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The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1866-06-08
Dru,6onds, 6roffrifs, Sc.

NEW GOODS! NEW GOODs!-
The undersigned have now opened large and
general assortment of
SPRING AND SUMNER GOODS,
to which they respectfully invite the attention of
buyers, assuring them they will find
BARGAINS
in every department Of our stock.
TERMS:
CASH PREFERRED
By special agreement credit of SIX months can
be had
INTEREST CHARGED
on all accounts after period named
maya Sc. A. B. CRAMER d CO.
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TEIANNERS, ,ATTENTION!-Anew
Tannery. in good order. containing one pool.
three lines three baits. five teaches, thirty-four
lay-a-way vats. with the necessary number # han
dIers, in good location as can be found IN Bed
ford county for rent. For further information call
at this Office Nov. Il, '65-tf
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1866-06-08

Summer Hats from II. cents up, all prices and
sizes.
A large assortment of Wool and Fur Hats for
Men and Boys. all sizes and prices
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1866-06-08

A UCTIONEERING.-The under
"A signed thankful for past favors, offers his ser
vices to the people of Cumberland Valley and Lon
donderry townships, to cry sales Of real estate,
personal property, DC. He will guarantee salts.
faction to all who employ him.
Nov. "a, ;65-6m* JOHN DICkEN.
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LEATHER

A prime article of Red Sole Leather at 30 cents
a pound; Calf Skins, Lining Skins, Upper Leath-
er &c.
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4cQal 4lotittS

1 DMINISTRATOR'S ITICE.-
a Notice is hereby given that e,s of admin
iraiion have been granted by the Riter Of Bed
ford county, to the undersigned ne estate Of
Michael Fry. late of Union towDsli ecea>ed.
All persons indebted "a said estittte requested
to make immediate payment, AID tose having
claims can present them duly aIuticated for
settlement.
may 4.-5;. JOHN NJ CLA. Admir-
S'HEKfFF'S SALE.-By rtue Of a
y writ Of Il test rent eyyoUas 10 directed,
there will be sold at the Court Hguiu the bor-
ough Of Bedford, on Saturday, the ny Of June,
at 10 O'Clock A. ". the following rcestate. viz
One lot of ground in the town Of Ciale front
ing on Fulton street. adjoining alley on the
east. and OF the west by lo' belong to james
Eicheberger 100 feet front and feet hsck,
with two story Frame House and a1me Stable
thereon erected. situate in Broad township,
Bedford county and taken in cxdiOn as the
property of Lemuel Evans.
JOHN ALDSTA, Sheriff
Sheriff Office. May Is, s,66-it.
A UDITOR'S notice. under
n signed, appointed by the 0rpls Court Of
Bedford county to make disributiof the bal
ance in the hands of David L. Ricedministra-
tor of the estate of Leonard Citz laf CumbeT-
land Valley township. deceased, wor respectful
IL give notice that he viii attend toe duties oi
his appointment, at his Office in Bord, on Fri
day, June lj, A. D.. 1866, at ! Wck, ?. NJ
when and where all parties interestcan attend
if they think proper. E. F. kERAuditor.
junl-2t
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1866-06-08

GROWTH oFTHE EPISCOPAL CHURCH
IN PENNsYLyANIA.-From therep0rts
of the conventions recently held in
Philadelphia and PittsbUrg, it appears
that over two thousand persons have
been confirmed during the past CON
ventiOnal year, besides several new
churches built and c0nsecrated.
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1866-06-08

LEG BRoKEN.-WeTegreteXceeding-
ly to learn that our old and esteemed
friend, Maj. VI. McIlWaine, Of. Union
township, had one of his legs broken
on Saturday last, by being thrown from
his wagon, as he was driving home
from st. Clairsville. Wehope he may
soon recover from the injury.
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1866-06-08

BOOTS AND SHOES:
\ general assortment of Ladies Caters, Boots
and Shoes
Misses and Children's Shoes, all kinds
Mems and Boys ''
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CLOTHING:

lLOI 11lNT
A general assortment Of Men and Boys cloth
ing. at prices TO suit the times
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ROOFING AND SP0UTING
Done in the most approved manner, and on the
shortest possible notice.
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1rn 6oods, &c.

