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Litchfield enquirer., 1869-07-01
Kilbou1n's Store, . O NiC Fl M O Ex E1 !

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 Now the raili oad va, hs come to all end, And the people are bound to be in bonds, Let all your goodly footsteps daily tend, To the Cheap Store close by the depot DO nds; Bring all your friends, don't for rget single l !, For there's the cheapest bargains under the sun Bring the Lame,we' ve power make them walk, Bring the dumb, Jour prices will make them talk Bring the blind, our nice gaO]s will mako them
 see, .segs1 E65gI 3 ~ g-.- ... B.ing the deaf, our great spell shall make Bring your wife-don't fail to learn how a lit
 tic pelf, 3 ass-.-..R gf s ...- . Will bring away the goods from Kilpourn's
 shelf. 1e5+se 5raff B.. ales- Three special bargains offer to you all,
 To see them good friends, don't fail to call. '- And first have a pile of shoes. ''4h - ,grf Bought of the Bankrupt Jews,f t.ftftsa I'll sell them for half their cost.
 And pity the maker that has lost . f The pile is worth $2, GOO, just, .f5H s.f I'll take one half; don't ask for trus.. And next the Flour trade wants a word. Though cries fer bread are seldom heard. g..f Just ftty barrels in week are bound to go; And every price and kina keep, you knew. 'Tis cash Tn have, for trust is dead, t- ,. When Flour is made up into bread. 155-.t. And third. cold weather has come st last. With snow and ice and chilling blast; --'J So in good kindness am not 10th, Is. .5- 4a To sell you cheap your heavy cloth. - If one can get good buncombe Satinet
 For fifty cents yard, why need he fret? shs Yea more. A good fine cassimele. each yard, For just one dollar. Who would not be bard? All kinds keep and sell them very cheap. have a mighty heap, with prices never sleep, And last to end this punning,
 1 Il add little dunniug s-+ Do you owe me. Will you pay? .'h :4a. If you do pray don't say nay. To be brief the subject isn't funny, Good friends I'd like little money. t- w
 Yours sraly, :zt D. c. KILROURN. .5.fu of "Cheap Grocery Fame
 Litchield Station Dec 1868 l2tf
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-07-01
OUR IMPENDING CHINESE PROB. s.la 4"@ sla dsl" FEM ehas.s : at

The question of Chinese emigration is attracting much attention In the June
 Atlantic there was an article suggesting the employment of Chinamen in our domestic service. In the July Galary appears an article which gives so clear and intelligent
 9 resume of the question, and represents the Celestial in so new and favorable q light
 that we shall reprint it entire in this and in our next issue = --- -'.~ s'-.-@' +
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-07-01
Pennington Savings Bank.

nEPOsITS made in this bank on or before A1 Aug. lst, will draw interest from that
 Interest at the rate of six per cent, free of taxes has been paid on deposits for the last fifteen years, except 1862 and 1868, in which years the late was five and half per cent This bank holds large surplus fund as guarantee to its depositors. Amount of funls June l. 1869, $905,398. Business hours from to l1 q. m. and rom 2 to 6 p. m.
 SAMUEL 5. COWLES, IT easurer
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-07-01

5g A GREAT OFFER, Horace Waters, No 481 Broadway, will dispose of p new and is second hand Pianos, Melodeons and or ecans. of five frst.class makers. and take from from $5, S to to sl5 monthly, until paid, This offer will continue, for a few days, owing to the large number of instruments returned the 1st of May. Also, 50 new and second hand instruments to rent. and rent allow ed. if purchased, or for sale at bargains for cash New ' Octave Pianos of first-ciass makers for $275, and new Organs. for $6O and upward. for cash. DaaYqs Kne ng.F
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-07-01
PIANOS,

made in Albany N. Y. Also has coming the Chickering and others gel !. < .g >',ff.,i
 The time is coming land is not far distant1 when every house will have aSewing Machine, and Piano, Melodeon or some musical in- strumens, either ofawhich the undersigned is prepared to furnish on the most reasonable terms. will make it an object for any one within 40 miles of here to come aud buy. II the State. 7 :
 will also furnish music for Brass and String DaAus. or Church choirs at city priccs.a In fact sy any .nng m the music line will furnish you a, the lowest prices [2E' Us 7iff- rIl
 Pianos or Melodeons tuned or repaired a, sou.t so.s no,ice, Also Sewing Machines repaired soti s2lJoHN B. ISBELL. Wolcottsiile. Ct.
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neal Estate.

