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Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1871-03-10
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of the kidneys
fever, nervousn ess. chills,
diseases of the skin, i'm
purity of the blood, mel
ancholy, or depression of
spirits, heartburn, collie,
or pains in the bowels,
/ pain in the head, fever
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i445 Corner Of Frederick and Market Streets.
Having recently erecte commodious stables
upon these grounds, weare gratifed ,toannounce
to the public generally, and our friends, that we
have stocked them with every adjunct to a COM
plete Livery Our horses are young fresh, fast,
and well broken; our Buggies, Carriages &c,
new and Of the latest style, and our drivers Sc
,lected with special reference TO the comfort and
safety of our patrons 80 l'e -s-4 = so
Pleasure parties accommodated atall hour
with single OF double buRgies, riding horses, 70
ladies and gentlemen, Carriages, Spring wagon
&c. Parties wishing to visit Weyer's Cav
would do we'll to give US a call. gsassa
Horses fed BY the day, month or year, at usual
Special attention given to the sale of stock.
g Hoping by strict attention to our own bust
ness, to merit continuance Of the favor shown
US in other places, we respectfully solicit share
of the public patronage. apr22-tf
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NEW. s. #i@ 115i8
,aSAMUEL G.. BASKIN.

Il CUUNTANTf AND BOOh-h EEF Ell,
So1ioits encouragement in new mode of BUSH
sness, promising prompt attention, and entire sat-
iisfaction.
viii open or ,etart new sets of books for Mer-
chants, or other parties, will render Merchants
and other accounts, examine and reconcile Pass
Books Of Banks, furnishing vouchers when de-
sired. . ,sitr. -t.e o .s.. -.se
Desires to keep one or two sets of Books, and
will negotiate Loans at fair rates. .
lily Office is with James Ker, Insurance Agent,
above First National Bank.
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; DIR. SIMMONS
LIVER REGULATOR.

preparation of roots and herbs, warranted
to be strictly vegetable, and can do no injury to
any one. Fl
1t has been used by hundreds, and known for
the last 40 years as one of the most reliable eff
cacious and harmless preparations ever offered to
the suffering. If taken regularly and persistent
ly. it is sure to cure dyspepsia, headache, jaun-
dice, costiveness, sick headache. chronic diar-
affnctinur of tho h1a dor mn dvcentarv,
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PoTAToEs. an experiment in devel-
oping the productiveness of potatoes, the
Rev. DR.. Wrenford of Nairnshire, Scot
land, last year planted 26 tubers each by
itself uncut, in a pit dug 3 feet deep, but
with O. foot of intermixed manure and soil at
the bottom, so that the actual depth was
about 2 feet. At the time of planting, only
2 inches Of soil were put on the tubers and
as the plants grew highe and higher, more
was added until the pit was filed The
weight of the seed potatoes was about II
lbs, and on digging the crop, the yield was
found to weigh 312 lbs., and to mum Der
627 tubers, or an average of about J lb.
each. Only 81 were small, weighing u
OF. each or less, while 205 weighed over 1
lb. apiece, of them going above lbs In
addition to the peculiar method of planting,
the leading stalks were pegged down from
time to time, and as result of this, in one
case, ID potatoes, weighing & lbs, were
dug within circle around the collar of the
plant, and about Is inches from the root
Potatoes planted in the ordinary way suffer-
ed much from the drought, but in this ex-
pertinent the depth at which the tubers were
placed prevented their feeling the scarcity
of moisture .-Boston Cultavotor.
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ADVERSELY When man is in the noon
tide of prosperity the world seems on y made
for him, the sun shines to give him plea.
sure, and the heavens are spread above to
delight him with their fairness. He sees
no other world than his own and his loves
and emotions are too apt to narrow down
and centre about himself But the night Of
adversely comes the vail of darkness hangs
over the earth-her greenest promises are
mostly hidden from him, Int he finds that
the sky above is full of stars which beckon
on his deepened thoughts to more exalted
hopes He sees that every star is a mighty
world, full, perhaps, of beings like himself,
possessed by their Own petty cares and joys
and thus his mind is led away into illimit-
able contemplation; eternity and the uni
verse shame his small self-loye he finds
that the worlds circle not aroun him, but
he is only trifing part of the great crca-
ton, fulfilling his destiny through good and
evil, waiting upon the development of the
Divine plan. AS he grows humble, he
grows trustful as he becomes childlike he
is really great.
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NIOTICE.-Made at the Institution for the
TN Deaf and Dumb and the Blind.
/ Hair Mattresses, 49,.
Moss and Shuck Mattresses,
Coir Mats, all sizes,
Corn Brooms,
Old Mattresses renovated,
Old Chairs filled with new cane seats,
81. Books bound in plain binding.
Articles to be repaired will be called for At pri-
vate residences, and returned when finished.
All orders for work SHOULD be made through
tho Steward, or Foreman Of the Shop, to the
Principal ..7.< s..-
Seb1l-1y.-vindicato copy.-Spee.
LIME wHIsKEY. .a
: i = REAGAN's, RILEY s AND OTHERS.
p T. P Reagan, having enlsrged his business, by
taking out retail license, bega leave to inform the
public that he keeps constantly on hand the finest
brands of Whiskeys, Brandies, Wines &C., which
he will SELL at retail, at the lowest possible pri
ces. ...s..-.s.,,.,...-
r His Bar, IS heretofore, viii be furnished with
superior Liquors, and served in the best style.
Thankful for the liberal patronage extended
during the past four years. he respectfully soicits
the continuance of the same, and extends q cor
Hal invitation to the public to give him q call,
at his old stand, on New Street, opposite the Vr-
ginia Hotel. 1850 49,
Spectator copy and send bill to
Vindicator foi collection. sesss
NOTICE.-The subscriber having associated
~ with him in his business, from the 18th
Of Sept. last, WIN. F. SUMMERSON the business
will be conducted hereafter under the style Of
A. HI. Taylor Il Co.
They are now receiving a large stock of
STAPLE AND FANCY DRY GOODS,
GRo CERES, &C.,
making their stock very complies, which they
IL al Ill
TO cash buyers on short time to punctual Gus
toners. ALI kinds of Lumber and marketable
produce taken in exchange for goods.
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Professional Cards.
ANN. CHAPMAN, d. d. S.
.a~.- STANTON VIRGINIA,