BIeached Muslin from Is cents up.
American and French Ginghams,
Chalies, Delaines, all col Jrs, half wool,
All wool DeaineS nli colors,
Barred and Plain Cambria BrilliaDts,
Nansook Swiss, &c, Alpscas, &c, &c,
Bed Ticking at 35, 80 and best at so cents,
Shesting Check at 25 cents-best at 81 cents.
All kinds of Flannels
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1866-06-08

THE WEAVER HOUSE, ST. GLARS
vILLE.-We call attention to the card
of the Weaver House, st. Clairsville,
in our advertising columns. Let the
public test the merits Of this hotel and
be convinced concerning its qualities.
Mr.. Weaver Is an attentive and obli-
ging landlord and knows how to keep
a hotel"
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1866-06-08

REGULATOR BOXEs.-If you want to
see some fancy boxes, callat Irvine,s
Regulator. and if you want some shoes
more fancy" still. take peep within
those boxes and you'H be sure to find
them. Irvine has the cheapest cigars
in town
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REPAIRING
Promptly attended to with neatness and dispatch
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-12-13
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS

:nF ALL KINDS. AT Low PR1CEB; IRON AND
~ ~, Steel P1o9ghs WheelbasEows. Trucks Straw and
Cotton Gins. Corn and Cotton Planters Seed Drdlls
Plough Casting. Gin Gear and other Castings Horse
rover Tnreshing Machines, Guano, Bone Dust Phos-
phate OF Lime, &c. JOHN MOORE,
December 10 2mo No. i93 Trontstreet Nav YORK
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-12-13
JACOB e. RENTERS.

MEAsURER AND INSPECTOR OF LUMBER TIM
1XA BER and WOOD to be found at Ohice of STEIN
9ER e9 @ !, SON Factors foot Bsaufsin street respect
Is Captsin MEDICUs RICKENBACHER OF OranQebf,rp.
Wa1 be happy 70 see his friends at above Office.
December y+i5s f1rtha
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-12-13
JAPONICA PLANTS, ROSES. ETC,

ESOR SALE AT THE FLOWER GARDEN, sPRINd.
streets, two doors west Of Rutledge-street Green
house Plants Towering Shrubs, Evergreens Azelias
Daphncs, Golden Arborvsoes Expresses, Shade Trees
&c Japonica Flowers and Boquets all the season 2
laying OF ana cleaning gardens pro4ply attended to.
December 10 -a g. " N. FERAUSON,
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MISCELLANEOUS.
PHOTOGRAPHS

BARLOW, THE OLD OPERATOR, HAS THOROUGH
D LIZ renovated and fitted up the Old Star GALLERY
ana Is prepared 20 take all kinds Of PORTRAITS Ee is
the trade He has also photographs Of Confederate GEN
erals Ordinance Of Secession Views Of City Sumter and
NER KING AND MARKET STREETS Charleston, s. c.
n. B-Poroelain Portraits and Pictures ENLARGED on
short notice aud in best Of style. F. Novem6er l
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1866-10-23
A New Married Mans SoIiloquy.

