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Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1873-09-05
The OLDEST MAN.-Michael Edwards

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The OLDEST MAN.-Michael Edwards,
of Marshall Co., W. Va, is 100 years old,
and is in possession of all his faculties. The
MoundSville democrat" says Of him:
He can feed more hogs, attend to more
cows, and walk as far and tell as good sto-
ry of 1868 as we or any one could desire.
He raised, almost, Dan Rice, the great cirs
Gus man. and when Rice visits Moundsville
his finest rig invariably goes out to Mr..
Geo Edwards merchant of this place,
where the oldest man resides, and bring him
to the circus in splendor. Last summer,
when Mr. Rice was in Moundsville, Michael
Edwards, ST., as old as he was, declined
riding, and walked down. Should you meet
him you would suppose him to be about 80
years of age.
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VOL 2s
Business Cards,

Ne- Entrance on the GJt 10y
AFTER CROSSING LEWIS CREEK BRIDGE
Having recently leased the above Stables, late
ly occupied by Ed. Burke, and having supplied
them with every adjunct to 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
Iected with special reference to the comfort and
safety of our patrons.
Pleasure parties accommodated at all hours
with single or double bugges, riding horses, for
ladies and gentlemen, Carriages, Spring wagons
&C. 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
rates.
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 brsl-
ness, to merit continuance of the favor shown
US in other places we respectfully solicit share
of the public patronage. decS-tf.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1873-09-05

A SENSIBLE MINISTER The Rev. Robt.
Collyer, of Chicago, is in favor of clergy
men paying full price for railroad travel,
clothes, books newspapers and other luxu,
ries and necessaries, in like manner with
other men His ground is. that since min.
listers are paid nowadays as we'll according
to their talents as any other class Of men,
it is time for them to discard the grab o.
mendicancy.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1873-09-05

DIsSoLUTIoN OF Co-PARTNERsHIP.-
~ The Co. partnership heretofore existing
between James J. Foster and R. 7. Foster, under
he style and name Of Foster 4 Co., has this
day been dissolved by mutual consent.
JAMES J. FOSTER,
R. T. FOSTER.
Staun on, Oct. 9th. 1872.
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THREAT.

IF she shall weep when lie mute and white,
Powerless utterly to breathe or speak,
With lid fallen moveess on the moveless cheek
If she shall weep and turn her fearful sight
Toward me then-she that would always CIV
Duplicty SO deeply worse than scorn,
Ice pitiless of all pangsI had borne;
If she shall weep then, this stern vow be sworn
Once more shall find some strange grace ant
live.
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!. r. BURK E'S

(D1AaoNALLY OPPOSITE VIRGINIA HoTEL,)
STANTON, VA.
The BAR is supplied with best County Whis-
key, Certificate of purity exhibited if desired
Best BOURBON and MARYLAND WHISKEY,
BRAND1Es, WINES. &C., and an elegant as
sortment of CIGARS.
ALE AND BEER, fresh and on draught, in
the only HImproved Cooling Pump in the city,
and served in Tom Burke's Model Mammoth
Glasses.
THE RESTAURANT will be constantly sup
piled with every thing in season and at moderaty
prices.
Lodging, 25cts.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1873-09-05

A new cave has been discovered under
the American Falls at Niagara, which is
pronounced one of the wonders of the
world.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1873-09-05

Projecting PEACH TREEs.-.P Stewart
of the Mt. Lebanon Shakers has communi-
Gated to the Farmers Club of New York
mode of protecting peach trees from the grub
which lnfests their roots.
1t consists of mixture of one peck IN.
leached ashes, one quart fine salt, one pint
flowers of sulphur, four quarts bone meal or
phosphate of lime, and two quarts fine sea
gravel.
He dug close around the roots of about
one dozen trees, some Of them badly affected
with the grub, and put about pint of the
MIXTURE tight around the body. In the
Spring he examined all the trees closely, to
which the mixture was applied, and could
find no appearance Of grubs about any Of
them, while one standing near them in the
same soil, which missed, was found full
of grubs, and about half teacupful Of gum
about the roots. This is cheap remedy,
and easily obtained, and it would be well
il many persons would experiment with it
upon few trees. In empirical compounds
which are made up of several articles, gen.
orally some of them art inert. In the pre-
sent mixture all perhaps may be active ex-
ceps the sea gravel. doubt if il is any
more useful in this case than it is upon the
roofs of houses.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1873-09-05

