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The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1869-09-03

ly about it-a regretful disappointment
that is pleasant.
How interesting it Is when YOU have
| dropped the last one off, and YOU get
another bite to make up your mind to
| get this one anyhow, and then coneen-
trate all your strength and pull up with
a Violent jerk and sling your line hack
on to tree, and have it wind around
the branches as tight as ii it had been
| pulled by steam engine. and in such a
bewilderlng condition that you can't
| get it loose in week.
This /, calculated to make you use
hard expressions, but not any more so
than it is to have your cork drawn TN
der gently and steadily, and go down,
down; down until 1t Is out of sight.
"a catfish, most probably - you say;
.they always pull in this manner. -
You draw your line in gently, ard the
catty tugs at the other end. "They al
ways do this,' you Observe.
You pull up slowly, so as to keep him
on the nook, and when you get your
line out you most probably find an old
snag with more branches than the
pennsylvania railroad, and covered
with mud, and not sc litary fish in the
neighborhOod, while all the time there
is boy with pin hook and an old hank
OF twne who is catching them so
fast that he can't bait his hook, and the
ground is white with them all around
him.
/ don't advocate violent language:
but ifthere ever is an occasion when the
commandments are temporarily sus-
pended, this is it.
A man is legally entitled to relieve
his pent up feelings, and the more so
because when he gets up to go home he
finds that his fish hook has caught him
by the shirt, and that there is puddle
deep enough to float Il canal-boat Just
where he has been sitting.
OF course you can't go home without
fish TO be laughed at; so you go over
and try to buy them of the bow, who
tries to insult you by asking you ifyou
"ketclled any?" but feels that he has
you in his power, and makes you pay
more money than you could buy out |
whole oyster sloop for.
No, don't see any sport IN it, and if |
l wanted to make man utterly wretch |
ed-if wanted to hurt his feelings and |
break down his spirits and ruin his
morals, would get him to go fishing
about once week. | approve of abolA
lshing penitentiaries and jails, and
making convicts fish for the benefit OF |
the State.
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1869-09-03
HOW TO FATTEN A POOR HORSE.

Many good horses devour large guam
titles of grain and hay, and still con-
tinue thin and poor. The food eaten is
not properly assimilated. If the usual
feed has been unground grain and hay
nothing but a change will effect any
desirable alteration in the appearance
of the animal. In case oil meal cannot
be obtained readily, mingle bushel of
fla xseed with a busfel of barley one of
oats, and another bushel of Indian corn
and let it be ground into find meal.
This will be fair proportion for all his
feed. Or the. meal of barley, oats, and
corn, in equal Quantities, may first be
procured, and one-forth part of oil cake
mingled with it when the meal is
sprinkled on cut feed. Feed two or
three quarts of the mixture three times
daily, mingled with peck of cut hay
and straw. If the horse will eat the
amount greedily. let the quantity be
gradually increased until he will eat
four or six quarts at every feeding three
times day. So long as the animal
will eat this allowance, the quantity
may be increased q little every day.
But avoid the practice of allowing q
horse to stand at rack we'll filled with
hay. In order to fatter. horse that
has run down in flesh, the groom should
be very particular to teed the animal
no more than he will eat up clean and
lick his manger for more.
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1869-09-03
BTIMULANT,

George d. Prentice las been d con-
slant drinker for forty years. For ten
years he has been an excessively hard
drinkcr. Here is temperance lecture
by him, and worthy of him:
"There are times when the pulse lies
low in the bosom, aad beats low IN the
veins; when the spirit sleeps, which
apparently knows no waking, sleeps
in its house of clay, and the window 5
are shut, the doors hung in the invisi-
bic Grape of melancholy, when we wish
the golGen sunshine pitchy darkness,
and wish to fancy clouds where no
clouds be. This is state Of sickness
when physc may be thrown to the
dogs, for we wish none OF it. What
shall raise the spirit +? What shall make
the heart beas music again, and the
pulses. through all tie myriad -throng-
ed halls of life? What shall make the
sun kiss the eastern hills again for us
with his old awakening gladness, and
the night overflow with moonlight love
and flowers? Love itself is the great /.
est stimulant--the most intoxicating of
all, and performs all these miracles,
and Is miracle itself, and is not drug
store whatever they say. The counter
felt is in the market, but the winged
god is not money changer, we assure
you.
Men have tried niany things, but still
they ask Tor stimuIant.
Men try to bury the floating dead of
their own souls in the wine-cup, BIT
the corpse rises. We see their faces in
the bubbles. The intoxication of drink
sets the world wliirling again, and the
pulses to play music, and the thoughts
but fast clock runs down
sooner, and ali unnatural stimulant
only leaves the house it filled with the
widest revelry, more silent, more sad,
more deserted.
There is only one stimulant that new
er intoxicates-duty. Duty puts
clear sky over every man, into which
the skylarks, happiness, always goes
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1869-09-03
8arut ans Gar6ttt.
sEAsoNABIE HINTS TO FANCY FARM
ERS.

