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The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1869-09-29
A COLONIAL MANSION.
A Visit to the Home of the Lees in
irginia--Interesting Reminiscent
ces of its Master in the OIden
Time. '

A correspondent of the Petersburg
(Va.) Index, writing from Hague,
Virginia, gives very interesting ac-
count of his visit, in which he says:
The extensive scale upon which the
old colonial edifces were constructed
by greatly increasing the cost of pre-
serving them in a state of repair, seems
in these times of poverty to threaten
as general ruin upon the cherished
homes of our ancestors as that which
has overtaken their yet more cherish
ed political institutions. This ref1ec-
tion increased our natural desire to see
an old mansion OF historic interest,
and led us in company with nearly a
score of ladies and gentlemen, among
whom were several from your own
city, to brave the power of the sun on
August 20, over fourteen miles of
sandy road, to visit Stratford on the
Potomac river, four miles from West
moreland Court house 1t was mid
day--when we bet eld the towering grove
of sugar maple trees, which betoken,
ed our proximity to the object of our
search. In n few minutes more we
halted before the door of the venerable
mansion and were courteously con-
Quoted up the massive stone steps to
the platform of the same heavy ma
teriaI from which! a wide door admit
ted US into the airy and spacious hail.
Here the carved wainscot and other
devices upon the wall added yet
more vivid impression to the sense of
the antiquity of the place., which we
had received from hurried notice of
the massive walls around the garden,
the enormous brick stable, and other
buildings, as we approached the house.
The formation of the main building is
peculiar, there being, as it were, two
houses sixty feet in length and forty
in width, parallel to each other and
connected by central building thirty
feet square, of which the hall, which
we enter from the front, forms the
chief apartment. Opro ute doors in
the hall open upon passages which
divide the side buildings and termin-
ate upon their sides in out doors, with
balconies in front and staircases to the
ground. There are nineteen rooms in
the house, which for the most part are
very large. Two groups of four Chin
neys each ascend from the centre of
the main building. Railings connect
these chimneys on the top of the
houses, thus. forming two separate OBJ,
servatories for fair weather. The ar
bors and parterres of flowers, which
beautifed the yard in other days, are
not to be seen now; though different
ornaments of another piece remain in
the stately aud wide-spreading beach
and English hickory trees. which af-
ford a most inviting shade. The exact
date of the building of Stratford is not
known to the writer. 1t was early,
however, in the lifetime of Thomas
Lee. President of the Council, who
died about the middle of the last CEN
tury, at the moment when he was COM
as Governor of the colony.
: The office of Richard Henry Zee,
the distinguished son of the protector
L ~
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he sought ME out in my own lodging.
The first visit he paid me at my mar
row quarters! in the Quarter Latin
where I occupied small room in the
Hotel du Jardin des Plantes, was char.
acteristici of the man. After cordial
greeting, he walked straight to what
was then my library-a small book
shelf containing a few classics. the
meanest editions bought for a trifle
along the quay, some works on phi
losophy and history, chemistry and
physics, his own Views Of Nature,
Aristotle's Zoology, Linneu's Systema
Nature, in several editions; Cuvier's
Regne Animal, and quite number of
manuscript quartos, copies which,
with the assistance of my brother, |
had made of works I was too poor to
buy, though they cost but few
frmcs 4 volume. Most conspicuous
ofall were twelve volumes of the new
German Cyclopedia, presented t0me
by the publisher l shall rever for-
get, after his look of magical. interest
and surprise at my little collection,
his halfsarcastic question as he poun-
ced upon the great encyclopedia.
"Was machen Sic denn init dieser
Eselsbrucke ?" What are you doing
with this ass's bridge?-the somewhat
contemptuous name given in Germa-
ny to similar compositions 81 had
not had time" I said, ''to study the
original sources of leornIng and need
a prompt and easy answer to thou
sand questions 1 have, as yet, no other
means Of solving" "-r1.rt essf-.lt -
It was no doubt apparent to him
that / was not over familiar with the
good things of this world, for shortly
afterward received an invitation to
meet him, at 6 o'clock, in the "Gal-
letie Vitree" of the Palais Royal, where
he led me into one of those restaurants
the tempting windows of which [ had
occasionally passed by. When we
were seated, he half laughingly, asked
me whether I would order the dinner.
1 declined the invitation, saying that
we should fare better it he would take
the trouble And for three hours.
which passed like a dream, had him
all to myself. How he examined me
and how much I learned in that short
time? How to work, what to do, and
what to avoid; how to live; how to'dis-
tribute my time; what methods Of
study to pursue-these were the things
of which he talked to me on that de
lightful evening. 1 do not merton
this trivial incident without feeling
that it may seem too familiar for the
occasion; nor should I give it at all,
except that it shows the sweetness and
kindness of -Hnnahaldt,s nature. 1t
was for him to cheer and stimu-
late the student; he cared also to give
a rare indulgence to young man
who could allow himself few luXuries.
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Josh Billings on Hornets.

