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" J. P. BRADY,

" J.P. BRADY,
No. 10 LIGHT STREET.
Has fitted up, in superior style, a RESTAURANT at
the above locality ,and furnished it with all the ct
cetcras'' ola first class establishment Good WINES,
good LIQUORS, first rate CIGARS, the best EATA-
BLES the markets afford, with the most competent
,,1gcfcr with civil and attentive WATERS, may at
all times be foundat Old 10!
Baltimore, June %, lS5i.-u
HALLTOWN STORE AND DEPOT.
TTNIIE subscriber having taken the STORE IND
i DEPOT, at Halltown, and just opened a tul
and complete assor tmcnt Of new DRY GOODS AID
GROCERIES, would respectfully invite the attention
of his friends and the public generally to that branch
of his business and as Ire is determined OF TO b
beaten either in the kind, quality price Of goods
by any other Country Store in the County, and to
leave nothing undone that be done to render full
satisfaction to the people, he hopes to meet with
that liberal ecmcutand upport IN the Store
that he has received in the Milling business, during
the past year. have been very careful in selecting
for the Ladies' nice stock of Dress Goods, OF the
latest STYLE aud hope have call from them: also
for the gentlemen everything in the way OF Dress
and indeed, everything that is generally kept in
well furnished Country Store can be had here on the
most liberal terms.
also having the Depot put in ordor for recciv-
Produce so that the Farmers in this community will
find it their interest to make this, the point at
which to dispose of their produce, either by sale OF
transportation. -
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FOR SALE.
CARRIERS HOTEL,


&5A CARRIERS HOTEL,
SiiM CHGrLcStoCn, JEFFERSON County, va.
TVHTS Valuable and Commodous HOTEL PRO
L PE4TY is offered at Private Sale, together
with the FURNITURE, FIXTURES AND SUP
PLIES. 1t is amongst the ar%cst in tie Valley,
and has been tivOrably known for the past
To wishing to engage in this business jt-
vurabIc opportunity is here offered and on aCconmo-
dating terms. The Servants can be retained until
til end of the year. Possession given Immediately.
March IL, 1883. l. n. CARTER.
nv GOODS AT COST.
J. HE undersigned having made arrangements 10
sell his Store House and Dwelling to the U. S. Gov
STOCK OF DRY GOODS AT COST.
Those wishing to get CHEAP GOODS, FOR CASH,
will please give carly cali, where they will find
and approaching season: ne public are requested
to call, examine, and judge f. themselves.
JOHN &. WiI!SQl3S9s :
~ TURNPIKE NOTICE.
l. lie public are hereby notified that the annual
subscriptions for the of the Bcrryve 4 Charles
Turnpike, expired OH the first of November,
and that contracts to the first of Octnbcr 1855, may
be made by application to the Treasurer or to THos.
4. MooRE, at Charlcstown. The Toll Gathcrcrs are
instructed 10 allow pass the Gates without
payment of tolls till contracts fer the ensuing year
RATES OF TOLL
To be charged persons lChO and leaUe he Turn
pike at tic KaJIctOtcn and Summit Point Fo'ks:.
Horse to Wagon cents If wheels are more thsm
Double do " these rates.
Single horse do 10 " Round trim
Horse Mare, Geld i!'''0 ''P'
ing or Mule. ....3 "
20 CattIc..........12s 's ; to be in proportion.
~ O'"'' '' Jo In D. RICHARDSON,
November 81, 1S5l-f TF.P.l Treasurer
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itHr are pointed out in
PRIVATE MEDICAL COMPANION,
ny DIR. A. Nj. MAURiCEAU,
PROFESSOR OF DISEASES OF WOMEN.
OEs Hundreah Edition (500,ooO)

