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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1855-03-24

"Nca has run away with your vile,
said one friend to another. "POor IciIow,
| ri.y him," was the reply.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1855-03-24
OuR Ter Nj s .

The SnEpHrRDsrowN REGISTER is PGolIsheo
weekly at 81 year, positively TO be paid before
1he year expires. No paper discontinued M leA,
cept at the option Of the editor) until all ar
rearages are paid up. Single copies % cents zo
ADVERTISEMENTS Of one square or less ~
cents for the first insertion and % cents for each
insertion tbereafter-arger ones in the same
nronortion Advertisements not marked forany
specified time are continued till forbid and char
ged accordingly. A deduction made TO those
who advertise by the year.
Letters or Communications to the Edhor' up
on which there is postage, unles they contain
money, should be postpaid TO insure attention.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1855-03-24

MAKE NorE OF IT.--Remcmber that
the Human Constitution is one that can
not be amended by two-thwds vote
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1855-03-24

Or. Beeswax, N bls Essay on Wo-
men" remarks, with some IUih, ih1l
.'brau'ies generally die old maids"
..rhey set such value on themselves" ="
he says, they don't find a purchaser
auui ,l.c pafkel is closed. Out Of p dOzcn
beauiIes wi5o have come om within the
last eighteen years. eleven are sirgle, and
ilry sPrnd ihc.r days IN working green
dogs "n yellow wool. while their evenings
are devoted 10 low spiuIs and Frenek
novels
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1855-03-24

WHY is the beauty Of the prize piano
like Charles Dickens Because 1t lies
IN lis Notes.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1855-03-24

TO raise Corn--Wcar tight boots.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1855-03-24

How 10 catch casels--Kun ailc.
them.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1855-03-24

To get the most work out of your
hands--kccp them out of your pockets.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1855-03-24

How TO raise Geese.--Scnd yonr daugh-
tcrs TO fashionable boarding school. II
kept at home, they will turn out ducks or
"Hlllc stupids.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1855-03-24

Keep your children out of the orchard
while the buds are Bursting, they might
he hurt.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1855-03-24

Cheap WAY Of fatcniug hogs--Turn
them in Your ncighbor's cornheId every
night.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1855-03-24

Never make known your faults to
those whO are desIrous Of discovering
theU. You might as well carry a hsg oG
truce into q nest Of wild eats.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1855-03-24

To cure the bolts in horsc-Shoot
him.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1855-03-24
G1IBC5Gl3 30 Q : &2y58o ( 3
THE LAUREL WREATH; OR,
THE INVINCIBLE.
PART ].
BY LIZZIE DALTON.

PART ].
i will win it the laurel wreath shall
he mine = exclaimed a bright brunette,
while pacing her room with hasIy step
and flashing eyes. Yes, all shal! ac'
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1855-03-24

Mrs. Useful turns everything 10 &C.
count She bays Rough beeffor rossl
ihls goes into iricase tor next mornings
Dlea. .ast. Aler that, II re-appears 10 a
soup. and finally bids farewell TO he
toarders ~ the shape Of mince p,c.
Far-seeing wouan, liai Mrs. Useiul--see
''Iodst' through a whole week.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1855-03-24
a GEN T S ,

WV. II. PEAKE, Sun Iron Buildings, BaluI
moro; c. PIERCE, Philadelphia '. 3. PALMER
New York.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1855-03-24

The papers have discovered some grass
from ine path Of rcclitude." We fear
that path must be sadly overgrown w,lh
grass-il l. so Ii'he Travelled now days.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1855-03-24

Pete are you into them sweeI-meais a,
GAM
No marm, lheIn sweet-meats Is into
me
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1855-07-04
Huge Pile Of seTpents.

