THE HERALD. cb AYE OUNTY ERALDiWASHINGTON C. H., O., THURSDAY, JAN. NO. lO.

EDUCATIONAL COLUMN.

Vhile he vas gone, do odr dexter, achovial feller, said some beetles, ren-ef- er

dey got ia danger, tu act chostas if dey been ead a box r iLU.Veil, Chakey corned back, ad dime

vas called for der first round, alter derbrincibals had made a last appeal toder seconds dot dey cood been allow-ed to make it ub, but der first secondsaid wid stern faces :

"No, nix. Go hedt mid der muss.Gentlemen, dere has been an insuldinginsuld gifen, and neider bardy canbeen satisfied unless he got killed.Now lisden : I vill count Tone, doo,dree, unden you must shood ood yourbistols."

He den redreaded himself back, undder brincibals dried te done der samedings, but dey were ordered to goback.

Der first second now began cound-in- g

like dis :

"Von!"(You eould heard some bins drop)."Doo!"(Soo vou could now)."Dree"!" .(Soo you could now) ; no firing was

heard, und he efen counted "Four,"bud shdill you conld hear some bins,und I believe if he counded a coupleof hundredt, you could hafe heard binsdrop.

"Vy dye tyfel dond you fire oudyour bistols ?" roared der first sec-ond.

"Oh, you go by ter tyfel," said Cha-key ; "my honor dot's blainly satis-fied, if you vond do been shooded sd,come oud here yourself."

"Yes, dot's so," said Mygel ; "I'msadisfied you are gentlemea ; we areboth gentlemen."

Und before 3 0U could say Mr. JohnRopinson, dey locked in each odersarms, and vas grying like a grogo-dil- e.

"Oh," said Chakey, "how could vefighd about a tarn girl ?"

"Dot's so," said Mygel, "let dot galgo ; ve go off no night, and hafe abully olt trunk."

"I bead you," said Chakey, und offdey vend, vhich vas nod a galland, buda very sensiple action, ain't it?

An Old Story Revived.

An entertaining artiele entitled "To-ny Weller's Widow" appears id theChester (Pa.) Republican, from whichthe following is an extract:

"Another veryjJtfcurtalMe"trtdoWtwa3a young lady of "Washington, Pa.She became engaged to a young mannamed Robert , in 18-46- Heifather, however, objected Vto thismatch vTah vp.ae f hisTt:lerks, aad

..when the 3r6ufig lady received a tempt-ing proposal from a wealthy suitor,the paternal influence soon effectedmarriage, despite the former engage-ment. In less than three months herhusband was killed by a kick from ahorse. Robert ' was a second timethen a suitor, but delayed the import-ant" question until fifteen months had

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TERMS: $2.00 per Year in Advance.

OFFICE:Im McLean's Building, Opposite the

Court Hoase.

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three " 00Baeh Snbseoiient insertionOw square three month t Son

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oFFICIAL DIRECTORY.Common Pleas Judges A. S. Dicur, Wm. H.

sirruKn.I'robate Judge Jonn B. Pkiddy.Prosecuting Attorney A. R. CacAXZR.Sheriff Conrad Uabis.Clerk of Court Masn Blanch Ann. OfAuditer Abel McCandlss.Treasurer J. W. Aaykk.Recorder Z W. Heaqlek.t'roner Jobm Millikan.Commissioners Jacob Brant, A. C. JOsTNSON,

QEOKOE 8. FVLI.EKTON.

SECRET ORDERS.

FAYETTE CHAPTER R. A. M.,Wednesday evening before the

full moon. C Garis, H. P. : A. M. Stimson, King,L. C. Knrnsy, Scribe; J. P. Robinson. C II.; Geo.Kstep. P. S. : T. D. McElwain. R. A. C.i-Ioh-

Millikan, M. 8.1 Vail: .1. 11 McLean, G. M. 2.1Vail; Jos. O. Rees. U. Mr 1st Vail : H. L,. Robin-son, Sec'y; 'John Miser. TTreas.. W. H. 11. Hammer, Guurd.

I AYETTE LODGE No. 107 F. fe A.11., meets on the first Wednesday evening af-

ter the full moon, and when the moon lulls onWednesday, on that evening. C Garis W. M.; 11.Jj. Robinson, S. W.; John Millikan, J. W.; Geo.Kstep, 8. D. ; J W. IuflTee, J. D. ; John Miser,t reat.; B. H.Millikan, Sec'y; W. IT. H. Hammer,Tyler.

WEMPLE LODGE No. 227 I. O. O., F., meets at Washington every Tuesday eve-ning, at their hall on Court street. F. A.Murray,N. G.: O. H. Saxon. V. G i J. B. Priddy, Sec'y.;J.C. King. Treas.; John McKee, Wm. Mo. Pineand J. P. Wyatt, Trustees.

