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In Stimsou's new building on Main Street
Opposite Court House Square.
lTlnsonlc Directory for Fayette County,
Uhlo, for.llie Year 187S.
FAYETTE I.OIi;B, NO. 107, F. A. .
Officers: 11. L. Hobiuson. V. M.: C. S. Sny
der, . V.; T. .1. I.iudsev, .1. V.; U. Kurtwanger,
Treasurer; B. II. Miflikan, Secretary : H. t.
Browne, S. I.: H. D. l'lii-sell. J. !-; . T. Uuu
niii(f, J'e Arnold, Steward; Win. If. Hammer,
'1'vler; MillH;ar.lner, Mast. Cer.: It. A. llobin-son.
Organist; .1. 1. Patterson, Chaplain. Pruileutiul
Committee S. V. Johnson, I.. C. Mallow, I. urt
wauKler. BI.OUMINUBl'BO LODUK NO. F. A. M.
Officers: A. B. Elliott, W. M.; William Clark,
P. W.; Wm. M. Jones, .1. W.; J. M. McCoy, secre
tary; Ilenrvl asev. Treasurer; Chas. Meube, S.D.;
John 'X. Brown, J. D.; Win. Noble, Wm. Squier,
stewards; J. M. Adams, hrplain; L. Uc-leDger,
Tvler. Prudential Committee i. M. Hays, John
AV". Kodgers, Harry' Crow.
JKFFEBSONVII.LE LODOE SO. US, F. A. H.
Officers': J. W. Itoebuck, W. M.; G. I.. Bush,
S.-Vt'.; J. T. Lott, J. W.; C, W. Gray. Treasurer;
O. V. Oemner, Secretary; L. A. Elster, B. D.; C.
U. Marshall, . !.; Irhan Hidy, George Miller,
stewards; Abel Armstrong, Chaplain ; V m. Wood,
Tyler.
fayette.chafter no. 1o:i, royal arch masons.
Officers: J. M. McCov, High Priest; R. Milli
kan, King", Milo Rockwell, hci-ibe; J. T Patter
eon, C. II.; W. W. savage, P. S.; II. E. Browne,
R. A. C.;C. S. Suvtler.Ci. M. 8d V.; H. 1. Pnrsell,
ii. M. 2d V.; L. . Grubbs, G. M. 1st V.; W. C.
Tunzey, Treasurer; 11. L. Robinson, Secretary; W.
il. Hammer, Guard.
ELY COMMANDERY NO. 23, KNIGHT TEMPLAR.
Officers: C. Garis, Eminent Commander; Jus.
F. Ely, GeneralUsiino; J. B. Hudson, Captain Gen
eral; Mills Gardner, Prelate; J. W. Woods, S. W .;
II. E. Browne, .1. W.; I. EurtwauKler, Treasurer;
.l.T. Liodsev, secretary; Milo Rockwell. Standard
Bearer; I . S. Snvder, Sword Bearer; W. I'.CIeuve
land, Warder; k. A. Robinson, Organist; W. H.
H. Hummer, Sentinel.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
REGG fe CREAMER, Attorneys
at Law, Washington, Ohio. Office in Court
House, up stairs. July 85, 18. 36'y
T. GUNNING, Attorney at Law.
WASHINGTON C. H., O. Onice over
Fayette County National Bank, uext door to the
Telegraph onice. 1874 61yl
B. LOGAN, NOTARY PUBLIC,
M.
BARCLAY,
Attorney-at-LaWi
Office in City Hall,
v WASHINGTON C. H., OHIO.
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Ji N. CRAIG,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
OFFICK In Yeoman's New Block, up-stalrs.
Court St At, Washington V. H.,Onio.
dec. slij. .-ICW:""
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WILLAR1
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MaSslSAi
aTlaw,
GTON C. II.,.XH40.
lirf-over S. N.
Flrauf Xin ank.
Yeoman's Store, opposite
roara-'i
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n. i."wohthinot"o'n -
J. W. WOODS.
vtlljZiMsrttmu&'svs-k woods; . ;
Attomeys-at-Law. ,
Office McLain'a "Block, oppo3ite Court Housev
15 WASHINGTON U. H. OHIO. U
J.
B. KOONTZ,
ATTOIINEY AT UWi
jrFICB In City Building, next door to John
Myer's drugstore. Will attend promptly to all
busines intrusted to bis care. Colldctions made
a specialty. - declStf.
'pftOMAS D. McELWAIN,
Attorney at Law 6c Notary Public,
Suunia.! attention srWen to the preparation of
Utlii-e over Greene k GREEN 8 Hardware store,
Washington C. H., iiio. augll, "il-a
HILLS GARDNER ,t..M. B. CBEAHER.
OAltDNEB & CREAMER,
m Attorneys -at Law,
WASHINGTON C. H., O.
OFFICK In Ely's Building. ma78
B. B.MAYNARD -. H. L. HADLEY
M,YYNAR1 & II AD LEY,
Attorneys at aw, '
; . ' WASHINGTON C,"H. O
" OFFICE tm Court street, over Probate" Judge's
onlce. US!rtti0" ' i- 1
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r. j:.tv. may,
" WASHINGTON O.H.. OHIO.
Office in rear of WloTrell's Jewelry Store,
VVj yiiS. A & J. L. WORLEY
PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS
' , 1 Waahinrisn, C". H., O.
"OFFICE AT DR. A. WORLEY'S RESIDENCE.
iny31-ly
QR. R. LYTLE,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
(OFFICE OVER L03. HEQLER'3 JEWELRY STORE.)
Wanhinirtoii Cm II., O.
ja? All calis, promptly attended to, day or
niglti. uovStf
O- A.. FOSTER, M. r.
Office ami residence on Main Street,
( Opposite Public Square)
WatUlnKlon C. III., Ohio.
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C. M. WILSON, M. D. J. P. BONSIF.I K. M. D.
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kRS. WILSON & BONSIEUR,
Physicians and Surreons,
WASHINGTON O. H. O.
Office in McLean's Block, Fayette stieet.
