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Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1871-09-01

Ladies and Gentlemen's Dining Parlors.--
Meals at all hours.
ms Families supplied with Oysters
| ap2s-ly VIM. W LEACH, Proprietor.
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PERsoNA1'
NOAH WALKER & CO..
THE CELEBRATED CLOTHIERS OF

THE CELEBRATED CLOTHIERS OF
BALTIMORE, Md,
Announce the introduction of plan of ordering
CLOTHING & UNDERWEAR, BY LETTER,
to which they call your especial attention.
They will send on application their improved
and accurate rules for
SELEMEASURE4MENT,
and full line of samples from their immense
stock of CLOTHS, CA6SIMERES, COATINGS,
SHIRTINGS &c. &C., thus enabling parties in
any part of the country to order their Clothing
and Shirts direct from them, with the certainty
of receiving garments of
The Very --latest Style
$50 Aa,d Most Pegect Fit AHainable.
Goods ordered will be sent by Express to any
part of the country. ee
AS is well known throughout the Southern
States, they have for Forty-three Years EX-
CELLED in all departments of their business,
which is substantial guarantee as to the char
acter of the Goods they will send out.
large and well assorted stock of READY.
MADE CLOTHING always on hand, together
with full line Of
FURNISHING GOODS,
including all the latest Novelties in design, and
AT POPULAR PRICES.
When Goods are sent per Express G. O. D.,
there will be no collection charge on amounts
of 500 and over.
Rules for Self-Measurement, Samples of Goods
and Price List sent FREE on application.
The attention of the trade is invited to our
WHOLESALE DEPARTMENT., which is al
ways kept up to the highest standard
NOAH WALKER Dc CO.,
Manufacturers and Dealers in Mems and Boys
Clothing ard Furnishing Goods, either ready
made or made to order. ts1
ri 1876 and 1877 Baltimore Street,
mayl9-ly BALTIMORE, MD.
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w. KIN ABE & &C

W. KIN Abe & GO.
MANUFACTURERS OF .-.t-
FIRST PREMIUM GOLD MEDAL.
GRAND, SQUARE UPRIGHT
PIANOS
T,HESE instruments having been before the
i public for the past thirty years, have upon
the excellence attained an
UNP UR CHASED PRE-E4MINEN CE
thatpronounced them unequalled. Their
TO M Il
combines great power, richness, sweetness, and
fine singing quality as we'll as great purity ofin-
tonation and harmoniousness throughout the en-
tire scale. Their
TOU CHI
is pliantand elastic and is entirely free from the
stiffness found in so many pianos, which causes
the performer to so easily tire. In
WORKMA NSHIP
they cannot be excelled. Their action is con-
structed with care and attention to every part
therein that characteriZes the finest mechanism
None but the best seasoned material is used in
their manufacture and they will accept the hard
usages of the concert-room with that of the par
Tor upon an equality in their melody,
in fact, they are constructed.
"NOT FOR A YEAR-BUT FOR EVER
All our Square Pianos have our new improved
Grand Scale and Agraffee Treble,
Every Piano fully warranted for FIVE YEARS.
rs E. Louis IDR, Sole Agent for the County
ofAugusta, by specialarrangementi senabled to
furnish the above instruments at the lowestFac-
tory prices. Mar2.tf
VIM B. LARMouR Jos. H. GALE
r ARMOUR l. co. .-r.et- as
l95 W. Baltimore ST., between Light & Charles.
efs tll4a Agents of the As 5. ,t
-se AMERICAN WATCH COMPANY OF ~
r. 4ai 1g sWALTHAM.t avs 44
Invite attention to their large and varied stock
AMERICAN, CHAS. E. JACOT and JULES
JURGERSON WATCHES
In Gold and Silver Cases. Diamond, PEARL Cor
Sleeve Buttons, Vest Chains, Neck Chains Lock-
ets Armloops &c, &c, sc.
GOLD HEAD CANES, ...
... STERLING SILVER WARE,
TRIPLE PLATED WARE,
re : ~ FINE ENGLISH CUTLERY,
WEDDING PRESENTS,
LOCKS, BRONZES, &c, &c, &C.
We are constantly adding to our stock, and
our customers can always rely on finding all of
the latest and most described styles of goods in
our line and at the e
VERY LOWEST PRICES.
Agents for J. E. Spencer 4 Co.'s celebrated
Diamond Spectacles and Eye Glasses in Steel,
Rubber, Shell and Gold frames.
~ Watches and Jewelry repaired in the best
manner and warranted.
Particular attention paid to the Manufacture
of Hair Jea0elry. apr9 '69-1y.
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TO HOUSE-KEEPERS.
FURNITURE AND
HOUSEKEEPING ARTICLES GENERALLY.
The cheapest cash Furniture House in the City
of Baltimore, IS at the corner of N. Howard and
Saratoga Sts., mo. 81 N. Howard ST.
Full Chamber Suits $50 to 5000.
Parlor Suits in Rep or Hair Cloth, $55 to
$3.50.
Library, Office and Dining Room Furniture in
great variety, either new or secondhand.
Quick Sales and Small Profits is our motto.
N. B.-When you visit the city, be sure and
give US call before purchasing.
MATTHEWS & HILDEBRAND,
s2N. Howard Street,
apr2l-ly Baltimore, Nd.
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Poetry.