I AYETTE ENCAMPMENT No.134 I. O. O. P.. meets at the hall on Court

Street on the second and fourth Fridav eveningsf each month. M. Hlnnchard, C. P.; O. H. Sax-to-

H. P.; J. C. KihgrS. W.i P. A. Mnrray, J.W.t J. B. Priddy, Scribe; W. Mc. Pine, Treas.

PROFESSIONAL. CARDS:

GRAY, Attorney at Law, Washington, O. Office over Bank of Fayette.

XT B. MAYNARD, Attorney at Law,XX Washington, Ohio. Office over Robinson

Silcott's Iry Goods Store.If

J. WILLIAMS, Attorney at Law,Washington, O., will promptly attend to

all professional nusiness entrusted to his care.nice In MoLean's building, opposite Court Hote.

SF. KERR, Attorney at Law, Wash- -Ohio, will attend promptly to all

business entrusted to him. Office over Greene &Areen's Hardware Store.

rpHOMAS D. McELWAIN,

Attorney at IiSVW dc Notary PublicSpecial attention given to the preparation ofuardlan and Administrator's accounts.Office over Gbkene A Ghxen's Hardware Store,

Washington C. H., Ohio. augn, '7139B mT itttt T A T1T"vv ijjijiiivijyj

, ' ATTORNEY AT IAW,WASHINGTON C. H., OHIO.

ROOM Over 8. N Yeoman's Store, oppositeFirst National Bank. mara-"i- i

N. CRAIG, Is

ATTORNEY AT LAW,OFFICH Over 1. Fnrtwangler's Jewelry Store,

Court Strest. Washington C . 11 , Ohio. of

QREGG & CREAMER,V ATTOBSETS AT LAW,

WASHINGTON C. II , OHIO.OrrTCB In the Court House, up stairs, will at

tend to all professional business, and will advance I

money on ail won securea .notes, or maie collec-tions and remit promptly. ju2 '71 32ly

L. IIADLEY,ATTORNEY AT LAW,

WASHINGTON C. H., OHIO,Will attend promptly to all professional busi

ness entrusted t. his care. Onicein Dr. Goldsber.ry's New Building, corner Court and i ayetteBtreeti .

E. C. HAMILTON,

DENTIST.Over Furluangler'$ Store,

COURT ST.. WASHINGTON" O. H., OHIO.

Artificial Teeth inserted on

fGrold. snd Silver PlateSeeelal attention paid to the preservation ef

the Natural Teeth.- AIL 0PEBATI01TS WASEA1TTED.

Jely si st. lSfiO.

J B. BLUME,

DENTIST.OFFICE IN McLEAN'S BUILDING,

Opposite the Court House,WASHINGTON C. II., OHIO.

Special attention paidto FILLING,

CLEANINGAND

EXTBACTma

T 3G 3ES r 3E3C

ARTIFICIAL TEETHInserted on Gold.Kilyer, and all the best materialsknown to the profession, at the lowest prices.All operations warranted. Dec. lo,

BUSINESS CARDS.

CONTINENTAL LIFE INSU- -

' BANCE COMPANY.OF HARTFORD, CONN.

D. E. O H XI, Affent.Office with 8. M. H0TCHKI8S, General Agent. Sinth High Street, opposite atate iiouse, Loinm--

bus, Ohio, P. O. Box 1088. Oct. 27, 1870. 49tf

DR. OSWALD,

Gives Special AttentionTo the Treatment of All Kinds of

CHRONIC DISKAHES.Female Diseases especially the disorders at

tending the change oi me in lemaies. wnu un-rivaled success. He can furnish numbers of certificates from citizens will known in this community of remarkable enres oi diseases oi

effected under his treatment.i, n n .n i rsinsnlted In Washington

n Saturday of each week, and the remainder ofi I i : .i a .lnhn I . Kl VAT'Sineweon. nia rt3mii, via " -

ferm Smi.on North of Bloomingburir. except on. rw.t und third Motuluvs of each month, when

k will he in JefTerfionrtlie. 33tf

TVTONEY CANNOT BUY IT!UJ-- For Sight l Priceless J I

Sat tie Dlamonl Spectacles wiU Preserve It.

Ti you yalue your eyesight, use these Perfectt rrt. ... .rr..,,ni from minute CrystalPebblei. melted together, and derive their name"blnmond" on account of their Hardness andit . i rr.i.,. ...iii i..a. m.nv rears withoutchange, and are warranted superior to all o'l'oin use. Manufactured by J. E. SPENCER o..New York. Caution. None genuine . unlessstamped with our trude murk. Forsale by respon.

lliln .iront, t.h frllfili I. t lio ITninn1. k'tl KTW ANGLEIt, Jeweler and Optician, Is

sole ag3nt at Washington J. 11., ftiio, from whomtney can omy ne nntiuiieu. no I'eaierseinpioyeu.

Kep. i, itm. 4iyT MILLIKAN, dealer in Books, StationeryXV,, Wall and Window Paper to., Court

VOL. 14.JwJEW FURNITURE STORE.