The hornet is an infamable bugger,
sudden in hiz impreshuns and hasty in
his conclusion, OF end. -..5 -t-,r'- r.
H1z natural aisposishun IL warnin
cross between red pepper in the pod
Iand fusil oil, and hiz moral bais lie, git
out of my way.,3is -a '5sf E3,.--
They hav long, black body, divid-
ed in the middle by a waist spot, but
their PHYSICAL Importance lays in the
terminus ov their suburb, in the shape
ov a javelin. Us r.1 Il IeAltaefi ~ -
This jayelin il always loaded, and
stands reddy to unload ct minnit's S
warnin, and enters man az still az
thought, as spry as litenin, and az full
ov melancholy az the toothakee.s Hao0
Hornets never argya case !; they set
tie awl ev their differences ov opinion
bi letting their javelin fly, and are az
certain tew hit az mule IL.
This testy kritter lives in congregra
shuns numbering about one hundred
souls, but whether they are male or
female, or conservative, or matched in
bonds Of wedlock, or whether. they are
Mormons, and good many ov them
klub together and keep one husband
few save expense, don't kno nor don't
kare. ga. .i. .eia j i.
I never hav examined their habits
mutch, never considered it helthy. r,
Hornets bid their nests wherever
they take a noshun to, and seldom are
disturbed, for what would it profit a
man. tew kill 80 hornets and have the
one hundredth one hit him with his
javelin a aa s-aT "a
They bid their nest Of paper, with
out emmy windows to them or back
doors. They hev but one place ov ad-
mission, and the nest IL the shape of
an overgrown pineapple, and is cut up
to just as many bedrooms az their IL
hornets. 759 fl s4. gg. iaEE S
1t is very simple tew make hornets
nest if you can, but will argue emmy
man 800 dollars he kant bid one that
he can sell tew a hornet for half price
Hornets ar. az bizzy as their sekand
couzzins, the bee, but what they are
al I Al -I--..'
The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1869-09-29
OUR DAYS.
BY MRS. NJ. A, KIDDER.

Our days are most uncertain days,
Some cloudy and some sunny,
Some given up to making friends, f-
And some to making money. ,u--s
A few are happy, joyous days, f.. ..
But these are much too rare, -
When we in all true faith build up
Our castles in the air. =. ~
And there are days of retrospect, '-
When shadows come before, ;Ir. o..
When we retire within ourselves, .r.-
And softly shut the door.
A lock of hair, some faded lines,
= To heart and memory dear, -'.- 1''.
VIII often change to thoughtful days
z e Our pleasant days of cheer. sy..!a# :
..fsf a. m-rs..ltas ilH .-~rga .r,, a .
And there are days-oh, listen not, .,,,
Sweet angels up above y
When passion rankles in our breast,
C. And not drop of love- -f'a'
When all our steps seem downward step:
And sinful all our ways; r.; aE.--. -ia
And these we call, and we'll we may, -
Our dark and evil days. : ....
But then we have our blessed days,
The sweetest of the seven
The days of love and peace and joy,
Ruled DER by peace and Heaven. Ell.
So may our future days like these lie.
By fostering love be blcst,
Until on yonder golden shore
We find our day of Restl ...
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NapoIeon's Coat of Mali

