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Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1870-07-05
Shun ARectatiou.

There is nothing more beautiful in tho
young than simplicity of character. 1t is
honest, frank, and attractive How different
is alfectation The simple minded arc always
natural They are at the same time original.
The affected are never natural. AS for origi-
nafity, if they ever had it, thoy have crushed
it out and buried it from sight, utterly. Bp
yourself, then. young friend To attempt to
be anybody else is worse than folly. 1t is an
impossibility to attain it. 1t is cOntOmPtiblo
to try! But suppose you could succeed in
Initiating the greatest man that ever figured
in history, would that make you any better p?
By no means You would always suffer in
comparison with the initiated one, and be
thought of only rs a shadow OF n substance
the echo of a real sound-the counterfeit
of pure coin DIR. johnson nptly compared
the heartless imitator-for such IL he who
affects the character Of anoiher-to the EN-
press of Russia, when she did the freakish
thing of erecting palace Of ice. Il was
splendid and conspicuous while it lasted
But the sun soon melted it, and caused its
attractions to dissolve into common water,
while the humble stone cottages Of her SUBJ
jects stood firm and unmarried? Let the
fabric Of your character, though ever so
humble, be at least real. Avoid affecting
the character OF another, however great
Build up your own. BE what God intended
you to be-yourself, and not somebody else.
Shuu aGectation.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1870-07-05

- Many child goes astray not because
there is want of prayer or virtue at home,
but simply because home lacks sunshine q
child needs sunshine as much as flowers need
sunbeams. Children look little beyond the
present moment. Ifa thing pIeases they are
apt to seek it; if it displeases they are prone
to avoid it, IF home is the place where faces
are sour, and words harsh, and fault finding is
ever in the ascendant, they will spend as ma
ny hours as possible elsewhere. Let every
father and mother. then, try to be happy
Let them talk to their children, especially the
little ones, in such way as to make them
happy.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1870-07-05
POLITICAL.
LITTLE FEET.

In castle halls, or cottage homes
wherever guileless childhood roams,
o, there Is nothing half 30 sweet
As busy tread of little ieet.
The signing Breeze, the oceans roar,
The purpling rill, the organ's power
All STIR the soul, but none SO deep
As tiny tread of flittle feet.
When forth we go at early morn,
To meet the world and brave its scorn,
Adown the garden walks neat,
We see the prints of little feet
At eve, when homewar1 we repair,
With aching limbs and brow of care,
The voices ring out clear az sweet
Then comes the rush of little feet.
The knives are lost, the dishes stray,
The tools are spirited away,
and when We go the lost to seek,
We take the trail of little feet.
But when the angel death hath come
And called the fiow'rets from our homoJ
Oppressive silence reigns complete;
We miss the sound of little feet.
Then tools nre safe. no dishes stray,
No doors go slamming all the day;
But o, 'twonld give us pleasure sweet,
To hear again those noisy feet.
Soft night ha tn come; all are asleep,
Yes, ali but me, vigil keep.
Hush hush my heart, and cease to beat,
Was that the steP Of little feet9
Yes, mother, 'tis the softcned tread
ofhim you nliss and mourn as dead,
And often in your sweetest sleep,
You'll dream ofhearing little feet.
And when this pilgrimage is Ger,
Aud you approach that blissful shoreJ
The first to run your soul to greet,
Will be your darling7s little feet.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1870-07-05
How Monkeys are Caught.

The following plan to catch monkeys beats
the old trick of peIting the same animals with
stones to make them pick cocoa nuts:
Monkeys are such cunning creatures, that
one would suppose them much more difficult
to catch than other wild animals. Pitfalls
will take lion, and the famished monarch of
the forest will, after a few days starvation,
dart into cage containing food, and thus be
secured But how are monkeys caught P
The ape family resemble man. Their vices
are human. They love liquor aud fall. In
Darfour and SEMINAR the natives make fer
mented beer of which the monkeys are pas
sionately fond Aware of this, the natives
90 to the parts of the forests frequented by
the monkeys, and set on the grOund calabashes
full of the enticing liquor. as soon as the
monkey sees and tastes it, he utters loud cries
of Joy that soon attract his comrades Then
an orgie begins, and in short time the beasts
show all degrees of iDtoxication. Then the
negroes appear The drinkers are too far
gone to mistrust them, but apparently take
them for larger species of their own genius.
The negroes take some up, and these immedi-
ately begin to weep and cover them with
mnudlin' kisses. When negro takes one by
the hand to lead him of, the nearest monkey
will cling to the one who thus finds support,
and endeavors to 90 off also. Another will
grasp him, and so on, till TIE negro leads
staggering line of ten or dozen tipsy mon
keys. When finally brought to the village
they are securely Gagged and gradually sober
down, but for two or three days a gradually
diminishing supply of liquor is given them,
SO as to reconcile them by degrees to their
state of captivity.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1870-07-05