'A'A Poetry. 9'Eo aEiss&8
m ~ Z ; 1- ; = - -
SEhs [Npm iAe Galasy.] sFHE
The Kiss.
BY CHARLES sIBLEY.
@rsGisT4 AOI3
Upon ane stormy Sunday, 49,.
Coming adoon the lane, 8k4HA{
Wefea score of benny lasses-l Eissla
ssxsgAnd the sweetest, I maintain,
u .E& Was Caddie, III ~ sRs #
That took uneath my pladdis
To shield her from the rain.
AANY II. 4ss4 8H
She said that the roses blushsd
For the kiss l had ta'en. l4s=e1 lT.
wadnae hae thought the lassie
t.I. Wad sac of kiss complain.
"Now, 1addie,
Wilma stay under your pladdie
If gang home in the rain"
3tEHa H III.
But on an after Sunday,
When cloud there was not one;
This self-same winsome lassie--
We CHANGED to meet in the lane
Said: "Laddie,
Why dinna ye wear your pladdie?
Wha' kens but it may rain ?"
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We now offer Glass to the public which is
pronounced by the most celebrated opticians of
the world to be the most perfect, natural artif-
cial help to the human eye ever known.
They are ground under our own supervision,
at our own mandatory in New Haven, and are
SO constructed that the or centre of the tense
comes directly in front of the eye, producing a
clear and distinct vision, as in the natural healthy
sight, and prevents all unpleasant sensations.
such as glimmering and wavering ofsight dizzi-
ness &C., peculiar to all others in use.
These Glasses are manufactured from minute
crystal pebbles melted together, and derive their
name, Diamond on account Of their hardness
and brilliancy.
These Glasses are mounted in the finest man
ner, at our own mandatory, in all styles of
Gold, Silver, Steel, Rubber, and Shell Frames,
all of the best quality.
Their durability cannot be surpassed, and their
finish is such as will suit the most fastidious.
None genuine unless bearing our trade mark,
- stamped on every frame.
Manufactured by J.E. SPENCER & Co.,
Practical Opticians, New York.
For Sale only by our Agents, LARMOUR & Co.,
1876 W. Baltimore St., Baltimore, Nd. mayl9ly
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- IMPORTATION.
1871.
RIB ONS, ~
MILLINERY AND STRAW GOODS.
Armstrong, Gator q Co..
IMPORTERS AND JOBBERs OF 81.
BONNET, TRIMMING, & VELVET RIBBONS,
BONNET SILKS,
SATINS AND VELVETS,
BLONDS, NETTS, GRAPES,
RUCHES, FLOWERS, FEATHERS,
ORNAMENTS, IttN'f srEF~s
STRAW BoNNETS
AND LADIES' HATS,
TRIMMED 4 UNTRIMMED, ar
SHAKER HOODS, &C..
237 AND 239 BALTIMORE STREET,
BALTIMORE, MD.
Offer the largest Stock to be found in this
country and unequaled in choice variety and
cheapness comprising the latest European nov
elites.
Orders solicited, and prompt attention given
aug26-to amt $40. ~
Ii MANUFACTURERS OF
SADDLES, HARNESS, COLLARS,
TRUNKS, g.,
AND DEALERS IN
SADDLERY HARDWARE AND MATERIALS,
NO. 277 W. BALTIMORE STREET,
BALTIMORE, Md.
Constantly on hand, a Large Assor tment of