s5UrhD Office, southside Main Street at
b, is old stand.
Artificial teeth mounted on Gold, Silver and
vulcanite.
All operations performed n themostScientifc
and skilful manner with strict regard to Perma-
nancy and warranted to compete witha ny work
tone in the cities.
IL Thanking the people of Augusta an the sur
pounding Counties for their very liberalpatron-
age prior to, during and since the war, + re-
pectfully solicitits continuation
-. The highest price paid for old gold and
plate - g.. ,JIpe1-tf
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Sailing BUrrER-Hew should butter be-
put down? Sprinkle the package with salt,
and then press the butter firmly, but not
pound it, as that will break the grain.
When the package is full, spread wet
cloth wet in brine over it, and put about an
inch of salt on it, and cover with brine and
see that it is kept covered. Butter that is
properly manufactured and put down may
be kept perfectly sweet for years. The
package should be such as the butter will
sell best in, but for keeping, white oak fir
kins are best
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NEXT DOOR TO vlNDIcAToR OFFICE, $685.
and has supplied it with superior stock %
liquors, Wines, Ale &C., which will be served in
any style desired and guaranteed to suit the pal
ate Of the most tastidious. He respectfully So
licits call from his old friends and the public
generally. sep2-tf
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VALUABLE IF TRuE.-A physician of
Baltimore recommends the use of belladon-
ma as preventative of scarlet fever. The
following are the directions for its admins
tration
Dissolve three grains of fresh and well
prepared extract of belladonna in one ounce
of cinnamon water, and few drops of alco-
hol to prevent fermentation Give of this
solution two or three times day one drop
for each year of the child's age during the
prevalence of an epidemic Of scarlatina; of
course it is not pretended that the protection
is permanent. 1t should be used on each
recurrence of the epidemic
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FARM AND FIRESIDE.