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Y. GRUBBS, M. D.,
Physician and Surgeon,
OFFICE First room below the Central
House. Feb. 10,'76. 13tf
H. KNOTT, M. D.
Physician & Surgeon.
OFFICK Over Krowu Bros. Drugstore. Resi
ileum; on Fayette street. lr. Knott will visit any
liari oi tne country uay or nignt. zi-iy
g S. SALISBURY, M. D.,
Homoeopathic Fhysician.
.All calls in town and county promtly attended
iw. jrri;Mu iu iiioii-B Duiiaing, opposite a.
L. VunKeinan'H new buililing, Washington, Ohio
o.
II. SAXTON,
Pliysiciaii and Surgeon.
Or FICrJ Kirst door below Central House.
81'ly AVakliiiigtuUt Ohio.
vv.
C. TANZEY,
Attorney it t L,nw,
Ollice over Merchants & Farmers' Itauk,
W ASHINGTON C.U.. O.
JV J?. DENNIS,
DENTIST,
orFlCK At residence, opposite Odd Fellows'
Hall. Ann. Sit, 1813.
Q B. GUNN,
(COCRT ST.. OVER HKQLER'B JEWELRY STORE.)
19 "Washington c. h., o. tf
J S. FOSTER,
CATTLE BROKER and
Oenora.1 Auctioneer
Solicits the patronage of the citizens of Fayette
anil an joining counties.
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VOI,. 20.
VEGETINE
I will try Vegetine.
He did,
AND WAS CURED.
Delaware, O., Feb. 18, 1877.
Mr. H. R. Stevens:
Dear sir, I wish to (five vou this testimony,that
you may know, and let others know, what Vege
tine has done for me. About two years ago a small
sore tome on my leg; it soon becamea large Ulcer,
so troublesome that I consulted -the doctor, but I
got no relief, growing worse from day to day. I
suffered terribly : I could not rest day or night; I
was so reduced mv friends thought I'would never
recover; I colsulted a doctor at Columbus. I fol
lowed his advice; it did no good. 1 can truly say I
was discouraged. At this time I was looking over
my newspaper; I saw vour advertisement of Veg
etiue, the "Clreat lilood Puriuer" for cleansing the
blood froiu all impurities, curing Humors, fleers,
etc. I said to mv family. I will try some of the
Vegetine. Before I had used the lirst bottle I be
gan to feel better. I made up my mind 1 had got
the right medicine at last. I could now sleep well
of nights. I continued taking the vegetine. I took
thirteen bottles. Mv health is good. The ulcer is
gone, and I am able' to attend to business. I paid
about four hundred dollars for medicine and doc
tors before I bought the Vegetine. I have recom
mended Vegetine to others with good success. I
alwavs keep a bottle of it in the bouse now. It is
a most excellent medicine. Respectfullv vours,
F. ANT HON'I.
Mr. Anthoni is one of the pioneers of Delaware,
O. He settled here in 1S31. He is a wealthy gen
tlemen, of the tirm of F. Anthoni & Sons Mr.
Anthoui is extensively known, especially amoug
the Germans. He is well known in Cincinnati. He
is respected by all.
Impi re Blood. In morbid conditions of the
blood aremauy diseases; such as salt-rheum, ring
worm, boils, carbuncles, sores, ulcers and pim
ples. In this condition of the blood try the Vege
tiue, and cure these affections. As a blood puri
fier it has no equal, its effects are wonderful.
VEGETINE
Cured Her.
Dorchester, Mass., June 11.
Dr. H. r. Stevens:
Dear Sir, I feel it my luly to say one word in
reganl to the threat bVnWit I Lave received from
the use of oneof the greatest wonders of the world;
it is your Vegetine. I have been one of the great
est sufferer for the last eight years that ever could
he living. I do sincerely thank my God aud your
Vegetine for the relief Thave got. The Rheuma
tism has pained me to such an extent, that my feet
broke out in sore, For the last three years 1 have
not been able to walk; now 1 can walk and sleep,
and do iny work as well as ever I did. and I um.-t
say 1 owe" it all to vour blood purifier, Vegetine.
MARGERY WELLS,
Vegetine. The great success of the Vegetine as
a cleanser and purilierof the blood is shown be
vond a doubt bv the great numbers who have taken
it, and received immediate relief, with such re
markable cures.
VEGETINE
Is better tlimi imy
.MEDICINE.
V. Henderson, Ky., Dec, 187.
1 have used II. K. Stevens1 Vegetine, and like it
hpttr than anv medicine I have uted for uurifv-
ingtheblotHi. unebomeoi egtine arcompushoo:
more irood
. THOS.LYNE, HenBerson, Ky.,
Vetjetike ia composed of ?Root8.iarks, Herbal
an very pteasaitAio ut.e; every foniuynes iv.
.... . -At-.
l Recommended Tjy
. m, r.s.
fi. B. Stevens, Esq.: ". '
Dear Sfr, I have sold Vejretine for a tong time,
and tind it gives most excellent satisfaction.
A. B. DeFIEST, M. J.,
Hazleton, Ind.
VEGETINE
- PREPARED BY
H. R. STEVENS, BOSTON, MASS.
V egetine ia Sold by AH Druggists.
W..W.BEANDT,
Cincinnati Bakery
AND . .
ItlUST-A.XJItA.lNT,
J oe McLean's Block, Court Street,
WASHINGTON C.H., O.
' HEADQUARTERS FOR OYSTERS,'
' ' . IN CANS AND BULK.
Fresh Bread and Cakes daily. Meals at
all hours. Fisti, Oysters and Game in
their season. Best "brands Tobacco and
Cigars.
Fine assortment of Confections.
aug'WmB
DR
. W. A. HARLOW",
DRUGGIST!
Kirk House Block,
neeps constantly on hand a full stock of
FRESH 4 PURE DRUGS
Perfumeries &. Toilet Articles.
t& All calls for protessional services propt-
attended to. nov25'olu
W. B ELY,
WASHINGTON AVENUE,
Washington C. IT., Ohio.
OUT
W LOWERS
A SPECIALTY.
ALL KINDS OF SHRUBBERY
FURNISHED TO OKDEE.
Fast Presses.
