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To Purchasers OF singer Sewing Ma
cA ines! Cuutiosl!

All parties are hereby cautioned against
purchasing any Of our Machines except
through onr duly authorized agents, ~
Maobines will not be guaranteed by u&that
are rot 40 purchased. Mr.. J. l.. JOHNSON
Is our agent for Petroleum Ceuire and vi.
ciaiLv.
THR SINGER MANup'G Co.,
45S Broadway, New York.
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NOTICE is hereby given that Mr.. D. C.
Graves is my agent for Petroleum Centre
and vicinity.
]. l.. JOHNSON.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1871-08-10
Farmers Land speculators.

Farmers probably owe more of hard
living and lncessant toll to the almost
universal practice ofbdyins large .fasts
of land, than to all other disadvantages
combined. Many man has kept himself
poor by buying more land than be could
cultivate !; and the worst feature of tbs
case is, the overpluS bought is seldom
paid for, but becomes debt and task
master to drive the owner, year after
year, to support it: This is borne in the
hope, that the land will advance in price
and eventually be worth good round
sum. In this, the owner is seldom dis
appointed, provided he does not die, for
land in this country is sure to rise in value
and will, in the course of time, be worth
many times as much as it cost him: but
the question is, would not farmer do
better, live easier. and get richer. by
buying only as far as bis money goes, and
keeping clear Of debt, than to become
land Spectator at the expense of his
legitimate occupation The advantages to
farmer Of being out of debt cannot be
over-estlGated. Instead of paying out Of
his pocket, he is taking in, and will have
cash with which to increase from time to
time the size of his farm, and also to
procure the best breeds of stock, and the
best improved farm implements and in
the course of time might be worth far
more than if he had have begun in debt,
IN order to carry out the idea of land
Spectator. Men who have surplus Of
money find it profitable business to in,
vest their money in land, but the policy
OF specializing in land, with no other
means to pay for it than what is obtained
by working on farm under the dis.
advantage of heavy debt, makes
farmers life harder than that of con-
demned slave. and results in a poor funeral
which is BY no means 5 very desirable !
wind up to most fpsople -New England
Homestead
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assisfeIIa,tgaMa.
The True and False Heart.


whats that you say Hayden ? The
Bolton Bank broke? It can't be posi-
bic ?
And Frederick Wells, who had been re-
clining in one chair, with his feet rest
ing on the back of ano ther, the very pic
ture of indolent enjoyment, sprang to his
feet, tipping over his chair, and sending
the cigar he was smoking to the other
end of the room.
yes it is; it is here in the paper, as
you can see for yourself. But what is it
| to you2 Did you have anything invested
there?
No, but Miss Neal had-which
amounts to about the same thing.
An air of intense chagrin overspread
his handsome. though rather effem mate
features, as he read the paragraph to
| which his companion pointed.
sConfou it, he muttered, it's always
my luck to have my dish tipped over just
when it's full. Though must say, il
it's got to come, that Pm glad it happen
ed the month before, rather than the
month after our marriage
Charles Hayden, young man whose
features, though less regularly formed
were expressive of far more manliness and
goodness of heart, gazed at the speaker
with an air of undistinguished astonish-
ment.
why SO, Wells you surely did not
seek the hand Of Miss Neal simply fol
her money 2
well, no; I can't say that. She is a
most lovely and charming woman; and il
rea lily cuts me to the heart to give hel
up. But then I'm too poer to afford
such luxury. And Miss Neal can nc
more afford to marry poor man than
a poor girl. So we're about even.'
! 'And have you no thought for the
pain that your desertion will infict up
on the heart you have won,' said Hay
den, in tone of suppressed Indignation
Softly, my dear fellow, said Wells
who had resumed his former com fortab lie
position, and was solacing himse If With a
fresh cigar. I hardly think it will be
any such desperate affair to Miss Neal as
you suppose. Indeed I've thought sever
al times Of late, that had it not been for
her foolishly high idea Of binding nature
of such a promise, she would have bro
ken the engagement herself
And knowing this, you would have
held her to its. fulfllment.' -
! Not being sufficiently disintcrestcd to
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1871-08-10

