The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1869-03-05

tion 70 read manuscript. None but one VINO
can come well recommended need apply.
Eebruaryl2, 1859.
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1t isa remarkable fact that the VEN
cradles Ro Ridgway and Alex. AcDon-
aid tried hard to become our great
zrandfathers. They both courted our
great grandmother, the then widow
Catherine Durrill, and were both KICK
ed by her in the self same hour. rms
remarkable event occurred in the year
1912. ia the front porch OF the Durrill
Mansion in King George. Messrs Ridg-
why and Mcdonald had scarcely left
the house before our maternal great
grandfather, the Rev. Jeduthan Bees
wax Browne, of the Piankitank Circuit,
rode up, courted the fair widow right
away, aud was accepted. Hinc alas
squibbas.
A veteran virginian publishes card
An which he shows that the sport OF cock
f;ohtinp is improving, and that eating
the eggs of game CHICKEN makes men
plucky, puncfiious, and sensitive for Their
honor.
We have contracted with highly re-
spectacle, enterprising and regular
game hen in Nansemond to furnish .
dozen of her most reliable eggs to each
ofour dear, delinquent subscribers.
A girl in Paris who has.neither arms
nor feps, sews very nicely, embrolders,
and writes with her lips and teeth.
Why here is the very identical woman
that Southall has been looking for for
nifty five years.
tn. Philadelphia Press tells as what
the members of the present CABINET
propose to do after the 4th OF March
Seward is still ambitious, and Will I'M
dertake new role as tourist and naVi-
gator.
NJ. Seward will correspond exc'u-
siycly with this paper. Mr.. Andy
johnson will also contribute series OF
valuable papers on the art OF cutting
out blue broadcloth coat-tails. We EEK
pect to pay heavily Tor these contribu-
lions. DO you hear, subscrbers9
well-known California freshman,
named James NJ. Quinn, has turned out
co be an Irish Earl. The papers, prov
Ing his right TO his title and his estate,
were preserved for many years by an
old negress IN Charleston. Quinn is
about to sail with lawyer to claim his
heritage. He will be the Earl OF Dunn
raven.
1t will be a quintillion OF years be-
fore Quinn will be done ravin' about
Dunnraveu. Mark the prediction.
new law in Cincinnati prohibits
he.operation Of comhiereiai agents OF
udrummers' in that city, A travelling
agent of Anew York hat and cap es-
tablishtnent has just been fined sou and
costs. and another agent double that
amount.
"Dru,nmersr are the worst enemies
newspapers have. But we like many
of them very much-Old Cab and 9TH
ers for example.
Brigham Young has fixed the length
of M ormon ladies dresses. They ex-
tend to the top OF their shoes.
Fixed 'em with pair Of scissors stolen
from the Enquirer office.
The Commercial of indianapolis re-
marks that the lecture profession a,
bout "played out" in that ioc8Ii.y, anu
In the West generally. The Fat Con-
trihutor. Mark Twain. and Du Chaillu
have heeu failures in Indianapolis.
Let this be warning to you, Bagby'
The Turks are always snappish and
surlv during their seasons OF popular
fasting. They eat, at such times, only
after sunset, and they are then gooa
natured enough.
All empty -stomached men are Turks.
The "Widows' Wood Society OF
Portland. Maine, has been i'll operation
for more than W years.
The "Widows' Would five Could So
cietyn has been in operation all over
the world for 5000 years.
nHe, Robert K. Lee) "proved not to
he above the miserable Southern weak
ness of going with his State which
took him out of the lists of genuine he
ro,sm foreyer.n-Fool in Atlantic Month
Didst thou never hear, 0 Ass! OF the
-..patriot Tell, the Bruce OF Bannock-
burn ?"
We congratulate the Petersburg Elk
nress. Il has secured Prof. Ernest La
gade as its local editor, A quick, bright
cultivated, true-heArted gentleman he
will nroye n most valuable accession
Your hand, Ernest, and infinite success
TO you in the "gliardee diutes."
We know what's the matter with tins
country, It's got the rings-'e0'7n'
Mr.. c. F. Roper, the agent OF 'nose
excellent and cheap English publIca'
tions. "The ChiIdren's Friend" and
.The Infants Magazine" has his office
at No. G33 Broadway, N, Y. Address
him there. Recoliect his magazines are
only rs cts. each a year; beautifully
nrinted and illustrated, TOO.
NP Mr.. Geo. l.. Waring, to whom
the American public are indebted foI
the republication of Rev. Mr.. houle''
discovery of Earth Closets (see Farm
and Garden in to-day's issue) tells OF