PLANT FooD.-A wraer in the 'sSouth-
ern Cultivator" says:
81 rented to freedman an old field which
had not been cultivated in fifteen years. It
was utterly exhausted before it was turned
out, and was as poor as it could be. It
grew broomsedge until the pines sprang up,
and then the grass and pines grew together.
Ny cattle ran on it, The freedman cut
down the pines, ploughed the land twice with
a scooter, and with some small plough,
(perhaps shovel,) made what he called
beds, and in shallow burrows, made with
scooter, scattered about $50 lbs. fertilizer
to the acre, and upon it dropped his cotton
seed, and covered with board. On an ad-
jacent field of the same quality of land orig
inally, but which had been kept in cultiva-
ton and more Or less MANFRED every year,
[ planted cotton, ploughing deep with a
two-horse Dodge plough, and applied 200
lbs. Merryman's ammoniated phosphate
with 10 bushels rotten cotton seed to the
acre, and cultivated we'll The freedman's
cotton is better than mine. Why Be-
cause his ground had vegetable matter
derived from the broomsedge and pine straw,
of which my field has been deprived by con-
tinued cultivation. I conclude, therefore,
(and this is the object of this communica-
ton, } that fertilizers put on land-no mat.
ter how Neutrality-suspicious. q due supply Of
bumus, that is, vegetable matter, is thrown
away. And the complaints we often hear
of the worthlessness of NE fertilizer is due
to this cause"
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1873-09-05

WI H. WELLER has just received another
w supply of those beautiful French
China Tea Sets, Gilt band and plain Chamber
Sets, French China Plates, French China Teas,
Jellie Glasses and full assortment of Glass
ware.
augl. W. 81. WELLER.
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For Saddle or Harness, and every thing pertain
ing to
FIRST GLASS LIVERY.
Families or parties furnished vehicles or horses
on short notice and liberal terms.
MY MOTTO rs TO PLEASE.
Give me call, at the VIRGINIA HOTEL
OFFICE or at my New Office, on New Street,
near Grubert's Building, Immediately North of
New Street Bridge.
w. Special attention paid to the SALE of
STOCK.
ianl2-tf NED BURKE.
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CO.PARTNERSHIP

The undersigned have this day formed CO.
partnership, under the style and name of FOS-
TER & CO., for the purpose Of conducting a
General Grocery and Liquor business, at the
Store recently occupied by Foster & Co.
JAMES J. FOSTER,
SAM'L 3. FINLEY.
Stanton, Oct. 9th, 1872. octl1-tf
James j /. Foster and S. B. Finley of the firm
of Foster & Co.. having purchased the interest
of R. 7. Foster in the business of Foster & Co.,
and assumed all the liabilatiees of the same, re-
quests that all accounts due by tide old firm be
presented to the new for settlement, and all
parties owing the old concern are requested to
make immedinte payment to US. James j. Eos
ter alone will use the name ofthe old conce. N in
settlement. FOSTER & co.
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ADVERTISING RATES

Advertisements for less than three months oft
eiuserted at the rate of One Dollarper sqnarc'rfi
eight lines ogslass 4or the first ana so cent aT
each subsequent insertion. Bnsesa the npmacs
of inssFsions he marked upon the maDuscrfft
will b published until forbid and charged sc
cordingl e "a lr
Obituaries, announcements of candidates for
office, communicationsea calling upon, advocating
or opposing candidates, and TALL communications
or notices of personal or private character, or
intended or calculated opromote any priyateen en-.
terprise or interest, will be charged for as adVer-
tisements. ts4
~ Special notices 2ocents perline for every
insertion s,t7 8-stN e3s-tsi fsTsiriv Sal
rs Alibera1 arrangement made with thos
who advertise for three Isl xor tWelvemonths.'
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FAIRS AND FIREsIDE

