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Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1873-08-23
Quite Enough Married.

An incident of crossing the plains in the
early days was toldby clever lady at a break
fast table one morning in Frisco 4 Dutch
man and his wife had Travelled west and at Salt
Lake, where they halted for few weeks, the
Mormons got around the old Dutchman aud
coaxed him to join their ranks. After retiring
one night in their canvas-covered wagon bed.
the good Dutchman broke the matter 10 his
better-half, limiting to her that the Mormcus
told him he had better stay, settle among dem
and take some more wives How many wives
you links you wants" asked Kathrina. The
Dutchman thought : fife more would make a
half dozen already" whereupon the wife got
down her lice, and slipping from it, what
the Dutchman called the "prestbOard, yich vas
made from Wisconsin hickory and vas very
tough, aud she laid the hickory ferceand fast
on the old man, who shuGled out Of the wagon
and fell in ditch. His wife cried out, Chow
many wives you links you wants now, ould
fool?' But the Dutchman felt aud expressed
that one was enough.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1873-08-23
VIRGINIA FREE PRESS.
/. \. &F.F.l. GlILAIBR. EDITORS
Deferred Articles.
Events osthe Day in the Pulpit.

The Baltimore Sun Of Monday week con-
tanned a lengthy sketch Of sermon or dis
course delivered by Rev Jos. Jones at st.
Johns Independent Methodist Protestant
Church, in that city on the Sunday following
the execution of Holohan and Nicholson
His discourse was on the events Of the day,
aud we make the following extracts from the
Suns report upon the Press as an evangelical
agency:
The reverend speaker then argued, that Gods
hand was 10 the work of detection. lie did
not need to discuss it moment. We do not
need learned treaties, written by theological
doctors, To prove to us that the Bible is Gods
Word The daily newspapers prove it better
than the evidences Of Christianity extant. AS
they record sin and its detection and punish
ment, they every day prove more powerfully
than Palcy or Watson on Christianity that the
Bible is the book Of God, and every man in
Baltimore should take newspaper if for no
other purpose thun that Of confirming his faith
in God for while .hs newspaper will often
cause US to lose faith in man, they are to-day,
ing evidence extant, for they 50 constantly con-
firm the truth of Gvds world, that whatsoever
mau soweth that shall be also reep-that ac
agents of Christianity they are many times
better than the tracts Of the American Tract
Society.
As be looked upon the press to-day with all
its faults-aud they are not fcw-he was per-
suaded that under God, whether purposaly or
otherwise, the press is a great evangelical agen-
cy, which, more extensively than the pulpit, is
carrying the conviction to mems minds that sin
is sure 20 meet with its punishment. And il
the Young Mems Christian Association of this
city want TO 10 a good work for God, they
cannot DO it in a better way than by present
log good newspaper into every poor mans
home aud into every viscious mans hands
For while the details may often show the men
bow to commit crime, they will show men
also with what certainty crime is detected, and
may suggest to him, in spite Of all appearances
10 the contrary, God still roigus among men.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1873-08-23
The Influence Of Kisses.

The kiss has been a powerful agent in the
annals Of the human race. There have been
kisses like those Of Antony and Cleopatra, of
Henry VIII. and Anne Boleyn, which have
shaken an empire or destroyed a religion If
we knew the secret history of court, we should
probably learn that nations have been created
or erased by the mnglc touches u q WOMAN 5
lips. 4 great problem, therefore, lies before
us: Has this discovery proved an ahlictiou or
blessing 10 mankind? Probably the latter ;
for it has certainly increased the influence of
women, and the influence of women is employ
ed more for good than for i'll. Beloved, ten
der-heartcd women, companions and CONSIDERS
Of our life With kiss you welcome the in
FAINT to the world with Hiss you bestow on
soft-chceked youths the rapiures Of first love;
with kiss you alleviate the agony Of death.
Aud what, alas are the kisses which men too
often give you in return? Judas-kisses,
treacherous and fatal, which poison innocent
hearts aud turn 10 curses on painted aud des-
pairing lips. Happy are they who can remem-
bor without remorse the kisses Of their youth.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1873-08-23

More bread, landlord ! always eat goot
deal of bread with my meat 80 l see, sir
and a good deal of meat with your bread"
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1873-08-23
Home.