The Commercial Bulletin gets off the
following happy hits to fancy farmers :.
To have your fields well dressed you
must sow as large breadth as possible.
A grain of foresight in this matter will
insure sight of grain at harvest.
A man may fleece his sheep but not
his land. The farmers game is "givc
and take"
1t is not lazy farmer who takes to
MS bed in the morning and stays till
night-if the bed is In the garden.
Ploughshares are the best invest
ment-the dividends are sure in the
fall.
Fawning is not commenda5le, but
their is no objection to currying favor
with ones own cattle.
The best motto fol. dealing in stock is
never sell short.
1t is sheer nonsense to shear your
sheep too early; take of yonr own and
hooks overcoats at the same time.
NOW is the time for farmers to mend
thelr Ways-highways and byways.
Kitchen gardens should be under a
picket-guard, the fowls will come nm to
the scratch il the farmers don't.
Fences should be locked to. Defense
Oh crops is often staked on a single
post!
Raise all you can. Haise the NOR
gage on your farm if you possibly can.
thorough cultivation is essential
The more harrow in pains you take, the
better off you will be in the end.
lt is better to spend an hour hanging
loose doors and gates, than in hanging
round shops and saloons.
1t Is better TO whitewash your own
walls than to blacken your neighbors
character.
Dull days may be spent in practising
dentistry or your rakes and harrows.
II any one chews, let him spend his
tobacco money for the benefit of ssgre-
garines" in the back hair OF his colts and
calves.
A little SCOT from the chimneys will
suit early cucumbers and non-suit the
bugs.
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1869-09-03
row TO ERADICATE sAssAFRAs
BUSHES.

A correspondent of the Baltimore
American, writing from Kent county,
Maryland, says!
Many farms are infested With sassa-
fras bushes, and many plans have been
adopted for their destruction with lit
tie success, the trouble being that when
they are grubbed up every small root
left in the ground will in the ensuing
spring produce separate shoot, and
the number increase. Thirty years
ago a practical farmer, who had seem
foar-score years, told me that if the
bushes are grubbed the day before and
the day after the full of the moon in
July aud the day before and the day
after the full of the moon in August,
the small roots lett In the ground will
never germinate again. After thirty
years experience, am prepared to
say to all who are troubled with them,
suspend all other work, embrace the
opportunity offered during the foIr,
days have named. and in the coming
spring you may see one in a thousand,
but follow the same course next sum-
mer, and you shall see your enemy no
more. l speak from experience. L
shall leave others to philosophize and
theorize upon it.
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1869-09-03
MY WIFE.

observe with what love and respect
the good man ard worthy husband
speaks of that dear creature whom God
has given him fer companion through
life. Note his actions and observe Els
better half, and you will see her image
is sreAected ia HIM. ] care not how
great man he may be; care not how
austcre and strong minded he may be;
so that he loves her. Her influence is
felt every day and her loving words and
feminine dependence exerts power
within him which otherwise might have
slumbered unlnown and forg often. In
the language of Bulwer, "her image
CLOSED i'll his soul, lures him on those
inspiring tells by which man masters
me-" Our greatest statesmen, our
greatest heroes all attribute their sue
cess IN life TO the potent influence of
either wife or mothers love.
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1869-09-03
TERMS $500 per session.
Circulars sent on application
July o, 1S69.-5m. V. DABNEY.
ALEXANDRIA FEMALE SEMINARY,

T'HE next session of this Institution
Il which has been conducted heretofore
with so much success by its former Princi-
day of September, 1899. A fine Building
with very extensive grounds adjoining, has
been purchased. on Washington street. in
the most beautiful and healthy portion of
the city, and Boarders will be furnished with
every comfort on the most reasonable terms.
A full corps of Instructors have been en-
ployed, and while thorough training in the
English Branches will be insisted on as
the 1irst Importance, unusual facilities will
be afforded lin the Department of Music,
Drawing, Painting, and Modern Languages.
BodrdterS aotU enjoy the advantage OF haGing
he French spoken IN The family of Prt1cipdLS
No extra charge lsmade in their case for tut
tion IN french, as al are expected to study
it and take part in The conversations.
Send for, catalogue.
June 25S, l6o.-3m. r"''
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1869-09-03
SWINE.

