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Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1872-03-08
Our Gi-oosS

Between the eras of ST. adding bands ano
eorsets and crinoline, there used to be pc
Rod of few years when arms and limbs
could climb trees and scale heights like
their progenitors mentioned by Darwin, and
muscle, sinew and blood bid fair to hold
their own. The little bareheaded, tanned
girl OF ten years astride brideess and sad
dleless horse; or padding down the stream
on raft of her own constructing, had a
season of pure animal enjoyment, and it was
thought enough if she grew plump and ro-
81, was t'early to bed and early to rise,' y
and could sing the Gives" to the tune of
Yankee Doodle She must have been far
in her "teens," or out of them, before she
caught glimpse of the model young lady
with tapering waist, pinched feet fastidious
appetite, and general air of languor per-
vading every movement and utterance. She
looked upon the lay figure with admiration,
and forthwith commenced remodeling her.
self, but with Indifferent success GAS the
twig is bent the tree is inclined" Nature
had good start and she would not yield TO
art without a hard struggle. The few ro-
bust women of fifty to-day are the ones
Wuoso youuS NftS were Tree anu careless as
the birds, whose clothing never fettered
limbs nor pressed lungs, whose impulses
and instincts were never checked or killed
outright by Mrs. Grundy's structures.
Where are the girls who now can play?
and where are the clothes in which they can
enjoy play without fear and trembling p
Think of trying to wade through brook,
and to enjoy the delicious sensation of water
running over bare feet and around bare an.
kles, when at every step one must ask.
"Sue, does the lower founce touch the wa
ter? Is the panier too low And are the
ends of the sash tucked up?'' Think Of try
ing to climb a cherry tree and ENJOYING
the feat and the fruit, when every limb
threatens your chignon and frizzled stop
knot p or of Jumping from beam into
hay-mow when your neither limbs are laced
in high CATERS and bound in tight bands
One would drop down as straight and in
elastic as mummy. It is unwise generos-
ity in American children to give up these
sports reserving croquet and picnics, at
which elaborate toilets can be displayed and |
studied etiquette observed. These amusse. |
menis will do for grown people but
child, if left to act out its childhood, will |
no more choose play that is bounded by |
limits and rules than would lamb or a |
squirrel
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1872-03-08

A Randolph street printing Office in Chi.
cage is selling to anxious whiskey bummers
the following blank form: Permit.-Per.
mission is hereby granted by me, the law.
full wife Of -, and I declare and witness
by my own signature that my husband has
the perfect right and liberty to drink. and
as often as he chooses to drink, and what he
chooses to drink, and l hereby relinquist
all the claims arising therefrom.
IT., So
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Poetry.
Courage to Do Right.

We may have courage; all of US,
To start at honor's call.
TO meet foe, protect friend,
Or face cannon ball
10 show the world one hero lives
The foremost in the fight
But do we always manifest
The courage to do right?
To answer No! with steady breath,
And quick, unfaltering tongue,
When fierce temptation, ever near,
Her siren song has sung
To care not for the banteripg tone,
The jest, or studied slight;
Content if we can only have
The courage to do right!
To step aside from fashions course,
Or customs favored PLAN
To pluck an outcast from the street,
Or help fellow man?
If not, then let US nobly try,
Henceforth, with all our might,
In every case to muster up
The courage to do right.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1872-03-08

Once more Edith Amesbury was sum-
moned to her brothers presence. 1t was
evening, and Thomas Aubrey was with him
in the drawing room.
sEdith," said Charles. 'sthe truth can no
longer be concealed. I have fairly drag.
ged Mr.. Aubrey hither that you may hear
from his own lips what transpired last eve
ming"
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1872-03-08

CABBAGE WoRMs.-A correspondent of
the New York Tribune, from Jonesboro',
Tenn, says that cabbage worms may be got
rid of by putting few stalks of the WELL
known herb pennyroyal on every head Of
cabbage. The worms will quickly disap-
pear.
A friend informs US that he drives the
worms from his cabbage by scattering wheat
bran over the growing plants There is
something about the bran that is distasteful
to the worms, and they leave Immediately
upon its being scattered upon the cabbage
He repeats the desc once or twice.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1872-03-08