MERCANTILE
AT THIS OFFICE.
Satisfaction Guaranteed.
UY YOUR COAL
OF
JOHNSON,
- s.
F.
vvnoiteepsa urn stoi-n ol the BEST COIL.
and sells at the
EST Pit ICES.
Aug. 17th. 1871
Peter Gctz,
lrayman and Transfer Agent,
Washlneton C. II-, O.
All orders promptly and carefully attended to.
Public patronage solicited. ttyl
ja ft I O The highest honors at all
J X Kji A I m World's Exhibitions. The
Litest AT.miii ks and Circulars, with new
styles, reduced priees and much information, sent
free. Mason A Hamlin Oroan Co., Boston, New
York, or Chicago. 88W4
WASHINGTON C. H., C, THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 1878.
NOTES OF EUROPEAN TRAVEL.
Interesting Extracts from Private
Letters of Miss Kate Milliltan
to lier Family.
London, July 4th, 1878.
We reached Liverpool last night, at
midnight; and this morning, after break
fast, we were examined by the Custom
House officials, after which all inarched
down the gangway and were bundled in
to hacks and rattled away over the cob
ble stones to the London and Northwest
ern railroad statiou. As we here had an
hour to spare, we crossed the street to St.
George's Hall, a fine, large building, and
very elaborately finished off inside. We
went into the Court-room, a place of it
self enough to make one quail, even if in
nocent. Crossing the street, we entered
a fine, light freestone building, "Walker
Art Gallery," and were much pleased
with it. There were some pictures here
of which I had often heard. Our hour
was soon up, and we went back to the
station and were seated in omnibusses, at
least they looked like them to me, only
the doors were at each side, as in a ba
rouche or carriage, and we sat facing each
other, four in a car, and in five minutes
were flying across the country at the rate
of forty miles an hour. After passing
over 212 miles of the loveliest country I
ever beheld, we arrived at London on
Thursday erening at four o'clock, just
five hours' ride. We passed the residence
of Baron Rothschild, and Hariow, where
Byron went to school ; and so many places
in English history, but I have not time
to speak of them. Everything is so neat,
so carefully cultivated; and so solidly
built too, as if it meant to last forever. I
did not see any fences, but a steep em
bankment, on the top of which is a hedge,
or they have hedge alone, and a gate
wherever there is a gap. The roads have
a foot-path on either side, separated from
the road proper by a strip of green gass;
they have gates across the road, too.
How un-American everything is! Xo
railway-crossings, as with us. The road
either lead&over the track, on a solidly
built brick archway, or else goes under it
in the same style. I did not see majiy
hills f mean what we would call hills, or
which would need funnelling ir Ameri
cabut we-passed thrirgTi two tunnels,
heacliJk' miles ill length, and no end of
smaller ones. A lamp is let in at the top'
fcerv cab. and it burns newjetuallv. -
They haies no er-tank, ftut insteita-Lon
waIleu.troujjli nllea w iwi watereon either
sle .the track,, fftcftnivvhicli the engine
draws itsupplywithout'stoppin
M Waterford thews is the only Deaf, and
Dunfb school in Euc$land,and it's close 'to
the Railroad, so I had a.good .view. ofJt.k
fassea itugoy, uiongns o xom Brown s
school-days, and wondered if these were
the fields wtiere he had walked as at boy.
Southdown sheep black- cattle, hedges
arid thatch-roofed cottages, cathedrals,
ruins, towns, cities, and colleges, all speed
by at the rajeot forty miles arrh.o'ur. At
Eustace Square the carriages "were wait
ing, undwe-were whirled oft" to our ho-
tel.
Everything seemed so odd. Such re
diculous hats as the policemen wear ; and
the children, little girls with short sleeve
and white pinafores, going sedately to
school, or knitting while they watched
still younger ones at play on the sidewalk.
The typical English horse Ts a broken
d&Vn trotter, alljieck and legs, with just
enough anatomy to hold the two extrem
ities toAcether; in fact, the horse of care-
cature. Then, the heavy Clyde horses.
with limbs as large around as my waist,
and the strength of. an elephant; but, all
the more rediculous by contrast, are the
tindonkeys, scarcely larger than a New
foundland dog. '
The streets are so very narrow that two
vehicles can just pass; and two persons
on the sidewalk must turn sidewise to
pass. But they have very many squares;
parks, we would call them ; so it is not so
bad as it might be.
Directly after we arrived at the Inns of
Court Hotel we were called to dinner.
We had strawberries, the largest I ever
beheld; they are laid, stems and leaves,
on dishes and a waiter goes along with a
bowl of sugar; you put some of the su
gar on your plate and dip your berries
into it and eat them. It takes four
mouth ful Is to dispose of one strawberry;
fact.
July 5th. This morning we went to
the Tower of London. It was an awful
place. We saw where the scaffold stood,
and the headsman's block with its deep
dents, and all the dreadful instruments
of torture. We were in the dungeon in
which Sir Walter Raleigh was confined;
and in several others, till we were ex
hausted. We went over the old moat,
now a kitchen-garden, and around by the
Thames to the entrance, and getting into
our hacknevs went to St. Paul's Church;
but it is too large for me to talk about.
I was utterly lost in it; and never felt so
insignificant in my life. This afternoon
we went to Hyde Park and rode through
the more fashionable parts of it. The la
dies do not dress up as you see them in
America, but put it all on their liveried
servants.
July 7th. We went to Westminster
Abby this morning. All the pavements
about this quaint, wonderful old place
are the graves of untold thousands. Eve
ry stone has au inscription of some one;
and very many indeed, all the older
ones, Ironi loOO back are so effaced, it
is almost impossible to read them. The
plainest of which I could make out was
"Sarah Newcome, died 1652, aged 80,"
and "Emmelia Xewcome, aged 68." I
thought of Thackery's novel, and won
dered if he ever came here for names
The walls and ledges are also cevered
with tablets and inscriptions. I got into
the poet's corner quite unaware, aud lift
ing my eves, the lirst thing 1 saw was
Dryden, and next, "Oh Rare Ben John
son," on the wall above. Then came
Southy, Campbell, Thompson, Rowe,
Gray, Oliver, Goldsmith, Duke of Argyll,
Drayton, Barton Booth, Garrik, George
Grote and Hirlwall. The latter two hive
exquisite busts upon pedestals, set in
niches, and their ashes rest directly un
derneath, with their names cut iu the
stone flagging of the church floor. I say
church, for it is one-of the chapels where
they have service every dajr, and the con
gregations wald over the names of illus
trious dead. In a dim alcove I found the
tomb of King Siebert, who died in 616.
