Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1871-05-02
James Gordon Bennett,


We mud II stated III the ChIcauO JIyJ,s
that Mr.. James Gordon Bennett, the editor
aud proprietor of the Ueruid, Is worth a tor
tune Oi ten millions OF duTarsS How true
thls may 6e the public have no precise means
oI knowing, but there eau be no doubt that
Mr. Bennett Is very rich man. The profits
d tH" Herald alone must be half a million
yearly. which would UIake the value OF that
establishment somewhere from four TO FIVE
millions aud II Is certain that MIR. Bennett
must have large investments elsewhere, both
IN real estate aud personal property This
handsome competence has all been accumu-
!a'eu III the management OF a newspaper; for
1t Is believed that the editor of the Hey,N
mas never strayed from his proper occupation
TO engage in outside spcculations Of any sort
lie has never been connected with Jobs either
In State or national politics; he has never
sworn allegiance to any party: and he has
DuiIt up the great newspaper which he con,
trols solely by his own genius, co.rtge and
PcrtinacIty. As a newspaper writer, he is
perhaps more truly mau of genius than any
other who has Ilsen to distinction ia this
coua'ry. HIS mind is characterized Ly Ori-
gnalIty OF thought aud wit ia equal propor-
tons; and he has always appreciated the value
OF news. These Observation-Disclosures
originality, wit, courage and hews-have made
the success Of the HerGM and this success
there Is now >n"b"dy to dispute.-N J. Sun
The BUFFALO AS FCOD-A year or two
ago, piece Ui buffalo ia New York vas a
curiosity. About a half dozen launches
iound their way there aud were considered
gastrOnomic curiOsities. This Winter the
business of receiving and selling buffalo inca,
has assumed large proportions and already
over l25 900 pounds have been disposed of
Nothing but fat cows and yearlinrs are hunted
aud killed. Buffalo bull is an impossible food
it Is about as palarablc Us a hGrne.s trace.
A quarter OF cow will average about ninety
pounds, ycarImg somewhere IN the nejrE-
oorhood OF two hundred. The full-groryn
bull Is sometimes killed weighing gross =, 200
POUNDS. Only the hind quarters are sent to
market; the iore>qulrtcTs being Lett on the
plains. sometimes spriuklcd with strychniue
as bait for the wolves, who are very des,rpr
tive Of the buffalo calves There is a pccpIiar
quality of the meat frequently mentioned.
winch even transportation TO a less pure atmus
Phere does not destroy, and is it that re-
mains fresh and sweet tor almost an unlimited
period. The buffalo meat reaching New Yort
market is usually nine days on its wav. and
may have been shot three weeks or a month
ago; but utitarrIves in just as great perfection a.
II 1t had been slaughtered the day beForA
whereas beef kept the same length of time.
would icse rIuch Of its taste and quality. II !,
did not become decomposei The mea, is
sold at lower price than even inferior beef
aud when We consider the heavy lreisht paid
on car load, S364 for twenty two thousand
pounds, the price !, reraiIs Tor, eighteen cent.
seems to be quite reasonable.
BIsHop MEADE's ToMB.-Fron an &C.
couLt OF Hollywood Cemetery, at RicLmord.
we copy the following:
'EmefgIug from the vale to a little hiche-
ground we come to the tomb Of Bishop Meade.
located under an immense oak just where the
second valley Of the cemetery debouches into
the main one. 1t is q sarcnphagus of white
marble, eight feet ten inches in length and
hve feet in width. with a Gaping two fee,
eight inches high. the whole resting n, a
granite base two feet hi@ n. On one side i in.
scribed. Erected a Memorial Of Love and
Neneration by the Protestant EpiseorsI
church OF Virginia" On another ..R, Rev
Nm Meade, ID. D., third Bisho!so Of virginia
Born IN Clarke county, Va. November IIrb
i!e9, Died. IN the city of Richmond. March
l4ih. 1862" On another. He lived fo-
Christ, died in Christ. aud, ue belieye ia vith
Christ; and on the last, GProrninent in the
revival OF the Church after the Revolutionary
war, he was The Jealous defender of its p,,rify.
ana a., the founder and liberal patron Of the
Theological Seminary of Virginia" The
royal old oak is good type of the old man
who sleeps beneath its shade as bishop
and ruler of his church, he was stesdfsst
against all the winds of strange doctrines and
as pastor and friend, many tired and weary
laborers in the vineyard have taken refuge
from the heat Of the day beneath the shadow
OF his wise counsel aad loving advice"
An American editor cautions his tall
readers against kissing short women, as the
habit has rendered him exceedingly round
shouldered