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Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1872-03-15
HOmeiY Girls.

Chow did that homely woman %contrive
to get married r is not ~unfrequently re.
marked of some good domestic creature
whom her husband regards as the apple OF
his eye, and in whose plain face he see,
something better than beauty. Pretty
girls who ale vain of their charms are rath-
er prone to make observations of this kind +;
and consciousness of the fact that flowers of
lovelines are often left to pine on the stem
while weeds of LONELINESS go off readily, is
no doubt in many cases at the bottom of the
sneering question. The truth is. that most
men prefer homeliness and amiability to
beauty and caprice. Handsome women are
apt to over-value themselves, and in waiting
for an immense bid occasionally over. step
the market. Their plain sisters, on the
contrary. aware of their personal defcien-
cies, generally lay themselves out to produce
an agreeable impression, and in mostinstances
success They don't aspire to capture paragons
with princely fortunes, but are willing to take
anything respectable and Noteworthy that
Providence nay throw in their way The
rock ahead Of your naughty JUNIOR and CO.
Hebes-is fastidious. They reject
and reject. until nobody cares to WOO them.
Men don't like to be snubbed or to be triaed
lesson that thousands of pretty wo-
men learn too late. Mrs. Hannah Moore.
. very excellent and pious person, who
knew whereof she wrote, recommends every
unmarried sister to accept the offer of the
irst good sensible Christian lover who falls
10 her way. But ladies whose mirror, aid
ID by the glamour of vanity, assures them
hey were born for conquest, pay no heed
% such advice. 1t is q noteworthy fact that
girls generally get better husbands
han fall to the lot of their false sisters
Men who are caught merely by a pretty
ace and figure, do not, as a general rule.
mount to much. The practical, useful,
thoughtful portion of mankind is wisely
content with unpretending excellency.
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A LITTLE JUDIcIoUs PRAIsE.-No heart
is insensible to words of praise, or the kind.
ly smile of appreciation and none are utter
ly above being affected by censure or blame.
Children are particularly sensitive in this
respect. Nothing can discourage a child
more than a spirit of incessant fault finding;
and perhaps nothing can exert a more bane-
full influence upon both parent and child
If your little one, through the day has been
pleasant and obsdient, and you say to him,
My son, you have been good o -day, and it
makes me happy;' and if. with more than a
usual afsctionate embrace, you say, Good
night, my dear child a throb of suppressed
feeling fills his breast, and be resolves on
always earning such approval. If your
grown son or daughter has accomplished
some difficult piece of WORK, rendered you
essential a%ssistanoei Or have climbed some
steep in the daily driTl Of study; or have
acquired some new accomplishment, or add
ed grace ; or better than all, have gained the
victory over some besetting sin-acknowl.
edge it, praise them for it. Let them see
by your tenderness the deep Joy and COM
fort it gives you. Thus you will create a
great incentive to right conduct, and lay a
broad foundation for a character which
shall be redolent with succulent fruit and
fragrant blossoms.
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Recipe to Make n Fashionable
Woman. .-..fr-r H.