The LIFE SrRUGGLE.-The world
knows no victory to be compared with
the victory over our passions. The strug-
gle of life is between the flesh and the
spirit, and one or the other finally gains
the ascendancy. Every day and every
hour Of the christians life is this contest
going on. The apostle Paul, after hay-
ing labored long and earnestly IN his
! Lord service-after having done more
for the spread of the truth than all the
other apostles, still felt that he was a
human being, and liable at any time,
through the weakness of the flesh, to lose
all. I keep under my body, says he, and
bring It into subsection, lest after | have
preached the gospel unto others, I N.Y.
self should be a castaway. Our pathway
through life is thickly set with snares
for our feet. The seductions Of passion,
the allurements of vice, things to arouse
our anger and stir up our hearts feelings,
await Us at every turn Of life's devions
ways. and blessed, indeed, is that man
or that woman that meets them all with
out harm.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1871-08-10

No HoME.-No home. What a mis-
fortune! How sad the thought! There
are thousands who know nothing of the
blessed influence of comfortable homes !;
merely because ola want of thrift, or
from dissipated habits. Youth spent in
frivolous amusements and demoralizing
associations, leaving them ct n idle age !,
when the physical Intellectual man should
be in its greatest vigor, enervated and
without one laudable ambition. Friends
long since lost, confidence gone, and moth
ing to look to in old age but mere toll
Grafton in the community where they
should be ornaments No home to fly to
when wearied with the struggles incident
TO life no wife to cheer them in their
dependency; no children to amuse them,
and no virtuous HOUSEHOLD to give zest to
the joys of life. All is blank, and there
is no hope or succor except that which is
given out by The hands Of private or pub
lie oharitie When the family of the
Industrious and sober citizen gather around
the cheerful FIRE of wintry day, the
homeless man is seeking shelter in the
cells Of a station house, or begging for a
nights rest in the out-buildings of one
who started in life at the same time with
no greater advantages but honesty and
industry built up that home, while d issi-
patton destroyed the other.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1871-08-10

To ParsERTE PEACHES clear
stone yell ow peaches, white at the stone,
are the best. Weigh the fruit after it is
pared. 70 each pound Of fruit allow a
pound of loaf sugar. Put a layer of SD
gar at the bottom Of tie preserving kettle,
and then layer of fruit. aud so on until
the fruit is all in Stand it over hot
ashes until the sugar is entirely dissolved;
then boil them till they are clear; take
them out piece oy piece, and spread them
on dish free from syrup. Boil the syrup
10 the pan unit il jelfes; when the peach
es are cold. fill the jtf5 b ;lf fhll With
them, aud gil up with the boiling syrup.
Let them stand a hort time covered
with thin cloth, then put on. brandy
paper. and cover them close with corks,
skin, or paber From twenty to thirty
minutes win generally be sufficient Is
preserve them:
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1871-08-10

a loss TO understand why you should re-
10 ice over nay misfortune.
Dear one. [ know it is very selfish in
me, and yet I was never nal so happy In
my life as " hen | learned that I might,
without being accused of unworthy mo-
tives, tell you what privilege l should
deem it to cherish and care for you, as
man cherished and cares for the dearest
object of his love-
The sudden revolution of feeling. caus-
ed by these words, sent warm, happy
tears to Ellen's eyes.
L thank heaven for the reverse of
fortune that has given me the rich
treasure ofyour love,' she murmured, as
she laid her hand softly in his.
| Half an hour later, the lovers were re-
ceiving the conerstulati5hs, the warm
approval of Ellen's guardian.
The old gentleman listened silently and
with evident enjoyment to The plans they
laid for the future.
I am sorry to spoil your pretty romance
of Love in Cottage and all thai sort
of thing. be said at last, but the fact is.
Eller-though, as | told you. your for
tune ,oas invested in tho Bolton bank-I
happened to withdraw the money Tie
week before it failed. But don't be
down hearted about it, my young friends;
you will find plenty OF people who will
gladly re lieve you of its bur;hen. If you
can't dispose of 1t in any other way, you
might donate it to found mission school,
for the Feegee Mermaids. or some other
equally as practicable missionary enter
prise
We can not say as to whether our
young couple fol lowed this suggestion.
but this we know, that throughout her
long and happy married life, Ellen often
had occasion to bless the fortunate blunder
that enabled her to discern between The
True Heart, and the False
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1871-08-10

