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,anns-. 10 asiFnd Il he crar. Huuse IN. d.vl 4
eoiidrr iao prcpFety q esi.hIhng reward Ia kin
ing Crows, Sc, this Comfy and h4vng been called
q The doors and ns1ry of them being present II 1,
ordered that reward n three cents b paid Ior every
crow killed IN thsenunfy anil reward Il Fiffv eent,
BE- paid for every fox killed Ia this eoaniy. The s4d
reward 70 be asceFiaaed and lsaid BY law
A Copy Teste. THOMAS A. MOORE, GEEK
December, -, 1874.
The child wholresds Wesnl's Lie Of Washing
ton. fand who doks not knox something az Mason
I. Weems Of blessed memory t-lhe ecarnific old
Episcopal Pafsons LATE Rector or Mount Vernon
Parish pace III BIS Raafs will ever hear ia
memory the accolntg iyea therein Of WasAfasion's
youthful sports, wbie surveying the lands of Lord
Fairfax. ne boarded with the widow Slinsou--
who's. sons were Young Georges companions in all
softs Of athletic cbnlesls rhsiEery house where
the young WashiHgtal boarded. and The green lawn
on watch these young inca showed theiF agility,
i sl 70 be seen FIthih three miles q the court.
house whence the above fecited pr0nune ianento
against crows and fixes waA - recently issued.
Giorlons cid YlrgiHiA Thine ancient spirit Is
nsi yei all departed Thy 4neampromising war.
fare against ioxca-(fea, 'lhe lls foxes Ihstspoil
ih4 vines" anl dgainst Tho eF5ws--,he rascally
crows. that pluck up Ihs young dora -slill Jour
isles In ful.tlowA vikur s,
\ Glorious old lstaie+Righis Staiei molher Of
States steady liilcr U ihegfouhllhy Washington
vast Old farmers, ihalsaw lheTalans chief while
llhey-were ehildrtb, a9dlhai NOV point opt the va
Iiu1s houses Wbele hi sopped The fields through
(which be rode, exhmsing ihe crops and The work
nanship Of bis iehantfyi The fords where be cross
led; the springs, bnrstsRg from rocks, where he
stopped 10 qaench his thirst The vine,ciad ruins Of
village or country chniehes, where he worshipped
GOD On the Sabbath-day; himself deyoni and hum
ble-spirited an e3ampiesto the lowiy by bis meek
mes and piely -theseof farmers remembering the
9o1dlilage u faEmer Washington, and chefishing
Inc example he set theA DO stilE keep up the good
tight against those loessN husbanfTy, the atroeious
ReynaFd and the siaisst e0rtHs the lief hand
Ca crow, as Virgins lad once translated that
phrase
They say thy heiter DAYS are passed and ina,
thou aft one OF The "ILfi Beers glorious old mo-
Iher / The stranger may believe this weneraed
parent bat there Iare tAtse who knowIthee better.
That which made shee great IT, days Or yores Is in
hee still that domliAhlc viii that lindying re-
ISOLATION the spirit ct 9s the spirit Of No. the spirit
df tf55, when your Davis, inFOd Hanover erect.
ri all through lhewid Wp5d aud nslastfs, those
rfistine models ufIAmsriala sAsteate Which have
sIngr been merely refined upon by thy ifentys, Thy
Htgilelons, Thy lAinlelpli and ny clays-y 4
ahidts there stl.
What though kastelArifs was 6ir hY thine
owH act from which lheigtrat states 0he 4 Com.
play, Cmefe ifd9ias 6smai hast Alhea been carved
ua dst retain tie glulilpis Spirit which, begin,
Ming on Thy Ftfgl1 soil inHG0t s|Ral Yet extinct,
Al laag as l)xes lllalt baia anil crows shall cav,
,le naluha shall sdill b. AgaHHg " thee and q
IHy MalrhWoJAs Use seRtb FsFrdHaiStn sod VIZ.
glaay aerr t,fti1 MAI rstreaan The nfnup
NetB remains Hnss Hg r Hath bfeu flvaTilr with
Father Richie iFuln llhlH whereof the memory
pfmau Tunnelh moi loihe rJnifaW
. irhy rasIis great, 'rhy eseblitpromlsiAg =
Thy future history will iall. "Wncf slill lin-
giEs inIhe lap String
Il male me journey but recently 10 hy renown.
edsQi saz'd ashin up1a lla, same valby--lhe
home of nav yenlh.I
There Is book in the IScetn library 81 New Or
loans, that gives pictorial approximation " many
scenes ID the Naley Il gbSd Tor ones patriotsm %
pcEu4c that book reolent n Il Is with rcueences Of
Washington. speak q llnwa'A History d Virginia,
AMI especially q his chapters on the eoaaas Of JeiIer-
soA, Frederick, Clark and lrfax.
Twcniy. 1--WE years hgo nv yoalhful wanisrnes from
,hg Valley begad, N5w chaaged have lately found
Il !ehangcd ahngs but the old snirit+urviycs
Then there railroad not even atufnpke@o
canal; wherea, tAeJ now. abaani- ~, even then 4
va noted f9r good tmiag' ~ economy l9tPaiieat "
dattry, for thrift pr whole scaled hospitality hnca.
tod Ior furnishing gbod citizen solefs for She had
lsi2 and in lT76 FivSn her quota DC honorable nance
wd known TO Easlal,d; aud lbs, others sonewh hal
distinguished among the French and Indians.
There th9sc who affect ID snref at Virginia aal
bet lirsi familics.n Let then snccron, old mother
When see as ab5yei that ,hF chief mea are busy al
thd qaict but useful chploy II exciting Thy generous
lads 10 shoot al three cents lecc, and 10 trap
flxs for four bits( alas speak an ohtaadish glbber
ish to thee mother for thou aad thy homcly chdrcH
tieEe between the nountsins do hot know what tiii
and picayrs mean while, say, thou dos thus pur-
suelhy quiet way Of training Thy youth, fear not foi
their skin in arSRash2 II strategy, whenever the
oacI Or the other shall b. Aeedch.
look out for the foxes ahd crows, good mother
Through thy valiant boys and when they become men
they will be ready br amofa grandiloguept kind Of
he.s ara birds that est the grain dcds 81 the ma.
toni
tleaa The Lior. Il E. Gland and the ChdniefecT Of
Fca1ee IN Consrc,s yFou, but ,er three apiece
FIR every red coat, and half fort every eipea
d b gotten ia Just war, arising pf the late imPu,
dent assumptions made by the cabinet of Lpndoh and
Paris thea the land Of Washington lse mother Ct he
roesf have no doubt, would come id still for Wy
Large pile both of money and glory. f
''Old Virsinny never tire i"--
Ia - ''While the sea bears ship,