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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-03-18
ARMSTRONG, GATOR & CO.,
RIBBONS, MILLINERY &STRAW GOODS

Importers and Jobbcrs of
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RIBBONS, BONNET SILKS, SAT-
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Blends Nctts, Grapes Ruches Flowers, Feath-
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Ladies' Hats, Trimmed and
Untrimmcd, Shaker
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237 and 239 Baltimore street,
BALTIMORE, MD,
Offer the largest stock to be found in this coun-
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ness, comprising the latest European novelties
. Orders solicited and prompt attention given.
Baltimore mar l3-lms
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CHRIST CHURCH.--During the occupation OF
Alexandria by the Federal troops the records,
or most of them of Christ Church, were either
stolen or lost Some Of them were placed for
safe keeping in the lst National Bank, and were
handed over to Rev Mr.. Randolph, when he
took charge of the Church, after thewar. These
are safe, but it is feared the others never will
be returned. A memorandum taken from those
that are lost contains the following information
The Eestry of Christ Church ordered the
Church of Fairfax Parish-the building known
Us Christ Church-to be built in 1865. 1t was
completed in 1913 The bricks of which it was
built were imported from England. General
Washington purchased his pew in l713. The
Rectors, from the time the Church was compet-
ed to the present, in the order of their success
sion, have been Revs IT, Dade, David Griffith,
Bryan Fairfax, Thomas Davis Mr.. Gibson, Mr.
Barley, William Meade, Oliver Norris, Reuel
Keith, George Griswold, Jas. P, Mcclure,
Charles Mann, c. B. DANA Mr.. Walker, \. NJ.
Randolph, II. H. McKim A folio clasped
hible, printed in London by Baskerville In l772,
which belonged to General Washington, with
the following inscription upon the fly leaf, was
saved and is in the possession of the senior
warden of the Church: to the
Parish Of Fairfax by George Washington Park
Gusts of Mount " ashington (now Mount Yer
non) 18th of April 1904
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New Market, Caroline County,
February ~, 1871.
y TI SturL,n r.u
Falls Church, Va. October g, 1870.

Mr. A. T. Skinner. Alexandria:
Dear Sir: The Dixie Pow bought Of you
the past season has given me entire satisfaction,
after n thorough test. [ have used the best
Northern PlowS, and consider tho Dixie sll-
perior to any l ever used. loUrs truly
John l. kooN.
For sale b. ALBERT T. SKINNER
mari 10 and y :. Union 81. AleXa.. Va.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-03-18

SPRING TRADE-Our country friends i'll the
adjacent counties arc informed that our mcrch-
ants arc now receiving and opening their spring
supplies of GOODS of all descriptions, groceries,
dry goods, hardware, plaster, salt, crockery
ware, fertilizers, &C., &c.-which have been
purchased at the lowest CASH prices, and will
be offered to buyers at corresponding rates.
Country stores can be supplied with any kind
of goods wanted, and farmers can make their
selections from large and varied stock. Taking
into account the facilities of transportation, to
purchase goods here will save time trouble
and money. Examine the Alexandria market
and judge for yourselves. Our merchants are
exerting themselves to extend their trade, and
to please their customers.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-03-18

CHICKEN CAsE.-A boy named Lewis
MUNICH, living in Fairfax county, near the city,
crying fit to kill himself, complained at the
Mayors Office, this morning, that a colored
man named Robert Jordan had stole ten chick
ems from his father, Henry Munich, last night,
and had killed them, and had them, with six
others, for sale in the market. Jordan was i'm
mediately arrested, and taken before the Mayor,
leaving the chickens in charge of nephew, a
boy named Alonzo Jordan As the chickens
had to be identified, an officer was sent tor
them, and brought them to the office, but the
boy in whose charge they had been left had
run away. When the trial came on it was dis
covered that the fowls had been killed several
days, consequently could not have been those
stolen last night, and so the accused had to be
discharged, though he could give no intelligl-
Bile account of how he got them but as they
were spoiled: from having, been kept too long
the clerk of the market was directed to prevent
their sale. When the trial was over MIR.
James Watkins, in whose neighborhood Jor
dan lives, complained that his hen house hao
been robbed last Tuesday night of sixteen
chickens, but as no body saw Jordan stea
them he could not be re-arrested.
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J. NJ. HURT,
+. G. WILLIAMs,
w. II. CHRISTIAN,
J. B. WILLIAMS,
J As. :. GILLIAN.
January 9, 1871.

