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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1871-11-16

CURING MEAT AT this season of Tie
year the thoughts Of lmost every farmer
natural Iy turn more or less to the process
of killing meat for the winters USE
Most farmers have > pig or two to aals
down, and same have mutton or beef,
and the quality of meat which is to fur
nish food for the family will depend
good deal on the way it is cured.
To one gallcn of water take Que aud
half pounds of salt, halfa pound of sugar,
ha If an ounce Of saltpeter, half an ounce
of potash. In this ratio tho pickle to be
increased to any quantity desired. Let
these be boiled together; all the dirt
from the sugar arises to the top and is
skinned off. Then throg it into a tub
to cool, and when GOLD, pouGit over your
bee f or pork, to remain the Usual time,
say four or five weeks. The meat must
be covered with pickle and should not be
put down for at least two days after
killing, during which time it should be
slightly sprinklcd with powdered salt
petre, which removes all the surface
blood, etc, leaving the meat fresh and
clean. Some omit boiling the pickle, and
find it to answer we'll, though the opera
lion of boring purifes the pick Ie By
throwing off the dirt always to be found
IN salt or sugar Farmers GQzeKe.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1871-11-16

Phenomenon of the Northern Fire

Phenomenon Of the Northern Fire.
There are some phases Of the great ca
lamity which fell upon this region last
week worthy of scientific investigation. -
The testimony Of the cooler headed sur
vivors of the fires at Peshtigo, the Sugar
Bush and Williamsyille is united as to
enc phenomenon They say that the fire
did not come upon them gradually from
burning trees and other objects to the
windward, but the first notice they had
of it was whirlwind of fame, in great
clouds, from above the tops of the trees,
which fell upon and enveloped everything
The atmosphere seemed one of fire. The
poor people inhaled it, or the intensely
hot air, and fell down dead This is
verefcd by the appearance of many Of
the corpses. They were found dead in
the roads and open spaces, where no
visible marks of the fire near by, with not
trace of burning upon their bodies or
clothing. AT the Sugar Bush, which is
an extended clearing, ill some places four
miles in width, eorpscs were found in the
open road, between fences which were
only slightly burned No mark of
fire was upon them. but they laid there as
if asleep. This phenomenon seems to ex-
plain the fact that so many were killed in
compact masses. They seemed to have
huddled together in what were evidently
regarded at the moment as the safes!
places, away from buildings, trees, or
other infammable material, and there te
have died together. Fences around clear
ed fields were burned in spots only few
rods in length aud elsewhere not touched.
Fish were killed in the streams--as at
Peshtigo.
We bear the universal testimony that
the prevailing idea among the terror
stricken people Of those places was that
the last day had come. They neededsuot
to be terror-stricken for such thaginiDgs.
What o:hc. explanations could be given
in that imminent time, when there was
an ominous warning and sound coming
from the distance when the sky, SO dark
just before, burst into great clouds Of fire,
the beasts of the forests came running for
succor into the midst Of the settlements.
and great, red, consuming, roaring hell
offre fell upon all around. The dreadful
scene lacked nothing but the sounding Ct
the last trumpet-and indeed the ap
proach of the awful roaring, aud the
premontions from the distance supplied
even that to the appalled, imaginings Of
the people.
The Epsy theory, We think it is, that
continued and widespread fires will bring
Oh rain, seems to be entirely exploded in
this instance. These fires had lasted
nearly or quite four weeks, ravaging for
ests over great area and still not a drop
of rain. The rain only came with a
change ofwind to the northward and
several days after the worst burnings
were over with.
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Let ne sleep.