oFs HuRdredth Edtt0H (5oO,OOO)
Is mo-, PIP. $50,
los FISE PAPER, EXTRA BISDlSG, 8 .OMI
standard work of established reputation. found
classcd in the catalogues oc the great trade sales III
New York, Philadelphia, and other Cities and solt
by the principal booksellers in the United States
The first published in lS4T, since which time
- 100000 COPIES
have boon sold Of which s1crr were upwards of
one hUNDkER I0oSA IN Sfs i % beiG as
'le nIsH Hi cs'ltii'S " - ~
ruilHOlc popular nIsdica n,,,,,,x, rr1T.Tr
p COh FOh I io+.i,T4. tcr1io,, II
Tho tnt,; ,,inints necuIinr to females in
L Ii h. 1I1s. nd
bot 5 IN merS%" :nd oy Ieret Tisco,e NV con,orn,
49,. eSG.y "o,ilan -, III tT li15j ~ ,iat,irS
H. Nv y '',s rs tt,i I rs ,J ;i. for her
cnni ec';,r' causes Oh ana 'ie p 'P'' 40 '
VIZ, AZ; - r, bor,,, mother has uneed
nc vie about " , .'i itr
OF istuctoh any, a"EiIc "L tl
ttcncss fr5iJs consmltin.g msdisrI gentleman,
vii find sI,cj in trrtior and g,fvIcc and also cx-
Pa s"H y %s qn II. PsdaiS %9aa
dent to her r situation are described,
rcrulares pccwlar 10 IT,. rmaIc system which I'M
dcrIniuc the health the effects OF which they i%-
noraut, and for which their dcIicacy torbis seeking
Calling of the womb,) from tlnfOr GGnS (wcal-
ness, debility, Seq Many arc in constant agony
for many months preceding confinement. Many
have difficult if not dangerous deliveries, and slow
and uncertain rccOvcrics. Some whose itVcs are
gcs the means OF prevention, ancIorafon and relief
1t il of course imPrnctictble to con"cy fully sIe
various subjects treated OF, as tn'y are OF " Metric
plating marrIagc ..r.,-
In consequence OF Tn? nnivcrs"1 ooiulati'y OF t,T
lmPoslt'"ns have been Attempted as wctt on DOCKS
spurious editions, and surrcptIto"4 lhrhlggcnchts
has been found necessary thcrGtnre, to
CAUTION TIE PUBLlC ~ 49,.
to buy no book unless the worIs 'r \. VI. NiAUFf
cEAv, l29 Liberty Street, n =" Is on (9nd tie en-
try in the Clerks Oihcc on the back oi) the uttc
page; and buy only OF Respectable and honorable
dealers, or send by mail, ana address to Dr. a. NJ.
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TesfiIunntnfs.

TeSliIUOnilF.
WISCHE-r1s, TNT p
We, the undersigned. bcin" solicited To
opinion rs to the cIarnc9cr and standing OF =
rance Company of the Valley of Virginia
hesitation IN saying that we have the m I,
icucc in the ability and integrity OF the PFsSi'
DIRECTORS OF that Company.
I'm. "a ct tirt we have insured our own Pc
the Company, Is perhaps The strongest e'''.
can giTc as to our opinion Of its merits -.
j. II. SHERRARD, Cash. Farmers ba'i-
Hon. J. NJ. MASON, L. S. Senator,
JACOB SESsESY, ESQ, Merchant. W H. r.
r A Tim at Prcst. of hank rf faacJ
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C1TSTEr CG1D,rc
s.n G Ii;bi-;s, yZ;'toi,ib j;,c,i,
..,- RICHARD PAT iX, }cH %',c,ohcr,5
Clarke .S N@3yi, II ID S Scc,nb b2 ~
berkeley 'APril ~ St2,cltoer -
Jefferson -. :: May Il, October d.
ScUcHM District Fourteenth Circuit
Warren. .............NT March 80, August 3d.
Shenandoah ........... Apr! I, St tclnbcr T.
Hardy pril 81, September 81.
Rockingham. MAY 10, October To-
MONTHLY COURTS:
Frcdcrick-Monday before the LIST Tuesday.
IIardy-Monday before inc lS' IueS""y'
BcrkcIcy-SGcOnH, Hl"H|"y'
5S, 81 Nnl'y in Jnnc and 4,h Monday in
,S T,t' rHo,iIs
ShcnandDuh-NIOnday before ID Tuesday.
Morgan-Fourrh Monday.
DISTRICT COURT.
Compose Of the Cn?Spsr' 10 V
.tII =, r tI" I5,I, 'ay Of 2cccmbcr
HICm,rn H. FIELD
Judges Lucas +. TpoMPsoS, JC:r,uit C,o,,rts
RlcmAnp PARKEn, ~ NV
ions Kr~NEY,
17JooI. NJ ,n,Ioy- hrE,rc LIST Tuesday in IIarch,
limo. Au~Mst aud November
Bcrtclcy-2d Monday IN March, Jn"c' August an"
IcfTcrson-3d Monday in March, Juoe' Augustond
November. ST. ,,.,,
ClITkC-4 lh 'IoiV"iy ~ GU 0'' ; -'l''J' "'| ~
October. ~, - ,,.,,.,o,,,I
~ M"rs'n--'tn'" 'n"1 III 'i''r''' O'''' EN' VS. ANU
WV ''i''' >t-,.I.,. NJ,.c,, J,,rc
lit Ni,i ho ''' ''''''''' "
any TouJonD2d Monday in March, Iuuc, August and
Snvrnihrr
Fnnquicr-Ih Monday in March, May, August
and November.
Hardy Monday bCtO'C LIST uCSday III march,
Tunc, August and NnvcHbCr
Warrch-3d Monday III March, May August an"
November ain ,.: ,1i
Shcnondoah-Mo before "a tuesday, IN march,
june August anu WV s!,2e..
CLASSIFICATION OF MAG1SIHA1ES'
The following is the cIasSlilcatlon ut the MaGlS-
trates of Jefferson county, which was made IN Au-
gust, 1852, and continues until the expiration OF
their terms determines who shall compose the Coun-
ty Court each month. 1t will be found useful tor
reference:
JANUARY.
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- DOCTOR YOURSELF!
Essssss5eet,sS TIE POCKET IT3SCULAPIUS