Robert Krnuse,Has just opened at his old business stand on

COTJRT STKEET,Brst door East of Mrs. Lydy's Boarding House,

A. ITI1VE

STOCK OF FURNITURE!all kinds, which he offers the public at very low

prices. Call and examine my Stock oi?oo4s andlearn roy prices.

lo iy. ixunbui ukausk.yyiLLETT'S

autGAX1X1ERY!

Picture Frame IE3IPORICJI!

EST PICTURES FRAMED TO UnLJEn.

Resewood and Gilt Mouldings of EveryDescription.

XCliildren's PicturesTaken With Uare.jgsjr

Daguerreotypes and Other Pictures Enlarged, to Any &ize.

SOIE AGENT FOB"Willard'e Celebrated Bevolvmg

August Bth. 1868. 76m.

OUEENSWARE AND GLASSV5t WARE

IS SOLD LOWER

AT

R. MILLIKA 'S,THAN ANT OTHER

House in the Coiantv- -

any one tells yon they are selling lower, donotbelieve tnein. juy goods win average irom

10 to 20 per Cent.Lower than any . other place in

THE COUNTY.

March 18, '69 B- - MILLIKAN.

NEW LIVERY

- AND

FEED STAJlTiE.

JOHN FATJIprepared to aocominod&te the traveling

public with safe and speedy horses, and handsome and comfortable buggies, at all times, onreasonable terms. Horses fed and taken care

at reasonable rates.KIRK HOUSE STABLE Bnek of Si

mon Doron's Feed Stable.April 18, 1867. 31tf

DR A. W. HARLOW, a

DRUGGIST!Kirk House "Rlrtnlr ,

Keeps constantly on hand a full stock of

FRESH & PURE DRUGS!Perfnmeries Sc. Toilet Articles.

S?" All calls for professional services promptly attended to. novS'691tf

BUY YOUR COAL

--OF-

JOHNSON

Who keeps a full stock or the BEST COAL,and sells at the LOWEST PRICES.

An. 17th, 1871. 39 tf

QIRCLiriLLE PLANING MILL!

DO YOTJ

INTEND TO BUILD?

IF SO,

Tou will Find it to Tour Interest

To Call on or Address

S. W. K3STOTT,CIRCLEVILLE, OHIO.

Flooring', Sidingr,Doors, Blinds,

SASH, MOULDINGS,

FRA31ES, BASEBOARDS,

Porticos,Verandahs,

And ererytking necessary to complete any styleOi IIQUH Kk

THAN EVER.

3?rices Furnislied to allDESIRING TO BUILD.

S. W. KNOTT.Ante. 10, lmi. aetf

BOOKING-GLASSES-.

XI. 2rXIX.XIIC-A.I- V

.u.rul from New York the largest Midmost beautiful assortment of Looking-glnsso- ev-

er brought to Washington. Price nd quality

25, 1872.their ancient battle-cry- , and apply it,too, in every department of the gov-ernment. To be consistent we would,of course, have to them everjr-thing- ,

which would not be quite soagreeable. But how demoralizing issuch a principle ! We call the offices"spoils," as if they were something tobe plundered, and then complain ifanybod-- , taking us at our word,plucks the official goose. We incul-cate the idea that a man can haveclaims upon an office simply becausehe has had a longer purse, or beenmore free with his whisky' than some-body else. That is, we do these thingsif we adopt the Jacksonian idea. The3'are its logical and necessary conse-quences. .

Aud 3-- bow vain and futiie is pat-ronage as a means of controlling pub-lic opinion was never better illustratedthan in Andrew Johnson's attempt touse it for that purpose. Never wasthe influence of official patronagemore powerfully- - exerted, and 3'et never was an administration more overwhelmingly condemned by popularverdict.

It is believed by some, however, andthe belief is said to be gaining ground,that the office of President should belimited to one term, lest, by theshrewd disposition of offices, thatfunctionary shall influence unfairlythe peoples' choice of his successor.Now whatever be the merits of the

ONE TERM IDEA,

it certainly cannot stand on thatground. Take the case of Grant, forexample. What is the real cause ofnine-tenth- s of the opposition to hisrenomination to-da- y V Not failures inhis administration, for no signal oneshave yet been pointed out. Not cor-ruption, for no specific charge of dis-honesty against the President has yetbeen establishied. Not opposition toreform, for in this he has been a lead-er, even in advance of public senti-ment. Nearly the whole trouble hasarisen from his appointments. Pat-ronage, instead of helping him, hasbeen his weakness. The New YorkCollectorship was the rock on whichDana foundered, and the venerableGreeley split. The distribution ofpatronage in New York is what hurtstenton, and a case of brother-in-la-

is said to be the trouble with Trum-bull. In short, appointments and re-

movals have been the inspiring causeor basis of more attacks on the President than anything else, and had hebeen divested at the beginning or histerm of every ounce of influence derived from patronage, there would befar less opposition than there now isto his renomination." But, as the President has voluntarily surrendered hispower to appoint or remove the vastmajority 01 officers for political r personal reasons, this ought to silencecavil on that point. The argumentthat the Executive should be limitedto one term because he will--' otherwiseabuse his power to get a second, failswhen the power of abuse is itself takenaway from him.

