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Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1867-11-15
Letter from A. Ghost.

The following communication which ap-
pears in recent number of the Rome (Ga)
Courier, has the ear marks of Bill APPS old
Confederate ghost:
TO THE VOTERS OF THE FoRTY-s SECOND DIS
TRICT.
Mr. ED1ToR-If you think it's not too late,
and won't charge anything for my "card, :"
you will announce my name for the conven-
ton as any mans candidate who will vote
for me. To save answering a thousand
questions, [ will proceed to state what I'm
for, and what I'm agin.
Pm for convention, if it has got to be
held Pm against it if it amt held can't
tell yet whether it will be held or not Like
my friend Parrot, I'm for the good Of my
constituents in all things, and | look upon
those who vote for me as my constituents,
whether bleached or unbleached The white
men who support me must let me know what
they want done, and / will introduce bill
The negroes who vote for me shall have
abundant consideration. They must let me
know whether they want money, or mules,
or tobacco, or more or less freedom I'm
for 'en, and will introduce BiN, and will
pledge myself to advocate their right of suf-
frage forever-in Ohio. I'm like my friend
the General Says I, General, are. you
for my color, or what color are you for?''
Says he. proudly, ''Pm for Black"
Pm for Union Union of some sort-dis
Union or dat Union, or some other sort
not discovered. It's high time we had one
of some sort. I'm for the Star Spangled
Banner, and the pole and the rope-I like
the stars more than I do the stripes. I am
glad to see all the stars UP there: though !
have thought sometimes that a little black
Grape ought to shade few of 'em till we are
restored to the Union
If the military can vote. and will vote for
me, I'm for 'em. I'll vote for 'em all te
have long furloughs-I want 'em all to have
good homes, and 60 to 'em there's nothing
like good home, and know fond parents
want to see EN-. like the military in time
of peace-when they are off on long fur
loughs. like to hear the sound Of drum
fish under a boat. I like the morning
toot of a horn-when John Graves is {
BLOWN it on Horse Leg Mountain.
Likewise, I'm for the bureau of agricul
ture that General Black is agent for in this
county. If you want to see-seed, 60 fo1
| General Black though he says he's good
| Union man.
I'm for a portion of the State road.
| Pm for relief. I'm for that strong, per
sonally, just like my friend Green Ware
But | want to relieve the debtor and the
creditor too, and if can't frame bill tina
will do it, | don't know who can. My plar
is to frame bill that will keep man from
paying what he owes, and at the same time
enable him to collect what's owen to him
[ would like to see the man who amt for thai
sort of a bill. Forty men have told me they
was pleased at the idea.
I'm for rain. A. GHOST.
N. P.-Warnin to voters!-I want tt
borror two dollars. A. G..
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1867-11-15
A Talking Baby.

The OHamra (Iowa) Mercury trots out
the following big story: "a few weeks since
we published an account of a babe six months
old as being gifted with the power Of speech.
The article was copied in the newspapers all
over the United States, believed by some
and ridiculed by others. We have received
many inquiries in regard to it, and on Sat
urday last lady from Vernon, Van Buren,
county, paid us visit with the purpose Of
getting more definite information concerning
this truly remarkable case. We had already
published all we knew about it, except the
name Of the parents of the child.
This information we gave to the lady who
Immediately set out on a pilgrimage to Keo-
kuk county She returned here yesterday
and confirmed all we have published. The
babe is the child of Jacob and Sarah Shoe
maker, who live in Lancaster township
When it was six months old it was crying
Justify one day and the mother could do moth
ing to pacify it. At last it spoke these words
with startling distinctness: Give me a
drink of water" Since that time it has
spoken several times. It is now seven months
and a half old, and has very intelligent
and striking appearance. 1t may be of in
terest to add that "Georgie'' has brilliant
black eyes, five or six shining teeth, and
seems to understand all that is said to him.
A day or two ago his mother attempted to
rive him some medicine, but the little fellow
very emphatically refused, with the remark
that the article was not good We publish
these facts to crafty the curious, with the
hope that some one will explain the mystic
rv"
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1867-11-15
A Big Bridge.