Bless me-or rather bless her who has blessed
me-what happy fellow [ am! How differ
emily everything appears; now | have another
to care for continually, and another to care for
me. Even the monotonous sound of the break
fast bell has melody in it, for [ know whose
bright face will meet my eyes henceforth at the
morning meal, and the pleasant talk about
what | have to do to-day, and when it is done,
where we shall go. | loved my bachelor friends
quite as well as most men but where's the
charm in sitting opposite or side by side with
two or three or forty whiskered faces? Bah !!
its perfectly stupid, and [ wonder that [ bore
it SO long and so patiently. | shall give my as
sociates my new ideas on the matter, though [
think one or two of them have an inkling that
the solitary road is not the best, after all.
L used to read a little on evenings, then grow
weary of my book or paper. It's not so now,
when thought answers thought between my
writer gets ready response from me; for
have new ideas of beauty, caught from the lips
| love BEST uttered for my especial qualification.
Those two words ''my wife''-how much
there is In them! Say it any way you will, the
little sentence has world of meaning in it
My acte means my comforter and guardian an
gel-not my trouble, my destroyer. My wife
that denotes possession-she is mine, not my
neighbor's property-mine to have and to hold,
to keep and to cherish. Then the whole, my
wife, my helpmate, my companion for veal or
for wo, for time and eternity [ didn't thank
anybody to call her my lady-a lady has differ
ent signifcations; though she is lady; she
treats everybody politely, kindly; but wherever
[ go with her, it is now, and shall be, | and
my wife, or Mr.. F. and wife, of Nj.
My dog was rather surly at first he thought
her an intruder-that she infringed upon his
claims to consideration but he had to surren-
der. He loves to bow his head for caress
from her hand he occasionally crouches beside
her-even lays his head in her lap, and, when
she walks alone, marches beside her, as if to
say, Stand aside, I can take care Of her." |
am getting to be a secondary consideration with
the dog.
There goes the bell for supper How l have
been dreaming-nay, not dreaming, for it is all
real must see to my personal appearance
no falling off because [ am a welded lover
All! hear step; she is coming to call me;
she'll wonder what has detained me so long
Good-by.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1866-10-23
For the Spectator.
Woman's Devotion.

Some time since it was the writer's fortune
to attend Church in a remote part of the Old
Dominion, where the war rude effects had, by
the hand of industry and energy, been nealy re-
moved, save in the hearts of those whose sons,
brothers, and betrothed, had fallen whilst nobly
battling for their country liberty
As the aged minister assembled the pulpit,
and was about commencing service, our atten-
ton was attracted by the entrance Of several
person Of a young lady, whose surprising beau
ty and intellectual features couldn't fail to at
tract the attention ofall Her history was short
but affecting.
At the early age OF sixteen summers, she was
wooed and won by young gentleman of high
moral character, and extraordinary worth; but
alas all the joys and realities of that eventful
period, which is so fondly looked to by the
young of our country as completing their hap
piness, and rendering future life fancy dream,
was, by this young couple, never to be realized.
The horrid trump of war sounded Virgin
las bravest and noblest men were called to go
forth and protect their state from the insults
of its invading foe. With others, the hero of
our sketch was willing and ready to sever all
the tenderest ties that could bind man to his
native home, dotlng parents, affectionate sis
ters, and afianced love, all were sacrificed for
the cause Of liberty, justice, and honor, which
he had the fortune gallantly to defend in the
campaign of 1868, when the eyes of all the world
were turned with silent admiration to the noble
Confederate army, under the immortal Lee, as
it was pressing its way to the very heart of the
enemy S country, with sword in hand fighting
at the head of his company, despite the silent
prayer that was being offered in distant noun
tain home, he fell upon Gettysburg's blood
stained battlefield
In few short days, the fatal news was con-
veyed to his afHanced bride, who sank beneath
its fatal effects to arise no more A short time
since, her spirit winged its way to the God who
gave it, and now the Autumnal winds pass un-
needed O er the grave where rests that martyr
to the cause Of constancy, and devotion
MONTEREY, Va, October, 1866. z.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1866-10-23
Home Piety.

One thing is certain-none who are educated
in home Of cheerful piety can ever afterwards
be led to despise religion, The world may lure
them into forgetfulness; folly and vice may for
time make them deaf and blind; they may
wander far in the paths of evil, and spend many
years in the tumultuous enjoyments passion !;
but the memory Of such home-the echoes of
the songs Of childhood vision of the fam
lily altar, where once an unbroken band was
sheltered under the wing of divine protection,
and father, mother, sister, brother, now dead
CT far away, sang the dear old heart hymns and
joined in the same prayer; all these will revisit
the soul of the Wanderer, and his heart of stone.
Memory's guiding hand will lead him back to
childhood's haunts and the old hearth-stone,
until his begrimed nature will loathe ITSELF and
long above all things to be restored to the puri-
ty and freshness of those early years. Alas for
the sinful wanderer whose memory can guide
him back to no such scenes Alas for the
home that sends forth its inmate into this per-
ilous world with no golden links Of pious re-
membrance to hold them by a safe home-anchor
until they outride the storms of life
Christian fathers and mothers think well of
sad changes in your homes. The bright and
gay throng of children that people your house
to-day will soon emerge from childhood and go
out from your presence to the great battle of
life. You have not long to train them for the
task. Whether they shall do well or i'll, rests
not entirely-but largely with you. If you
would have joy in their prosperity, and pride
in their integrity, plant the seeds of success in
their young hearts now, and teach them hoao to
Ive Surround their lives with prayer and
praise, and holy counsels, and holy examples. =
Consecrate their lives to God from their earliest
years, and pray God for them, and show them
how to lead lives Of watchfulness, prayer, and
selfdenial. Give them sanctifed aims of life
It is better than gold Far more precious to
them than the riches Of earth, will be holy rec
elections Of a home that was filed with the
fears and love of God Christian STANDARD.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1866-10-23
Sweets of Woman's Life.