In another clositer I reverently touched
the tomb of the beautiful Mary, Queen of
ficow, ana Lady Jane Grey's sister lies
nere. i ne tomb of the mother of Henry
IX is the grandest of all. Henry 5th and
8th are also there, in wooden coffins with
their effigies on top. Some vandals had
actually whittled their namw into the
coffins of royalty. In another cr3pt,
where lay the bodies of John 1st and 2d,
is the chair iu which the sovereigns of
England have been crowned for the last
six hundred years. Next the tomb of
Mary Stewart, the saddest thing, is a little
bronze cradle with a little bronze baby in
it, the daugher of James II. Edward,
the Confessor, lies back of this cradle.
The pavement in this crypt was laid in
1260, and the names thereon are litterally
worn off by the multitude of passing feet.
The most artistic monument, though
small, is the one erected to the memory
of Sir John Franklin, representing a ship
encrusted with snow and ice and almost
crushed to pieces, aud bearing the in
scription : "Oil Frost, O Ice, O Snow, "
I could not catch the rest of the stanza,
for the "beadle" pushed me along; as,
with note book in hand, I was the tail end
of the procession ; there are fifty of u's.
We left the dim old arches of Westmin
ster, and, crossing Trafalgar Square,
guarded by Landseer's lions, we took the
Midland train for South Kennington,
where we took the Suburban train and
went to the Crystal Palace, where we
spent the rest of the day. We went
through corridor after corridor, with
vines on one side and glass on the other,
catching through the shrubbery glimpses
of terraces of lovely flowers, ponds and
summer-houses. Up stair after stair we
went; through long galleries, with signs
of "Eefreshments," "Pale Ale," "Ice
cold Cider," etc., with frequent injunc
tions to remember "this is the cheapest
place !" Past booths with jumping jacks
and little crystal vases for sale ; past stalls
with guide-books and photographs, dolls
and canaries, candy and popcorn, and
the thousand and one little concomitants
of such a show, even to live bees at work,
whose queen you might see for a shilling,
together with the injunction never to kill
a bee. There are here a bewildering mix
ture of flower-girls and ancient marbles;
effigies of tombs from all the ancient Ab
bys, mingled with the most modern sculp
tures; parrots, programmes and sign
boards, seem to mixed up in endless con
fusion; together with patent advertise
ments, and exquisite fountains,with nev
er a drop of water in them ; rare tropi
cal plants; canaries in cages; sparrows
flitting around ; stuffed tigers crouching;
deers fighting. On one side is the Al
haiubra, gorgeous in gold, crimson and
purple, and supported by pillars of yel-
low marble, connected with airy arches;
the-, other a facsimile of the earliest
Egyptian style. From JSlizabehian Hall
you pass intdthe Farnese palace, with fts
rrieeles marbles, so grand-in their silent
w ... i i . i i - .i ,i
fbeauty ; you look up between the yellow
LmarT 'columns at feathery palms and
delicate exotics. Enormous hanging
baskets are suspended high in air above
the balcony with long drooping sprays
offender vines. Bare statuary glSams
through the green foilage, and the very
unpoeticat" perfume ejiatnj,fioni the
eating houses and restaurants fills the air.
T-r ?j jfej-i ' j t -tf i
rHere and therethe dark brotwed head of
a mailed tnfght, of he earliest Christian
era looms up throughf thereenerrf
"'fhrough-rradjaeent doorway,. with the"!
significant inscription, "Love thy Neigh
bor," you see in marble ah affectionate"
group. The bronze monument of Cardi
nal Zeno is alsohere,' near Michael Ari.
gelo's .wonderful pi&ce of sculpture,
Moses, with so many other lovely - pieces
in marble, that it is weariness to "the
flesh to inscribe them all, in such a be
wildering place; like', the good things in
the Exchange, they become a drug in' the
memorial market. Crossing the main hall
and passing through the Alhambra you
pass through a magnificent room, at the
end of which is the loveliest fernery eye
ever beheld. Passing from this, you en
ter the Roman Coliseum, adjoining which
is the Pantheon, while all around, in
marble, are the sculptured heads of the
celebrated Romans of history. Still far
ther, Is the Acropolis of Athens, with cel
ebrated Athenian statesmen grouped
around in three long halls, in all ages and
stages of sculpture and decay. Next came
the Egyptian Court, with its quaint and
curiously ornamented and carved walls.
The next is Music Hall, of which I can
not, for lack of time and space, now speak.
We sat down to lunch in an open space
between this and the Egyptian Court,
with an endless vista of a little of every
thing under the sun on either side of us.
and munched our bread and butter, cold
ham and chicken, with the Sphynx calm
ly contemplating us.
Festivals.
For the Herald.
For many years festivals have been of no
uncommon occurrence. They had their
origin away back in antiquity. The He
brews, Greeks, and Romans have all had
them, and have transmitted their influ
ence to modern times. The Romans did
no work on testal days ; the Jews did no
mourning; and the Gentiles celebrated
them in idleness and in pleasure.
They were held for various purposes,
such as for the celebration of anniversa
ries of noted occurrences; in honor to
victors at games and the like.. They were
also held as now, for religious purposes.
The festivals in honor to Bacchus were
similar to the revclings (komoi) against
spoken by the Apostle Paul. Gal. v. 21.
To say that all the celebrations and fes
tivals common in ourcountry are produc
tive of evil rather than good, would be
too much; but there is one kind of festi
vals now very common among many
churches which I think is considerably
at variance with the principles of Chris
tianity. The refference is to festivals
held in churches for the purpose of pay
ing the preacher, and other expenses.
