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Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1872-08-31
They VIII All DO So.

A young man, a son of well-to-do farmer,
had the misfortune to become deeply enamor-
cd of young lady, and after brief courtship
proposed aud was accepted. But what was
his surprise one evening, when about entering
the parlor with all the ueceremonious freedom
Of lover, at discovering his insmcrata upon a
sofa, her arms around the neck of a neighbor-
ing youth, and her lips in such blissful prox-
unity to his as TO convince our hero that mat
ters were fearfully in earnest. In rage and
modification, he rushed homeward, arriving
just in time to surprise his only sister, the pi-
Gus wife OF a village minister, squeezing to kill
a young disciple of Blackstone. Nearly fran
tic with such disclosures among people whom
he believed to be little lower than angels, lie
made bold dash for the barn, running direct
y upon his mother, kissing the old family
physician, who had stolen march upon her
as she was looking up the poultry. This was
too much, and with a groan the young man
turned, undiscovered away, resolved to pass
the night with bis grief beneath the stars, fear
full of further developments should he venture
beneath the shelter Of another roof
The morning encouraged him, however, and
dew-dreuched and sorrowful he finally sought
his home, when his mother, with true maternal
solcitude, questioned him as to his sad looks,
whereupon he related the Inconsistency Of his
fair betrothed, receiving in reply the gratify-
ing intelligence that she was a good-for-noth
ing huzzy, and that he must not speak to or
notice her again-she was so utterly unworthy.
"But mother" he continued, falteringly,
that is not all"
Not all who can there be more ?" was the
next question. "Why, when I hastened
home, what should find but my sister-my
godly sister-in the arms of a rascally young
lawyer"
"Yous sister ~ shrieked the outraged
mother MY child The ungratoful, wicked
creature Is it for this that gave her home,
and cared for her husband and children?
will do it no more; such conduct is Infamous,
and to be disgraced She shall leave to-day,
and never enter M presence again"
When, sick and discouraged by such re-
peated exhibitions Of sin, left the house de-
tsrmined to sleep in the barn, there found
my mother kissing old DR.. F.
"You did ?"
81 did,"
Well, never mind, my son they will all
do il"
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1872-08-31
The Lost Boy.

The Boston Trareler thinks the following
story good illustration Of the. way good
many strippliugsi in Jackets" and crows
ers. miss their bearings" aud their wits
The pet Of the family, residing not far from
Lagrange street, is a boy who has recently
passed his fifth year, and having just donnod
his first jacket and trousers, is attending pri-
mary school The other afternoon be failed
to come home at the usual hour, much 70 tho
alarm Of the household, and after a long search
he was foand some time after dark, at the
Providence depot.
lie was sent to bed without much explsna-
ton, though it was possible his treatment was
what Solomon would have recommended in
such an emergency.
The next morning Lo was down to tho
breakfast table, evidently none tie worse for
the lesson, and perhaps The wiser. Taking
advantage Of the lull in the conversation Gus
tomary at the morning meal, he turned bis
grave countenapce toward the lady at tho
head Of the table, and giving free vent to his
overrcharged mind, be exclaimed:
"I'll tell you, mamma, how it happ9ned.--
After, school l went part Of the way homo
with NaTy-, and at the corner of tho
stree. where she left me kissed ber, and, aud
shskisscd me. and then found / was lost"
There was an explosion round the table just
about that time. 1t is suspected this is not
the first young gentleman who has been lost
under similar circumstances.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1872-08-31
SEPTEMBER.