| WASHING WAGONS. Most persons who
own and use carriages or wagons doubtless
think they know how and when to wash
them, but few hints may not be out 0 !
place i:
Washing wagons is too often looked upon
as an operation solely for the purpose of re-,
moving coat of mud; this is one of the OBJ
jects and an important one, but the wagon
should be washed even when there is no mud
on it. During the Summer the varnish
loses its luster and assumes dull, dirty APP
pearance unless it is frequently washed
When wagon is badly covered with dirti it
is best to soak the dirt loose by wetting it
with large sponge, but not rubbing it.
In cities, where water can be forced
through pipe, the sponge need not be used
until the bulk of the dirt has run off, then
use the sponge, commencing at the upper
portion of the body, and do net wash over
too much surface at a time, as the. water
should never be allowed to dry. on the body.
After washing with the sponge, take clean
water and chamois skin, and wash and dry
Immediately with the channels.
After the body is washed, wash the car
riage part and then the wheels in washing
the wheels be careful to clean the dirt out
from between the spokes. and wipe perfect
ly dry. Immediately after using a carriage
in hot weather, the leather and trimmings
should be busted off, and the paint well
washed and wiped as directed, using soft
water if possible, but never using salt water,
as has been recommended by some who are
afraid that the supply of water will give out
in many of our cities if it is used for other
than drinking purposes.
Careful washings will tend to harden the
varnsh. remove the particles of dust that
would otherwise bed themselves in the paint,
and keep the carriage fresh and clean. The
leather top should also be wiped of, and if
an oiled cloth be rubbed over Immediately
after the leather has been dried with the
chamois, it will do much toward preserving
the luster Of the leather, and preventingit get
ting hard and shrinking. After washing, al
ways rub the plated work with a wooden
cloth that has little rotton stone on H.
Many dollar in expense and much annoy
ance from having soiled carriage may be
saved by thus caring for it.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1873-09-05

Hs-- "a
KEEPING FISH FRksH WITH SUGAR.--A
method adopted in Portugal for preserving
fish consists in removing the viscera and
sprinkling sugar over the interior, keeping
the fish in horizontal position, so that the
sugar may penetrate as much as possible
It is said that fish prepared in this way can
be kept completely fresh for long time,
the flavor being as perfect as if recently
caught. One table-spoonful'of sugar is suf-
fcient for fve-pound fish, a. 4
MA1TRE D'HorEL SAUCE. Take half o
pint of melted butter, add to it the strained
juice Of lemon, tea spoonful of chopped
parsley, and cayenne pepper and salt to
taste, and just let it boil.
JOSEPHINE CAKEs.-Beat half pound Of
butter to a cream, then beat in half pound
of brown sugar and FIVE eggs, we'll beaten
fir t. Mix it then gradually into pound
Of -four. add half pound Of currants wash
ed and dried, and glass of wine Bake,
when well beaten together, in buttered
pan.
KEEp1NR BUTTER.-A simple mode of
keeping butter in warm weather, where ice
is not handy, is to invert common flower
pot over the butter with some water in the
dish in which it is laid. The critic at the
bottom may be corked or not. The porous-
ness Of the earthenware will keep the butter
cool. A wet cloth laid over the inverted
pot will soon cool off the butter by the evap~
Grafton Of the moisture.
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NOR SALE.-A LOT of i Acre of Land,
u on the Scottsville road 2 mile from
Staunton, upon which is we'll of good water,
with pump in good working order.
TERMS.-Pour months, negotiable note. well
endorsed.
aug2-f j. R. MERRIKEN.
The Republican journal., 1873-09-11
The Battle of the Bullfrogs.

Many of the citizens of Vermont will
remember to hava seen on one dollar bills
of the Windham County State Bank u
vignette representing bulltrogs fighting
This was engraved to commemorate the
Battle of the Bultrogs The fact We're as
follows
Many years ago, when the town of
Windham was newly settled, there came u
verydry season. There are two large ponds
in Windham. separated by an intervening
strip of land of considerable extent Each
Of these ponds was inhabited by a large
community of the reptiles above named.
The smaller pond dried up, and its inhabi-
tants started in body for the lower and
larger pond They were met in the inter
yening space by the community from the
larger pond and fierce and long con
tinued battle ensued between the rival
communities. Such was the hideous bel
lowing of the frogs during their fierce en-
counter that it alarmed the inhabitants,
who at first supposed it to be the whoop
of the hostile savages. But curiosity get
ting the better of their fears they cautious
ly proceeded to the spot whence the hide
Gus sound issued, and there beheld the
strange spectacle of two immense armies
OF bullfrogs, covering many acres OF
ground, engaged in a fierce and deadly
battle. This battle continued more than
twenty-four hours, and when it was over
the ground was literally covered with the
slain, and it became necessary to avoid
the noxious etfluvia, to gather and bury
Them | have related this Us it was given
to me five years ago by a gentleman who
then resided at Highgate Springs, and
whose name can be published, if desired
1t is no wonder that the officers of the old
Windham County Bank should have
deemed such an occasion worthy of com
memoration. montpelier Freeman.
The Republican journal., 1873-09-11