$3.50 TIIE POCKET ESCULAPIUS
ocAz2I Or Every one his own Physician.
TYNIIE Tortich Edition, with ore lIurircd cn@r1v-
Gcucrativc System i'll every shape and fortn. To
which is added Treatise on the diseases of females,
being of the highest Importance to married people, or
those contemplating marriage. BY WIN. YOUNG,
NJ. d.
lI5-Lctno father brashamcd toPrcscnt copy of the
Esculapius his child. Ii may save him from an
early grave. Let no young man or woman "ntcrlnto
the obligations of married life without
the Pocket uapius let suffer ing from hack
med cough pain in the side restless nights nervous
feelings and he whole trail Dy5PcPc sensations
and given up by their Physci"ns be ANOTHER moment
ricd or those about to be married any mpcdimcnt,
read this truly useful book, it has been the means
of saving thousands OfunfUrtuuatc creatures from the
vei v jaws of death.
G3sAuy person sending TWENTY f ccnt*cTr-
closed in letter, will receive oucCopy 0fthis book by
mail or vccopics will be sent for ono dollar Address
[post-Paid,) DIR. WM HoGNG!
No. l52 Spruce St., Philadelphia.
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GO0Td NJ LRTFCihvS.
JOHN ROBIN MCDANIEL. Prcz'drH.
DON +. {. PETERS. Vice President
SAMPSON DUG I'D Chief Engineer
A,ITs NJ. Cons, I : TDENrER o.
Gr9pGE W. YAScrY, : S,MvEL Gsal'S
WILLIAMT. ANpERsc~, : NhrHNN. u iHT
JoHS o. TAyL0R, - JAMES N. bgt2.
MARTIN HOLLINS. Treasurer.
CREED r. WILLS. Secretary.
Ut r. II. GILnEa, l>,,,,;-,I v,,,,irs-
Dr.. WM. OFwAY OWES,
gent for Jefferson COUNTY. i. w. lihE.f
Medical Examiner DR.. L. ; "a
CfhrEc-tuwn. A ril %. i-5l-ly iFfl
TIE VALLEY OF VIRGINIA Fl
HiTS5TIs INSURANCE C0MPAS
VII issue i'oiiciSs n" III Fj"oiS ~ Pm
.Nerchandjsc. dc. at tair ami e7liia"'.
Capital SI5O.OOO. with POwer to inc
the same to SaCD.-HH'.
TIIIEE attention Of tire CitI."ns ~ Nir"ln' i'''
l " invited Ia dis Company rs = ltrna iH--
based upon ample taPi:ui, and guaranteed -E
Of references and conducted o.l the str-. r;
pies vf equity. Justice. and economy ... d.
HOME FFTCE-IFINCH#.S ).
los :. CARSON, Pr--
c. ). FUNK, Secretary.
O. +. BRESEE, Ar,uafJ
Jos. s. Carson, Jancs H. Gurga
James p. Ri.Is, Lloyd iJ1rin,
II. II. M'Guyrc, John Kerr
y. y. Richardson I'm
AGENT for Jrifnr=ri ecu
August :, 1S53-Iy L. p
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NEW ARRANGEMENTS.
E45E<Ssss51 LZ43E4l913 s-s3sSSs553 rfs.yl--l-4lz
~. $50 -ESsEsFS3
Cfcc OF NYinchester & Potomac Rail-