Pen up store pigs and begin to fotten
them. Feed peas, vines and all. as
soon as the peas have gained their fall
size, before the vines have turned too
yellow, and add corn meal to the swill.
Breeding sows lined now (Aug. 1st) will
farrow after the middle of November.
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1869-09-03
TO BANIsH ANTS.

To drive ants away from grass lawns
walks, or tlowerbeds, sprinkle guano
over thei: haunts.
The ammoniacal liquor from the gas
works will answer the same purpose,
cere being taken not to use it too
strong; otherwise it will destroy the
grass or turn it brown.
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1869-09-03

. iG An oft-recurring q1est ion n
mong farmers is what is the ivera ca
yield OF straw to an acre? The Penn
syivania farmers believe the AVERAGE
crop of rye straw to be one ton :. %
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1869-09-03
CABBAGEs.

Keep them growing. No plant n, ,sce :
gratefully repays thorough cul tire
I9ah the cabbage. Slugs are disr ,Csed
OF SACKED Lime. In the southern ytrtes
plants may still be set.
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1869-09-03

iF a boozy fellow was. Observed
the other day. driving a porker, hold
ing on to his tail, and dwhen asked what
he was doing replied that he was
studying gehog-raphy.".
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1869-09-03

lBP Never allow two VIII ite-str,r,
crops, such as wheat, oats, bal ley and
rye, to follow each other. u
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1869-09-03

I19 The Sale of Spurious Liquors
i'll Gothenburg, Sweden, after varie-
ty of experiments by the authorities, Is
carried ON according to the following
method: A reform society of gentle.
men Of high social standing has obtain
ed entire control of the traffic in spir-
its inthe city. under an agreement to
apply the whole of the profits above
eXperlseg for the benefit of the poor.
The society, it is reported, has reduced
the number of licensed houses to less
than forty, one third of the former
number, and has bound the proprietors
to sell only at fixed prices, giving a
profit of Only one and half per cent.
with obligations to keep a supply of ali
harmless drinks, including beer at
whatever profit they could Command.
thus making it the interest of the ven
ders to sell these drinks instead of
been an almost entire cessation of
drunkenness
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1869-09-03

6 Why is one dollar greenback
better than silver dollar? When you
fold it you double it. and wien you
open it you find it increases.
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1869-09-03
THE BUMBLE ZEE.

The Bumble Bee is one NV natures
sekrets. They probably hev destiny
tew fill, and are probably necessary, if
a fellow only knew how. They live
apart from the rest of mankind in little
circles, numbering about seventy-five
or eighty souls. They are born about
haying time, and are different from any
bug l know NV; they are the biggest
when just born. They resemble some.
men in this respect. Their principal
bizness is making poor honey, but they
don't make eny tew SELL. Boys often
rob them out NV a whole summers
work, but there Is one thing about the
humble bee that boys always watch
dreadful close, and that is their helm,
had rather not have all the humble
bee honey there il between here and
the city NV Jerusalem, than to have
humble bee hit me with his helm when
he comes round suddin. 'rney are diff
fereut from other war vessels;Ithe helm
always minds the humble bee.
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1869-09-03
AleSandria Grade.
JAMES W. MALLS

