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The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1870-09-01
Interest.

Henry Ward Beceher says of interest:
No blister draws sharper than the interest
does. OF all industries none is comparable
to that of interest. 1t works all day and
night, in fair weather and foul. II has no
sound for its footsteps, but travels fast It
gnaws at man Ssubstance with invisible teeth
1t binds industry with its film as fly is bound
in spiders wed Debts roll man over and
over, binding hand and foot, letting him hang
upon the fatal mesh until the long legged iu7
tcrcst dcvours him There is but one thing
on farm like it, and that is a Canada thistle,
which swarms new plants every time you
break its roots, whose blossoms are prolific,
and every flower the father of million seeds.
Every leaf is an avn, every branch spear.
and every plant platoon of bayonets, and n
field Of them like an armed host. The while
plant is torment and a vegetable curse. And
yet farmer had better make his bed Of Can
ado t'istles than attampt TO he al easa upon
interest.
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STANTON VIRGINIA, THURSDAY SEPTEMBER l. 1870

reflection that the precious moments OF light
and life have been wasted, and that the
Hnight approaches when no man can work. !"
1t is impossible to estimate or undervalue
the amount of talent, bestowed by the Creator
for some useful end, which has in this way
been lost to humanity. Procrastination, false
views of life, and inertness where there
should be untiring energy, have rendered
abortive and useless, the most transcendant
gifts. Many thus endowed exemplifying
those lines Of Young:
cat thirty man suspects himselfa fool
Knows it at forty and reforms his plan.
At fifty chdes his infamous delay
In all the magnanimity ofthought.
Resolves and re-resolves-then dies the sams."
1t were the part of wisdom then, in the
young, to endeavor to profit as far as possible
by the lessons of the past, and to strive, at
vantage ground, upon which candid hear
ing and careful weighing Of those truths
which the old are SO well calculated to impart,
will place them. Let them, as they are
launching then barks.to navigate life's broad
ocear, take counsel of those weather beaten
tars who 1--we sailed upon its bosom for many
long years, and learn of them where breakers
are to be feared, and where sunken rocks and
whirlpools threaten. Let them think of those
who, like Poe and Chatterton, and thousands
who are unknown to fame, set sail in the
bright sunlight, and famed by tavoring bree-
yes but whose banks were lost forever, when
the voyage had scarcely commenced.
When our young people are thus mindful
of the teachings of experience, we may ex-
pect brighter and happier era to dawn for
us and all mankind, which, that may God
speed; is the prayer of SENEx.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1870-09-01
Language and Silence,

Language is the chief means of the express
sion of the mind. There is meaning in the
glance Of the eye and the GESTURE of the hand,
and there is truth in the old proverb that
actions speak louder than words" Some
of the sweetest and most precious condolences
that earth ever knows, are those which are
shared in silence. when. with hushed reyer-
ence, VIC sit side by side, or the speaking eye
are the only vehicles for the thoughts or the
feelings that could find adequate expression in
language. Especially when we approach the
highest of all subjects, our relations with Di
vinity, is silence more eloquent than words
The influence of religion on the heart, can
not be measured by the frequency or fuency
with which it is discussed by the lips There
are doubtless times when the heart is fired
with holy enthusiasm that longs to impart
Of it's fervor to others, and its voice then is
earnest and inspiring. But there is also
ready and fluent utterance of sacred things,
that is in Its very nature opposed to true
worship, and which is often the loudest and
most frequent where the devotion it STIMULATES
has long since died away. The well known
sayings, The heart is too full for utterance,'
and The feelings are too deep for words"
have in them truth full of significance
Language seems to hold middle ground in
our lives, between the wants which ally US 10
the inferior creations and the aspirations that
lead us heayenward. 1t is the instrument of
all business and learning, and the handspring
of social life. It is the great means Of in
fuencing others and improving ourselves =
But in the extremes Of our nature it retires.
Too refined to deal much with the grosser
parts and too weak to express the highest as
pirations, it contesses its limits, and yields to
the superior eloquence of silence. =
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1870-09-01
Gloomy Views of Life.