Take ninety-nine pounds Of flesh and bone
but chiefly bones-wash clean, bore hole'
III the ears, and cut off the small toes; bene
the back to conform to the Grecian Bend.
the Boston Dip. the Kangaroo, the Sarato'
ga Slope, or the Bullfrog Break. as the
taste inclines; then add three yards Of linen,
one hundred yards of rufaes and seventy.
five yards of edging. eighteen yards Of dim.
ity, one pair silk or cotton hose with patent
hip attachments, one pair Of false calves, six
yards flannel. embroidered, one pair balmo-
raj boots with heels three inches high, four
pounds whalebone in strips, seventeen hun
dred and sixty yards of steel wire, three
quarters of a mile of tape. ten pounds of
raw cotton or two wire hemispheres, one
wire basket to hold a bushel. four copies of
the New York Herald triple Sheet enc
hundred and fifty yards of silk or other
dress goods, five hundred yards point lace,
fourteen hundred yards fringe and other
trimmings. twelve gross of buttons, one box
pearl powder, one saucer of carmine and an
old hare's foot. one bushel of false hair friz-
lied and fretted a la monaaque, one bundle
Japanese switches, with rats, mice, and 9th
er varmints; one peck Of hair pins, one
lace handkerchief nine inches square. with
patent holder. Perfume with altar of roses.
or sprinkle with nine drops of the blessed
Baby" or ''West End" Stuff the head
with fashionable novels, ball tickets, play
bills, and wedding cards, some scandal, a
great deal Of lost time and a very little
sage !; add a half a grain of common sense,
three scruples Of religion, and a modicum of
Season with vanity, afectation.
and folly. Garnish with ear rings, finger
breastpins, chains, bracelets, feath.
ers, and flowers to suit the taste. Pearls
and diamonds may be thrown in if you have
them, if not, paste and %pinchbeck from the
dollar-store will do.
Whirl all around in a fashionable circle
and stew by gas.light for six hours.
Great care should be taken that the thing
not overdone.
If it does not rise sufficiently, add more
Of the New York Herald.
This dish is highly ornamental, aud will
10 to put at the head of your table on grand
occasions, but is not suitable for everyday
Use at home, being very expensive and in-
ligestible. 1t sometimes gives men the
heartburn and causes them to break, and is
certain death to children. T1
II you have not the ingredient at hand
you can buy the article ready-made in any
If our large cities-if you have money
enough !-Enquirer.
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M- Entrance on the left ~
AFTER CROSSING LEWIS CREEK DGE
Having recently leased the above Stables, late
ly occupied by Ed. Burke, and having supplied
them with every adjunct to a complete livery,
we are now prepared to furnish our friends, and
the public generally, with anything they may
need IN that line.
Our horses are young, fresh, fast, and
well broken; our Buggies, Carriages &C., new
and of the latest style, and our drivers Sc
lected with special reference to the comfort and
safety of our patrons.
Pleasure parties accommodated at all hours
with single or double buggies, riding horses, for
ladies and gentlemen, Carriages, Spring wagons
DC. Parties wishing to visit Weyer's Cave
would do we'll to give us a call.
Horses fed by the day, month or year, at usual
rales.
Special attention given to the sale of stock.
We still occupy the extensive stabling at the
old National Stable ground, where our friends
(if they find it more convenient to call) can be
accommodated as heretofore
Hoping, by strict attention to our own busi-
ness, to merit a continuance of the favor shown
US in other places, we respectfully solicit a share
of the public patronage. dec8-tf.
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Poetry.
{" Especial sessions " at the Mines.


especial Sessions, - at the Mines
Do I know Well, stranger, l reckon
] can show you the place where twas done:
You see that big oak over yonder,
That's standing 'twixt us and the sun
That's on the divide, and the stage ROAD
Runsc close to the edge of the hill
sAnd the chapparel's thick as the thickest?
That's the place where they finished poor Bill
What's that? oh you mean that thing sw nging
From that limb. Yes, it looks like a man;
That's Jack Doyle what's lett: he's the ieiiow
That murdered poor Bill; then he ran
But we tracked him up to the summit"
And we run HIM to ground. Did we catch him
Well that's Doyle on the limb of that tree.
Yes, he left one, a gal, about twelve,
Yellow-haired, pretty and bright;
But she's wearin' away and we've took her,
l and Nancy. l missed her last night,
And | went up the road for to find her,
And when / come up to those trees,
There was the little gal Maggie,
Down in the grass on her knees,
A cryin' and sobbin', and stranger,
She was ~prayin', and here's what she said
s'Oh ! papa and mamma, I'm coming;
Ican't stay, since papa is dead;
And papa, I'm going to ask Nancy
T., lay mt right here by your side;
And III com to you soon !" then | took her
Up SO careful, and, stranger, | cried
Like the child yes. she's wearing away,
And the next time you come by that hill,
You'll see two little boards, and they'll say,
Here lies little Maggie and Bill.
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A Chicago girl wrote to her lover in
Springfield. Mass, just after the fire. say.
ing ; "Our Wedding day was set for next
week, and if you will stand up with a wo-
man dressed in a cotton skirt and her faith
er's overcoat, come on" The brave youth
telegraphed in reply: "Get ready, will be
| with YOU"
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If your income is IS a day spend but
four. If it is one dollar spend eighty certs
If it is but ten cents spend nine. If it is
three potatoes save half Of ono for seed
This is good advice, and if adapted by those
who are daily complaining Of being 'close
rum and hard pushed from the effect CT
too common error, INDUCED in by a great
many, of living beyond their means it
would be much better than spending theil
whole lives in the vain pursuit trying to
keep up with the latest Styles thus requir
ing an outlay each day Of what they earn
to accomplish that object.
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The great man is he who chooses the
right with invincihle resolution ; who ~resists
the secret temptations from without and
within, who bears the heaviest burdens
cheerfully, who is calmest in storms and
most fearless under menaces and frowns
and whose reliance on truth, on virtue, on
God, is most unfaltering.
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Like most oarm nnts like