a writer in recent number of the Circular
proposes railroad to Europe. His route is
not BY way of Behring's Straits but straight
across the Atlantic Ocean. His plan is so
ingenious. that it is but just that the descrip-
ton Of Is should be givenEin his own words,
to-Wit:
A railroad from America to Europe across
the Atlantic Ocean! How can it be made
Answer. by removing the unnecessary
rocks and mountains of the continents to a
surveyed, deGnite locality The combined
navies of the world, or at least, such as would
otherwise be employed as beligerents, could
convey materials for the road to the proper
destination. 4 = I need not be ask
ed for the full details of the plan, for those
belong to the engineer, who in this time finds
ways to accomplish seeming impossibilities.
He will show you the cubic yards of solid
rocS necessary to form his track founda ton
Suppose it to be, when completed, one mile
in width at the surface Of the water, and
drawn into half mile IN width at 200 feet
high. Sufficiently numerous openings should
be left to be spanned by suspension bridges,
to allow the North and South commerce of
the ocean to 60 on unobstructed Then the
half-mile width of the surface grade would
be sufficient for any desired amount of rail
or other road tracks; and for telegraph lines
leaving margin for houses, gardens &C.
A river of fresh water should be carried
along nearly. or quite the whole length of
this road-bed aipg conveyed from both ends,
and emptying itself into the ocean midway.
Of course it would be imperative to take wa
ter from some higher locality; perhaps from
the highest sources on the earth, and conduct
it properly in its course
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1867-11-15
The Live Man.

a live man IL like little pig he IL weaned
young, and begins to root airly.
He IL the pepper sass Of creation-the all
spice or the world
A man who kin draw New Orleans molas-
ses in the month ov January, through half
inch auger hole, and sing "Home, Sweet
Home p While molasses IL running may be
strictly honest, out he amt sudden enough
for this climate.
The live man IL as full of bizzness as the
conductor of street kar-he IL often like
the hornet, very izzy, but about what, the
Lord only knows.
He Liz hts up like cotton faktory, and
haint got any more time tew spare than a
skoolboy haz Saturday afternoons
He IL like dekoy duck, always abuv
water, and lives at least eighteen months
during each year.
He IL like runaway boss, he gets the
whole ov the road.
He trots when he walks; and lies down al
night only because every body else haz.--
The live man is not always deep thinker
he jumps at conclusions just az the frog duz
and don't always land at the spot he IL look
ing at
He IL the American pet, a perfekt MYSTERY
tew foreigners; but haz dun more (witt
charcoal) tew work out the greatness ov this
country than emmy other man in it.
He il just az necessary az the grease on
an axeltree
He don't alwuz die ritch, but alwus die
bizzy, and meets death a good deal az ar
oyster duz, without emmy fuss.
JOSH Billings.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1867-11-15
Has She acaH to be q Wife?

Has she call to be a wife. who thinks
more Of her silk dress than her children, and
visits her nursery no oftener than once a
day
Has the woman call to be wife. who
sits reading the latest novel while her hus-
band stands before the glass trying to pin
together buttonless shirt bosom
Has that woman call to be wife, who
cries for cashmere shawl, when her Eus-
bands notes are protested?
Has that woman a cal! to be wife, who
expects her husband to swallow diluted coffee
soggy bread, smoky tea and watery potatoes
six days out Of seven
Has she call to be wife, who firts with
every man she meets, and reserves the
frowns for the home Preside
Has she call to be wife, who comes
down to breakfast ia abominable curl papers
soiled- dress gown and shoes down at the
heel?
Has she call for wife, who tores her
husband when he comes into the house with
the history Of a broken tea-cup, or the pos
sible whereabouts of a missing broom han
die 4?
Has she call to be wife, who "hss the
headach" when her husband wants her to
walk with him, but willingly wears out her
gaiter boots promenading with his male
friends?
Has she call to be wife, who would
take advantage Of a moment of conjugal
weakness to extort money or exact a prom
Use?
Has she call to be wife, who takes a
journey for pleasure leaving her husband to
toll in close Office, and 'have an eye'' when
at home, to the servants?
Has she a call to be wife, to whom hus-
bands society is not the greatest of earthly
blessings?
Has she call to be a wife, who listens
to outside SANDERS against her husband,
and does not scorn the slanderer?
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1867-11-15
Poetry.
From the Louisville Journal.l
A PARALLEL.

