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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1870-03-24
Cancelled PeOnIe.

Minerva threw away the flute, when she
found that it pulled up her checks but if
we cast away the flute nowadays, it is
that we may take larger Instrument of
putting, by becoming our own trumpeters
Empty minds are the most prone to soar
above their proper sphere, like paper kites,
which are kept aloft by their own light
ness; while those that are better stored
are prone to humility, like heavily laden
vessels, of'whch we see the less the more
richly and deeply they are freighted. The
corn bends itself downwards when lis ears
are filled, but when the heads of the con-
ceited are filled with self-adulation, they
only lift them up higher. Perhaps it is a
benevolent provision of Providence that
we should possess in fancy those good
qualities which are held from US in reality !;
for if We did not occ sonally think well
of ourselves, We should be more apt to
think i'll of others 1t must be confessed
that the conceited and the vain have a
light and pleasant duty to preform, since
they have but one to please, and in that
object they seldom fail. Self-love, more
over, is the only love not liable to the
pangs of jealousy. Pity! that quick
PERCEPTION of our own desserts generally
blinds US to the merits Of others that we
should see more than all the world in the
FORMER instance, and less in the latter !!
In one respect, conceited people show a
degree Of discernment for which they de-
serve credit-they soon become tired Of
their own company.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1870-03-24
Agrifaltnraf.
The Sc

We believe there never was season
which somebody did not regard as very re-
markable. if not altogether without prece-
dent With US, it has been almost like
summer for weeks together We have
seen good deal Of blowing done in both
January and February, and the ground,
up to the time of writing, has been bare
of snow except for day or two at time,
since before Christmas This comes,
Notwithstanding all the "signs" There
hardly ever was such crop of nuts-this
betokened severe winter; the corn
husks were thick and abundant-this also
indicated long season of cold. Wild
geese went south early; good many
bears, and other wild animals, were killed
further south than usual, and there were a
score of other 'signs" of hard winter.
If it comes, it will be after We go to press.
And now, almost every body prophesies a
cold March. and late spring. The fact is,
nobody can tell, and he has been wise who
has improved the winter to make bis
fences, clear off the stones, clean up fence
rows, dig drains, and lay the stiles, so
that whenever spring comes, he can 90
on with his work without interruption. =
March is, however, often best adapted for
this kind of work, and we have yet to see
the farm in America wherein there is
not enough of it to do. Bright, sunny
days, and drying surface, are tempta-
ton to begin blowing too early. Wait
until the ground is settled, and the water
is out of st. on all except sandy OF grayelly
soils which do not pack when wet.
The month is likely to be one of great
changes in temperature ; high winds will
prevail, more or less, and the farmers
first thoughts should be to protect his
stock and stores from exposure. The
frost may derange foundations, loose
weatherboards may be found, rain finding
its way through the roof may make
musty hay. All these things need a little
closer looking to than was necessary dur
ing the winter At the same time, the
roads will probably be very bad and the
provident farmer will get all real neces-
sites, including food and feed. lumber,
nails for repairs. etc, bcforhand-
american Agriculturagist
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1870-03-24
At len 9Th +" the truth is made known

At length +" the truth is made known"
about the Cardiff giant, if Chicago gossip
may be relied upon The whole thing was a
deliberate humbug for the purpose of filing
emty pockets. Two men went to Chicago
in June. 1o68-so runs the story-and
secretly hired German sculptor to cut a
statue for seventy-6ve dollars. The block
of gypsum was procured, and the work of
chiseling performed in barn, only three
persons being in the secret The figure
was completed in twenty days. The APP
plication of a gallon of strong acid and a
quantity of ink gave the giant the apear-
pearance of venerable age. Then he was
packed in box, and the next news was
that petri6ed giant, or statue of great
antiquity, had been unearthed on farm
in the State Of New York! Everybody is
familiar with the recent history of the
giant. TIE artist, yet unknown to fame,
does not consider this his best effort. but
is willing to receive orders for duplicates
at the same price as the original. In fact
when the workmanship Ct the gilnt was
criticised, the sculptor is said to have re-
marked ' that any baker could make as
good thing out of Dough- But that
was only because his employers hurried
him so.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1870-03-24