Let me Sleep said my companion half
pettishly, turning from my touch. Let
me Sleep The words haunted me for
hours afterwards. How often has the
wish been breathed in this weary world
oh, let me sleep?
The man whose consince lashes him for
misdeeds, evils committed and unrepen-
ted, cries, as he dropped his head into his
thorny pillow, oh let me sleep. With
sleep comes oblivion. The mourner who
has seen some bright and beautiful one
fade from his embrace, like a summer
flower, nipped by an early frost, bows his
head above the pallid face of the PROSTATE
form below him, and signs, in the agony
of his sole, 'Let me sleep; sleep with
the loved one whose SIN lies shall never
welcome my footsteps more Let me
Sleep says the traveller, who footsore
and weary has toiled long in the world,
and sees hopes perish unfulfilled, joys
wither ere they are tasted. friendsh Up,
which he thought enduring chang ing hue
like the ehameleons and rainbow promises,
fading and melting into colorless air oh,
let me sleep, for | am weary.
The rosy, checked child, the blithe
maiden, the thoughtful matron, those for
whom life puts on its finest aspect, its
most enduring smiles, all have periods in
which they long for the oblivion of ali
care, hours in which the waters of Lethe
may flow darkly and deeply over them.
There cometh asleep unto ala sleep
deep, hushed and breathless. The roar
OF cannon, the decp-toned thunderbolt,
the shock of an earthquake, OF the rush
of ten thousand armies cannot break uI
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MOTHERS LOVE.
BY ARL DR. u 4 7.

She sits, while plantive crickets call
And blown bough signs to bough,
Where the light Of dying day may fall
On her little darling's brow
Her sweet eyes watch the sleepers face,
Fond, lustrous, tender, mild,
The one love likest Gods for man
Is mothers for her child.
There is no trial, keen and dread,
No pain, she wonld not dare,
To save from that soft golden head
The doom of coming care:
Yea, she would die 10 keep her pet
From all sin undefled.
The one love likest Gods for man
Is a mothers for her child.
She dreams fair dreams Of how his name
Shall shine in unborn years,
And crowns him with a crown of fame,
Whilst weeping thankful tears.
By happy fancies, hopes, desire,
Her true heart is beguled,
The one love likest Gods for man
Is mothers for her child.
And rather than those years unborn
(Whose record none may r9ad)
Should stain his life with virtues scorn
For any shemeful deed,
Her lips would bid death take him now
Though grief woke fierce and wild,
Since the one love llkest Gods for man
Is a mother for her chi i'd
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NO. 6
Indian Summer.

That short delicious season between the
frosts of October and the ice of late No
Vember, is feature peculiar to the eli
mate OF our Country, and was noticed by
the early settlers of New England, in let
tiers wrl! ten to theirFfriends at home. They
were charmed by the strange, gorgeous Of
beauty tie American forests, when til trees
seemed shrouded in trailing banners dyed
in the glories of Iris, that ushered in
that delightful season of warm, balmy
air, which seemed to bless all nature
with soothing dream mess and repose af-
ter the labor of producing and garnering
earth's treasures had ceased. 1t is a
season when the storms of the autumnal
equinox are over, and some times two or
three weeks Of uninterrup fine weather
give quiet delight before the bitter cold
and the rough blasts of Winter comes
on.
This is the season which the Indians
in the middle regions of the continent
looked forward to with pleasure, for dur
ing Its continuance they gathered in their
Winter store of fully ripened maze (Which
we cali indian CORN, and their chief sup
ply OF flesh for use in the dreary months
OF deep snow. Then the lakes, small and
great, are placid. Sometimes for DAYS not
wavelet appears upon their bosoms, aud
navigation over long distances in bark
canoes was and is perfectly safe.
The savages regarded this season as
gift of one of their most honored deities
the south west wind person fsd-to
whose sunny and fruitful and these more
norther1y tribes believed their souls would
go after death This was the Indians
real harvest time, and for that reason the
early settlers ea9l led it the Indians Sum
mer.
Decay is Sow combustion. With this
fact 10 hand, philosophers have plausibsy
accounted for the warmth Of the Indian
Summer time on the borders of Winter
by assuming that the heat then envoZved
IN the process Of the decay of the forest
leaves and other vegetation is pre- duced by
that decay.
In Europe corresponding recurrence
OF Summer weather III late autumn is
styled St. Martins Summer, from Mar
tlnmas, or St. Martini Day, which falls
on the 18th of November, and which is
worked by the eating of roast goose in
England, While in France it is kept as
day of carnival.-Lync4. Repu5lscah.
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Grants Heather Proclamation.