Saddles mcclellan, Morgan, Spanish, Ten
nessee, Decatur, Shaftoe, Texas, California, Eng
lish, Somerset, Side, Boys. f5e9 s'H1a
Harness :---Buggy, Carriage, CoacF, Ex-
press, Stage, Sulkey, Trotting, Wagon and 9TH
er kinds.
Saddlery :---Collars, Fly Nets, Covers,
Robes. s
Trunks:---Saratoga,F French, Sole Leath-
er, Iron Frame, Iron Bound, Packing, Dress,
Bonnet, valises, Sacs, Satchels, Carpet Bags, &c.
B- We pledge ourselves to duplicate any reg
ular Bill of the above goods made in any Of the
Northern or Eastern Cities
ROBERT LAWSON Il O.,
PIT West Baltimore Street,
aprle'69-ly BALTIMORE.
GPECIAL NOTICE no nun ND = =
Having leased and removed to the large Ware
house :.~ IT,. .s.+
NO. 23e W. BALTIMORE ST.,
NEAR CHARLES,
formerly occupied by Weldon & Johnson we
are now prepared, with increased facilities, to
conduct the
GENERAL AUCTION
AND COMMISSION BUSINESS.
Our regular sales of Furniture &c. will take
place EVERY TUESDAY, THURSDAY and SATURDAY
MORNING. at 10 o'clock, on First Floor, and sale
of Dry Goods, Notions and Miscellaneous Stocks
will be held on Second Floor EVERY MONDAY
MORNING, at 10 O'Clock. Goods sold in lots to
suit the trade. -1-
Sales of Real Estate, Stocks at Stores and Pri-
vate Dwellings taken at any time, upon moder-
ate terms.
Consignments solicited and cash advances
made when required. a
BROKER & LEWIS, Auctioneers
No. 239 W. Bait. ST., near Charles
jun23-1y Baltimore.
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--~-''.- -''' s@s'r-a=s ss- saazs BIND. &C..
Without bastine
N. bail kind of machines for sale or ex'
change.
have the largest and best repair shop il the
United States. Send fer circular to
TSHANKS
Practical Machinist,
S. ". Cor. Lombard & Sharp Streets,
BALTIMORE
Foot Lathes for sale. febl2-lyr.
ESTABLISHED 1850
BARRETT & HIGGINS,
(LATE WARDER& BARRETT,)
WHOLESALE DEALERS IN *-
HATS, GAPS AND STRAW GOODS,
No. 227 BA TIMORE STREET T,
WHITE MARBLE BUILDING,
WIN: D 'sA BARRETT BALTIMORE.
@-A Complete stock always on hand: Call
and examine Ma12'69,1y
WYNN. MANN, WHOLESALE DEALER
w IN ALL KINDS
AMERICAN CLOCKS,
ANDMANUFAcrURER OF
MAHOGANY, ROSEWOOD AND GILT.
FRAME GLASSES.
Alarge and varied assortment of TOILET
BOXES, WORK BOXES, PORTABLE
DESKS, DESKS and CLOCK TRIM
INGS always on hand.
". &. Corner Chrzes and Lombard SITS,
BALTIMORE.
Febl6'e9,ly
WYNN. DEVRIES & CO., ....
w WHOLESALE DEALERsIN
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC DRY GOODS
312, ". BALTIMORE STREET,
BETWEEN HOWARD b LIBERTY
BALTIMORE.
William Devries William R. Devries
Christian Devries ifs. Solomon Kimmell,
Feb Is, '69--ly G. Ephraim Quicker.
nED SOLE LEATHER DEPOT,
e. LARRABEE& SONS,
Leather ard Shoe Findidg House,
No. 20 S. Calaert Street,
BALTIMORE.
Consgnments of rough leather solicited.
aprlO 6s-lyr.
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~ D3tsEEf 3i}EK
ROSUdNkS.