We often meet in the world persons who
wear long faces, and who are continually rail
ing against the wicked world. One would
suppose, to hear these persons talk, that this
earth is only inferior in wickedness to that
place where the souls of the unrightous will
dwell in everlasting torment. Human life,
By such an individual, is regarded as drcary
trial. Everything in his saturuine eyes bears
the impress of sin. Even the gambols of lit
tie children are but vanity Harmless recre
alton is death to the soul. Laughter will be
turned into lamentaton and crashing of
teeth. man holding these gloomy views of
life, sees everything through jaundiccd
vision The sickly yellow Of death and moral
disease is spread all over the beautiful works
of God A sleeping infant in the cradle is
only regarded as another soul with the gloom
Of perdition on its brow All that is grand
or great in the universe, is only looked upon
as proofs of Gods wrath.
How much more homer we render to our
Creator by praising the work of his hands
And who can contemplate all the wonders of
this earth, all its scenes of suppressed lowell
ness, nay, eyep the good that is in the heart
of man, without being convinced that it is a
glorious and beautiful world, and that under
the most adverse circumstances as long as our
Fathers will is obeyed, life is teemed with
everything that is great noble and good and
that our pilgrimage towards the shores Of
that nightlass region. SO far from being a
painful journey, is pleasqre trip along a foad
strewn with flowers.
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Cemeteries.

There are certain quiet and beautiful spots
on this earth of ours, where waters spar.
kle and murmer, and monumental marbles
rise out of flower strewn turf, and CLEAN
white and fair through the rich, queen foil
age. These peaceful regions have borne.
among men many sweet names-bcstowed
perchance by some tired denizen Of the world
who looked with aching heart and longing
eyes to the cool, soft bed in mother earth
where the weary sleep wep; or, perchance,
BY some faithful servant Of God, who hoped,
after long days work in, the Masters SER
vice, to take there long nights rest, in the.
blessed assurance of glorious awakina We,
read that the ancient Egyptians cpnyeyed
their virtuous and honored dead arsass lake
to green and silent fields called "Elisont' or,
"Elysians," which being Interpreted is rest.
All how sweet is rest-rcst from racking
pains of the body-rest from the dlsauietpdcs.
OF the mind-rcst from the hoping and strl-
wing, and from the troubling Of the wicked
From the Egyptians the Greeks are said,to
have derived their ideas of Heaven or Ely.
stun, which they believe to be land Of i'm
mortal glory and undying Yerdure aud BEAU
ty.
ssFair vert thou in the dreams
Of elder time, thou land of glorious flower, ----
And summer winds, md lew-toned, s;lvory-
streams, $50 -
Dim with the shadow Of thy laurel bower"
Christians, in the quaint, sweet language
of times past, called this home of the dead
Goods acre'-thc dwelling to which the Ma
ker of all had called His creatures, where the
sacred dust of His sleepless guardianship unt;l
that august and tremendous day, when He
shall call them forth to glory aud immortality.
Others, who perhaps take a more somberr
view of the grave-who look upon it as the
abode of dread and awful silence and dark:
ness, name the cemetery Metropolis, {tha city
of the dead) They have pot tho "aqiet
hope" which sustains the heart of the Chris.
tan when he carries his loved ones to their
"long home" For them no light sparkles
upon the waves Of the dark river, 20 taader
rays from the golden city mitigate the gloom
of the ''narrow house," but blessed be God to
His faithful children, the rest place Of the be-:
loved IS sweet, the grave is beautiful, and
when by His decree they must lay there, even
the dearest and the best, the tender burden
Of their song is, -.f.....
Il know thou hast gone to tbs hame Of thy rest,
Then why should ny soul be So sab
know thou hast gone where the weary are
blest,
And the mourner looks up and is glad
Where love has put off in the land of its birth
The strains it had gathered in this,
And Hope, the sweet singer that gladdens, the
earth,
Lies asleep on the bosom of bies'
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1870-09-01

A DEYaEEp WIDow.-Lady Jane Frank
lin, widow of the distinguished Arctic explp-
rcr, Sir John Franklin, whose fate in the
regions Of the eternal ipe and snow the civil
lied world has long sought to discover, arriv-
ed in New York, Saturday and became the
guest of Mr.. Grinnell. who fitted out an ex-
petition at his own expense, to seek for the
lost navigator. Years passed since Sir John
entered the icy regions which we're to be his
tomb, his wife being at the time in the prime
Of beauty, Of fresh womanhood; she is now
old and somewhat feeble, but her interest in
her departed husband is as fresh with her as
ever. She visited Alaska ip that sperit of
emotional romance WHICH made her feel that
in the icy atmosphere of that northern region
she might more closely commune in soul With
her long lost partner She RETURNS to Eng
lanq in about two weeks.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1870-09-01
ASPIRATIONS.