We hope the people OF tn is State W i'll
comply with Gov. Hoffman S reccommen-
dation to observe Nov. % as the day OF
annual thanksgiving, aud disregard that
of President Grant TO observe the Both
if for no other reason, because of the
clumsy English and heathenish thoo logy
with which the President has dlsigured
his proclamation. Perhaps it is too much
to expect him to write in anything but
the awkwardest schooboy style; but he
ought not 10 insult the Christians Of the
nation by expressing sentiments which it
is the especial mission of Christianity to
combat.
1t raight do very we'll for Chocktaw Or
a Hottentot, but We certainly have a
right TO lock for better things in a Pres
ident Of the United States than to advise
one portion Of the people to publicly re-
joice in the mistortunes Of the other por-
ton. Yet this is what President Grant
distinctly does. He says:
IF some of us have had calam tiles,
there would be an occasion for sympathy
with the sufferers, Of resignation on their
part to the will Of the Most High, and of re
ioicihg TO the many who have been more
favored
He therefore goes On to recommend that
On Thursday, the 50th day ofNovem-
Der next, the people meet in their re.
spective places of worship, and there
make the usual acknowed guents to the
Almighty God for the blessings he has
conferred upon them, for their mercifuI
ezemp tons from evils. and invoke his
protection aud kindness for their less for
tunate brethren, whom, in His wiedom
He has deemed best to chasti
The President.ovidently estcems world
ly prosperity a blessing and worldly mis-
fortune a curse. He believes the chas-
tisement food to be proper occasions
fof commissioning their objects; thus
both contradctlng the Bible which teach
es US that 'wnom the Lord loveth He
chasteueth,' and his own admission that
God, Sin His wisdom, has deemed it best
to inHict the evils he desires US to de-
preciate. He evidently belongs to that
conceited class who fancy that they could
give some valuable hint to the Ru Ter Of
the universe, if he could only consult
them. He seems to think too that uu less
we invoke the Divine protection and
kindness for our less fortunate brethren
It may go hard with them. God, in his
view of the matter. does not love all his
children alike, and therefore those who
happen to be favorites must intercede for
the Others.
Whichever day is observed, we trus,
the clergy and pous people generally win
employ it in praying for the conversion
from heather opinions of our benz ghteo
PresideR Y. Sun.
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FALL TREATMENT oF Clay LANDs.-A
c layssoil under a proper mode of treat
ment is our most productive soil What
is called an agricultural clay, that is clay
with twenty FIVE per cent Of sand in ia i@
mate mixture whit, is the best and
most lasting soil for grain am especially
grass, But while light loan is com
paratively safe from injury, clay soil
can be measurably ruined By improper
treatm And the greatest danger is
to be unprecedented from piowlng when
too wet. The working of clay IN moist
condition will bring it iato state of te-
nacious consistency that fross cannot over
come, aud many years of tillage will be
required to reduce. In the mean time
its value is ies>ened and it's fertility i'm
paired. Draining such soils is necessary
for their proper cultivation inasmuoh as
it often becomes either necessary or desir.
able 10 work them before they can nat-
uralIy getr 0: ga excessive amount Of
moisture Farmers can not be too
watchful Of clay lands al this season of
the year, lest oDe unseasonably blowing
should cause serious injury. Here is
seen the advantage Of draining While
one farmer is enabled 10 keep his men
ANA teams at work and seize a favorable
opportunity for forwarding his operations
his nelghbor. having an updrained farm,
it is compelled to lie idle AMI loses both
time aud money. fhe capital invested in
drains returns in terest in other ways than
by increased crops,
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1871-11-16

