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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1872-04-18

NTATCH CLOCK 4 JEWELLERY STORE.
wv ESTABLISHED IN 1S47, w oodstock Va
The undersigned respectfully announces to his
friends and the public, that he has now on hand
large and well selected stock of
WATCHES, CLOCKS AND JEWELLERY,
to suit the wants of any who may be in want of
anything in his line; and at prices that canno
fail to give satisfaction. Eight day and Thirty
hour weight and spring CLOCKS ofevery pattern
and design, Ame:icap, English and Anchor
watches ofthe pest quality, and
GOLD AND COMMON JEWELRY
ofevery variety and style,,. and all at prices
that cannot fail to give satisfaction.
Particular attention given to the Repairing of
Watches, Clocks and Jewellery. An experience
of more than
25 YEARS IN WOODSTOCK
enables him to say that as heretofore, all work
will be warrented for one year.
Spectacles inGold Silver and steel frames. to suit
any age, constantly on hand, and glasses fitted
to old frames to suit all ages.
Thankful for past fay ors he hopes by attention
to business and fair dealing to merit contins
uance of patronage. =
mar. 3o-tf. W. BARGELT
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1872-04-18
DIR. r. DWAYS

SARSAP ARILLA INSOLVENT
Has made the most astonishing cures, So
quick, so rapid ere the changes the body under
goes, under the influence o this truly wonder
full medicine that
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1872-05-29
The Herald of Summer.

Fl hear a gush of melody, see blush of green,
50 I know Che Summers coming with the glories OF
For spring, her welcome herald has proclaimed il
since the throne Of Winter toppled, and the stern
old despot died
spring has spread DER moor and mountain a Garnet
silver daisy golden kng-eup, purple Orclis, cowslr
Bad6 the trees unfold canopy of unduIating shade
Where anemone and violet their woodland home
have made,
Pale narcissus and faint dafodH whisper Of her by
q the well, i - ~ =
Where the ferns bend DER the primrose lest she the
But the hgacinth and harebeD ring the tdngs gladly
For he breeze to catch the echoes and answer with
The busy brooklets listening have turned the theme
And sing it to the sedges as they gently glide along
The mountain streams, no longer dumb, join in the
And leaping Ger their rocky bounds laugh out in
sparkling spray
Glad butterflies are autterng like banners in the air
Rich flowers hold up their hectares and offer in
cense rare,
The toiing bee huns cheerily, the gnats dance il
Tho very frogs c-oal gleefrly Ger springtide life
begun.
mo need the tardy cuekoos note to gossip of the
Spring,
Whilst other warblers' tuneful threats have pro
phetic ring;
And orchards white with cherry snow, throagf
which blooms apple blush,
Bring dreams Of summer fruitage to the birdling'
in the bush.
Spring is herel and Summers coming with coro
nal Of light ~
Eor the slylark like a courtier, Is winged his up
ward fight,
The first to meet Queen Summer in her golden cal
of state .H
And salute her with his anthem close to her palace
gate.
te An the Year Round
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1872-05-29
Z He owned a 2:40 Hoss.
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The Princess Bonaparte, Dressmaker

The Princess Bonaparte, Dressmaker.
Princess Pierre Napoleon Bonaparte's
dressmaking establishment at 81 Benel
street, London, is thus described: A
sober page III buttons conducts the Wis
1tOr to room arranged with taste
and an elegance which English mode
makers-adepts i'll the art of catch
penny decOratiOn-would do well to
initiate. Quiet tones in the oGloring
Of carpet and curtains, not too many
mirrors nor a redundancy of gliding,
and three or four valuable prints and
paintings, as substitutes for the usual
garish pink and yellow" Here pre-
sides the Princess-a tall, very hand
some woman-over a bevy of young
work-women she had obtained for her
purpose from Paris, AMI whose unch1g-
noned heads and plain neatness
of dress are admirably in keeping with
the practical business objects of the
place. Having adopted dressmaking
as vocation, the Princess enters earn.
estly into its mercantile spirit, and
desires the custom of the poor as we'll
as the rich. There should be estab-
lished III England, she thinks, "good
middle-class school of dressmaking y
the same as that, which, in Paris,
makes a grisette as neat, dainty, and
adds, 81 buy dresses-a thousand
francs each is cheap-of Worth, and by
using them as models for my own work
women, can give my customers exact
counterparts of his masterpieces at
less than half his prices. Mine is
democratic dressmaking, you perceive,
and [ am not afraid of the word" The
ladies may be able to tell just
how sound this speech is in art, and
how much of good suggestions it may
have for New York, as for London; but
how thoroughly French is the whole
tableau of Princess turned nodiste
With full length portraits of her hus-
ands great ancestor, Napoleon l.,
among the few pictures decorating the
walls of her modest ward-room, this
formerly naughty Lady of Autenil not
only adopts dressmaking with fervor,
but expounds it's art with grace almost
persuading the nearer to imagine that
there may be really something princely
in it.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1872-05-29
A fer all ,SIacto,, ;c +lo 4 o,,o,,5