The question has been pertinentlyasked, how Mr. Sumner, who has proposed in the Senate a one-ter- amendment to the Constitution, would liketo have the same limitation applied toSenators. He has held three or foursuccessive terms in the Senate, and itis a notorious faet, though not in his

iiJiiL jjuLionage is more usea anamore abused in the election of Senators than in any other way. It canthere be exerted more effectually because it is used upon the fewest number. Now, if it is necessary in orderto purity the civil service, that thePresident shall be limited to a singleterm, it is equally necessary, and forthe same reason, that Senators shallbe likewise limited. If it be said thata Senator should be re elected becausethe people should have the benefit ofhis experience, the same is true of thePresident. Experience is just as valuable in the Executive Mansion as itis iu the Senate Chamber, and therecan be no doubt at all that lor ererypublic position it is one of the mostdesirable qualifications. Why, then,should the people deprive themselvesof the power to re-ele- the Presidentany more than of any otherofficer ? Let Mr. Sumner answer thatconundrum. - A. E. L

A Socltdolager Against Railroads.Under the head of an "Old Fossil'

the Celina Journal says : '

There is one left, and he lives inMercer county ; he is opposed to railroads, and argues against them trus- -

ly : "O, they bring into the countrya different set of people folks withlarnin', who want to get along with-utjror- k

; and who aint satisfied withone suit ot nuiii..i y,nt must havestore clothes, and a clean shirt eveijweek, and who go fursing 'round.They spile the country and are a cussto it. They set all the cra-zy can't make 'em work after thatthey must have buggies and paper col-lars, and shined boots ; then they aintso healthy, and doctors' bills run uplike all sixty. It spiles biznes, too.these railroads do. Wherever there sa railroad they don't do b'znes like wedo ; you can't sell so high to people ;

these smart fellows come in and sellcheaper ; and we'll have to pay a darndsight more tor butter'n egg; it'll spilethe the tortle, frog and catfish trade,we can't make nothing out'en it then,the reservoy may as well dry up. Andhow are we ever going to pay our tax-es ? Much as we can do now andmore too. If our lands go up, it willall go up, and how are we going tofollow it ? And then look at themtelegraffs, they is wherever railroadsis, and draw the lightnin', and bringthe smallpox and measles to the peo-ple. There's no use talking, men,"said he, "I'm deadly opposed to rai'- -roads, and won't live in the countryif one comes."

When a lady fainted at a Wiscon-sin party, a gentleman thought hecould resuscitate her by biting herear. Sho recovered promptly. He isgoing round with a poultice on hiseye.

"Oh Jennie ! What a beautiful suitof hair Phoeba Simpkins has," saidMrs. Innocence.

'Tis false," replied Jennie,

IN THE TIXMIL,Riding np from Bangor,"

.On the Pullman train.From a six weeks shootingIn the woods of Maine.Quite extensive whiskers,Beard, .Moustache as well,Sat a "student fellow,"Tall, and fine, and swell. -

Empty seat behind him, )

No one at his side;To a pleasant stationNow the train doth glide.Enter aged couple.Take lhe hinder seat;Enter gentle maiden,le:uitil'ul, petite.Blushingly she falters:ls this seat engaged?"

(See the aged coupleProperly enraged.) "

Student, quite ecstatic.Sees her tickets ' through;'Thinks of the long tunnelKnows what he will do.

So they sit and chatter, 'While the cinders flv.Till that "student feller'"(cts one in his eye;And the gentle maidenQuickly turns about"May 1, if you please, sir.Try to get it out?"

Happy "student feller"Feels a dainty touch; --

ilenrs a gentle whisper' Does it hurt you much?"Fizz! ding, dong! a momentIn the tunnel quite.And a glorious darkness ,

Black as Egypt's nigbt.

Out into the daylightDarts the Pullman train;Student's beaver ruffledJust the merest grain;Maiden's hair is tumbled.And there soou appearedCunning little ear-rin- g

Caught in student's beard.

A DUTCH DTJEIi.

BY MARK QUENCHNER.

Id was a loafly nighd. Oh accound idvas dark, der gasses vas lighded in derspacious abardments of MamsameS(mid)''s bai lors. In von of der mosdspacionsdest Places in dot barlor, vasa larlv talking mid herself like dis :

"Boody soon Chakey Sullivan comeund ask me my hands in marriage. Idon'd like dod beard vord a cent. But(und here she blushed up herself) Ilike bedder do seen M3'gel Schneider.I loaf him awful."

Vile she is t, you can hafeblaindy dime to do ben exprised atat her eggshorbidant beauty.

She had a nice comblexion like denoose, und her couoie 01 eyes had a.--

brighd color, not unlike the bellue- -

(I can'd schbell dot word) exbresjsion ot der heavenly heavenly ga-zelle.

(I vonder is dot righcT.)She vas dressed widout some regard

to esbense (so are rag bickers, but Idon'd mean like dot).

Boody soon comes a knock ad dedoor.

