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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-01-19
Drugs. Medicines, SC.

WHO'S. P. ESKRIDGE is now receiving from
Il New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore the
most extensive assortment of Drugs, Medl- :.
cines, Oils, Dye Stulfs and Fancy GoodsNIX
ever offered in this market, to which ne ln-~<S~
vites the attention of the good people OF Saunton
and its vicinity. He pledges himself that if pure
Medicines, elegant Fancy Goods and low prices
will secure their custom, that none will go away
dissatisfied Call and examine.
Staunton, Nov. 3, 1852.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-01-19

LENGTH AND BREADTH.-"My dear, come
and go to bed," said the wife of a jolly son
ofErin, who had just returned in decidedly
chow came you so'' state. "You must be
dreadluly tired sure, with your long walk
of SIX miles" "Arrah, get away with your
nonsense, said Pat ''it wasn't the length
of the way, at all that fatigued me, twas
the breadth of it,"
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30 D. RAMHlNo
DAGUERaeEdeTYPHST.

HAS made an arrangement at his old stand, by
IN which he has the advantages ola SIX Y
LIGHT and viii take pictures IN the best man
ner & on reasonable terms during any kindo wealth
ar Entrance to his rooms immediately below the
Apothecary Store of DIR. A. I. Laird & Co.
Staunton, Aug. Is, 1852.
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&. There are friends for the old maid
the universal aunt Children love her,
and kittens come and lie in the fre-shrine
at her feet, and purr. There are pleas
ant homes where her presence is welcome,
and by and by, some poor soul she has
comforted will put flower on her grave.
But for the old bachelor, heaven help HIM,
for man cares not for him.
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e. The London Correspondent of the

e. The London Correspondent of the
National Intelligencer, says:
On the 10th Of April 184S, Napoleon
III was sworn in as special constable to
aid in keeping the peace in Londen against
the dreaded rising of the Chartists, and did
duty on that day. by keeping guard and
walking up and down the new. road, Fins
bury. Fortune surely never played more
capricious vagary. or gave stronger evi'
dence of the uncertainty of human condi-
ton.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-01-19

THE WAY TO REFUTE SLANDER.-Phil-
in of Macedon once said, when the Athe-
nian orators reproved him, II will have my
revenge, for will conduct myself, both by
words and action, in manner to make
them liars" Plato, hearing it was assert
ed by some persons that he was very bad
man said, II shall take care to live SO that
nobody will believe them
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-01-19

g A man that has nothing to do, gen:
orally does wrong. Ifyou would keep out
of deviltry, therefore, have as little to DO
with ldleness as possible. Give boy a
holiday, and in less than an hour brindle
dog will have him by the corduroys for rob.
bing an apple orchard.
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e. A doctor in North Carolina paper
boasts that he has discovered system by
which he can make out OF an old man an
entire young man, and have enough lett 70
make a small dog.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-01-19

@se A Frenchman once asked Swltzer
Chow is it that you Swiss always fight for
money, while we French fight only. for hon
or |" l suppose that every man fights tor
what he wants most !" was the tart reply.
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n. The ultra dandes of New York are
adopting the mouse tail fashion for NOUS
taches, as described last year, as the mill
tary fashion on the Cascine, at Florence.
By means of gum or soap the moustaehes
are made to stand out on either side of the
face like the horns Of a catfish. Ambitious
young men, please take notice.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-01-19

e%The SPOT in which the Duke of Yelling
ton breathcd his last,is believed by scholars
and antiquarians to be the identical place
where julius Cesar disembarked with his
army nineteen hundred years ago.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-01-19

WHAT Nexr'-The Pittsburg Despatch
states that the cheap edition of ''Uncle
Toms CABIN" has been introduced as a
Sabbath School book in the School of the
Liberty street Methodist Episcopal chnrch
in that city
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&s- A wag has truthfully said, that if
some men could come out Of their graves
and read Inscriptions on their tombstones,
they would think they had got into the
wrong grave.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-01-19

sz A man whom DR.. Johnson once re-
proved for following useless and demor-
alizing business, said in excuse;
.You know, doctor, that must llve.'
The brave old hater of everything mean
and hateful, coolly replied that she did not
see the least necessity of that"
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-01-19

