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Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1870-04-05
P0ETIGAL.
HOW WERE you MADEA MAsoNp ?
sx saorHna loHN wrlrs..

NJ RRoTHHa John VILLAS
Sightless sought the Temples porch,
And destitute, knocked at the door,
Where as man, free born. sought
Adinittance TO its sacred hoor.-
Duly prepared. I was received,
And. entering, was taught to feel
What mental pangshe must endure
. Who dares its mysteries reveal. f-
Putting my trust in God alone,
Led by brother true and kind. 5si
1traveied till reached the East,
That which ! most desned TO find.
The light my soul long pined to see
And soon. before the place ofLight,.
Where solemn vows to God were pledged.
1t burst upon my rayished sight
AndI the wondrous things beheld -
Which fill with joy the Mason's heart.
The greater and the Lesser lights
In which, thenceiorth, l had a part.
Then with a lamb skin apron clothed
Badge of a Mason pure and white
An emblem apt of innocence
felt new and strange delight.
More ancient than the Golden Fleece;
That simple sovering aha II prize
Till heart ahAll fail and life shall cease.
The temples middle chamber next
] gained, desiring further light
There fellow crafts "A goodly band,
Pursued their labors with delight.
What things. when pissed, ! saw and heard,
Made me desire still more to SEQ
From deeper wells more truth to dEaw-- (!
From crystal streams more purity.
Still Eastward bound. I Travelled on, RI
And reached the Temples inner shrineS
Where truth and purity abound,
The master's word, at last, was mine.
Here such a blaze of glory shone
As Master Masons only see,
When by the grip OF power uprnised
They are accepted and made free.
Affections chart was here displayed
And Friendships heay'n forged chain was
(Its every link of purest gold,) i- f-at
a. My very heartof hearts around, a. a 7f7
The mystic arts of Masonry
Were now unfoldcd to my view;
i felt the power OF mighty truth, r-Fr r-
learned my passions TO subdue.
That In the many mansioned house,
"Eternal in the Heavcns,'I might
Some humble place at last obtain
And dwell ia uncrekted light.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1870-04-05
ATTENTION FARMERS!
Planters and Vegetable Growers!
Wilson'S aaa 1n Oni:lted
SUPER PHOSPHATE OF LINE.
The Cheapest and Best Fertilizer In the
COUNTRY

r has raised good crops OF Wheat, Corn. Oats
i Potatoes Grass and Vegetables of a II kinds.
we have certificates which VIC can shov, and re-
fer to the gentlemen whose names are inserted be-
low but the beat certificate of any Fertilizer Is the
expericnce ii the farmer its effects upon the crops
nnd the soil observed, he and ncighb"rs use it,
wear after year. ANY Fertilizer that will continue
10 stand this test may he safcly pronounced to be
aood. We krow 1t TO have genuine merit In it
Give il a trial.
no Refer to Joshua Brown, Prcs't A. E. Il: r.;
JudgeJ. ". Hunter, A A. Co.. Md; James Mli-
1on, Esq. A. A. Co., Md; VIM. Hawkins, Esq.,
near baltimore and othcra wha have used it,
DUVALL & IGLEHART, Sole Agents,
l2S Light Street Wharf, Baltimore.
July 90, 1s69-Gia.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1870-04-05

TRAVELS oP PRINTER's HASD.-A
good printer will set 900 ems day, or about
1900 letters. The distance travelled by
his hand will average two feet per letter. being
one foot in going to the case in which tho
type is contained and one foot. of course. in
returniDg. This makes distance of $4,000
feet or more than four miles each day, so that
in the course of year. excluding Sundays,
printers hand will travel about 1400 miles.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1870-04-05
REMARkAnLE.-The year 1870 will be

REMARKABLE.-The year 1870 will be a
yery eventful one to every maiden who gets
married. Throughout the whole course of the
year. whenever the moon wanes. the nights
will grow dark. Whoever is in love this year
will think his sweet-heartau angel Whoever
gets married will find ont whether it is true;
IF the young lady happens to blush, she will
look red in the face Ifshe dreams of young
man three nights in succession, it is sign of
something. If anybody jumps overheard
without knowing how to swim.itis Two to one he
gets drowned. If any one lends an umbrella,
it is ten to one he is obliged to go home in
the rain for his pains.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1870-04-05
UNMARRIED MEN IN TuE vINaINIA Leg

