Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1868-11-06
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A new Swiss Watch is wound by raising
the cover
Bennett, of the New York Herald, is
worth three million dollars.
The potato rot is complained of in various
sections of New England.
The Grecian bend has now added to its
attraction the "Roman wiggle.'
President Buchanan's farm sold for 1888
an acre.
A gardner at Lewistown, Me-, has sue
ceeded in growing tea.
The average number of deaths in London
per week is ], 252, of births 2, 064
The fashion in New York this season is.
said to have no groomsmen at the Weddings
Susan B. Anthony proposes to substitute.
Matrimony Straight for the Grecan Bend.
DIR. Abernetby used to tell his pupils that
most human diseases sprang from two causes
-stufGng and lfrctting 55&ig b#t
Butler paid over $40 600 for his nomi
nation to Congress. He Is anxious to
serve his country. 5.-.,..-r
A young lady, on being asked where was
her native place replied II have none, I
am the daughter ola Methodist minister" y
The London, Standard announces that
President johnson intends visiting England
at the expiration of his term of office
A widower of Is and a spinster of 60 have
spliced in Connecticut. Their united weight
is 700 pounds. , cIf fT@ ustE
One of the royal Generals in Spain recent
ly condemned child only five years old to be
shot as the son of a rebel .
A flock of ants, ten miles in width recent
ly swept acros S hasta Valley, Sskiyou
county, Cal.
Some of the Southern journals say that
there is a grand mortality among the negro
children.
A surprise wedding is when man mar
ries woman he doesn't know, and wishes
he had never known. -.e1 ~.
The women who wear to excess the new
fashionable head-gear are clearly chig-non
conapos mentis.
General Fairchild, of Wisconsin, died
Saturday from wounds received at the battle
of Shiloh. s#
The first Presbyterian church in Philadel-
phia has chosen and set apart five ladies to
be deaconesses in the church
The full name of Miss Sue Butler, the
Generals niece, is strangely said to be Miss
Sue Pladle Butler
1t is calculated that the popular vote at
the forthcoming presidential election will APP |
pEoaeh $ ,000, 600. /
The difference between an oyster and
chicken is, that one is best ight out of
the shell, and the other isn't.
The Boston Tuuezler believes that if But
Ter is defeated he will go into Grants
Cabinet" For ''cabinet" read s'side-
board"
English farm laborers consume 16 ounces
of meat per man weekly. Scotch laborers
about the same amount, and Welch labor
ers but q ounces per adult weekly.
James H. Herrick, of Lodi, ILL.,, aged |
eighty-one, was married last week at Do
yer, Ohio, to Miss Mary Chatfeld, the same
age The parents made no objection
The latest thing out is the Turkish
Strut which the dandies are running in
opposition to the Grecian, the Theban, and
other female arrangements
A physician in Concord, N. H., has a
wonderful cane. 1t is So arranged as to COM
bine a walking stick, a thirty inch telescope,
and an opera glass.
The Modes Mustrees of Paris, announces
that short dresses are to be worn this winter
in France. with a, water proof for protection
against the wind and cold.
While California, is producing. S45 .OOO,-
900 in gold, she produces 800 ,O0O, 900 in
farm products, and $50, 000,0 900 in manu- 7
featured goods. rT}; @-.I ..SFt
The Philadelphia Age says that over A.
900 new buildings, estimated to have cost
$40, 000, GOO, have been put up in that city
during the months from. January to Oc-
tober l. |aH
A citizen Of Clark county, Wisconsin, |
has just taken contract to furnish 5, $780, |
900 feet Of logs for firm on the Mississippi. |
Besides this amount, he proposesto cut down
1000 900 feet for himself. 4a
The Freedman's Bureau was made to sup
port the negro, while the working men of
the country have to support themselves
and the government. This isrGrant's sort |
of ''peace.H
There is a steam engine in New York
that runs one hundred and twenty-five press
es, prints fifty different newspapers, makes
hoop skirts, binds books, and runs a mile of
shafting ~ a' i
Brigham Young presided over the thirty
eight semi -annual conference of the church |
of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, in the
Tabernacle in Salt Lake City, on the 10Th
inst. 1t was the first Genera! Conference
held in Utah at which a full quorum of the
Twelve, Apostles were present.
General Forrest, in letter to E. II. |
Shackleford, New Haven, Connecticut,
which appears in the city papers, denounc-
es General Sudson Fitzpatrick in unmeas-
ured terms, and refers him to General Basil
Duke, of Louisville, who will receive any
communication which Fitzpatrick may deem |
proper The letter refers to remarks made
by General Fitzpatrick. AK ~ - ~
Mr. Fuller, Methodist preacher found
it necessary to exc out a scanty living by
selling sermons. He called on lady in
parish where he once labored As he an
monneed bis errand, the lady expressed her
horror and surprise ''What Mr.. Fuller,
thought you labored for souls, and not for
'oney,' Fuller replied: "a minister can't