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Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-10-16
Part Of one pays shipments Of Food

Part of One Days Shipments of Food
On Saturday, September 13, seven large
steamers sailed from this port for Europe
laden with American produce.
The Helvetia, of the National Steam
ship Line, for Liverpool, had on board
200 bales of cotton, 81, 900 bushels of
grain, 800 boxes of bacon, 900 boxes of
cheese, $50 packages of butter, 700 sacks
of flour, 200 cases of canned meats, 200
packages of suudrfes and 45 tons of fresh
meat.
The Germanic, of the White Star Line,
for Liverpool, took out 900 boxes of
bacon, 81 tierces of pork, 100 barrels of
pork, 700 barrels of sugar, 210 barrels of
syrup, $500 sacks of flour, 1900 bales of
cotton, 48 hOgsheads of tobacco, 200
bushels of corn, 500 barrels of flour, $50
bales of hops, II 900 boxes of cheese, 3, 900
boxes of butter and go tons of fresh meat.
Among other articles of merchandise,
the Olympus, of the Cunard Line, for
| Liverpool, had on board 2 200 bales of
cotton, $4,000 bushels of wheat, Il, 900
| bushels of corn, 100 sacks of flour, 60
casks of skins, 80 tons of leather, 500
boxes of bacon, 400 cases of canned
meats aud 500 dried hides.
! The cargo of the steamship Oder, of
the Imperial German Mail Line, for Bre-
men, was composed of 8,032 bushels Of
corn, $3.50 bushels of wheat, $40 hogs
| heads of tobacco, $50 cases of tobacco,
| 100 bales of tobacco, 1900 packages of
| butter, 800 sides of leather, $50 tierces
of lard, so tierces of grease, 200 barrels
| of flour, 100 barrels of peas, Is boxes of
bacon, 300 boxes of corned beef, $50 boxes
of sausages and so barrels of corned beef
The Ethiopia, of the Anchor Line, for
! Glasgow, carried 10000 bushels of corn.
| ZOO barrels of flour, 6 900 sacks of flour
| 1000 boxes of cheese, 20 hOgsheads OF
tallow, $50 tierces OF beef, 900 boxes OF
bacon, 1000 packages of butter, 900 quar-
ters of fresh beef and 200 CarCasseS Ol
sheep.
The Australia, of the Anchor Line, fol
London, had on board {, 800 sacks of flour
$50 sacks of oatmeal, 4,035 packages OF
canned goods, 23O boxes of bacon, I2E
boxes of hams, so tierces of beef, Az
$50 barrels of lard oil, $50 barrels Oi
flour, 5000 bushels of wheat, 79O quar-
ters of beef, 300 Carcasses of sheep auC
125 live bullocks.
The Assyria, of the Anchor line, TO
Bristol, took out 81 900 bushels of wheat
1000 barrels of flour, 5000 boxes 0
cheese, 400 boxes of bacon, 100 tons o
tallow, 400 barrels of lard oil, 900 pack
ages of lard, 400 tons of oil cake and ,4Ot
bags of flour.
This, it must be borne in mind, include
only the more important shipments b!
steamers. A vast amount of produce
particularly grain, is exported in sailin!
, | vessels.
Ship-owners report rapidly increas
ing demand for American products i
, Europe-a demand so urgent that tn
: carrying rates for grain haYe been raise
; from thirty to forty per cent above thOs
; that obtained three months agO.-Scten
= tifC American,
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-10-16

Slips should be cut smoothly from the
plant Just below the joint, or when they
Joint the main stem. Any time during
the growing season will do, though July,
August and September are the best
months. Most slips stand well in sand,
or a mixture of half and half soil kept
wet. If wanted for the house in winter,
it is better to stand the slips in pots sunk
in the ground, as they can be left in the
pots or transferred to larger ones with
out disturbing the roots. Oleanders,
hOneysuckles, sOutherhWOOd, and some
other plants are best started in vial of
water on partIy-shaded window sill,
putting piece of Gotten around the stem
at the neck of the vial, both to steddy and
prevent too rapid evaporation. Plants
for the house in winter will not do well
in smaller than four or five inch pots
Place n saucer under each. Water every
day toward night, putting on water till
some of it runs through into the saucer.
| The water should always be tepid, and
once a week few drops of ammonia OF
! liquid manure should be added to each
| quart of water. Do not water if the soil
| is still moist; some plants do not need as
much water as others. A little tOp-wa
| tering only does more harm than good
the water should all go to the roots. AT
ter January they will need more water
as then they begin to grow; before tina
most plants simply live. Cactuses anC
| alOes should have no water in the early
winter; they must rest if you wish then
to bloom well later. Keep callas standing
in water. Keep the pots and leaves clear
by frequent washing. Plants will no
thrive if dusty. Some plants do bette
in glazed pots or wooden boxes, the com
mon pots being so porous as to eXtraC
all the moisture from the roots. If yO
simply wish to keep slips for next year
garden, fill n starch-bOX with sandy soil
set number of slips in it, keep wet an
! in q sunny window.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-10-16