County PAPERs.-We beg to remind our
Democratic friends in every section of the
State of the very important duty of giving the
Democratic paper printed in their own county.
a liberal support. 1t is no less matter of
party policy than matter Of duty to the pub
fishers, that you do this. County papers con-
tain many items of interest to citizens of the
vicinity in which they are published, that
will naturally cause them to be read even by
men Of the opposite politics. The reader be.
comes interested in the paper, naturally drinks
in some of its teachings.
Give your own county papers a generous
support, and the publishers will give you
paper, we'll worthy of general circulation
We feel like calling earnestly upon the Dem.
ocratic Committees and liberally>disPosed
Democrats in every county in which paper
of their own party faith is published, to take
immediate steps to place it in the hands of ey-
cry man in their respective counties who will
read it WheeliMg Register
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1870-07-05

FLoURIsH1Nd.-About eighteen months
ago, Mr.. Daniel Dechart, Editor of the Ha>
gerstown Nail, bought large tract of land
in Halifax County, Virginia, at low figure.
He seems to have made nice speculation, as
shown by the following extract from letter
written to the editor of the Lancaster A.tel-
hgencer
"I wish you would run down and see me
this summer while am at my farm. There
is plenty of fine fishing there: 1 expect my
crops this year to net me not less than s1O,-
GOO, and they may reach $4,000. L will
make 1900 bushels of wheat, 1000 barrels
of corn 6 bushels to the barreD about 5,OOO
bushels of oats, 10 tons of broom corn (be-
sides the seed) and about $4,000 worth of to-
bacco. 1 begin to see more money in farm
ing South than in printing in Maryland, and
am preparing to locate permanently on my
plantation"
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1870-07-05

VALUABLE PnEsENTs.-some one speak
ing of presents, says: '.The best thing to give
your enemy is forgiveness toyour opponent,
tolerance to a friend, your heart; to your
chiIdreu. a good example to your father,
Difference to your mother, love to yourself,
respect; to all men, charity to God, ODE
dienee"
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1870-07-05

The other day Molecule prOpounded the
following to Atom: "a boy said TO gen.
tleman, s.my father and mother have daugh-
ter. but she. is not my sister,, Now how do
You explain that 2" Atom reflected, but in
vain At length Atom was forced to give it
up. "Wby, its simple enough, said Molecule,
with an exasperated smile, 1.-The boy lied"
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1870-07-05

"A colony of HoIIauders, consisting of
+ro hundred families, is about to locate in
Sioux county, Iowa. The first installment of
twenty five families has arrived-one hundred
are on the way, and the balance are expected
shortly
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1870-07-05

DICKENS on DEATn.-Mr. Dickens made
one Of his finest allusions TO death when he
wrote as follows: 1.-THE golden ripple on tho
wall came again, and nothing else stirred in
the room. The old, fashion that come in
with our first garments. and will last un-
changed until our race has run its course, and
the wide armament is rolled up Ike scroll.
The old. old fashion-Death :"
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1870-07-05

