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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1870-04-19


A Vermonter who would smoke in the barn
is going to try ashes as fertilizer this Spring,
and build new one g agsassa ren -
An Ohio housewife is SO extremely neat that
she scrubbed her kitchen floor until she fell
through into the cellar z
Some men have little coin in their purses but
the deficiency is generally made up by the album
dance of brass In their eouutenances.1 -
IS A Mississippi editor sends his paper without
charge to the mother Of the triplets recently
born Ia the town of Winston, but the poor Eo-
3 man says she cant get time to read 1t.
A Highland man sent a piece of maple sugar
to Washington to have it passed upon by mi
ming professor. who made it cross between
sandstone and flint rock. : .EG&
4 Pennsylvania editor has an axe which was
used TO commit murder with, and he says that
delinquent subscribers had better pay up with
out axlng. 9-Y.b u
4 belligerent character threatened to kick a
man who had offended him. IF you under
take it, responded the party challenged, you
viii find yourself.a man more Skinned against
than SHINING.
A man at Lawreneeburg, Ind, young man,
whose parents are real respectable and all that.
is accused of stealing quantity of female ap-
pare, such as dresses aad things. The girl
that was inside of them was only sixteen.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1870-04-19
II tRichmsO9sd Advertisements.
GORGE w. ROYSTER,
GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANT,

zoos Cary Street,
-susG sse7g RICHMOND, VIRGINIA,
Solicits consignments of FLOUR, GRAIN, III
BACCO and PRODUCE generally. =,
With ample facilities, being associated with
one OF the oldest Houses in the City. he bopes Dy
strict attention to business quick sales and prompt
returns, to merit a large share OF the puDnc
patronage. -AA
Refers to Gen. John Echols, President National
Valley Bank M. Harvey Effinger, Esq, CASH
Ter First National Bank, Stanton.
a. f. Denny, Esq, Cashier Bank OF koek-
bridge, Lexington; the Banks, as well as the
merchants of Richmond, generally.
mar29-amtS5s .safi1 lIfl'' ~ ~ +
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CEOth5mg.1
1S7O.spR1NG GooDs. 1870.

ARRIVAL OF NEW SPRING GOODS =
uuirreAT THE III li vGis 1855
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1870-04-19

G. T. PLEASANTS, ROBT. c. MITCHELL,
WM, NJ. CALDWELL.
DLEASANTS q CO., in Y" SOM
l. 7eff' hagad bis 81 late Pleasants e. Ross,
General Commission Merchants,
No IA Fifteenth street, Richmond, Va,
Solicit consignments of Tobacco Flour. Grain
and country. produce generally. We pledge our
selves to quick sales and prompt returns.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1870-04-19
TeHN GRAHAM EFFINGER WITH
q si4.Al ANDRE w J. GRAY,
Commission Merchant.

- - COMMISSION Merchant.
w HOLESALE GROCER AND IIOUOb
DEALER,
No. Pearl Block, 18th ST.. Up q hoy 4aeN
RICHMOND, VA. 7is-e.-S
Refers to NJ. Harvey Etfinger Esq, and mer
chants OF Staunton Special attention paid;
sale OF PRODUCE generally.
iMr.J Graham EfiDger is thankful for past
patronage He has an interest in my business
AUD will give all consignments special attention
1ebl-3m - ~ ANDREW j. GRAY.
EUkNITUKE, MATTRESSES. &c
II HARDWOOD & RITTER,
opposite the post-ofiee, Main street, are now pre-
pared to manufacture to order any style of FUR
NlIUk RE and MATTRESS. i, ',..ifsr,-.g.
we have now on hand the most elegant stock
OF CH M BER, PARLOR, s. DINING-ROOB.
FURNITU RE that has been seen in Richmon.
for MANY years. CHAMBER SETS can be pur.
chased at our establishment from S35 to $500
/ NJ MATTRESSES. and SPRING BEDS of all
| styles made to order and warranted as represent
ed As the prices of most other goods are COM
ing down. We have reduced the price of every ar.
ticie In our line and are now selling about as lc W
as we did before the war. Allin want of FUR
NITUR RE or MATTRESSES can make money
by examining our. stock before buying. Wa
have goods to suit the rich or the poor
HARDWOOD s. RITTER,
opposite the post-office, Main street,
au3l-ly Richmond, Va.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1870-04-19