Our aims are all too high; we try
To gain the summit at bound,
When we should reach it step by step;
And climb the ladder round by round
He who would climb the heights sublime,
Or breathe the purer air of life,
Must not expect to rest in case.
But brace himself for toll and strife.
We should not in our blindness seek
To grasp alone for grand and great;
Disdaining every smaller good,
For trifles make the aggregate.
And if cloud should hover DER
Our weary pathway like pail,
Remember God permits it there,
And his good purpose reigns Ger all.
Life should be full of earnest work,
Our hearss undashed by fortunes frown
Let perseverance conquer fate,
And merits seize the victor's crown.
The battle is not to the strong,
The race not always to the fleet;
And he who seeks to pluck the stars
Will lose the jewels at his feet.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1870-09-01
Ike after the Opera.

Since the night Ike went to the opera he
has been, as Mrs: PaFtington said, crazy,
and the kind old dame has been fearful lest
he should become "non- pompus mentns,
through his attempt at initiating tho opera.
tons" The morning after the opera, at the
breakfast table. Ike handed over his cup, and
in soft tongue sang: i2'1'i
.'Wil you, will you Mrs. r., no
Help ne to cup of tea? ~ 4f
The old lady looked at him with surprise,
his conduct was 50 unusual, and for moment
she hesitatcd. He aqptinned in far more
imprisoned strain: o.
"Do not do not keep me waiting, ..i aEfs
Do not, pray, be hesitating, ~
| am anxious to be drinking,
So pour out as quick as wnking."
She gave him the tea with sign, as sha
saw the excitement in his face. He stirred It
in silence, and in his abstraction took three
spoonfuls Of sugar. At last he sang again
'.Table cloths and cups and saucers,
Good white bread, and active jaws, sirs, on1
Tea-gunpow9er, and SQUEEZING, l.t
Sweet enough, hut not too strong."
''What do you mean, my boy?" said Mrs:
PartlngtQp, tendoriy. -4a
"All right, steady, peKer clearer,
Never loved breakfast dearer, s-- .eet
I'm not bound by witch or wizard.
So don't fret your precious gizzard." "F
But Isaac persisted the dame. Ike
struck his left hand upon the table and swung
his knife aloft in his right, looking at plate
upon the table, singing .T......-
.:What form is that to me appearing?
Is it mackerel or is it herring? lA -ea Z
Let me dash upon it quick, 6sa4.s{
Meier again that fish shall kick
Charge upon them, Isaac, charge!'
Before he had a chance to make dash
upon the fish, Mrs. Darlington had dashed q
tumbler Of wafer into his face to restore him
to s'consccntiousncss." 1t made him catch his
breath for a moment, but he didn't sing any
more at the table, though the opera fever stilll
follows him elsewhere 80
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~hesapeake 4 Ohio Railroad.