Good nature, like bee, collects honey
from every herb. lll-nature, like spider,
sucks poison from the sweetest flower.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1872-03-08

He that would live IN peace and ease,
must not speak all he knows nor judge all
he sees,
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1872-03-08

A veteran observer says: II never place
much reliance on man who lie always tell
ing what he would have done had he been
there. have noticed that somehow this
kind Of people never get there"
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1872-03-08

The masters eyes will do more work than
both his hands.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1872-03-08

A false friend and shadow attend only
while the sun shines.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1872-03-08

The man who builds house that he has
not the means to pay for, simply provides a
home to run away FROM.
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POTATO CRUsT.-Take five or six good
sized mealy potatoes, boil and mash fine,
add two cups of thick cream and some salt.
with -four enough to roll out. For pot pie
or plain pies,
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MuFF1Ns FOR BREAKFAsT.-One pint of
milk and water-one tablespoonful of melt
ed lard-one egg, little salt, half cup of
yeast, -four enough to make stiff batter
Set to rise over night in the morning have
the oven hot; let your mullins rise in a
baking pan; heat and grease them; half
fill them with the batter. Bake till light
brown. Some like them split open and but
tered before sending to the table; break
them open by hand as knife will make
heavy. This quantity will make break
fast for three or four persons. Double the
quantity if you like.
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Professional Cards.
TEMALE INFIRMARY.-Dr B. P. REESE,
L with long and successful experience o!
the treatment of

the treatment OF
'DISEASES PECULIAR TO FEMALES"
has opened an INFTRMARY where Ladies will
be received for treatment. 1t is useless to men
ton the advantages to be derived from being
under the constant supervision of the Physician,
in many of these cases. Experience has long
since taught, by the evidence of the best physi-
clans as we'll as the Insti utions of this charac-
ter in the large cities, this is the only way of
successful treatment.
Patients will be received as members of the
family, having every attention necessary for
their comfort and improvement. aug4-tf
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DELICATE CAKE.-One half cup of butter,
whites of three eggs, one-half cup sugar, II
pints -four, cup milk, teaspoon cream Of
tartar, one-half teaspoon soda, lemon
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1872-03-08

What maintains one vice would bring up
two children.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1872-03-08
Young Man. You're Wanted.

A woman wants you don't forget her.
No matter if you are poor, don't wait to be
rich ; if you do ten to one if you are it to
be married. Marry while you are young
and struggle up together. But mark,
young men, the woman don't want you if
she is to divide her affections with cigar,
spittoon or whiskey Jug. Neither does she
want you if you don't take care of her and
the little after thoughts which arc pretty
sure to follow. Neither does she want you
simply because you are man, the defni.
ton Of which is TOO apt to bean animal
that wears bifurcated garments on his low
err limbs, quarter section of stove pipe on
his head, swears like pirate, and given to
filthy practices generally She wants you for
companion, for helpmate-she wants you
to have learned to regulate your appetite and
passions; in fact the image Of God, not in the
likeness of beast. If you are strong in a
good purpose, firm in resistance to evil,
pure in thought and action as you require
her to be, and without which inward purity
neither Of you are fit to be husband and
wife if you love virtue and abhor vice, if
you are gentlemanly, forbearing and kind,
and not loud talking, exacting and brutal
young man that woman wants you; that
modest, fair, cheerful, right-looking, frank.
of maiden and wife. 1t is she that wants
you marry her when you like, whether
rich or poor we'll trust you both on the
above conditions, without any further securi-
ty.
Counting IN CHuRcH.-A young gentle.
man, happening to sit at church in pew
adjoining one in which sat a young lady for
whom he conceived sudden and violent
passion, was DESTROYS of entering into a
courtship on the spot; but the place not suit
ing formal declaration, the exigency Of
the case suggested the following plan: He
politely handed his fair neighbor Bible
open, with a pin stuck in the following
text-Sccond epistle of John, verse fifty
"Ard now I beseech thee lady, not as
though wrote new commandment unto
thee, but that which we had from the be.
ginning, that we love one another" She
returned it,pointing to the second chapter Of
Ruth, verse tenth: ''Then she fell on her
face, and bowed herself to the ground and
said unto him, why have I found grace ii
thine eyes, that thou shouldst take knowl
edge of me, seeing that am stranger 2
He returned the book, pointing to the thir
teenth verse of the Third Epistle of John
"Having much to write unto you, I would
not write with paper and ink, but l trust tt
come unto you and speak face to face, tina
our Joy may be full" From the above in
terview marriage took place the ensuin!
week.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1872-03-08