The fellow who was told that the best
cure for the palpitation Of the heart was to
stop hugging and kissing the girls, said "lf
posed, say, let 'er Palpitate-"
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1870-07-05

the effect of the whole, bear decided slml-
larity. Yet Dickens never displays pomp, as
Webster always does the one produces his
greatest effects as it were unconsciously-
the other is Jupiter laundering from high
Olympus
Charles Dickens has gone down to the grave
with seventy>fve millions of people mourning
for his loss. England and America, jealous
and envious of each other as they are in
matters of politics, seeking for opportunities,
as they both do, to get the better of each other
in the march of mower and governmental ag>
grandisement, still recognize the claims ofthis
poor reporter of London paper, from the
cofins of whose ancestors no musty heraldry
was dug up at his birth to add lustre tokhe
name of the infant scion of that line of
glorious heroes, whose pedigree was made by
themselves, and whose lineage is traced to the
creations of their own genius. Both coun-
tries unite to do honor to one who, by diligent
work, ceaseless application to the calling he
embraced, high talents and prodigious genius,
has left name to mankind which will rank
with its greatest heroes, with its Aristotle,
Sophoces, Tacitus and Cicero, of the ancients;
and its Sir Thomas Moore, Bacon, Shakes
peare, Milton, Congreve, Swift, Byron and
Scott, of the modern world.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1870-07-05

-"Why, Hans, you have the most femi-
nine cast of feature I ever seen" s'Oh, YAH"
replied Hans, 81 know the reason-mins
moder vas a voomans."
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1870-07-05

A darkey gives the following reason
why the colored race is superior to the white
race: "AlI men are made of clay, and Ike
the meerscham pipe they are more valuable
when highly colored -
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1870-07-05

The licentious never love aud when
even levity prepoIderates, there seldom is any
pure and ardent passion.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1870-07-05
REMOVAL.
BARBER SALOON.

ylJ HEN you wish a pleasant Shave,
w As good as Barber ever gave,
Call on me, at my Saloon.
Morning, eve or busy noon;
Or any time when you can stay,
And not in a hurry to go away
My rooms are neat. my towels clean,
My sciZzors sharp, my razors keen;
And move true hand
As any artist in the land.
Your Clothes I'll clean in quickest time,
And warrant them good as prime.
Come one and all both great and small,
And will try to shave you all.
June 7, lST0-ly. JAMES E. BRADY.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1870-08-09

Under existing circumstances, this is a
very weak argument, and should have
but little weight with the people of Adj
Olson, Rutland and Bennington counties
for very soon after Congress meets a new
apportionment will BE- made which will give
Vermont but two representatives, and me-
cessitate new districting the State. When
this is done the mountain will undoubted-
~ furnish the dividing line between the
districts, and we shall no longer be in
the same district with Washington coun.
ty therefore, if Mr.. Willard is relieved,
he can expect nothing further from us,
and we should he in the same condition
as though we allowed another district to
choose our representative for us. In
short, Mr.. Willard will not hereafter be
identified with US for whatever course he
might pursue. 1t cannot be claimed that
we have no man equal to Mr.. Willard in
ability to represent us, for there are sever
al hundred men in the counties of Add.
son Rutland and Bennington, who are his
superiors in intellect, and would more
ably represent us.
Rutland county will probably be united
their difference having been settled
upon new man from that county. They
will, I am informed, present the name o.
Henry Clark, Esq, of Rutland, to the
Convention, and request his nomination
Mr.. Clark is young man of ability, ant
is well known to the people of Vermont
What say you, Mr. Editor, will Addison
county wheel into line with Rutland an(
nominate Mr.. Clark d? VOTER.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1870-08-09

The striped snakes are relentlessly GO
ing for the potato bugs in Illinois, and
the farmers fear they can't harvest half
a crop.
The returning tide-l20O Cinnamon
left San Francisco for home last week.
They were all potted, however, having
died while constructing the Pacific Rail-
road.
A risky youth of 63, at Erie, Pa. has
ensnared the affections of gushing
maiden Of "A, and they have eloped.-
Their parents are mad about their mar
rying so young.
The boys in Oshkosh, Wis, don't be-
lieve that the hoary head is crown of
glory, and pour alcohol on old mems hats
and set fire to them. It's real fun.
On this side of the Atlantic the war
fever is observed to be dying out, but
when the dying begins on the other
side it will revive.
In the lack Of other amusements out
at Kankakee, this season, Mr.. Horton,
accused of horse stealing, was hung, the
other day, before refined and enthusi-
astic audience of fifteen hundred ladies
and gentlemen.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1870-08-09
District
Committee.
W. C. DUNTON,
HENRY LANE,
CHARLES NJ. BIISS.

