Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1880-04-01

" Ii de white folks be so dark as dat OF
dar wonder what's de color Of de blac
| folksP"
The young man who wants to ge
up with the sun must not sit up too lat
with the daughter r.-AiddletOlO@ Tran
script.
Brigham Young's widow is gradual
ly forgetting the old man. Four of then
have remarked since he died. Ere
Press.
The man with a shabby overcoat i
the first to complain of the heat of tn
Notwithstanding sun.-BoSt0n Tran
script
Wives of great men all remind us
we may make our wives sublime,
BY the purchase Of spring bonnets,
five purchase them in time
Now that our best young men have
hung up their ulsters for the summer
an opportunity is given to note the re
markable effect of a mild winter on tht
growth of legs.-Neo0 Have,1 Register.
-Parson Jones says: cit generally
happens, when | have prepared par
ticularly good sermon, my congregation
will be very small, and large when
have poor one" II have been told
that the house is always full when you
preach" " was the somewhat equivocal
compliment of simple-minded Smith.
Mrs Sackett, of townsville, Della
ware County, slammed her door to and
a gun standing behind it fell to the floor,
discharging its contents into her LEG and
making a wound which necessitated am
putation. Moral: Always shut door
softly, as though there was sickness in
the family.
The Binghampton Republican has
discovered that the separate blocks in
the 15-block" puzzle may be placed in
1,207, ,674, 1868, 900 positions, at each time
leaving the required space of one. As it
takes about the same number of years to
do it, we shall not try. We haven't so
many years to spare, and cannot imag-
inc how the editor of the RepubHcdn
stole SO much time from his other duties.
-N0rriSt01U71 Herald.
"A certain painter was Dragging of
his wonderful command of color to a
friend one day. His friend did not seem
to take it quite all in "Why," ex-
claimed the painter, "do you know there
are but three painters in the world, sir,
who understand colorPn "And who are
they?" at last asked the friend "Why,
sir, | am one, and-an and and-I forget
the name of the other twon'
"A little Philadelphia girl, eight years
old, recently lost her life, perhaps
through her own heroic self-control. She
was holding baby on her lap when her
caught fire. She succeeded in
placing the baby, uniniured, in its
cradle, and then ran into the street to
save the house from being burned down.
Her own injuries were so severe that she
lied,
Here is description of one of the
emale school directors Just elected at
Orange County, N. Y:
Mrs. DR.. Lydia Sayer Hasbrouck is
ull six feet in height, and built in pro-
portion, with strong masculine features,
lastic in step, and quick in physical ac-
ion; she would command attention any
where, even if it were not for the bloom
+ costume, to which she has rigidly adj
ered for over quarter of a century"
When a man in Vermont grocery
tore was sitting upon the edge of the
ounter and his feet slipped and he
aked the whole length Of his back on
ne counters edge and sat square down
1 a bushel basket of eggs which stood
ght where he couldn't miss it, the
rocer was Mortified, and exclaimed:
Was it an accidentp" and the victim
sphed; By crimus, sir. if you insinuate
lat skun my back and got myself into
lis mess on purpose, TIL jam your head
Ito the remains of those eggsP'
"A magician at Leadville had dag
ar, the blade of which being struck
gainst anything, would slip into the
lndle Of the weapon while needle
ould fly out and prick the thing struck,
I'd when he jammed itagainstthe breast
q aLeadyillian who attacked him and !
e fellow felt the needle, he thought he
as stabbed to the heart and tainted, !
I'd after four doctors had failed
make him recover, it was found nee
sary to leave him alone with another /
ans whisky jug in order to bring him :
"A remarkable case was reported in y
sw York recently. A man was found /
lggering about the streets, and was 4
run i'm at the Charles Street Station. r
3 said he was suffering untold ag- !
Y in his stomach, but was, as usual, 7
out to be committed as drunk" !" .
len the surgeon arrived, and suggested 4
examination. He was found to be \
parently All right, when the surgeon !,
empted to brush away thread from =
stomach, but found it would not y
ash. on flfthef exaninati6h Che =
'ead was found to be fattaehed to a y
sdle which had disappeared inside, g
tting the man in terrible pain, but how L
needle got there neither the man nor fe
7One else knows.