I, When the summer day Of youth is slowly
wasting away into nigh'faIl Of age, and the
shadows of past years grow deeper aud deeper
as life wears TO its close, it Is pleasant % look
back, through the vista Of time, upon the sos-
rows and fel:ei,ies of our earlier years. Then
what calm delights, what ineifablc joys, arc
centered in the word Home /" Friends are
gathered around our fires, aud many hsarts 70
iJce with us us:-then, also, shall we feel ihs. tho
rough places of our wayfaring have been worn
and smoothed away in the twilight Of life while
the sunny spots which we have passed through
grow brighter and more beautiful to memorys
eye.
Happy are they whose intercourse with tic
world has not changed the tone Of their holieF
feelings, nor broken those musical chords Of the
heart, whose vibrations are so melodious, SO
tender and touching in the evening Of age.--
As the current of time winds slowly along,
washing away the sands Of life, like the stream
that steals away the soil from the sapling Oh
its banks. we look with kind of melancholy
10y at the decay of things around Us. To see
the trees under whose shade we sat in ouT ear
lier years, and upon whose rInds we carved our
names in the lighthearted gaiety of boyhood,
as if these frail memorials Of our existence
would long survive ts-to see these witheFiDg
away ike ourselves with the infrmities Of age,
l avc;,es within us mournfnl hut Dleasant feel
ings of the past, and prophetic ones FOX the
future.
The thoughts occastoned by these frail and
perishing records Of our younger years, whom
the friends who are now lingering like ouE-
selves upon the brink Of the grave. OF have
long been asleep in its quiet bosom, wero
around US, buoyant with the gaiety Of youth
full spirits,-are like the dark clouds when the
storm is gone, tinged by the farewell rays OF
the setting sun
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1873-08-23
A Strange Story.

An imaginative writer in a country paper in
Miami County, Ohio, tells a wonderful tale
concerning a human skeleton, lately found 10
an old oak tree which a violent storm had
blown down. This knowing fellow gives US
the whole history Of the skeleton The skele-
ton was soldier in the Revolutionary war,
aud an aid TO General Washington in his re-
treat through Jersey. Afterwards he went TO
the Northwest to fight the Indians, and being
wounded aud hard pressed by pursuers, be
climbed to en opening in a hollow oak and
dropped in but cculdn't get out In that un-
comfortable position, he was considorate enough
to keep diary for the enlightenment of pos
terity, wherein he wrote Nov. lO.-Five
days without Joodi When sleep, dream Of
luscious fruits and tioring streams The stars
laugh at my misery. It is showing now. l
freeze while l starve. God ply mew Now
how much better it is when any old bones are
found near a hollow tres that had been splin-
tered TO pieces, to give The world definite infor-
nation regarding the original owner of those
bones than to leave il merely as "a strange
mystery"
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1873-08-23

A correspondent Of the Scientific american
says: "Ihe best remedy for Bleeding a. the
nose, as given by DR.. Gleason in one Of his
lectures, is vigorous motion Of the jaws, as II
in the act Of msstication. In the case Of G
child, wad Of paper should be placed in rs
mouthand'the rhild'insiructed to chew IL hard.
OF course an adult does not need the paper
1t is the motion Of the jaws that stops the flow
Of blood This remedy is 50 very simple that
many persons will feel inclined to laugh at Il,
bat it has never been known 70 fail 10 a single
instance, even in very severe cases"
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1873-08-23