Like most garments, like most carpets,
everything in life has a right side and a
wrong side. You can take any joy, and by
turning it around find troubles on the other
side or you may take the greatest trouble,
and by turning it around, find joy on the
other side. The gloomiest mountain never
c-sts q shadow on both sides at once, nor
does the greatest of life's calamities,
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II weedea my friends" said an eccentric
old man, ''by hanging a piece Of stair car
pet out of my first floor front window witt
a constable's announcement affixed. 1t hac
the desired effect. I soon saw who wert
nv friends. It was like firing a gun at
pigeon house. They forsook the building
at the report"
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One of the best rules in conversation is,
never to say a thing which any of the com.
pany can reasonably wish we had rather left
unsaid nor can there anything be we'll
more contrary to the ends for which people
meet together than to part unsatisfed with
each other or themselves.
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JAMES j. FOSTER,
urnCTA STPEET

JAMES j. FOSTER,
AUGUSTA STREET,
STANTON VA,
respectfully informs the citizens of Staunton and
surrounding country, that he has leased for q
term of years the large Store House recently oc-
cupied by Peck & Cushing, and directly opposite
the Court House, whore he has opened a very
large and superior stock of the following
GENUINE LIQUORS:
Pure Mountain Whiskeys, all grades.
Fine old Apple Brandy.
Genuine Imported French Brandy.
Imported Rum and Gin.
Pure Sherry and Medeila Wines.
Champagne, Claret &c.
Scotch Ale and London Porter, together with
every article usually kept in a first class Liquor
House. !
A superior assortment of Tobacco and Segars
always on hand.
The attention of the trade is respectfully in
vited to the above stock of Superior Liquors,
which will be sold at such prices as to give
entire satisfaction to all
Having had large experience in the Liquor
trade, and possessing superior advantages in the
manufacture ofpure Augusta County Whiskeys,
he is enabled to offer the best goods at prices u.s.
ually paid for inferior articles.
JAMES J. FOSTER.
Augusta ST., opposite Court House.
Staunton Va,
P. S. Orders from the Country will receive
prompt attention, and goods guaranteed.
april2l-tf
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The wounds of the conscience, like those
of the body, cannot be cured until they are
searched to the bottom; they cannot be
searched without pain. A man who is en-
gagged in the study of himself must be con-
tent to know the worst of himself.
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The Knoxville Chronicle tells a good
story about a lawyer Of that city who went
to merchandising" He sold a peck of
choice fower-bulbs for thirty cents, thinking
they were onions, and afterwards tried to
sell an old lady a washing machine for a
patent churn,
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Tbs Staunton Wimoifator.
ADVERTISING RATES.