She shivers herself and says- midfaindness :

"Shdeboudin."A man righd away shdebs oud in.

Dot's Chakey Sullivan.He vas dressod in eggstremely goot

clothes, lie says like dis :

"Oh, Loweesar! I loaf you likesoab ! Vil youloaf me like soab, too ?Oh ! vad diuks aboud it, my mosddarling t

Und she draws up herself ub, andsays :

"Vad I dinks abond i3, eh? Vv, Idinks me dot you are a nod good forsomeding, irsulding, cheegy beebles,und please to got yourself out rightsvajv

He god himself much bale mid madness.

"Go ahead oud, vil you ?" saidsue.

"No, madomissle, no, sir; I voonedgo oud, I," said he, mid rage in hiseyes. "I go me oud yen I blease me,and nod afder."

"All righd, sir; den I call my fad-de- rdot he vill boosd you oud," said

she.Und she dakes him his oad dot, my

ketens, she voud so dot, and she runsherself to der vinder, bud he shdickshim oud his feeds, und she is clumseyund dumbles ofer dem, und hids herschnood ou der cround, und he schustsays :

"Ah 1 oh! didn't I say so youvoodn't?"

Und mid dis insulding brobasishionhe holes ub her head und gifs her acouble of bunches in der moud.und heis choost aboud to kig her ear, ven afeller chumbs on Chakey's back, undmosed choges out his deeth oud. Dotfeller vas Loweesar's drne loaf, MygelSchneider.

Loweesar hollers:"Oh Mygel blease gif Chakey a mur-

der, or ead off his e3--e off a leedle on

cound he vas so ruff to me."Uud Mygel says :

"Dot's so; id's better ven I do itrighd avay."

So he dakes off his coat, und peginto grop his hear, so dot he can fighdbetter, but Chake3' says :

"Blese shdop your brebarations. Iexcuse yon dot you fighd mit me. Ia "a uua aaoh (Urigs T leen a gen-tleman. Blese hold up your bosses nnI accommodate you mid a duel. Dosis my card."

Und he schucked his card in Jfv- -

gel's eye.Mygel shucked his de same va3T,

saving:"All righd, morning ad

de broke ob da3 Bistols and bidders lor a cubble. Adieu."

"Adieu yourself," said Chakey. unddey parded to seeg deir reshpecdivegouches, und berchanee, to dteam

enormous grime, und derof anan's uncondrollable

bassions against der holy laws, or-dained (I better shdop me here, on ac-cound venefer I ride dot, I alvays getshduck.)

Next morning before the brighd Oal-roar- er

(dot's de sun) had yet sheddedhis refulgenct rays on the crub durnid I mean to say before de sun vasub two pardies mighd hafe been sawschood'ng along toward der duelingcround.

Do order bardy got derc firsd.Brebarations vas immediately gom-mence-

for dar d wo handled massa-ge- ryes, sir ; I call it massagor, for

vad else is id, ven dwo of nature's ownnoblemen vill, in cold blood, shdarveil, dot's enough of dot.

We go on.Der brincibala vas shdood ub, und

der seconds gif dem der bistols, viledor thirds und der fourds vas fixingder medicines.

Choosd as dey vas all ready, Chakeysaid he must be been excused for a

the paper and Hs readers. Those whohad the pleasure of listening to Mr.Cate were well pleased with his remarks, and propose to make this mat-ter an interesting one to all concerned.The papers of our . great' cities havetheir farmers column and they make itpay, by an increased circulation amongthat class of citizens. , We argue thatEducation Las to do with all classesof the nation, and hence, we hope thismove of our own county paper will beduly appreciated and honored, not on-

ly by teachers, but by every parentwho sends to the common schools ofthe county.

Mr. D. W. Ellis gave us his meth-

od of teaching Descriptive Geogra-phy. He writes an outline of the les-

son on the blackboard, and conductshis recitation without the use of anyquestions. Mr. Ellis is a live teacher,and we congratulate the citizens ofStaunton on having secured his servic-es. He is a good worker.

Mr: Ellis thought that it was a hardmatter to make the study of Geogra-phy interesting. Mr. H. H. Edwardsclaimed that this study could be madeas full of interest as almost anythingelse ; and gave a method of teachingGeography, which told plainly enoughthat enthusiasm copld be aroused in ageography class, provided the propermethod of teaching the branch be used.Mr. Edwards always makes a subjectattractive whenever he takes hold ofit. Some of our teachers would makegood mart3'rs. They are dry enoughto burn well. Mr. Edwards is not atall dry enough to burn well. We wishthere were more such men in thecounty.

The exercises were concluded withmusic, and an elocutionary entertain-ment by the pupils of the High andGrammar schools of this place. MissMary Stevens recited a poem entitled"The Wonderful One Horse Shay."Mary was a little embarrassed on thefirst five or six lines, but at once re-

covered herself, and we soon began tosee the old Deacon making his won-derful shay, that was never going tobreak down until it was all worn out ;

and then to go all at once. By a skill-ful change of pitch during her recita-tion, Miss St evens brought the gruffold logical fellow instantly into sight.We were all pleased with her exer-cise.