:" YIDwelling House and Furniture and M about acres of meadow land in South St. Also, the farm cnnt ming la2 arres knon n asfthe "SoIomon Marsh Place. sone mile north of the Court House, in Litchicld, are offered at fair prices and easy payment. 'i'a' "tiii'a>t3 VIM. K. BALDWIN, iaa f siAiya
 .I. Elkton, Md. Dec. 1869. ! Enquire of c. H. Baldwin. Litchfeld.. 49tf
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later, when these vast forests and iungles will be the granaries from which the defi- sciencies in the production of other lands will be made good;l when they will stand in the same relation to other countries that our prairies and the wheat-felds of Russia hold to manufacturing England, or that Siam is just beginning to hold to China; and when the great wealth of raw material great by far than we as yet appreciate which is contained in the vegetable world of the tropics, will be necessity to count less manufactures, supply comforts and iuxurles to largely increased populations over the whole world. 1D3
 2 The Chinese, alone, of all races. have shown thenselves able to maintain vigor- ons moral and physical vitality in the un- wholesome and enervating climates of the South. Wherever they go and are allowed a fair field, they turn their attention to the discovery and development of the resour- ces of the land in every direction known to their experience, and with fully as much good Judgment, energy, and uccess as are shown by the European. Indeed, they possess, in an eminent degree. the quail ties that are essential in colonizers, espe- claily that strongly marked national indi- vlduaiity which enables them to retain the NSoV OonA0OOOAASe1CS O1i ftuS1E 1dCS III bU0 midst of the effeminate customs of the in- inferior natives. The ability to thrive in the most extreme climates is remarkable characteristic of this people. We have just seen how we'll they resist the enerva- ting and unwholesome climate of the trop- lcs. The writer has also seon them-col- lected from different parts of the Chinese Empire-pursning, in considerable mum bers, the different branches of their indus try, on the confines of Tartary and Sibe- ria, where the mean annual temperature is thirty-two degrees Fahrenheit) and where the mercury siuks, every, winter, to sixty degrees below zero.
 Whatever may be the future of China Proper, it IS perhaps not too much to fore see In the mutual adaptation which exists between tropical regions and Chinese col onization, the germ of growth in which the best clements of their own and the Western civilizations will blend to raise the oHshoots of China to the rank of great Powers in the councils of the world
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-07-01

.t4 A Waterburyan named Porter, reported dead turns out to have been dead drunk.S
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Litchfield enquirer., 1869-07-01