Burt &. Wilder sends to the American
Naturalist the following statement of the
distance leaped by a eat, which he received
from the Sanford Brothers, of Ithaca, n.
Y whom he styles accurate observers of
the habits of animals. They write: when
our cat was about a year old, he was seen
on several days to take position upon q
showcase four feet high, and to watch a
canary in a cage hanging from the ceiling,
eight feet from the case; the ceiling was
eleven feet from the floor, and the cage
an ordinary cylindrical one One day, as
we were observing him thus engaged, he
suddenly sprang at the cage and caught
his claws upon it; his weight swung the
cage up against the ceiling, spilling all the
vessels and terrifying the canary. After
swinging to and fro several times, the eat
dropped to the floor uninjured. We meas
ured the distance from the top of the case
to the cage and found it to be ten feet; 50
that the cat made an ascent of six feet in
eight, or upon an incline Of nearly thirty
five Degrees
The Republican journal., 1873-09-11

Such a drought, then, is has been en-
perienced, this season in our Eastern
States is by no means the disastrous event.
the desponding and grumblcrs would have
the world believe. With our variety of
soils, and varied husbandry, severe losses
rarely occur, and its worst effects can be
averted by skilful management and the aid
of modern science If we, surrounde dwith
the comforts of long established homes,
and boasting of our progress in the arts
and sciences, of our enterprise, will and
perseverance, do and will complain of a
few weeks of dry weather, what shall We
say of those less favored in knowledge
industries and appliances, who live in nj
most rainless countries or'of the faith OF
our brethren who are selling their farms
in the Eastern states to settle in Colorado,
New Mexico, Utah and vicinity, where
the cultivated crop depends entirely upon
artificial watering? 1N f. Farmer
The Republican journal., 1873-09-11
Boys, Read This.

A gentleman advertised for boy to as
sist him in his office, and nearly fifty APP
plicants presented themselves before him.
Out of the whole number he selected one
and dismissed the rest. Il should like to
know" said friend, ION what ground you
select that boy, who had not a single
recommendation. You are mistak en-,
said the gentleman, ''he has /, great many.
He wiped his feet when he came i'll and
closed the door after him, showing that he
was careful; gave up his seat instantly to
that lame old man, showing that he was
kind and thoughtful; he took off his cap
when he came in, answered my questions
promptly and respectfully, showing that he
was polite and gentlemanly; he picked up
the book which had purposcly laid upon
the floor, and replaced it on the table,
while all the rest stepped over it or showed
it one side; and he waited quietly for his
turn, instead of pushing and crowding,
showing that he was honest and orderly.
When talked with him noticed that his
clothes were carefully brushed, his hair in
nice order and his teeth as white as milk
and when he wrote his name, l noticed
that his finger nails We're clean, IL
stead of being tipped with jet like that
handsome little fellow in the blue jacket.
Don't You call these things letters Of
Recommendation? do, and would give
more for what | can tell about a boy by
using my eyes ten minutes than all the
letters of recommendation that he can
| bring me"
The Republican journal., 1873-09-11
A Midsummer Idyl,

Within the shade by willows made,
In suti"si summer weather.
We sat beside the. rippling tide
My love and together.
Through clouds of white, with softened ligh
The harvest moonbeams shimmered;
And on the stream silyery beam
With diamond luster glimmered.
The summer breeze, from fragrant trees,
Delicious odors brought us;
W hile sounds from Ger the farther shore
IN blended sweetness sought us.
And 50 We, too--;ts in us grew
The sense of peace so gentle
At'nned our song to Natures throng,
Beneath the evenings mantle.
W c talked not much, but the soft touch
Oh hands, and ewes oft meeting,
Told more by far than words declare,
A heart to heart gave greeting.
Then, midnight come, we loitered home
Like brother now and sister,
80 cheat surprise and prying eyes
Till at the cate | kissed her.
The Republican journal., 1873-09-11
A Pennsylvania woman has dscovert