After all plaster is the main depend
ence of the potato grower, help on
which he may rely with the utmost con-
tidence. Astonishing results are OBJ
tanned from its use, when applied in a
proper manner The writer has seen a
| field, all of the same soil, all prepared
alike, and all planted with the same
variety at the same time, on one-half
of which, that had no plaster, the yield
was but sixty bushels per acre, and
many rotten the other part, to which
plaster was applied in the manner
hereafter explained, yielded three hun
dred and sixty bushels per acre, and
not an unsOund one among them.
1t is said that plaster IS of most
| benefit IN yet seasons such is not al
ways the case. IL is certainly benef-
cial to clover, wet or dry; so of pota-
toes. A few years since, when the
| drOuth was sOintense III this section as
to render the general potato crop almost
a total failure, the writer produced
plentiful-crop by the use of plaster
| alone. On examination at the dryest
time the bottoms of the hills were
found to be literally dust, yet IN this
| dust the tubers were swelling finely
| the leaves and vines were of a rich,
! deep green, and remained so until frost
while other fields In sight, planted
with the same variety, bat not treated
with plaster, were brown, dead, and
not worth digging. That gypsum at
tracts moisture may be proved by plas-
tering hill of corn and leaving a hill
by it upholstered the dew will be
found to be deposited in greater
abundance on the plastered hill But,
according to Liebig, certain products
of the chemical action Of plaster enter
into and are Incorporated with the
structure of the plant, closing its
breathing pores TO such an. extent that
! the plant is unable to withstand a
drouth which would prove fatal to it
rnassisted. ~ r@ rs
/ Certain it is that plaster renders
| plants less liable to insects, and, so far
as the writer's experiments extends, it
is fatal to many of the fungi family
| To obtain the best results the vines OF
Epotatoes should be busted with plaster
as soon as they are fairly through the
soil, again Immediately after the last
| blowing and hoeing, and for reasons
thereafter given, at intervals through
out the whole growing season. The
first application may be light; the sec
ond heavier, and thereafter it may be
beautifully applied-say two hundred
pounds per acre at one sowing.
IT'S BENEFICIAL EFFECTS ON FRUIT.
We are assured by persons who have
recently made experiments with plaster
upon fruit trees that the effects are
plainly pc ceivable. They state that
when it was applied to only one side of
a tree the fruit was larger and better
than on the side where 1t was not APP
piled. tits worth trial by every fruit
grower.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1872-05-29
Novel Scene in a Cont Room

Inc Providence Journal of the Stb
says: An unusual scene took place
Yesterday afternoon, during the trial of
iFne case OF burgess VS.. Anderson. The
case is Drought to recover moneys won
at various times from the plaintiff at
faro, by fraudulent practices. The
plaintiff used, as an illustration of the
technicalities of the game, a complete
faro table, with its marking APPARATUS
and silver cue-keeper's box. An expert,
Mr.. Daniel FL. Helme, took his seat at
the table aud played the game, the
counsel and other spectators bettin on
the cards, andseveral of the spectators
won their bets, although luck was
largely IN favor of the bank. 1- 81 3"
z lie then tookssa set of .sstrippers. %
that IS, pack in which certain of the
cards were trimmed at the sides to an
edge, undesirable to the eve. but
easily perceived by the touch of the
dealer. By this device the dealer
knows the position of any card, and by
dealing two at time, when neces-
sary, was enabled to make the opposite
players lose at will. This false deck of
cards being inserted into the box, the
spectators, betting at choice against
the bank, found that the dealer distri-
buted the favors of fortune all to him
self, and We're at once convinced how
immoral thing gambling is.
The expert testified that he had been
III the service. of the defendant, and
had used the " shippers y to defraud
his innocent customers. The defend
ant denies the use of the ''skin game y
at Misplace, and says the story of the
expert is fabrication, resulting from
a personal enmity. However that may
be, that such a sinful game is possible
seemed to be pretty clearly demonstra-
ted in enssseart.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1872-05-29
Will Ynu 60 2