Strange how ashamed man will be of
a shabby umbrella-one of those slouchv.
cOrpulent affairs, with the bleaehed-out
covering divorced from a third of the
rib-tips, and a shoe-string clasped around
its waist in lieu of the lOng-vanished
elastic How he will hide it as far as
possible under his arm, run it up his
coat sleeve, tuck it away beneath the
folds of his coat, keep it between him
self and the wall, and when he gets in
the car how careful he is to dispose it in
the darkest possible corner! And it per-
chance anybody spies it out, how quick
is he to head off criticisms by explaining
that it is the one he keeps in the Office-sO
convenient to have one there; one that
you know nobody will steal-ha Iha! Or
maybe he will go a step futher-the ly-
ing rascal-and say he borrowed it, and
if he didn't return it Old Grimshaw
would never forgive him-ha. hal But
when the clouds lower and the raindrOps
begin to patter, who so at ease, so envied,
so proud and happy as the man with the
shabby umbrella, as he stalks along be-
tween rows of unprotected men and
women, with his despised umbrella drip
ping its liquid harvest indisCriminately
on the just and unjust. Verify, there is
nothing in this life wholly good or wholly
bad.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-10-16

The depth of water in the gorge below
Niagara Falls has just been measured for
the first time. The swiftness of the
stream had baffied all previous efforts,
but a corps of government engineers ac--
cOmpIished the feat. They embarked in
a small boat not far below the falls. An
old guide accompanied the party. With
creat difficulty they approached within
a short distance of the American Falls,
which darted great jets of water on them
The roar was so terrible that no voice or
sound could be heard. The leadsman
castrthe line, which rapidly passed down
SO feet. This was rear the shore. Pass
ing out of the friendly eddy which had
enabled them to get so near the falls, they
shot rapidly down the stream. The next
cast of the lead told off 100 feet, deepen
ing to 1872 feet little further down. The
average depth to the Swift Drift-where
the river suddenly becomes narrow, with
a velocity too great to be measured--is
I53 feet. Just under the lowest bridge
the whirlpool rapids set in, and so yiO-
lentIv are the waters moved that they
rise like ocean waves to the height of 20
| feet. At this point they computed the
| depth at 2I0 feet.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-10-16

Two boys, each employed in different
office at GriswOld street, were yesterday
licking a lot of one-cent stamps on a pile
of circulars at the post office, when one
of them asked:
'sHas your boss got back from his sum-
mer trip yet?"
''Ycs: has yOur'n?'
eyes. Has anybody been around to
the office to welcome the boss hOme?''
''No; he's been home three days and
hasn't had caller
''Weu, l guess he's kind o second class,
continued the other, as he whacked on q
stamp. cover twenty folks were wait
ing in the office when my boss got home,
and they said if didn't straighten up them
accounts they'd make him trouble right
along! He hadn't hardly landed at the
depot before most everybody knew he was
home"
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-10-16

The Montreal Gazette saws: In an inter-
esting series of experiments RECENTLY
made on the farm of the Roval ACricIII-
tural Society, of England, the mannre
value of salt was unmistakably indicated
An acre of wheat, dressed with three
hundred pounds of common salt. welded
90 bushels of grain, with its proportion
ate amount Of straw, while an adiOininOr
Scr9 lett unmanured produced only %
SSusneLS per acre, with the straw inner
tectlE Ecu developed. The entire cost of the
Up Is not stated, but this experiment.
SHOWS That the additional 10 bushels 70
SClt eoItihg from the salt were produced ar a
o?oC : Ot 50 cents each. In another ooso
PioCe tPie 3I ground intended for wheat TSos
proved the preceding fall, and a@ain i19
Nay, when 1t was sowed with SS1+ III III
aIterwaFd plOwed before see5inor 'II,sI Cst
the lst and I'd of September whast IL
soWh at the rate of two bushels tn t6e
acre. The crop, when harvested viaIda5
according to the estimate of the oI[-T1or.' o,.'
not less than 40 bushels to the acre VIII
luxurious growth of straw. From
these and many similar cases. the infar-
ence seems to be that salt is a Specific for
the wheat crop, impartiug solidity to the
grain and frmness to the straw. But If
must not be concluded that equally GOOD
results will always follow the application
of salt"
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-10-16
A clever Trick.

