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Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1842-08-04
WILL YOU TAKE A SHEEP?

WILL YOU TAKE SiEEF!
A valuable friend and an able farmer,
about the time that the temperance re-
form was beginning TO exert health
full influence in the country SAID to his
newly hired man: A.. .-...
Jonathan, | did not think to mem
ton to you when hired you, that
think oftrying to do my work this year
without rum. How much more must
/ give YOU to do without"
OH said Jonathan, 4 don't care
much about it; you may give me what
you please
well said the farmer, 4 will give
you sheep in the fail, If YOU will do
without
agreed said jonathan.
.The oldest son then said, Father,
vii! You give me sheep if wilt do
without rum"
'II'e~, Marshall, you shah hare
sheep if YOU will do Without
The Youngest son. stripping, then
said, Father, will YOU give ne a sheep
if will do without:'
Yes, Chandler, YOU shall have
sheep if YOU will do without rum
Presently Chandler speaks again
Father, hadn't you better take
sheep too:'
This was poser; he hardly thought
that he could give up the good crea-
ture' yet; bat the appeal was from
source not 10 Be easily diSregarded.-
The result was, the demon was hence
forth banished from the premises, to the
great Joy and ultimate happiness of all
concerned.
INSTRUCTION IN A NUTsBELL.-ltlS
related that Gahleo, who invented the
telescope with which he observed the
satellites of Jupiter, invited man who
was opposed to him to look through it,
that he might observe Jupiter's moons.
The man positively refused, saying,
eff | should see them how could I
maintain my opinions, which I have
advanced against Your philosophy"
This is the case with MANY. They viii
not look at TIE truth. They viii not
herr it, fcr fear that tie area menis
which they have frsmed viii be des-
troyed, ;rd Icy Re obliged 10 give Up
their Vicious iltl'CtLests.
Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1842-08-04
CHAPTER III.

At the close of a pleasant April day,
Mr.. Atkins sat at his kitchen freside
with Charley upon his knees. "Wife, :"
said he to Mrs. Atkins, who was busy
preparing the evening meal, lis it not
a year since Abby left home9''
Why, husband, let me think /; al
ways clean up the house thoroughly
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NEW MIJSIC.

NEW MOolC.
JUST received the following pieces OF New Music,
y at the old established Store, two 1oors east Oh
18th street. W.floOIiEn'
Bonnie Charlie, favorite Scotch song
The Woodland Call, Duett by H. ). Loder
The Poets Elegy--Weepfo for star from our hrma-
ment taken--Lines on the death oil Thomas
Haynes Bayly, Esq, arranged for two voices
NV heart is in the yellow leaf by r. Weiland
nv soldier wears tartan plaid by J. Barnett
FAN of the Oak; words by G. Hill, Esq of Wash
tom music by J. ii. Hewitt.
Miss Lucy Long
Shun not the village churchyard, Duet, written by
7. II. Bayly, Esq.
Kate Anderson my Kate by N. CROUCH.
Time was thy locks were brown, friend John; by
+. J. Loder.
There's bliss in the morning of love by J. A.
Wade.
Wishes; by s. Nelson.
Come Come Soldier come !-Glee.
watch for thee, Serenade, by r. Thomas.
A Mothers love; words adapted to beautiful
German melody, and dedicated to "Ameia'
by w. G. Peters.
Farewell FAREWELL for the Guitar, by +. Weiland,
Swiss Girls Dream, do do
My fondest my faires, do do
Sleep my child, do do
Be it folly or frenzy, do +. kinlock,
Merrily, merriy sounds the horn for the Guitar.
I'll build for thee an altar for the Guitar, by
ID. C. Yon.
L'inyitatione la Chase; by G. Blessner.
Dream is past, arranged as quick step by f. Wei
Vienna Snipes Waltz; by J. X. Cpl.
Quadriles from Tampa, for two performers.
Hail Columbia, with variations.
may "a
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BOOK BINDING.