WHAT NERVE DoEs.--An ounce of pluck is worth Q regiment of men. A little nerve, coolness. pluck and decision have carried men safely through difficulties insurmount- able In all probability no persons pos sess nerve to greater degree than do bank robbers and persons of that class, who live not by hard labor, but by their wits, and operations which proceed from boldness
 Not long sincs man stood in a Wall street bank with Q bag in his hand containing 10000 in gold. A gentlemanly looking man with his hat off, said to the one who held the gold, "" Let me .heft it; I'll guess within half an ounca of its weight
 The person addressed mechanically han ded the bag to the applicant, who at once ran out doors, and was lost among the crowd, while the loser of the gold never saw it again. On seeing him with his hat of, he thought him clerk in the bank. A gentleman standing by saw the thief re- move his hat and hang it on hook, when he too supposed it to be some one connect ed with the bank, and said nothing. ..r... a Some years since, 8 person entered the Importers and Traders Bank, New York, in broad daylight, took off his coat, put on a duster, stuck Q pen behind his ear, and then walked deliberately past clerks, tellers, and cashier, and pushed the presi- dent aside, who stood talking with some of the directors entered the vault, helped himself to the largest package of money he could find, and walked out unmolested, no one suspecting that any thing was wrong till he was off and out of sight. w
 A few months ago, in New York, a hearse drove to the door of mansion. A genteel young man rang the bell and in- quired for the man who lived there, but he was down town.R He sad the hearse con- tained g. coffin in which were the remains of the daughter of the occupant of the house, who had just died at school in Con- necticut. The servant of the house had heard nothing of the matter, but helped the driver bring the coffin into the parlor. and at the suggestion of the young man, who said he was a teacher, sent one of thelr number to the gentleman's $ place of busi- ness to inform him of the sad news. The teacher remained in the house to tell him the particulars. but when the man arrived the teacher had gone, and about three thousand dollars worth of jewelry. kept in bureau caskets, had gone with him. The coffin was opened, and found to be filled with beech log. 44aeoo sd{ B3 slaig.es3
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Book and Job Printing.

Book and Job Printing. 4 All kinds of Book and Job Printing neatly and promptv done. Business Cards, Wedding Cards, Bill Heads, Labels Ball Tickets, Handbills, Pamphlets, &c., &c., done in the best style and as cheap as at any office in the State. Orders by mail, or otherwise respectfully solicited All Jobs returned c O. D.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-12-23

the vote. given for Police Jaso. Of tho frsa Ja,ss
rc alleging fraud In the canvass Of such vo'ea paper an
seconaX protest Of Joseph sopp for himself and others
Police Jaso. in the Ninth judicial hereto annexed
Third proses. OF Florence Scanned against the
OF votes Tor Alderman IN the h,evsSn twssa, nagsan,.
ssieenth Adenanie disrict hereto annexed ana marked
Fourth further protest. Of Florence scnnnei agans'
The o. e fiftesnth and ss,ssnth tse
ten districts Of the Eish,sea,a ~srd iS'rona Ais'ane
district hereto annsEed an marked .bc Of -
turns iog Adennsn from tho s,sn.h TMelfth
Eis,ceh aud Nineteenth l-r,oc d'ircs Of the nish'een
S,shA further protest Of John Reilly a,ans, the can
OF re,arns for Assistant Inc Fifteenth
sixteenth Election districts Of tn sn,sea:a wsrt s'z,eenh
sevenhA Preles, % John A. s ~ sIns INC can
dieia astr,cs from First seconi, Foursh SIXTH seventh
AMI Nineteenth llecou dsres of the Einesesn.n wari
hi.htsA further protest o. John A. scmer seains, tn,
iaaics district fron he Ninth Twenty svsnn Eiec
districts OF the Twenty ward; hereto annexed ana
Ninth further protest Of John A. stcn'mcr, against ne
judicial for the rss Election district, rwen,y
oni Ward; hsr,to snnessi and marked II
gwen eof Alderman IS the rweayanth ssleet,sa dsfo,
seycaeenth ward Tcnh AldernAnis dissnct; hereto
Eleventh protest Hugh MOORE sra,ps, the cunvas
dsric; hereto anncxei an MARRIED X.
resafns Tor Alderman irS the wcn,y rwca,y'ss
and Twenty ninth Elecon ,s,rics or the scyen,eenwsr
lairieen,nnA nr9ss, OF snry Mnsay agmos 'se cap
from The First ccton DISTRICT Twenty war; hsrct
aGnexr an market 81.
TonreenthA further protest Of Henry Murray against th
~ returns Police Justice, ssvsUlh Judici as
ire' fsor ,ha Twelfth, Ninscnsth rweny-af,h' twsny
scvcn Twenty eighth and 1wsnt, ninth Election districts
OF TIE Nineteenth ward hereto Annexed marked ~
Ftteen,hA protest ef julius L. steiohare fasanst the
canvas of roturns toIrth AlsrnRnc dsstict OIL
The vo'ea .vs Tor Aide hereto arm we'd sna mnrkci "
Nitucnth "A test ~ barie, h. % aga'ns. tbs csn
vas, 70 M Tor Asssaat q fsis the rhlse nth
&C fstrici OF the Twelfta 'wsnty. srss zoe.
manic strict hereto anJe Cd and eit. .
sc ertccnth-A further prptast o. uIaros H. Coo OF,
o. af-kt th OF sa as for As-istls Alderman for
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1869-09-23
The Game Of ola Crosse"