Sweet as che voice that calls
From babbling waterfalls
IN meadows where the downy seeds are flying;
And soft the breezes blow,
.-. And eddyipg come and goa s
Ia faded gardens where the rose Is dying.
Among the slubble corn
The blithe quail pipes at morn,
The merry partridge drums in hidden places;
Aud glittering insects CLEAN
Above the reedy stream,
Where busy spiders spin their flmy laces.
A. eve, cool shadows fall
Across the garden wall, 90. 80. ....
And on the clustered grapes 10 parple turning,
And pearly vaporsiic
Along the eastern sky,
Where the broad harvest moon is redly burning.
All, soon on field and hiH
The wind shall whistle chill,
And patriarch swallows call their iocks together,
Te fly from frost and snow,
And seek for lands where blow
The fsirer blossoms of a balmier weather,
The cricket ehirps oil day,
a. 0 fairest Summer skyp .t. .,
The squirrel eyes askance the chesnut browning ;
The wild fowl Ay afar
Above the foamy bar a .,.
And hasten southwark ere the skies are browning.
Now comes fragrant breeze,
Through the dark cedar trees,
And round about my temples fondly fingers,
In gentle playfulness,
Like 10 the soft caress
Bestowed in happier days by loving fingers.
Yet, though q sense of grief
Comes with the falling leaf
And memory makes the summer doubly pleasant,
In all my autumn dreams
A future summer CLEANS
Passing the fairest gories of the present!
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1872-08-31
Thomas Jefferson on Old Age.

In his letter to John Adams, Jefferson said:
Our next meeting must be in the country to
which they have fown-a country for Us not
now very far distant. For this journey We
shall need neither gold nor silver in our purse,
nor scrip, nor coats, nor slaves. Nor is the
provision for it more easy thsn the preparation
has been kind. Nothing proves, more than
this, that the Being who rresides over the
world is essentially enevolen:--stealng from
Us one BY one the faculties, leading US Like the
horse in his mill, round and round the same
beaten circle,
;tI. To see what we have seen,
Tc taste the tasted and at each return
Less tasteful DER our palates 20 descant
Another vintage-,l
until, satiated aud fatigusd with this leaden
iteration, we ask our congo.
D.. ! heard once very old friend, who had
troubled himself with neither poets nor philoss-
piers, say the same thing in prose, that ho
was tired Of pulling off his shoes and stockings
at night and putting them on again in tho
morning. The wish to stay here is gradually
extinguished but not so easy is that ofreturn-
ing once in a while to see how things hayo
gone on. Perhaps, however, one Of the clo-
ments of future felicity is TO be a constant
and unimpassoned viewer of what is the wish
of occasional visits. .Meroer has given Us a
vision of the year 2i4O but prophecy is one
thing and history another On the whole,
however, perhaps it is wiso and well to bo
conteptsd with the good things which tho
Master Of the feast places before US, and be
thankful for what we have rather than
thoughtful about what we have not.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1872-08-31
Courting the Widow.

In the town Of Hopkiuton, ia The State OF
Vermont, lived certain Deacon Small. ia
his advanced age he bad the misfortune 10 loso
the rim Of his hat a full year; be was recom-
mended 10 a certain widow Hooper, living in
an adjoining town. The deacon was soon as
tride Of bis old brown mare with sorrel mane,
and on arriving at the widows door he aiscOv-
cred her in the act Of turning tie srds f.on
her wash-tab. Said the deacon:
fs this tho widow Hooper ?"
Yessir, wssihe reply.
"Well, continued the Deacon al am that
little bit Of dried ap Deacon Small, aud bayq
only only one question to psopose to you"
"Please propose, sir"
Well, madame" said the Deacon, have
you any objection to going to Heaven by way
Of Hopkinton?" ?"
None at all. deacon was the reply,
Come in Deacon"
Suffice il 70 say they were married tie rex.
week,
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1872-08-31

The young lady grew worse and worse. At
length her actions were such that it was decid-
ed to be necessary to remove her to an asylum.
She is now an inmate Of tie institution at Ut-
ca, A very touching scene occurred in the
cars in the hearing Of the passengers, many Of
whom had been told of her condition and his
tory, with verso. from her favorito song. She
sung in a voice Of particular sweetness and
psthos these words: q.
az love thee, ssI lore the las.
Rich smile Of fading day, .r-i
Which lingereth, ike the look we cast
On rapture past away"
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1872-08-31
Jordan : White Sulphur
Springs,
FREDERICK COUNTY, Va.