It may be said that they are the most
effective means for raising money for
church purposes. But we do not believe
that "The intention sanctifies the act."
It seems to me that if the Savior was to step
into one of His houses and tind a festival in
full blast, He would do as He once did
with the Jews. (See Matt, xxi 12. 13. )
The House of God should be treated with
reyereuce, and christian duty with so
lemnity. But in these festivals I see
neither reverence nor solemnity.
God is a jealous God, and Christ is the
only mediator between Him and man.
Now it is the duty of each person in the
church to pay what he can for the sup
port of the gospel ; and the only incen
tive necessary and acceptable, to stimulate
men to duty, is God's love through this
mediator. If churches become so negli
gent in paying their preachers, do chris
tian people think it acceptable of God to
bring in such incentives to work, as ice
cream, cakes, candies, etc. .through these
festivals? What must be the condition
of a church whose strongest stimulus ts
an ice-cream supper, as social, a festival?
These are even carried into private lami
lies under the name of "Socials;" and
when the neighbors come in they pay for
what they get a queer kind of social.
"The weapons of eur warfare are not
carnal." 2 Cor. x. 4. Then why does
not each one pay up promptly his quota,
and then, if there is any left, buy the
necessary refreshments at the place prop
er for their sale? This would be more
like scripture teachings. When church
es are cold, there is a proper way to stir
them up, and there are proper means
with which to do it without bringing in
such au invention as a festival.
MNTH OHIO DISTRICT.
Hon. Lorenzo EngJleh to Contest Ibe
Field Hilh tic. E. Converse.
Columbus, August 15.
The Republican Congressional Conven
tion for the Ninth District, composed of
the counties of Madison, Fayette, Frank
lin, Delaware and Pickaway, met at the
Athenaeum building this forenoon for the
purpose of nominating a candidate for
Congress iu opposition to Hon. L. Con
verse, the Democratic nominee. The Republicans-
of the district, as well as a num
ber of independent Democrats take much
interest in the fight, and from indications
the canvass will be a very active one, with
a chance for Republican success.
A large committee of leading citizens
met early in the morning, and, headed by
the Cadet Band, marched to the Union
Depot, and escorted the delegates from
other counties to the headquarters in the
center of the city. The citizens generally
united in decorating their places of busi
ness in honor of the convention, and
among these places were the business
houses of several Democrats who are op
posedjto the election of Converse.
The convention was called to order at
11 o'clock by N. J.Turney, of Circleville,
who called upon Rev. R. W. Manley, of
this city, to open the proceedings with
prayer.
Judge T. O. Jones, of Delaware, was
made temporary Chairman of the conven
tion, and upon his takingjthe chair briefly
addressed the delegates upon the import
ance of the better class of citizens taking
an interest in politics. In his judgment
too much of the details of convention were
often left in the hands of the vicious and
depraved. The Judge thought it an
ominous sign to see the son of the old salt
boiler of Hocking Gen. Ewing ready to
place himself at the head of a rabid crowd
of' villainous Communists and rag baby fa
natics. , It was for business men to stem
this tide by united action. It is patriotism
to take a share in. politics from pure mo
tives. The well meaning citizens of the
country sKeuld not neglect them altogeth
eesfor busingss. We can have too much
of business, as is the case now with our
business man's Governor. The Judge was
frequently applauded.
Judge Silas N. Field, of Franklin, was
made temporary Secretary of the conven
tion.' " The flowing committees were an
nounced : , w
.On(?redentials-Delaware,H. F. Brown ;
Fayette, William Millikan; Madison, W.
M. Chamberlain; Franklin, T. W. As
bury." . .
On Permanent Organization Dela
ware, T. F. Joy ; FayetteM. S. Creamer ;
.Madison, Jomes Lilley ; Franklin, Judge
a. N. Field; Pickaway; JohnG-roce.
Vice Presidents Delaware, JoelCleve
land; Mauison, H. W. Smith ; Fayette, R.
S. Sutherland; ""Pickaway, S. P. Thomp
son; Franklin, Charles Breyfogie.
On Resolutions Delaware, A Thomp
son; Fayette, A. E. Silcott; Madison, H.
Toland; Franklin, John Beatty ; Picka
way, B. C. Smith.
J. S. Martin, of Madison, and J. E. St.
Clair were announced as members of the
Congressional Campaign Committee,
which is to be filled up hereafter.
Upon motion of one of the Fayette dele
gation a committee of two from each
county was appointed for a conference,
and the convention adjourned until 2
o'clock.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Hon. G. W. Wilson, of Madison Coun
ty, was made permanent Chairman. In
taking the chair he scored the last Legis
lature in vigorous style for its redisrict
ing and other dishonest legislation. S. A.
Moore, of Pickaway, was made perma
nent Secretary, with an assistant from
each county.
The Committee on Resolutions reported
through Gen. Beatty as follows. It will
be seen that the convention made no nomi
nation, but indorsed Lorenzo English, of
Columbus, as an independent candidate
for Congress. The resolutions were
adopted without dissent:
"Resolred, That we recognize the disr
tlnguished ability and integrity of the
Hon. Mills Gardner and the Hon. J. S.
Jones, Representatives in Congress, and
cordially indorse and approve their offi
cial conduct, and would gladly support
either of them for re-election ; but, as a
large number of our fellow citizens, irre
spective of party affliations, have invited
the Hon. Lorenzo English to become an
Independent candidate, and as he has ac
ceded to their request, we, therefore,
deem it inexpedient to make a nomina
tion. "Resolved, That we recognize in Hon.
Lorenzo English a gentleman whose pa
triotism, integrity, intelligence, experi
ence, and intimate relations with the peo
ple qualify him in an eminent degree for
a seat in the Congress of the United States
"Resolved, That the representation of
our district demands that the nominee of
the Democratic party and the means
adopted to secure his nomination should
be condemned and reprobated by every
good citizen, and that such condemnation
can be best expressed by his signal defeat ;
therefore, be it further
"Resolved, That we hereby pledge our
selves to labor, from this day until the
election, to secure the election of the
Hon. Lorenzo English, and we hereby
call on all good citizens to join with usin
the attainment of that end."