CURE FOR WARTS. milky juice OF
the stalks Of spurge, or of the common 1s hg
leaf, by persevering application WILL to a
certainty, soon remove them.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-01-19

as- An editor in chief should never
write Latin and then go to bed without
reading his proof. The editor of the New
York Tribune, the other night, wrote Sic
itur ad astra (this is the way to Heaven)
about wasted day in the Senate, and the
"devil' made it Lie ilur. ad estra-O! If
lying were the way to Heaven, how few
would miss that happy place.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-01-19

"FEMALE School OF DESIGN PA
bachelor writes to us in a very excited
state, protesting against the proposed School
of Design for Women.
He argues that already nine out of ten
men are victims 10 their designs, and if their
natural instincts are to be highly cultivated,
not single man will escape the bonds Of
atrimony.-Lantern.
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& It is true, as poor Richard says, there
is much to be done, and perhaps you are
weak-handed; but stick to it steadily, and
you will see great effects, for constant
dropping wears stone.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-01-19

~ An Irishman having accidentally
broken pane Of glass in the window of a
house In Boston, attempted as fast as he
could to get out of the way, when he was
followed and seized by the proprietor. who
exclaimed
"You broke my window, fellow, didn't
youP'
"To be sure did, said Pat, "and didn't
you see me running home for the money
to pay for it
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@s, There are two periods, says the
Providence Journal, when Congress does
no business: one is, before the holidays,
and the other is, after the holidays
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e. The following rules" are posted in a
New Jersey school house: "No kissing girls
in school time. No licking the master du-
ring holidays"
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-01-19

ass A man without money, and heart
full of philanthropy whose coat is little
is Stunned like thief; man 7,
with a pocket full of money and heart fall
Of villaiDy is courted for his virtues.
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@z7 A man got up the other night. and
took as he supposed, card of matches, and
BEGAN 10 break off one by one trying to
LIGHT lamp, until the whole card was used
up without accomplishing his object when
he discovered he had used his wife's comb !
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-01-19

THE Works Of DANIE5. WEBSTER. in six large
Il volumes, for sale BY
S. II. COLEMAN.
Stauasoa, Dee. Is, lS32,
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eg- The happiest man in the world,
nigger at dance.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-01-19

ne. Why was the first day Of A dams
life the longest ever knowns Because IT
had no Eres
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-01-19

As- Longfellow calls Sunday "the golden
clasp which closes the volume of the
week.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-01-19
A Coon Sropy-Some twn miles

A Coop SToRY.-Some two miles up
the river from St. Johnsbury, Vermont,
is little village called "The Centre"
Here, not long since, the rustic youth Of
the vicinity congregated for dance, "
"aud dance they did, said our informant,
switfi ain unction. unknown to your city
bellies and beaux." One interesting young
man, having s'imbibed'' rather too freely,
became "fatigued" in the course Of the e.
venlng and wisely concluded to "retire"
for Short rest A door a,jar near the
dancng-haII revealed, .invitingly, glimpse
of comfortable bed, of which he took
possession with prospect of an undisturb-
ed "snooze." 1t so happened. howbet
that this was the ladies' Withdrawing room,
and no sooner had he closed his eyes, than
pair of blooming damsels came in from
the Hall, and began adjusting their disor-
dered rim glets, the dim light Of the talow-
candle not disclosing the tenant of the bed.
The girls had tongues Qike most of their
"seck'') which ran on in this wise: "WlIat
nice dance we're having! Have you
heard anybody say anything about me,
Jane1' 'Ga, yes; Sally Jim Brown says
he nefet see yoq look so handsome as you
do 10 hight. Have yot heard anybody |
say anything about ,ile'" "About you
why, sartin: | heard Joe Flint tell Sam
Jones that yoti was the ptettlest dressed girl
in the ROOM Wheredpoh the deaf things
fixed up" d little more; and
made off toward the ball room. They had
hardly reached the door when our halt-con;
ciotis frieHd raised himself upon his elbow,
and quite iitelligibly, though slowly, lnqur-
ed, :"Ha' you heard ary Jorry say anything
ubom NE, gir7s9" "Phahsy their phee-
links" at that junctire They fled with an
explosive screani.- ni.-KnickerJocker
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REMOVAL.