This Indian game has become quite popu-
lar in the North and West, and in Canada,
but we have not heard Of its introduction in
the South. OF course, however, it soon will
be introduced, and slight description Of it
will be interesting. We are informed that
the players arc divided into two parties, each
Of which has two flags mounted upon staffs
about eight feet in length, and which are
placed upright in the ground about six feet
apart, at opposite ends of the field. Between
these two flags one Of the most expert players
is stationed, whose duty it is to keep the ball
from being passed through. The remainder
Of the players are actively engaged in the
field, and endeavor to pass the ball between
the flags Of their opponents. Each player is
provided with crosse, and the ball must be
touched with this alone. r
The game is commenced by hurting the
ball perpendicularly into the air, and in its
descent the players endeavor to catch it upon
their crosses, and run with it or toss it towards
the flags of their opponents, who in turn, use
every endeavor to force it back, and when
twenty active, willy Indians, skilled in every
device Of the game, are the contestants, it be
comes very interesting The skill Of the
game consists mainly in catching the ball upor
the crosse, and in lodging and avoiding those
who endeavor to get possession Of it. The
two parties are distinguished by the color o
their knee brooches, one party wearing red
and the other blue. -:s,
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1869-09-23

To MAKE Coon VINEaAR.-Take ten
gallons of apple juice fresh from the press,
and suffer it to fernent fully, which may be
in about two weeks, or sooner if the weather
is warm then add eight gallons like juice,
new, for producing second fermentation; in
two weeks more add another like new quanti-
ty for producing third fermentation. This
third fermentation is material. Now stop the
bung-hole with an empty bottle, with the neck
downwards, and expose it to the sun for some
time. When the vinegar is come, draw of
one half into vinegar cask, and set it in ;
cool place above ground, for use when clear
With the other half in the first cask, proceed
to make more vinegar in the same way. Thu
one .cask is to make in, the other to use from
When making vinegar. let there be modcr
ate degree Of heat, aud free access of cxtcr
nal air,
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1869-09-23

A case Of breach of promise has just been
decided in Liverpool. A gentlemen named
Thompson, having woocd young lady NAM
ed Fleming with appropriate ardor for the
space of year, suddenly shocked and wound
ed her sensibilties by abandoning the style
Of gushing fcrvor to which he had accostom
ed her in his correspondence, and inviting
her attention to commonplace, practical con-
sidcrations Of house keeping and other rcalE =
tic details of their future life. Signs, and
smiles, and Cupid's darts gave place in ! is
epistolary pages to table napkins, bed-lincn,
silvcrware and anti macassars The coun-
sci for the plaintiff dilated over certain Of
the defendants phrases with all the enthusi-
asm of Sergeant Busfuz over Mr.. ,Piekwick's s.
famous dispatch about "chops and tomato
sauce" Why, twas asked in intention, II
not in so many words, should he burden her
| mind with anti -macassars when she was ycarn-
ing only for sentiment And why should
he presume to break his engagement because
she declined to discuss the gross and worldly
domestic questions? The jury calamity 40
ceded to this view of the affair. and awarded
damages in the sum Of e1 500, Pending
the suit the defendant courtcd and espoused
another lady, whose views upon the subject of
household furniture, we may suppose were.
more in harmony with his own. spar' n 10
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1869-09-23