A Pennsylvania woman has discovered
an original way of managing an intracta-
BILE husband She talked so much that he
ungallantly boxed her ears the other day
She cast upon him one lingering reproach-
ful glance and fled, simply observing that
the briny deep should wash out the insult.
Leaving behind her every thing most dear
and precious to her-the home Of her mar
ried life full of beautiful and cherished
memories-this heart-broken woman rush
ed trantically to the canal, and, with one
parting sigh, threw in large stone, which
made mighty splash Then She went
and hid herself in the bushes and giggled,
while her husband and twenty other men
hurried up with horror depicted upon their
countenances, and wildly dragged the
canal for her body, When the injured
wife became convinced that the wretch
had suffered enough, she appeared from
behind the bushes and led him home re-
signed and willing victim.
The Republican journal., 1873-09-11

KILLING LICE ON CATTLE. CORE
spondent Of the Maine Farmer says in ref
crence to advice that had previously been
given not to apply Kerosene oil TO cattle
for the purpose Of killing lice i avoided
the use of kerosene for this purpose tor
several years, fearing it might be injur-
ous, but for the last three years ! have
used nothing else with our large stock OF
cattle and should be very unwilling TO
give it up. AS often as the stock are
known to be troubled with lice, each crea
ture is carded all over quite thoroughly,
frequently dipping the teeth of the card
in the oil. Two or three applications are
sufficient No remedy that have tried is
50 convenient, and none more harmless OF
effectual
The Republican journal., 1873-09-11
Managing Vicious Horse.

A beautiful and high-spirited horse
would never allow Il shoe to be put on his
feet on any person handle his feet without
4 resort to every species OF power and
means to control him AT one time he WAS
nearly crippled by being put in the stock !;
he was afterwards thrown down and ict-
tered al another time, one of our most
experienced horsc-shoers was unable to
manage him by the aid Of rs many hands
Us could approach. In an attempt to shoe
this horse, recently. he resisted all efforts
kicked aside everything but IN anvil, and
came near killing himself against that,
and finally was brought back to his stable
unShod This was his only defect; in all
other respects he was gentle and perfectly y
docile, and especially i'll harness But his
defect was lust ON the eve OF consi i9ning
him to the plough, where he might work
barefoot, when by mere accident, m Of
ticcr in our service, lately returned from
Mexico was passing, and being made ac-
quainted with the difficulty applied com
pIete remedy by the following simple pro
cess: He took cord about the size of Il
common bcd-cord, put ii in the mouth OF
the horse like bit. and tied ii tightly ON
the animals head, passing his left ear 1ln-
'' INV 'ti ii'' i't'iiA'i ''''h - ny
enough to keep the ear down and the cord
i'll its place. This done. he patted the
horse gently on the side of the head and
commanded him to follow; and instantly
the horse obeyed, perfectly subdued and rs
gentle and obediant as a well-tained dog
suffering his feet to be lifted with entire
imrunty acting in all respects like M Old
stager. That simple string thus tied made
him at once docile and obedcnt a@ amy one
could desire. The gentleman who thus
furnished this exceedingly simple means
of subduing Il very dangerous propensity.
intimated that it IS practccd in MeNlro
and South America in the management of
wild horses. BE this rs it may, he deserves
the thanks OF all owners Of such horses
and especially the thanks OF those whose
business it may be to shoe and groom the
animal New York Commercial AdNer-
tIsef.
The Republican journal., 1873-09-11

We all speak and write too many hard
and bitter words. We try to break, not to
mend the bruised reed. While we strive
to be strong i'll faith, let us not despise the
faith of the weakest for there will come
day to all of us when, in the giving way
OF the powers of nature and the pouring
i'll of the great water-tloods, we may grasp
at something which may hold up and carry
us over And then, not how much we
have searched out and know, not how
much we have disputed and prevailed,
will help us, but how much we have lived
in Christ and imbbed his spirit. Dean
Afford
The Republican journal., 1873-09-11

Mr.. Joseph Harris, who is recognized
authority on the pig, says if he were try
ing to see how fast he could make pro
grow, he would give him both cooked and
uncooked food. 1t ought, he says, to be
distinctly understood that the onl J object
of cooking is to enable the animals to eat
and digest more food. We cook, not to
save food, but to save digestion. II the
pigs can eat and digest all the food they
can assimilate there nothing to be gained
by cooking time, labor and fuel are All
thrown aWay