A Coop WAY TO PRESERVE EaGs.-Punch
numerous holes in tin pail fill it with fresh
eggs; lower the pail with the eggs into
kettle of melted tallow as hot as can be
without burning ones finger; then lift the
pail out quickly, and the melted tallow will
flow out leaving thin coating over every
egg. Let the eggs be removed as soon as
possible from the pail, and be placed on the
ends in key or barrel, kept in cool cellar
until the eggs are wanted for use. We
have kept eggs in this manner more than
six months, so fresh that expert judges sup
posed they were just laid. As the eggs are
so much colder than the melted tallow, a
thin pellicle of cold tallow will be formed
almost instantly, which will render the shell
impervious to air,
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1872-03-08

OLD MA1Ds.--Old maids are found in
clusters in quiet country towns they are,
as rule, both genial and sociable beings,
who give pleasant parties when they are
rich, and are invited to parties, which they
make pleasant, when they are poor-who
spend weeks at time, sometimes even
months, in other peoples houses, yet save
themselves from the reproach of being para
sites by rendering services which are far
more than the equivalent of the little they
consume for their bodily sustenance and the
room they occupy in the mansion. Old
maids keep house for brothers, or married
sisters who are i'll. In short, nature seems
to have intended them to be lieutenants, not
having very much to do on their own ac-
count, but placed by the very fact Of their
leisure in position to render great services
on occasions when their help may be re-
quired 1t is not hereby intended to rec.
ommend too much, or the result would be
fatal to the continuation Of the article.
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Tbs Staulltun Winoitatur
ADVERTISING RATES.

Advertisements for less than three months will
De inserted at the OF One Dollar per square of
eight lines or less for the first and SO cents for
zach subsequent Insertion. Unless the number
of Insertions be marked upon the manuscript it
will he published until forbid and charged &C.
cordingly.
Obituaries, announcements of candidates for
office, communications calling upon, advocating
or opposing candidates, and all communications
or notices of personal or private character or
intended or calculated to promote any private en-
terprise or interest," will be charged for as adver-
tisements.
insertion.
rs A liberalarrangement made with those
W no advertise for three. six or twelvemonths.
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Business Cards.

u The Symptoms of Liver
Complaint are uneasiness
b and pain in the side.-
EcJNENONS3 #Sometimes the pain is in
ENoA-'Al lathe shoulder and is mista-
q ken for rheumatism. The
"a stomach is affected with
h&oss of appetite and sick
ness, bowels in general costive sometimes alter
mating with lax. The head is troubled with
q = - ~ Apain, and dull, heavy
sensation, considerable
floss of memory, accompa-
TTx7Ep &nied with painful sensa-
Ii GIG Eition of having left I'M
= @done something which
bought to have been done.
NO fl e complaining of
weakness, debility, and low spirits. Sometimes
many of the above symptoms attend the disease,
and at other times very few of them; but the
liver is generally the organ most involved. Cure
the Liver with
DIR. SIMMONS
LIVER REGULATORS
A preparation of roots and herbs, warranted
to be strictly vegetable, and car do no injury to
any one.
it has been used by hundreds, and known for
the last 40 years Of the NEST 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-
rhoea, affections of the bladder, camp dysentery,
Haffections of the kidneys,
fever, nervousness, chills,
3dseases of the skin, i'm
REc11IaToR purity of the blood, mel
n - ancholy, or depression of
f1splrits, heartburn, collie,
or pains in the bowels,
q = pain in the head, fever
and ague, dropsy, boils, pain in the back, &c.
Prepared only by
j. H. ZEILIN & CO,
druggists, Macon, Ga.
Price ST.; by mail, $l.25.
For sale by
TROUT, SrR1BLMG & BERKELEY,
jan27-ly Druggists, Staunton, Va.
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FARM AND FIRESIDE.