A PLEA FOR SIMPLE MELoDIEs-Henry
Ward Beecher is right upon the music ques-
ton. He says:
Otis no wonder that singing has died out
from the congregation, when choir is put up
to recite words that nobody can understand,
to music that nobody knows, and the people
are left to listen to newly converted opera airs
which were brought over by a fresh troupe of
foreign singers! And those sweet melodies
that stilted propriety has long ago drlv-
en- from the churches, but which have gone
forth among the people, and rung out glori-
ously in camp-mcet;ngs shaking the forest
leaves with the ascending shouts Of a mighty
people; or which, more gently, have filled
rural school houses and humble lcctarc rooms
and village churches, not yet corrupted by
the false pretenccs of classical music'-those
sweet melodies that no one can hear his ear,
and not feel his heart beat within his bosom
all the faster for the sound-are become the
ridicule and contempt of men who think that
God must be praised to the sound of Meyer
beer or Rossini, and not to the sweet and
humble melodies of our land" f......,,.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1869-09-23
The Baby's Drawer.

Tho Baby's Drawer.
There's little drawer in my chamber
Guarded with tender care,
Where the dainty clothes are lying,
That my darling shall never wear.
And there, while the hours are waning,
3 Till the house is all at rest,
sit and fancy baby # aEs eee
Close to my aching breast k
Ny darling's pretty, white garments!
wrought them sitting apart,
While his mystic life was throbbing
Under my loving heart.
And often my happy dreaming
Breaks in little song,
Like the murmur of birds at brooding,
When the days are warm and long.
finished the dainty wardrobe,
And the drawer was almost full
With robes of the finest muslin,
And robes of the whitest wool.
folded them altogether, 3 sa5
qae With rose for every pair,
Smiling, and saying, "Gem fragrant,
Fit for prince to wear"
All, the radiant summer morning,
~. So full of mothers joy yss
Z "Thank God, he is fair and perfect,
My beautiful newborn boy"
Let him wear the pretty, white garments
wrought while sitting apart; s
Lay him. SO sweet and helpless,
Here close to my throbbing heart.
Many and many an evening :
I sit, since my baby came,
Saying, "What do the angels call him?''
For he died without a name;
Sit while the hours are waning,
And the house is all at rest,
And fancy baby nesting
m Close to my aching breast.
Putnam's Magazine.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1869-09-23
chesapeake q Ohje Railread.

" SUMMER SCHEDULE.-On and after
the seth eff JUNE. 1865, MAfL TRAIN will ran
daily between Richmond and White Sulphur
Springs. leave Richmond at a. ns. and All I'VE
At White Sulphur Springs at 81 p. n Leave
White Sulphur Springs at .. aad arrive at
Richmond at $50 p. m.
ACCOMMOD ALTON TRAIN between Richm ond
and Oh t,,-vilfe on MONDAYS, WEDNESDAYS,
and SATURDAYS. Leave charlottesville at 4
u. NJ. aad arrive at Richmond at 9.25 A. NJ.
leave Riehaasnd at $50 2. ii. 6nd arrive at Char
gotteaxiMe at F. NJ II
The Nail Train connects at Gord0nsville and
charlottesville withtrnins en- Orange, Alexandria,
and Manassas nsilrsaas fer ALEXANDRIA,
WASHINGTON, PHILADELPHIA, N. YORK,
LYNCHBURG, KNOXVILLE, CHATTANOOGA,
MEMPHIS, NEW ORLEANS. MONTGOMERY,
MOBILE, &c. At Staunton, with stages for AU-
GUSTA sp ,ings, Harrieenburg and Meyers
Cave; at Goshen, with stages for Lexington,
Natural Bridge, Rockbridge Alumni Springs,
Cold Sulphur Springs, and Rockbridge Baths !;
at Millboro. with stages for Bath Alum and Warm
Springs; at Coyington, with stages for Hot and
Healing Springs; at Allegheny with stages for
Old Sweet and Red Sweet Springs; and at White
Sulphur Springs, with stages for Salt Sulphur
Springs, Lewisburg, Charleston, &c.
JAMES F. EETHERLAND,
July 1-tf General Ticket Agent
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1869-09-23