The subscriber has resumed the above business and
will feel very grateful his friends and the public for
a share of their patronage.
He will furnish at the shortest notice
BLANK BOOKS
OF every description ruled and bound to any pattern,
the materials and workmanship equal to any in the
United States; he will also execute orders for all
tinds of MACHINE RULING.
MANUSCRIPTS, PERIODICALS, AND
MUSIC
Arranged and bound in the very best style and at
sonable prices.
OLDBOOKS rebound, MAPS mounted and var
nished, PORT FOLIOS of all sizes and descriptions
manufactured to order.
gJParcular and personal attention will be paid to
orders for confidential work at the public Offices
elsewhereLE
The subscriber having been for many years
gagged in the above business, and having practical
knowledge of the various branches feels perfectly safe
in assuring the public, that he will be able to execute
orders for every description of work in style that can
not fail to give satisfaction.
His Bindery is ON the south side of Pennsylvania
avenue between fourteenth and fifteenth streets, oppo
site the Post Office Department.
JOHN A. BLAKE.
WASHINGTON, July Goth, lS4l.
N B. All orders left at the Madisonian Office will
be promptly attended to. July "
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NOTICE
of the discontinudnce Of the Public Land
Office at BUCYRUS, IN the State Of Ohio.

TTNDER the provisions of the second section of an
~ act of Congress, approved on the 18th of June.
1910, which declares 4" that whenever the quantity OF
public land remaining unsold in any land district shall
be reduced to number Of acres less than one hun
dred thousand shall be the duty of the Secretary Of
the Treasury to discontinue the Land Office Of such
district; and if any land in any such district shall re-
main unsod at the time of the dscontinuance OF
Land Office the same shall be subject to sale at some
one of the existing Land Offices most convenient to the
district in which the Land Office shall have been dis
continued of which the Secretary of the Treasury
shall give notice."
Notice is accordingly hereby given that, in the pro-
secuon of his duty under the above section, the Sc
cretay othe Treasury has advised this office that the
Land Office at BucYRus, in the State of Ohio is to be
discontinued by law and the lands in said district re-
manning unsold at the time of the disconnuance, are
to be thereafter subject to sale at the Land Office at
LIMA, in the same State.
Lands remaining unsod and unappropriated by
law and subject to private entry within The limits OF
the district of BUcYRUs will to be subject to en-
try heretofore that Office from the date of the re-
cept of this notice; and the Land Officers at LIMA
will give further notice of the day which they will
be prepared to receive applications for entries OF any
such lands.
E. M. HUNTINGTON,
Commissioner
GENERAL LAND OFFICE, April A, 1912
April -law6w
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NATIONAL READING RooM.-The under
may 2s-ly

NATIONAL READING ROOM.--The under
In signed, at the solicitation of many members of
Congress and citizens Of Washington, who have
long felt the want of establishment ofthis kind has
opened Reading Room, in the rear Of his store on
Pennsylvania avenue, next door west Of the American
Hotel. The room is handsomely fitted up, and files
Of the latest papers from every portion Of the country
may always be found on hand He has also made ar
rangements obtain the English newspapers by the
Boston and New York line of steam packets in adj
of the mail. This arrangement, he trusts, will
meet with share Of general patronage, owing to the
numerous calls Of transient persons who in Wash
ngton for papers from their different sections Of
try.
He respectfully invites all strangers as well as the
residents of the District to call and examine his files,
where they will be permitted to read the latest journals
gratuousy. ANDREW X. JENKINS.
Jan lS-6teof
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nor SALE.-Fory-seye thousand dollars in
i Certificates of the United States Treasury, bear
ing the interest of eight per centum per annun, until
payment, shall be made by the Mexican Government
in money or Treasury notes receivable at the Mex-
can custom-houses in payment of duties upon goods
entered for importation or expectation, according to
the article of the Convention Of the llth OF April
1889 between the U United States and Mexico, and the
act of Congress of June i2th lS40
The owners of said Certificates of tho Treasury
Department of the United States, for the above sum
of $1,000, purposng to make visit in Europe will
sell either said amount in its totay in to suit
purchasers, on accommodating terms, for silver or
gold Offers to be addressed through the post office
to S. H. g. Co. In case of parity Of Offers, members
of Congress shall be preferred Offers received until
the 18th inst s II. s. Co.
WAsHlNGroN, D c March 2, 1912
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PICTORIAL ILLUSTRATION OF THE B.
i BILE, AND VIEWS IN THE HOLY LAND,
complete in vols.--conaning 600 engrayings Illus
traye of different texts of Scripture views of places
mentioned in the Bible, &c. &C., compiled rom The
London Pictorial Bible .
The above work is the only ILLUSTRATED
COMMENTARY Of the Bible published in This codp-
try and those who are anxious to furnish themselves
with work of this kind will do well to call and
examine it.
The following is from the Boston Recorder
"This volume completes the design of the compiler,
And il may be said with truth that he hath wrought
good work, in commencing, prosecuting, and Ter
minatng thus happily brief series of illustrations
which, if not absolutely perfect, do yet supply an ln
portant desideratum in most family libraries. What
ever may be the opinion of Others our own conNie-
tons have Strengthened with each successive volume
that the amount of Biblical knowledge in the Amott-
can community, will be greatly augmented by tin,
compilation-and very cordially do we recommc~,
to the attention Of all lovers Of the Bible, aNalu
able auxiliary in their study Of the word of God and
in their endcavors to duse divine knowledge through
out the circles in which they move"
For sale wholesale and retail, by
J. S. REDFlELD,
NAV lit Clinton Hall, New York City
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Navy COMMISSIONERS OFFICE,
l4th April, 1912.