JAMES w. MALLS, 81
SUCCESSOR TO j. W. MALLS CO.,
ALEXANDRIA,, VIRGINIA,
HAVING purchased the entire stock
- OF the late firm, at the old stand
No. IS7 King Street.
invite those who have so liberally patron
lied them, and the public generally. to give
me call. Having q large stock on hand. |
prepared to sell as cheap as can be bought In
the state. My stock consists of Hardware.
Cutlery Carpenters Tools, Doors. sash,
CIinds. Door and Window Frames, Brackets,
Mouldlngs, Balusters, of different patterns
and Newell Posts. A large stock of French
and American Glass, double and single thick,
OF all sizes Paints, Oils, Varnishes, Paint
and Whitewash Brushes, Lewis's Pure White
Lead, and other brands of fine quality, Put
ty, Turpentine, and Machine Oil. Also,
Lime, (of superior quaiity,) Cement, Calcin-
ed Plaster, Pitch and Felt, for Roofing, &C.
A large stock of Pugh's celebrated Car Au-
gers and other articles found in first class
Builders Furnishing Establishments.
E1- All Orders for Lumber. Brick and all
kinds of Building Material promptly attend
ed to.
TERMS CASH.
June 4. 1969.-1y.
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CLIFTON
FEMALE R0ARnING SCHAAU

ILHAH1 DUANDINU oCHUULs
THIS School, taught by Miss E. C. Pa
Il gand, will commence on the LIST oi Sep
1870.
Clifton is % miles from Gordonsville, on
the Orange and Alexandria Railroad, COM
The health and beauty of the location are
equal to any in Virginia. No effort will be
spared to make the boarders comfortable
and happy and their duties pleasant and
profitable.
Terms:
Board and tuition in English, $50
Latin and French, each, 10
MUSIC, 81
One-half in advance, the balance the lst of
February, 1870. Only five orsi boarders will
be taken. Address c. COWHERD
Gordonsville, Orange County, Va
July 30, 1S69.-3m.
The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1869-09-03

RANGE MALE SCHOOL.

ORANGE MALE SCHOOL.
THIS School for young men and boys
Both. S'0''O ''-io
Strict attention will be paid to the morals
and progress of the pupils.
Tuition, Payable Half Session in Advance;
For English branees per half session
of five months, S17 so
Higher Mathematics Moral and Phys
ical Science, 90 90
Ancient and Moderns Languages, with
other studies, 25 90
No extra charges
HI f. HATCHER,
August 10, 4S69.-ly. Orange c. H., Va,
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.
My son has been more benefited by your
instruction than by any he has ever before
received. You have taught him to study,
and by. your kindness and patience have
made his studies agreeable him. You have
INSPIRED MIN with reverence and affection
for yourself, and don't know how to thank
you sufficiently.
Yours, r. H. WILMER.
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Strangers Guide.

FlNliE Y NJ. &. \. meets every Monday evening
i at their rooms over VIM n. Smiths Store,
Main Street.
Champlain Chapter No. Il. A. NJ. meets the
third Wednesday evening i'll each month"; at
their hall in Union block, Main Street.
Columbus Council No. 1, II. s. NJ. meets the
second Wednesday evening i'll each month, at
their hall in Union Block.
Franklin Lodge No. 4, +. Il A. NJ, meets the
first Wednesday evening in each month at their
hall in Union Block, Main Street.
Englesby Lodge No. "a +. Il A. NJ. meets the
fourth Wednesday evening in each month, at
their hall in Union Block, Main Street.
Crystal Fountain, Temple of Honor No. meets
every Monday evening at their Hall i'll Barnes
Block, Lake Street.
st. Adams Lodge No 80, l. o. of q. T. meets
every Friday evening at their Hall in Barnes
Block, Lake Street.
Rising Sun Lodge Nc. l. o. of &. T. meets
very Saturday evening, at st. Adams Bay.
st. John the Baptist Benevolent Society Goa
nadan) meets on the first and third Wednesday
evening of each month at their hall over +. il.
Huntingtons Store.
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DEPARTURE OF PAssENaE