The colloquy on "Women's Rights,"by Lizzie Dahl, Ida Getz, Lizzie Wen-del- ,

Lilian Gray, and W. B. Carpenter,proved conclusively to all, that menand women have-- their own peculiarwork to dof: which neither can profita-bly exchange with thaftor "the othersex.

At the conclusion of the exercises aGlee Club was organized, to which allthe teachers who can sing are urged toattach themselves. We propose tosing at least one piece of standard mu-

sic at each gathering of the teachers.At some future time the words of'Hail Columbia" will be published in

this column, and the teachers are re-

quested to bring a copj' of the paperwith them to the next Institute, whichwill be March 9th next, at 10 a. m.Everybody is welcome to attend theseexercises. They are intended to ben-

efit the schools of the county, by help-ing the teachers. Directors are especially invited to attend. See If yourteacher is present and does his dutyat the Association.

A programme of the next meetingwill be duly announced.

After a motion to adjurn for twomonths, which prevailed, the Association adjourned to meet in the sameplace, March 9th, at 10 a, m.

. J. M. EDWARDS, Pres't.Chas. F. Dean, Sec'y.

The late Fisk originated a number of quaint expressions with a gooddeal of truth in them, and his wit wasnot always of the cheapest order. His

gone where the woodbine twineth"applies forcibly to himself now, andin a sad way, though it was a goodspecimen of American humor ukmeaning in it. An excellent story,showing his humor very forcibly, isquoted in our exchanges received yes- -

terda3''. An old woman who hadbought of the elder Fisk a handker-chief, worth ninepence in the NewEngland currency, complained to Mr.Fisk, Jr., that his father haU cheatedher. Mr. Fisk considered the casematurely, and gave a decision basedon a priori principles. "No," saidhe, "the old man wouldn't have told alie for ninepence ;" and then, as if thisassertion needed some qualification,he added, "though he would havetold eight of them for a dollar !" Hearly as good a story was told of himduring' the engagement of Montalandat the Grand Opera-Hous- e. lhe ladywas driven out by him frequently, andonce he accompanied her on a shopDing --excursion. Pointing out various expensive articles, she gave favorable opinion of them, and with eachopinion Fisk remarked, "I'll buy itfor you." Finally he asked her opin-ion of the comparative merits of Paris and New York, and Montaland prononnced in favor of Paris. "Well,"said Fisk. twirling his moustachethoughtfully, "Paris is a fine place, andwill cost something ; but I'll I'll buyit for you." m

. The farm that took the first prizeoffered by the Royal Agricultural Society was owned and managed by i

woman.

Mrs. Sarah J. Halo, Editress ofGodey's Lady's Book, is 84 years of

WASHINGTON CITY.

Mr. A. E. Lee, the Senior editor ofthe Delaware Gazette, is spending thewinter at Washington City, and is wri-ting some excellent letters to his pa-

per. We make the following extractfrom his letter of the 3d inst. :

THE PEINCIPAL OPPOSITIONto civil service reform is likely tocome from thosa who deem the publicpatronage a sine qua non to partysuccess. It is said fhat members ofCongress are in love with patronage,and that the d ispensation of offices,"garden sass" and Pub. Docs, is indis-pensable for carrying the country"deestricks," and that these thingsthe offices especially will not be Sur-rendered. Now the truth is the peo-ple are rapidly outgrowing gardensass as a means of political seduction,and the decrease in the number ofpersons who regularly read the PatentOffice Reports and CongressionalGJobe is hailed as a sign of increasingintelligence among the masses. Be-sides there is a class of people whoget mad and try to play the mischiefwith nominating conventions if neigh-bor B. gets a flanked document andthey don't. Therefore' the sowing ofCongressional garden seeds is not

the sowing of dissension,and most sure to raise an abundantcrop of political whirlwinds sooner orlater. Congressmen see this, and, likeScott's coon, are more than ready to"come down" on the garden sassquestion.

But what of the official patronage ?Many of the best men in Congresswould be heartily glad to be rid of it.An Iowa member said to me to-da-

he most sincerely wished he was neverobliged to recommend or solicit anappointment. Other members have decidedly expressed in my hearing thesame feeling. About one-thir- d of thetime most Congressmen would like tospend in rendering more valuable service to their constituents is now necessarily taken up in mailing worthlessdocuments or serving as a sort of office-broke- r for aspiring constituents.And t, as I have remarked before,the idea that a member of Congressderives strength from the dispensationof such favors is a snare and a delu-sion. No matter how deserving theappointee, from twenty to fifty per-sons in the district will consider them-selves shamefully slighted, and no matter how unselfishly the appointmentwas made there will always be plentyof mercenary people to raise a crythat the person receiving it was"bought," or that he has in some way,as they would have done, driven a po-litical bargain. The consequence isthat in a political canvass the activefriendship of beneficiaries is more dam-aging to the benefactor than open en-mity. Somebody will say, 'Oh, ofcourse he is for o, for he gavehim an office," as though there wereno friendship among men that is disinterested, no virtue or conviction thatis not purchasable. To such a depthhas this miserable scrambling for officelowered the popular estimate of politi-cal integrity. " And yet there are peo-ple who cannot see that an' moral re-form can be carried out unless it beattached to some scheme of office get-ting.

