Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1865-08-31
NO. 2.

| against hope that some good fortune would ulti-
mately bring through the great Atlantic cable
That hope is gone. We have news direct from the
feet as late as the 9th instant. by an arrival at
Hearts Content, name of mockeryl) whereby we
learn that the cable broke on the I'd, the day the
signals to vaentia failed. All that could be done.
as our news indicates was 10 fix buoy as nearly
as possible to the place where the fatal break oc.
Cured II is almos. ridiculous TO think Of search
ing in the wide waste Of the Atlantic in fifteen thou
sand feet of water for cable but the thickness OF
ones thumb, and we may as well make up our
minds that the second grea, and expensive expert
ment is a complete failure. The public have been
gradually prepared for this announcement yet IL
| is felt everywhere as disappointment, not alone
to the projectors and their interested friends but 10
the world and mankind at largely T. Timss
! FANNY FERS oS HusssSps.--A lady having re-
marked that awe is the most delicious feeling
/ wife can have towards husband. Fanny Fern thss
/ comments:
! Awe of man whose whiskers you have trimmed.
whose hair YOU have cut whose cravats you have
I tied, whose shirts You have put into the wash,.
whose boots and shoes the closet
whose dressing gown you have worn while combing
your hair; who has been down in the kitchen with
| YOU at eleven o'clock at night TO huntfor chicken
bone; who has hooked your dresses. uElaced your
boots fastened your bracelets, and tied your bonnet
who has stood before the looking-glass with thumb
and finger on his proboscs his chin; whom
| YOU have buttered, and sugared, and teaed; whom
YOU have seen asleep with his mouth wide openi--
1 Ridiculous.
RrcHELIEu. .--One of the fincst passages in
/ Richelieu is the following
! Richelieu-Young man, be blithe; for note
me, from the hour grasp that packet, think,
that your guardian star rains down fortune ON
| YOU.
Francisco-If fail
Richelieu-Fail Fail in the bright lexicon
OF youth, which fate reserves for most glorious
manhood. there is no such word as fail.
Why should young man fail II he be
honest if he be honorable, If he be ardent, II he
he energetic, if he be gifted with mental power.
| if he be right In soul and strength he should
never fail and il any alluring temptation whis-
: per in his ear words that make him turn aside.
let him advert to that bright lexicon and never
fail
esy-A young lady OF Newark, Ohio, named
Maggie Elliot, recently died under the follow
inc circumstances She left her fathers house,
in company with her young associates, for an
evening visit at the residence of aneighbor, and
whileamusing themselves in "hunting the thim-
bic" Maggie became possessor OF It, and, pla-
cling il in her mouth 10 hide it from the others,
accidentally swallowed it. Every effort for her
recovery proved unavailing. and she brcathed
her last in fifteen minutes after the occurrence.
The young companions who took her from
her home Joyous and happy, In few hours
afterwards brought her back corpse.
@s-Friend read this and ponder il we'll. For he
speaks the truth who says:---"Every school boy
knows that kite would not fly unless it had string
tying il down. 1t is just so with life. The man
who is tied down by a half dozen blooming respon-
sibilities and their mother will make higher and
stronger Fight than the bachelor, who having moth
ing to keep him steady is always hounderine in tho
mud. Ifyou wantto ascend in the world, tie your
self to somebody
How TO KEEP BrrrER CooL.-A simple mode OF
keeping butter in warm weather, where ice Is not
handy, is to invert a common hower-pot over the
hitter with some water in the dish where the butter
is laid The orifce at the bottom may be corked or
not. The porousness of the earthenware will keep
the butter cool II will be better still II the pot be
covered with wet cloth. the rapid abstraction Of
heat BY external evaporation causing the butter 70
become hard.
Esy-No ancestor Of ours has lived for our in
diyidual honor, nor ought that to be reputod
ours which was long before our being, for what
advantage can it be to blind man that hi'
father had good eyes2
ssy-A donkey, laden with salt, was crossing
a brook. The water diluted the salt, and thus
Ightened the burden. He communicated the
discovery TO brother donkey, laden with wool.
The latter tried the experiment, and found his
load double the weight
@8-A lady of doubtful years. was sdmonishod
by a gentleman for whom she had great contempt
.that IL she would stay at home, tho Lord would
send her husband" To which she replied, that
oif he did, and he was such one as he was, shs
hoped he would send arope with him i"
Natural History Of Consumption. Two thin
shoes make one cold-two colds, one attack Of
bronchitis-two attacks Of bronchitis one ma
hogany or iron box.
H6z-Thc fellow who is courting Miss De-
meanor. thinks seriously Of breaking oil :he en-
gacement. and has already commenced visiting
Miss Fortune
EJ~The height of impudence is kissing an
oti e mar, sweetheart, and then protesting that
YOU couldn't help it.
n6rThe less man does. the more fuss he
makes. hen with one chicken does more
scratching than if she were blessed with fani-
ly Of fifteen.
rE EArtemus Ward says when he hears the
song. "Come where my love lies dreaming" he
don't 20. He don't think it would be decent
GorSe WELL WITH MUsIc.-A lady went
into a music store, and stated she wanted her