lTHE GREAT A MERICAN
HEALTH RESTORGR. purifts
N the blood and cures Scrofula, Syphilis
Skin Diseases, Rheumatism, Diseases
T. of Women, and all Chronic Affections
y of the Blood, Liver and Kidneys
Recommended by the Medical Faculty
and many thousands of our best citi-
gems.
\ Read the testimony of Physicians
\ and patients who have used Rosadali s;
send for our Rosadalis Guide to Health
y Book, or Almanac for this year, which
we publish for gratuitous distribution
it will give you much valuable infor-
nation.
DR.. R. W. Carr, of Baltimore says:
| take pleasure in recommending
your RosADALIs as very powerful al
n terative. l have seen it used in two
caseswith happy results-one in a case
OF secondary syphilis, in which the
patient pronounced himself cured at
ter having taken five bottles of your
medicine. The other is case ofscrof-
ula of long standing, which is rapidly
improving under its use, and the in
dications are thatth patient will 500 n
recover. have carefully examined
the formula by which your Rosadalis
Is made, and find it an excellent COM
\ pound of Alternative ingredients.
\ DR.. Sparks, of Nicholasville, KY,
n says he has used Rosadalis in cases OF
Scrofula and Secondary Syphilis with
satisfactory results-as a cleaner of
the Blood know no better remedy.
Samuel G. McFadden, Murfreeebo-
ro' Tenn, says: ....
4 Ihave used seven bottles of Rosa
dalis, and am entirely cured of Rheu-
matism; send me four bottles, as I
wish it for my brother, who has scrof-
ulous sore eyes.
r Benjamin Bechtol, of Lima, Ohio,
writes, have suffered for twenty years
with an inveterate eruption over my
whole body; short time since Ipur-
chased a bottle of Rosadalis and il eff
fected perfect cure.
Rosadalis is sold by all druggists.
II Laboratory, 81 Exchange Place
- Baltimore.
DR.. CLEMENTS, h Co., Proprietors.
= For sale by
P. H. TROUT,
F. H. LINK,
YOUNG & REESE.
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$40 Mclean .'a. & Hooper $40
IMPROVED
FAMILY SEWING MA CHIMES.
The most practical family sewing machine in
the world. 1t does tie entire range Of family sew
ing with greater ease less change and more
rapidity than any other first class machine, and
has fairly won the name of the
PET.
1t has taken twenty-five first premiums being
successful at all places exhibited. All machines
fully warranted and sold on easy Terms by.
JOHN N. MCLEAN & co.
No 80 NJ Charles St.
apr21-ly Baltimore
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X FORGE S. CLOGG TIM
VI No. 2, S. CALVERT ST.,
BALTIMORE, Md,
Maker of Fine Gentlemen and Ladies' Boots
and Shoes, Hand-stitched to order of the best
Imported French and English material.
Also am manufacturing Fine Hand-sewed
Goods at wholesale for merchants, and make it
an essential point in my work that they fit well.
solicit a trial from the citizens of Staunton
an vicinity. apr2l-ly.
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Live for Something.