From an article in the Clarke county
| Courier, signed Agricola, we make the fol-
| lowing extract: There must be, before
many years, a great change in the mode of
farming in Virginia. The implement which
is partly destined to bring about this change
is the subsoii pillow. We think it is possible
for the system Of farming which prevails in
many of the northern States to be introduced
here with good results. Northern men tell
us that land selling in Pennsylvania for
800 to $3.50 per acre is, naturally. no
better than this, when we cannot command
half that price To what is this difference
attributable Northern farmers, from the
smallness of their farms, are led to expert
ment to degree which the owner of nu.
merous acres never does. Often important
and remunerative results follow. They are
forced to increase the yield of one acre be-
cause they have not two. They cannot
solely depend on wheat, hence their aten-
ton to stock. The history of wheat crop,
when we balance its cost and IFS profit, will
conviuc: every one that they are right
North m farms of seventy acres in the
course of tie year will handle as many live
stock as are generally handled 10 Virginia
on farms Of two hundred List us note the
difference. They depend chiefly on cutting
their grasses and not letting the stock Craze
in The fields The single fact of keeping
them from pasture in the spring, opposed to
the Virginia practice of turning everything
out to feed itself on the first bright spell,
and allowing the grasses to be eaten to their
roots, will be sufficient TO account for the
greater yield Of grass per acre with them
than with us. But, additionally, the great.
er the quantity of stock the greater the
quantity of manure. This is oftener appli.
ed to their grass lands than elsewhere,
which seems to us the better practice
Again northero farmer makes it his prac-
tice when he has a surplus over his expen.
ses, to invest some portion each year in the
Improvement of the acres which he already
has, either in superior fencing, high manu-
ring or improved buildings, &C., while the
Virginia practice has been to add to the
number of acres, while no additional value
was given to those already possessed. Sub
soiling has been with the northern farmer
the beginning of his success in many in
stances-.a practice which, we hope, may
become rapidly more prevalent in Virginia
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ness, bowels in general costlve,
mating with lax. The head
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1O7O The undersigned respectfully calls
lOV. the attention Of his friends to the
fact that upon his own hook he proposes to carry
on general AUCTION BUSINESS, at the old
stand corner of Augusta streetand Spring Lane.
either in town or country, as reasonable as any
other auctioneer. EN-. CUSHING:
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Masonry saved Him.
A THRILLING STORY.

we are lndeDted 10 Inc L crtitnu argus
for the following thrilling story.
If we are not mistaken we have heard OF
/ cad somewhere that truth is stranger than
felton, An instance, strictly true, has
come to cur knowledge which wildly illus
trates that, and also exhibits with almost
startling effect the danger Of mob law and
the benefits of Masonry
A young Maine man, who is engaged in
the commercial travelling business for a
Chicago house, was recently travelling out
in the far West, when he was taken losses
sion of on the train by two men who simply
informed him that they we're officers and
wanted him. He expostulated, explained,
demanded explanations, &C., but all in vain.
| No one Oh the train knew him, and there
were those who did know both the officers.
All be could get out of them was, that he was
the man they wanted. In this way he was
taken some ninety miles into the interior.
Upon arrival he had no longer to remain In
ignorance Of his supposed offence, the whole
village beng out to welcome him with such
cries as Here's the ID horse thief caught
at last"
''Let's string him up.''
The officers made some show eft resis ance,
but the excited mob took possession of their
victim and marched him into the town, naar
the centre Of which moose was already
strung over the limb of tree. Our friend
thought it was all up with him sure. Fix
postulation was received with derision. =
Every body recognized him as "a notorious
horse-thief, whose depredations Up the vi
entity had been long continued and extea-
sive. A horse-thief in that section is look
ed upon something worse than an average
murderer There was not a plying eye in
the crowd, and the universal howl was to
lynch him. He tried to pray, but the com
nercial travelling business had ruined him
for praying While waiting under the moose
a happy thought struck him. His Masonry.
He was Royal Arch Mason al
In all that crowd there must be Masons
He gave the "grand hailing signal Of dis
tress !" We are not at liberty to explain
how it is done for several reasons, the chief
one of which is, we don't know But he
gave it; in an instant one of the foremost citi-
sens Of the town sprang to his side, and he
gave some more Masonic sig mails, and the
prisoner was quickly surrounded with TWEEN
ty or thirty determined men, who held the
.crowed at bay with drawn pistols Our
friend explained to the leading man who he
was they organized committee of inves-
tigation telegraphed to Chicago and veri-
fed all his statements f; and the brutal mob
skunk away heartily ashamed. Our friend
was made as comfortable as possible by Ma
sonic friends, but he says he never expert
enced such intense anKiety as he did when
he stood under that moose. He has brought
suit against the town. The matter is now
in the courts.
The above is strictly true in ali essential
points We have the names of parties and
places. The young man has one or two
brothers living in this city. The man who
rescued him proved to be an old friend Of
his father.
Mower County transcript., 1871-07-27
Finny Steeds in Harness,

