The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1868-11-13
General News.

70 select nutmcgs prick them with a
PIN. lfthey are good the oil Will IN
stantly spread around the pnncturc.
A Polish jew of wilma. who was so
unfortunate as To have his house burned
down. was lin d twenty-five rOubles by
the Russian magistrate for crying fire
In the Polish language.
a Mexican claims to have solved the
problem OF perpetual motion. His ma
chine produces electricity, which caus-
Is motion, and the motion in turn gem
crates electricity.
A bright little boy was asked by la
dy il he studied hard ut school. lie
replied that heidi not hurt himself much
ut 1t. "Oh." said the lady, "you must
study hard or you will never be Presi-
dent Of the United States. AYES, :naam
he replied, "but don't expect to be: 1
am a democrat"
tits stated in the Wine and Fruit Re
porter. that the wine crop ut the present
wear is ext aorlinary. both IN quanti-
~ and quality. From France. Germa-
ny, Portugal and California. the reports
are all tn this effect. And it is only in
some parts of Spain that there is any
deficiency.
Al Taliadegl Court, in the State of
A iabams, few days ago, u regular ne
gre Jury vas unpannellcd. There were
about fifteen negroes tried for various
ofitnses, each one " whom on his trial
demanded Il white Jury. The colored
jurors sat in their box from Monday
morning until Saturday u ght without
having a single cas-, submitted To them.
We understand that the negroes of
Beech Island. ). e.. are calmly and
confidently awaiting the division of
lands. property, and mules. now held
by the whites. They understand the
election OF Grant 10 be equivalent to
a homestead. and nothing to do Tor
the rest OF their lives.
A special t. the New York Times,
states that as General Grant passed
through Bclvidcre. H., Oh his way to
Washington. republican procession
greeted him. when the General respon-
died rs follows;
"Gentlemen see many of you in uni
forms. You laid them of three years
ago. and you can now lay them OFF again
aud we will have peace. Good night.
The New York Herald speaks of All
| other democratic flank movements. being
proposed 1t is to have the States
which went for Seymour cast their eec-
| toral votes for Grant, aud thus secure
him q unanimous vote OF all the States.
IL is thought by these means he will be
relieved OF amy obligation to party and
can preside impartiaily over the whole
country. without being bound by any
partizan policy.
| The democrat who bet that he would
vince! barrel Of Apples from PrOvi-
dence, Il. L., to Boston, If Seymour was
not elected. arrived at the fremont
House on Saturday morning. He made
thirteen milts the fret day, twenty on
the second, aud eleven on the third
He sold his apples two for a quarter,
and related his experience to the crowd
that gathered about him at the Ire.
mont House.-BoSton 1rav.
The late Bishop Meade, was general
ly not given to fun, but lie could relish
humOr, and occasionally, himself say a
very witty thing. The Charlotts-
vile Chronicle refers to mot once ut
tered by the Bishop. He was lament
ing the little attention paid in Ger
tain part of the State. NJ the time to
the subject of education,a d added with
II sympathzing look, Our girls are poor
| ly educated. ut the boys will never find
it out.' This was rather bitter, but not
SO intended. At any rate it was almost
as good rs anything ever said by Sgd
ney Smith.