Speeches were made in support of the
nomination by Gen. John S. Beatty, T.
Ewing Miller, and Rev. James Poindex-
ter. Calls were made lor lion Mills liard-
ner, but he failed to appear, and the con
vention adjourned.
Lightning struck a man out on State
street the other day, hounded oil'
struck again, splintered, gathered itself
up and took u good look, discoverncd that
it had tackled the man who goes to the
newspaper olllces and asks for notices of
entertainments that haven't been adver
tised, howled with disgust and went off
down town and killed two book agents
and the embassador of an insurance com
pany while it was cooling off. Bridyevort
Standard.
The Larrnmrs and Their Bonanza.
Larripur had no settled occupation,
but worked here and there, at whatever
odd jobs turned up. He had always lived
near the eaves in a tenement house of the
poorest description, and couldn't remem
ber the time when he had worn a new
coat. It will be judged that the Larri
purs were not in oyulent ease. The sur
mise is correct. Two months ago they
were piteously poor, but to-day they have
wealth enough to roll in, if so inclined.
Larripur came down from his dingy rook
ery one morning, to find himself saluted
as "Mr. Larripur" by all the neighbors,
with something of a bow thrown in along
with the wish that his honor was well.
Certainly it sounded odd and brought
loud roars from him, but when Mrs. Hag
erty the glazier's mother-in-law at the
mouth of the alley showed him the
morning paper and pointed out the head
lines that declared his ability to draw
good-sized checks that would receive at
tention, he threw out his chest and drank
in the morning zephyrs all the same as
though he was somebody.
It was a windfall he had long expected
but scarcely hoped to realize; disappoint
ments had been so frequent. But this
time there was no drawback, as he soon
found to his joy, and the Larripurs came
suddenly into wealth sufficient to gratify
every ambition. It is needless to state
exactly how the fortune was acquired,
or by what unaccountable process it es
caped without being entirely gobbled up
by the lawyers. It is more interesting to
note the effects of prosperity upon the
previously impoverished family.
"There's one thing certain," said Mrs.
Larripur, as soon as it was settled beyond
all question that she wouldn't be obliged
to skirmish all over the neighborhood try
ing to borrow something for dinner, "an'
that's jist this, ole man for you might as
well know it one time as another the fust
thing I stalll do when I git my claws on
some of that money will be to climb inter
one o' them 'ere kilter"skirts, with a blue
sash you jist mind that, Jerome. I've
had my mind sot on one for this long
while, but I kuowed it wasn't no use as
long as you was outo' work the best end
o' the time."
"You shill have it, llanner yes, two
on 'em, if you want 'em. We'ye got the
rocks now, an' I don't reckon it's nobody's
business if we spread on a little style.
We're rich an' we must let folks know it.
I want you wimmin folks to brighten up
an' look as though you'd always had
peaches an' cream the year round. We've
got plenty o' money an' I don't see nothin
to bender our bein' happy. It'll go
mighty awk'ard, though, for a spell, I
s'pose, to go to bed with a full stomick, or
pass a watermrlon stand without tryin' to
study out how we kin prig one;,, but I
reckon we'll kinder come round to-it by
degrees. About the fust thing we've got
to do, thoug, is to git out of this old bar
racks. I wouldn't have anybody to knaw
we'd ever lived in the stinkin' ole garbage-box
for a thousan' dollars. We must
pull right out and git into a ranche
of our owiiT . I'm goih"
cabin now, Hanner, an
outTto "buy the
you an' Mandy
had better post off at once
an' pick out
the furnitur', so't thetraps kin be got in
to the shebang afore sundown-"
"Whatever you do, father, don't forgit
to yank onto a crib with a bay winder.
It's the boss place to git whenever an
organ-grinder is anywhere's about," said
the daughter of the household, with a
romping grin of eager expectancy.
"Never you fret I'll tend to that,
Mandy. I've got jist that sort of a shanty
in my mind now, in a tolerable tony sort
of a neighborhood, too, an' there's four
lightnin' rods on the concern what d'ye
think o' that? You wimmin is so nervous
when it thunders."
"That's jist old pizen that is?" ex
claimed the glad maiden; "nail her,
dad."
"I s'pose there ain't no doubt but we're
rich enough to 'ford to have a 'ported
carpet on the front room floor ?" said Mrs.
Larripur. "Folks that purtends to be j
anybody alius has 'em, so Mrs. Kidwell
says, an' she has washed for families that
had pie on the table every meal."
"Well, ef it's the Style, that's all you
want to know git 'ein. I tell you we're
heeled to last, an' I don't intend to let no
common peeple climb around us. The
man at the bank said wehed a hull bar'l
o' money, an' all the carpet you kin' find
room fur won't make a dent in it. You'd
or't seen the man bow an' palaver aj-oun'
me. He didn't seem to remember thet I
was the same chap he kicked oil" the steps
for settin' down to rest last week. I tell
yon, ole woman, money fetches 'em all
around."
"It does that, Jerry. It wasn't more'n
two hours after the news got around, afore
mother Padkins come runnin' in with
that bakin' o' meal she'd borried las'
spring."
"Yes," affirmed the daughter, "an'
tnatwinet ot a dim uiickers that went
back on me after the day was as good as
sot, to take upjwith that red-haired hussy,
Nance Ruckins, on accounts of hercomiu'
out with a new linen suit, an' mine bein
in soak so's I couldn't go with him to see
the b'loon h'isted, what does he do but
come around this niornin', as 'umble as
saltrisn' biscuit, an' want to make it all
iipbygivin'mea cameo ring an' a fire
gilt breas'-pin. But I jist tossed up my
top-knot an' laughed in'the rooster's face,
an' tolc him he could meander, I was al
ready spoke tor by a clerk in a store with
a grin like a new tin-cup. You jist or't
to been around, father, an' seen how it
wilted him. If 1 ever marry now you kin
bet I'll git a man that wears clean shirts,
if money'Il fetch him; won't I, pap?"