Just before NapoleoR set out for
Belgium (before the battle of Water
| loo, he sent for the cleverest artisan
of his class in Paris, and demanded
of him whether he would engage to
make coat of mail to be worn under
the,ordinary dress, VIII ca should be
absolutely bullet-proof; and that if so,
he might name his own price for such
work. The man engaged to make
the desired object, if allowed proper
time, and Re named Is 000f as the
price of it. The bargain was conclu-
ded, and in due time the work was
produced, and the artisan was honor
ed with a second audience of the En-
peror. sfNow'' said his Imperial Ma
iesty, ''put it on" The man did so.
GAS am to stake my life on its eff
cacy, you will, I suppose, have no OBJ,
lection to do the sarne?' and he took
a brace of pistols, and prepared to
discharge one at the astonished artists
breast. There was no retreatit1g, and
half dead with fear, he stood the fire;
and to the infinite credit of his work,
with perfect impunity. But the En-
peror was not content with one trial;
He fired the second pistol at the back
of the artist, and afterwards, discharg-.
ed fowling piece at another part of
him. with similar effect. "Well," said
the Emperor, t'you have produced a
capital work, undoubtedly. What is''
to be the price of it2" Eighteen
thousand francs were named as the
agreed sum-" 'sThere is an order
for them, sBid the Emperor; "and
there is an other for an equal sum, for.
the fright have given yoa.
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DAVID BRYTE.

Cooper, near Rector's Mill, South Ashland.
Keeps on hand a large supply of stock and
materials and is ready to sapply any de-
mand for Cooper work on short notice. lit
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G.. G. Fl. SCHNEIDER,

Baker and Confectioner, Dealer in choice
family Groceries, Flours, provisions, Fruits,
Notions, &c, Bread, Crackers, Fancy and
Ornamental Cakes and Candies, at whole
sale and retail. Main St., Ashland Ohio
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zo..;.,.,sH. s. SEE,

Attorney at Law, Fire and Life Insurance
Agent, and. Notary Public Particular at
.ention paid TO collecting, Probate business
Partition cases' and execution. of. deeds,
mortgages and contracts. Office in Miller's
block, second story, Main street, Ashland,
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FRAZEE & sToFER,

Dealers in groceries, provisions, crockery,
glassware, wood and willow ware, salt, fish,
butter and eggs, and country produce gen
orally. Old stone corner, corner of main
and church streets.
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81. F. VANTILBURG.

Jeweler and Siiversmith, one door west of
the First National Bank, Ashland. Gold
and Silver Watches, and splendid assort-
ment of Fine Jewelry, kept constantly on
hands. Repairing done to order, on short
no'lee' 5lL 20 III .d lvol.zAnO
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PILE & KNOTH,

Dealers in stoves, tin, Copper, brass and
sheet iron ware. Particular attention paid
to roofing and spouting. Manufacturers OF
the Automatic Clothes Washer, 1 door
east Miller House. .sl . ..-f-,as
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PHOTOGRAPHERS.
NJ. III. MANSFIELD,

NJ. II. MANSFIELD,
Sole manufacturer of Mansfeld's celebrated
Clover Hullers and Threshers, the best in
the world. They threslI, hull and clean
from Is to 75 bushels per day. Factory be-
low Brumpter's.
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J. H. KELL,

Photographer. All kinds of work done
from card to life size. Particular attention
paid to enlarging Ambrotypes and Photo
graphs. Rooms two doors east of LIST Nat
Bank
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CABINET WARE.
C. F. & C. EPPLER,

Manufacturers of and dealers in cabinet
furniture and chairs. A first class stock al
ways on hand, at their ware rooms south
side of main street, east of Times Office.
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"A hon at Clinton, Massachusetts,,
was lately released from accidental
solitary confinement Of fifty-eightdays,
Without food or water, and came OUT,
br;obf ond Iively
The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1869-09-29

We have the best facilities for print
ing wedding and cotillion cards.
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iaaoIs Hofi,Nt 31nEFR;Eg
CARRIAGES.


-Lssa & CO.,ss1oss -,
Proprietors of the Ashland Carriage Facto-
~, old stand of Ames & Leach, Sandusky
street. A very large stock of the best made
work in the country, consisting of Car
The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1869-09-29

Stated meetings of Ashland Chapter, No.
167, r. A. NJ, held at lodge rooms in Mil
ler's Block, first Tuesday in each month.
- ..,s - s..afI .-s J. McCOOL, H. p.
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J. P: cowANi NJ. - b. MYERS, N. D.
Physicians and Surgeons. office over Citi-
zens,Rank, Ashland, Ohio -sssz5 rs ---
N. BT4Dr, Myers having taken a thor
ough 1nanrse, of instructions, under Prof.
Flint at Bellevue Hospital, n. Y. on diseas-
es of the Heart and Lungs, will give parti
ular attention to the tfeatmehtbf the came
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orA-E.,FOLTZ, NJ D.

