
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-10-23

L o. O. r.
Directory for FaYette County, OhiO.

L Os O. r.
Directory for FaYette County ohio
PATRIARCHIAL BRANCH.
John n. YanDemau .-.......-.-....---- d D. u. T.
FAYErFE KsCATPMENT No. l34
Meets at Odd Fellows Hall. in Washington e. II.
second and fourth Friday evenings in each month
OFFIoEBs--JOhn A. WOrreil, z. p; John l.: NC
Kee, II. P; Bowman Hess, s. W.; Frank A. Mur-
raw. J, w; j. N Van Deman, Scribe; JnO. B. Shum,
Treas; John L. Mckee, John Il Shum, and j. \.
YanDeman, Trustees.
SUBORDINATE.
VIM c. Eyre, ID. d. G. n OF Wilstach No. 3GS.
District Grand Committee meets at Odd Fellows
Hall, in Washington q H., on the first Tuesday III
September and March, at 80 O'Clock p. m
TEMPLE LODGE NO. 227
Meets at its Hall, in Washington, every Tuesday
OFFI6ERs-W. F. Willett n. g.; Bowman Hess,
We: A. b. Adams r. s.; f. a. Murray, p. s.;
a. L. Reid Treas. J. l. Mckee, VIM V. Bay and
j. n. VanDemau, Trustees.
wILsFACH LODGE no. 96S
Meets in their Hail, at New Martinsburg, every
Wednesday evening.
OFFICEKS-H. Reese, n. c.; James A. Coffee,
V.G.; VIM c. Eyre, r. S j. II. Zimmerman, .
g.; J. S. Jones, Treas. John p. TOdhunter, Robt
Eyer, Joseph VAIN, Trustees.
JEFFERsONyILLE LODGE no. Asa
Meets at ther Hail. in Jacksonville, every Satur-
oFFIUERs2Joseph Hurless, n. G; John Curry,
V. G.; George Miller, r. s.; John y. Yates, T. >.
Hurless, }. j. Thompson, Trustees.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-10-23

nT. CUNNING, Attorney at. Law,
W. WASHINGTON G. II, o. Office over
Fayetts County National Bank, next door to the
telegraph ONCE. 1874 6ly1
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-10-23
JEFFERsOEyILLE LODGE no. Asa
ALnaLa at ther Hall in LnfLorsnnNille. eEerE Satin
PRoFEssIONAL CARDS.

GREGG & DREAMER, Attorneys
VI at Law, Washington, Ohio. ONCE in Court
HOuse up stairs. July 25, 1872. 36Hly
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-10-23

G B. LOGAN, NOTARY PUBLIC,
~ Conveyanccs, etc. Ohice with Clerk OF
Court
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-10-23
wILsTAoH LODGE no. S6S

OFFI0ERs-W. F. Willett, n. g.; Bowman Hess,
v C.: A. B. Adams, r. s.; F. A. Murray, p. s.;
A. L. Reid, Treas. J. /. Mckee, VIM V. Bay and
j. n. VanDemau, Trustees.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-10-23

wednesday evening.
OFFIcERs-H. Reese, n. c.; James A. Coffee,
V. G.; VIM c. Eyre, r. S j. II. Zimmerman, ?.
g.; J. s. Jones, Treas. John p. TOdhunter, Roht
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