VACSupCitAcC ~ VA1O t6lG1lFOAUs
~ GA and after SUNDA ~, Jug TO-,
1870, the PASSENGER TRAINS viii run fol-
lows-viz.:
NAIL TRAIN will run daily between Richmond
and White Sulphur Springs Except Sunday, be-
tween Gordonsvile and White Sulphur). Leave
Richmond at a. m. and arrive at White Sulphur
10 D. m. Leave White Sulphur at $3.50 a. m.
and arrive at Richmond at 4:5O p. M, making
:lose connections at Gordonsville and Charlottes-
yile with the Orange, Alexandria anal Manassas
railroad trains for Alexandria, Washington,
Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York, ETC.; also
for Lynchburg, Knoxville, Chattanooga, Mem
phis. New Orleans, Montgomery, Mobile, &C.
Going West, passengers dine at Gordonsville
aud sup at Covington Going East breakfast at
Goshen and dine at Gordonsvilie.
NIGHT PASSENGER TRAIN will run be-
tween Richmond and Washington and be ~ cen
Richmond and White Sulphur nightly without
change of cars. Leave Richmond at 8, As p. M,
AMI arrive at Washington at 5,35 a. m. and at
White Sulphur 10 a.. m. Leave Washington at
6,35 p. IN. and leave White Sulphur at 2:20 p. M,
and arrive at Richmond at 500 a. NJ, making
I'll through connections at Richmond and WASH
ngton.
SLEEPING CARS
will be attached to this train and will Ebe run
through between Richmond and Baltimore and
White Sulphur without change.
Going West, passengers breakfast at Covington
Going East, sup at Staunton.
These trains connect with stages as follows:
At Staunton with stages forAugusa Qate
Stribling's) Springs, 10 miles; and Weyer's
Gave, IL miles.
At Goshen with stages for Cold Sulphur
Sprins, 2 miles; Rockbridge Alum Springs, 8
miles, Rockbridge Baths, 10 miles; Lexington,
20 miles aud Natural Bridge, IS miles.
At Millboro' with stages for Bath Alum Springs
10 miles Warm Springs, Is miles, Hot Springs,
20 miles; and Healing Springs, % miles
AT Covington with stages to Healing Springs,
Is; and Hot Springs, Is miles.
At Allegheny with stages to Red Sweet Springs,
9 miles; and Old Sweet Springs, 10 miles.
At White Sulphur Springs with stages for Salt
Sulphur Springs, "a miles; Blue Sulphur Springs
rs miles; Red Sulphur Springs, fl miles; Lew
isburg, miles and Charleston, 100 miles.
THROUGH TICKETS issued to all points
North, West, and Southwest.
JAMES F. NETHERLAND,
aug lift General Ticket Agent
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WoMMzAN's AFFEcT1os-Man is the crea-
ton OF interest and ambition. His nature
leads him forth into the struggle and battle
OF the world Love is but the establishment
of his early life, Or song piped in the inter-
vals Of the acts. He seeks for fame, fortune
tor space IN the worlds thought and domin-
ion oyer his fellow men. But womsn S
whole life is histqFy of the affections The
heart Is her world it is there her ayerice
seeks tor hidden treasurss. She ssppas forth
her sympathles on adventure; she. embarks
her ne whole soul in the traffic of afestipn, and,
if shipwreckcd. her case is hopeless-for it
2 bankruptcy Of the heart - .
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ITALY THROUGH PASSENGER AND
- FREIGHT LINE!
Sundays Excepted
From Baltimore to Richmond, and all points
south and west of that city, via.
RICHMOND AND YORK RIVER RAILROAD
LINE, RICHMOND & DANVILLE, and CHES-
APEAKE s. OHIO RAILROAD.
THE ROUTE TO THE VIRGINIA SPRINGS.
The STEAMERS of this Line leave Baltimore
DAILY, (Sundays excepted) from Pier Light
Street Wharf foot of Barre street, at p. NJ, and
continue to connect with the York River Rail
road at West Point, and ARRIVING IN RICH
MOND at 40 a. M, the following day, in time to
connect with the Express Train on the Danyllle
Road for Danville, Greensboro, Salisbury, Char
lotte, N. c., Columbia, S. c., and all points South.
This line affords the most comfortable and least
{atiguing journey to persons travelling South
and to the Virginia Springs. Close connection
With Chesapeake s Ohio R. R. at Richmond and
Baltimore and between the North and South
THROUGH TICKETS for sale at Terminal
Stations of connecting Roads.
FREIGHTS by the Line, received DAILY,
handled carefully, and forwarded with dispatch,
at the lowest through rates.
nas- Arrangements have also been made with
the James River and Kanawha Canal, by which
Through Freights to Lynchburg and other points
ON that Line are received Daily, and forwarded
promptly on through rates.
WINS. C. W|CKHAM,
Vice President Chesapeake and Ohio R. R.
THOs. DODAMEAD,
Supt R. & Y. R. and R. s. D. Railroads.
N. H. HOTCHKISS, General Travelling Agent OF
$50. R. R. and B. & Y. +. R. R.
r. FOSTER, Agent,
No. IA Light Street, Baltimore.
Through Tickets can be had at Staun-
ton for Baltimore at reduced rates Via.
York River Railroad Line.
jan 27-tf
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1870-09-01

BEAUTIFUL MyrH-In Eastern poetry
they tell ola wondrous tree upon which grew
golden apples and silver bells, and every time
a breeze went by and shook the fragrant
branches, shower of these golden apples fell.
and Il e living bells chimed End tinkled forth
their airy, ravishments. On the gospel tree
there grew blossoms and bells more melodious
than those that mingled with the pomegran
ates on Aaron's vcstment-holy feeliag heav
en-taught Joys; and when TIE Holy Spirit
breathes upon the evangelical 50 there are a
shaking down of mellow fruits, and the flow
Of healthy odors all round, and gush ofsweet-
est music, whose gentle tones and joyous echo
ing are waited through all the recesses Of the
soul
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The Ialleg Uirginial.
STANTON. VIRGINIA
Thursday, September 1, 1870,
TERMS.