p, LOVE G1rrs--Love giftsshould be of
title intrinsic value; they should ow
their preciousness to the baad that gives
The token of love should not, by its beau
ty or cost.iness, d istract the attention,
for momen t, from the meaning of the
gift-heart speaking to heart, in language
eloquent though dumb. What are the
objects that have been gazed upon, and
kissed and wept over as priceless treas
ures? a "pretty ring, with a posy," a
glove, a true love knot in hair or ribbon.
or, as likely as not, few faded flowers;
but is there 40 one who has loved who
cannot recall TO mind the throb Of costa
sy. the glow of paradi2ical bliss, with
which the first love-gifs was received
the silent messenger bringing the full as
surance loves return? The youth who
has just received the lock of hair or SIM
pie rosebud, maybe from his mistress
hand, giyen after much pleading, would
he part with it for u rose of rubies and
gold? Would youder girl, as she sits in
Der chamber alone, turning on her finger
the slight ring that binds her to him who
has worn her maiden troth, change it fer
a circlet Of the costliest diamonds Not
for worlds
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There is even greater need os attention
being paid to supp lying fowls with anima
food during the latter months Of the ia Il
and through the winter. than in the sum
mer months because the foW Is can then
in q measure, obtain their own supply By
catching winged insects, and picking uo
worms. When scarcity ocoars, they
will scratch the ground and unearth any
thing that many be below the surface, be
it worm or seed, as every gardener knows
to his sorrow.
But in the winter all such opera tons
arc suspended The insects burrow deep
and the earth freezes over them, Or else
they perish outright. Tie hens are
hencetorth put on an allowance of corn,
having less change in the matter of food
than the State PRISON conyicts eajoy.
Now hens will eat corn aud thrive on it to
a certain extent, when 'hey can get 9TH
ing else to devoGr. They mag keep fat
aud prepare themselves to be devoured at
Christmas, but they will lay very few
eggs, and are liable to become uuhea
thy.
To ensure q good SUPPLY Of eggs dur
ing the wiuter, VIC must Iced our hens
with materials, that contain a good sup
PLY Of those substances from which qsss
are formed. Fresh meat chopped f,1re,
bits OF fish, rinds o f cheese and such Ike
things saved fro.a the table to-day, will
come back TO the table in due time, in
the form of new laid eggs
That the poultry may renlain healthy
during the winter. they >hoa ID ore nsi5n-
ally he fed with vegetables. Boiled cab
bago is good and carrots. Too many
farmers reverse the food that shonld be-
fed to hogs and poultry They give the
hogs all the warm, cooked leaviags from
the table. aud furnish the hens with break
fast, dinner aud supper fro.n the corn crib:
The opposite rule would be the better one,
for both hen and hog.
Hens like a variety Of food, and il the
winter when they are kept in close quar-
tiers, and their digestion is accordingly
impaired from want Of exercise, they re-
quire cooked food One winter when
eggs were scarce and high, Wa obtained
from dozen young BrahIRas all the eggs
we wanted for pies AMI pudding, as well
as serving up fried or on the salt she'll
and this is how we did it: we gave the
hens, once day, good meal of hash
mush, such an article as is prepared for
the liable, only made Of less choice mate
rial We took cooked meat. boiled pota-
toes aud onions. chopped them together
aad seasoned with pepper. Such dish
is not a costly one-liyers and scraps of
meat rejected on the table, potatoes and
and Onions too small for use, and little,
fat that would go into soap grease, Will,
wien chopped aud warmed up, make a
savory dish for the fowls in the henery.
In preparing for obtaining eggs VIC
must not forget that the eggs will require
shells. For this end we shall lay by
suitable amount of bones, or else should
pulverl2e such as are in the meat we are
daily cooking, and keep this where i: will
not become covered with filth. Besides
this the fowls should have, from time Is
time, some coarse, sharp sand or gravel.
TO serve the place Of teeth
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SINGULAR PHENOMENON Near the lit
tie town of Wormin, in Lethuania, there
used to be lake eight versts long by
five wide. 1t was famous for its fish and
was worth, from this source. l 800 roublts
year -Four or five week, ago. during Il
perfect atmospheric calm, the waters OF
the lake became vic lentgy disturbed
Waves rose high in the air and dashed
furiously to and fro, while poignant
odor OF sulphur prevailed the whole neigh
borhood. For three days this went on,
and by that time the surface of the lake
was covered with fish, who had been
killed by the sulphur. Fearing pes
thence from the great nuas bers Of dead
hsh, the inhabitants of the neighboriag
villages began to collect and cover them
with lime. Meanwhile, the lake began
to sink, the sui phurors smell increasing
daily, and at the latest accounts the bed
of the lake was almos. quite dry.
The theory is that the limestone. and
chalk bottom Of the lake has given way,
and that the waters made their path into
su5terranean canals.
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4 man broke chair over lis wife's
head week or two ago. When he got
to Jail, and the clergyman undertook to
talk with him, he displayed a good deal
0 penitence. He said he was very sorry
that be had permitted his anger to obtain
the mastery of him and to suffer him to
do such an act, because it was good
chair. and one of those good old fashion
ed windsor chairs VIII fch was On heir
loom in bis family, and he never could
replace it.
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A fascinating youth of Louisville was
recently very badly "sold" by the matron
of the Kentucky State Prison, in whose
daughter he seemed to cvince a very
strong interest while travelling in rail
road car. Thinking that the Irritation
had continued long enough. she sudden ly
changed her seat TO the side Of the Young
man, and whispered in his ear, "Sir.
you are total stranger to me, but l feel
it my duty to warn you of impending
evil. That young lady is just out of the
State Prison; A passenger got off at the
the next station.
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VIRGINIA TELEGRAPH COMPANY
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.
MOSES WALTON Director Woodstock.
COL. G. W. MURPHY Agent Mt. Jackson.
CAPT. G. B. SAMUELS " Front Royal.
a. B. TRICK Director Harrisonburg.
ROBT. BEVERLEY President, Plains.
VIM. Il. TAMS Agent Stanton.
When they collect, they will also furnish the
party paving them, with certificate of Stock
Money paid to any other persons except myself
will not be recognized.
GEORGE C. WEDDE RBCEN
Secretary and Treasurer.
Harrisonburg Register please copy.
Feb. 23-tf.
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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER l6, 1871.

