Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1867-08-23

And make such butter as will sell
For thirty cents pound.
.VG9CS Items.
Young Joe Smith promises the anxiou
world his fathers translation of the Bible il
the fall.
A Wisconsin farmer complains that he ha
not room on his farm this year to stack BIZ
crops.
Helmbold, the druggist, began with ;
capital of $50. He expended $214, 900 il
advertising and is now a millionaire.
Mr.. Charles Dickens is certainly coming
to this country, his agent having left Eng
land to arrange the preliminaries.
te.fe An old topel's conundrum: eff water roti
your boots, what effect must it have upor
the coat of your stomach"
Minors can marry in Louisiana. The lie.
gal age for the bridegroom is fourteen, fol
the bride twelve. ~
An unsuccessful oil well in Indiana spouts
sulphur water Of a quality which surpasses
the Virginia Springs.
During the past week ten emigrants ar
rived in Lynchburg, Va, under the auspi-
ces Of the Virginia Immigration Society. !,
The cholera has greatly abated in Mem.
phis, there having been butnine deaths from
the disease there last week.
The wheat in Loudoun county, Va, is
turning out from ten to fftee bushels to the
acre. The white wheat is Indifferent, the red
very fine. Il za-..
A case of courtship of forty five years stan
ding is reported at East Lynn, Mass. The
gentleman has paid his visits on each alter
nate Sunday evening, p
A newly married editor was told that be
vwould find difference between the matrimo-
NAL and editorial experience In one place
the Devil cries fol-. copy, and in the other
the fscopy cries like the Devil: Il ~ ,
MUSTARD PLAsrERs By using syrup or
molasses for mustard plasters they will keep
soft and flexible, and not dry up and become
hard, as when mixed up with water. "A
thin paper or fine cloth should come between
the plaster and the skin. The strength of
the plaster is varied by the addition of more
or less -four. >el
Senator Yates, who was serenaded in Wash
ington at the close of the late session of Con-
gress, in reply said, 'the Republican party
has declared that equal suffrage shall exist in
the District of Columbia and the Southern
States, and now they must do for the North
as they have done for the South, and impose
negro suffrage upon every State. F"
SENATOR MASON Mason arrived in
London, G. w., on Saturday last, and is stay
ing at the Tecumseh House. for a few days
Mr. Mason is engaged visiting some Of the
principal towns. and cities in Canada, with a
view of ascertaining their respective capabil-
tiles for manufacturing and other purposes,
and reporting the same to southcrners of cap
ital who desire to locate in the Dominion. =
Exchange. ="
USEFUL INFORMATION FOR EARMERs.-The
Uniontown Standard gives the following i'm
portant information for wool growers: eff
sheep are kept in the same lot with COWS or
fat cattle, no dogs will disturb them. AS
soon as the dogs approach them they run to
the cattle, who drive off the dogs. A far
mer Of thirty years, in Selby, by adopting
this plan, never lost a sheep by dogs, al
though in the neighborhood the dogs killed
sheep to the north and south of him."
GOLD Discovery IN FAIRFAX CoUNTx, VA.
Mr.. Charles A. Arundel yesterday brought
into this city and exhibited specimens of
gold found on his farm, which is located on
South run, about ten miles south of Burke s
Station, on the Orange and Alexandria rail-
road. The Jumps were about the size of a
pins head, and on being tested were found
to be pure gold-so pure, indeed, as to have
the appearance Of having gone through the
REFINING process. The sample brought
here-about thirty cents worth-was wash
ed out of single handful Of earth, which
indicates that the iggings are rich and val
uable.-Azeu Gazette
A writer in the Cincinnati Times says a
good word for the ailanthus tree. He says
it will grow to large size where scarcely
any other tree will grow at all It grows
so rapidly that it may be cut down for fuel
every fourth year. AS fuel, the wood is SUI
perior; it makes a clear, bright fame, and
throws out a great deal of heat Its char
coal is of a superior quality, and its ashes
rich in potash. The wood is hard, and
Of fine grain, and well fitted for cabinet
making.
HARpER's FERRY CorToN FACTORY. The
Washington Star says; Two gentlemen
one Mr.. Cochrane, of this city, and the
other citizen of Ohio-have recently pur-
chased the cotton factory at Harpers Ferry,
from Mr.. A. H. Herr, the miller in George
town, D. c., and Intend converting the same
into an extensive -four mill The price
paid therefor was SIS, 900 and as it is also
contemplated by these enterprising gentle
men to erect an agricultural implement fac
tory at the same place, an expenditure fully
equal to the original amount paid will be
made before operations are fully commenced.
Already twenty-five men have been put to
work, and no efforts will be spared to push
forward the improvements to speedy COM
pletion.