\ negro was halted by a rundown
white man with a bad kink in his left
eye, and asked if he intended to visit the
fair.
eyes, sah-Ize gwine up dar at least
fo' times,'' was the reply.
''Boy, are you up to snuff?'' whispered
the stranger.
''WelI, sab, knows trick or twO.''
"GOod-I thought you did. Now then,
[ want ten cents to get a drink, and I'll
tell you how you can make your way
through any of the gates without the least
trouble"
'sWouldn't l be cotched? 20
FsNot bit of it. I'll warrant you to
90 through without a word, and 1 only
want ten cents for telling you how. 1
wouldn't give it away to anybody but
sharp, keen man like you. F"
''Well, I'n take dat in, y said the negro
as he handed over a dime. ''NOw, den,
how kin pass de gates?"
The white man put his mouth close to
the others ear and replied:
''Pay 'em fifty cents -
1t would have been a pretty even fight,
but an officer came along and squelched
it in the blossom.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-10-16
". n. G. II. L.

The sixth annual meeting of the WO-
mans National Christian Temperance
Union will be held in the First Baptist
Church, Indianapolis, Ind, October 90
80. 81 and November I, 1879.
Mass meetings will be held every even
ing, and in many of the churches on
Sabbath. November ,.
The general officers of the society. the
editor and publisher of Our Union, the
chairmen of standing committees and the
president and corresponding secretaries
of auxiliary State Unions are members
by virtue of office.
In addition to these, each State is en-
titled to send delegate for each Con-
gressiOnal District.
Each delegate must be provided with
proper credentials. Members of the con-
ventiOn will be entertained free of charge
by the Indianapolis w. c. T. L. They
will, as soon as elected, address Miss An
setta Hoyt, chairman of Committee of
Arrangements, Indianapolis, Ind, who
will send to each card OF introduction,
and the address of the person who is to
entertain her, so that all may go at once
to their homes without delay or confusion.
Friday, October II, is set apart as
day of fasting and prayer for the blessing
of God on the w. n. c. T. L.
Let each auxiliary society throughout
the entire field, on that day, sOlemnly
wait before God with prayer and faith,
that, by the interposition of Divine
power, the society may be preserved and
the cause of temperance and Christian
unity may be maintained. Let each dele
gate come in the spirit of prayer to meet
the solemn obligations that await her.
Let those who come, come in the strength
of the Lord, and those who tarry at home
daily meet them at the mercy-seat, that
Gods name may be honOred and gIOri-
fed in all that is done. Delegates should
provide themselves with memoranda
books, etc., that they may preserve a cor
rect report of the proceedings of the con-
ventiOn for themselves and others.
Let our watchword be, d" In God we
trust
Arrangements for reduced rates on the
main lines of railroad will be made. For
information address Mrs. G. G.. Afford
Y. NJ. G. A. Rooms, Brooklyn, n. Y.
ANNIE WHITEWATER,
President w. n. G. r. U.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-10-16
IF WE KNEW
Knew the woe and heartaehe

If we knew the woe and hesrtache
Waiting for Us down the road
If our lips could taste the wormwOOd,
II our backs could feel the load,
Would we waste the day in wishing
For time that ne'er can be:
Would we wait in such Impstience
For our ships to come from seaE
If ne knew the baby fingers
Pressed against the window-pane
Would be cold and stiT Tomorrow
Never trouble US again
Would the right eyes of our darling
Catch the frown upon our brow:
Would the print of rosy fingers
Vex US then as they do now?
All! those little ice cold fingers,
How they point our memories hack
To the h&sty words and actions
StreWn along our backward track.
How those little hands remind Us,
As in snowy grace they lie,
Not to scatter thOrns, but roses,
For our reaping by and by.
Strange we never prize the music
Till the sweet-VOiced bird has flown;
Strange that we should slight the violets
Till the lovely flowers are gone;
Strange that summer skies and sunshine
Never seem one-half so fair
As when winters snowy plniOns
Shake their white down in the air!
Lips from which the seal of silence
None but God can roll away,
Never bIOssOmed in such beauty
AS adOrns the mouth to-day;
And sweet words that freight our memory
With the beautiful perfume,
Come to us in sweeter accents,
Through the portals of the tomb.
Let us gather up the sunbeams
Lying all around our path;
Let US keep the wheat and roses,
Casting out the thOrns and chat;
Let us find our sweetest comfort
In the blessings of to-day;
With patient hand removing
All the briars from our way.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-10-16
The multiplied Dangers.