Once OfNVinchester & Potomac Rail-
Road Company.
IN and after MONDAY the 22d inst. tho O'Clock
~ \. NJ. Passenger Train will bcdiscnntinucdand
the Passenger Train will start from Winchester at
5 O'Clock and 30 minutes A. M-rcturnin@ will leave
IIarpcrs- Ferry ut IL o'clock and 80 minutes, i'm
mcdiatcly after the arrival of the from Bati-
more.
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FIRE, JIFF& MARlNEINSURi,
/,gyEnry,< I, y4E,s,;, Am FIFE

INSI-RI NEE COlVfI
This Cn1r17-r.y nrHlcs Insurance nGl5lsi JIG.
uasscs 10y Fire. OF Dwc!ii.., T'",r'.5. Stprss.
Factories and other Buildings, ON furu.iufe-
Wares and Merchandise. generally IN to'
country. on the most favorable terms
4 $50 ffrh"s IrsttraI,r" on the lives IF all per
owing good hcar't8 md of sound constitute"
whole duration If Fiir. or frr Nrrr'0i n'r'st
Slaves employed in ordinary occupations,
insured or reasonable terms.
Tie Company will also take marine risks u
o any of the Northern or So-Chcrn Ports, 81
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vOTyCC TO pISSEvGERS

GCf-To troub and Inconvenience, both to Pas
7cng"rs and the Conductors reduction of twenty
five cents the through fare and twelve and
half cents on the way fare is made TO Passengers
WHO TAKE TICKETS.
J. GEO. HEST, ?. Agent.
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i1ARTEORD FIRE tNsURANCE

HARTFORD, C0SNECTICrT.
INCORPORATED ISIO.--C'hartcr Peru,
Capital SI5O,OOO, with power CT iheis
it to S25O,OO0. ., II
DUDLiC buildings, MIuUElcrorIc+' Mn.
L rv, Dwelling Houses, Stores, McrrhaH,'
S9ia w fT%,sui insured at on f $50 low as de
admit.
Applications for Insurance may be EnaaIpTF.F
p. w. HEbbhn
In the absence of the .Ager,. from Cl9rl'sg-T
p. BEewS, Esq, who viii attend TO them =
Persons at a distance address through tine M,
n. 3. On all Church Buildings and ~
personal property the Agent will present ~. /.
siOns III reducing Che amount of prem ~
thus arising. r.
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MONTHLY COURTS.
Frcdcrick-NIomday before the LIST Tuesday.
Hardy-NIonday before the LIST Tuesday
BcrkcIcv-SCcUnd Monday.
JcHcrsUm-Thlrd Mon,lny.
Ciarkc-2d Monday in June and 4'h Monday in
thcr months.
Shcnnndonh-NIondoy before ID Tuesday.
Warrcn-Thrd Monday.
Morran-FOurh Monday.
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DISTRICT COURT.
Composed of the Cul9"Pcr, Albclnaric, Rockingham
and Frederick DistrictS--sits annually in Winchcs-
ter IN the 18th day Of DcCcmbcr.l
CGREES Il. 5 tMUELs, Court of Appeals.
RICHARn II. FIELD,
Judges LUCAS +. TTOMPsoS, C:r,,,it Courts
RIcuARD PAEKEr,
EIN-
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NEW STOCK READY-MA De N Y
m ING AND .CONFECTIONS5,hn: az
i HE subscriber opened to-day, on, IN. ny.
Charlcstown, a well selected stock OF iii :
CLOTHING, made in tie latCs fashions ~ IN
workmcn. Also a full aSaortmcnt"i ram iF
CANDIES, NUTS, FRUITS, CIGARS 'i,,, :,
ny. Owing to the depressed markets. md
are bought below Manufacturers prices
sold for cash on very snail profits - no
Thc subscriber has constituted ISAAC ~
Agent, with full powers to conduct th' a,,,rl
slich-and its chief design being To gitg ri
to said Bose and enabled him, under us \,
provide for his family. All these
latter are requested to patroaize The t 2,rr
eFsStore on Main Street oppp-siSs w: lori
Dec. 10, 1854. SALN,5;,sLO;; Ser r6p
Fr,c Press and Shcphcrrlstown keglsle. l -
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AN APPEAL TO COMMON SENSE.