The San Francisco Bulletin says
Westward travel thickens on the Pa
cific railroads. Many Pacific coasters
are going East, on visits Of business or
pleasure, and some eastern people who
have been spending the winter here, for
the advantage of the climate, are going
home. But the westward movement is
likely soon to be much the largest.
Tourists are already arriving in consid-
cradle numbers, and this is the season
when travel in California is most agree
able and the scenery most lovely, at
least to the ordinary observer. The
eartil is clad in green of such a bright
and delicate tint as is never known at
the humid East, and the valleys and
bill sides are glorious with brilliant
hued flowers. The wonderfully clear,
deep, tender skies throw over the land
scape the witchery of softening haze,
and far mountain lines melt in purple
and lilac. No wonder the roads to
noted resorts are thronged, and that
the birds who fill the air with singing
make scarcely happier music than the
delighted tourists who have escaped
from shop and office into such a para
disc" aa'alAE i-. - ~
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1872-05-29
Why Lace is COStIy.

The finest specimen of Brussels lace
is so complicated as to require the la
Dor of seven persons on one piece. and
each operative is employed at distinct
features of the work. The thread used
is of exquisite fineness, which is spun
IN dark underground rooms, where it is
sufficiently moist to prevent the thread
from separating. 1t is so delicate as
scarcely to be seen, and the room is SO
arranged that all the light admitted
shall fall upon the work. It is such
material that renders tie genuine Brrs-
sells ground so costly. On a piece of
Valenciennes not two inches wide, from
two to three hundred bobbins are some
times used; and for a larger width as
many as eight hundred en- the same
pillow.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1872-05-29
FARM GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD,

Ctrcuiio on Plunas.
A writer in the Germantown Tele-
graph says: r-.
80 [ have seen various methods for keep
ing these insects off plum trees, but
none so simple, nor yet so effectual,
as the following: Soak corn-cobs in
sweetened water until thoroughly sat
surated, then suspend them to the limbs
q Of the trees a little while after blossom
j ing, being sure to burn the cobs after
the fruit ripens, as they will be found
full of young insects. A good plan is
to change the cobs every few weeks
Ny theory is this, that the insects
deposit their eggs in the cobs in pre-
ference to doing so in the young plums.
The first season [ tried it upon one OF
two only, and in the. summer was re-
warded by a good crop of as fine plums
as ever ripened, while those on the
other trees fell off when about half
grown. + Next spring found sweetened
corn cobs dangling from the limbs of
all my plum trees, and the summer
found them full OF delicious fruit |
have never known it to fail, and / hope
every one who has plum tree will try
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1872-05-29
Plaster Cor potatoes.

Plaster has not been much used for q
fertilizer for the potato in tie newly
settled portions of the country, because
the new soils would almost always for a
few years raise excellent crops of pota-
toes without it. The past season has
however demonstrated the beneficial
effects resulting from its use in an I'M
expected manner. The potato bug
made Its appearance early in the season
and plaster was applied to the vines
quite generally as a remedy. Except
ing when used with Paris green, it had
put partial effect in driving away the
bug but IN all cases where it was so
applied and the bug, did not DESTROY
the vines there was an excellent CROP Of
potatoes, although the season was the
dIIest known for many years.
from a prize essay, on the Cult
Eatlon OF the Potato written by D.
a. Compton, Hawley, Pennsylvania.
and published by Grange, Judd & Co.,
OF New York, we take the following
which will be found valuable and time,
": I'm 'li''e
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1872-05-29

gloss and freshness Of youth. Thin
hair is thickened, falling hair checked,
and badness often, though not always,
cured by its use. Nothing can restore
the hair where the follicles are de-
stroyed, or the glands atrophied and
decayed; but such as remain can be
saved by this application, and stimrl-
lated into activity, so that new
growth of hair is produced. Instead
Of fouling the hair with a pasty sedi-
ment, it will keep it clean and vigorous.
Its occasional use will prevent the hair
from turning gray or falling off, and
consequently prevent badness. The
restoration of vitality it gives to the
scalp arrests and prevents the forma-
ton of dandruff, which is often so un-
clearly and offensive. Free from those
deleterious substances which make
some Preparations dangerous and iniu-
riousS to the hair, the Vigor can only
benefit but not harm it. IF wanted
merely for "a HAIR, DRESSING,
nothing else can be fond SO desirable.
Containing neither oil nor dye, it does
not soil white cambria, and yet lasts
long on the hair, giving it rich, glossy
iustre, and a grateful perfume.
PREPARED BY
DIR. J. C. Aver & Co., Practical Chemists,
sd LOWELL, MASS, U. $. A. ~
FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS EVERYWHERE
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1872-05-29
Special 41otlces.
G. o o ID W d X DS
FOR THE .
PAIN KILLER. "