the still rsposo. With mute lips aud
folded arms one fter another the ephcm-
ers of Garth sink down into darkness and
nothingness. No intruding footstep shall
jar upon their rest. no disturbing touch
shall wiring from them the exclamation,
oh, let Inc Sleep
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1871-11-16

Gentility is neither in birth, wealth
manner. nor fash ion but in the mind.
A high sense Of honor, determlna ion
never to take mean advantage of anoth-
or, and adherence to truth, delicacy and
politeness toward those with whom we
have dealings, are the essential character
stics of gentleman /.
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"a person converted in youth" says
John Angel James, is like the sun
rising on summers morning to shine
through the long, bright day. But
person converted late in life is like the
evening star, a lovely object of Christian
contemplation, but not appearing I'll the
day is closing, aud but for little
While.
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VALLEY WOODEN FACTORY,
y NEAR MIDDLETOWN VA.
am now prepared to sell for cash or exchange
for wool, o. produce, coverlds, carpetings Cas-,
liners, old fashioned Casinetts, Ga and u Filled
Linsey, Beaver Cloths,
PLAIDS, PLAIN FLANNELS,
Stocking Yarns assorted, &C.. at the verylowest
rates, and all kinds Of wocien goods usually
made in other Manufactures. Fulling and Dress
ing and, Dying of Cloths &c, done in the best
manner, and wool cardng promptly executed.
Call and examine.
T.P. MATHEWS,
may Il, lS10-tf. MIddetown, Va.
Old Commonwealth please copy
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PERPENDICULAR NOTICE.

Dr.. addresses all those who have iniared
themselves by improper indulgence ana solitary
ashlts. which ruin both body and mind, uniting
them for either business study, society or mar
T'ses, are some of the sad and melancholy
effects produced by tbs early habiis OF youth,
viz; Weakness of the Back and limbs, pains IN
the head, dinness Of sight, loss OF muscular
power. pa!patation Of the heart, Dyspepsia, ner-
vous Ir. liability, Derangement of the digestive
functions, General deb iiity, symptoms OF con
sump3ions, &c. ,,
are much to be dreaded. Loss of memory,
Confusion ofideas, Depression Of spirits, Evil
Foreboldings, Aversion 70 society, Self-Dls-
trust, Love Of solitude, Timidity, &C., are come
. f,he evils produced.
Thousands of persons Of all ages can now
Judge what is the cause of their decling, bealtaa
losing their vigor becoming weak, pale, neFs
-veus and emaciated, hav ing singu lar appear
nncs about the eyes, cough and symptoms Of
EonsHmrtiOp
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YOUNG kSN.

Who have injured themselves by certain prao-
dec indu ICED in when alone, habit frequent
X learned from evil companions or at school, the
effects of which are nightly felt, even when
asleep. and if not cured renders marriage lmpos,
sible, and destroys both mind and body, fLould
apply Immediately. -,
What pity that Young man, the hope OF
his country and the pride OF his parents, should
be sn1tched from all prospects and enjoyment OF
life by the consequences of deviating from the
path ofnature, and indullpg a certain secret
habit. Such persons must, before scmtenpla-
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The aim Of an honest mans lie IS not
the happiness that serves oaly himself,
at ID. Virtue " h4h Is usefGt to others.