nR. JOHNSON (Dentis) has removed his
~ Office to Burwell's corner building, immedl-
ately opposite tho Spectator Office, where he may
be found at all times, when not out professionally
Staunton, Sop. 10, 1852.
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@@ Richter says, 'No man can either
live piously or die righteously without a
wife"
A very wicked bachelor Of our acquaih:
tance saws to this: "Oh yes! suffering and
severe trials purify and chasten the heart
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ps= The following pointed paragraph we
extract from the editors drawer" of Har-
per's Magazine. 1t may ''hold the mirror
up to nature" to some who read it:
Nothing so much vexes physician a.
to be sent for in great haste, and to find,
after his arrival, that nothing, or next to
nothing, is the matter with his patient
We remember an urgent case of this kind
recorded of an eminent English surgeon ::
He had been sent for by gentleman
who had just received slight wound, and
gave his servant orders to go home with all
haste imaginable, and fetch certain plas-
ter. The patient. turning little pale said i:
Heavens sir, hope there is no danger, !,
Indeed there is answered the surgeon !;
'for if the fellow doesn't run like race
horse, the wound will be healed before he
can possibly get backp
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-01-19

A WoMAN,s DEsERT.-The following
illustrative idea of what desert is in fe-
male minds is extracted from novel enti-
tied Marriage:
Douglas saw the storm gathering on the
brow of his capricious wife, and clasping
her in his arms, said
care you indeed so changed, my Julia,
that you have forgot the time when you
used to declare you would prefer desert
with your Henry to throne with another ~
"No, certainly, not changed but-I-I
did not then know what desert was, or at
least, had formed rather different idea
of it,"
"What was your idea Of desert? :" said
her husband, laughing; "do tell me love-"
"Oh. fancied it beautiful place, full
of roses and myrtles, and smooth, green
turf, and murmering r'vulets, and though
very retired not absolutely out ofthe world
where one could occasionally see ones
friends, and give dejeuners and fete champe-
tres P'
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The BIBLE.-How comes it that little
volume, composed by humble men in a
rude age, when art and science were but
in their childhood. has exerted more inhu-
ence on the human mind aid On the social
system than all the other books put togeth-
er? Whence comes il that this book has
achieved such marvellous changes in the
opinion of mankind-has banished idol wor-
ship-has abolished lnfanticide-has put
down polygamy and divorce-exalted the
condition of woman-raised the standard
of public norallty-created for families that
blessed thing, Christian home-anc caus-
ed its other triumphs by causing benevo-
lent institutions, open and expansive, to
spring up as with the wand of enchantment?
What sort of book is this, that even the
winds and waves of human passion obey
it? What other engine Of social improve
ment has operated so long, and yet lost
none of its vlrtue' Since it appeared ma
ny boasted plans of amelloration have been
tried and failed, many codes of jurispru-
dence have arisen and run their course,
and expired Empire after empire has
been launched on the tide of time, and
gone down, leaving no trace on the waters.
But this book is still going about doing
good, leaving society with its holy princi-
pies, cheering the sorrowful with its conso-
lation, strengthening the tempted, encoHr-
aging the penitent, calming the troubled
spirit, and smoothing the pillow of DEATH
Can such book be the offspring of human
genius? Does not the vastness of its ef-
fects demonstrate the excellency of the
power to be Of God3
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@uu0 srlcttrb sturp.
MAY ANpERsoN,s MARR1AaE.
OR, TuELEGEkD or ELMFoRp.
|.u.gI (Continued.) EE. '..