COULDN'T FIND THE VERDICT. At a
recent session Of one Of the courts of South
Carolina, an entire negro jury was en-
panneled. A case was brought before
them, the witnesses examined, and the
attorneys made their respective argu-
ments.
The Judge, after laying down the law
and recapitulating the testimony, gave
the papers into the hands of the foreman,
rather intelligent looking darkey, with
instructions as soon as they found YER
dict to bring it in without fail
Thirty minutes or more elapsed, when
the jury retur ned, headed by the FORE
man, and stood before the judge.
AS the foreman appeared to hesitate
the judge enquired.
Mr.. Foreman, have you found YER
dictY
No, Massa Judge, we haben't found
'em no how replied. the ebony juryman
'Its very plain case, said the judge
Cant help it massa, couldn't see, re-
piled ebony again.
On what grounds enquired the judge
we didn't look in o the grounds
Massa Judge replied the foreman, dc
ossifer didn't take US out into de ground
outlook us into a room and locked US in
and tole us when we found dc verdict he
would left US out. So we began to fnc
de verdict, and search cherry nook, corner
crews, and cherry ting dere was in da
room but we found no verdict-no nuHlr
OBJ de kline dar.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1870-03-24

WoMANLY MoDEsrY-. Man loves mys-
terious. A cloudless sky, the full-blown
rose, leave him unmoved, but the violet
which hides its blushing beauties behind
the bush, and the moon when she emer-
ges from beneath cloud, are to him sour
ces of inspiration and pleasure. Modesty
Is to merit what shade is to figure in
painting it gives it boldness and prom
inence Nothing adds more to female beau
ty than modesty; it sheds around the coun-
tenance halo Of light, which is borrowed
from virtue. Botanists have given to tie
rosy hue which tinges the cup of the
White rose the name of I" maipen blush :"
This pure and delicate hue is the only
paut Christian virgins should use; it is
the richest ornament. A women without
modesty is like faded flower diffusing an
unwholosome odor, which the prudent gar
dener will throw from him. Her destiny
is melancholy. for it terminates in
shame and repentance. Beauty passes
like flowers of the abo, which blooms and
dies in few hours; but modesty gives the
female character charms which supply the
place of the transitory freshness of youth.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1870-03-24
"Going Into Debt"

In recent lecture Horace Greedy, with
much good sense said:
"Half the young men in the country,
with many old enough to know better.
would Ego into business" that is, into
debt-to-morrow if they could. Most
poor men are SO ignorant as to envy the
merchant and manufacturer whose life is
an incessant struggle with pecuniary diff
ficulties, who is driven to constant ''shin
ing" and who, from month to mouth,
barely evadcs that insolvency which sooner
or later overtakes most men in business !;
SO that it has been computed that but one
in twenty of them achieves pecuniary
success. For my own part-and | speak
from sad experienced would rather be a
convict in State prison, slave in a
rice-swamp than to pass through life I'M
der the harrow of debt Let no man
misjudge himself unfortunate or truly
poor, so long as he has the full use of his
limbs and faculties, and is substantially
free from debt. Hunger. cold, rags, hard
work, contempt, suspicion. unjust re-
proach, are disagreeable but debt is in
finitely worse than them all; and If it
had pleased God to spare either or all of
my sons to be the support of may declin-
ing years, the lesson which should most
earnestly seek to impress upon them is,
never to run in debt! l repeat, my
friends, avoid pecuniary obligations as
you would pestience and famine. If
you have but fifty cents and can get no
more for week, buy peck of corn,
parch it and live on it rather than owe
any man a doller! Of course, l know
that some men must do business that in
wolves risks, and must often give notes
and obligations, and l do not consider him
really in debt who can lay his hand direct
ly on the means of paying at some little
sacrifice. all he owes speak Of real debt,
that which involves risk or sacrifice, on
the one side, obligation and dependence
on the other, and | say. from all such,
every youth humbly pray God to preserve
him evermore !"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1870-03-24
NO. 49,.
A sharp Young Woman.

The Concord Statesman relates that a
young lady from the country recently en-
gagged as a saleswoman with dry goods
firm in that city. Though new at the
business she soon became proficient
Like the other employees, she had the
privilege Of buying at cost price any
goods she wanted for her own use. She
was an extensive purchaser, from time to
time, on this basis; and at the end of
two months gave up her position. Very
soon after, she was married, as was also
her sister at the same time; and it turned
out that she had entered upon the clerk
ship merely to enjoy the perquisite of
buying at cost price the liberal supply Of
dry goods SO mysteriously necessary ON
such occasions. Her employer is not
anxious to engage any more young lady
clerks from the country.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1870-03-24
RURAL POETRY.