TERMS.
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scribers at $40 per annum. i'm ADVANCE
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Transient advertisements will be inserted
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Special Notices 20 cents per line for each
insertion.
CLUB RATES.
Six Copies to one office, $1,000 per annum
Twelve Copies, to one Office, $eI per annum
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R. f. i sH W, STAFFORD, J. NJ. full r.
Hose 'ssEsd Sign Paintinr.
Ill The andersi ened are prepared to exc
cute HOUSE, S GIN, ORNAMENTAL PAINT
ING, GIL ZINC and PER-HANGING in the
neatest and most workmanlike manner.
They offer their services to the public and So
licit liberal share of patronage.
Nea. Particular attention paid to Country work.
BISHOP, STAFFORD & CO.,
marc 10 # Stauntyn, Va.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1870-09-01

Apropos of life insurance policies, an old
pioneer said good thing the other day. A
travelling agent Of one of our eastern life in
surance companies had represented to him, as
usual, the Immense advantages acquiring to
the insurer; how, ''by small investment, y
his family and relatives might in case any
thing happened to 'him,'' secure quite COM
petenee. Path finder unused moment in
graye siencs. sLook here, mister" said he,
finally, Il have lived out in this country now
twenty five years, and | have bbHcked agin
mostsal the games they've started, but darn
me if want to play game where yoq hev
to die to beat the bank
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Stanton Cards.

1910 The undersigned respectfully calls the
lOlU. attention of his friends to the fact
that upon his own hook he proposes to carry
a general AUCTION BUSINESS, at the old stand
corner of Augusta street apd Spring Lane. He
will attend the sale of property of oil kinds,
either in town or country, as reasonable as any
other aActioneer. E. NJ. CUSHING.
ian eff
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1870-09-01

Medical NOtice.-poctors G. R. Harris
VN and B. P. Reese having formed CO.
partnership in the practice of Medicine very
respectfully tender their professional services to
the public.
Eighteen years. experience qualities the Junior
partner for the seneral practice of medicine, and
will enable the senior partner to devote especial
attention to the diseases of females and children.
Calls in the country promptly attended to.
OFFIcE-Main street, 2 doors East of DR..
Chapman's, D. D. S.
All letters strictly on professional business,
should be addressed to -
Drs. H, RIS & REESE.
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Il RICHMOND, "a.
Situated in the Heart Of the City, command
ing the finest views, and adjoining
the Capitol Square and

T.
Situated in the Heart Of the City, command
ing the finest views, and adjoining
the Capitol Square and
Governors Mansion.
This Splendid New Hotez-the only one situa
ted in the fashionable portion of the city, anc
adjoining the beautiful Capitol Park. with its
statuary, Monuments, Fountains and Flowe,
Beds-is newly and elegantly furnished through
,ut and its Bill of Fareis not excelled in quality
md variety by any house in the State.
Special Suits of Rooms always ready for Wed
ling and large Travelling Parties. The arrange
ments are frst-class in every respect. The price
IF Board has been fxed-owing to the grea
carcity of money-at the reasonable sum of
$3.50 PER DAY.
The patronage of my friends and the public
generally is respectfully solicited.
A. j. FORD, Proprietor.
Late one of the Proprietors of the Exchange
otel, Richmond, Va. may 1859 It
Sosts"oed Hotel. p1cuuonnv.
This FIRsT-CLAsS, POPULAR and FASH
IONABLE HOTEL, the only one located on the
Main street of the city, has been leased by the
undersigned and will be furnished and put in
complete order right away.
ITS LOCATION.
It is within one square of the Capitol, Custom
House, Post office. Theatre, &C., &C., and within
two squares of the Richmond and Fredericksburg
Railroad Depot, and the great Southern routes
via. Petersburg and Danville. The travelling
public are cordially invited to
Make Their HOME at the, SPOTSWOoD.
and the proprietors pledge themselves to make it
for the future what it has been for the past five
years,
The LEADING Hotel of Richmond.
ESs- Telegraph Office in vestibule. Office Of
the Southern and Adams Express Companies in
the buildina JAMES M. SUBLETT,
of the Old Columbian,
@. 3. LUCK,
Of the same Hotel, and
VIM. B. BISHOP.
NAV 2O-69tf late of the Exchane.
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NHIRTS MADE TO ODRER.

w M HAWKINS,
STANTON, VA,
Agent for Hutchinson & Thomas,
SHIRT M NUFA RES,
22l v. Baltimore St. Baltimore.
Measures taken and shirts made to ORDER
Perfection of fir and superiority of goods and en-
tire subscription in every particular guaranteed.
fitting shirt should haye their measures taken and
leave their orders with =.
W. N. HAWKINS,
Wheeler 3 WILSON Sewing Machine Office
'~''' sfagnntdA yaa.
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IL NUT STREETS, PHILADELPHIA.
The undersigned having leased this house, SO
long and fayorably knoWn under the proprietor
ship of the Messrs. Wards, apd having reftted
and pefqrnished it throughout in the most elegant
manner, is now OPEN for the reception of
guests, with all the appointments Of frst-class
hotel J. B. BUTTERWORTH co.,
sept 2-tf Proprietprs.