Baron Humboldt says: +" In the saYan
nahs of Izacubo, Guiana, saw the most
wonderful and terrible spectacle that can
be seen and although it be not uncom :
mon to the natives, no traveller has ever
mentioned it. We were ten men on horse
back, two Of whom took the lead in order
to sound the passages, while preferred
to skirt the great forests. One OF the men
who formed the vanguard returned at full
gaIlop and called to me, Here. sir, come
and see serpents on pile He pointed
to something elevated in the middle Of
the savannah or swamp, which appeared
like bundle of arms. One of my COM
pany said, This is certainly one OF the
assemblies Of serpents which heap them
selves on each other after violent tenn
pest. l have heard of these, but never
saw any let rs proceed cautiously, and
not go too near them
When we were within twenty PAGES
of it, the terror of our horses prevented
our approaching nearer, TO which none
of us inclined. On sudden the pyramid
mass became agitated horrid Kissing
issued from it, thousands Of serpents roll
ed spiralIy on each other, and shot forth
out of the circle their enVenomed tongues
aud fiery eyes to us. l own was the
first to draw back, but when l saw this
formidable phaIanx remain at its post. and
appear to be more disposed to defend it.
self than to attack US, I rode around 10
order to view its order of battle, which
faced the enemy on every side. / then
thought what could be the design Of this
assemblage and concluded that this spe-
cies of serpent dreaded some colossal en-
envy, which might be the great serpent OF
cayman. and they reunited themselves
[ after seeing the enemy so as to resist
! him in q mass.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1855-07-04
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Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1855-07-04
CLARKsBURG, WEDNESDAY, JULY 4th, 1895.
For the REGISTER.
For the Register.
To NJ. r. H., of l..
BY soN-NAR.

To NJ. r. H., of l..
By soN-NAR.
" There are TONES that will haunt me, though
lonely
Be my path, DER mountain and sea;
There are LOOKS that will part from mo only
When memory ceases to be.
" There HOPES that my burdened soul tighten
Though toilsome and steep DO the way;
And DREAMS, that, like moonlight, can brighten
With light that is purer than day"
o then pity the heart that is signing
For the TONES that in memory live;
For the LOOKS that, unfading, undying,
Add a charm to all mem'ry can give.
For the HOPES that affection has cherished,
Have but lived in the DREAMS of the night;
May the FEARS that lived with them be persisted
By the JOYS of fruition's delight.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1855-07-04

T4E END OF 4 CHRONOLOGICAL pa.
pers mention the suicide Of Mr. Keystone
who ten years ago was worth one hun.
dred and Fifty thousand pounds sterling,
which he has since squandered in the
qualification of his appetite. He had
agents in China. Mexico. Canada, and
other places to supply him with the rar,
est delicacies. and single dish sometimes
cost him fifty pounds. At length on the
5th of last April. nothing was left but q
solitary guinea. which be had served up
in the highest style of the culinary art
he gave himself two hours for an easy
digestion. and then jumped into the
Thames from Westminster bridge.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1855-07-04
ca..ra.tou, preparatlon ofera.s seoa.


BALTIMORE Co., Feb eth, 1856.
To the Editors ofGhe american Farmer.
In looking over the article on cnslra-
ton in your paper for the present month.
it struck me that the most important part
Of the operation was entirely overlooked.
From an experience of about 25 years, l
have como to the conclusion that the main
secret in the whole operation lies in the
ori6ce made in the outer skin; let that
be made as large as the parts will admit.
and with reasonable care in the rest, you
will have no trouble. Before made this
discovery, l lost several old hogs and
pigs. and had considerable trouble with
calves, frequently having to open them
second time, and had horses. altered by
experienced persons, do badly. Since [
have adopted the above. together with
drawing the cords instead Of cutting, or
scraping. have had no trouble. Ny
colts have always been operated on by
protested hands, who invariably use the
clamps, but l always see that the oriice
is sufficiently large to preventit from heal.
ing over until all is right within. IL you
attend TO this, you need not fear tetanus.
While ! have my pen in hand, l will,
with your permission, give hint 70 such
Of our brethren ofthe plough as may in
tend setting their playground withsgrass.
that will save some labor if they think,
proper to adopt it: myself and neighbors
have satisfactorily testedit; lis as follows;
When ready for seeding, place any CON
Yenient quantity Of oats upon your barn
or granary floor, With due proportion of
grass seeds scattered through moisten
the whole sufficiently TO cause the seeds
to adhere to the oats, and II convenient,
sprinkle the mass. with little plaster
shovel over thoroughly with common
dirt shovel, and II is ready for sowing
after which it may be covered as oats are
usually done, you thereby save the extra
marking and sowing, a matter Of some
Importance when labor Is scarce, besides
the seed can be distributed more evenly.
ExPERTEnoE.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1855-07-04
{" A Child's Evening Prayer"

