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The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1868-06-26
LAGER BEER,

| have finally cum to the conclusion
that lager beer as beverage is not in
.toxicating
/ have been told so by a German
who sed he had drunk 1t awl mite long,
lust to try the experiment, and then,
was oblidged to go home sober in the
morning. | have seen this same man
drink sixteen glasses, and II he was
d .unk he was drunk in German and no
one could understand it. 1t is proper
enuff to state that this man kept lager
beer saloon, and could have no object
in stating what was not strictly thus.
! l believed him to the best of ny abil-
ity. l never drunk but three glasses
of lager beer in my life, and that made
my head outwis us though it was hung
on the end ov a string, and was told
that it was OWN to my bile being out
ov place; and guess tits so, for new
er billed over wuss than did that mite.
NV wife thot was going tew die, and
l was iraid shouldn't tor ii did seem
as tho everything l had eaten i'll my
life was coming to the surface, and do
really believe that If my wife hadn't
pulled Off my boots jest as she did, they
would have come laundering UP too.
Oh how sick / was IA years ago, and
l can taste it now, l never had SC
much experience in so short time.
If any man should tell nle that agel
beer was not Intoxicating. should be-
leye him but if he shud tell me that
wasn't drunk that mite, but that my
sturnmick was out of order, l should
ask him to state over q few words Jes
how a man feels and acts when he il
well set up. q
If warn't drunk that mite 1had sum
of the most nat tural simtums that mar
ever had and KEEP sober. :,
In the first place it was about so rod
| from where l drank the lager beer *
| NV house. and | .yas thus two hours OF
| the road, and had hole busted thru
each one of my p lntaloon neez, had M
| aat. and tried to open the door by tn
| bell-pull, and hickupped awfully ant
| saw every thing in the room trying t
| get round on one side ov me and Il
| Setting down in chair / didn't wal
long enuff for it to get exactly unde
| me when l was going around. and Sc
| down little too soon, and missed tn
| chair by twelve inches, and couldn'
get up soon enuff 20 take the next on
i that come around ; and that amt awl
my wife sed / was as drunk as beast
as / sed before, began to spit up thing
freely.
| If lager beer is not intoxieatin g,
used me most almighty mean, and tina
| know. =,
I'll ever drink any more it will b
with my hands tied behind me and III
; mouth priced open.
l don't think that lager beer was II
loxicating, but if l remember right,
tl ink it tastes to me like glass
soap suds, that a pickle had bin put
soak in.
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1868-06-26
Farut ats GarSen;.. !
HORSE BREAKING AND HORSE SENSE

A horses sense is good common sense.
Many man does not know half SO mucn
about some things as horse. The
horse is not naturally suspicious, DuG NO
is tinid when young. He learns very,
soon what his weapons are--teeth anu
heels-and in what his security lies
fliqht. His boldness and the s'glory OF
his nostrils'' come when ''he rejoic-'
eth i'm his strength" With his age
comes the knowledge of his powers and
if he has never been mastered never
broken to any will but his own--if he Is
to be made useful, the struggle must
come sooner or later, and mans Will or
horse will must triumph. We think IL
best to begin quite young with colts 70
control them; SO advise to halter a COLI
while it runs with the mare, and TO 90
II after feeding it with carrots and SUI
oar. until it thinks it will only get ca
ressing from mankind, and has no fear
of any man. The colt submits easl-
| lv, because it is the easiest and pleasant
est thing it can do, provided It is not
| frightened, and would as leaf De led as
| loose. since the curtailment OF his free-
dem is made up by sweets or carrots.---'
| The seuse of smell in horses isvery a.
cute. and il they are suspicious OF any
thin o. they ALWAYS approach 1t CAUTIOUS
ly and smell it. They should be IN
dulged in this; aid harness, saddle, &c.,'
should all be investigated BY the nose
as we'll as by the eye before more in
timate acquaintance is forced upon the
horse. A horse ring of from forty TO
| fifty feet in diameter is one of the great
| est aids horse trainer can have. In
| this a horse too restiye aud spirited to.
take alesson may be tired out so as to
bevery docie,and a tired forse is much
more susceptible to both favor aud IN
| struction than one full, Of vim and ne
and play. There are a few common,
| sense rules, which, if followed, VIII
commend themselves to the horse as
| well as to the trainer, viz: - 3,
| lst. Always feel kindly towards a
horse, no matter what he does to you.
and consequently never show temper
Remember the horse knows instinctlve-
ly how you feel.
lafrAid of him; the horse VIII know 1t
land take advantage of il before you ac,,
knowledge it tyourself. = TiuJ, Field and
Farm. fta.4# fr+.fe5|rarq
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1868-06-26
READ AN HOUR A DAY.