UNMARRIED MEN IN TIE VINaINIA LEG
IsLATURE.-NIaj. j. q. Kelly of the Fred
ericksburg Herald, member of the Virginia
House of Delegates, in his editorial corres-
pondencc for his journal says,
"I make known the discovery with somo
misgivings, but it is nevertheless fact, that
we have in the General Assembly no less than
sixty bachelors or unmarried men-ranging
in age from tender twenty-five to tough
seventy-in pocket, from, dependence upon
perdiem up to your hundred thousand dollar
catch-in hcigth from six feet two down TO as
you like it-tbin visaged and full faced
merry counteuance and vinegar marred-fat
and lean, crooked and straight-in fact, We
have stock on hand, which in the way of
variety cannot fail to suit the whim and
caprice of even the hard to please"
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1870-04-05

"A certain minister not thousand miles
from Adrian, full Of revival zeal accosted .
farmer from one of our Deighboring towns the
other day, and after reading him short leo
ture on the sins of omission he had been
guilty of in not attending church more reg
ulsrly. asked him the pointed question, "Shall
we see you at church next Sabbath p EYES,"
slowly replied the tiller of the soil, 'Yes, III
po-or seLd hand !'
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1870-04-05

: Whatever you do, do it willingly A
boy that is whipped at school never learns his
lessons we'll. A man that is compelled to
work cares not how badly it is performed. He
who pulls off his coat cbeerfulIy. strips up his
sleeves in earnest, aud sings while at work is
the man for me-
A cheerful spirit gets on quick;
grumbler in the mud win stick.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1870-04-05
WAGON.MAKING AND REPAIRING.

TNHE undersigned having rented the Shop adioin-
i ing the Blacksmith Shop of Mr.. Hiram o Ban
non in Chsrlestown, is prepared to Make and Re.
pair Wagons and Carriages; and also TO make and
repair G rain Cradles a.,
The subscribcr experienced workman, and
will have the aasistance of practical Wagon, Car
riage and Cradle Makers, and can therefore promise
a IA athful execution OF all work undertaken. =
Promptitude and reasonable chargss will be the
March S, ls1o-ti j. w. TRIPLETT.
TTLLUM Ploughs, for sale by
" March S. JAS LAW. HoOEF.
r UDIBER, Lath and Palings. for sale by
Ia March S. JAS LAW. HOOFF.
lIORKS, shovcls, Hoes, Spades, Tor salcby
T. Mareh5. JAS, LAW. HoOFF.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1870-04-05

"A petition is in circulation in Loudou9
praying the County Court, at its April term,
to refuse to grant Licenses for the sale Of Inv
toxieating Liquors.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1870-04-05
SINGULAR PHENoMENoN-A singula

SINGULAR PHENoMENoN.-A singular
phenomenon occurred at the commencement
of the storm in st. Johns, N. B., Friday
morning A rumbling noise was heard, and
Immediately afterward a portion Of the bottom
of the harbor on the Carlton side sunk bodily,
SO that where before at low tide was a beach
is now twenty feet of water. Some wharves
were destroyed and lumber carried adrift.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1870-04-05

Josh Billings says {: The mezl is
larger burd than the guse or turkey. It has
two legs to walk with and two more to kick
with, and it wares its wings on the side Of
the he'd.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1870-04-05

"A Pennsylvania farmer writes to his
country paper that he cured his daughter of
the Grecian bend by pouring water on her
and holding her out N the sun until she
warped back again.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1870-04-05

The largest Newspaper Mail which goes
to any one firm in this country, is received BY
g. P. Rowell & Co, the New York Advsr
tising Agents. Their place of business is at
No. 40, Park Row. e
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1870-04-05

Dir. Naggs says that of all feminine ss-
compIshments, give him a nice scream.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1870-04-05

Policeman Jugg says that the locust il
designed BY nature to bring cuss low.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1870-04-05

Why are bushes ike little girls. Be-
cause they become women.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1870-04-05
OR AN GE TONIC.
Warranted Purely Vegetable.