do not believe in plow trials made by tho
manufacturers themselves, but hope that every
farmer will at once make full trial of the Dixie
with every pillow lie can find, and buy that which
does the best work have not been able To sup
Div tho demand, nor fill my orders for some
time, and must leave tho field trials whcro they
rightly bel ong-to farmers themselves.
p II. STARKE, l4iO Main street
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LIGHTING FJsHTowN. The committee OF
the City Council to whom the subject oflight-
ing Fishtown was recommitted have met and
resolved to adhere to their action in refusing
the petition for the extension Of the gas mains
to, and the erection of gas lamps at Fishtown
They, however, will report in favor of erecting
oil lamps on the fish wharf, and recommend
that they be supplied with oil during the fish
inn NnnSnn
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IMMIaRATIoN-A meeting OF the Immigra-
ton Association was held at the Custom House
last evening, Capt. Eldridge, the President, in
the chair, and T. l.. Sanborn, Secretary. Several
gentlemen addressed the meeting on the best
mode of carrying out the ojects of the asso
citation n committee was appointed to frame
and report code of Bylaws The Board OF
managers were instructed to devise and pre-
sent at the next meeting, plan of operations
for rendering the organization useful New
members were proposed and the constitution
was subscribed to by all the members present.
There was good attendance, and much earn
estness was manifested in the cause of Immi-
grafton The meeting adjourned to meet next
Tuesday evening at the Custom House
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GRAND OPENING
" of a large and fashionable stock of
GENTS YOUTHS s. BOYS CLOTHING

FURNISHING EUUDS,
suitable for the Spring wear, and prices 80 as
tonishly low that no person in want of Clothing
and Furnishing Goods can fail to purchase.
S. WATERMAN,
mar l8-lw 81 King street
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LOCAL NEWS.
CHURCH SERVICES T0-.u0RR0H.


CHRIST CHURcu-Servicc at II Il. M, and
y p. m, by Rev. Mr.. MeKim.
ST. PAUEs CHURcH-Servico at IL a. n.
and Al p. M, by Rev. Dr. Norton.
GRACE CHURCH-Service at IL Il. III. and u
p. M, by Rev. Mr. Sprigg:
ST. MARYS CHURCH-MasS ut and II a. m.
and Vespers ut p. III.
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH-Sermon in
the morning, by Rev. McAtee Sunday School
Concert at night.
SECOND PRESBYTERIAN CHURcH-Sermon in
the morning and at night, by Rev DR.. Bullock.
METH. EPIs. CHURCH-Sermon in the morn
ing and at night, by Rev. Mr.. Hemmenway.
METH. Episcopal CHURCH SoUTH-Sermon in
tho morning and at night, by Rev. A w. VII
son. P. E.
METH. PROT. CHURcn-Nc service.
BAPTIST CHURcH-Service in the morning
and at night ny Rev. Mr.. Ryland.
VILLAGE CHAPEL-Service in the morning and
at nj ght, by Rev. Mr.. Lightner.
ALEX'A. CHRISTIAN Observation-Disclosures
meeting in the LIST Presb. Church at four p IN.
Daily prayer meeting in the rooms of the Asso-
citation, IS King street, at p. NJ.
GERMAN LUTHERAS-Service at II ~ ~. and
3 p. M. at the rooms Of the Christian Associa-
ton, by the pastor, Rev. K. A. Bischof.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1871-08-10

II is about dozen wears since bn>i-
ness, not pleasure took me to New Jeri-
cho, the terminus OF civil lization and the
Whammelove- Railroad And "a hard
road to travel that was. Ii had sleeper
grades, sharper curves, and more Of
them than. il is to be hoped. ever pnt in
peril the public life and limb before or
since.
II was Saturday afternoon, and we
were to reach Jericho at some indefinite
hour that evening, time not being the
essence of the contract.
At place called Blueruin We stopped
fifteen minutes to "liquor." There had
been a cock fight, and several other
fights. and big crowd there that day,
and every body was in high glee.
The New Jericho delegation returned
by our train, and rougher looking sam
pies of rustic rowdydom it would have
been difficult to find, even in that fav or
ed region. Among them was a straD-
ping six-footer, a very Hercules in pro-
portions, with q cock-o-the-walk sort of
swagger about him, who took posses
sion Of two seats, depositing his body
on one and deadheading his legs on the
other. One cheek was pufied out by an
underlying quid, while ever and anon,
with back-action jerk, he would send
nearly gill of tobacco juice over his
shoulder, which those within range had
the privilege of lodging or taking the
Of, as they liked. As for
the curse Of Ernulphus, or
the table talk Of a Flanders mess room
in Uncle Toby's time, in point of male
dictory power, was weak in compari-
son.
At the next station young lady came
on board, beautiful as Venus and modest
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1871-08-10