By LILLIAN R1VEHTON.
There is flower so pure and fair,
So tender and withal SO meek,
That cen the balmy summer air
Seems far too rude to kiss her cheek.
No sweeter odors e'er disclose
Than in her dainty bosom dwell;
Flushed with the tint that paints the rose,
Or lines the oceans pearly shell.
One night chill Autumn's icy breath
Swept DER the gardens gay parterre,
And blasted, with the blight Of death,
The choicest treasures gathered there:
On her alone, his hand so cold
Fell lightly as the summer dew;
And on each lovely petal glowed
brighter bloom, lovelier hue.
The-e is an eye from whence distil
The tears such eyes alone can weep;
While hope and fear, with constant thrill,
Their ceaseless watch alternate keep.
A passing breath, a whispered word
Hath power that spirits depths to move,
Whose trembling pulses cen are stirred
With every sigh Of conscious love.
But, O! in dark misfortune's hour,
When angry tempests wildly rave,
And sterner spirits quail and cover
Before that storm they dare not brave,
That soul serene, raised far above
Grief7s wintry blasts and Chilling air,
In brighter faith and purer love,
Lives on, triumphant DER despair.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1867-11-15
Some of the Northern papers kindly d

Some of the Northern papers kindly dis
posed towards the suffering white people Of
the South, wonder how patiently they take
the wrongs inflicted on them, and how quiz
city they bear the indignities they endure by
the operation Of the system pursued towards
them. An old fisherman was asked once,
if he did not think it was cruel process to
stake the hides" from cells. "Why, Lord
bless you,' was his answer, ''they are used
to being skinned. an don't feel it much
now y The application is obvious. The
'skinning" has been going on all through
the late war, and up to this time, and no
doubt, it is thought that by this day, we
ought to be ''nsed to it, and not mind it
"much !'-ALfn. Gazette,
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1867-11-15
UNPLEASANT IF TRuE.-In Philadelphia

UNPLEASANT IF TRuE.-In Philadelphia
one pleasant Sunday evening, an old lady
whose failing eyes demanded an unusually
large prayer book, started for church a lit
tie early. Stopping on the way to call on a
friend, she laid her prayer back on the cen
tre-table. When the bells began to chime
she snatched what she supposed to be her
prayer book, and started for church. Her
seat was at the chancel end Of the gallery.
The organ ceased playing. The minister
said: 1.-The Lord is in mis- holy temple, let
all the earth keep silence before him." In
the effort to open her supposed prayer book
she started the spring Of the music box,
which she had taken instead. It began to
play-in her CONSERVATION she put it on the
floor It would not stop-she put it on the
seat-it sounded louder than ever. Finally
she carried it out while it played the ''Wasl-
ing Day." an Irish Jig tune.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1867-11-15
The CROOKED TnEE.-A little child, VII

The CROOKED TREE.-A little child, when
asked why a certain tree grew crooked, re-
piled: Somebody trod on it, | suppose,
when it was little fellow" How painfully
suggestive is that answer? How many with
aching hearts, can remember the days Of their
childhood, when they were the victims of in
discreet repression, rather than the happy OBJ
iects of some kind direction and culture !!
The effects Of such misguided discipline have
been apparent in their history and character,
and by no process Of human devising can the
wrong be now recti6ed. The grand error in
their education consisted in system Of rigid
restraints, without corresponding efforts to
dcvelope, cultivate, and train in right di-
reetion.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1867-11-15
business CA7'dS.
A GENERAL AUCTION.

COMMISSION BUSINESS
The Undersigned, under the firm and style OF
PECK & CUSHING,
having taken the large and commodious store-room
of Mrs. B. Bolen, at the corner of Augusta street
and Spring Alley, in Staunton, for the purpose OF
conducting a
Generaz auction and Commission Business,
solicit consignments of all kinds of Goods and
Produce. to be sold either at auction or private
sale, at reasonable charges.
Sales of all kinds of property attended eitherin
town or county H. a. PECN.
Jan 4. 1867. +. nj. GUSHING.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1867-11-15

T. F. MINOR, y. Fo"Nho
r. F. MINOR & co.
WILL CONTINUE THE
MMISSIO B u S " Fl s
At the Old Stand Of Minor & Wilkinson,
1910 Main Street,
And solicit Consgnments of Country Produce
and Merchandise of all descriptions. Faithful
attention and prompt returns will be our motto
Liberal Cash Advances made on all Conslgn-
ments in hand, when desired
TT MINOR & CO.,
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
1910 Main Street, Richmond, Va.
P. S.-To Farmers and Merchants who are
holding CORN, RYE and OATS, by sending
Railroad receipts can draw at sight for any
amount they consign. April 26-ls67-u
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1867-11-15
HI. AISSHALL,
j. Com I'M iss;On Merchant,