Tg1HIS mild"Tonic Bitters'' will no found inval-
4 -uahlc all who suffer from Indigestion or De-
biIy. ts chief properties being Stomachic, Carmin
at We and Digestive. No family should be wihouti
A wineglassfnl taken teiore meals-pa rticularly
befoee breakfast-will prove highly beneficial, and
may be administered to the most delicate system
As general beverage it surpasses all others. II
may be taken at liberty. either alone or blended
with Sherry in equal parts; in which latter it
Il extremely nourishing and restorative. Manu-
flcturcd soely by
THO MAS II. MORAN Il CO., Proprietors.
DAVID z. FOUTZ. Nos. IA & 1I6 Franklin st. /,
Baltimore, Md, Sole Agent, to whom all orders
should be sent.
November I6, ls69-ly. "Ea.tH..
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1870-04-05
NEoran's Eng11sh
GINGER BRANDY.

TN ali Cases arising from a Disordered Stomach
I and Liver, tho curative qualities of EngIsgh
GISG Err BRANDY are unequaIed.
II is n sa fe and and sure preventive to Cholera,
and certain cure, if taken in the early stages of
the disease.
For Collie, Cramps in tho Stomach, FlatuIency,
&c, &c. there ia no greater boon: and Sum
mer Beverage, mixed with Soda Water, ii is most
agreeable. Manufactured solely by
THOMAS ii. MORAN CO.,
No. 81 Lombard Street, Baltimore.
November is. lS69-ly,-
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1870-04-05
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Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1870-04-05

How Do THEY L1vE?-The following,
from the Fredericksburg Herald, is equally
adapted to CharlestOwn =
1t is question often presented to our minds
how the chronic loafers'li live "They toll not,
neither do they spin," and yet they smoke
cigars and spend money, being anxious, like
the Athenians of old, always to hear something
new. They have no profession but loafng-
singular how they keep body and soul together.
The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1870-10-12
How to Danish Pleas.

A Missouri correspondent of the
Country Gentleman gives his ex-
perience in ridding his premises of
heas as follows: i
Soma years ago I had a barn
that hundred head of hogs were
allowed to winter in until spring.
The feas became so numerous that
it was not safe to approach nearer
than 90 yards, unless a man was
proof against their bites, as many
are, to my knowledge. / determin-
ed to clear them out, and directed
two negroes to remove all the dust
and dry dirt; haul eight or ten
barrels of water, and wet the floor
and walls perfectly; collect a
quantity of pennyroya! and black
walnut leaves; cover the floor
three inches deep, and set some
boughs of the walnut against the
walls and :roughs. In six days
there was not a flea to be seen,
and trainer of race horses occu.
pied the barn all summer without
molestation. / have known sheep
turned into the stable and barn.yard
and kept there, and the feas get
in the wool and perish, or are
carried Oft to the pastures.
The Scientific American furnish-
es the following:
The oil of pennyroyal will
drive those insects off; but
cheaper method, where the herd
fourishes, is to throw your dogs and
cats into a decoction of it once
week. Now the herb, and scat
ter it in beds of pigs once a
month. have seen this done for
many years in succession. Where
the herb cannot be got, the oil may
be procured. In this case, satur-
ate strings with it, and tie them
around the necks of dogs and cats |;
pour q little ION the back ard
about the ears of hogs which you
can do while they are feeding, with
ont touching them.
By repeating this application
every ~ or 15 days the fleas will
flee from your auadrupeds,
to their relief and improvement,
and your relief and comfort in the
house. Strings saturated with the
oil of pennyroyal, and tied around
the necks and tails of horses, will
drive off lice; the strings should
be saturated once q day.
The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1870-10-12
ligsnef ano the Improvement Of the 6ate ano Country
GREENvILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA, OCTOBER Vol

