Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1866-11-30
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is A Scotchman has discovered the art of
! knitting two stockings at one time on the
same needles. f.-a .g. .,.s,i, s f,,er
The LAST, PENs1oNER. There is but one
Revolutionary pensioner now living. He
was drafted from New Hampshire, and re-
sides in New York. s3sl na li..fa
1t has been resolved to give the venerable
Dr. Johns, Bishop Of Virginia, an assistant
bishop. A new diocese is also to be formed
Of the parishes south of James river. W.
4 1t is stated by trappers that the muskrats
are building their houses three stories in
i hight the present fall, providing, it is alleged
: by the wiseacres, against heavy and severe
winter. 3 '-.9i $50 r. 81
.e The GAINESVILLE, Ohio, Courier says
eve are informed that Mrs Elizabeth
Sparkle, a widow lady, resident Of Brush
4 Greek township, in this county, last week,
gave birth to four living children" es
asl The average number of cars of through
freight passing over ssfhe Airline from
Memphis to Norfolk, we learn, is about
twenty daily. Almost the whole of this
freight is cotton.
The Oregon Legislature has repealed the
resolution resembling the ratification of the
constitutional amendment So that Oregon
first ratified, then rejected, and then again
ratified
Ex-Governor A.G. Magrath, of South
Carolina, has written letter to Governor
Orr in favor Of the adoption Of the cons itu-
tional amendment by the southern States as
a measure of relief, and the wisest policy for
the masses. 3ess i.sa.aas'3 Al r. sirE
Don't be foolish" You can make Six
dollars from Fifty Cents Call and examine
an invention urgently needed by every body.
Or a sample sent free by mail for Soc, that
retails easily for So, by R. i. Wollcott, 40
Chatham Square, New York -Junel5--1
A NrMRoD.--There is now living in Poca-
hontas county a gentleman between sixty
and seventy years Of age, who has, in his
lifetime, killed taeenty-one hundred deer,
seventeen hundred of them with one gun.
He has also killed many bears, panthers,
and other wild animals sa
E The last Washington Constitutional Union
declares positively and sauthoritatiyely" that
the Democrats and Conservatives of the
North will not submit to the impeachment of
President johnson, and warns those who fa-
vor that scheme Of the serious consequences
OF their revolutionary designs. Perhaps
. such hint may check their madness.
A mystery which quite snrpasses the
sphinx is astonishing the New Workers. It
is a living human head resting upon very
small cushion and floating in mid air under
astrong light. It laughs, talks, and recog-
nizes personsin the hall, but there is no OBJ
vlous body, and it floats at least four feet from
the floor, ceiling and walls. 1t is the great
est puzzle yet. t'f-
Mr.. SLTDELL, CONFEDERATE E0EoY TO
FRANcE.-The HeralGs Washington cores
pondent writes "Mr Slidell, the once ia
nous rebel Minister to France, and one of
our most active enemies in Europe, recently
applied to the Government for pardon
through Mr.. Bigelow, Minister at Paris.
The reply of the Government was that no
intercourse or correspondence OF any kind
could be held with Mr. Slidell."
WoN'r CouNTENANcE H1M.-Tbe Rev
Jacob James, the negro preacher who was
justly shot by and injured husband on Mon
day night, was buried on yesterday, but the
negro population genally refused to attend
his funeral. The societies Of which he was
member presented his wife with 1925 to de-
fray the funeral expenses, and informed her
that they " didn't intend to countenance no
sich doins."
A Paris journal states that NJ. Greceler.
composer and pianist. known in New York
and Boston, has set the American Constitu-
ton to music. This strange oritorium was
lately performed before selected audience.
and though it lasted for several hours, it was
received with enthusiastic approval The
critics compare Greceler favorably with Mo
Fart and Rossini. Exchange paper q
After the Radicals have amended the
Constitution, Mr.. What's-his- will
probably play it with the variations. Ira
cey. 9 sla &