The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1869-05-06


Especial attention is called to the advertise
ment Of Mrs. Kate NJ. Kelley. She. has an en-
.irely new stock of most beautiful millinary
goods Give her a CALL
s. HcHilb has just returned with tremend-
GUS stock of dry goods He has displayed great
judgement in getting clerks who cannot but please
the most fastidaus Of his patrons See advcr-
tisement and give him a call.
IMpRovEMENTs.-A number of handsome stores
and dwellings are looming up in this growing
town We shall go the rounds in a day or two
and hope the builders will furnish US with the
particulars Staunton is swelling.
Mr. Jas. A Piper g. Son advertise in this issue.
Their stock is comple-embracing everything
usually kept in frst-class dry goods store; and
they are polite, accommodating gentlemen, and
will take great pleasure in showing their goods.
Give them call.
A STRONG CEMENT.-A stravelng agent for
the Old Dominion Cement, drew quite a crowd
about his wagon on Saturday last, by his quaint
speeches. He said that the cement was SO power
full that it could keep man and wife together for
life Why don't he take a ton SO of it to Chi
cago? The married people there need adhesive
power.
BED BUGs.-Josh Billings, the ssnateralist," is
down upon these pests One came snugly es-
conced in an exchange paper all the way from
H..
carpet-baggers of the kinda Northern bed-bug
is worse than Northern philanthropist. we
tried to kill the varmelt, bHt prusc acid was too
mild for it, so, sent it back to its ANXIOUS par
ents.
How IT WonKs-On last Sabbath we attended
the place of worship Of the NJ. E. Church, South,
Town Hall-though the day rainy, the hall
was filed and there were excellent preaching and
singing. Afterwards we dropped in to look at the
crowd at the church. There were in all about ff-
teen persons present-and the solo singing made
solitude eloquent. The church stealing party, it
seems, are poorly backed; they had better shut
up shop.
CHEAP CHARL1E.-Charlie opened his Bazaar
on Saturday night to an appreciative audience
Ills salutatory address was a fine specimen of
knock-dosun argument. The darkies present swal-
lowed every word he uttered as gospel truth
The capacity of their jaws was great enough to
swallow the Peaks of Otter. They wondered and
CAPPED when the auctioneer said he lost on every
thing he sold, and if he didn continue selling he
svould'n mt be able to pay bachelors expenses
BH~We understand that one of the carpet-bag
preachers of the church North persuasion, said
that illegally they were entitled to the Southern
Methodist Church property; but morally they
were not Is it not the duty of minister Of
the gospel to preach that which is moral? Or
does he prefer clinging to that which is simply
legal? We only ask for information, and arc not
particularly DESTROYS that any one should answer
the question: for ethical disputes do not belong to
the local department of any journal.
RIcHMoND.-We refer our readers to the I'D
yertisements of Richmond which appear in this
days issue. Those Of our merchants who have
made up their minds to purchase in Richmond
will find ample qualities and quantities of such
articles as they may need, whilst the dealers are
polite and accomplishing. Should they prefer
extending their business trip to Baltimore, they
will find delightful raute by the way of York
River-excellent fare and beautiful scenery. This
is fully as cheap way of reaching Baltimore as
any, and will give them chance of examining
the stocks of both markets.
THE Town CLocK.-We shlau continue to ham
away at sshis machine until it Asal hammers back
again Its resonance in former times cheered ev-
cry one-now it holds its tongue stuhbornly as
Grant use to do. Can't any coax it to tell US
the time oday? There's tax WATCHES and
every one can't afford to keep watch. People
don't know when to get up in the morning-when
to eat their meals-when to 60 to bed-when the
banks close, or when the cars start In fact we
founder about like a ship without compass or
rudder. So, oil up the old time-piece and charge
it to us.
LEcTURE.-Dr. c. R. Harriss by request, wta
repeat his lecture on ''The influences of the Fire
Arts on the Moral Sensibilities," at the lecture
room of the Methodist Church on Friday night,
the It'll. The price of admission is fixed at 25
cents, the pre- Deeds to be appropriated to the
equipment OF the Augusta flre company. lHe
Harrisonburg papers speak in the highest terms
of this lecture, it having been delivered before
the Lycaum Of that place to large, attentive
and apprecative audience. The doctor is good
lecturer, and has studied the subjest he handles,
with much zeal. There is but little doubt that he
will give us a refined intellectual treat, which is,
in itself, sufficient inducement to pay the small
Misunderstanding nothing Of the claims of that
useful body of young men, the Augusta Fire Com
pany, upon our consideration. We hope there
will be general turn out tomorrow night
BLAKEs SToNEBREAKER--There is wonderful
power in this machine. 1t is designed to break
stone into small fragments, to be used for road
making, railroad ballasting, concrete and other
purposes, and to crush ores or minerals of any
kind. 1t is simple and compact, and being COM
pste in itself, requires no extraneous support or
fixtures. The stone prepared for roads is equal
ly well granulated. ANY kind of stones can be
broken, from the sand stone to the hardest kind
of trap-rock or green stone, with equal certainty,
1t is recommended by many who have tried it as
possessing all the power claimed. The card of
Tanner, Ehbets & Delaney, Richmond agents for