DAILY ARRIVAL OF STAGES AT ST. ALBANs.
From Swectsburgh and Franklin 700 p. m.
From Richford and Sheldon, 500 p. IN.
From Sheldon, 10 90 a. m.
From Bakersfield, IL 10 q. IN.
uaILY DEPARTURE or STAGES FROM ST. ALBANs.
For Franklin and Sweetsburgh, 30a. III.
For Sheldon and Rchford, 80 a. IN.
For Sheldon, 2 co p. m.
For Bakersfield, ] 90 p. M.
Stages call at the several hotels in town. Stage
Offices ut the fremont House.
CLOSING OF The MAILS.
Mails for New York close at 90 Il. III. and 90
l.. IN.
Mails for Boston close at n. m. and 80 I'm.
Mails for Albany and the West close at 90 a.. m
Mails for Canada close at 5 20 am.
Southern aud Northern way mail close at 90
m.
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OUR LIvERIEs st. Adams boasts of
but two livery stables, and of these she
may well feel proud. Messrs. VIM. &
f. ID. Fuller, Main Street, in their com
modious stables, keep generally f.om
forty to fifty horses for the road. The
senior partner, VIM. Fuller. Esq, has
been engaged in the business, in the
same location, for the past As years.
'essrs. Gilmore & Brainerd, Lake
Street, in their large stable, generally
haze, " for hire" from thirty to forty
horses, and have been engaged in the
business as partners for the last five
years. At both stables are always kept
the very best of single and matched
teams, and the latest and best styles of
carriages.
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WEATHER.-A cold, drizzling sleet,
commenced yesterday afternoon, which
turned into genuine snOw-storm,
contrary to the conjectures of our al
MANAGES. The storm subsidized about
eleven o'clock this morning, and is sue
ceeded by light rain-storm. Farmers
cannot appreciate such storm at this
time of year, as this is the last week of
the season for them to sow Spring
grains. Oats and barley should be put
in this week.
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For the acknowledgements,
LATEST NEWS.
New YORK, Sd.

New YORK, Sd.
Hugh Riddle, General Superinten.
dent ct the Erie r. R., has resigned
the superintendent of the Atlantic &
Great Western Railway will succeed
him.
Gov. Dunn, of Louisiana, having sent
word by colored friend, during his
visit to this city, to have Mayor Hall
call upon him at the METROPOLITAN
Hotel, the Mayor ordered that if Gov.
Dunn should call on him otherwise
than on official business, a policeman
should put him out of the building.
Letters from Paris state that the
French Atlantic cable will be finished
and on shipboard by the middle of this
month, and that it is regarded as supe-
rior in many respects to the cable be-
tween England and the United States.
The intention is to have it in working
orderly the 4th of July.
James Fiske has purchased the CONT
mental Hotel, the largest at Long
Branch, N. j., and will run it thissum
mer.
BY CABLE,
ST. PETERSBURG. Sd.
The recall of the Baron De Stoeckl,
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister
Plenipotentiary from the Russian EN-
pre- to the United States, is officially
announced.
New YoRK, Sd.
A Valparaiso letter of April Sd saws
that quorum was still wanting in
Congress, and it was feared that the
dominant party. aided by the Cabinet,
was working to prevent the presence of
a quorum.
The proposed convention at Washing
ton, to settle the difficulties between
Spain and Chill has finally been accep-
ted by the latter.
Australian dates of March lst, state
that a nugget weighing POP lis, Troy,
was unearthed by couple of miners at
Dunally. 1t is believed to be the lar
gest mass Of gold ever discovered.
The war has about ended in New
Zealand.
NEW York, Sd.
In conversation with newspaper cor
respondent, yesterday, Mr.. Sumner
stated that he did not think there would
be war on account of the Alabama
question that Mr.. Motley knew what
to do; that there would be no yielding
on the part of our Government and
that our people mean to have justice.
The contractor for the He'll Gate
opening has had his time extended by
tho Washington authorities, and will
goon with his operations.
Chas. b. Seymour, we'll known
musical and dramatic editor of this CITY.
died yesterday.
BOsToN, Sd.
Gold 135S
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LABOR.--The exodus from Canada has
brought to our town numerous laborers,
who not having money to take them
further into the estates" are compelled
to remain here and accept what wages
they can procure, until they get enough
to carry them further. Quite num-
Der are employed by our farmers, and
here in town, for the low figure of 81 per
day.
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"UNDER THE GAsLIGHT. THE rail-
road and great pier scene, ir the drama
"under the gas light-,"produced by
Alice Raymond's Troupe, was rendered
true to life. The principal actors each
sustained their several parts in the
dra better than we have ever noticed
in the play before. The parts taken
by E. f. Knowles as "Ray Trafford"
Rosa Archer as Pearl CORTLAND" and
H. l.. Davies as "Burmudas, were well
1.-THE Streets of Boston" with the
screaming farce of "Sarah's Young
Man'-givc them a full house
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MORNING AND EVENING STARS
Jupiter is now the morning star, rising
this morning "a minutes before the sun,
and moves away from it at the rate of
two minutes per day SO that on the 3lst
it proceeds the Sun an hour and thirty
minutes. Venus may be seen at the
end of this month setting soon after the
Sun.