Samuel T. Hickman, in letter to the
New York Citizen from Easton, Pa, says:
Two of our distinguished citizens, Mr..
Samuel Phillippi and Col. j. r. Sitgreaves,
have for many years entertained the no.
ton that surgeons might be so managed
as to draw a pleasure boat For the last
three summers they have been making ex.
perimcnts to solve the problem, and at
last have succeeded. The mode of proce-
durc has been every spring when the stur-
geons have made their way up the Della.
ware as high as Bristol to buy pair, and
towing them behind boat on the Lehigh
Canal to bring them to Lchigh dam, here
these gentlemen have boat house and a
pond enclosed for their aquatic ponies.
The mode of Harvesting the surgeons
is peculiar. A broad India rubber band
cncircling each aSh just behind the pecto-
raj fin has 'brass ring attached on top
Through these rings Il stout ashen pole
about eight feet long is inserted, and to
two staples in the pole the traces are fas-
tened. There is also a narrow gum elastic
band around each sturgeon, just behind
the dorsal fin, with n loop in the side hold
ing the opposite ends Of much slighter
pole, to compel them to swim at a regular
distance from each other Mr. Phillippi,
who acts as driver, has his seat in the bow
and directs their course with u goad which,
is a long pole, and thick as ones wris,
with - sharp spike sticking out at right
rnglcs from tn" end, and it is surprising
with what alacrity they obey. When
they are to be turned to the right or left, a
sudden prick on the opposite side Of each
sturgeon causes the pair to take the de-
sired course. When agreater speed is
desired they are pierced near the tail ;
when they arc required to halt the goad
is reached forward, and they arc prickcd
in front # the head
There was much difficulty at first in pre-
venting tho fish from seeking the bottom
and drawing the bOnt un,'cr They were
consequently driven in water not over fou,
Mower County transcript., 1871-07-27

lamb had not been 90 forgetful; and when
he spicd Tiny Tim seated there. MOVING
his hands, he thought it was "a dare Tor
him to butt; and butt he did, sending lin
off the bank, plump into the brook.
One equall as he went over the DrlnA
splash, and he was down among the
fishes! p
Old Obadiah Oliver happened to be 9sh'
ing just few rods further up the stream,
and hearing the splash, ran down ana
pulled poor Tim out of the water. Ho was
az wet as a drowned rat.
Tim lifted up his voice and wept; and,
to comfort him, the old man gave him
some fish he had caught, and set him over
the fence and told him to run home and
dry his clothes.
Tim cried as loud as he could bawl, all
the Way home; for he thought he had
spoiled his clothes. OF course he had not,
but as his mamma had only that suit
made, he had either to put on his dress
again, or 60 to bed. He said he would 60
to bed; SO he went up stairs.
| He kept SO still that they thought some
thing was going on, and Cora went to see.
She pcepcd through the crack of the door,
and saw Tim with a pair of Lucius' old
trousers on, and his fathers coat.
The sight was too much for her, and she
burst out laughing. Tim slammed the
door, and no more was seen of him till
supper time, when he crept down in his
bed gown, to eat his bread and milk. he
could not be coaxed to put on dress
again. after the bliss of wearing trousers.
Young Folks Ra1raz.
Mower County transcript., 1871-07-27
our superintendent. 1t seemed singular

