The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1868-01-22
Patti is % years Of age.

Patti is 25 years Of age.
Garroting is very lively in Cincinnati
Garabaldi, it is said, is growing fat in pris-
A woman is playing Hamlet in Paris with
applause
Rights and lefts for stockings are one Of the
latest novelties.
Baltimore exported 81, ia hogsheads Of to-
bacco in 1867
A party ofScotch immigrants have arrived
in Lynchburg.
Blind Tom is going to Buffalo, and then he
is going to play
J.D. Peabody of Ohio, is the only brother
of the millionaire.
"Our Dixie Times is the title of new
paper just started in Utah.
An indiscreet kiss cost a rising young
Cleveland misister his pulpit.
Maryland's militia force amonts to 1865,
with six districts to hear from.
The annexation Of Roxbury to Boston went
into full and legal effect on Wednesday.
Lake Winnipiseogee is frozen hard, and
trout fishing extraordinary is going on.
Trade is said to be better in Boston than
elsewhere, at present. 1t is the Club"
The Grand Rapids mich, Democrat puts
up the old ticket, Mcclellan and Pendleton.
An Ohio sexton burst blood vessel just as
be had finished a grave, and tumbled into 1t.
Anna Cora Mowat Richie has refused an
offer of $4,000 to return to the English stage
Aaron Jones, of pugilistic fame, now dis
penses whisky at . saloon he has opened IN
Cincinnati
Mrs. James A. Caffrey died in Boston, Sun
day week, as the result Of grief for the death
of her husband.
The first Virginia newspaper was issued in
1889, at $50 per annum. We furnish the
Valley Virginian at $500.
The Manchester Examiner issued over one
hundred and ninety-two thousand copies on
the day of the Fenan executions.
Ohio has Parker case. One missing man,
one weeping bride, two raging parents, and
lots of joyous gossips to tell the story.
As his gun would not go off, Mr.. Shark, Of
Ohio, blew down the barrel. when the gun
in response blew Mr. Sharks brains out.
A laborer in Slesia picked up $4,000
diamond the other day. The Prussian gov
ernment lays hands on SIC, 600 and generous
" lets him have the rest.
Papa: well, Sissy, how do you like your
school 2? "Oh, so much" Papa: That's
right Now tell me all you have learned to-
day" Sissy: II have learned the names
Of all the little boys"
A New Jersey woman killed her servant
and buried the body in her cellar, and, when
recently arrested and asked about the girls
disappearance, piously suggested that ''the
Lord had taken her away"
The Tribune advertises itself in rural dis.
tricts by proclaiming that Wool Growing is a
prominent feature in the agricultural depart
ment of the New York Tribune. And in
the editorial department, also, it might have
added.
Frederic the Greats famous flute has come
into the possession of the French Conserva-
tory of music It is not only valuable his
torical relic, but is remarkable for the rich
ness of its ornamentation and the excellence
Of it's tone.
We had a call this morning from one Of
our subscribers near Dayton, in this county
young mother, thirteen years Of age on the
18th Of this month Her babe is FIVE weeks
old The husband who accompanied her, is
in his twenty second year.-Lcfoyette Cou-
vier.
The lottery system has received blow in
Prussia. During the discussion in the Lower
House Of Legislature, the Minister of Fin
ance was questioned, when motion was
made that the lotteries be abolished till next
years budget, and this was carried by large
majority.
A vender Of hoopskirts was recently extoll-
ing his wares in presence Of customers hus-
band '.No lady should be without one of
these skirts" said the shopman. ''Well, of
course not" dryly responded the husband,
who was something ola wag, ''she should be
within. it."
Dir. Marshall, in Congress Thursday, said
the majority Of officials seemed to have adopt
ed the maxim
4 little thieving is a dangerous art;
Bat thieving largely is noble part;
Is vile to rob henroost of hen,
But stealing largely makes us gentlemen.
A girl broke through the ice at London,
Canada, tic other day, where the water was
not deep enough to drown her, but, being I'M
able to get out, she persisted Of cold, crying
III help, il full view Of 9 number of citizens
AID soldiers who had not the courage to rescue
her. These are the brve Bluenoses who
threaten to fog the Fenians.
One Of the most bitterly ingenious epigrams
VIZ remember among the ancients is that Of
81 Old Greek poet Oh marriage. 1t transla-
ton il Yuns thus:
.wo happy days in marriage are allowed
wife in wedding grab and in her shroud.
Sure then. that state cannot be called accursd
Where the last days as happy as the first
The nisogamic bard left little else behind
Kim tEsu this fragment, from which i. is fair
t. presume lie did Rot entirely approve Of
tic :..... ia.onial relation.