There was a lad who at fourteen was
apprenticed to a soap boiler. One OF
his resolutions was to read an hour
day, or at least at that rate, and ne nae
an did silver watch, left him by his un
Gle, with which he timed his reading
by. He staid seven years with his
master, and said when he was twenty
one years old he knew as much as the
Young squire did. Now, let us see how
m,Ich time he had to read in seven years
at the rate OF an hour each day. 1t
would be 1856 hours, which at the
rate:of reading hours day, would be
equal to three hundred and ten days ;
equal to forty-five weeks equal to IL
months: nearly a years reading. That
time spent in treasuring useful knowl-
edge would pile up a very large store.
/ am sure it is worth trying for. Try
what yen can. Begin now. In atter
wears you will look back upon the tasS
as the most pleasant and profitable you
ever performed.
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1868-06-26
NUMBER 33.
THE MOUTH AND THE STOMACH.

b Office of the mouth at one end of the
line. Office OF the Stomach at the other
end of it.
Inquiry-Mouth to the stomach
'sAre you ready for your breakfast 7"
Stomach-''Yes, what are you going
to send ~ st
Mou.h-s'You will see. Prepare.
''The table bell rings; body hurries,
drops into chair. Mouth opens, and
as quickly as possible cup OF coffee, at
a temperature of 145 degrees Fahren-
heit-it burns the whole esophagal track
as it passes it, and when itgets into the
Stomach burns it, and the Stomach con-
tracts and shrivels, and finally screech-
es, and the .t8.,
Mouth says, "Halloa what's the mat
ter?"
Stomach-s'Matter Enough should
think. Do you know that L cannot
endure slush at 145 to 100 degrees ol
heat?"
Mouth-"O, never mind. Here comes
some beefsteak, with hot fried potatoes,
hot rolls, and poor butter; some salad
with vinegar, some buckwheat cakes
and molasses. These will heal it,"
Stomach-"Stop! What earthly use
| Is there in sending these down here all
at one time? They make hodge
| podge." r,..t
Mouth-"Here comes some more cof-
fee." ~ lgta '
Stomach-"Ho ON! wait Give me
some water" ,t.3f.,.4ssrri AZ sgt
Mouth-"Water! water! when you
can get coffee? You must be crazy !
| Water has no nourishment in it. One
only wants water when one is dry"
| EStomach-''1 am thirsty. Give me
| some water J"
Mouth-"Cannot do it. They havn't
any water up here. If. they have, it Is
hot, and doubt if they have any oi
| that. Persons do not like water, and
| you, o Stomach, are eccentric; SO stoI
complaining, and get ready to take
some more food; take the goods pro-
| vded for you,' and be content. Are
| YOU ready? / am in u hurry. Up here
| time is money. | have to furnish yor
| with material out of which strength /;
| to be gotten for the body's use to-day
4 and have ten minutes allowed for thai
| purpose. Now the afterpart is You
| lookout, not mine. Take notice J! Are
| YOU ready? Here comes apple pie, fIiet
Chicken, tripe, tomato catsup, boiled
ham, minute pudding, corn bread, ant
cucumbers, pepper, salt. gravy, minct
pie, another cup Of coifee-so lool
Out!o M .ca.ul5t1
\ Stomach-'sLook out o murder
What am to do! Do! l must grlnt
away at it, like at horse In bark mill
till am worn out. Under such con
dition of things as this l shall breal
down in a fourth part of the time whlcl
lmlght work, then the hand, the mouth
and for that matter the heart, too viii
be still, and shall be at peace.'--Latc
of Health. .t,f iPs
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1868-06-26
pLUNeING PLANTS.