Advertisements for less than three months will
oe inserted at the rate OF One Dollar per square of
eight lines or less for the first and so cents for
| each subsequent insertion. Unless the number
of insertions be marked upon the manuscript it
will be published until forbid and charged ac-
cordingly.
office, communication calling upon, advocating
or opposing candidates, andall communications
or p ces of a personal or private character, or
NSSsd or calculated to promote any private en-
~ rrise or interest, will be charged for as adver-
1sements.
~ Special notices 90 cents per line for every
insertion.
Ns- A liberalarrangemant made with those
who advertise for three. six or twelvemonths.
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A man should no more make his honesty
a boast than a woman should her virtue
To speak too much of either renders them
questionable
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MAKING COFFEE TO make ordinary af-
ter dinner coffee: Heat the water 10 a por-
celain saucepan over the gas, if convenient.
While the water is boiling grind the coffee
When the water has boiled, pour it into two
coffee cups, and from these into the coffee
pot, to warm them. Use three cups of
water to make two of coffee, for about one
cup of water will be absorbed. Pour the
water from the coffee pot to the saucepan.
Put in the coffee, moisten with a little hot
water, and allow it to soak until the water
boils again briskly. Then make the coffee
by pouring the boiling water through once.
A small cup of this coffee will be sufficient
for any ordinary nervous system. 1t is too
strong to be taken in quantity at breakfast.
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Liberality is the best way to gain affec-
ton /; for we are assured Of their friendship
to whom we are obliged.
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VINEGAR IN THREE WEEKs.-Molasses,
one quart ; yeast, one pint, put into a jug or
keg containing three gallons soft water ; tie
a thin piece of gauze over the mouth Or
bunghole, and set it in the sun. Set it in a
warm place in Winter. In three weeks you
will find good vinegar. More molasses and
yeast will make stronger vinegar.
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No two things differ more than hurry
and dispatch. Hurry is the mark Of a weak
mind, dispatch of a strong one,
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Courage is more likely to be prudent than
udence is to be courageous. q
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A correspondent of the New York Herald
says that if the head Of any family will only
take the trouble to sprinkle spirits of turpen-
tine on their carpets and bedding in every
room in the house, they will have 40 small
pox. The above is a sure disinfectant. Re-
peat this twice every week.
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AS daylight can be seen through very
small holes, SO little things will illustrate a
persons character.
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GINGER SNArs.-Two cups of molasses,
one cup of lard. one tablespoonful of ginger,
one teaspoonful of salt, two teaspoonfuls of
soda. Just boil the molasses and lard, then
add the other articles, roll thin and bake in
a quick oven. =
DOMESTIC CRAcKERs.-Fourteen cups of
flour, one cup of lard, one half cup of but
ter, three cups of water, two t~easpoonfuls of
cream of tartar, one teaspoonful each of
soda and salt, mix very hard, roll and cut
in squares. Bake quick.
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PUMPKINS A CURE FOR RHEUMATIsM.-At
a late meeting of the New York Farmers
Club a correspondent stated a woman's arms
painfully infamed and swollen with rheuma-
tism, were cured by applying every fifteen
minutes. fresh poultices of ssewed pumpkin.
The poultices as they were renewed had an
exceedingly offensive smell. A man was
cured Of Inflammation of the bowels by the
same application.
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Some men need a tempest, to save them
from a wreck.
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Professional Cards

WYNN. CHAPMAN, D. D.. S.
Co. STAUNTON VIRGINIA,
"I" Office, South Side Main Street
at his old stand.
Artificial teeth mounted on Gold. Silver and
Vuleanite.
All operations performed in the most scien-
tifc and skillful manner, with strict regard to
Permanancy, and warranted to compete with
any work done in the cities.
Thanking the people ofAugusta andthe sur
ou~ndingCounties for their very liberalpatron-
rye prior to, during and sinceth war, l re-
aspectfully solicit its continuation.
The highest price paidfo old gold and
plate June 1-tf
TEMALE INFIRMARY.-Dr. B. P. REESE,
with a long and successful experience OF
the treatment of "a
"DISEASES PECULIAR TO FEMALES"
has opened an INFIRMARY 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 well 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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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
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DIR. SIMMONS,
= THEP p no T A Vol

DIR. SIMMONS
LIVER REGULATOR.
A preparation of roots and herbs, warranted
to be strictly vegetable, and can do no injury to
any one. ..lfErze4
It has been used by hundreds, and known for
the lastr40 years as one of the most reliable, eff.
c%acious and harmless preparations ever offered to
the suffering. If taken regularly and persistent
ly. it is sure to cure dyspepsia, headache, jaun-
dice, costiyeness, sick headache, chronic diar-
rhoa, affections of the bladder, camp dysentery,
affections of the kidneys,
~, ssrti rnf b3iae1l fever, nervousness, chills,
diseases of the skin, i'm
Rrc1r1 arop purity of the blood, mel
ancholy, or depression of
spirits, heartburn, collie,
Tor pains in the bowels,
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, $1.25.
For sale by
TROUT, SrR1BL1NG & BERKELEY,
jan27-1y Druggists, Stanton, Va
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ROBERT CRAIG.