Musgrave, for the first time, appeared TO re-
cover self-possession; he sprang From the chair
and calculating, "Cuuiine, thou hast ruined
me y hurried from the chamber. So" I" .
There is an extent TO which human resolution
reaches which cannot be exceeded. The ten
sion Of the nerves, when overweight, give way;
reaction succeeds, and hope and heart yield to-
gether May Anderson bore up bravely while
the full measure of Musgrave's yillany was de-
tectcd and confirmed. But, when she reached
her private apartments, the woman returned
and the indignant feeling of outraged conf.
dence, sank into the distress that one Would feel
who had within so brief space beentsRTled up!
onto lament the loss OF q dead Father and worse
still, aliving husband. Mr.. Cameron had in
stantly departed, TO take prompt means to eject
Musgraye from place TO which he had now no
claim whatever;. and while. the, ill-used lady
gave way to grief that admitted no consolation
in her own chatnber-the rlfflan who had foully
dishonored her Of a maiden's fame, and invaded
her faDler's Ihouse OF life,' in the hall below
held secret conOlave diith his guilty companions
In thisihis hour of difficulty and frame Of mind
two better emissaries of the orch-enemy Of man
kind oouldihot have been found, For what Cla(,
dine would unsGrupulopsly advise MscD Ongal
would as unscrupulosly execute, tuor,,g,,ry..
-
'Claudine, said Musgraye, as he filled bum
per to the brim,, 4 drink 10 ee-neyeriheies,
thouhas ruined US beyond redemption .'' ~,
o'AyS'said the red Mac Dougal,, 'touehing that
there can be little question. This thread we
relied upon, thou hast SEVERED There was a !, o.
bleistake to be wnn,pT lost, and fortunately and
desperately tile, first throw came of. A little
Tpatience, little management-these were onlp
needed and the ball would have rolled right
Damnation thy cursed Jealousy flung down the
towering edifice, and tho winning card passed
directly into hands that won't throw away the
advantage He filled his glass Where shall
we have sstoup this time Tomorrow evening /?
Heayen knows whereR 81.
'Why1Fswhy act So suddenly inquired Clau-
s dine There = al may be time to remedy mis-
. 10 remedy The de1ft!f returned tie irritotsed
Highlander. = SWhStever chances We might have
had Of playing on that soft girls feelings, Or at
the worst OffcArryihg off property -AitTis over.
Thou hast made him. a lfelon'--he pointed fo
MusgrWerrr'aIbiganisty.'t was all the old carl
wanted. 7 MusgrAyeJ thanks to thy. folly, must
of ere morning, erselse,ber will be in Carlisle
within the weekday, and forwarded to the
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nHl THfsE PRINTERai