How TO HAVE EARLY TOMATOES. d. A.
Compton, of Hawiey. Penn, writes to the
American Institute Farmers Club as fol-
lows:
Do not forget to tell your agricultural
friends that tomatoes on heavy soil may be
obtained from four to five weeks earlier than
usual by setting the plants on the top Of
sharp hills. The hills should be about IF
teen inches high, and three feet in diameter
at the base. Water the plants only when
first set, and dust the plant and whole hill
frequently with plaster. The tomato COM
ing from hot and dry country, will en-
dure drought that would prove fatal to
less hardy plants. What it needs most is
heat, and this is secured by placing on
steep hills on which the SUMS rays strike
less obiquely than on fiat surfaces.
Lands should not be over rich for the to-
mato, very fertile soils producing too great
a growth of vine. The vines should be
pinched in, and the blossoms removed after
the first settings have attained the size of
marbles, but in any case the vines should
be permitted to fall directly on the ground,
that the fruit may have the full benefit of
the heat of the sun and the warmth refract-
ed from the earth. By saving the first well
formed ripe tomato for seed for several sue
cessive years, variety may be obtained
that for earliness will be far superior to the
original stock.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1872-03-08

Snow CREAM.-Put in stewpan four
ounces of ground rice, two ounces of sugar,
few drops of the essence of almonds, or
any other essence you choose, with two
ounces of fresh butter. Add quart of
milk, boil from fifteen to twenty minutes,
till it forms smooth substance, though not
toe thick then pour into mould previous
ly buttered, and serve when cold and we'll
set. If the mould be dipped in warm water,
the cream will turn out like jelly. If no
mould, put either in cups or a pie-dish.-
The rice had better be done little too much
than under,
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1872-03-08

By ALL MEANS. A shrewsh wife, quite
sick, call her husband to come and sit BY
her bedside
''fhis is sad world, my DEAR" said the
wife, plaintively.
every" conceded the man.
"Were it not for leaving you I should
love to quit it,
cob, my DEAR" eagerly responded the
fellow, chow can you think I would inter
fere with your happiness! Go by all
means"
The lady got we'll
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WHICH DO You PREFER ?-''lf you pre-
fer the key of lager or the bottle of wine to
me" said Mary, 'just take them to the
Magistrate, and get married to them"
"What do you mean p said John.
''Just what 1 say; 1 don't want young
man to come here evenings, chewing cloves
to cover his breath, and hide his habits of
drinking If you like lager more than you
love me, just marry it at once, and don't
divide your affections between woman and
wine, or a woman and lager love and
liquor have no affinity"
"Why, Mary, how you talk p exclaimed
John.
eyes, I mean just what I say; unless
you sign the pledge and keep it, you had
better not call here again"
John signed the pledge and kept it, and
he married Mary.
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Business Cards.
JAMES T. BYERs. HENRY E. sUMMERsoN.
DYERS & SUMMERSON,
Dealers 1as Family Groceries,
COUNTRY PRODUCE, FINE CIGARS,
CHEWING AND SMOKING TOBA G1os
We have opened new and full stock,
In the Room opposite Court House,
recently occupied by N. A. Baylor & Co., and it
will be our aim to keep constantly on hand a
choice selection of goods in our line.
call is solicited. We feel confident we can
please.
WE have full line of all the different Brands
of both CHEW G and SMOKING TOBACCOS,
and every style and grade of CIGARS.
WANTED FOR CASH,
FLOUR,
GRAIN,
BACON, sc.
aug25-tf BYERS & SUMKERSON.
GEO EYLER. HENRY COOPER. VIM. ]. NELSON.
TINE COMPREHENSIVE of Parkins, Nelson
& Co., having been dissolved by the sale
Of the interests of some of the partners; and the
establishment having come into our possession,
we appear before the public with improved facil-
ites and with determination to please in
PRICE AND STYLE OF WORK
We respectfully ask from the people of Virginia
and the South, fair share of patronage.
We propose to manufacture and repair Porta'
BILE and Stationery Steam Engines and Boilers,
Saw-mills, Mining Machinery, Hydraulic and
Screw Presses for Oil and Tobacco, Car Wheels,
Car Trucks, Shafting Pulleys and Hangers.
We keep on hand a full assortment of repairs
Cor the Pitt Threshing Machine, which we will
teunaish fitted upon short notice.
We also manufacture Flows. Plow Castings,
HAY Rakes, Hay Presses, Straw Cutters and Ag-
cultural Implements generally.
Address,
EYLER, COOPER g. CO.,
anar3l If Stanton Va.
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zpain, and dull, heavy
sensation, considerable
loss of memory, accompa-
anied with painful sensa-
ition of having left I'M
i done something which
4 ought to have been done.
Often complaininp of
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SIMPLE REMEDY FOR CRoUp.-A lady
correspondent of the Maine Farmer says
the following is an effective remedy for
Group: Half teaspoonful of pnlverized
alum in little molasses 1t is a simple
remedy, one almost always at hand, and
one dose seldom fails to give relief. If it
should not, repeat it after one hour.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1872-03-08

