Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1845-09-11
NO. "a.
SELF MARRIAGE

SELF MARRIAGES.
A couple. had been living ,obethes 4
nan snd vie IN Pnsladeliihia iat soass
An'e. The gsnilernan. refhaps. becon,.
ting uFeq q the incuushTance. refused
70 support his required wiia, sht ;,s,;.
sa'ed = suit g obtain hef SHARE a s..
EoFadiy substance. The defence Vas n !,
suey were not legally married. II ~
peafsd that no clergymatis<or minister ns
'he iawt o'l'eiased At the marriage cefe-
nony put thatsthe parties .ack nowledg.
eu themselves man and vile Id the p.s.
senessof witnesses. This Jndpe Sascen,
decided p Be legal marriage I snd or ar
800 .. -. ssS = . give security for ia
seqaeaily brought & hre the.coufi, 0ses
cd BY 40 extraordinary n.hination 81
lega talent. on application for sdischarge,
Rn, al 70 no purpose ]; The Judge was in
xorabte. Tue decision Ii not new
This interpretations Of the. law was estab .
lishsdi 10 England many years ago, and d
law providing for marriage in this form
was adopted 10 South Csrolina in 1909.
Ia order that nope might be hindered ID
50 necessary work there being no minis
tiers. ~
..dmerieGn BGttons. 1.-The American
Sporting Button is new article Of manu-. .
facinre on this side OF the Atlantic. Il ID
manufactured by Waeham s. CO., Con.
neeticut, l, is beautifully 6hisbed arti.
Gle having an embossed represshistiou or
yariouskinds Of game 'ThelEnglish have
heretofore been the only 9si an ufacturers of
this article. buf Amepcaf, ingenuity has
been enabled 10 produce i, equally as
beautiful in appearance and workmanship,
and al leastfhi.ty per cent. less than ths
English price.
Snaks& and Rabbits.-- Mr.. Geo. FulmeF,
wiring from Ppuoaa, 81 Cs,io the CO.
ldmbia Garolinian. states thaton the 06ih
oil, he found large black snake about
six feet long. which had . bali grown rab-
bit BY the head in the acE Of swallowing II.
Tho snake glided Of. leaving The rabbit.
The snake was killed ;sand Mr.. Fulmer
gives this account of what followed
Il "As soon as | struck the snake, %
looking back | found The rabbit coming
up, and il stopped Immediately at the dead
snakes head. I moved it. away four or
five yards with by foot, bntfiit instantly
returned to the snakes head. then
moved the spske. and4he rabbit still pur-
sued il, and left II.
VI About 6. P. M. Ifsturned to the placs
together with al my pupils, ard the rab-
bit remained in the Identical position ID
which had lefi il. NV son moved Il a.
gain but Il inarneh iateTv fefutned To III
post al the snakes head, End we Tett5fsa
second time. still charmed by The Com
tinuing spells Of the dead se.pent | re-
turned 10 the spot the next morning but
could find no trace Of the rabbit. Now,
can any one9tell what secret power lies
hidden in the prgaIization Of. serpent
which caused this incident :"
THE Misery OF ENGLAND. Nothing
could more powerfully express the terrible
condition Of the great masses Of the poor
in England than the statement made in
the House ef Commons BY Mr. Wakeley,
tina; The panpers Of the Poor Law Union
10 Hampshire employed 10 crushing bones,
and that while SO employed, they quar-
relied with each other for The bits. ef mars
row they might chance TO contair, and
gtawed off the meat from :he extresnities
Of the bones. The Times well remarks
thai this is more like stbe picture Of 4
dog Kennel and fighting dogs than Of Ed
glishmen.' And Yet the philanihropists
Of England bewail The loi ef The negro
slaves Of this county IL
A Seythe Nanyactory Alarge .cyihe
mandatory isnoHtin course OF erection
in DAYTON, Ohio. The building Will Sc
one hundred and fifty feet long, will con.
tain eight trip hammers, and give en-
ploymeni 10 large number OF hands
This is the first attempt at manufacturing
this srticle. 10 any considerable extent,
west Of The mountains There is small
establishment in Miami COUNTY, which
supplies The nsigbborhood in part, but il
sales extend DO further,
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.fhsad Of tterl1agnetic Telegraph. The
s. Louis papersare ielicitatiDg themselves
npon The prospect that, when the magnet
&c telegraph is completed from Washing
Ton to their c,iyI they will be able to re-.
por. The speechssin Congress Il ew min-
utes 6sfore ,eey are dilivered. in conse.
q,ence Of the difference Of longitude be-
tween the two places.
5 T. = s NJ
Large Egg.-Lyman Silcocks. Of East
LongmeadoR, has left d our office an egg
lad BY chicken hen, which weighs four
and three Quarter ounces. and measures
eight and three eights inches in circuna-
ference The largest way. and seven aud
three eigbis The smallest way rouad. X
outweigbs two common-sized eggs, and
completely sbangs out snyiing 10 the egg
liue, We ever Jaw. Springfield ( Mas
RePu5iicas.
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n IuinaJ!e Discovery --A New York
paper notices the discovery 10 thai city,
BY some individual, OF The arl Of prensr-
ing faid Composition Of wash, upon
web established ehsmicsl .psinciples,
which will eifscsnaiiy protect IN wood
substances agalnst taking lire--so ahs,
such substance. Il coated with his Wash,
although surrqnpded By flames. would no,
incur The least danger Of iigniting By con-
tact. . owners III shingied houses. md
other similar buildings. Ia large cities,
where Ere are frequent. this discovery Of.
Hfers snfs protection. This wash mas Slse