4 Jonathan says he couldn't help laughing the
other day. at an anecdote of a man accustomed
to make long prayers, who had persuaded a
guest, greatly against his inclination, to stay to
breakfast He prayed and prayed, till his i'm
patient guest began to think of edging quietly
away aud walking off-but in attempting it he
walked up to the old man son, who was asleep
in his chair.
How soon will your father be through?'
whispered the guest
Has he got the Jews?' asked the boy in
reply. in the same tone,
mo" said the ether.
swell, then he amt half through" replied
the boy, and composed himself again to his nap;
whereupon the guest bolted at once.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1870-04-19

A. EsEAT ATTRACTION!
VI NEW STOREy

" NEW STORE.
NEW GOODS.
DAVIS a. KA USER has just moved into his
new store whore he has enlarged and improved
facilities for business, and where he is now re-
ceiving large and elegant stock of first class
staple and fancy dry goods, suited to the season,
consisting Of silks, pepllns French Reps, plaids,
gloves, shoes and many other goods, rendering
the assortment very full and complete, to which
he invites the attention of all in want of good
goods, at fair price
he would ask particular attention to the July
bills remaining unpaid oct5
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1870-04-19

*For the present, the instruction in English is
divided among the Professors of Moral Philoso-
ply, Modern Languages, and History, with the
aid of an Assistant Professor. t.r.
ffThe duties OF this Chair are discharged by the
Profe ssors of Chemistry and N Natural Philosophy.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1870-04-19
Hotels.
VIRGINIA HOTEL

VIRGINIA HOTEL. 81
VIM FRAZIER. Capt VIM. FL. SALE,
late acting partner late general Supt.
Rockbr. Alum Springs. Rockbr. Alum Springs.
The undersigned have taken lease Of the
assfat7 Virginia Hotel,
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1870-04-19

EEAsyLS!!
y a large lot of Imperial Waterloo
and Lady Washington, long and SQUARE Sh .l1Jo
just received at DAVIS A. KAYSERS
oeczl New Store
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1870-04-19

GEN THoMAs-It was Bill Arp who, allud-
ing to General Thomas said: when Viz
ginian falls, he falls fur and he falls heavy. =
The following extract from an article in the
Comier-Joprnaj will throw some light on Bill
APPS expression: He was 81 cid Virginia
States Rights Democrat of the school of Madi-
son and Jefferson, as interpreted through the
resolutions Of 90. 1t is said that as late as
1860 he vas something mere than an ardent
friend of the movement toward secession, and
there have been at various times hints OF let
Ter which he wrote TO the subsequently Con
federate General aIaury. and of a conversation
which he ha,i with Captain, afterwards General
R. s. Ewell. who succeeded Stonewall Jackson
C0nSttutt0najist
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1870-04-19
Seven Gold
III e q a I 9 were

awarded, at late
Fairs held in the
South in October
and November,
1869, to CHAS. NJ
STIEFF, for the
best Pianos, over
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1870-04-19
o. +. HAYNE
ORE NEW GOODS

u. A: GULLET. Storekeeper.
nOy20
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1870-04-19

ELOyER SEED: CLOyEE SEED
a. We have prime lotion hand. We desire
all persons who need this article to give lis call.
Remember the place.
dec28 RICHARDSON & WHEAT.
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Groceries and Produce.

DHCEA TARTAN PLAiDS at SO cents.
EA, NJ P. FUNKHOUSER & co.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-09-29
A Marriage Ceremonv.

A far western marriage ceremony
thirty years before the Pacific Rail
road had anmihilated the "Fai
West" has been thus described to
US; Scene potato field-The magis.
trate in his shirt sleeves, buslly ply
ing the hoe. Enter two candidates
for matrimony, who follow him
closely along the row, the magis-
trate at first paying no attention to
them. "Are you the Squire ?" the
youth asks. Yes" and the hoe
rises and falls faster than ever.
s'We want to be married !" the
youth desperately exclaimes, "Well.
shet up, dern you, till git to the
end ofthis row. I'm counting the
hills"
Thus adm0lished the twain follow
him anxiously along, hand in hand.
until the end Of the row is reached
"Twenty-se twenty y-eight Now,
dern you, stand up hereP' and the
Squire leans for the moment on
his hoe handle, "Do you Ito the
youth solemnly swear by thunder,
to take this woman for your wife ?"
eyes" "Do you Ito the girl) sole
mnly swear, by thunder, to take
this man for your husband 2"
Eyes" "Then | swear, by thun,
der, you are man and wife,
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-09-29
Striking Thoughts.