4 A REMARKABLE YEAR-Thc year 1863
was remarkable for the birth of four of the
most iIlustrious men of modern times Ma
poleon, Wellington, Cuvier, and Humbot--
two great military leaders, and two Of the
most eminent naturalists Of this or any age
Humboldt was specially identified with this
hemisphere. In America the foundations OF
his fame were laid For FIVE years he tra-
vcrsed this continent, exploring savage re-
gions and penetrating where no civilized man
had yet trodden The facts and collections
gathered served for years Of phiIosophic in
vestigation, ard filed all tic students Of Eu-
rope with astonishinent Wisely did Edward
Everett declare, & We at tcast in America
should neglect no act of appropriate homage
to his great name.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1869-09-23

ELEPHANT PLows-Among the usual ag-
ricultural implements now manufactured II
Great Britain, are large numbers Of elephant
plows, which are forwarded by way of the
Mediterranean, the Isthmus OF Suez and the
Red Sea and Indian Ocean, to the place OF
their destination. Every morning at sunrise,
the elephant takes BIS mahout by the waist
belt, places him on his back, and starts into
the field. Two assistants guide the two pillow
handles, and as long as the sun is above the
horizon the elephant marches along, throwing
up huge ridge behind him, the furrow hav-
ing breadth of four and half feet and
depth of thres.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1869-09-23
Spotswood Hotel. RICHMOND Va.

OpOfsw0Od Hotel.
ST RICHMOND VA.
This FIRST CLASS, POPULAR and FASH
IONABLE HOTEL, the only one located on the
Main street of the city, has been leased by the
undersigned and will be furnished and put IN
complete order right away. 1885
- ~ IT'S LOCATION. "a .e.
It is within one square of the Capitol, Custom
House, Post-ofice, Theatre, &C., &C., and within
two SQUARES of the Richmond and Fredericksburg
Railroad Depot, and the great Southern routes
via. Petersburg and Danville. The travelling
public are cordially invited to
Wake Their HOME at the SPOTSWOOD,
and the proprietors pledge themselves to make il
for the future whatit has been for the past five
years, ti
Ny, Telegraph Office in vestibule Office o.
the Southern and Adams Express Companies in
~ Ir;ld;nr JAMES NJ. SURLETT, :;
INV of the OLD Columbian,
C. B. LUCK, HI tss .s.-s
of the same Hotel, and
Fe WM. B.. BISHOP.
may 2o-6s If late OF the Excnane.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1869-09-23

WIN. WAKEHAN, JR.,
under the Valley virginian Cf6ce,)
NEW STREET, STAUNTON, VA.
Having located in staunton, for the purpose of
carrying on the Tailoring and Cutting business,
I would most respectfully ask a share OF the pub
lie patronage.
Fits guaranteed in all cases. Particular atten-
ton paid to repairing.
april 22-69 1y
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nan River Land Agency.

P0WHAHFA AN BoULDlN, Agent for the Sale
and Lease of Real Estate Generally Danville,
Va. Refers by permission to W. T. Sutherlin
S. Flourpoy and John R. Edmunds, Esq. Hall
fax, Va; Hon. john p. Baldwin, Stauntop, Va.
way 27Nt
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1869-09-23

The most agreeable of all companions is a
simple. frank man. without any high prefer
sions f an oppressive greatness, who loves
life, and understands the sse. Of it; obllging
alike at al hours; above all, Of goldsn TEN
per, and steadfast as an ar Choir. For such a
one, we gladly exchange the greatest genius
the most brilliant wit, the profoundcst shirk.
cr.--Lessiag. .@4