Rye FOR Mich Cows.-A foreign paper
says: When rye is of good quality. it GER
tainly constitutes an excellent food for all
kinds of stock Dairy COWS fed daily on
five pounds of rye meal and suffieiency of
cut straw have been found to yield very
large quantities of milk. In Holland,
which is famous for its excellent butter, rye
is common food for mich COWS; and. in
deed, generally throughout northern and
central Europe there exists as great pref
udice in favor of rye as cattle food as
there is prejudice against it in those coun-
tries.
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TREATMENT OF WHETsToNEs-Wh first
putting new milestone into use, try water
upon it, and if this keeps the surface from
being glazed or FURNISHED, oil will not be
needed. Some stones work better with
water than oil. A dry stone is very apt to
give wire-edge. 1t has been said that
little carbolic acid added to water will in
crease the friction on either milestone or
grindstone.
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SPONGE CUsrARD CAKH.-One cup sugar,
8 eggs. cup -four, teaspoon cream tar
tar in -four; beat eggs and sugar together I;
one-half teaspoon soda dissolved in two Ia
blespoonfuls water; stir 20 minutes be-
fore putting in soda. Custard-One egg,
one CUP milk, one spoonful corn starch,
one heaplng spoonful sugar; bake the cake
in shallow tins, and put the custard be-
tween.
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1O70 The undersigned respectfully calls
HOW. the attention Of his friends to the
fact that upon his own hook he proposes to carry
on general AU CTJON BUSINESS, at the old
stand, corner Of Augusta streetand Spring Lane.
He will attend the sale Of property of all kinds,
either in town or country, as reasonable as any
other auctioneer. E. M. GUSHING:
ian7-tf
a, AND SIC SIGN the ao sus
and Sign Painting business and is now prepared
to execute any work, in town and country, en-
trusted to aim in the best manner and on such
terms as will be entirely sa tsfactory
Orders for work (until further notice. left at
the store of Owen G. Morris, Esq, will be
promptly sttended to.
.apr2s-tf G. P. THOMPSON.
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A person attending church took down a
hymn as he heard it, and afterward referred
to the hymn book for translation, with
the following result:
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BEE Sr1Nes.-A correspondent of the
Scientific american says that ga good alb
sorbens" will ease the pain of stings. "The
best absorbing substance that have tried
is lean fresh meat. This will relieve the
pain of wasp suing almost Instantly, and
has been recommended for the cure of rat
tlesnake bites. I have also used it with
m arked effect in erysipelas."
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1872-03-08

ness, bowels in general costiye. sometimes alter
mating with lax The head is troubled with
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WHAT HE HEARD

WHAT HE HEARD.
"Waw-kaw, swaw da waw raw,
Thaw saw thaw law aw waw,
Waw-kaw taw thaw raw yaw waw Draw,
Aw-thaw, raw-jaw saw aw."
THE TRANSLATION.
welcome, sweet day of rest,
That saw the Lord arise;
Welcome to this revlving breast,
And these rejoicing eyes"
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/ The Symptoms of Liver
Complaint are uneasiness
and pain in the side.-
Sometimes the pain is in
athe shoulder and is mista-
= ken for rheumatism. The
stomach is affected with
4loss of snnetlte and sick