e. By the courtesy of A. j. Jones,
ESD, Of West Cornwall, we have before
us copy Of the New York Morning Post
of the date. Nov. I. 1873, nearly 81 years
ago. 1t was semi-weekly paper, pub
lished Tuesdays and Fridays, by Morton
4 Horner. 1t was four column sheet,
about the size of deny paper, in plea and
long primer type, with little minion.
1t was about the close of the war of the
Revolution, and nearly two columns OF
the advertisements consisted of orders
from the Commanding General, and q
proclamation by Sir Guy Carleton, and
Robert Digby. commanders the British
navy, who were in New York after peace
was declared. There were only about
FIVE columns of reading matter, the whole
of which would be compressed into two
columns of any of the New York dalies
of the present time Among the articles
in this issue are, "Gen. Washington's
Farewell address to the Armies Of the
United States" 1.-The Tory's Soliloqui,
Extract of letter from gentleman
from Fishkill," Shipping news, &c. The
very great advance in journalism in the
last 81 years is clearly shown in the con-
trast between this sheet and the mammoth
sheets of to-day. And the business o.
the country has made an equal advance
as shown in the advertisements.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1870-08-09
Odds and Ends.

Ignorance and vice are the only things
Of which we need be ashamed.
1t is extremely rude to answer yes, or
no, to anybody without adding sir, or
madam.
Be graceful in your manners.
Always look people in the face, when
you speak to them it is disrespectful not
to do it.
Be not ashamed of asking questions, if
such questions lead to information.
Why are some persons so taciturn; is
it from ignorance, because they know not
what to say or from pride, because they
will not condescend to miugle with those
about them
Be kind, pleasant and loving to your
equals be meek, courteous and affabe to
your inferior.
Modesty is Il polite accomplishment,
and generally attendant upon merit.
OF all vices none is more criminal
more mean and more ridiculous than ~
ing.
Civiity is particularly due to all We
men.
Obedience to parents is expressly re-
quired of children in the fifth command
ment.
Mr.. Lepsic, of Ohio, put blast at the
bottom Of a deep well, and before he
could get out it went off 1t raised him
and half ton of hard pan, without any
hauling up.
When Admiral Farragut was in Eu-
rope he delighted the Duchess of Somer-
est by calling her "my dear fellow" She
thought him awful jolly"
: A young Bluenose induced woman to
leave her husband and set up housekeep-
ing with him. The same evening he
stepped out for few moments, and re.
turning, saw the rightful husband driving
off with his repossessed property. IIc
, VOWS vengeance.
A Long Branch correspondent says oil
, the walters: fee, | fee, fee, fec
; them all the time, and the consequence i,
| get whatever | want but there ar,
people down here who don't Mre, quit,
|, so much as |, and the consequence i.
they have to suck lemons in their rooms
and suffer gnawing at their vitals"
| Another man has turned up who il
! ninety years Of age who never rode oil
} the cats and never chewed tobacco
This time he belongs in Gambia, n. II.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1870-08-09

The benefits of that atonement may also
be lost by a fatal decision, or failure to
decide.
A successful human lite was pictured
one that dscerns the critical points,
that knows where and when the crises
come, the cardinal passages that involve
destiny, aud knowing, uses its knowledge
for good, to the extent Of an enlarged
capacity. The successful life was con-
trasted with n failure, under the figure of
vessel in the gale, in which the golden
opportunity was lost and the stars of hope
went down and were seen no more.
These crises, the decision Of Which 80
frequently determines our Who'll future
character and destiny. in this life md the
next, occ ir most often in youth. These
turning points, the all-shaping choices,
come early and never again. II is then
that the profession is chosen. friendships
are contracted, alliances formed-those
vital relationships, place, profession, mar
riage, life-work, aim and style, wealth,
social standing, political relations, and
usually the spiritual character, arc deter
mined. 1t is far wiser to see to it now
what we may be and possess,than in later
life, to reflect upon and lament the posi-
bilities of the past, now forever gone from
us.
The address to the graduating class
was an earnest and loving application and
enforcement of this practical lesson
They were urged to recognize and make
practical use Of the truth set forth-this
once-for-all condition which enters 80 per.
emptorily into our life. They we're re.
minded of the many crises which cluster
around the college course and the begin.
ming of professional or business life, and
the great Importance of starting rightly
In the course of the address he recalled
with much apparent feeling some remin
iscences of student years and noted the
influence of those memories upon after
life, and closed with an earnest appeal t.
the young men to make the most Of thest
opportunities for this life and the future
and invoked Heavens richest blessing
upon them.
We have only attempted to give al
outline of the discourse, for the benefit o
those who were unable to be present, ant
we are aware that it is but imperfect,
done.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1870-08-09