"a Child's Evening Prayer"
Ere on my bed my limbs lay,
God grant me grace my prayers to say:
O God preserve my mother dear,
In health and strength for many year
And oh |! preserve my father too,
And may pay him reverence due
And may best my thoughts employ
To be my parents, hope and oy;
And oh preserve my brothers both
From evil doings and from sloth
And may we love each other,
Our friends, our father, and our mother ;
And still, o Lord !! to me impart
An innocent and grateful heart,
That after my last sleep l may
Awake to thy eternal day Amen :"
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1855-07-04
WHOLE NO. l9l.
.An Amorous Rronant.

While Mons. GODDARD was filing amin
mense balloon in the Champ. De. l9ars, he
amused the spectators by sending up the
small figure of a man the perfect resem<
Eblsnce of NJ. Theirs. without the spectas
Icles. The little man being filled with
gas, rose majestically into The air, and
was lost soon to view among the clouds.
His adventures, which became known
strong and favorable gale whichimpelled
him on his course, the little balloon man
arrived the same day afternoon in the
sight of fine country house in the neigh
borhood of Bieyro. 1t was near the hour
OF dinner, and the lady Of the mansion,
who naturally thought herself perfectly
safe, was occupied in the mysteries of her
toilet. 1t was warm day. and she had
opened one of the windows, which looked
out upon the park. and was safe from any
prying eyes. While TRANQUILITY engaged
by the assistance of a corset. lacing, inre.
ducing her waist to size and shape that
would reflect credit OH her husbands
taste, she was suddenly startled by a
blast of wind followed by strange noise;
and Immediately the easement was thrown
open, and the little balloon man entered
her chamber unannounced. The lady
utters cry of terror, and throws her
shawl over her shoulders. The little
man, driven by the wind. throws him
self upon the unhappy woman. who
screaming louder than ever, pushes him
off. and he conceals himself under tho
bed.
Just as the wife in a supplicating voice.
says to this novel Juan, - All Monsieur,
away, or you will ruin me - the husband
furiously rushed in, crying. {" All the
wretch have him now |" and goes in
search of his sword to run him through
the body.
The wife, more dead than alive, reiter-
ates in the midst Of sobs: Ely dy
Monsieur, and save me the sight Of a
dreadful tragedy"
The husband arrives armed to the
teeth, followed by the whole household,
who seek to molly his anger.
While two of his friends hold the hus-
band, third. STOPPING down, peroeives
our little friend. who, utters not word.
and catches him by the leg, draws him
forth from his concealment, when To- -
Monsieur Balloon, no longer held down
by the beadstead. raises himself erect.
swells out, and rises majsstically to tho
ceiling, to the immense amusement Of the
spectators, while the poor, jealous hus.
band sinks away, sword and oil.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1855-07-04

HoRS ssAKE.-Tbe Bastop o. Regis.
ter says that gentleman living some
miles west Of that place, lately killed
:" Horn SnakeR q reptile often talked Of,
but rarely seen. 1t is said 70 be most
venomous snake. The Register thus des
scribes IL:
The monster killed measured four feet
in length and the horn a. the end
Of the tail-through an almost impercep-
tible hole from which the poison iS elected
was about an inch and . half long. spi-
raj. sharp at the point. and so hard as to
defy the effort 70 cut it with knife.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1855-07-04

TX LUCK AoArN.-The great body Of
readers will have experienced some graf,
ification in the announcement contained
in the late California adYices relative TO
the famous Colonel Suffer, the discoyerer
Of gold in California. Considerable sym-
patty has been recently excited by the
recital of series of misfortunes which
had reduced the veteran pioneer from af7
fuence to poverty. but he has suddenly.
become rich again by tie land commits.
siOners confirming his claim to thirty three
square leagues Of land.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1855-07-04