Yesterday we perpetrated the awkward
bIunder of inserting an ordinance in place Of
resolution, in ithe proceedings Of the City
Council. 1t vas an ordinance in relation
to dram shops, signed and approved by the
Mayor, wlSchfwAs by mistake inserted in
place Of Ar. Martins resolution on the
same subject. There is some consolation,
however, in the fact that we are not the
only PRINTER that makes mistakes. DeIin-
quept church members sometimes excuse
themselves BY reference to persons who
have gone further astray than themselves.
On the same principle we here insert an
account Of a Severe Accident" which we
findin an exchange:
SEVEN ACcIDENTs.--O Monday after
noon the Penn Van schoolhouse fell from
a child near Mr.. Johnson's chair, and broke
itsarm and cracked the left stew-pau!
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But few and faiht were the smiles ween
That On the grogrssller 'sfsegHeresssm kT
For oral fe was q him Aeu, R
AM deemed'lhe wayspf lhing me2, %
He W d treaSe tnore71shaf als hOs had come,
His thsfghts ivent bAckb ihsdarhe9ea past
And shfeiks ekre heard On lhswintry blastH "a
AUG gliding before him pale and dim,
Were jibbering hends and spectres grim.
eHo. ho" said Nick" "'tis welcome cold
You give to friend so true and old,
Who's been Tor years ip your enploy7-f LI.
Running about like al errand boy ~ -''.A
But we'll not fall gu, for.L plainly see. -'--s- ~
You're rather affrad-'tis strange, of me,
Do you think have Come for you'9 never fear,
You eaRt beipared for long time here.n '..I,.
''Thete are hearts tobreak and souls 10 win,
From the ways Of peace 10 the paths Of sin "
There are bones to be rendered desolAte, . ..N..
There Is trusting love TO be turned TO hate. min
There are hundreds whom murder must crimson red,
There are hopes TO be crushed there is blight 10 be
Over the young the pure and fair. Nv 10y ~
Tilthsir lives are crushed with the hend dssparn
This is the work you have done so we'll, ,l..,...,
CurSihg the earth and peophg he'll a. .,,.
QuenchiDg the light Of the timer shtine, NJ
OF the human soul till you make it mhe-.u ia.. 5
Want and sorrow, disease ard shame, ... II
And crimes that even shuddertO name,
Dance aid howl in their heliishg lee, WON
Around the spirits you have marked for me-" ga0
sob, selling of grog is gooddevice, .l.n'.
To make hell of ParAdse--s.s- i .'I'.. h,s.
Whe reyer may roll the CORY flood, ~, 90. ,....
lis swollen with tears aud stained with blood
And The voice thatwns head before in prayer,
With its AuttOred curses stirs the ARR .' iH
While the hand that shielded the wife from i'll,
In its drunken wrath is raised TO kill"
-a. iIfTG 4l'J. ~ a. ,..Nr....
f'Eoll on your course, you are filling up
With the wine Of thewrath Of GOD, your cup
And the fends exult ip their homes beloY, r,,u
Asyou desPeht he pbngs OF human woe. W ''.''
Long Twill i be, if l have my way, I.i3.IiN
Ere the nghtof death shall close your day, JIrt
For TO pamper your lust for the gilterng pelf,
You rival in mischief the devil HIMSELF" y..;n.w
No more said The iiend, for clear and high ''1''
Rnug out on the air The watehman's ery-.'is' -"
With choaking sob and a half formed scTeam,yt
The grog seller woke, il was all dream. .
His grizzly guest with his horns had flown, .''''
The lamp was out and the FIRE had gonc+ ga
Aud sad and silent his bed he sought, ,..5... q..
And long on the wonderful vision he thought
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plantations, after the next Judge comes rof I'D
bat meP biga43T lid Claudine, sharp
\ jisIt means fsplied he I'd hander, the crime
man comniiEsy who hos aIl ady loving wife
ike thee, and intermtfries With another. All
necessary toestabhsiIfiS guilt, is the evidence
which thou hast efFectually supplied! WE'LL,
where will lie the profit Of this feat. Thou
hast, certes, for the present, the honor Of pau
per husband-and May Anderson will SOON re-.
place the lcss-for fifteen, thousand English
pounds do rot go long a. begging onths Border;
and May is as free as air. ,,,,,u
Must both wites BE aliveP' asked Cluudine.
'Yes,,, How. else could azman have twOP'
And would the removal of one Of them
avert the penal eonssqfencesp inquired The la
Undoubtedly returned the HighlOndor.--
Evidence were in that case wanted. Art thou
sleeping, Musgravep BY Heaven ] think all
thy energies are gone. The business might yet
be remedied,, .ri.G .,.gi..'iJ ... rr'a
mo, no. returned The wretched man It is
too latel---too late The sheriff and his follow
ers viii be here no doubt tomorrow, and
then'-Y..H 90 W.. 80, .ar--..
'What then 2 asked MRcDougal .a
Just what thou predicted minute since
10 OOHNiCl 1OI OIBdiHy IL SeeHlj DOtn WleS
must be alive. Might not one die suddenly p
Ha y. ,'. . ...,..
'No--no-+-no. The father--the father-thot
was enough, But--but--self- preservation
yes that was safe argument. Angus, my
friend, wilt thou p and he paused. ,'. ...
will do what p replied the Highlander,
There is room at the end Of the gallery up
stairs---and once within il; and-and'-
You would murder again by proxy said
MacDougal, with sneer.a Not l, by The liv-
ing Lord struck FOR thee boldest stroke that
ever Aud Reelie witnessed. I'll no more of
Il. Nolan thou can'st not save myself,
Why. 10Y 'I :, ..' ..,. .., "a. .' - Oh
'Musgrayep exclaimed Clsudine, passionate.
y, 'when Iknew thee first, thou used 10 brave
it with the bes:.. Thou crossed blades with
Melmoite and d'Aqbigny; and two more noble
swordsmen France could not produce. Art
thou distrdii-impotent of mind ? In the
devils name, what has bewitched thee?'
4''. '3. .. (To, be Continued.) ., ..'...
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CITY HOTEL,

Leonard NpGordj Mr., Briefly, Marion Co.; Mr. lar:
rad Rails Co; J. Il. Ryan, Bucksyille, XVI Al r,
webb, Cltyj Mr., BoulwSre, iSharpsburgh; Mis-. JlE.
I rhomP1OT and Miss Cho%psOn st. Louis; A. Pdqqa,
CITY, W. II. Ashley, dos VIM. b. Cotton, ShelbyviIIe,
John Jacobs, do J. r, GAtewood. do p, A. LsbanU.
Marion Co.; G. B. Kemble aud family, XVI; FL r.,
kheS, Peoria; VIM. Cohen, cityi R. .MOifett, Shell
Oyvlhel VIC. III .--- ~ Inn 9. l. Q - : q