FTlWE ENTT-SEVEN miles f~cm Harper's Ferry
and only one and half miles from stephen
sons Depot Post-ofice, point on the Harper 5
Ferry and Winchester Railroad, i've miles from
Winchester. This well-knswn and popular resort
viii Boz re-opened on Che FIRST DAY OF JUNE.
Rates Of charges Board per day 80; per week.
$3.50 per month, $50. Children and COlored
servants halt price, white servants three-fourths
price.
Telegraph communication with al parts Of the
country good LIVERY on the premises.-
Prof Hughes hne band Of MUSIC will be in at
tendance. Billiards. Bowling Alley, &c.
~ Pamphlets FOR distribution.
JORDAN & CO.. Proprietors,
r. c. JORDAN,
Nar "a, lsl-, Owner and Manager.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1872-08-31

Nor ALoNE.-Ssges Of old contended that
no sin was ever committed whose consequences
rested Oh the head Of the sinner alene-thst
no man could do III and bis fellows not suffer
They illustrate It thus "A vessel sailing
from Joppa carried a passenger, who, be-
meath his berth, cut a hole through the ships
side. When the men on the watch expostu-
lated with him " Whatdoestt thoH, miserable
man?" the offender calmly replied, " What
matters 1t to youY The hole made lies uu-
der my own berth"
The ancient parable is worthy of the ut
most consideration. No man perishes alone
in his iniquity; no man can guess the full
conseq of his transgressions.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1872-08-31
POETICAL.
A PRAYER.


Oh, my Father
Take me
Make me
Pure and holy, sll thine own.
May each changing moment find me
At thy footstool,
Near thy throne.
Oh, my Savior!
Cleanse me,
Fill me
With thy precious love divine.
May no earthly idol lure me
From that sacred
Cross of thine.
Holy Spirit!
Woo me,
8, Draw me
.Dy that gentle cord Of love. -'
Guide me, guard me, safely lead me
To thy heavenly
Home above.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1872-08-31
PURIssImA et OPTIMA

Nearly all diseases originate from Indigestion
and Torpidity of the Liver. aud relief is always
anxiously sought after. Ifthe Liver is Regulated
in is action, health is almost invariably secured
Want Of action in the Liver causes Headache,
Constipation, Jaundice, Pain in the Shoulders,
Cough, Chills Dizziness, Sour Stomach, bad taste
in the mouth, bilious attacks, palpltaton OF the
heart. depression Of spirits, or the blues, ana
hundred other symptoms, for which olNNONS
LIVER REGULATOR the best remedy thathas
ever been discovered. IL acts mildly, ehectuauy,
and being a simple vegetable compound, can do no
injury in any quantities that IL may be taken
IL is harmle5sin every way; it has been used for
40 years, and hundreds of the good and great from
all parts of the country will vouch for It's being
the pprest and best. ....
The Symptoms of Liver Complaint are uneasi-
ness and pain in the side. Sometimes the pain Is
IN the shoulder, and is mistaken for rheumatism
The stomach is affected with loss OF appetite and
sickness, bowels in general costiye, sometimes al
ternatiug with lax. The head is troubled with
pain and dull. heavy sensation, considerable loss
Of memory, accompanied with painful sousation OF
having lett nndone something which ought to have
been done Often complaining Of weakness, de-
bility, and low spirits. Sometimes many of the
above symptoms attend the disease, and at other
tmes very few OF them; but the Liveris generally
the organ most involved.
Price Sl.OO per package; sentby mail, postage
paid, 81 25; prepared, ready for usc, in bottles,
81. so Manufactured only BY
JH. ZEILIN & CO.,
Macon, Ga, and Philadelphia
FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
Nav Is lS7g-lV
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Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1872-08-31
Too Bad to Remain There.