The DUEL BETWEEN CUNNING AND Nc
d UFFIE "A correspondent of the
Charleston Mercury gives an account of
the duel between these distinguished men
and mentions the circumstances hereto
fore unpublished, that reconciliation
took place between them:
They first fought in " Sisters Ferry"
in Georgia, where McDutfie was shot in
the hip, and afterwards met on the North
Carolina line. where they adjourned with
out fighting, on account of a misunder
standing between the seconds. The third
and last time they met at Campbell on
the Savannah River, where McDuffie was
shot in the small OF his back and had his
left arm broken, leaving him in wretch
ed state of in6rmity, which kept him q
Lingering invalid all the rest of his days.
Some time afterwards they were in Aus
gusta Georgia, at the same time when
Med ufie's intense suferipgs were about
to be relieved by the dying out of life'S
Pickering lamp, and where he had gone
to die. Through the instrumentality Of
John Bones, Esq, Cumming was in
duced 10 visit Med ufie, who was in Bones
house. He told him of McDufie's pre-
seuce within it, aud of his situation, and
frankly said to him, g Go up up yourself
aud be reconciled. know that you har-
Dor no malice. aud that he has no single
feeling of hostility towards you in his bo-
SON." The suggestion was frankly adop-
ted and acted upon. The parties met as
if they never had been enemies. Cum
ming sat an hour with his PROSTATE rival,
left him with the most amicable inter~
change of feeling. aud the tear was in his
eye, as he said to Bones on his departure:
:" What would 1 not give to relieve him
from his cruel suffering u 1t was one
which own hand Inflicted. gnd he bitter.
J ly regretted the SHOT.
Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1855-07-04

asT- The Calhoun, steam tow-boet,
as bur fifteen miles from George
town, O. on the 21st iilt,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1855-02-24

ASTEDmUyiAS WELL.-Not long since, as
some workmen were engaged in excavating
u well about two miles North of Round
Grove in this county, they came upon the
remains Of an old well about 81 feet below
the surface. The mouth of this ancient pit
was covered over with earth, and on rcmov-
ing this they found it walled around with
stone and lime wall, about eight feet deep.
There was about five feet of water ia the bot.
tom which was found to be pure. What in
crcases the mystery is the fact that the
ground seemed perfectly solid from the
mouth Of the well to the surface of tho
ground. The material removed was stiff,
blue clay, closely compacted,-Lulton In.
restigator. t ..... ...-.. ...... .
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1855-02-24

ASEcporE.--A gentleman found that spc-
cies of vegetables, called onions, were in the
habit Of disappearing from the garden with
out an assignablc cause, except the agency
Of little negro af his. He accordingly
applied the hickory very plentifully to the
supposed delinquent, notwithstanding his
lamcntablc protestations of inuoccnsc. A
day or two after he was surprised at the en-
trance into his room by the negro, preceded
by formidable stencil, and bearing in his
arms a certain grey animal, known common
ly as a polocat. Here, massa," cried the
negro, ~ tole you, you whip me for moth,
in,' Here 'cm what steal the ingy um.
smell he brcf" .r
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1855-02-24

JACK MorNrED-Wc have lots Of sailors
helping us in the works. A few days ago
one of them returning from the trenches felt
fatigued, and was resting at the foot Of q hill
some way from the encampment. Two Rus
sian soldiers passing him up jumped Jack,
aud though they were armed, captured them,
jumping upon the back ofonc Of them, and
led the other by the car! An officer who
met him asking what hc was about. "Oh, "
said Jack, II am riding this ono, aud when
hr gets tired III mount tho other" In this
style he rode right into the camp.-Lette'
from the Cria1cn. i... t7.N'i.' ~
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1855-02-24