Business Cards.
JAMES T. BYERs. HENRY E. sUMMERsoN.
DYERS & SUMMERSON,
Dealers IN Family Groceries.
COUNTRY PRODUCE, FINE CIGARS,
gHEW7NG AND SN0KZNE TOBA Coos
We have opened a new and full stock,
In the Room opposite Court House,
recently occupied by N. A. Baylor & Co, and it
will be cur aim to keep constantly on band a
choice selection Of goods in our line.
A call is solicited. We feel confident we can
please.
WE have a full line of ali the different Brands
of both CHEWING and SMOKING TOBACCOS,
and every style and grade of CIGARS.
WANTED! FOR CASH,
FLOUR,
GRAIN,
BAc0N, sc.
uug25-tf YYERs & sUMNERsON.
GEO. EYLER. HENRY eooFHR. WIN. J. NELSON!
TIME CO-PARTNERSHIP Of Parkins, Nelson
b 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 iacll-
dties, and with a determination to please in
PRICE AND STYLE OF WORK.
We respectfully ask from the people of Virgins
and the South, a fair share of patronage.
We propose to manufacture and repair Porta'
BILE and Stationery Steam Engines and Boilers.
S~aw-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
for the Pitt Threshing Machine, which we will
furnish fitted upon short notice.
We also manufacture Plowa. Plow Castings,
Hay Rakes, Hay Presses, Straw Cutters sId Ag-
cultural Implements generally.
Address,
EfLEE, COOPER & CO.,
,mar3l If Stanton Va.
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Business Cards.

The Symptoms of Liver
Complaint are uneasiness
land pain in the side
Sometimes the pain is in
1.-THE shonlde is mista-
ken for rheumatism. The
stomach is affected with
loss Of appetite and sick
i costive, sometimes alter
,e head lis troubled with
Ipain, and duh, heavy
sensation, considerable
loss of memory, accompa-
MED with painful sensa-
: ton of having left I'M
done something which
ought to have been done.
q ften complaininp of
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H0Usss. i 5S1 5 SteT z. Ra5Sa5Ss:a TT sh ao s"s
and Sign Painting business and is now prepared
to execute any work, lin town and country !, en-
trusted to him in the best manner and on such
terms as will be entirely sa tisfactory.
Orders for work (until further notice) left at
the store of Owen G. Morris, Esq, will be
promptly attended to. 81
apr2s-tf G.P. THOMPSON.
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TEN-PIN ALLEY
AND BAR ROOM
The undersigned have just completed the re-
pairs to their Ten.pin Alley, making it, as re-
CARDS Alleys and Balls, equally as good as new.
THEIR BAR is supplied with the finest brands
af -rr~- t =
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ness, bowels in genera
mating with lax. II
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Like the child yes. she's wearing away,
And the next time you come by that hill,
You'll see two little boards, and they'll say,
Here lies little Maggie and Bill.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-12-16
WHEN SANTA CLAUS COMES.

A good time is coming; wish it were here =
The very best time in the whole Of the year:
I'm counting each day on my fingers and thumbs,
The week that must pass before Santa Claus comes.
Good-by for WHILE then. lessons to school;
We can laugh talk and sing without 'breaking the
rule"
No troublesome spelling, writing, nor sums
There's nothing but paytime when Santa Claus comes
l suppose shall have new dolly of course
NV last one was killed by fall from her horse;
And for Harry and Dick here be trumpets and drums
To deafen us all with, when Santa Claus comes.
I'll hang up nv stocking to hold what he brings;
/ hope he will fill it with lots of nice things:
He must know how dearly love sugar. -plums
I'd like a big box full when Santa Claus comes
Then when the snow-fakes begin to come down.,
And the wind whistles sharp, the branches are brown
I'll not mind the cold. though my fingers it numbs;
For it brings the time when Santa Claus comes