MK,. Boris JOKE. The cheerful.
ljght-hearted frivolif $ which character
I lzes some Of the women III the far
West !, very delightful. Mrs.. Hott,.
1 of Virginia CITY, for instance. deter.
mined TO play prank upon Mr. Bolts.
Bolts, 1t appears, was in the l.abit of
coming home every night 50 complete.
ly full Of undilutcd firewater that the
revenue inspector had half mind 10
compel him 10 wear = stamp on his
stomach Mrs. Bolts rot awfullv tired
OF this Kind of thing She consider
eel IT Objectionable and rough for Bolts
to come zigzagging into the house
trcadng on the baby. upsetting the
! chairs and making himself generally
/ disagrccablc.
so Mrs. Bolts, who seems To he
/ something OF u wag, determined to
! put old Bolts out OF his misery a. once
/ and arrange his noble form for the
cold and silent grave. SO She went M
INTO the garrct and dropped Il rope
/ down through hnot-holc into sit
1 tlng-room. She made slip-knot in
/ the lower end, and iasteacd the other
end 10 bed-post up stairs. Her
amusing little game was to but that
moose over Bolts head while lle SIT
there drunk, and then to rope him
right up to the ceiling 50 as to choke
him to death, and jam his skull d min
ute particles against the ratters.
Mrs. Bolts Is considered IN compe-
tent judges to be the most facction,
woman in Nevada. Old Bolts came
in as usual. and sat down. Mrs. Bolts.
while pretending TO caress him. slipped
the rope over his heat Bolts was IS
calm As the bosom Of summer lake.
Z He sat there as if he enjoyed himself.
But. when Mrs. Bolts had evervthino
fixed nicely. she bolted up stairs.
Bolts Immediately rose with "A sly
twinkle In his dark, soIferino eve.
slipped of the moose. and tied it
around the stove. Unconscious Mrs.
Bolts up stairs spat on her hands.
seized the rope, and hauled in. She
got the stove up to the ceiling. and
then she gave IT "A series Of Jerks. |
ouhhpiue IL st9dIISl Tue EdlttF>.
a cataract of pans, gridirons. pok-
ers, stove plates. ashes and piDc. ram |
ed down in the sitting room. but Mrs.
Bolts. thot 1t was only Old Bolts kick.
ing in his last agony. 50 she fasten- |
ed the rope and rushed down the back
stairs shouting to the neighbors that
Bolts had hanged himself. The peo
pie rushed in and there was Bolts sit
ting calmly amid the wreck Of matter |
with his finger to his nose. while the |
stove swung backwards and forwards
like "A pendulum.
When Mrs. Bolts recovered from
her fainting fit she was in jai Bolts
now spends his evenings at home. try
ing 10 accompany himself to the flute
while he sings. lin lonely tonight.
love without you" Mrs. Bolts joke
is not regarded as a satisfactory sue
cess by the inhabitants of Virginia
City.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1871-08-10

dogs as there are varieties of potatoes,
and their tempers are as various as the
winds. We always make it a rule not
to differ with dog knowingly for
there is no degree Of cold that can
cause us to remember how thin our
clothes are. that can compare with
being pursued by dog, with fair
prospect Of success for the dog Hav
ing dog festooncd to the seat OF our
trowsers is a style of trimming we
never admired
There are both kinds of dogs the
other kind have pups, and do not com
mand that respect of men which the
memory Of Geo. Washington inspires.
In most cities dogs are taxed. and the
other kind pay in the proportion of two
to one.
When YOU come to intelligence. a
large share of the four footed animals
and quite number of the rest of us.
have to take back seats when the dog
makes his appearance. The best
scholars belong TO tue circus, and for
that reason if we were called upon to
change our present business, we would
rather be circus dog than any other
of our numerous friends.
About the biggest pile Of knowledge
we ever heard Of possessed by dog,
was told Us by his owner, who was a
great politician. lie said that the dog
always knew when there was To he an
election as well as he did, and always
went to the polls, and stood round and
listened TO what was said, and the next
morning would make him read the
returns aloud. At one election the
votes were going 10 run very close
the dog heard the matter discussed and
he seemed more than usually excited.
On the day of election he started and
made believe run mad. and bit every
voter ON the opposite ticket that he
could find, and scared the rest so they
did not dare to 20 10 the polls. and
the result was that the party he worked
ipr carried the clec.ion by biz ma
jprltv. We should never have believed
that. had not We heard 1T directly from
the owner of the dog, and it illustrates
the Intelligence and reason Of the ,lop
better than any auccdotr we ever
heard.
One word more and We are done.
IL Is perhaps no more than common
Justice L. the reader That We should
state that wc aitcrwarl learned that
the man who told Us that story lied.
ami tina; hc never owned dog il hi,
life. SILL, il il had been true, It would
have been beautiful illustration Of
canine intelligence.
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Vol XVII Whole No. 862. No 80.