A babe at rest on mothers breast,
Too young to smile or weep,
Conscious of nought but mothers love-
So sweet is infants sleep.
A child at play in meadows green,
Plucking the fragrant flowers,
Chasing the bright-wing'd butterflies
So sweet are childhoods hours.
A maiden fair as early dawn,
Radiant with every grace,
Gladd' ming the eye that looks on her
So sweet is beauty's face.
A softly blushing, downcast look,
Murmur of startled dove,
Answering anothers tender words
So sweet is maidens love.
4 white-robed virgin ikneeling low,
Before G0d's altar bows,
Forever joined two hearts and hands
So sweet are marriage VOWS.
A youthful mother bending DER
Her irst-born beauteous boy,
Forever hers till death shall part,
SO sweet mothers joy.
A matron in life's autumn-time,
With young life clustered O. er,
Her children's children clasp her knees,
SO rich is autumns store.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1866-10-23
BEAUTIFULLY finest thing Bishop Heb


er ever wrote is this inimitable passage:
It cannot be that earth is man s only abiding
place 1t cannot be that our life is bubble
cast up by the ocean Of eternity to float a mo-
ment upon it's waves, and sink into nothingness.
Else why is it, the high and glorious aspirations,
which leap like angels from the temple of our
hearts, are forever wandering unsatisfed? Why
is it that the rainbow and cloud come over us
with beauty that is not of earth, and then
pass off to leave US to muse on their loveiness?
Why is it that the stars which ''hold their fes-
tival around the midnight throne are set above
the grasp of our limited faculties forever mock
ing us with their unapproachable glory? And
finally, why is it that bright forms of human
beauty are presented to our view and taken
from us: leaving the thousand streams of our
affections to flow back in an Alpine torrent upon
our hearts We are born for higher destiny
than that of earth. There is a realm where the
rainbow never fades; where the stars will be
spread out before us like the Islands that slum-
Der on the ocean, and where the beautiful beings
which pass before us like shadows, will stay
forever in our presence
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1866-10-23
Laziness in Bible Reading.

Lord, | discover an arrantlaziness in my soul.
For when am to read a chapter in the Bible,
before I begin it, look where it endeth; and
if it endeth not on the same side, cannot keep
my hand from turning over the leaf, to measure
the length thereof on the other side; if it swell
to many verses, begin to grudge.
Surely my heart is not rightly affected. Were
[ truly hungry after heavenly food, would not
complain of meat. Scourge, Lord, this laziness
of soul. Make the reading of Thy Word not a
penance, but pleasure unto me. Teach me,
that as among many heaps of gold, all being
equally pure, that is the best which is the biggest
SO | may esteem that chapter in Thy Word the
best which is the longest.-Dr. Thomas Fuller.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1866-10-23
MOr0J and ReJigIOatS.
It Stings.