CAPITALS EEifSJA NfIN-Whcrcvcr known H5s tcs-
tiuuuy will be conclusive. But lest those v no do
not know the Captain should bc srcpfieal, Dr. Daw
son s Bro, with "tlfcrs OF Fhc best known and most
wonderful courtesy.
HANTPTON'S' VEGETABLE TINCTURE.1
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A CARD.

Harpers- Ferry, July II, 1854
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TT PLANK FOR SALE.
IL HAVE 1000 feat Of seasoned Pine liam for sle,
u - re "a F,eiesi G. II. Isyf
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~ FOR RENT.
/ lie STONE HOUSE in the occupancy ot
Henderson Bishop. Also another HOUSE AND
GROUNDS JOHN J. LOCK, Agent.
February 20. 1853.
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NO. 3S.

the bread of knowledge. There it stands,
the surest guaranty of the future happi
ness and prosperity of the community a
moDg whom it is located.
1t is itself a teacher Il teaches neat
ness and order. Itpromotes good morals
and manners. 1t instils into the tender
mind of childhood the love of the beauti-
full in nature and in art, and proclaims to
every passer-by the dignity and import
ance of education. 1t is not a cold alb
stractioD; it is living epistle to read of
all.
But this ft home for the school to dwell
in did not spring up out of the ground,
like Jonah's gourd, in night. 1t cost
treasure, and it cost labor, but it amply
compensates for both. Such a school
house is far more economical than those
of the poorest class. By a few simple
operations in addition and substraction, it
may be shown that no district can afford
to support a poor shool-house. If any
one doubts it, let him sit down with me
and sum up the cost of keeping up such
a concern. Reckon the sums of money
you annually sink in paying teachers to
work without suitable tools and means,
not forgetting that, as general rule, you
will be compelled to put up with the poor
est teachers, for the best will not put up
with such accomm cd ations without extra
compensation. Add to this the loss of
half or three -fourth's of the scbool-time
of your children. Calculate the value of
that knowledge and intellectual culture
which your sons and daughters are thus
deprived of forever. Compute, if you
can, the amount of loss sustained in in
jured lungs and Spines and eyes; in colds
and fevers and consumption, and all the
train of evils, generated or aggravated by
the defects of the bad school-house and
to this add its unhappy effect upon the
taste and moral sentiments, those faculties
which are so intimately connected with
whatsoever things are lovely, and whatso-
ever things are of geod report
Bring together these items in one grand
sum total, and then say if any communi-
ty can afford to support poor school
house.
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DIR n0ddridpe'S Dream