RICHMOND, VA,
will give his special attention to the sale OF all
kinds of Country Produce, and pledges himself
to use his best endeavors to procure the highest
cash prizes end nuke prompt returns.
Refers to Sen. John D. Imboden, Col. A. r.
Robertson, ;osher Il Woody, and Lee Peck,
Richmoud: Col D. S. Bell Maj. G. T. Antrim,
Capt J D l. ooks, Fishersrale; Peck Cusll-
ing, Sta,.,..,a R. 5. Harnsberger, ESQ, Mt: ne
ridian Phi kiiian. Esq. Waynes5oro Col.
q. c. Robe tson, and DR.. S. Kennedy Jr, Her.
n,itage, Angus a county, Va.
Sept. q, eff
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1867-11-15

How TO CLEAN TIN.-Never use I've to
clean tin; it will soon spoil it. Make it
clean with suds, and rub with whiting, and
it will look well, and last longer.-1Manylend
Farmer.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1867-11-15

''Three may keep counsel if two be
away"
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1867-11-15

If people planting orchards would give
orders to mark the north side of the tree
with red chalk before they are taken up,
and when set out to have the trees put in
the ground with their north side to the
north, in their natural position, larger
proportion, it is said, would live, as ignoring
this law of nature is the cause of many
transplanted trees dying. If the north side
be exposed to the South, the heat of the sun
is too great for that side of the tree to bear,
therefore it dries up and decays, Builder.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1867-11-15

CURE FOR MISUNDERSTANDING been
cured of rheumatism by the following pre-
scription, Mr.. William Bassett, of Birm-
ham, Michigan, communicates it to the New
York Farmers club. Sarsaparilla root, sas-
safras chips, and gentian root, each one
ounce guaiacum, half ounce iodine of po-
tassium, one-fourth ounce. Simmer the
first four articles in gallon of water to
half gallon when nearly cold add the po-
tassium; stir together, strain, bottle
Dose wine glass full twice day.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1867-11-15

HUNTER g. NOWLIN,
Next door to the Post ofice,)
STANTON, VA,
Dealers IN
SCHOOL AND MISCELLANEOUS Books, STATIONERY
AND Music;
will supply ANY BOOK, no matter by whom
published, at Publishers Loacest Cash Praces-
Orders will be given immediate attention on their
reception, and filed on same terms as if purcha-
sers were present
Discount allowed to active ministers, and to
teachers purchasing in quantities.
July 10, eft.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1867-11-15

Rust ON DINNER KNIVES Cover the
steel with sweet oil, well rubbing it on; let
it remain forty eight hours, and then, using
unslacked lime finely powdered. rub the
knife until all the rust has disappeared
MARYLAND Former.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1867-11-15

SAUSAGE -Housekeepers will do we'll to
preserve the following hrst-rate receipt for
sausage:
To every twelve pounds of meat take
three tablespoons of salt not much heaped,
three tablespoons black pepper, eight table
spoons of sage and a teaspoon half full Of
red pepper.
Good sausage is splendid with buckwheat
cakes in winter, and l got this receipt from
friend whose sausage is always good as
long as it lasts.-lNa'yland Farmer.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1867-11-15
Rlch29a Omd advertisements.

TIRCULAR.-T firm of MINOR & WILL
\ KINSON was dissolved by mutual consent,
the 18th of March, 1861. The unsettled business
will be closed by T. F. MINOR, who has the Books
l., concern.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1867-11-15

Frosted limbs, it is announced, are per-
manently relieved by one or two applications
of a boiled lye of wood ashes, made SO
strong as to be quite slippery between the
fingers. This I've should settle, be drained
off, and have large handful of common
salt to each quart of I've mixed with it. 1t
should be quite warm and the limbs be sub
merged for one or two hours. maryland
Farmer.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1867-11-15

The following communication which ap-
pears in recent number of the Rome (Ga)
Courier, has the ear marks of Bill Apps old
Gop for ORC 70 rhnct.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-09-21
aHuRrwE,s ~.

BY virtue of a vinditioni exponas, issued
to me by the Circuit Court, at the June
term, 1867, in favor Of J. ii. Pickins vs..
Garrett Cavenahgh, viii sell, for cash, at
the Court House door, in the town Of Boii-
var, on the first Monday in October, 1867,
the following town lot, as the property of
said Cavenaugh, to wit: lying IN Civil Dis
trict No. /, in Salisbury, and bounded as
follows on the north by street, on the east
by lot owned by Dr. Bryant, on the south
by an alley, and on the west by lot owned
By Jesse Booth, said lot containing about
one-haIf acre. levied on as the property OF,
G. Cavenaugh This the Goth day Of August,
1867. " w. MOCARLEY, Sheriff.
aug3l At pr Zee 6
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-09-21
Tnformation for the Paonla.