In the old days Of 'eye-oponers, "phlegm-
cutters, 'night-caps,' &C., there lived 10 the
ancient town Of Portsmouth q minister who
had but little charity for the drinking customs
Of the times, and who never lost an opportunI-
ty TO administer sharp rebuke to those who
INDUCED. Occasionally, however, be found
some one who carried too many guns for him,
as witness the following: The parson was
very early riser, and one fine morning, as ho
was going past the corner grocery, he espied
old Squire - on bis way to the shop for
bis morning dram. After the usual salutations,
the reverend gentleman says to the Squire -
1t appears to me that you sta7t pretty early
for your nipper.. Yes. replied the Squire /;
bu, early as am, find the parson is ahead
Of me- The good man never yentured 10 rc-
buke the Squire after that.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1873-08-23
The Value of q Newspaper.

The following is the experience ofa mechanic
concerning the benefit Of newspaper:
Ten years ago lived in town in Indiana.
90 returning home one night, for am a car
penter by trade, cav little girl loave ny
door, and asked my wife who she was. She
said, Mrs. Harris had sent her after their nevs-
paper, which my wife had borrowed. As we
sat down to ten my wife said to me, BY name
81 wish you would subscribe for the news
paper; it is so much comfort to me when you
are away from home"
81 would like to do so" said I, "but yeu
know owe payment on the house and lot.
II will be all can do to meet it"
She replied " If you will take this paper,
will sew for the tailor to pay for 1t"
subscribed for the paper; it came in due
time to the shop. While resting one noon
and looking over it, saw an advertisement Of
the County Commissioners to lot bridge that
was to be built put in bid for the bridge,
and the job was awarded me- on which cleared
$500, which enabled me to pay for my house
and lot easily, and for the newspaper. II
had not subscribed for the newspaper I should
not veknown anything about the contract
and could not have met my payment on my
house aud lot A mechanic never loses any
thing by taking newspaper.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1873-08-23

A BEAUTIFUL SEYTIMEYT.-Dr. Chalmers
beautifully says
"Tho little that have seen in the world aud
known Of the history Of mankind teaches me
to look upon their errors, not in anger. When
take the history Of one poor heart that has
studied and suffered aud represent to myself
the struggles and temptations it passed thto'
and brief pulsations Of Joy the tears Of re-
gret; the feebleness Of purpose; the scorn Of
the world that has little charity tho desola-
ton Of the souls sanctuary, and threatened
voices within health gone; happiness gone
i would faiu leave the errng soul Of my
fellow man with Him from whose hands IL
came
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1873-08-23

Billings gives US two items on "gaim =
The partridge, grouse and pheasant are cous-
ms and either one oV them straddle gridiron
natural enuff tew have been born there.
Tho gosu waddles when he walks, aud pad
dies when be swims, but never dives, like a
duk, out ov sight in the water, but only
changes ends.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1873-08-23
UPWARDS OF FIFTY FIRST PREMIUMS
AND

UPWARDS OF FIFTY FIRST PREMIUMS
AND
Gold and Silver Medals
WTERE awarded to CHAS. NJ. STIEFF, foI
w the best PIANOS in competition with all
the leading Manufacturers of the country.
OFFICE AND WARER00MS,
No. Q n. Liberty ST., Baltimore, Maryland
The superiority of the Unrivalled Stieif Piano
Forte, is conceded by all who bave compared il
with others. In their New Grand Square Scale,
~ Octaves, the manufacturer has succeeded in
making the most perfect Piano Forte possible
Prices will be found as reasonable as consistent
with thorough work manship.
\ large assortment of Second Hand Pianos a.
ways on hand, from S75 to $500.
We are agents for the celebrated Burdett Cabi-
net Parlor and Church Organs, all styles and pri.
ces, TO suit every one guaranteed to be fully equal
20 any made.
Send for Illustrated catalogue containing the
names of over 500 Southerners, 900 of whom
are Nirgiuians, two hundred North CaroliniGns,
one hundred and fifty East Tenncssceans, and o.
theirs throughout the South who have bough:
the Stieff Piano since the close Of the war.
July l3, lS72-yearly. April 10, 1873.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1873-08-23