we can confidently re commend the Pain Killer
Toronto Baptist. ...-s -..E.. .-0.
1t is the most effectual remedy we know of for
Aches, Palms. flesh wounds, &c-St. Johns Netrs p o.
We advise that every family should have SO effectual
and speedy Pain-killer. amherst, N. s., Gazette
Our experience that bottle of Pain Killer is
the best Physician traveller can have.-Hanl'Iton
Spectator.
For both internal and external application have
A medicine family should be without-Afontrer,
Transcript.
Gould hardly keep house withoutit-Ed Voice
Should be kept in every house in readiness for spd.
den attacks OF slckness.-Chris. Press.
No article ever obtained such unbounded popularity.
Salem Observer. 81 =s't .10. -
One of the most reliable specifics of the age-o1d
North S0te
It's power is wonderful and unequafled in removing
the most severe pain-B1r1ingtop Sentinel. ...
An indispensable article in the medicine chest
N I. Examiner. --H III
1t will recommend itself to all who use it-Georgia
Enterprise.
Is extensively used and sought after as really
ful mediclne.-JouTndl, 81. John, ". B.
No medicine has acquired such reputation; it has
real merit.-Ne'cpor Daily Neos.
One of the most useful medicines have used it and
dispensed it for the past twenty years.-Reo. Nm.
The most valuable medicine now in use.--Tenn.
Organ. a#- -f.f
ltisreally valuable medicine, and used by many
physicians Boston TrdUeIer
We always keep il where can put our hands on it
In the dark, If need be.-ReU. G. Hi6bard, Burn.ah
One of few articles that are lust what thew pre
tend to be.-Brnnstcick Telegraph.
In my mountain travels no medicine is of so uni
yersal application Pain Killer-Rev. NJ H. Birby,
BuTnah 20
Do not trifle with yourselves by testing untried
remedies Be sure you call for and get the genuine
PAlN-klLLtR, as many worthless nostrums are
attempted 10 be sold the great reputation of this
valuable medicine. czS Directions accompany each
BOTTLE. FL - -
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1872-05-29

y INTOXICATING NosTRUMs. The per-
sons who have scruples of conscience
against perpendicular drinking" at
tavern bars, can become blind drunk
on almost any Of the advertised
''tonics - or "invigorants :" in half an
hour. There is however one exception
to this rule Nobody can ''get over
the baF' on VINEGAR RITTERs, for the
simple reason that this famous Ienova-
ting and regulating medicine contains
no ditfusive stimulants of any kind.
Yet its strength -reserving properties
are marvellous. 1t restores the relish
for food when all other appetizers fail;
inpalts unwonted vigor to the diges-
tive functions regulates the flow of
bile scothes the nervous system; promotes
healthful sleep; and tends to produce that
condition of body and brain which is supposed
to be most conducive to longevity and the en-
joyment, of life. Its specific effects in acute
and chronic disorders affecting the stomach
the bowels, the spine, the kidneys, the feshy
fibre, the muscles and the lungs. are consider
ed by competent judges the most extraordi-
nary medical phenomena of the age. Vinegar
Bitters has now alarger sale than any of the
spirituouS astringents, and it's immense popu-
larity in land where the people observe
closely, test thoroughly, and act independents
ly, is in itself a sufficient guarantee of the
excellence of the medicine. We recommend
it to aQ-COm.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1872-05-29
BTTFFAT,O NJ Y Dec IL 1870

DIR. r. Y. PIERCE For the past six
months [ have used your Golden Med
ical Discovery in my practice and in
that time [ have tested it's merits in
severe coughs, both acute and chronic,
III chronic diseases of the throat, severe
cases of bronchitis, general derange-
ment of the system, constipated cond1-
ton OF the bowels, and wherever "a
thorough Alternative, or blood purifier,
has been indicated. In all cases I have
found it to act gently yet thoroughly
and effectually in removing the various
diseased conditions, and bringing
about healthy action throughout the
system. Yours fraternaliy,
500. Ii. l.. HALL, M. ID.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1872-05-29
Calves Instead OF pigs.