4 LIVE N,SKEg AND THE SnoP GIRLS %
P,ms.-1he Paris correspondent Of the Bos-
ton Post writes: ......ef
Great art and eloquence are very frss
qucnt!y cynccd by those prttirUnt cfcIkK1n
the T. cVulnnaiigo - i.,'. ,.."-s.--i .oici totn~
bonbons. The devices upon box covers, the
inscriptions and illustrations, serve them
with sufficient prctcXts for the most seductive
explanations and the most winning exhorta-
tons. But the true talent which they uni.
vcrsaIIy appear TO possess, seems to dwell in
the grace aud tact peculiar to all Partisan
tradcs-womcn. They are solicitous, but not
prcsuming, urgent, but not cxacting, and al
ways good naturcd, perfectly selfpossessed,
and never tired Of humoring your indecision
or reluctance. They ladlc out pound Of
assorted with a poka-like movcmen.
among the thousand glass jars, and smile be.
witchingly upon you when returning your
change. Very often a susceptible kind of
fellow, such aS ! am. feels mortified at the
trouble he subjects them to for perhaps his
small purchase, and yields to an inclination
to make large one, unless hc gets into the
street safe from the rash iniatua,ion incident
TO pctticoat blaudishncnt' ...
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1855-02-24

RUSSIAN RULE iS THE CHlMEA.-A late de
cree which the Emperor Nicholas has issued
in relation to the Tartars Of the Cri,nea, is
as follows:
Art. lst. Every Tartar gully Of bad in
,entions, or of hostile designs, shall be put
in prison until he has given evidence that he
repents. Art I'd, Every Tartar having
committed robbery, shall have a leg or an
arm cut Off Art. Sd. liza Tartar commits
murder without stealing, he shall be hug.
Art. 4th. lfany Tartar kills and steals, he
shall have an arm Or leg cut oif and after
shall be hung
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1855-02-24

RAILROAD ACCIDENT. The afternoon train
on the Illinois Central, met with an accident
yesterday. 1t had proceeded about four miles
from the city, when on stopping to arrange
some ilagings as signals, il was run into by a
locomotive which was following it, and the
only passenger car entirely mashed up
But one passenger was injured, and he not
seriously. CNi 7rijsae, l5M.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1855-02-24

A CrRIous lIisroGy.-Thc following is
said to have occurred in Livingston county,
Kentucky "A widow lady took an orphan
boy to raise, quite small, and when he ar.
rived at the age OF eighteen she married
him, she then being in her tiftcth year
They lived many years together, happy rs
any couple. Ten years ago they took an
orphan girl 10 raise, This fall the old laoy
died, being ninety.six years Of age, and in
seven weeks the old man married the girl
they had raised, he being sixty.cight years
OF age and she eighteen"
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1855-02-24
$TG5,929 o0
Balance,

Sir +, H. Lytton has addressed to The
London Critic the following letter, which
tells its own story
"Sm: In The Critic of December Is, read
that New York paper states THAT Bulwci,
the novelist, in q letter to a gentleman at
Boston," says-"l have closed my career as
writer of fiction. ! am gloomy and un-
happy. have expended the powers of life,
chasing pleasure where It's not to be found
Assuming "Bu!wer, the novelist" "to be
myself, beg to state that know no gentle
man in Boston to whom should write upon
any matter concerning myscll-that | never
wrote anything Of the sort to any onc-and
that the whole statement is complete IA
brication.'
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1855-02-24

Brigham Young is building two large and
beautiful houses adjoining that which he now
occupies in Salt Lake City, to accommodate
his increasing family, lie now rcjoiccs in
between fifty and sixty wives, and from for.
ty-dvc TO fifty children. Elder kimball, one
Of the Mormon Apostles, has between sixty
and seventy consorts. i
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1855-02-24

A man's first care should be to avoid the
rcproaches of his own heart--his next to
escape censurc of the world. II the last
interfere with the former, it ought to be
entirely ncglccted-but otherwise It cannot
DO a greater satisfaction to an honest
mind, than to see those APPROPRIATIONS
which il gives itself, seconded BY the ap-
plausc Of tho public. Is ... t...t. ........
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1855-02-24

A submarine telegraph has just been con.
structcd at Berlin, on Morsc's system, to be
laid down between varna and Balaklavn,
which will be finished at the same time a.
the one which connects Narna with Bucha.
rest. Sebastopol will then be in direct tolc'
graphic communication with the capitals o.
Western Europe. s..rs .r..',