"That's what you kin. Mandy, an
want you to larn to step nigh, 'hold up
your head, keep your oars back, .'in' don't
you never let me hear of your darin' to
speak to a man who ain't got perfumery
on his hankchufl", an' bear grease on his
hair. Qisrht smart of the standin' of this
family is bound to hang on you, sis; you
must mind that, and you'll have to be
mighty kecrful, gal, or the fust thing we
know you'll be dead-gone on some no-
count buggy-washer that'll be a livin
disgrace to the hull tribe of, us. Keep your
eye peeled for a chap that wears shiny
boots an' carries a watch that runs. Good
looks ain't to bo sneezed at. 1 know, but
don't you forgit that it takes mighty good
clothes to. git board without bag:
You've heerd the ole man whoop keep
step to the warble."
Whereupon the fond parent smoothed
down his hair with a bar of soap, and
went forth to buy the cottage.
The 1st of September will mark Urn be
ginning ot an improvement iu business
that will be continuous. The bankrupt
act expires on that day.
ill
4iz
NO. 41.
Does it Pay?
Cleveland Herald.
A man who for years has carried on a
respectable trade in Cleveland, and al
ways paid one hundred cents on the dol
lar, says the times are so bad he can not
go on much longer, and fears be must
make some settlement with his creditors.
Curiosity ied us to have a little chat with
him about his debts and personal habits
with a view to some suggestions we
thought wise to make. Our friend is a
perfectly sober, industrious man. No one
ever saw him worse for liquor. He is an
indulgent husband and father, and-in all
respects a good citizen. But during all
this period he has been a steady, moderr
ate drinker and smoker. Once in the morn
ing and generally twice before bed time
he has taken his drink. . Two, three and
four cigars a day have been moderate al
lowance for his wishes, and; all the time
he had thus been gratifying his tastes, the
expense of so doing never seemed to him
of the slightest importance. ...
He admitted that during, thirty years
the average sum paid by him for whisky,
beer and tobacco would amount to half a
dollar per day, and on being questioned,
said he cared little for either-luxury
that smoking and drinking were, nasty
habits, and he would have been just as
happy without. them. Taking his own
pencil, he found by his own statement,
which probably did not cover more 'than
half the realesum, that he had expended
$5,540 for whisky and tobacco, not cal
culating the interest on the money, which
would long since have doubled the amount
His entire present indebtedness, was .less
than $5,000, for which he holds goods of
larger nominal value. Had he saved the
whisky and tobacco money, he would
now be an entirely independent man, and
the world for him would be prosperous
and satisfactory. All the steady profits
he had made in thirty years of bard la
bor an average sum of 50 cents a day
he had expended thoughtlessly and reck
lessly. Is there no lesson in such a story?
Our New England fathers after a lifetime
of honorable labor, felt that unusual suc
cess crowned their efforts, if when they
came to die, they left behind an unen
cumbered estate worth from $6,000 to
$10,000. But these men lived frugal, care
ful lives, maintained themselves, educated
their children, sustained the schools aud
christian charities, endowed colleges, es
tablished missions, built churches, all
from small personal savings. It is said
that nine tenths of all the money raised
annuallyin New England for the great
charities of the churches, are paid by men
and women worth less than $10,000.
But our prudent forefathers would nev
er have secured a competency out of the
rough sil of New England except by the
practice of rigid and systematic economy.
Had they allowed themselves to waste
half a dollar a day for beer, whisky j and
tobacco, poverty would have been their
certain portion, and New England would
have known no thrift, and the story of
their usefulness would never have been
written. . : . .
The truth must be told over asrain:
Americans of to-dayafetTie most self-inft
dulgent and extravagant people on the
face of the globe. There is a. strange-lack
of moral sense among a large class of
them. Hundreds of men ignore honest
debts, yet indulge daily in habits of per
sonal extravagance that, under the cir
cumstances, are criminal. Rigid economy
and abstinence from luxuries with which
they have no business, would in time save
enough to pay, or fairly compromise, their
debts, but it never occurs to them that
duty and honor and decency demand it
should be done. Speak to one of them
who is daily expending for drink and to
bacco a sum in which the yearly aggre
gate is sufficient to clothe comfortably all
his children, and the angry reply would
be that that was his business, or a man
must have his little comfort. -But in fact,
the habits of a man in debt are matters
which creditors have the right to com
plain of, because their gratification is
paid for not by himself, but by them.
The people of the German, Swiss, Rus
sia and r rench nations appear to enioy
themselves as well as our own. They
smoke, drink, dance and sing as much as
we do. But generally a light, cheap wine
or beer satisfies the palate, and along pipe
the smoker. The cost of one high-priced
cigar daily smoked by all classes in this
country, would buy in any other country
tobacco to satisfy a smoker a week.
The days have gone by when rapid for
tunes can be made as during the war
Hereafter the process of accumulating
property must go on slowly and steadily,
ittle by little. Men who are striving to
secure a competency for their families
must live prudently and economically,
like our New England ancesters and the
men who founded the Western Reserve.
Men who are not rich must have moral
courage enough to do so and not live as
though they were.
Ihe saving and laying aside of one dol
lar per day put at interest will, in twen
ty-five years, make any family comforta
ble and independent. Why will not our
young men see this? Why squander
money on habits absolutely injurious to
mind and body, that which in the end
would secure independence for them
selves and families, or yearly provide
them with comforts, or means of educa
tion, which will, in the end, aid them in
the coming life struggle?
We again ask: Does it pay? Does it
pay to spend the certain earnings of an
industrious life in smoking and drink
ing aud near its close find yourself bank
rupt iu fortune, and your families thrown
helpless upon the world? If not, it is
never too lute to mend.
The New York ZViaessays that "Sena
tor Thurnnian's own case is an instance
of how perilous it is to lodge the regula
tions of the finances with the Legislature.
With a clear perception of the evils of
irredeemable paper money, with far clea
er comprehensions than most of his fcl-low-le"-islators
of the immense abuses to
htcb such money gives rise, he has grad
ually been driven to an equivocal posi
tion on the question, has gradually sur
rendered himself to the dictates of the
wildest, uiost ignorant, and most de
bauched idements of his party. If, with
his superior intelligence aud capacity, he
could not tand firm against the errors
and illusions of partisan finances, what
could be expected of feebler men. There
Is something very pitiable iu his present
position, Vut there is a grave warning in
it as well. A man with the capabilities
of a statesman groping in the blind paths
of the demasoet'.e because it is only in
these that he can hope to find favor with,
his party, gives ample evidence of the risk
the counrty runs iu putting its currency
in the hands of politicians."