our superintendent. 1t seemed singular
that the morning talk Of the two men
should have so singular an ending, but SO
it was. The wife Of tn" superintendent
with their only child, had beea out for a
walk. The little one, running on ahead,
had straycd upon the track. lIcaling the
whistle, the mother call,d the child to
her; but the child, happy in its freedom,
ran on laughing and shouting, childlike,
into the very jaws OF danger. 1t was too
much for the mother; she made an effort
to save her darling, but before she could
overtakc the little one her strength failed
her, and she fell
Our engine was injured SO that it was
impossible to go on, and another was tele-
graphcd for We tried all we could to
bring Gardiner back, but the physician
said the excitement under which (hc noble
fellow had labored had prostratcd him,
and it would require the greatest care and
a long time to bring him back to life. He
hadt care, you may rest assured.
. I.was in Gardiner's house when Super
intcndcnt Brown came in that night. The
"old man," as we called him, had lost all
sign Of his anger, and he wcpt like child
as he looked upon the strong man thus
PROSTATE before him. He visited the pa
tient daily, and his very life seemed to
hang upon Gardeners recovery, and when
the danger was passed, the long fever
which ensued was broken, and the cngi-
ncer began to recover, the superintendent
was as happy as child.
may say, in conclusion, that the acci
dent was not without it's results, for at
once the Valley Road was thoroughly re-
built in the best possible manner, newly
stocked, and is to day one of the best roads
in the country, running its trains on time,
and giving great delight to the travelling
public thanks to the energy and enter.
prise of Superintendent Gardiner, kind,
hearted, grey headed gentleman, who is
ranked among the best railroad men in the
country. go down to see him twice a
year, and We always talk aboutthc day we
undertook to run his timetable, and the
results thereof
Mower County transcript., 1871-07-27
A Vermont Mans Wonderful Clock.

Mr. r. d. MuNsoN, an old resident of
Williston, w., has Just completed won
derful musical calendar clock, which has
attracted visitors from far and near 1t is
in every detail his hand-work, the old
farmer having spent his spare hours in
working upon it, for the past eight years.
lie has produced an eight day clock, whose
dial marks the second, minute, hour, day
of the week, day of the month, month OF
the year;a thermometer rests against Its
pendulum, giving the state eoftvmperature
the ball of the pendulum contains a
miniature time piece, which derives its
motive power sol. ly from its vibrations
and keeps accurate time. There is also a
cylinder musical attachment. which may
be set to play any one Of seven tunes II,
the end Of each hour. In this last feature
it can 80 be adjusted-and such was the
intention of the makcr-as to play Old
lIundrcd' at the end of each hour on Sun
day, and "Old Folks at Home" "Swiss
Waltz" "Star Spanglcd Banner " Hail
Columbia" yankee Doodle" and "Swee'
IIome," respectively, on each successive
day in the week. The entire mechanism
is placed in black walnut case, which
measures ten feet high, twenty inches
wide and ten inches occp. The case il
highly polished, and its front bears the in
scription in raised letters, "Our Union for
ever"" s." Mr. Mnnson, who is 6;
! wears old and quite feeble, feels prOlh o
what he has accomplished.
Mower County transcript., 1871-07-27
Avoid the Blues.

The blues, low spirits, and depression
arc one and the same thing, caused by
trouble of mind, or an unhealthy condi-
tion Of the body; but, whether the cause
is in the mind or body, the effect is to eat
ont all joyousness, to clothe everything. in
the blackness and darkness OF night. All
suicides are led to the last rash act by de.
preston of spirits; hence it becomes every
one to use all means possible to break
away from 80 terrible a danger. Some
times we are sad without any known
Cause; VIC cast our minds about us and en-
tcavor to ascertain some reason for the
dispirited condition of the heart; but the
srarch is in vain; in all such cases the
cause is physical; it belongs to the body
the blood is bad and there is TOO much OF
it.; it oppresscs the brain, and instant
measures should be taken to remedy the
condition, or a fatal apoplrxy may ensue.
The most available plan involving neither
medicine nor discomfort, except in the
formation Of the resolution and the work
of dressing, preparatory towards carrying
it out, is to make visit to some Joyous
light t-heartcd friend, or take walk or ride
with some merry member Of the family
but to sit down, and nope and think, is
but to court misery, and may bc-death.-
DR.. W. W. UuW.