Equally delusive is the idea that aparty cannot be maintained unless itshall be able to control the distribu-tion of the offices when successful. Thetruth is that the "

POWER OF PARTY PATRONAGE

has been greatly overestimated, andthat it bears very much the same re-lations to a party that it does to anindividual. Heart-burning- s, iealous- -ies, disappointments in seeking nominations,- - or failures to get appointments, have done more to weaken theRepublican party numerically, and toneutralize or impair the efficiency ofits organization, than any other onething. Let any one consider anj'schism in our party anywhere last fall,and see whether it is not traceable tosomebody's removal from, or someother body's failure to obtain somecoveted position. We quarrel aboutoffices nine times where we quarrelabout principles once, and enviousfear that some one will get a little inadvance of some one else in politicalpreferment does more to develop bitterness m party strite than all othercauses combined. In fact the officesare so many apples of discord thrownamong us, and there are plenty of peo-ple who would break up the party, andthe country too, if need be, ratherthan that some other people shoulddraw the prizes in the lottery of poli-tics.

No party loses anything by getting.1 e annli mpii. wIiHa Miosr who re

gard party as a meauis nud ...t ond,and who love it, not for its own sake,but for that of the principles and pub-lic interests with which it is identified,will adhere to it ofiice or no office.They are like the soldiers going intothe battle of Gettysburg. Some werepraising Hooker, some Meade, eachone advocating his favorite. Finallyspoke a stalwart sergeant: "Well,bo)'s, I'm not Hooker's man, norMead's man, or any man's man, butmy flag's and the country's." And sowith these brave, true workers in theRepublican cause. They are like thesoldiers who enlisted in the armyearly, before bounties were offered,and fought the war clear through.They work for the party because theybelieve its policy is wise, its principlesjust and patriotic. They neither askreward or expect it, and just so longas the party continues pure and ad-

heres to correct doctrines, it maycount unerringly upon their support.On the other hand, the bummers,whose help is really a hindrance, andwhose clamor for the "spoils" is oftenthe loudest, are like the fellows whoenlisted in the war near its close, re-

ceived immense bounties, and thenwent over to the other side and plaj edthe same game. Under whatever flagthey fought they were equally unprin-cipled and worthless.

The Jacksonian doctrine, that thevictors are entitled to the spoils of theenomv. is a very comfortable one aslone as the Republicans are the vietors. But suppose the Democracywin, then what ? There is not a parti-cle of doubt that they would raise

Fayette County Teachers Associ-ation.

The Fayette County Teachers' As-

sociation met in the High Schoolroom of this place, Saturday, January13, Mr. J. M. Edwards in the Chair.The roll was called promptly at 10a. m., and absentees noted. We areglad to report a much better attend-ance at our morning session than atany other session.

Our attention was first called to alecture by the Secretary. SubjectCarbon. The various forms of dia-

monds, charcoal and graphite, wereshown to be essentially the same sub-

stance. Common wood was analyzed,and shown to be largely composed ofcarbon. A number of very interestingexperiments with carbonic acid wereperformed, to illnstrate the statementsof the lecture. This exercise was re-

ceived with manifest interest on thepart of those present. The great im-

portance of a careful attention to theventilation of school-room- s, was dweltupon, and the disastrous influence ofbad air shown by experiment. At theclose of the hour Mr. Edwards gave athrilling account of an incident whichoccurred while he was a student. Histeacher removed some red hot hicko-ry coal3 from the fireplace and putthem in a large iron kettle, and placedthe open kettle in a small room wherethe recitation was to be conducted.One pupil fainted, and in falling threwopen a door which allowed the poisonto escape; otherwise, death wouldsoon have followed such a rash meth-od of heating a cold room.

The next lecture in this course willbe on Hydrogen, with experiments.

After a short recess, our questionbox was opened, and half an hour waspassed verj pleasantly in consideringthe topics suggested by the teachersthemselves. We furnish three or fourof them, in hopes that the thinkingmen of our county will send to theCommittee on Educntional Column,short, pithy articles, which shall an-

swer the questions to the satisfactionof all concerned. Any article sent toProf. A. E. Cate, Bloomingburg, orMiss J. H. Wood, or Mr. C. F. Dean,of Washington C. H., will receive at-

tention from them : 1. Will someone give his method of starting smallscholars ? 2. What is the best proofthat the earth is round like a sphere ?

3. Should music be a daily exercise inour public schools? 4. What draw-ing book is best adapted to an un-

skilled teacher, who wishes to teachthe elementary principles of drawingto his pupils ?