''You were in the war, then, Captain
McKillen?''
ooh, yes, ma'am, yes, ma'am; fought
all through it,
els there not she asked hesitatingly,
"a great deal of danger in battle?''
'|Wen, yes,'' the Captin replied, re-
fIectively, ''there is, there is. So many
men standing around you, you know,
and such careless handling of firearms as
is almost sure to occur during a battle,
makes it really very unsafe"
Miss LOllipOp shuddered, and then re-
sumed:
1Are not some people severely injured
at times ?''
Yes" the Captain said, ''they are.
once had friend who was hurt so badly
that he couldn't leave his room for sew
eral days.
And then she said she thought there
ought to be law against them, and he
said he believed the Legislature of Iowa
contemplated passing some such law at
its next session.
And she said she was so glad-BuT-
HpGtOH HalCEege,
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-10-16
intelligence of the Common LoaFer.

Seven or eight.citizens were holding
down chairs and boxes in a grocery,
unanimously agreeing that this was the
greatest country on earth; a stranger en-
tered and said
Gentleman l suppose you are all fa-
miliar with politics 20
eve are,'' they replied in a chorus.
'And you know all about the funda
mental principles of liberty?"
''We do
s'WeH, Pm glad of it, for I've made a
bet with feller back here as to how the
reading of the Constitution begins. One
of you just write me down the first ten
wOrds.''
While he felt for a stub of a pencil
every man began scratching his head and
cautiously cycling his neighbOr. One be-
gan muttering:
''NOw [ lay me, ,''-and a second said
something about "Resolved," ," and third
wrote on the top of a cracker-box-''On
motion, it was voted that-that''-
There was great deal of coughing
and sneezing and nOse-blOwing, when a
boy came in and said the strangers horse
had run away. He rushed out, and
seven faces frightened up and smiled, and
tried not to look too important.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-10-16
connecticut Election.

HARTFORD, Conn, Oct. 6.-Quite full
election returns make it certain that the
Constitutional amendments, providing
for biennial elections for the Legislature,
and extending the term of the Office of
Judges of the Supreme and Superior
Courts to the age of seventy-five years,
are overwhelmingly defeated. Towns
generally elected town officers. Returns,
MS far as received, are encouraging to the
Republicans.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-10-16

The genius of John Knox still directs
the churches in Scotland. At a recent
meeting of the Presbytery of Edinburg
n protest from the North Leith Church,
signed by 379 members, was received,
complaining of an attempt made to intro
duce an organ into the church, and aver
ring that the " use of such an instru-
ment in public worship is offensive to
the tastes and feelings of many Scotch
Presbyterians, and is not conducive to
the service of praise.' The Presbytery
very promptly cited the fomenters of the
organ heresy to appear and defend them
| selves.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-10-16
The Buro and the Bear.

The Rochester IN. " Herald says:
john A. ROCkafellOw, of Mount Morris,
is, with William 4. Hart, of this city, i'm
Southern Arizona, and writes to friend
in this city an account of a very amusing
adventure he had with a cinnamon bear.
The latter is a very ugly customer to close
with, but our friend was delivered in t he
most unexpected manner, as will be seen
by the following:
6 Last night l was coming up from the
Santa Cruz Valley, eighteen miles below.
| was riding a burO Cjackass), but on COM
ing to very steep hill dismOEnted and
was slowly walking up when L came on
an immense cinnamon bear, less than
twenty feet away. OF course to run was
out of the question, so | stood and eyed
the old fellow, and he stood and eyed me
as l slowly pulled out my siX-shOOter
from the holster. Old bear-hunters say
it isn't safe to tackle a cinnamon with a
rifle carrying less than seventy grains of
powder, and then give him dead shot,
as the cinnamOnS are worse than the
! grizzlies. [ didn't have my rifle with
me, and as my siX-shOOter only uses
| twenty-three grains of powder, l con-
! cluded [ was not looking for a fight un-
| less the bear was. Whatever his inten-
tiOns were | don't know; but my burO,
! which was some distance ahead, tIst then
| caught sight of him, and, instead of run
! ming away, as one would expect, started
| for Mr.. Bruin, with tail and ears erect,
and, to cap the climax, commenced to
| bray. This was too much, and the old
| bear started as if he was shot out of a
gun. He just tore up the ground, and
when he couldn't run fast enough he
rolled down the mountain side. 'Old
| Baalam' has played that trick before with
me when l have been trying to get up
on to a deer, and have always pounded
him for it, but last night I concluded I
would give him a leather medal"
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-10-16
$500 Per Year in Advance.
"a aAsuntc Directory for FaYette County.
ohio, for ghe Wear 1879.