/
'How pretty |" cried little Sam, as his little
| fat hand grasped a bunch of white lilac which
grew near the gate of his fathers mansion
The next moment the child S face grew red with
| terror, and he dashed the lilac to the ground,
shrieking.
TT stings it stings
What made it sting? Itwas bright, beauti-
full, and sweet-smelling flower How could it
hurt the child's hand? will tell you
A jolly little bee in search of dinner had
just pushed his nose in among the lilac blossoms,
and was sucking nectar from it most heartily
when Sammys fat hand disturbed him. So
being vexed with the child, he stung him. That
how Sammy's hand came to be stung.
Sammys mother washed the wound with
hartshorn and when the painwas gone she said,
Sammy, my dear, let this teach you that many
pretty things hare very sharp stings.
Let every child make note of this-many
pretty things have very sharp stings. 1t may
save them from being stung if they keep this
truth in mind
Sin often makes itself appear very pretty. A
boy once went to circus because the horses
were pretty and their riders gay but he learned
to swear there, and thus that pretty thing, the
circus, stung him.
Another boy once thought wine pretty thing
He drank it and learned to bea drunkard. Thus
wine stung him. A girl once took luscious
DdIdeut pear lIonl basket anu aIe H. nave
you eaten one?' asked her mother Fearing
she should not get another if she said yes, she
said mo, % got another pear, and then felt so
stung that she could not sleep that night
Thus yousee that sin, however pretty it looks,
'stings;" sharply too. 1t stings fatally The
Bible says, 'The sting of death is sim
If you let sin sting you, nothing can heal the
wound but the blood of Jesus. IF you feel the
smart of the sting, go to Jesus with it, and he
will cure. After that never forget that many
pretty things have very sharp stings, and be
careful not to touch, taste, OF handle such things
IS. s. AdUOcate
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1866-10-23
VNEIey ROjErO0d.
"a -

TEyO THE PEOPLE OF THE VALLEY.
OFFICE OF THE VALLEY RAILROAD,
Staunton, April 25th, 1866.
We wish at once to push forward the Line o.
Railroad which is to connect the Potomac with
the Virginia and Tennessee Road. To do this
we need to have stock taken in the Valley to the
extent of
ONE MILLION OF DOLLARS.
This we propose to have done on the following
terms: Two per cent. of the amount subscribed,
to be paid in so soon as called for; thirteen pei
cent. additional, to be paid within the next three
years. the remaining eighty-ive per cent, to be
paid within the next ten years.
If this amount of Stock be promptly taken on
these easy terms we can effect negotiations which
will enable us to haveits remainder taken abroad
and which will enable us at the same time, tC
raise the money for the Stock taken at home up
on the Bonds of the company payable in ten
years.
It is unnecessary to say anything in regard to
property holder within reach of the Road appre-
cates it.
It may be proper to state, however, that cir
cumstances are more favorable now to the con-
struction of this work than ever before, or prob
ably than they will be hereafter. We have al
''tS5 CoMPETEST ifsE!FE \ CORPS OF ENGINEERS
to locate the Road from Harrisonburg to Salem
They will commence operations early III May
Let our people aid, IN earnest and we can prom
ise them the speedy completion of an improve
ment which will do more than any other IN con-
temptation for the advancement of our interests
The commissioners in each county will open
books of subscript ptiOn at once, and are earnestly
desired to have the stock subscribed promptly.
M. G. HARTMAN, President,
may S-tf of the Valley Railroad.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1866-10-23

Swearing is the fit expression of human rage,
and the most exact interpreter of its real mean
ing. He who utters the fearful word of dam
nation against his fellow-man, is giving vent to
feeling which, had it the power, would really
consign him to hell. Anger is thus not only
murder but murder of the worst kind lit would
and body into hell Swearer, see what your oath
means Angry man, see what your anger
meaDS
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1866-10-23
A Desolated Home.

Fly from the wine cup
Though pleasure may swim
In the bright rosy bubbles
That float round the brim
Far down meath the depths
Of the red wine that flows
Turks the syren that lures
To the vortex of woes.
And is this all f? Can reason do no more
Than bid me shun the deep and dread the shore?
Sweet moralist, afoat on life's rough sea,
The Christian has an art unknown to thee.
He holds no parley with unmanly fears;
Where duty bids he confidently steers,
Faces thousand dangers at her call,
And trusting in his God surmounts them all
And but oh can words my loss declare
To paint the extremes of transport and despair,
Oh, thou beyond what verse or speech can tell,
My guide my friend, my best tbeloved-farewell.