A slovenly dress, shabby pate,
The fences down, broken plate,
Pigs in the garden, weeds very high,
Children unwashed, no bacon to fry,
Lots of great dogs, and yawning tomcats.
Windows repaired with dozen old hats,
An empty barn, not a spear of hay
Cows in the clover, horse run away,
Things sold by guess, without being weighed,
Bills coming in, taxes unpaid,
Pipes and tobacco, whiskey, neglect,
Drags in the train as all might expect,
AL sorts of trouble to fret away life
But the worst Of all an nnhlppy wifi.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1870-03-24

OPPOSITION. "A certain amount of op-
position is great help to man Kites
rise against the wind, and not with the
wind even head wind is better than
none. No man ever worked his passage
any where in a oead calm. Let no man
wax pale. therefore, because of opposition;
opposition is what he wants and must
have, to be good for anything Hardship
is the native soil Of manhood and self
reliance. He who cannot abide the
storm without hinching, lies down by the
wayside to be overlooked or forgotten.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1870-03-24
Select gnetry.
nj A r r l f d.

led.
A little week has crept away,
We live together--John and l.
Just in the same too dreadful way
But feel ill 1 hope I'll die (!
Would he be sorry if died!
All, yes-for once he loved me we'll;
All, yes-for once he did not chide,
When WAS only Rosa Bell
Those happy days would come again,
He would forget my foolish sin,
Forget the sorrow and the pain
The dead such sweet remembrance win.
Would he plant flowers on my grave?
His tears upon the blossoms fall
And wear the golden ring he gave?
Alas my finger is 80 small
He'd say, 'She was SO young and fair,
She was SO gay and fond of life p
And then he'd kiss the bit of hair
Cut from the head of his dead wife.
think it would be sweet to die,
If held in memory so fair
I'd like within my grave to lie,
Meath little buds he planted there.
I'd like to live within his breast,
And feel, as years their softnsss shed,
That all his anger is at rest
I'll know he'll love me when I'm dead
All shall lie remmember'd thus,
If Deaths cold hand shall draw me hence:
Or-will he call me sfrivolous,"
And we'd woman frll of sense?
/ hate that woman-well know
The sort of things she'll say and do;
l don't believe he'd like her tho;
Women like her are liked by few
All once he loved me-now forgot,
The passion that his heart did more,
And when he lov'd-I loved him not
And now he loves me mott love
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1870-03-24
NATlONAL HOTEL,
WOODSTOCK, VIRGINIA.
C.. NEEB, PROPRIETOR.

HAVING leased and refurnisecd the Nationa
Hotel in Woodstock, | respectfully solicit
share of the patronage of both the local and
travelling public
This is one of the largest and most COM
pletely furnished houses in the Valley of Vir-
ginia, and is situated in one of the most health
full, picturesque and convenient locations in
the valley, and will be pleasant retreat du,
ri ,g the summer months.
Ny Table will be furnished with the very
b. It Of the market, and accommodating SER
va lts will be employed. The Bar will be
su nplied with The choicest wines and liquors.
A, experienced ostler will be in attendance at
al times. [Aprll Is, '68'-t
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1870-03-24

REspEcT. When stranger treats me
with want of proper respect" said philo-
sophie poor man, I" | comfort myself with
the reflection that it is not myself that
he Sights. but my old shabby coat and
hat, which, to say the truth, have 10 par
ticular claims to admiration. So if my
hat and coat choose to fret about it, let
them; it's nothing to ME.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1870-03-24

We are ruined, not by what we really
want, but by what We think we do; there
fore, never 60 abroad in search of your
wants; if they be real wants. they will
come home in search Of you; for he who
buys what he does not want, will soon
want what be cannot buy.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1870-03-24

Henry Ward Beecher says: "When I
heard some persons praying, | think one
oftwo things; either they are thousand
times meaner than | thought them to be,
or they think that God is harder than He
is. They pray to Him as if He was the
hardest kind of a jailor and they were
begging this cruel, hard-harted .jailor to
'.let up on them.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1870-03-24

Good breeding is the result of much
good sense, some good nature, aud a
little self denial for the sake of others,
and with view to obtain the same 10.
diligence from them.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1870-03-24
hNAYLOR HOTEL,
MAIN ST., WINCHESTER. VA.
J.P. HEIRONIMUS S, PROPRIETOR.