With the perception of truth il
joined the desire that it shall pre-
vail Emerson. ,...t
The best public measures are sci
dom adopted from previous wis
dom, but are forced by OCCASION
Franklin.
All ages seem bad to cotempora
ries, and yet, humanity seems tC
gain, and society, on the whole
presses forward.--[ Anon
William Of Orange was, perhaps
the only man who ever devoted the
whole of his life exclusively to the
interests of mankind Mackin-
toshY W0dLk1 on l)itO8
During more than three centu-
ries the decadence of theological
influence has been one of the most
invariable signs and measures of
our progress Ib. faa5 raal
l should have no objection to q
repetition of the same life, from
the beginning, only asking the ad-
vantage authors have in a second
to correct some faults of the first
Franklin.
"A niggardly Englishman, who
presented and African chief with
an old gun, was always spoken OF
as the man who made a present of
a gun that was new when his grand
father was sucking his great grand
mother Livingstone.
The character of a great man
must always be closely scanned and
scrutinized protected, if needful,
against calumny, but always nm
flinchingly held up to The light.
Names illustrious by genius and vir-
tue are history's most precious
treasures, faithfully to be guarded
by her. jealously TO be watched, but
it is always a misfortune when her
eyes are deceived by a glitter which
is not genuine.-TM Motley,
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-09-29
Another Tea. chest Horror

An unmitigated horror of ex-
Ipression rests upon the face OF
every tea, ,drinker in New York at
the recent discovery OF the various
portions OF a Chinamans body in
three or four packages of tea con
signed to warehouses in that city.
A clerk who or ened one chest no
ticed that faint mephihc smell
crept out of the building. Inser-
ting bis hand into the mass of tea
he suddenly withdrew it with some
ching sticky and slimy adhering to
it. In frantic alarm he called for
a light, and was at once surrounded
by a groupe of excited clerks and
salesman, The top Of the chest
was split off, and then, green and
ghastly in the lamplight, CLEANED
the .mouldy head of Chinaman,
snugly buried in a slippery heap of
rotton tea-leaves. The features
were eaten by decay, and the
once coppery complexion of the
Chinaman was green and damp.
The odor exhaled from the tea
was more terribly pestilential than
the stencil of an old grave, and to
the excited fancy of the Mortified
lockers on, dim phosphoric flick
enngs seemed to play about the
sodden features of his ghastly head.
Every one rushed from the place
and a policeman was sent for.
After careful process of deodori-
cation, the battered head was re-
moved and Coroner summoned
to hold an inquest on this horri-
BILE treasuretroye. In another store,
and in another chest, a decompos-
ed human trunk was found, and in
a third chest in a third store were
two arms and two legs, 1t is said
that q Celestial was murdered and
packed off in this manner. The
Star says three different Coroners
who we're called are fighting over
The disjecta membra, each claim
ing for each part the fee allowed
for an entire body.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-09-29
Poor Mans Friend.

The Democrats claim to be the
especial friends of the poor man,
and are loud in their denunciations
of the rich man; and yet these
men when they select their candi.
dates for Congress, select the rich
est men they can find. Lo ,k 81 our
own District Two years ago they
selected Barrere, the lich banker
and bondholder. This year they
have selected an aristocrat of the
first water, a man of more wealth
than all the other candidates be-
fore their convention. In Hamil
ton county they selected the nabob
Sam, Cary. In the Butler district
they selected Lew. Cambell. man
of great wealth. In the Columbus
district they selected the richest
man they could find; and the Pres
idedt of a great Railroad Corpora.
ton, instead of that poor Baber.
What beautiful poor mans friends
these fellows are ClermOnt Cour-
iey.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-09-29
" Half Grown When He Came. >

Census takers meet with many
strange and interesting cases on
their rounds, but the following is
one where a lady, who had passed
the sunny side of forty summers
was headed off on that everlasting
dodge, a woman's age.
Our story is located in Nebraska
The subject of the sketch, lady
who would turn the scales at $50
and extraordinarily homely withal
Census Taker.-"Your age mad
am ?" p a
Lady.-"Thirty, sir"
C. R,-(Scratcbes it down, spell
ing it out loud. "T-h-i-r-t-y,
thirty; is that right, madam Z"
"Yes, sir"
"Any children, ma'am ?"
"Yes, sir, five; two girls and
three boys"
what is the name of your old
est boy, and his age ?"
Ellis name is Joseph, sir, and
his age is twentyrone."
"Umph! ah,-yes twenty, eh !?
Must have married young"
"Well, n-o-y-a-a-s-not exactly.
Tell you what, mister, Joseph was
pretty near halt grOa0n ohen he
come.-LOcOmotiue.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-09-29
Temperance Fable.