Physician and Surgeon, Ashland Ohio, Of
fers his professional services to the public.
Office and residence on Church street, End
1oor, north of Post Office. Particular atten-
tom paid to the. treatment of chronic dis
eases = sss-' ~ So SC i-i-s.'r 20 lts Cd .--
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-. .MoCOMBS & CURTIS. ,a 3.
Attorneys and Counsellers at Law, Ashland
ohio. Office in Bank building, over Bees
Hardware store.
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HARDWARE.
SAbIPSEL & co.
MASONIC.

Stated meetings of Ashland Lodge No. 151
F. & A. NJ, held at Lodge room in Miller's
Block on Fridays. preceding the full moon
of each month.
ri a.- S. G. BUSHNELL, w. NJ.
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DRUGGISTS.
PANCOAST & SON,

Druggists and dealers in Perfumery, Wall
paper, Notions, &C., main street, Ashland.
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Rates of Advertising Advanced

/! One square, one week,
Each subsequent insertion, less than
| three months
One square, three months, changea-
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One square, six months, changeable n
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Yearly advertisements three squares
/ Vone year, 2l,OO
Yearly advertisements oursquares
Business cards, five lines or less, one 20
! year, - y - I q = ~ . q GOO
Administrations, Executors and Guar
..oI dian Notices, ,'t....4 -5,j st,A 200
Probate Notices, 7rf-r,- 200
All Editorial and Local Notices, per q =.
line = -,1 = Is
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uder the Head of Special Notices and
Double column advertisements will be-
charged so per.ct. in addition to the above
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RESTAURANTS.
CHARLES KNOTu-

Lunch, Hot Coffee, Choice Meats, Oysters,
Pies and Cakes, and the luxuries of the
season always ON hand. Sells no intoxicat-
ing drinks Restaurant on south side main
street, west of McNulty house. .@s7'-}-a-
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FREDERICK BoCKLEY.

Saloon, and dealer ia family groceries
provisions and notions. Fresh stock and
cheap. Store north side of main street.
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:.,sg0aaMcCARTY NJ. Rss~ a.. =
Physiciano & Surgeons Polk, Ohio. VIII
pay SPeefat attention. to the treatment of
chronic diseasess ON Saturday Of each, week,
st his0EIlSey p 1EEE egsLEE
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PHYSICIANS.

GEORGE w: HILL, NJ. d.. ..;,- l-- Z.
Physician and Surgeon, Ashland, Ohio.
Particular attention will be paid to the
reatment of the following special diseases :
Dyspepsia disease of the Liver, the Kid
noys and Scrofula.
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JACOB WEISENSTEIN.

Saloon, Lunch, Pies, Cakes, Crackers,
Cheese, Native Wines. Al lso choice stock
of Family Groceries. Cheap Store and
Lunch rooms north side of main ST., East
of BushnelPs Block. -t
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JOHN D. JONES,

Attorney at Law, Ashland. Particular at
tention paid to collecting and business in
Probate court. :. Office on church street, be-
tween Main and Sandusky.. -s,.s--.,s =,
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CLOTHING.
d. s. SAMPSEL & SON,

Dealers in ready made Clothing, Cloths, Cas-
simeres, -Yalises, Umbrellas, Gents Furn-
ishing Goods, and manufacturer of Mems
Clothing. Store in Miller House block.
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LAWYERS.
i. Ri..,M.G:A3MpBELL,

attorney at Law, Ashland, Ohio, will at
end promptly to all legal business entrust-
al to his care. Bankrupt cases in U. 5.
;ourt will receive special attention.
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JOHN J. JACOBS,

Attorney at Law, Ashland, Ohio. All
kinds of business belonging to the profession
promptly Intended tos Office, opposite First
National Bank, up stairs. ~
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:. = IT. S. HUNTER. NJ. D.

Ashland Ohio, Office over Sampsel & Cos
Hardware Store. Special attention given
to surgery1 and the treatment of chronic
diseases on. Monday and Saturday of each
yeeasi1sod S3T o y ,5lnGE - p" g@i
% Te1 a1S0S ill e o.
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MEAT MARKETS.

