Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1880-02-12

fore the Imperial Tribunal Of Com
merce, to have the pleasure of hearing
that court decide he had no grounds
for action; no loan contracted by a mi-
nor being recoverable unless he derived
actual benefit from the money, which,
thanks to the thiefs Intervention, the
borrower in this case had not done.
On the same principle did London
magistrate deal with journeyman ba-
ker who had spent twelve pounds of his
masters money in buying religious
tracts, which he gave away while going
his rounds. He was dismissed with the
caution that it was a mistake to take
money dishonesty even for religious
purpose.
Distinctions of an exceptionally fine
nature are occasionally made. An En-
glish lady holiday keeping in a fishing
village in Normandy, struck, one day,
by the downcast appearance of pretty
damsel, asked her why she was so sad.
1t was the old story; her sweetheart
found no favor with her papa. Know
ing the young fellow to be cookbook
luSS lOll0SJ duu luuubbllOuo, GLO 4duJ
inquired what was the objection.
"Ah, madam" said the weeping
girl, "my father is proud; and his fam
lily is not in our station; they are peo-
pie who only have cotton sheets"
The distinction of class, founded upon
the possession or nOn-pOssession of
linen sheets, reminds us Of Nicaragua,
where, Mr.. Boyle tells us, there are
only two classes-those who wear boots
and those who do not. So thoroughly
is this distinction recognized, that no
one claiming to be booted will ever
make public appearance barefooted,
even though his boots be mere upper
feathers strapped over the instep. On
the other hand, barefoot will not don
pair of boots unless he sees a proba-
bility of emerging permanently from
the lower classes. The prices of ad-
mission to public entertainments are
regulated accordingly-sO much for
boots, half price for barefeet; and no
one ever dreams of saving half the cost
of his pleasure by removing his boots
before entering.
Parvenus are proverbially blessed
with conveniently short memories. A
wealthy glass blower settled down at
midland watering place, the " society"
of which is largely composed of retired
business men. After much debate the
new conner was pronounced eligible,
and elected a member of the club af-
fected by the bigwigs of the place. A
few months later one of the partners of
a noted sauce-making firm purchased
some property in the neighborhoOd,
and sought admission into the club.
He was duly proposed and seconded,
but found himself excluded by one
black ball; and it did not take him long
to discover he owed that to the glass
blower. He forthwith waited on that
worthy, and asked for an explanation.
81 think it rather hard lines" said
he, "that you, of all people, should
black ball me"
"My good sir" replied the glass
blower, 81 was very sorry to do it, but
felt it my duty. In place like this,
you see, it is necessary to draw the line
somewhere, and l felt it ought to be
drawn at sauce. "
The visitor rose, saying:
"Thank you. am obliged for the
But allow me to point
out that, while you are so wonderfully
quick to remember who made the sauce,
you seem quite to forget who made the
hOttles!'