OFFIcERs:--C S. Snyder, W. n; 4. j. Lindsey,
S. w; IA. f. Browne, j. W; ID. Furtwangers
Treasurer; 3. IL. Millikan, Sec'y; NJ. f. Hard,
H. Hammer, stewards; >. J.. Millikan, Tyler
Mills Gardner Mast. Ger; Z. A. Robinson, VI,
ganist;.J. r. Patterson, Chaplain. Prudenu3l
Commtttes-D. Furtwangler, LebulOn smith, H.
Millikan.
FAYEFTE aaAFTEK so. 103, ROYAL ARCH AAsOAS-
OFFIcERs:-H. /. Robinson, Aigh Priest; y
Furtwang gier, King; ZebulOn smith, 2GriOSt N
s. GreameF,s p. s.; Nj. +, Hard 4. rs II. Z
Browne, r.. A. c.; O. S. snyder, ~. M. q = IL
ID. Purseu, q. NJ. zd "; NJ. Barclay, o. n l5t "
". c. Tanzey, Treasurer; 4. Millkan, Secretary {;
}. L. Millikan, Guard.
ELY -cONafANDRBY No. 2S KNIGHTS TEaPLAR.
OPFtcERs:-J. ". Woods, Eminent Commander; /;
J. b. Hudson, GeneralissimOs x. Z. BeSsOn, Cap
tain Geueral Mills Gardner. Frelate; Il. r.
Browne. S. w; NJ. r. Hard. j. w; Milo Rock
we'll, standard Bearer; &. 5. snyder, sword Bear
er; n. d. Pursell, Warrer; D. FurtWangler,
kan, Sentinel
BLOOmNaHURG LODGE 10. 449, ?. a An
OPFIcERs:-A b. Elliott, W. NJ; William Clark,
s. W; Wm. NJ. Jones, ). "; j. VI. Mccoy, Secre-
tary; Henry Casey, Treasurer; Ghas. Steube, = D {;
John n Brown, j. D.: VIM Noble. VIM. SquieT,
stewards; j. NJ. Adams, Chrplatni l.. Delenger'
TYLER. Prudential COmmlttee-D. NJ. Hays, John
" Rodgers, Harry Grow.
JEFFERsONyILLE LODGE 80. 46S, ,. & A. NJ.
OFFIcERs: -. W. Roebuck. W. NJ; g. l.. Bush,
s. W; j. Il. Lott j. W. &. W. Gray. Treasurer;
y. v. Dreamer. secretary; J.. A. ElsteF, ;. D.i e.,
n. Marshall, ,. D.; Urban Hidy, George Miller,
Stewards; Abel Armstrong Chaplatni Wan. Wool,
Tyler.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-10-16

1. .. .. r.
Directory for FaYette County OhiO.

L o. .. r.
Directory for FaYette County OhiO.
PATRIAEcHIAIs BRANCH.
John N. YanDeman .........-.---.... ..... d. b. &. p.
FAYErrE ESCANPHENT no. l34
Meets at Odd Fellows Hail, in Washington G. H,
second and fourth Friday evenings in each month.
OFFICERs--John A. WOrreil, T.. r. John l. Me
ray, j. W; j. N.Nan Deman, scribe; Jno. B. ahunI-
Treas; John /. Mckee, John Shun, and }. y.
VauDeman, Trustees.
sUBORDINATE.
VIM. q. Eyre, ID. ID. G. NJ of Wilstach No. 3G3
District Grand Committee meets at Odd Fellows
Hall, Ia Washington C. H., on the first Tuesday
TEMPLE LODGE 40. 227
Meets at its Hall, in Washington, every Tuesday
OFFI6ERs-w. f. wnlett n c.; Bowman Hessy
v. .G.s A, B. Adams, K. >; r. A. Murray, p 5;
\. J.. Reid, Treas. }. J.. Mckee, VIM V. BAY and
j. Y, VanDeman, Trustees.
wILsTACH LODGE 80. 36s
Meets in their Hail, at New MaTtinsburg, every
Wednesday evening.
OFFIcERs-H. Reese, n. c.; James a. Coaee,
V. G VIM G. Eyre, X. 5 J. H. Zimmerman, r.
s.; J. s. Jones, Treas. John p. rodhunter, RObt
Eyer, Joseph VAIN, Trustees.
JEFFERsONyILLE LODGE no. asa
Meets at ther Hall, in Jacksonville, every satur
day evening.
0FFICERs-Joseph Hurless, n. c.; John Curry,
" G.; George Miller, r. s.; John n. Yates, p. s.;
Richard Fawkes, Treas. J. r. HOsier, Joseph
Hurless, ). j. Thompson, Trustees.