The Wheeling Register has the following
amusing account Of prisoner discharged from
the penitentiary Of that State:
Joseph Schafter, convicted az the fall term.
1870, Of Jackson county Circuit Court offelony,
and sentenced 10 two years imprisonment, was
discharged from the penitentiary on Saturday
The news Of Schaffer's discharge was very un-
expected to him. By bis unruIy conduct and
general iusubordination aud cussedness" be
has not been able to acquire any good time,
and did not know when bis term expired. On
Saturday Superintendent ShaIlcross sen. for
him to appear in the Office, and Sohafcr sup
posed the superintendent intended to give him
a lecture about pair Of shoea tha: had been
issued to him few days before, and which be
had cut 10 pieces, so be went up rather sullenly
and ung.llingly. AS he reached the office the
superintendent said TO him, "Schaffer, what
did you cut your shoes to pieces that way for p
Well, said the convict, shaking his head
" they hurt my feet. I know I amt thought
much Of here, and you don't Ike me-" :"
" No, we don't like you," interrupted Mr..
Shallcross pretending to be angry, and you
shsnt stay here. We have had more trouble
with you than any other man in this place,
now get your things together and get out Of
here, and if ever you come back I'll make you
sorry for it. No more talk now, get out
or you'll spoil all the rest Of the prisoners. =
In few moments ScbaffsF found himself out
side, fully believing that he had been turned
out Of the penltentisry because he was too
wicked to stay there.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1872-08-31

A tender-heartcd widower tainted at the fu-
neral Of his third beloved
What shall we do with him ?" asked a
friend Of his
Let him alone" said a wagish by-slauder,
3" he'll soon revive"
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1872-08-31

A letter in the Loudoun Enterprise contra
diets the statement made by correspondent Of
the Richmond Enquirer that the Pennsylvania
Central company had bought the Washington
and Ohio road, and intended to 90 to work i'm
mediately and extend it 20 Charlestown.
Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1872-09-11
One Hundred Years Ago.-

One hundred aid ten years ago there
was not single white maj in Kentucky.
Ohio, Indiana or Illinois. Then, what rs
the most fourishing part of America was
as little known as tic country around the
mysterious mountains of the mooil It
w,s not until 1867 THAT Boone left his
home in North Carolina, to become the
first pioneer settler in. Kentucky. The
first pioneer of Ohio did not settle until
twenty years ago. Canada belonged to-
France, and the population did not ex-
cecd million and II half Of people. a;
hundred years ago the Great Frederick,
of Prussi,. was performing those grand
exploits which have made him immortal
iii military annals, and with his little
monarchy was sustaining single con-
test with Russia, Austria and France.
the three great powers of Europe COM
bincd. Washington was modest Vir-
ginia Colonel, AMI the great events in
history of :hc two worlds in which these
great but dissimilar men took leading
parts were then scarcely foreshadowed.
A hundred years ago the United States
were the most loyal part of the British
Empire, and on the political horizon no
speck indicated the struggle which, with
in a score of years thereafter, establish
ed the great republic Of the world. A
hundred years ago there were but four
newspapers in America! Steam engines
had not been Imagined, railroads and
telegraphs had not entered into the re-
motest conception Of men. When we
como to lonL bacls at it through The vista
of history, we find that to the century
just passed has been allotted more inn
portant events, in tneir bearing upon the
happiness of the world, than almost any
other which has elapsed since the crea-
ton DAKOTA ADVERTISER.
Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1872-09-11
The Wonders. Of the World.