TnE WAR.-A battle at Weissenbourg
resulted in victory for the Prussians
where several hundred men and one gun
were taken. Gen. Dauay was killed. On
the 9th the Prussians pursued their ad.
vantages vigorously, routed the French
under Marshal Mcmahon, and frightened
the Empress and war ministers into de-
claring Paris in state of seige. The
following reports by cable give an idea
of the resell.
9TH, 4 a. IN. Zen. Gobf reports con-
corning the fight west of Saarbrucksd.--
Many hundreds of prisoners were taken.
From these we gather that Forssard's
corps was engaged. Our force in the &C.
ton was four divisions Night alone put
an end to the fighting. The enemy covered
his retreat by heavy fire of artillery
Gen. Francois is dead. The loss is heavy
on both sides. The number of officers Of
the enemy killed is especially large.
The Prince Royal reports Aug. 9th
evening-In the battle in which VIC de-
feated Mcmahon, whose corps had been
reinforced by divisions from the corps Of
Failly and Canrobert, we have taken two
eagles, six mitrailleurs, and at least four
thousand prisoners. Gen. Baze was
wounded. The loss was great on both
sides.
The French Emperor has withdrawn
his entire defence of Paris. His losses
have been enormous. The Prussians
overlook the retreating French forces ear
y on Saturday morning west of Saar-
brucken, near the Spiehren Hills. Gen
Kamers commenced the attack, supported
by General Barnakeu and Stupnazel.-
General Won Goeben ultimately assumed
the command. The action was severe
A position at which the French endea.
vored to make stand, during their re.
treat, was carried by the Prussians at the
point of the bayonet. This battle is known
as that of Hagenant.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1870-08-09

solid contents u gallon, blp,he' grams
Carbonic Acit la', iO7,6 cubic inches in
gallon.
determined according go DR.. Steele and Protcs-
nmon's mode Of anal
his analysis proves hat the waters Of
&c Saratoga Star Sprin, ha- = larger
amount Of solid substance, richer in med
zeal ingredients than any other spring in
Saratoga and shows what the taste in
dicates, namely that it is the strongest
water. 1t also demonstrates that the
Star Water contains about 100 cubic in
ches more of gas in a gallon than any
other spring. 1t is this extra amount Of
gas that imparts to this water its pecu.
liarly sparkling appearance, and renders
it so very agreeable to the taste. 1t also
tends to preserve the delicious flavor Of
the water when bottled, and causes it to
uncork with an effervescence almost equal
to Champagne.
The analysis also shows that the Star
Spring Water contains at least three i'm
portant remedial substances that do not
appear in the card analysis Of any other
spring, namely: Chloride of Potassium,
Bramide of Sodium, and Sulphate of Po-
tassa. 1t also contains more iodine
than any other two springs put together.
What is still more important is the fact
that the use of the water has clearly
demonstrated what the analysis of il
would indicate, namely: that it is SUI.
perior remedial agent. Experience has
established the fact beyond reasonable
cavil, that the Star Water, as cathartic,i is
unedualed it requiring about one-third
less to act as such. 1t is vigorous Di
uretic, and properly used is an excellent
Tonic.
This water is peculiarly eficacions ant
valuable in the treatment of all scrofu
lous and cutaneous diseases In fac
in all complaints, for the relief and cur'
Of which any mineral water is used, thu
Star Spring Water has NO EQUAL.
The proprietors easnestly invite the at
tention of the learned, and especially tina
of physicians, to the analysis Of this wat
er, and respectfully solicit all visitors t.
test for themselves its virtues by the us
of it, for after all that can be said tn
Star Water itself, is its own best recon
, mend. This water bottles and keep
well-none better.
, Kept constantly on hand and for sal
by Frank H. Bascom & Co.