TT having been determined by the Navy Depart
i ment to cause be executed series OF careful ex-
permens to ascertain the relative values OF the due
rent varieties Of fuel, applicable to the purposes OF
steam navigation in the Navy Of the United States,
the pIoprietors of Mines others, furnishing such
fuel are informed that upon forwarding to the navy
yard at the city Of Washington, at their own charge
quantity not less than two tons in weight OF the
fuel which they respectively supply to be delivered on
or before the ist day Of July next, the Department
will cause the trial of the same TO be faithfully made
to discover its heating power and other properties me-
sessary to be known in order to judge Of its fitness
for the purpose above specified Each sample thus
sent must be accompanied by statement certificate
of the origin of the same, and The period of its ex-
traction from the mine also of the points on the At
lanc coast, on the Mississippi, Gulf Of Mexico, or
the lakes at which it can be most conveniently de-
livered .
To be published thrice meek in Madisonian, Ma
tional Inelligencer Army and Navy Chronicle, the
Globe D. c.. New York Commercial Advertiser and
New York Express; American Sentinel and Penn
sylyana Intelhgencer, Cat Harrisburg,) and Psburg
Daily American, Pa; Baltimore Sun, Balli rcre
American, Md; Ricknond Enquirer, Va.
ap15-2awtd
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THE JOURNAL OF BANKING,

DY WILLIAM NJ. GOUGE-Proposals for pub
ID fishing new periodical to be entitled The
JOURNAL OF BANKING"
1t will contain
LIST. A new edition of {" 4 short History of Paper
Money and Banking in the United States" by VIM.
NJ Gouge, with corrections and additions, bringing
the narrative down to the present time
ID Essays on Banking, Currency, Exchanges, and
kindred topics, in which efforts will be made to place
these subjects in the clearest light possible.
3D. sem-monthly review of the times, embra-
cling the most important events, especially those
which relate to the money and produce markets, and
which affect the general operations OF business
4th Such miscefancous matter as VIII, Whhe "
ilI add to the interests of the work, subserye It's
man object which is that Of showing the true cha
ractcr Of our paper money and banking system and
the effect it has on the morals and happiness OF the
different classes of the community.
This Journal will be especially intended for Farm
ers and Mechanics but il is hoped will not prove
,musefu to Merchants and other productive members
of society H -
1t will be published once every two weeks bach
number will contain sixteen pages octave double CO.
lumn, with the leaves stitched and cut thus uniting
the advantages of the open sheet with form conve-
nient for binding
For one copy one dollar and fifty cents a year
For four copies, FIVE dollars, or one dollar and
twenty-five cents each
For ten copies, ten dollars, or one dollar each
The first number Will he ISSUED III the lrsl week VI
July, lo4l.
In all cases, subscriptions must be pad ~ advance
Philadelphia, May, lSll
COUGAR FROM CoRN-STALKS The Ma
- tional Agricultural Society has published Mr.
Webb's Experiments on the Manufacture OF Sugar
from Corn-stalks. Also, the specification OF me
latest patent for making oil and candles from lard,
&c. II
The types arc still standing, and gentlemen VINO
friends can be supplied with copies of the pamPhlet
ga pages Svo al the low price of 81 80 per nun
bred copies, il early application IS made 70 ,,ox
Printers, 9th street near Pennsy wanna avenue
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BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES

TN pursuance of the provisions Of treaty made and
i concluded between the United States and the "
tawa tribe of Indians, on the 3lst day OF August,
1881 l. john TYLER, President Of the United States
do hereby declare and make known that public sale
W. sshed atJheJ.and Office az LIMA 10 tne o.aIe
OF OHIO, commencing on Monday, the tweny-nn,h
day of August xt, for the disposal OF tue anus
within the limits Of the former Indian Reserves o. sA
and three miles square, situated on the Nof'n soe VI
the Maumee river, 20 vii -
North of the base line and East Of The meridian
Fractional sections one and two, in township hve
of range eight .,.-
twenty-four, twenty-five, twenty-six, twenty seven
thirty-our and thirty five, and section hrty-six, In
township six of range eight.
Fractional sections four five and six, in fractional
township five, of range nine.
Fractional township six, including the sixteenth
section, of range nine.
Section thirty-four and fractional sections twenty
two, lwenty-six, twenty seven, twenty eight Thirty
one, thirty-two thirty three, thirty five and thiry-sx
in township seven, of range nine
Fractional sections seven, eighteen and nineteen,
in township six, of range ten,
Also at the same time and place. will be offered Tor
sale the tracts of land hereinafter described, forming
portions of former Indian Reserves, and which, under
treaty stpuIatons with the Indians by whom they
were respectively coded, to be sold for their oen-
eft, viz: .x
North efhe base line, and East Of the meridian
Fractional section sixteen, within the reserve ~ Oc
Section sixteen the reserve ON Blanchards creek,
in township one of range seven .
Section sixteen, in the Big Spnng reservation, In
township one, of range thirteen
South ofthe base line and East Of the meridian
Section sixteen in the Hog Creek Reserve, IN
township four, of range six.
Section sixteen, in townships five and SIX, IN the
Wapaup hkonnetta reserve, OF ranges SIX and seven
Section sixteen, in the Lewistown reserve, in town.
ship seven, of range eight
Also at the same time and place, will be offered at
public SALE the lands belonging to the United States
within the limits of the Southeast fraction OF section
eighteen on the east side Of Sandusky nver, IN town
ship,wo, north of range fifteen east
The sale will be kept open for two weeks, unless
the lands are sooner disposed OIL and no longer and
no private entries of land in the townships SO offered
will be admitted until after the expiration OF the TWO
weeks.
Given under my hand, at the City of Washington,
this twenty-third day of May, ammo Domini
1912. ,,rn
BY the President
JOHN M. MooRE,
Acting Commissioner offhe
General Land Office
may 6--lawt3lstAug.
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DINNEFORD's Patent Improved Electrical
~ Horse-Hair Renosaters. Foom the peculiar
construction Of the Patent Horse Glove Brushes,
every hair Is brought into independent action, thereby
stimulating and producing healthy action of4the
skin, removing the dandruh, and producing fine
sleek appearance of the coat at the same time avoid
ing the irritation frequently created by the ordinary
process Of grooming; they are now sought aitel oy
most of the leading gentlemen of the day. They
produce healthy state OF the system by friction,
riout the risk Of tearing the skin, as all the ordl
nary horse-hair gloves liable TO do. hep con-
stantly for sale by WILLIAM fOUNu,
May 81. 2 doors east Gadsbys, IA NV
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EINHE undersigned has the honor to inform his
Il friends that he has established, with the consent
OF the Postmaster General, an agency in Washing
ton for the transaction of all such business with the
Post Office Department those interested may see
fit to ntrust to his charge After service of five
in the contract office, and as a corresponding clerk
with credit to himself and satisfaction to his official
head the undersigned feels hesitation in attending
to any business that may be conhded TO him. Claims
before Congress, land patents marshal's and mail con
tractors accounts, fines, sc. PENSIONS and patents
for useful inventions, or other similar business,
quring agent at the seat of Government, will be
attended to with despatch
All communications, to receive attention, must be
post paid, and enclose retaining fee Of five dollars
or sum proportionate to the service to be per-
formed
The undersigned refers to the members OF Congress,
generally to the heads of bureaus at Washington, to
his late brother clerks and to the principal mail con-
tractors in the Union.
The undersigned has blank bids, guarantees, and
certificates, ready for bidding and will send them TO
those requiring them When it is considered that a
large number of bids at every letting set aside for
some informally in the guaranty cr certificate, he
feels satisfied that the contractors will find their ac-
count in procuring the blanks fiom him. statement
of the old pay and services on routes desired, will
also be forwarded with the blanks
The undersigned having been formerly employed
as clerk in the Patent Office and, from his expert
ence, being familiar with the routine Of business in
'fSN'
icaons and other papers including drawings for pro-
curing patents, and will transact all such other BUSH
connected herewith as may require an agent at
this place To inventors residing at distance, IT
may be proper to state that in order to expense,
by furnishing the undersigned with neat model OF
their nyenton machine or of the parts claimed
their Improvement, the cubica dimensions of which
should not exceed, if practicable, 10 or u inches,
and the duplicate receipt for their patent fee, the
former of which may, in most instances, be forwarcd
h,tf, t,Nthn fbn nf
carriage to be paid-he whole business of procuring
the patent may be transacted through the mail, and
the presence OF the inventor applicant here Is thus
rendered unnecessary.
The office of the undersigned is situated on Sth
street, near the Patent Office and Immediately OPP
postc the northwest angle or corner of the General
Post Office Building.
The charges of the undersigned will be moderate
and when the application for patent may prove UNI
successful ia no such case will his charge exceed
S20 the reversonary interest of the applicant IN the
patent fee of $50, already paid into the Treasury OF
The United states JESSE +. DOW.
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TO STUDENTS OF LAW.