This world of ours is filled with won-
dcrs. The microscope reveals not less
than the telescope, each at either end of
creation. In the insect creation, particu-
larly, there is SO much to know that has
never been drcampt- wheels within
wheels, without computation or number.
Let us take u rapid glance Mt the proofs
of the statement. The polypus, it is said,
like the fabled hydra, receives new life
from the knife which is lifted to destroy
it. The fly spider lays an egg as largo
rs itself. There are l.O41 muscles in
caterpiller. Hooke discovered $4,000
i'll the eye ola dronc; and to effect the
respiration of a crap, 1880 arteries. ves,-
sells, veins, bones, etc, sre necessary. Tie.
body of every spider cotains four little
masses pierced with multitude of i'm
pcrccptiblc holes, each hole permitting
the passage ofthrcad ;a!l of which threads
to the amount Of 600 10 each mass Join
together when they come out, and make
the single thread with which the spider
spins its web so that what we call spi-
ders web consists of more than 1909
united. Lcnwhenock by means of mi
croscopcs, discovered spiders no bigger
than grain of sand, and spun threads
so fire that it took 1000 fthem to equal
i'll magnitude single lair. L.enwhenock
tells lis of insects seen with the micro
scope OF which 27,00p,000 would only
equal n mite. Insects nf various kinds.
may be seen i'll the cavities of a common
grain Of sand. Mold is; Il forest of beau
tiiul trees, with the branches, leaves,
flowers and fruit. Butterflies are fully
ieathcred. Hairs are hollow tubes. The
surface Of our bodic; is covered with
scales like fish; a single grain of sand
would cover $50 of these scales. and
single scale covers 5tG pores; vet through
these narrow openings the sweat forces it
self out like water through u seive. The
mite makes 500 steps in Il second. Each
drop of stagnant water contains world
OF animated beings. swimming with liber-
ty as whale i'll the sen. Each leaf has
colony of inse IT'S grazing on it like
oxen i'll n meadow.
Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1872-09-11
SELECTED STORY.
From Our l'irc$idc Friend"
A STUDENTS STORY.
81 s. HEADE DEocKroN.

Yes, medical students once in while
have an adventure. Sometimes it is no
moe than shy Irritation with the rosy
checked damscl across The way, who re-
wards our pantomimic devotion by throw
ing us shy kisses from the pink tips of
her taper fingers. Then again, il may be
Il students quarrel, hasty challenge,
and, mayhap, iithc parties have not the
good nature or moral courage to settle
the dispute beforehand, veritablc duel
conducted with all due secrecy, and usu-
ally ending in two shots fired at random,
RECONCILIATION, and strict preservation
otthc whole occurrance irons the sur
vcil!ancc of the College Faculty. Or, us
in the instance / propose to relate, one
may be visited by terrible experience,
such rs comes to man only once or
twice, i'll Il whole ifc-tmc-:o some, per-
haps never.
Our University at the time to which /
refer, was a comparatively ncws institu-
ton, and the medical department in its
infancy; though through the efforts OF
certain liberal and cntcrprising men OF
note i'll our profession, was making rapid
strides i'll the way Of advancement, and
competition with older and more firmly
established colleges Of learning.
AT that time | was beginning my iuni-
or year. and looking eagerly forward to
my hard-earncd diploma. At the conclu.
sion osmy two years Of laborious study,
it was NY design to pay especial attcr-
tioN to the two branches, anatomy and
surgery but unfortunately for my dcsir-
I'd researches, our death of subjects"
gave little opportunity for those practical
experiments, without which theory,
though at ones tongues end, is but sor-
ry rccompcnsc.
suppose it seems to many persons a
dreadful thing to dismcmbcr a dcfilnct
body with the dissccting knife. Bless YOU!
| understand all that! Have been
through it myself. Indeed, at the time
OF which speak, Il horde Of old supcrsti-
tons haunted my heels whenever | took
the scuIpcl in hand.
However, appeal TO those whose pre-
.judices arc the strongest against the prac-
ticc; is it not greater kindness towards
our brother man, if we acquire such skill
Il - -
Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1872-09-11

"Bcar &c one -Anothcr's Burdens"