Thousands of men breathe move and
live, and are heard of no more. Why ?
None were blessed by them; none could
point to them as the means of their re-
demption; not line they wrote, not a
word they spoke, could be recalled; and
so they perished. Their lights went out
in darkness, and they were not remem-
bered more than the insects of yesterday.
Will you thus live and die, man immor-
tai Live for something Do good,
and leave behind you monument of
virtue that the storms of time can never
ehace Write your name in kindness,
love and mercy on the hearts of those
you come in contact with, and you will
never be forgotten. Good deeds will
shine as brightly on earth as the stars in
heaven Chalmers
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A GrieYous Wrong.

There is the soundest common sense
in the following paragraph from the
Manufacturer and Builder;
Why is it that there is such a repug-
nance on the part of parents to putting
their sons to a trader A skilled me
chanic is an independent man. Go
where he will his craft will bring him
support. He need ask favors of none.
He has literally his fortune in his own
hands. Yet foolish parents-ambitious
that their sons should rise in the
world, as they say-are more willing
that they should study for a profession,
with the chances Of even moderate sue
cess heavily against them, or run the
risk of spending their manhood in the
ignoble task of retailing dry goods, or of
toiling at the accountants desk, than
learn trade which would bring them
manly strength, health and independ
ence. In point Of fact, the method they
choose is the one least likely to achieve
the advancement aimed at, for the
supply of candidates for "errand
boys dry goods clerks and kin
dred occupations, is VIGOROUSLY over
stocked; while, on the other hand, the
demand for really skilled mechanics Of
every description is as notoriously be-
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The Beautiful.

Perception of beauty is one of the
most decided characteristics by which
man is distinguished from the brute.
Ne discover no symptoms of admiration
in animals of a lower grade than our
selves. The peacock exciies no defer
ence from the splendor of his plumage,
nor the swan from her snow-white
feathers; and the verdant fields, in her
summer bloom, attract no more than
as their fowery sheets allure the insect
tribe. who in their turn are followed by
their foes. To man alone belongs the
preroeative of appreciating beauty, be.
cause admiration is graciously designed
as the means Of leading him on to moral
excellence.
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.IOsII Killings.

Men mourn for what they have lost
wimmin for what they haint got.
Pity costs nothing-and aint wutl
nothing tti aaIi .ut.n1i
Tew make a man good mad-starch
hiz stockings leetle too stiff.
Tew be happy eat molasses and
swing on gate
To find the solid contents of a mule
hind legg-feel of it clussly.
Falling into low IL like falling into mo
lasses-sweet but dredful dolby.
Curiosity often gets mouse into q
trap-jist so it does other folks.
To pick up tender goose--pinch him,
and if he squeals, buy him.
Thare IL one kritter in the world whoze
trouble you kant consol, and that is a
setting hen.
To bring up a child in the way he
should go-travel that way yourself once
in while.
A lie IL ike nitroglycerine-the best
judges kant tell when it IL going tew
explode and skater a mus.
Tew pick out good husband-shut
up both eyes, grab hard, and trust in the
Lord.
The man who won't believe emmy thing
he kant see, aint so wize az mule, for
they will kick at thing in the dark
There IL nothing like a sick bed for re-
pentance, man bekums so virtewous he
will often repent ov sins that he never
committed.
Thare " sum pholks in this world who
spend their whole lives hunting after
Righteousness, and kant find emmy time
to praktiss it.
To get affectashun out ov a man,
make him sea sick when q man is sea
sick he IL inclined tew thro up all phoOl-
ish things.)
Whenever minister haz preached
sermon that pleazes the whole congre-
gashun, he probably haz preached one
that the Lord wont endorse, t,l.
1t aint much trubble tew bear the pain
ov sumboddy else's lame back, but tew
hav the lame back oneself aint quite so
stylish. noI
1t IL hard work at fust sight tew see the
wisdom in q rattlesnake bite, but thare
are thousands ov folks who never think
ov their sins till they are bit bi rattle
snake. u.
The fly IL not only domestik kritter,
but friendly one. How they git born i
don't kno, but have thought they didn't
wait to be born, but cum just az they am.
Menny ov them are cut off in the flower
of their youth and usefulness. Sum loze
their lives by lighting too near the rim
ov toad's mouth, and fall in when the
toad gaps. Thousands find a watery
grave by Citing drowned-in milk cans
Flys, morally considered, are like other
human beings, they wont light on a good
healthy spot in n man if they can find a
place that is littleraw. believe they
are Ov temperate habits, and although
they hang around grocerys n good deal,
never see fly the wuss for liquor, but
i have often seen liquor that was a good
deal the wuss for flies.
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A Lonely Hour.