The morning exercises closed withreading exercise, conducted by Mr-Jame- s

Garner. The teachers weresupplied with Firth Readers, and anarticle on elocution and reading wasread by members present. A spiriteddiscussion was aroused by the remarksof Mr. Garner. The interest was sogreat that we could scarcely find timeto adjourn the morning session.

This sentence was written on theboard : Fish was murdered by Stokes.Five teachers were called up, and directed to read it in different ways.First as a simple announcement; thenas if astonished at the news ; again, asif glad of it; and finally as if incredulous.

The remajJtgfTJfTH. H. Edwardshe close or this exercise were em

inently appropriate and suggestive.The criticisms on the various readingswere close, but given in a friendlymanner, and no offense was taken.

The roll was called at 1 :30 p. m.,and a piece of music sung by the members. . Prof. Cate explained the Con-

necticut Rule for Partial Payments ina clear and instructive manner, illustrating the rule by an example on theblackboard. The Secretary presentedthe following :

"General Rule for Partial Payments." Compute from payment topaymant as by the United States rule,provided a year or more intervenes.If less than a year intervenes, get theamount of the principal for one year,and from that amount subtract theamount of the payment or paymentsfrom the date of navment to the samedate as on the principal. The remainder will be a new principal, with whichproceed as before. If settlement comeswithin a year from any principal, thedate of settlement must be - the finaldate.

We furnish another rule, called theMerchant's Rule, which is the only fairone we have ever seen :

juercnant s Kuie compute tne interest on the principal from the timeit begins to draw interest, to the timeof settlement, and also on each payment from the time it was made to thetime of settlement. Find the sum ofthe principal and its interest, subtractthe sum of the payments and their interests, and the difference will be thebalance due. See White's CompleteArithmetic, page 184.

The bes method of conducting thEducational Column in the Heraldwas then the subject before the teachers. rror. uate presented some excellent suggestions on the most essentialfeatures of such a department in ourcounty paper. If hia propositions bewell carried out, we have no fears thatthis column will be a mutual benefit to

elapsed, when, to his horror, she in-formed him that she was engaged- -

In three months thereafter she wasmarried. Two years elapsed, whenthe married couple removed to Syra-cuse, New York, where among thevictims of the cholera, when the pesti-lence swept that city, was the second.Robert again sought her hand, andw hen a year had elapsed, was on theeve of a drclaration, when lo ! he re-ceived an invitation to her wedding.Her late husband's business was foundin such a state that to avoid immenselosses she married the surviving part-ner. Shortiy after, she removed withher third husband to Detroit, Michigan.A few elapsed, when herself andhusband were on the steamer that waswrecked near Buffalo. The husbandperished, and the wife escaped solelythrough the exertions of a friend whowas on board. " B.U gallantry inspiredsuch sentiments in her breast that 6hemarried her brave preserver a fewmonths after her third widowhood.The happy pair removed to Pittsburg,wnere her husband was engaged inmerchantile business. Thither Robert,still cherishing his first love, followedthem. One day as he was passing thehusband's store he saw a terrible commotion. Rushing in he beheld themangled corpse of that gentlemenon the floor. A tier of rioe, in beinghoisted to an upper story, had fallenthrough the traps, killing him instant-ly. Anxiousby Robert inquired if anyone had been sent to inform his wife,and was told the book-keepe- r hadjust gone. Robert started for Allegheny Ksity, where the deceased . resided.at the top of his speed. The book-keeper was just ahead of him, and,from past experience, knowing thevirtue of prompt action, and appre-hending that the clerk had designs onthe widow, he ran for dear lite side byside. The race continued until theyhad reached Hand street bridge, whenthe clerk was obliged to stop and paythe tolls, while Robert, a commutor,passed over without stopping. Reach-ing the house of the widow first, Rob-ert told the heart-rendin- g news, andin the same breath made a proposalof marriage. He was accepted. Trueto her promise, after a year of mourn-ing she became his wife. As all herhusbands had died wealthy, Robertwas comfortably fixed after all. Thiecase is a remarkable example of whatpluck and perseverance will do for aman, while at the same time it teachesa lesson on the danger of delay.

From Hearth and Rome.Growing Old.

In can not feel as many people doabout growing old.

To be sure, there are some thatmake it but the wreck of failure of alltheir morning's promise.

Was life meant to be a sunny garden with a prospect of lofty mountainsand majestic forests that all fade awayas we approach them, and the end oflife to be a descent, from whose burn,ing suns and parching sands we canonly be rescued by death ? God for-bid!

It seems to me that it should be likea day in which the afternoon with itsmellow light is richer than the noon-day, and these little in comparison tothe sunset which promises a fair to-morrow.

A green old age seems to me eTeamore beautiful than youth, which, withall its liveliness and vigor and vitali-ty, is crude and hard, is light andthoughtless, ia but the suggestion ofwhat may be ; is to old age a beautifulold age, as a rough sketch to an ex-

quisite picture.I think our life was meant to be

what we see in all nature, a gradualunfolding, ever richer and deeper amipurer, bringing us with each otherfading year nearer our heavenly home.

M. R. Oakeicanuot fail to snip.treet, Wasbington, vmo