Having leased for term of years the TAY-
LOR HOTEL PROPERTY, long and favor
ably known to the travelling public, and hav-
ing cleansed the house and refurnished it with
comfortable Bedding, Furniture, &C., offer
to my friends and the travelling public the
comforts of a HOME. With competent assist
ants, and polite and attentive servants, think
can safely guarantee satisfaction to my
guests. 1t shall be my endeavor TO restore
the Taylor Hotel to its former reputation as
the best conducted and most comfortable
public house in the Valley.
confidently appeal TO The public for o
generous patronage.
nov26, go J. P. HElRONt MUS.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1870-03-24

The ACTUAL VALUE OF Cows. The
American Stock Journal, in reference to
the subject, says:
Now, we can go into dairying neigh
borhood, and point to farmers who arr
loosing from two to three thousand dol
lars by keeping cows yielding two hun
dred pounds of butter per year. Instead Of
those that would yield from five to six
hundred pounds in the same time. How
many dairymcn can tell the relative value
Of each COW of his heard by actual test
There is tile instrument f rt'is purpose
that don't cost much, but very few dairy
men know anything about it. 1t is called
a "lactometer," constructed by placing a
number of glass tubes, of equal leagth and
diam eter, in wooden frame The milk
rom each COW is placed in some Of these
glass tudes; there they stand side.by side,
and you can see the depth of certain COWS
and estimating her value thereby.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1870-03-24

NEvER.-Never Intentionally wound the
feelings of anybody. The good opinion
of the world is the very. best Kind you
can have, and the more the better The
man or woman who says he or she doesn't
care pin what the world thinks or says.
gives utterance to what they know is abso-
lutely false. We do care, and it is we'll
We do; and those arc gravely mistaken
who say they do not.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1870-03-24
The Farm.

Farming is profession, not to say
science. If any one doubts this statement
let him leave his city-for no one bred
in the country will doubt il-and under
take to cultivate even garden of half an
acre for the summer. He will then find
that knowledge is as essential to the right
use of the spade as of the pen, and there
is great difference between the scien-
tifc farming of Flanders, where literally
noc weed is to be seen and tia. of
many of our farmers, the wealth of whose
soil is about equally diyi led tE,er fruits
and weeds, as between the trade of a
modern commercial city, and the barter
of backwoods settlement. 1t is true
that agriculture has been last to receive
the impetus of modern science. 1t is
true that many agriculturists are content
to 60 in the way of their fathers, because
experiments are costly. But it is also
true that they are unable to compete with
those who understand the use of new in
struments, methods and fertiizers.-
Agriculture is also becoming in this
country popular recreation. Many
gentleman is content to spend on his
country seat money which he makes in the
countin groom. The practical farmer is
thus able to get the benefit Of experiments
without paying for them. This change
in agriculture, which has converted it
from drudgery to an art, has created
demand for corresponding literature
Fifty years ago staple agricultural
periodical did not exist on the American
Continent" Now every considerable
district has one, while almost every
weekly paper, secular Or religious, has its
agricultural department and it will not
be long before something of a library
will be part of the furniture of every
we'll ordered farm.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1870-03-24

Josh Billings says that the m Q uito
was born Of poor, but honest parents. who
had in their veins some Of the best blood
in the country.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1870-03-24
2oetry,

Special Notices inserted at 20 cents per line.
The Cairo daily bulletin., 1870-07-09