- - ,..,.s, G. j. SAAL, ~, -. q. ..
ButGhers,. and dealers in fresh Beef Pork,
Veal and Mutton. Meat market South side
Main st., three doors West of the McNulty
House. sEOEEE1 ,I1ZEBy-E 8fg
.aEHTs Z-tEEL.rsL - = 20 r---
JOHN MILLER,
Butcher and dealer III Fresh meats Of all
kinds, Dried Beet, and Bologna. Meet
market at his old stand, tasehient-of Mil
ler's Block opposite the Town Hall.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1869-02-11
RECEIPT YOUR BILL.
ORANGE, ALEXANDRIA, AND Ma
NASSAS r. E.

HN AND AFTER TUESDAY, December 29,
1868, one daily passenger train will ran
between WASHINGTON & LYNCHB URG,
connecting at GORDONSVILLE with the Vir,
ginia Central Railroad to RICHMOND and
COVINGTON at LYNCHBURG for West and
Southwest, and at WASHINGTON for the
North and Northwest.
Through tickets and baggage checked to all
prominent points.
Leave Washington daily at $50 a. NJ, and
Alexandria at 7.l5 a. M, arriving at Lynch
burg at A. 20 p. m.
Leave Lynchburg at a. ~, arrive at Alex
andria at OBS p. M, and at Washing ton at
$40 p. IN.
A train for Manassas Branch will leave
Alexandria daily, excepting Sunday, at 955
a. M, arriving at Strasburg al 800 p NJ, and
at Harrisonburg at p. m. Eastward, leave
Harrisonburg at 5.45 a. NJ, arriving at
Alexandria at 2.S7 p. M, connecting with the
train from Washington to Baltimore at D. "A.
The train leaving Baltimore at Z a. m. con-
meets with the morning train to Harrisonburg
and intermediate points.
Passengers from Washington and Alcxandria
to Winchester will find this q comfortable and
quick route, involving only Is miles staging,
in pleasant coaches, over the Valley Turnpike,
arriving at Winchester at p. m.
Freight Trains run daily, Sunday excepted)
making all rail connections from New York,
Philadelphia and Baltimore to all points on
this road as well as South and Southeast
J. NJ. BROADUS,
Jan. l, 1863 General Ticket Agent
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1869-02-11
CHOW Chilly the Evenings in DC tober!

This is a common remark, vet how few think
of the danger of exposing themselves to their in
fuence? In all low, marshy localities Ague and
Fever prevail. at this season of the year. In this
disease there is invaribly more or less derange
ment of the liver and digestive organs. The rem
edies usually resorted to have reference to pre-
venting the paroxysm or breaking up the chill
If this is effected without removing the cause,
relapse is inevitable. HOSTETTER'S STOM-
ACH BlTTERS strike directly at the foundation
OF the evil, by acting the liver and correcting
digestion. The cause being removed, the parox-
ysm will cease, and the chills cannot return
When the patient is weak and debi itated, the
BITTERS should be resorted to, as they will
strengthen and tone the stomach, allay all ner-
vous Irritation, ank infuse renewed animation I'M
to the hitherto dropping spirits, without entailng
the danger of reaction.
HOSTETTER'S STOMACH BITTERS is
truly preventive medicine, rendering even the
feeblest frame impervious to all malorous infuen-
ces and, as stomachic and anti-billious medi-
cine it is incompatible, and, no one who values
his health can afford to do without it. Fortify
the system with this inestimable tonic and invig-
GRANT, and the ssChills of October Evenings" will
ha We no terror for you.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1869-02-11

Tor village that would seem to have been passed
by Id the wonderful race of the worlds progress.
This journal is edited and published by a native
Of the town, Jas. 8. Trout, Esq.,, who brings to
the discharge of his editorial responsibilities a
well-balanced and highly cultivated intellect and
vigor and sprightliness not always exhibited by
conductors Of the press in ssthe rural dstricts"-
Mr.. 7. has, until recently, been assisted in the
management Of his paper by John Gatewood,
ESQ.,, now connected with the "OLD COMMON
WEALTH." of Harrisonburg. We were gratified
to learn that the "Herald's" devotion to the best
interests of Virginia is appreciated and
is being rewarded by steady increasing patron
age. 1t is sustained cordiallyby the good peo-
pie of Shenandoah and the adjoining counties,
and is scarcely fair. type of the seeming decay
and ''inish" of the town in which it is publish ed.
In fact, its vigor and its life to evidences
that quiet, hospitable old Woodstock is not dead
but only sleeping and will soon wake up and i'm
prove and enjoy the advantages with which "the
God of Nature" has surrounded it,