CONNECTICUT IN FOR Tive dis
cussed the other day." says the New
York Times, the subject of narrow.
gauge railways. There can be no doubt
that this question is rising into impor-
tance among US, and reaching its sulu-
ton in very practical wav. 1t now
looks as If Connecticut enterprise would
be accredited with the promptest accep-
tance of the new system, for on last
Wednesday the Legislative Railroad
Committee of that State had before il a
petitioner for narrow gauge railroad
from Hartford to UnionvIle. Accord
Ing to the engineers estimates, this pro-
jcctcd road is to be fifteen miles leny,
and to have gauge of two and n half
feet. The road bed Is estimated at ten
feet where there are excavations, and
eight feet where embankments are nee
essary. 1t is expected that the road will
he built for Sl46,500, or less than ten
thousand dollars per mile. The promo
tcrs OF the enterprise press the project
with reference to the great additional
frcighting facilities it will afford the
people OF that district. No opposition
to the petition has yet been made, and
rs it is an experiment which can neither
cost the State anything, nor invade the
rights OF existing railroad monopolies,
there Is no good reason why the narrow
gauge problem should not be worked
out III Connecticut-the cradle of inven-
ton and enterprise
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Dogs.


In his humorous sketches of Natu-
raj History the editor of the Belfast
(Me.) Journal has the following chap
ter on dogs:
Every dog has his day" and just
now they are having thirty-six of them.
1t is of the proprietors Of these days
that We propose to make mention in a
few sentences which will contain the
pith of our dog knowledge.
Dogs are Of three kinds: iron dogs.
the common lump dogs and the Bo-
logna sausage. which is the Dutch for
dog-but we shall treat simply of the
pure dog in its normal state.
As we all know that the dog is four
posted, like an oldfashioned bedstead.
and has an eating machine rugged on
one end, while the other is finished out
into vehicle-we say vehicle because
there is alwaysa a wag on it. The body
part is hollow, like q stove funnel. and
the outside is covered with a coat of
hair like plate of hash. They have
stout appetite and you can run about
as much provision through one as you
can through dumb waiter. They are
social cuss and like company, and
they shake hands with their tails.
You tell a good dog, as you do tree,
by noticing the bark. With the dog
the less bark and the thinner it is the
better the dog. Like the rest of US,
they growl when best suited.
Dogs are useful for q great many
purposes. Their chief characteristics
are running mad, killing sheep and
bringing 6eas into . family-a COM
bination Of virtues not possessed by
any other animal.
There are just as many breeds of
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1871-08-10

The following valuable receipt for
preparing gingerbread is taken from a
Canada paper. and will he found well
worth preserving: Get your ginger:
melt molasses till it biles over: melt
some butter till it S thin; stir it through
the molasses candy; multiply by wei
sugar; thrash some clover and mary
ander seed. and grind them in the hop
per tclean out the hopper ready to grind
coffee for breakfast, by running few
corn meal through il: git II h.. sack
OF flour ON credit; cups OF sour oil
OF Kline beat somebody out of the eggs
beat the eggs; strain them to abstract
the shells. Line the pan with red fan
mel, saturated with equal parts OF coal
tar and strong butter, and pour the
mixture in. Bake with slow fuse.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1871-08-10
A Bit OF a Sermon.

W uAs o'eI ia hni 10 d..
H. q, bon. with all your might
NrKvf ~ fiffge true
or sslie in the RI kit
frific- even
Lead to heaven.
Iriic~ make the life Of man
- IN all things.
oneai or small fhinKs
lie A. thorough as you can
let no sIr,ck their surface dim
>P"iiess truth and honor bright
~ not give fig fpr him
" ho says dHg lic j. white
lie Who fslier,.
Twists or Aliers
Little atoms when We sIeal
Nag deceive me
hut helisve me
To Ainaself he l. a sneak
Help the weak II sou arc strong
Love the old n YOU arc Young
own 4 fault If YOU arr wrong.
II sou'nr angry hold yuur lnngu"
In each duty
Lies \ tcauty.
IL your eve. yuu do n ot shuI
Ju-t a. surely
And sscuruls
- Kernel in nut
1--we viii al your heart and .oul
Love VIII - ~ afl sAr ant touch.
That. the moral of the whole
lpu ran never lnye too much
Its The glory
-! u. sturs
In our hahyhooi begun
car heart without H.
Never doubt d
Are a. woTld- without a -un
II you ,hins a word would pleas.
Say il. # Il j. bul trlr
Words may siyc delight with cA-.
When no at {. askei from you
Words may ofteu
ss-'ille and soiicn
I,ld Joy ~ heal pain
They arc trtAsur-s
Fielding plea.un-~
!; u wicked 10 rsiain
Nhat-p'er yuu ind ta 10
l'o u then with all your might,
Let your prayer lie strong and true
Prayer, ~! iaI-, viii keep You rlshi
PRAY N all thing
''r'ai and small thing,
Lake thri i-tian gentleman
And forever.
Now nr never
f'r A. thorough a. vou can
loood words lot the y o
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1871-08-10
Miseellamroms.
A True Story.