There is period of time which comes
to all men, when entire isolation is the
law of their being. 1t is that hour
when we come to die,
And let the fashion of the world go by"
Love has gone hand in hand with
them through life. 1t has strengthened
and eomforted, and been all in all,
through the changes and shocks of time,
but though it shudders and weeps and
goes up in agonized prayer, it is di-
vorced from the spirit which stands face
to face, with the mystery behind the veil.
Face to face, and utterly alonel The
vision lost to earthly things, the tongue
palsied to mortal utterance, the ear deaf
to the dear familiar accents, the scroll
of time rolled up, and the infinite space
of eternity coming into view. A very
lonely hour. Men call themselves iso-
lated on trackless desert without hu-
man companionship. But the sun, the
stars, and the earth are there, and in
them they find guides to direct their
steps. Fears and hopes alternate in
their throbbing breasts. Theyare por-
ton of the great world of humanity, and
this is only temporary severance from
its interests. All human faculties are on
the alert to find an issue from the silent
waste, and the mind is busy with
thought of the home-welcome when the
desert is passed. Never in fact is life so
clearly defined, more sharply accented,
than in those moments of accidental or
intentional isolation. Where thought
errs, it is on the side of exaggeration.
The aims of life seem greater than they
really are, and like the shadow on the
Brocken, the smallest human outlines
take on gigantic proportions. But the
lonely hour has none of this. The pal
sled hand has made its last mark and
forgotten its cunning. The throes of the
new birth have stiaed all memory of the
old. There is a blind reaching for aid,
and if il comes not FROM the angels, God
pity the wretch whose lonely hour may
measure itself by eternities; who dies
from the companionship Of the world to
find himself forever alone.
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The Folly of Attempting to Con-
tiuup Young.


The Folly of Attempting TO Con-
tinue Young.
Once for all, there is no misery so dis
tressfuI as the desperate agony of try
ing to. keep young when one cant. |
know an old bachelor who has attempted
it. His affectation of youth, like all af-
fectations, is a melancholy failure. He
is rapid young man of fifty. He plies
innocent Young ladies with the pretty
compliments and soft nothings in vogue
when he was a spoony youth of twenty.
The fashion of talking to young ladies
has changed within thirty years, you
know, and this aged boys soft nothings
seem more out of date han a two
year old bonnet. They make you,
think, somehow, of that time-honored
frog story wherein is set forth the dis
covery of galvanie electricity. When
YOU see his old fashioned young antics
his galvanic battery, so to speak-and
hear the speecnes he makes TO the girls
in their teens, when he ought to be talk
ing to them like father, you involun-
tariIy call him an old idiot, and long to
remind him Of that quaint rebuke of
Grand old John: "Thou talkest like
one upon whose head the shell is to this
very day"
That is how he seems. He is old enough
10 have been almost full-ledged before
Won were born, and here he is trying to
make believe that he is still in the days
of his gosling green, with the shell stick
inc on his head to this day Itisa mel
ancholy absurdity. One can't be young
unless one is young. Only once it is
riven to us to be untried and soft. and
cushing and superlative, and when the
time comes for it all to go, no sort of
effort can hold back the heeting days. =
From the June number of Lppincoffs
JG0Gzine