A Merrimac County, n. H, farmer,
who makes farming pay, says he shall
have. no pigs about his premises this
year. Says he can fat ten calves at a
profit with his skim milk, while the
pigs world not pay for their keeping
BY feeding calves with about as much
skim milk as they will take-giving it
morning, noon and night-they grow
rapidly, and in few weeks make ex
cellent veal that always commands q
price, which pays him a good profit for
his milk, He buys calves all through
the spring and summer for this pur-
pose. Sometimes he has some extra
nice ones, which are always sure to catch
the eye OF his neighhor8 orfellow towns
men who are willing to pay extra prices
for them to raise. And when YOU
have no calves, what do you do with
the milk and Stops that accumulate in
your kitchen - we inquired. 9 Feed
them to the COWS, p" he replied. He said,
when a COW or a colt once learns to
drink milk they viii take all they can
get. He also feeds his hens with sour
eufd. After milk sours he places it
upon the stove and heats 1t until a thick
curd is formed and the whey separates
from it. This curd he feeds to the hens.
and he considers 1t a superior egg
producing feed. Without being sub
Iected to the heating process, he con-
slders it of less value, as the whey makes
too much liquid for the fowls. This
curd he considers the very best feed for
young chickens and turkeys. Fed in
these ways to his animals and fowls, he
IS confident that he gets fair price for
his milk, while feeding it to pigs he
would get nothing, for it would REQUIRE
more meal to fat them in the fall than
their bodies would bring in the market.
This, Of course, is on the suppos1t1on
that pork is to remain Iowa SUPPOSE
ton, considering all circumstances, not
improbable.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1872-05-29

are foreign plant first introduced into
our country by Caesar, and are healthy
growers. They make their appearance
in the South in early spring, and being
hardy they continue to bloom through
out the season. They are very fra
grant. ....a-st ar
These, Mr.. Editor, are some of oui
most interesting domestic productions,
and [ hope many of them are familiar
to your readers Yours, ssh --o ~ r.
MANGLEWURTZEI.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1872-05-29
AIsifxe or AIsYI<e Clover.

Ta.=.e.4 Aisiixe or S1oFeG'
s- This clover which has attracted SO
much attention of late, especially as a
honey producing plant, we think ought
to be more generally experimental
with. The English Farmers Diary for
1872, thus treats OF its history and
qualities:
'sAIsykle, or Perennial Hybrid clover
which takes it's name from Alsyke dis.
trict, near Stockholm, was first intro
duced into Sweden. Within the last
century, vast improvements IN agricul-
ture have enabled this valuable clover
to be brought to great perfection, and
it IS now held in high estimation by
the Swedish farmers, and extensively
cultivated by the leading agriculturists
of Great Britain and Ireland. The
root is fibrous, and the heads glObuIaI.
The plant bears q greater resemblance
to the white than to the red clover,
and may be described as the giant
white clover, with fesh-coIored heads
The advantages it possesses over every
other variety of clover are: It's peren-
NAL character, its greater hardness,
(for no winter will kill it, its capabil-
ity- alike of resisting the extremes of
drouth and wet, the much greater
weight of heritage it produces during
the season, and the certainty of a plant
when other varieties fail from the land
having become clover-sick Its pro-
duction is inexhaustIbie, as is proved
by the W nnderfully curious formation
of the plant, from the single crown of
which innumerable heads are continu-
ually being produced all through the
season, and tillering out laterally over
the ground. The hardy nature OF the
plant is proved by the fact of It's thriv-
ing by transplanting. A single plant
may be taken up and divided into ten
or more parts, the fbrous roots just
cropped, and each part will produce a
luxurant plant; so that no farmer need
hereafter have a patchy piece of clover.
Twelve pounds of Swedish Alsyke is
sufficient to SOW an acre.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1872-05-29
A Transfer lately drank dose

A Transfer lately drank a dose OF
medicine which was intended for his
horse, and does not mean to doctor
that animal any more, as he thinks
that the diseases are few which can
possibly be worse than the remedy.
The. little dose which he took was com
pounded of the following ingredients
Corrosive sublimate, canEharides Span
ish fiesl. mercucial ointment, oil OF
NORWOOD, oil of turpentine, oil of
spike, nitric acid, and verdigris.