Old man." he said, placing
his hands upon Browns shoulders,
Z" in ten minutes I'll be on the
road, and gone like that spark.
We won't see each other agin but.
before l 90, take a fools advice;
sell out all you've got, take your
wife with You, and quit the coun-
try. 1t amt no place for you, nor
her. Tell her she must go; make
her go, if she won't. Don't whine
because You can't I've a saint, and
she amt an angel. Be q man, and
treat her like a woman. Don't be
a damned fool. Good-by."
Tearing himself from Browns
grasp, he leaped down the stairs
like a deer. Atthe stable door he
collared the halfsleeping hostler,
and backed him against the wall.
"Saddlc my horse in two minutes,
or l Il" The ellipsis was fright.
fully suggestive.
"The missis said you was to
have the buggy" stalnmcred the
man.
D-n the buggy
Ihe horse was saddled as fast as
the nervous hands of the astonish
ed hostler could manipulate
buckle and strap.
" Is anything.up, Mr.. Hamlin q
said the man, who, like all his
class, admired the elan of his fiery
patron, and was really concerned
IN his welfare.
"Stand aside!"
The man fell back. With an
oath, a bound, and clatter, Jack
was into the road. In another
moment, to the mans lIalf.awaken-
ed eyes, he was but a moving
cloud of dust in the diftance, to-
ward which a star Just loosed from
its brethren was trailing a stream
of fire.
But, early that morning, the
dwellers by the Wingdam turn
pike, miles away, heard q voice,
pure as sky.lark's singing. They
who were asleep, turned over on
their rude couches to dream of
youth, and love, and olden days.
Rough-fea:ured men and anxious
gold-seekers, already at work,
ceased their labors and leaned up.
on their picks, to listen TO roman
tic vagabond ambling away
against the rosy sunrise.
The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1870-10-12
Rising in the World.

Bear constantly in mind that
nine.tenths of us are, from the very
nature and necessities of the world.
born to earn our livelihood by the
sweat OF our brow. What reason
have we, then, to presume that our
children are not to do the same |?
1t they be, as now and then one
will be, endowed with extraordi-
nary powers of mind, those pow.
ers may have an opportunity of
developing themselves; and if
they never have that opportunity,
the harm is not very great to US or
to them. Nor does it hence fol-
low that the descendants of labor
ers arc always to be latorers. The
path upward is steep and long, to
be sure. Industry, care, skill, ex-
cellence i'll the present parent, lay
the foundation of a rise under
more favorable circumstances for
the children. The children of
these take another rise; and by
and.by the descendants of the pres
ent laborer become men of dis.
tinction: This is the natural prog
ress. 1t is by attempting to reach
the top at a single leap that so
much misery is produced in the
world and the propensity to make
such attempts has been cherished
and encouraged by the strange
projects that VIC have witnessed of
late years for making the laborers
virtuons and happy, by giving
them what is called education.
This education consists in bringing
mp children to labor with steadi-
ness, with care, and with skill to
show them how to do as many use-
fnl things as possible to teach
them how to do them in the best
manner; to set them an example
liz industry, sobriety, cleanliness,
and neatness to make these habit
ual to them, SO that they shall new
CT be liable to fall into the contra.
ry; to let them always see a good
living proceeding from labor, and
thus to remove from them the
temptation to get at the goods of
others by violent or fraudulent
means, and to keep far from their
minds all the inducements to hypo-
crisy and deceit.
The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1870-10-12

TIE big woods, near Minneapo.
lis, Mimi, are said to be full of
hogs. The farmers find that pork
raising is far more profitable than
production of grain, and are en-.
gaging in it largely. During the
winter it is estimated that over
S25,OO0 worth of pork has been
sold at Watcrtown, besides all
that has found a market in Min>
neapolis and st. Paul.
The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1870-10-12

A MILITIA officer being told by
a phrenologist that he had the or
gan of locality very large, limo.
cently replied, every likely /; I
was fifteen years a colonel in the
local militia"
The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1870-10-12