10 KEEP ToMAToRs FOR WINTER UsE.--
A correspondent SENDS the Rural Neso
Yorker the following:
AS the tomato season has commenced I
can give one way of keeping them for
winter use that may be new to some of
your readers | ate them in February,
sliced and seasoned with sugar and little
vinegar, that seemed every way as nice as
tomatoes fresh picked from the vines
They are prepared thus: Dissolve a
teacup of salt in gallon of water. Pick
ripe tomatoes, but not over ripe, leaving
little of the stem on. The tomatoes
must be kept we'll covered with the brine
and they will keep till spring or longer.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1871-08-10

A stranger went to church st Middle
town. Conn.,, on Sunday recently, and
sat down in pew. whom, just as he was
getting interested in the sermon, rough
looking, pious church member came in
and took him By the collar, and threw
him into Che vestibule. He thought he
would stay there ard hear the fest of the
sermon. when the sexton kicked him.
off the steps. He went to the side
of the church to listen TO the sermon
through the window. when one Of the
members said Amen to something tie
minister said and then spit tobacco juice
cut of the window into .he listeners eyes.
He says man can ! enjoy much religion
at MiddIetown.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1871-08-10
BY zARIFfr.

Far up the lonely mountain size,
Ny wandering footsteps led:
Ths moss lay thick beneath my feet,
The pine sighed overhead,
The trace of dismantled fort
Lay in the forest nave,
And in the shadow near my path,
l saw soldiers grave.
The bramble wrestled with the weed
Upon the lowly mound, -
The simple head-board, rudely writ,
Had rotted to the ground;
l raised it with reverend hand,
From dust its words to clear
But Time had blotted all but these
ga Georgia Volunteer"
I saw the toad and scaly snake
From tangled coverts start
And hide themselves among the weeds
Above the dead mans heart :;
But undsturbed, in sleep, profound,
Unheeding there he lay
His coffin but the mountain soil,
HIS shroud, Confederate gray.
l heard the Shenandoah roll
Along the vale below,
SAL the Alleganies rise
Towards the realms ofssnoH,
The valley campaign" rose to mind
Its leaders name-and then
1 knew the sleeper had been one
OF Stonewau Jackson's men.
Yet whence he came, what lip shall say,
What tongue will ever tell,
What desolated hearths and hearts
Have been because he fell T.?
What sad-eyed maiden braids her hair,
Fer hair which he held dear
One lock of which perchanoe lies with
The Georgia Volunteer.
What mother with long-watching eyes,
And white lips cold and dttmb,
Waits with appalling patience for
Her darling boy to come
Her boy whose mountain grave SHELLS up
But one of many q scar
Cut on the face of our fair land
By gory-handed war!
What fights lie fought,wha wounds he wore
Are all unknown to fame;
Remember, On his lonely grave
There is not cen name,
That he fought well, and bravely too,
And held his country dear,
We know-else, he had never been
ga Georgia Volunteer
He sleeps-what need to question now
If he were wrong or right,
He knows, ere this, whose cause was just
In God, the Fathers sight.
He Yields no warlike weapons now,
Returns no foeman's thfust-
Who, but a coward, would revile
An honest soldiers dust !
Roll, Shenandoah, proudly roll
Adown thy rocky glen
Above thee lies the grave of one
Of Stonewall Jacksor's men
Beneath the cedar and the pine,
In solitude austers;
Unknown, unnamed, forgotten lies
ga Georgia Vo,un teer."
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1871-08-10

TohA7o FIGS Scientific 1msrican says
The 70 lowing recipe for max ng tomato
hgs is said to be excellent. Collect lot
of ripe tomatoes about one inch in diane
ter, SIX in, aud ste1 them in the usual
manner; when done, lay Ile!n on dishes,
fla item them slightly. and spread over them
light layer Of pulserized white or best
brown sugar; expose then to simmer 8
sun, or place them in drying >hoase;
when as dry as fresh figs, pack in old fig
or small boxes, With sugar bstaeen each
layer. Improperly managed, the differ.
encc cannot be detected from the yeritablo
article.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1871-08-10
The Old. Fashioned Mother.