The Cairo Brass Band visited our city
on the 9th, ,,and favored our citizens with
some truly excellent music. Itis an hon
or to Cairo to have such band.-[ Column
bus Dispatch
Cairo Silver Cornct band, if you please
Mr.. Dipreth. The members speak in warm
terms Of the hospitality of the Columbus
people, and especially ofthe warm hearted
manifestations Of Mr. Vandcmarlc. The
band isa crcditablc institution and Cairo
is quito as proud of il as she ought to
be.
Robert Miller and Michael Kelly, the
individuals who stole two valuable mares
from stowe, Orton " Cos. circus, plead
guilty this morning and were sentenced
to four years imprisonment in the peniten-
tiary. II will be rccollected that these
men effected thcirtheft at Sedalia, Missouri,
made their way safely to Cairo, Il point
three hundred miles distant, and here fell
into the clutches of the law. Another evil
dcncc, this, that ''murdcr will out These
men, when conscious Of the fullest security,
were brought TO nm accout for their mis-
deed by parties who had never seen them
before, and in n manner entirely unac-
counted even to themselves. They will
start on Monday or Tuesday next for the
ionitentiary.
-1is Great Henderson Land Enter
prise drawing came of in Masonic temple
Louisville, yesterday evening. The Lou.
isville. .toWrier-JourHai, through which We
expected TO learn the result, failed. for the
only time during the year, to arrive We
see, however, bya dispatch TO tho Evans
willie Courier that the capital prize, which
is the only prize Of any consequence has
been drawn by ticket 33osO. We take !,
for granted that no such ticket i. held in
Cairo. However, one swallow does not
make a Summer The failure 10 draw a
fortune in this enterprizc may be compcn-
sa,cd in great measure by the success
tina, is sure to follow liberal investment in
Mr.. L. Reilly's enterprise. The property
the proprie,ors and managers are all Cairo
.ins,itutions,' known TO be just Whist they
are represented 10 be.
The Cairo daily bulletin., 1870-07-09
WHERE TO GET I'm.

II is ssid that the new Constitution, rat.
lied by the people on the % instant. will
relieve the tax payers Of lllidois Of n bur.
den Of at least $1,000, 900 per annurn. /,
Is said with equal truth that il you will
buy your whisky and brandy straight.
your gin siing-, your toddies your wines
ales and beers at the Sun Flower saloon.
presided over by the affablc p. Fitzgerald,
Esq you will escape all the tortures and
torments of aching heads, derangcd stom.
aehs and appetites inseparable from the
use of impure articles. He keeps the yery
purest liquors in the market, and serves
them up in style that is perfectly irresis.
table.
The best billiard saloon in Egyp, is in
connection with the Sun Flower.
jyGt:
The Cairo daily bulletin., 1870-07-09
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
RIVER NEWS.

ARRIVALS.
Dan Able, Columbus, Baker, Paducah;
Allegheny Belle, Pitts Armada, do -,
TiGrSncH yy OF A0n sEo ,s n,s = oo hG9. HS.P MG%P
Quckstep, Evansville;
DEPARTURES.
Dan Able, Columbus; Baker, pajucah,
BcNest Lonisl ~ Louis; Armada DO,
Allegheny Belle do City of Alton, Nicksh'
Quickstop, E'
The weather Is only partially clear, with
slight indications of rain. The tcmpera-
turc is very pleasant
The river ha. fallen six inches since las,
report
The decline Oft the Mississippi goes on
steadily at st. Louis and above; 10 news
from the Missouri
The Ohio /. falling at Pittsburg, with
four feet six inches in the channel. 1t Is
rising slowly at Louisville with four feet
eight inchc. in canal and .cant four feet
over Portland bar.
The Cumberland is falling with tx feet
on Harpeth Shoals.
Business continued dull at our lcycc and
accounts from ~. Louis, Cincinnati and
Louisville showthat business on the river
everywhere is almost suspended, and one
half or more of the tonnage Of Oh" West
ern rivers is laid up.
The Allegheny Belle discharged here
nearly 800 kegs nails for Cairo and ~ tons
wagons, glass aud iron for rcshpineni
South. After leaving here last night she
was sounfortunatc as to ground hor barge'
at the point by turning with III" Mississippi
river too soon. She pulled OF one of the
the barges but was compelled To- come back
to the wharf and procure barge with
which 10 tighten the Other. She was still
working ut her barge at noon,
The Paducab packets are bringing out
more freight than at any time for months
The Armada has delivered l7o hhls iobac-
co here for rc,hipmcnt to n y. during tho
past two days, and the \. Baker has
hrough. twelve hid, for the Cairo ware.
houses, besides considerable assorted
freight for Cairo merchants and for rc.hip'
ment 20 other por'.
The Quicks,er had splendid passenger
trip but only moderate freight
As several Of our merchant. have bccn
making inquire. or,hc steamer Exchange
having freight for them on board, We an
nounce that .hc j. TO leave Cincinnati this
Saturday, evening, having been detained
by low water below Pittsburg
The Cairo aud Nashville packet, Tails
man, la. been laid upat Paducah for wan'
Of business. 1, probable that her plac,
next season will be supplied by lOrgc'
and finer boat.
Capt. John y. Baicmau has purchase ed
the little steamer Tobe Hurt, at Evans
vile and will run her in the Cumberland
river trade