Beaconsfield paid oyer $1000 for ont
garter. Who says times are hard.
Several of Boston's leading citizens are
spending the heated term in the 'cooler.'
A distressing feature df the recent bar
becue in Kentucky, at which two men
were murdered, was the accidental kill
ing of a horse.
The King of Burmah recently impris
oned all the Ministers for several hours
because they were not punctual in attend
ing a council.
A young lieutenant in the British navy
has been committed without bail by a
London police magistrate for stealing two
five pound notes.
The skull of Captain Jack, the Modoc
chief who was hanged for the murder of
General Conby, adorns the library of the
Jewett Scientific Society of Lockport.
An old man in Virginia City, Nevada,
having regained the power of speech af
ter five years of paralysis, does little else
but swear. "It is said that he is making
up for lost time.
The falling off in the contributions to
the Presbyterian Board of Education is
so great that, according to a statement of
the Secretary, the appropriations must be
reduced one-fourth.
San Francisco Post: Two lawyers.wbile
bathing at St. Croix the other day, were
chased out of the water by a shark. This
is the most flagrant case of want of pro
fessional courtesy on record.
Of the 259 person arrested in the city of
Columbus, during the month of July, 58
were married and 201 single. This may
be taken as a mathematical demonstra
tion of the moral Influence of matrimony.
Wives and daughters of coal and ice
men are the most expensively dressed of
all at Saratoga. The young ladies whose
wardrobe is based on gass stock must be
at some other watering place.
It cost that Washington mob a penalty
of just - five dollars for stoning honest
workingmen away from their work. How
both offenders and victims must respect
the majesty of the law.
The Cleveland Police Court has discov
ered that a man on a street-car must pay
his fare whether he has a seat or not.
The case is to be carried up, and its pro
gress in the higher Courts will be watch
ed with much interest.
On the 10th of this month John Bright
concluded thirty-one years ot Parliamen
tary service, during which time he has
represented Birmingham. His constitu
ents propose celebrating the day and
erecting a statue.
At the Band of Hope Union-celebration,
in London, recently, a concert was
given by what a London newspaper calls
"two gigautic choirs of youthful per
formers, the majority of whom had never
tasted intoxicating liquors."
The National Temperance League in
London gave John B. Gough a hearty re
ception and garden party in the College
Gardens, Westminster Abbey. Mr. Gough
was personally conducted through the
Abbey by Dean Stanley himself.
The enormous crops this season will
practically inflate the currency by caus
ing a demand for it and setting it in mo
tion. The resumption of specie payments
will still further inflate it by adding
$200,000,000 in gold to the circulation:
A monument erected t the memory of
an unborn son is the work of a wealthy
Long Island resident. The spirits in
formed htm, he said,- that his wife died
within a few months of being the mother
of a boy that would gladdened his heart.
American liye cattle are arriving' in
London in great numbers. One thousand
reached there in one day, and the Lon
don Graphic says that some of them were
so "mountainous that they might be made -fit
subjects of decent itinerant shows."
The Mayor of New Orleans is taking
steps to import ice, which is absolutely
necessary in the treatment of yellow fe
ver. The Government will not pay three
cents a pound for it; hence the Custom
house and other employes have to drink
warm water.
A citizen of Louisville has in his pos
session a hat once worn by Chief Joseph.
The hat is profusely decorated with os
trich feathers and ribbons of various
colors, while a cordon of weasels' tails
surrounds the crown, and an eagle's
plume waves above.
Burlington Hawkeye: The rice crop in
the Phillippine Islands this year is a to
tal failure. This is depressing to the
boarder who, remembering how little
rice it takes to make five gallons of soup
when the crops are abundant, will trem
ble to think of the amount of overwork
that will be forced upon one grain now.
Drunkennes has often invested a flip
pant young rascal with a reputation for
talent and genius he never possessed, but
which is supposed to have been obscured
by dissipation. "How smart he would
be; what a genius, if he didn't drink!"
are remarks we often hear about those
who have nothing else to rescue them
from mediocrity.
The contract for the completion of the
Cincinnati Southern railroad has been
awarded to R. G. Huston & Co., of Nash
ville, Tennessee, for the sum of $1,671,
998 11. An election washadto detenine
whether or not the city of Cincinnati
shall issue $2,000,000;more bonds for this
purpose, which resulted in its favor by a
majority of 5000 votes.
An English ice ship, going to Bombay,
was struck by lightning, near the fore
rigging. The bolt then went down into
the body of the ship, making a hole about
two feet in diameter through the ice. It
next took a circular direction, and melt
ed about thirty tons of ice before it made
its exit through the ship's quarter.
At a Texas ball a large number of mar
ried women, who had Brought their ba
bies, found it impossible to dance, unless
some of the young men became nurses.
The young men took the babies into an
other room, and changed their clothes, so
that when the mothers reached home that
night there was consternation over the
interchanges.
Some ignorant cuss wrote to the news
paper that Col. It. TV . Jones, of the
Athens Journal, was a candidate for Con
gress; would have the undivided support
of Athens county ; was very popular in
the district, etc. Jones took the matter
in high dudgeon, and seemed to regard
the suggestion of his candidacy as an im
putation on his character. He is not a
candidate, and would not accept the office
if tendered. -Veto Lexington Tribune.
During a marriage ceremony, a West
ern girl, when asked whether she would
"have this man to be her wedded hus
band," distinctly answered "No." She
had just detected the fumes of whisky in
his breath. This incident teaches that
well, it teaches us several things. A
young man should not drink whisky.
It shatters the constitution, reddens the
nose, and beer is cheaper, you know. It
also teaches the value of cloves and car
dauion seeds. A simple little clove put
where it would do the most good, might
have made that young man happy three
mouths and the girl wretched the re
mainder of her life.