Thank God some of Us have had an
old fashioned mother. Not woman of
the period, ename lied and painted, with
her great chighon, her curls, and hustle;
whose white jewelled hands never felt the
clasp of baby fingers; but a dear. old
fashioned, sweet voiced mother, with eyes
in whose clear depths the love-light
shone, with brown hair just threaded with
silver, lying smooth upon her faded
cheek. Those dear hands, worn with
toll, gently guided our lettering steps in
childhood, and smoothed our pillow in
sickness, even reaching out to us in
yearning tenderness, when her sweet
spirit was baptized in pearly spray of the
river. Blessed is the memory of an old
fashioned mother. 1t floats to us now like
the beautiful perfume from some wooded
blossoms. The music of other voices
may be lost, but the enhancing memory
of her will echo in our souls forever. Other
faces may fade away and be forgotten,
but hers will shine on until the light
from Heavens portals will glorify their
Own. When in the ftful pause Of busy
life our feet wander back to the old home.
stead; and crossing the we'll worn thresh-
old, stand once more in the room so hal
lowed BY her presence how the feeling of
childish innocence and dependence comes
over Us, and we kneel down in lie mol
ten sunshine, streaming through the
open window-just where long ago we
knelt by our mothers knee, lisping ''Our
Father" How many times when the
temper has lured US on. has the memory
of those sacred hours, that mother word,
her faith and prayers, saved Us from
plnnging into the deep abyss of sin.
Years have filed great drifts between her
and US, but they have not hidden from
our sight the glory Of pure unselfsh
lavh
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1871-08-10

TcMATo CArsUp. Take ripe tomatoes,
and scald them just sufficiently to allow
you to take off the skin; then let them
stand fer day, covered with sail; strain
them thoroughly TO rem'xe the seeds;
then 80 every two AID quarts; three 81,
of cloves. two of black pepper, two
nu'mcgs, and a sery ll,tle Cayenne pep
pei, win 4 little salt: boil the liquor To-
hal an hoar. and then let ii cool aud
settle; add pint If tie oest cider vim.
egar, after which batle II corting aud
sea ling it tightly. Keep it always in d
cool place.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1871-08-10

Another WAx-Tske one bushel Of
tomatoes, and boil them til they are so #;
squeeze them through fine " ire seive.
and add half gallon Of vinegar. one pint
and half OF salt, Two oalces of cloves
quarter of a pound ofallrpice, two ounces
of Cayelitie pepper, three teaspoonfuls o:
black pepper, mix together, and boil
about thr.e hours; or until reduced to
about one-hali; then bottle without strain>
ing.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1871-08-10
"6ed aid oat 9atire Sand'
2uetifaI.

We find the following touching lines in the
Richmond ENQUIRER They were by
Mrs. Townsend at the neglected grave of
one who was member of the 18th Georgia,
a regiment whose gallantry was conspicuous
on every field where its colors waved, and
which won praise for peculiar daring even
among the ''foot cavalry" of Jackson:
A GEORGIA VOLUNTEER.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1871-08-10

Happiness and joy are che inevitable
Consequences Of virtuous actions, and
these are the only substan tial benefits
Of life. Ill-gotten pleasures are void OF
that vitality which is necessary to make
them lasting.
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Agents Wanted Every,chere.


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VIRGINIA TELEGRAPH COMPANY
v ALEXANDRIA VA,
Stockholders in this Company will please take
notice that the following acting agents are the
only Authorized persons to make collections OF
money for this Company viz.
NOSE WALTON Director Woodstock.
COL. G. ". MURPHY Agent Mt. Jackson.
CAPT. G. B. SAMUELS " 6. Front Royal.
A. B. TRICK Director Harrisonburg.
ROBT. BEVERLEY President, Plains.
VIM. Il. %AMS Agent Staunton.
When they collect, they will also furnish the
party paying them, with certificate of Stock
Money paid to any other persons except myself
will not be recognized.
GEORGE C. WEDDERBURN
Secretary and Treasurer.
Harrisonburg Register please copy.
Feb. 23-tf.
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miscellaneous Gards.