1t is not strange that such man as
DR.. Doddridge, who lived as every Chris
tian ought to live. in intimate commun-
ion with God daily, quite in the precincts
of heaven, and whose heart and soul were
continually anticipating the joys of that
glorious world, should have been the sub
ject Of the following remarkable dream
DR.. Doddrid &c was on terms of very in
innate friendship with DR.. Samuel Clarke,
and in religious conversation they spent
many happy hours together. Among 9TH
er matters, a very favorite topic was the
intermediate state of the soul, and the
probability that at the instant of dissolu-
ton it was not introduced into the pres
ence of all the heavenly hosts, and the
splendors around the throne of Cod
One evening, after conversation of this
nature, DR.. Doddridge retired to rest with
his mind full of the SUBJECT discussed, and
in the "visions of the night" his ideas
were shaped into the following beautiful
form He dreamed that he was at the
house of friend, when he was suddenly
taken dangerously i'll. By degrees he
seemed to grow worse, and at last to ex-
pire. In an instant he was sensible that
he exchanged the prison house and suf-
ferings of mortality for a state of liberty
and happiness. Embodied in splendid
aerial form, he seemed to float in region
of pure light. Beneath him lay the earth;
but not glittering city or village, the
forest, or the sea was visible. There was
nought to be seen below save the melan-
choly group of friends, weeping around
his lifeless remains.
Himself thrilled with delight, he was
surprised at their tears, and attempted to
inform them of bis change, but by some
mysterious power, utterance was denied;
and, as he anxiously leaned over the
mourning circle, gazing fondly upon them,
and struggling to speak, he rose silently
upon the air; their forms became more
and more distant, and gradually melted
away from his sight. Reposing upon
golden clouds, he found himself swiftly
mounting. the skies, with venerable fig
ure at bis side, guiding his mysterious
movements, and in whose countenance he
remarked the lineaments of youth and age
were blended together with an intimate
harmony and majestic sweetness. They
travelled through vast region of empty
space, until at length the battlements of
a glorious edifce shone in the distance,
and as its form rose brilliant and distinct
among the far-of shadows that fitted "a
cross their path, the guide informed him
that the palace he beheld was for the pres
ent to be his mansion of rest. Gazing
upon its splendor, he replied, that while
on earth he had heard, that eye had not
seen, nor had the ear heard nor could it
enter into the heart of man to conceive
the things which God hath prepared for
those who love Him; but Notwithstanding
the building to which they were then rap
idly approaching was superior to any
thing he had before seen, yet its grandeur
had not exceeded the conceptions he had
formed; the guide made no reply,-they
were already at the door, and had
Cd ~
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a dozen persons, who sat under a brilliant
ly lighted chandelier, looking like the
members of family who have given a
party, and who sit together when the
guests are gone, "to talk it all over. The
widow, with a flushed face and quivering
lip, advanced to.,receive me, upbraiding
me for being late, and telling me of notes
she had received from her dear friends in
the neighborhood, who had all been pre-
vented by the merest accident from at
] tending her party that evening.
"But," said l ais not the town inde-
pendent Of the neighborhood for its So
ciety?"
ooh dear, no." said the hostess; "of
course, you know, I did not ask the
Snookses to meet such party as this"
I looked round me with a glace of in
quiry.
81 mean," added the widow, "to meet
the party which I expected tonight"
"When we last met, they were your
most intimate associates ~
ayes, yes, they we're poor dear DIS
friends; but you know it would have been
awkward, poor things, to have met the For
tescues, and the Montagues, and the How
ards, and the Montgomerys, and"
eyes, truly" said I, wickedly, "but as
all those great folks have thought fit to
absent themselves, and you have prepar-
ed supper for about one hundred, is it too
late now to send out and ask the Snookses,
and the old set whom l remember to have
met here"
"Bless your heart" said the widow,
"they are all in bed and asleep!"
All this happened twenty years ago ;
and having occasion recently to revisit
Thornbury, I was rather curious to know
how the widow was getting on, and to as
certain whether the dignity of the subur-
bans and the resentment of the townspeo-
pie, had driven her into solitude and Sc
clusion.
But I was soon convinced of two things:
that "pride" is apt to "have fall" and
that in a small community no very | asst
ing resentment is openly evinced against
one who is rich enough to give pleasant
parties.
Araminta had again changed her name,
and having married one of the once de-
spised family of Snooks, I was soon kind
ly received at very crowded rout, by my
old acquaintance, now leading star in the
little hemisphere of fashion at Thornbu-
ry, and bearing the name of Mrs. Samu-
ell Snooks.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1855-08-09
Try Again.

Who ever forgets the notable example
of perseverance taught by the spider to
Robert Bruce in the Highlands of Scot
land. He had been defeated by the Eng
lish armies-his forces scattered-bis
friends discouraged-and himself hunt
ed fugitive. One morning, hidden in a
Highland cabin, he noticed spider on
the ceiling attempting to swing himself
from one rafter to another, in order to Sc
cure the web he was spinning to trap a
fly, and home for himself. Seven times
in vain, the spider sought to fasten his
thread. This is the same number of times,
mused Robert Bruce, that have attempt
ed to free Scotland from the English rule,
and if he succeeds in the next endeavor,
l shall deem it an omen for good. The
creature made another effort, and fixed
his thread. This gave Bruce courage to
try again He did so and rescued his
country from chains and slavery. Then
never despair.
Try again, should be the motto of ev-
cry young man.
Try again, in the resolution which ev-
cry true heart feels whenever it has fail
ed in its hopes, or found disasters instead
of success.
If you are right, try again. If you
have lost money, fairly earned, by others
failure or treachery, try again.
1t costs no courage to be brave when
there is nothing to fear.
Be brave when things 60 wrong, and
the when stress Of life bears upon your
weary heart, TRY AGAIN.