TIME subscriber proposes to reopen his Estab
i ment in South street, Baltimore, upon the same
extensive plan as formerly. And should suitable
number of students maricuate between this and the
first of October next, there will be delivered series
of Lectures moral literary and historical Subjects
in addition to many on Law, and the philosophy of
general politics. Students will also have the priv
lege of Moot Court organized in the most practical
way and extensive law and miscellaneous library
al their command. The establishment will be at once
open for few Students in advance of those who may
hereafter attend. DAVID HOFFMAN.
June 2--1aw 16t
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WILLIAM YOUNG, g doors east of Gadsbys,
wv Pennsylyania Ayenuel has Just received a

WILLIAM YOUNG, e doors east Of Gadsbys,
w Pennsylvania Avenue has just received a
fresh supply of WHITE SULPHUR WATER,
direct from the White Sulphur Springs in Virginia,
which he will sell on reasonable terms, and in guam
titles to suit customers-in half barrels otherwise.
ANALYSIS.
The solid matter procured by evaporation from 100
cubic inches of the White Sulphur Water when
dried at 2l2', weighs, ageeably to the experiments
of Professor Rodgers, 1854 grains, this consists of
Sulphate of Lime, Chloride IF Calcium,
Sulphate of Magnesia Peroxide of Iron,
Sulphate of Soda Phosphate of Lime,
Carbonate of Lime, Suph. Hydrate Sodium,
Carbonate of Magnesia, Organic Matter,
Chloride of Magnesium, Precipitated Sulphur,
Chloride Of Sodium, Iodine.
The gaseous matter consists Of
Sulphurated hydrogen, Nitrogen,
Carbonic Acid, Oxygen mig
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ATTENTION ALLiil

TINE attention of the Ladies' and the public gene
i rally, are respectfully invited TO my assortment
of Perfumery, Fancy Articles, &C., consisting Of i'm
ported German Cologne, in Long and Chunck Bot
ties, English and French do Lavender and Florida
Water, Double Ertrait a la Rose, Macassar and
Bears Oil for the hair, Ponade ala Rose, ala Vanille
Cream de perse for identifying the hair the finest
tcle offered to the public for that purpose, with
fine assortment Of Shell, Ivory and Horn Dressing
Lip Salve, Cold Cream, Scent Bags &C. The above ar
tices with variety of others, kept constantly on
hand by WILLIAM YOUNG, Druggist,
MAY 81. 2 doors East Gadsby's, Pa. Av.