TNHE Charlestown Depot Winchester Stras-
burg Branch Of the b. d o. Railroad, has
been made Collection Depot Freights viii here
after be collected at Charlestown. instead, here
tofore at the points from which shipments are
made All persons receiving freight on and after
August lst 1872, will be required to opay for the
same before removal. ). ID. SIAkkl,
Aur.3. 1872. Agent.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1873-08-23

An erudite insurance agent sent the follow
ing dispatch to Western Office just after the
Boston fire: "0ur companys all sound as
nut. Loss will bot exceed 100000. Ad-
vance rates 25 per cent. and go ahead. Our
motto is still "Soc ct tn en-"
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1873-08-23

An illiteraie editor, in an obituary notice Of
deceased subscriber, said: "be has gone to
that undiscovered burn whence no ntelliren.
soul ever returns
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1873-06-22
SEWING MACHINES.

THE SINGER SEWING MACHINE Co
AT THE WORLDS FAIR,
CONSTITUTED BY THE HOMES OF THE PEG LIZ
Great Award of the Highest Sales,
And have left all rivals behind them which ia dus
to the SUPERIORITY OF THE SINGER
MACHINE over all others.
The Returns of the Twenty-Five different Sewing
Machine Companies for the year 1871, show the
Number of Machines Sold to be 6IO1ea
Of which the Singer sold lsI .26o
NEARLY oNE-TH1RD OF THE TOTAL NUMBER
SOLD,
The CHICAGO RELIEF COMMITTEES RETURNS
show like result,
Out of 294l Machines Furnished, 2A27 were
Singer Machines.
The Applicant in every designated the kind Of
Machine desired.
There are now 800, 900 Singer SEWING
Machines in Daily Use.
EVERY MACHINE GUARANTEED TO GIVE
SATISFACTION OR MONEY REFUNDED
Call and Examine, or Send for Circular
and Sample of Work.
MACHINE TWIST, of all colors and on all size spoo,s
JOHN CLARK JR. & CO.'S COTTON, ON blsok
spools, at wholesale and retail
WIN. E. COOPER & CO.,
GENERAL SOUTHERN AGENTS,
80 Canal Street 40
iy2I 7aIy New Orleans
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1873-06-22
MISCELLANEOUS ADVERTISEMENTS
DUBLIN.
The European Hotel, Bolton Street
j. MoLoNY, Pnopr1EroR.

D. hoLoh1 PROPRIETOR.
The EUROPEANS cxtensiv.lv notro,,.., -. A..
IRISH, BRITISH and AMERICAN HIERARCHY
and CLERGY.
FAMILIES and TOURISTS will find in 10 the com:
forts Of home combined with moderate charges and
assiduous attention.
Hot and Cold Baths ns,.
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1873-06-22
8ornlng Star and Catholic Messenger.
nxw ORLEANS, SUNDAY. JUNE 81 1873.
NEVER MIND.

Be thou lowly, friend and brother!
In the strife Of mind with mind,
Not too proud 70 yield. hut only
just too proud to wrong your kind:
Never let the world adcrn you
With itA baublss-it L. blind,
And II lofty people acorn you.
Mover mind.
Mover mind how much derided;
Still haze ,;lory. Station, Gold
Keep your whole heart undivided
And your spotiess soul unsold
One high. reaching thought, IL tender
=, Ii more wealth hnah he cam sniendor.
Never mind.
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1873-06-22