In setting pots of plants outside the
green-house for the summer, we have
found that when imbedded in the sand
fine charcoal, ore tan-bark, their
health and vigor were greater than
when the pots were just set upon the
surface ce-earth. 1t is the general .prae-
t;ce to set the plants from the house
out.cn the north side of the building,
and to occasionally give water dew,
our plants more vigorous and healthy
i'm Autumn, when again to be returned
to the house by selecting place where
the morning sun would reaen ,1; tnem, mem
throw on them a little shade at noon,
and then arrange them by placing q
board six inches below the level OF tne
ground, and setting the pots on it. to
prevent roots working into the soil and
to secure certain drainage then after
placing the pots, filling them with flne I'm 2
charcoal If obtainable; next to that
sand, and next to atsaw-dust or tan
bark. -Horticultudlist. r,
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1868-06-26
A CHICKEN DIET.

Among the patients which Doctor
S-hadat one time. was one whom
he had recommended Il diet of chicken.
While he was still under the doctors
care, it CHANGED that he with DR.. s.
and a number of other friends, was in
yited to a gentleman's dinner party
Given by mutual acquaintance, The
PRINCIPAL dish was fowls, and as the pa
tiert sat on the right side Of the host,
the platter was passed to him fitst.
The man helped himselfpretty freely
--more so than politenessa liowed--hot
only to the annoyance of the host, but
of Dr. S-also, who happened to
sit at the farther end of the table, anu
who began to think his chance was slim.
Gazing for a moment at the contents ol
the PATIENTS plate the blunt man asked
in tone of half rebuke. half ridicule.-
"Halloo, Jones what are you deingF'
-"Why, Doctor you told me l mus'
eat chicken, ;" the patient replied :.
| WYes. know did !; but | didn't tel
YOU to make q hencoop of yourself,
TTetorted the man OF physic, amid TIN
roars of the entire table.
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1868-06-26
DRILL HUsBANDRY.

AT one otthe celebrated sheep-shcar--
inrs that used to be given by MIR. Cook,
of Norfolk, at which hundreds congre-
GATED and remained for days together,
Re mentioned fact that Is not gener--
ally alluded to, as being founded on
the observation and practice OF his man
arer Mr., Blaikee, man OF great sa-
gacity. 1t was that a field witt SOUTH
ern aspect, IL rich, should be drilled
north and south but If dry, and IN
want of shade, it should be east and west
1t is easy to see that In the latter case,
the crop would shade. the land from tne
counteract the effect Of drougt. Mary
| lnpd Farmer.
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1868-06-26
gnefirar
HYMN.
BY THE LATE LORD BRoUGHMAN.


BY THE LATE LORD BRoUGHMAN.
sThere is God" all Nature cries;
A thousand tongues proclaim
His arm almighty, mind all-wise,
And bid each voice in chorus rise
To magnify his name.
Thy name, great Natures Sire-divine,
Assiduous we adore, a.
Rejecting godheads at whose shrine
Benighted nations blood and wine
In vain libations pour. f..a
Yon countless worlds in boundless space
Myriads of miles each hour
Their mighty orbs as curious trace,
AS the blue circle studs the face ~
Ofthat enambled flower.
But Thou, too, madest that flower gay ?
To glitter in the dawn;
The hand that fixed the lamp of day,
The blazing comet that launched away,
Painted the velvet lawn. lt Ht3f
AS falls sparrow to the ground
Obedient to thy will,'
BY the same law those globes wheel round,
Each drawing each, yet all still found
In one eternal system bound
One order to fulfill.
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1868-06-26
TO EXTRACT ESSENCES FROM FLOWERS.

Procure quantity of the petals, of
any flowers which have an agreeable
fragrance; card thin layers OF cotton,
which nip into the finest Florence or
Lucca oil; sprinkle q small quantity Oh
fine salt on the flowers, aud lay layer
of cotton and one of flowers alternately:
until an earthen vessel or widemouthed
glass bottle is full. Tie the top close
With bladder. then Law the vessel in
n souIh aspeet TO the heat of the sun,
aud in fifteen days. when uncovered, a
fragrant oil may be squeezed away
from the whole mass, quite equal to the
hiohlv valued otto of roses.
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1868-06-26
.,nrno ,vav TO succeed is to try. En-

thIIsiasm and labor always tell, unless
each effort is in new direction. The
trouble with people generally is they
lack faith, direction, persistency and
tensity. The man who draws q hand-
cart night not be a poet, but with the
riQhU sort of pushing he would leave
that useful vehicle far in the rear, and,
in time, come to drive his spanking
span. Every honest trial well follow
ed up will be sure to be Il gain
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1868-06-26
ORANGE COURT HOUSE. VA FRIDAY MORNING JUNE 26 1868