AN EASY PLAcE-Rev. Henry
Ward Heecher some time since re.
ceived q letter from a younc
man, who recommended himself
very highly as being honest. and
closed with the request: "Get
me an easy situation, that honesty
may be rewarded" To which Mr.
Beecher replied:
Don't be an editor IF ro,
would be easy Do not trv the
law. Avoid school-keepino-0
Keep ont of the pulpit. Let alone
all ships, stores, shops and mer.
chandise. Abhor politics. Keen
away from lawyers. Don't prac.
tice medicine. BE not a farmer
nor a mechanic; neither a soldier
nor a sailor. Don't study
Don't think Don't work. None
OF them are easy. 0, my honest
friend, yon are in q very hard
world I know of bnt one real
easy place in it. That is tho
grave" Wv
The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1870-10-12
The Power of Education,

Ihe unexpected and almost un-
precedented success which have
attended the Prussians in the war,
now waging, has been a subject of
frequent admirating comment,
while equal surprise has been man
itested at the i'll success of the
French. A moments reflection
will, however, enable any common
sense individual to fathom the
canse of the Prussian success. 1t
is due mainly to education. Says
the New York Standard: "The
Prussians are the best educated
people i'll the world. Our own
common school system, much rs it
Is priced by us, properly as VIC
boast OF it, is not as perfect in all
Its parts as the common school sys-
tenn OF Prussia. While we are
discussing the subject of compul.
sorry education, Prussia shows us
generations OF we'll trained men
and women, educated by direction
of the State. While there are
among Ms, especially in the agri-
cultural districts, children of
American birth, who are unable to
read and write there is scarcely
to be found anywhere a German
without these requirements. A
people educated makes the best
soldiers; especially when their mil
itary training is in every way
equal to their system of general
education" And it is to this gen.
eral diffusion of the principles of
education amongst the masses that
gives the American soldiers such
decided superiority.
The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1870-10-12

PERSONS who prefer stale bread
can have their taste gratified bv
sending to Pompeii, where they
have loaves which were baked
over eighteen hundred wears aoo
The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1870-10-12
C. f. TONNES, EDITOR.
j. G. BAILEY, ASSOCIATE

SUBSCRIPTION Two Dollars per anuum.
ADvsRrIsEMnNYs inserted at tho rates Of
one dollar per square Of twelve MiniOn lines
(,his sized typs) or less For the hrst insertion,
City cents each for tho second and third inser-
tions, and twenty-five cents for subsequent
insertions. Yearly contracts will he made.
Al; advertisements must have tho number
nf IN sc rtions marked on them, or they will be
inserted till ordered out, and charged for.
Unless ordered otherwise, Advertisements Is
will invariably be displayed"
Obituary notices, and all matters inuring to
TO the benefit Of any one, are regarded as
Advertisements.
The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1870-10-12

WHAT are the best kind Of agri-
ters. 'S"
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1870-02-08
Communicated.
Music Music +!
EDITOR PALLADIUM.

VUuSIV tvbuoIC
EDITOR PALLADIUM.
attended on Tuesday last, the Mu
steal Association of this place, and was
greatly surprised to find su, b pleasant
entertainment. The members Of the
Association are all Of the first class of
our society, and volunteer contributors
because Of an unselfish love of music
AS would be expected. under such cir
cumstances, the very best and combined
talent of our city is found here, and in
numbers to render the effect truly won
derful. Those who have not visited this
inobtrusive band of social music lovers,
can have no just conception Of their at.
tainments. The instrumental music is
nearly concordant and harmonious, and
the vocalization is full Of the true pa
thos Of music.
I understand they design giving a pub.
lie concert on the Goth inst. AS q mat
ter Of curiosity I am anxious to know
whether true and chaste talent, sucl as
this Association combines,will call out q
large audiance, or has Richmond no as
pirations above negro Ministries am
satisfied, il cur people would take as
much pains to cultivate this higher or
der Of noble, inspiring emotions. As they
do to indulge in the buffooneries Of sable
minstrelsy, the good taste and REIN
ment of society would be greatly i'm
proved.
We are musical loving people and
appreciative, and 1 can but hope we
will all turn out to this concert Oh the
Goth inst.
Can't you, Bro. Davis. make frequent
mention of them
Respectfully. B.