The rats once assembled in q
large cellar, 10 devise some method
of safely getting the bait from q
steel trap, which lay near, having
seen numbers Of their friends and
relatives snatched from them by its
merciless jaws After many long
speeches, and the proposal of
many elaborate but fruitless plans,
happy wit, standing erect, said I:
alt is my opinion that, with one
paw we can keep down the spring,
and we can safely take the food
from the trap with the other"
All the rats present loudly squeal-
ed assent. Then they were started by
faint voice, and poor rat with
only three legs, limping into the
ring, stood up to speak 'e'
"My friends, l have tried the
method you propose, and you see
the result, now let me suggest u
plan to escape the trap. Do not
touch it.
MORAL, Total abstinence is the
only way to escape the rumsellers
trap.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-09-29
McMahon, the Conquered Hero

Mcmahon has been not less re-
markable for his personal boahom-
mie than for his brilliant bravery.
After Magenta, when he made his
triumphal entrance into Milan, a
charming little miss of sixteen ten
dered him a boquet. He leaned
down to take it and bent his nod
ding plume over the baby to kiss
her. 81 should like to ride with
you" said the little girl. so you
shall then, my pet, and SO saying lie
sat her before him on his war horse,
and the noble animal, proud of his
double burthen, stepped daintiIy
through the city along the road to
the cathedral. In Algeria, when
he turned his attention to govern
ment affairs and military coloniza-
tion, he was found efficient in the
Cabinet as he had been in the field.
He endeavored to institute a variety
of local reforms and useful arrange
ments which would have told for
the permanent welfare of the peo-
pie entrusted to his care, but the
genius of French people is not in
favor of free colonization, besides
which the local difficulties were al
most insurmountable. The last act
of his administration was the re-
preston, in 1869, of a revolt by
turbulent native tribe. After Ha-
guenau he was twenty five years in
the saddle, and, like his men, re
duced to the last shifts of hunger
and exhaustion. His parting with
one of his comrades on that terrible
day is touching. The Curiassiers
were ordered to charge. at is
death, my General" said the Col
onel commanding "That is true"
was the reply "but what can we
do? Let us embrace, my friend"
They did so. The Curiassiers
charged. The charge was only to
cover the retreat. It was cavalry
against infantry in line, unbroken,
in rough ground, hop gardens, tim
Der, and so forth. They broke
through the obstacles and charged;
they were picked off at leisure by
the terrible needle guns as they
went through to get at the Prus-
SLAMS. Once, twice, thrice they
charged. OF that magnificent ar
ray, two thousand strong, only
ninety-seven came out of the ac-
ton; Of that ninety-seven only five
we're unWounded. McMahOn wept.
What could he do more
IL Ill IL, ..wnoosl., 1.aattf47
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-09-29
About Marrying too Young,


Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton says
"Girls do not reach their maturity
until twenty-five, yet at sixteen they
are wives and mothers all over the
land, robbed of all the rights and
freedom of childhood in marriage,
crippled in growth and develop
ment; the vital forces needed to
build up a vigorous and healthy
womanhoOd are sapped and per.
verted from their legitimate chan
nels in the premature Office of re-
production. When the body is
overtaxed, the mind loses its tone
and settles down il. a gloomy dis
content that ehfeebles the whole
moral being. The feeble mother
brings forth feeble sons, the sad
motherthose with morbid appetites.
The constant demand Of stimulants
among men is the result of the
mohstd conditions Of their mothers.
Healtfy, happy, vigorous woman
hood would a0' more for the cause
Of. temperance than any prOhibitory
or license laws possibly can. When
woman, by the observance of the
laws of life and health, Is restored
tGher normal condition, maternity
will not be a period of weakness,
but Of added power. With that
high preparation Of body and soul |
to which l have referred, men and |
women Of sound mind and body, |
drawn together by true sentiments
Of affection, might calculate with
certainty on happy home, with
healthy children gathering round
their fireside. To this end let girl
hood be sacrcdly devoted to educa-
ton, to mental, moral and physical
growth, to as high preparation for
personal independence and ambi
ton as boyhood is to-day, remem-
herring chat girls, as we'll as boys,
were created primarily for their
own enjoyment, and secondarily to
serve each other. Reproduction in
The normal condition Of woman will
not be period of suffering, but Of
oy and thanksgiving. One of the
,addest features of woman's present
condition is her idea that she is
cursed of heaven in her mother
rood; that it is one of natures ne
,essitics that she should suffer
Trough the period Of maternity.
It is because we ignorantly violate
20 many laws Of our being that it is
10 to-day" f T
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-09-29
Condition Of Russian Serfs Pri
or to Emancipation.