Iorignal and Selected By Chas. ri. 0Hara, Druggist
Bolivar
american Many features az EUrope--Most
Of the machinery used in the English armo-
ries is the product Of American brains and
handiwork The machinery for turning
gun-stoeks was made at Chicopee, Mass, and
is the invention of Thomas Blanchard, Of
Boston. With this machine agun-stOck can
be made for one shilling, and by other
American machines the whole musket can
be made for about three dollars, and is
better one than was formerly made for nine
dollars.
A New York printing press, is the voice
of the "Thunderer as the London Times
is called, and Of the London Illustrated
News and in fact most Of the leading papers
in Great Britain use Hoe & Co.'S presses
Colt, a Kentuekian, has pistol factory at
Greenwich, Eng, one in Germany, and one
in Russia. The first railroad in the world,
and the largest airline road-from St Pc
tersburg to Moscow, 700 miles-was built
BY Thomas Winans, a native OF Baltimore,
educated in Philadelphia.
The royal yachts of England are built
after an American model, that of the
" Young America"
The American Bank Note Company has
at this time orders from nearly every coun-
try in Europe.
In almost every large grain field in Eng
land, France, and some parts Of Germany,
McCormaeks reapers are cutting the grain,
and an American telegraph instrument,
Hughes, is telling the story.
In almost every cottage house ticks an
American clock, and every soldier protects
himself from the rain with rubber blan-
ket, or oyercoat, invented by an American,
Charles Goodyear.
To an American we are indebted for those
beautiful Photographic pictures of moving
observation-disclosures Photographs they are
callsd-by which we obtain most vivid
idea Of all that is grand and beautiful in the
old world as well as here in our own land.
American ambulances are about to be In
troduced into the armies of France. 1t must
be confessed, says the Union Medicale, these
bellicose Americans have had. opportunity
and time to experiment with their material
Ah, incredible people so lnteIIlgent ano
so warlike.
The {" Woodwork Planer," by which ium
Der is so expeditiously and cheaply planed
and which is used all over Europe, had its
origin IN the fertile brain of an American
inventor.
We might write pages on this subject
but will conclude with the invention of OH
var Evans, Of Philadelphia, in lS02-the
locomotive engine. Messrs. Trevithick &
Vivian, Of England, claim a simultaneous
invention, but we think Mr.. Evans is emit
tied to the honor But this reminds US o.
the steamboat, another invention, adding
new laurels, or rather old ones now, to the
already laden brow of the American me
chanic in the person of the illustrious Full
ton. Who claims higher title than that o
an American MechanicY
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-09-21

Byvirtue of two venditioni exponas, issued
to me by the Circuit Court, at the June
term, 1867, one In favor of Graham and
Rose VS.. John Rose, enc in favor of Tilman
A. Crisp vs. John Rose, / viii sell, for cash,
on the first Monday in October, at the Court
House door, in the town of Bolivar, the fol-
lowing tract of land, to wit: lying In Har-
deman county, and State of Tennessee,
bounded as follows on the west by the lands
of Catharine McCarter's estate, on the east
by the lands of B. Rose, on the north by the
lands Of Thos. Rose, on the south BY the
lands of Thos. q. Thompson, estimated tc
contain four hundred acres, levied on as the
property of John Rose. This the 10th day
of August, 1904 w. w. MoCARLET,
auU31 At n Sc Sheriff
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-09-21
Petition to seuLaud.

In the County Court Of Hardeman Co.
Horace Knowton Ann O. Rogers John Henley Stone,
the two youngest children Of Peter p Stone, deed.
1t appearin g to the undersigned, Clerk and
Master of said Court from the petition
which is sworn to. that the defendants above
named, to wit, Ann 0. Rogers, John Henley
Stone, and the two youngest children Of
Peter P. Stone, decd, whose names are IN
known, and cannot be ascertained upon dill
gent inquiry, are non-residents of the State
Of Tennessee; it is therefore ordered that
publication be made in the Bolivar Bulletin
for four consecutive weeks, requiring said
defendants to enter their appearance in said
cause on or before the first Monday in Oc-
tober, 1867, and plead, answer or demur to
said petition, or the same viii be taken for
confessed and set for hearing exparte as to
them. This Sept. 5, 1867.
JAMES B. HARRIss, c. & NJ
Wood and McNeal soIrs for petitioners.
-sept7 1t pr fee IS