In the evening Of the day on which
Alice arrived at 8, a great tenn
perance meeting was held in one of
the churches. Her friends who had
become tnthuiastic in the cause. urged
her 10 90 10 the meeting, which Alice
did. though with reluctance. The
house was crowded above and below.
The preliminaries, usually appertain-
ing TO such meetings, having been
arranged. brief opening address was
made by one of the ministers. A re-
formed man then related his expert
ence with great effect. After he had
finished there was n pause Of nearly a
minute.
At length a man who had been seat.
ell far back with his face partly turned
from the audience, arose slowly and
made his way TO the front of the stage.
\ half-suppressed exclamation es-
capped Alice, as her eve caught the
weil-known features of her husband.
while quick thrill ran through her.
Then her frame trembled in accord
ance with her fiuttering heart. The
face of Mr.. Delaney had greatly
changed since she had last looked up
on it. Its calm, dignified elevation
had been restored, but what a differ
ence.
Mr. President" he began in brok-
en- voice, although had consented at
Your earnest solicitation TO address
this large assembly tonight, yet |
have felt so strange a reluctance to do
so. that it has been with the utmost
difficulty that l could drag myself
forward. But l had passed my word.
and l could not violate it.
As to relating my experience. that
| do not think | can venture upon.
Would to heaven that just ten years of
my life were blotted out.
The speaker here paused moment,
already much affected. Then resum-
ing in firmer voice, he said
But something must be said of my
own case, or shall fail to make that
impression on your mind which wish
to produce.
AtuSs vi lCat lOuCu Tie
heart with power, while abstract pre-
sentations Of truth glitter coldly in
the intellectual mind, and then fade
from the perception like figures in a
drama.
Your speaker once stood among
the first members of the bar, in
neighboring State. Nay, more than
that-he had represented his county
for three years in the Assembly of the
Commonwealth, and more than that
still, occupied a seat in Congress for
two Congressional periods"
AT this point the stiffness of death
pervaded the assembly. "And yet
more than that" he continued, his
voice sinking in low thrilling tone,
she had tenderly loved a wife and two
sweet children. But all those honors
all these blessings have departed
from HIM forever" he continued, his
voice grew louder and deeper in his
efforts to control himself. He was
unworthy TO retain them! And his
constituents threw him off because he
had debased himself and disgraced
them-and the worst of all-she who
loved him so devotedly-she who had
borne him two dear babes, was forced
to abandon him and seek an asylum in
her fathers house.
sand why? Could become 50
changed n . few years? What power
was there toabusa me that my fellow
beings spurned, and even the wife of
my bosom turned away .heart-stricken
from me! Alas my friends, it was .
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1871-08-10

How TO AROUSE HIRED GiRL.-
One night recently DIR. Peck, of st.
Johnsbury, VT, and his wife returned
To their house after an evenings ab-
sence, and found themselves locked
out by the servant girl who was sleep
lng soundlv III the arm chair, and wait
lng for thel.' return. The doctor rang,
raped and roared, and the girl still
slept. The doctor then took from his
trunk syringe loaded with cold WA
ter, dropped the window from the top
and fired. The charge took effect in
the mald's ear. She sighed, stretched,
drew one hand over her ear, and rc-
sumcd her travels in the land of Nod.
The doctor though surprised, WAS not
demoralized. He reloaded, took sure
aim. and fired a long, drilling charge
right into the old wound. Presently
there arose upon the midnight air one
oi the most terrific, frightful screams
ever heard in that locality. The doc
TOR dropped his weapon, stuck his heal
IN the window, and begged the fright
cncd maiI To hush up before the police
were aroused. In due time she was
qut tel and the doctor was admitted,
but hc will never use 4 syringe again
unless he first notifies the neighbors.