r.H - " @~@AAAesA@SA kSssbASAs
The population of Russia is abOH
! eighty-two millions, of which, be
tween fifty and sixty millions arr
emancipated serfs; some seven Of
eight hundred thousand, not more
are Of the noble class, heretofore
the owners of the serfs aud all the
lands seven or eighthundred thou
sand belong to the clergy: the re-
mainder, some eighteen millions, is
made up Of merchants, mechanics,
professional men, etc. Under the
old regime, slaves could own land,
put they were required to reside,
generation after generation on the
same lands
The mobiles did not own the slaves
but as they owned the land to which
the slaves by law were attached, it
amounted to the same thing. The
merchants and some few other
classes, not serfs, could own a
small portion of land. The abse-
lutte power to~regulate the occupa-
tiQn of the serf and to grant or re-
fuse his claim to redeem himself,
was vested in the owner of the
land. Many serfs were thus con
trolled, who had risen to a respect
able station, as merchants and me
chanics.
The following authentic anecdote
has been told of Count Scherame-
tien, the richest nobleman in Rus
sia, who owned the land upon which
four hundred thousand serfs were
employed, and who is still engaged
in immense enterprises throughout
the entire dominion of Rnsaia-man-
ufacturing, mining, and agricultu-
raj operations;
1t is said that by the decree of
the Emperor he had to part with
at least one million acres of land,
anu iu' u'oll ho'iieSVSats iOl MS lSut
hundred thousand seriS' !
1hls rlch hcDleihah' Deihg very
iona OF oysters ana desiring TO
give grand dihher IN ot. Feters
purg' on Que occasion, %nen MS
luxury cou4u not De nad from any
Ordinary source oil supply made II
known thaV any sefl Oh his VINO
supply MN WIN a certlan
quahIiIy Oh oysters ,or MS leaSe'
SSlu nave his lresoon' NO" IL
l[equehtly happeneu' |n'' amongst
the serls' tnere were some VINO
were pernitteu 10 ieave Vhe estates
a91 I.s ehter.lhlo Vhe various pursuits
=: III, i,'e' .;t; ?U' 80 as"~n: |%ualnl W
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-09-29

THE REASON WHY,-In Indiana
a husband, after a spree, was led
home by one of his friends, who,
after posing him safely on the door
steps, rang the bell, and retreated
somewhat OBVIOUSLY to the other
side of the street, to see if it would
be answered. Promptly the "port''
was "ouvereed," and the fond
spouse, who had waited up for her
truant husband, beheld him in all
his toddiness. "Why, Walter, is it
yOu?" ayes, my dear" What in
the world has kept you so ?" "Been
out on little turn with boys, my
d-d arling." "Why, Walter, you're
intoxicated p' eyes, dear, ! esti-
mate that's So" "What on earth
made you get drunk2 And why
--oh, tohy, do you come home to
me in this dreadful state ?" 'Becaus,
my darling, all th'Other places =
shut Wp"
The cattle plague has attacked
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-09-29
bod down lho BIakes.


No mutter how well the track Is laid.
No matter how strong the engine IL made.
When you find 1t running on the downward
grade ...tI
I'll Putuown the brakesi
n the demon of drink has entered the sOnI,
And his power Is getting beyond your control
And dragging y0n on to terrible goal
Put down the brakesl
Remember the adage, "Don'ttrine with hre, -
Temptation you know Is always a liar;
fyOu wish TO crush out the burning desire,
Put down the brakes
Are you running in debt by living too fast9
DO yon look back with shame on a prohtless
past.
And feel that your ruin is coming at last?
-f.. ..t#- Put down the brakes
Whether for knowledge, for honor or gain,
Y0u are fast wearing out your body and brain,
Till nature no longer can bear the strain,
.H Put down the brakesi
The human is weak, since old Adams fall,
Beware how you yield TO appetite's call
BE temperate in all things, was practiced by
Put down the brakes
An. a terrible thing is human lifel
Its track with many danger is rife;
DO You seek for the victOr's crown in the
strife
Put down the brakes