HOOE, WEDDERBURN & CO.,
III Successor to Fowle & Co. }
GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
For the sale of every description of
FLOUR, GRAIN, COUNTRY PRODUCE &c.
No. Prince tire ct,
ALEXANDRIA, VA.
Consignments solicited. Bags furnished n hen
ordered. Agents New York Steamship ON
pany. Goods forwarded free of com mission.
July 10.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1871-08-10

DON'T READ THIS!
Unless you wish to buy your
SEGA DIRECT r EN-
The Mandatory and save 25 per cent.
We have the largest Segar Mandatory in
the State of Virginia, and are prepared to
furnish Segars lower than they can be bought
in New York or Baltimore.
Also keep constantly on hand well Sc
lected stock of Leaf and Manufactured To-
bacco, Snuff, Pipes, &c.
All goods warranted to be as represented.
STEINER & Y0HE,
No. 4 9 King Street,
Dec. 9-1y Alexandria, Va.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1871-08-10

M '''' : ~ MILL GEARING,
asst and Fitted upon. the most approved style at
tbs Woodstock Manufacturing Co. novioissl
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1871-08-10

DURGETT g. MEDLER'S
ID WINCHESTER BREWERY
Water street, Winchester. Va.
UPERIOR CREAM, xxx, STOCK ALE sc.
THE BESTIN MARKET.
Prices low as any in the State. je24, '69-ly
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1871-08-10

MILLINERY AND LADIES'
M DRESS GOODS,
Miss s. ]. Myers has just received new
Stock Of
MILLINERY GOODS,
B0NNETS, HATS, Wells,
FLOWERS, LADIES, and =.
CHILDKEN'S, fine DRESS
GOODS, SHOES,
COLLARS, PARASOLS,
FANS, and
everything usually found in first class
MILLINERY STORE,
She will be pleased to wait upon the public
at her store, opposite the Herald Office.
may 4-1m
CAW AND PLANNING MILL.
Team prepared, at my mill, miles from Wood
stok, to furnish
WEATHER BOARDING AND FLOORING
PLANK,
dressed and ready for use.
also grind corn, or chop at my
GRIST MILL.
am also prepared to make COFFINS at sn
notice
Sep. Is, -6m. NOAH COOK
Parties indebted to me are requested to call
and settle at once, as my terms are cash
FIsH-
I have now made arrangements to open
the spring fish trade in Woodstock, and, will
deal in none other but Strictly
PRIME NO FISH,
which will be sold in barrels half barrels and
hundreds at the lowest
CASH PRICE.
The first run Of fish is inveriabie the BEST
and CHEAPEST.
Hand in your orders early and secure
good article
mar. go If. W. e. BARRON,
Dealer
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Agricultural and Domestic.

Special Notices inserted ALTO cents per line. :
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-01-12
Amusemenfa.

ADELAIDE Phillips CoNoERT.-To-
night Miss Adelaide Phillips will make
her first appearance before Memphis
audience. Miss Phillips will be assist
ed by Mr.. J. Levy, the wonderful cornet
player; Mr.. Jules d. Hasler, the cele-
brated baritone singer, and Mr.. Edward
Hoffman, pianist Of considerable repu-
tation. The concert will be given at the
Greenlaw Opera House, and large and
fashionable audience will be present to
greet the fair vocalist. A Boston critic,
who heard Miss Phillips in Donizetti' s
grand opera, La Fayorita, says: Miss
Adelaide Phillips, both as an actress
and a singer, nobly maintained Ameri-
cas- right to stand in the front ranks of
the lyric stage world. 1t is impossible
to speak too highly of her, whichever Of
her qualities we discuss; her thoroughly
perfect school, her Italian pronuneia-
ton, her wonderful dramatic feryor and
intensity her equal and lovely voice, her
graceful gestures-always suiting the
action to the word, and her artistic con
ception of the character entrusted to
her" The piano to be used on this oc-
casion is one of Stelnway & Sons cele-
brated instruments, from the music store
Of E. A. Benson, No. 81 Main street.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-01-12
TEARS.

A calamitous event is to occur in
Washington on the 4th of March next.
General Revels is to retire from the
Senate of the United States. Tears,
pensive tears, are already mounting to
the national eyelid, and sobs from shaken
bosoms begin to ride the aggrieved air.
His service to his country, like the good
ness of Mrs. Partington's deceased neigh
Dor, is past finding out, Perhaps, like
bread sprinkled upon the tide, 1t Will
eddy around and come back to the de-
light of future generations; or floating
out upon some billow rolled on the shore
where Plymouth Rock sends back to
Boston the echo Of its eloquence, will
traverse all the attitudes and longitudes,
and, returning by way Of the north pole
come home to Boston harbor. Who can
tell? But he must go. That noble brow
will tower up no more in the Senate
That voice, so recently the delight of
Senate, may waste its musical tones on
a pair Of oxen.