for me. fomein at the mouth like on a
beer keg. 1t is soop erfluis sal that j
evaporated tords tother side of the
house-that is, the outside-for the fack
was. nv nuryes were in the saim kon-
dishun es my fiddle-strings.
The trooth kannot be hidden longer.
The events of the last FIJI hours-that is.
the fitc with the gallinipler, together
with ketchin cold in her he'd by unship-
min, her waterfall in the mite air-hed
effected her brane. Dais glided in 2
weeks and weeks in 2 months, but still
reeson did not return my angel.ck
bean: and, wust NV all, Good not KUN
nv her, fur she imagined l was huge
gallilipper. Imagin' my feelins y
Forbidden 2 see my angelic bean! III
was moar'n | Good stand, so | day |
went DOWN. Browns, and tole him
must see my angelick bean. He sed |
coodn't! / sed Good! He sed ia
better try it on. | went for the door,
and he went for his blunderbuss, and
swore he'd hurt my feelins. 1 went in
the house and got es tur es the door OF
the room NV my angelic bea1, when ole
Brown met me. Sez he: "Keep out or
III spile yore looks ~ and he pinted bis
blunderbiiss at my he'd, / sed nothin'
but lowerin' my he'd the pi oper distens'
prepared gin a rale ole ginooine Con-
90 but in the stomick. AS soon es l got
NV he'd sited fur him, | went for him
he'd 4most. But, O.! Lord he stuck
out his blunderbuss and | run agin it,
wich | no sooner did then he let fly
and toar the hole top ov the he'd oil oy
me, and smashed my he'd in2 1000 pie
ces, when with yell loud enuf wake
the deceased-- 1-.f55.s=f,
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1868-06-26

srP "Are you near-sighted miss 7
said an impudent fellow 20 young IA
DIV who did not choose to notice him.
Yes. at this distance | can hardly tell
whether you are pig or puppy"
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1868-06-26

sUs An Illinois farmer was caugnt
in q corn shelter and ca ne out WIN
nothing but his boots and neck-tie.
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1868-06-26

HIP Jennie June says that tpecun'ari7,
Iy a member of the tender gender lad
better be mans washer-woman than
his wife, Gently, Jennie,
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1868-06-26

lEs s'Pray, madam, why do You
name your cid hen. Macdutf!'
because, sir, want her to lay on
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1868-06-26

sBo Why is a beautiful and tacina-
ting young girl like a butcher lie
cause she Is "killing creature.
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1868-06-26

FTP Mrs. Dean, of Lake county.
Ind, has been granted divorce, that
she might marry her Son-in-laW'
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1868-06-26
KoNKLusHuN.l

| woke. I'd bin asleep at the time in
the mounlite, and dreamed the abuv.--
The gallinippers he'd bin most chaw-
i'm the he'd of me vile Iwus asleep.
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1868-06-26
CHAPTER XXVI.

Geneveove KUN 2 and yelled Iike a
catamount, pintin' at me. Take MN
awayi Xiii him, or he Will destroy
me and seazin kandlestiek' she KUN
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1868-06-26

AsI wus summonin mp my shattered
feelins to try an ask her 2 naim the day,
a voice from the house was heerd in the
distens bellerin out: "Geneyl yew
Geneveeve why don't you drive that
crltter out in the rode. yew good for
nothin hussy yu? Air you a goin 2 stay
out thar all mornin? Drive him 2
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-11-05
Mount Sinai.

Dean Stanley, years ago, pointed out
the uncertainty prevalent as to the position
of Mount Sinai and the course taken by
the Israelites in their journey after
uncertainty has not been removed, but
some English gentlemen have subscribed
a sum--though by no means sufficient
to provide an accurate survey Of the ST.
naitic Peninsula Sir Roderick Murchi-
son, Sir John Herschell and Col. Sir
Henry James are entrusted with the su-
perintendence Of the fund, and with the
consent of the English government an
expedition has been organized under the
director general of the ordinance survey.
J.bei Musa and Jel Serial have been con-
sidered by the best authorities as possess
ing the clearest claims to the honor of
having been the scene Of the tradition of
the Mosaic tables These will be surveyed
on scale of six inches to the mile. The
rrortion OF the peninsula including the
several routes to these hills from the G ulf
of Suez will be mapped on scale of one
inch TO the mile. The rock inscriptions
on the peninsula, supposed to be the work
of the Children of Israel, will, OF course,
be critically examined, and observations OF
neurological, archaeological, and metero-
logical character are also to be made.
Much interest is attached to the work.
and we trust the committee will have lit
tie difficulty in raising sufficient funds to
carry on the survey as fully as is propos-
ed.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-11-05
Sir .gG2ag, Franklin

Another clue to the mystery enveloping
the fate Of Sir John Franklin and his fell
low voyagers amid the ice-bound regions
of the Arctic zone seems to have been dis
covered. BY the recent arrival from the
polar regions of DR.. Good, of Dublin
late and interesting intelligence is afford
ed respecting the search now prosecuted
By Captain Hall for traces or remains of
the Erubus and Terror and their crews.
In August, 1867, Captain Hall was at Re-
pulse Bay, preparing an expedition to
King Williams land, where, from infor-
nation obtained from the Esquimaux, it
seems. beyond doubt, that some important
records and some bodies Of the Franklin
expedition are still preserved. The point
to be reached was four hundred and fifty
miles north of Repulse bay, and in a couu-
try the Inhabitants of which were known
to be hostile to Europeans and to the Es-
quimaz living at Repulse bay. 1t was the
opinion of the latter who are known
to be King Aibert's followers, that
Franklin's mea had been killed
by King Williams men, Accord
ing to native information, the last six
survivors of the party built a cavern or
rude vault of stones, aud deposited in 1t
some documents aud such articles as they
had no use for. or would be an incum-
ofance to them in tiici. journey south
ward. tits DIR. Halls Officer to reach this
depository, and from his well known ill.,
trepidity, energy and endurance, it may
be presumed that no danger Or hardshps
will deter him from his purpose.
1t will doubtless cause thrill of min
gled joy and sorrow to learn after all that
has been done to discover the Franklin
expedition, two of its members survived to
as recent period as 1864. These we're
Captain Crozer and steward of one of
the lost vessels. who died near Southam-
ton Island while endeavoring to make their
way to that place, in the belief that they
could reach home. Doctor Hall is conf
dent of the men so described to have per-
ished, and has in his possession several
articles that belonged to him. The fate
OF these two unfortunate men, who after
eighteen years wandering through Arctic
regions, had so nearly reached place
within reach of civilized man, forms one
Of the saddest chapters in the melancholy
history of the lost expedition.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-11-05
plymouth Democrat,
THURSDAY, NOV. 5, 1869.
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.


The presto entail election is over, and
enough IS already known to warrant the
statement that Grant and Colfax are elect
ed. having received the electoral vote Of
almost every northern State, and about
half of the southern states.
s We are not much surprised at the result
In fact, we have never had much hope of
electinS the democratic nominees of the
New York convention, and particularly
since the October elections, we have had
none.
The platform adopted by that conven-
ton was good one-as good as reasona-
BILE democrats had a right to expect,-but
the candidates placed upon it were never
the choict of the working masses of the
democratic party.
The real issue before the people OF this
country is between tie bondholders and
The producers. The tendency of every
hing is rapidly toward Capitalization or
Concentration, both Of power and wealth.
This Will take both the government and
ne money of tie country out of the
hands Of the common CT Industrial classes,
aud establish monicd aristociacy who
will lord it over the laboring serfs of our
)nce free aud prosperous nation. This i
he present tendency of political matters
n our country, but the people don't see it in
hat light, aud therefore, they have, a ma
ority of them, voted to continue the bond
holders, thieves and swindlers Of the
country In place and power. Our best
wish for our country is that all our fears
lor its future safety and prosperity may
prove to be ill-founded, but our advice to
III our friends would be to pay all debts
contracted at greenback prices just as
soon as possible, and make as few new
'nes as you can. Money will continue to
,row tighter and tighter for some time to
come, and those who are out of debt are
most fortunate.
For at least two years to come the peo-
ole will have nothing to do but to attend
o their own private business, and watch
he administration of our national affairs
oy the so-called republican PARTY. That
party is pledged to the payment Of the
government bonds in gold, to the exemp-
ion of thousands from all taxation, and to
.,he damnable doctrine of negro suffrage
and negro equality. 1.-THE people of the
country at the expiration of that time
shall continue to endorse the actions Of the
party In power, we say. all right; we can
stand such outrases and degredations as
tong as most people.
Lay on, MacDuf, and damned be he
gho first cries, hold, enough"