MACHINE TWIST, of all colors, and all size spoos
JOHN CLARK JR. e. co.'s COTTON, on BLACK
spools, at wholesale and retail.
WIN. E. COOPER & CO..
GENERAL SOUTHERN AGENTS,
80. ........ Canal Street 80
iy2I zsIy New Orleans.
WESTERN PRODUCE, LIQUORS, ETC.
FLOuR-----.----... .--...-......FLoUR
1900 bbs. Choice FAMILY FOUR" Little Elephant.r
iooo Sucker City"
oSo "Hincklv Extra"
ooo 81. Patrick"
'oo TON Burke"
1000 Choice and Low XXX-various brands
looo - Double and Superfne
Which offer for sale in lots to suit at the lowest
market prices H. T. LAwLER,
Nos. rs. IT. 20. 81 and SO Peters street.
-yel I'm late New Levee
JhAiN GRAIN
10000 sacks Choice Galena OATS.
5000 - White Yellow and Mixed CORN
LOCO - Patent Packed BRAN.
SEQ SHIP STUFF.
In store and landing, which offer for sale at tho
lowest market prices.
Nos. 75 II, 49, 81 and SO Peters street,
lel I'm late New Levee.
FOR SALE
leo casks D. s. sHoULDERs-very small size.
$50 - BACoN-Clear, Clear Rib and Shoulders.
100 tierces Choice g. c. HAMS.
300 : Refined LARD-Rings.
geo kegs Litmer & Aus.ins.
so boxes S. c. BREAKFAST BACON.
Which offer for sale at the lowest market prices.
II. T. LAwLER,
Nos IS, II. 7s 81 and SO Peters street.
Jel I'm late New Levee
EDWARD BURKE,
WINES AND LIQUORS,
l86 and 1872 Tchoupitoulas street. .1s6 and 1872
mhl6.3 ~ Nh ORLEANS.
F. CoNERY, SON CO.,
WHOLESALE GRoCERs,
Commission Merchants and Dealers in Western
Produce.
CORNER OF CANAL AND DELTA STREETS,
nole y 1y NEW ORLEANS.
SUNDRIES--. .sUNDRIEs
We offer for SALE in lots or quantities to suit por
,hasers, at the Lowest Market Price
100 casks CLEAR BACON SIDES.
so casks c. R. BACON SIDES.
$50 casks BACON SHOULDERS.
so casks DRY SALTED SHOULDERS.
200 bbs. HEAVY MESS PORK.
50 tierces Hughes. Goslee & Co.'S "KENTUCKY
HAMS"
rs tierces BEARGRASS HAMS.
100 tierces Choice Refined LARD.
100 kegs Choice Refined LARD.
So boxes Choice BREAKFAST BACON.
so frkins Choice GOSHEN BUTTER.
so f1kins Choice WESTERN BUTTER.
so bbls. OLD CHICKEN-COCK WHISKY.
so hf bbls. OLD CHICKEN-CoCK WHISKY.
IS bbls. Celebrated MAGNOLIA WHISKY.
25 bbls. New York GIN.
25 bbls. New York BRANDY.
FINNEY, SHEEHAN & RUSS,
Oct6tf New Orleans.
J T. GIBBONS & CO.,
DEALERS In
GRAIN, CORNMEAL AND HAf,
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1873-03-14
KNOXVILLE, Tenn, March -. 1873.

DAILY METEOROLOGICAL REPORT:
SIGNAL SERVICE u. 8. ARMY,
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1873-03-14
Oakdalc Iron COMPANY.

In referring to the contemplated estab-
lishment, by the Oakdale Iron Company,
iof Rolling Mill at Kingston, our neigh
Dor of the Athens Post, has the following {:
The Kingston East Iennesseedn states
that the Oakdale Company are vigorously
pushing ahead opening mines, building
houses, etc. The erection of their furnace
progressing, a number of men are en-
ployed, and already Oakdale presents the
appearance of a thriving village. 1t is
said that the Company contemplate estab-
fishing rolling mill after awhile, and it is
thought that Kingston, situated at the
confluence of the Clinch and Tennessee
and the center of q pOpulOus and prOduc-
tive section, will be selected as the most
eligible point. .-..-
Kingston is among the oldest towns in
the State, and, like our own pleasant
village retains too many marks of antique
ty. In some respects it possesses superior
advantages, and under the influence of the
spirit of development and progress now
being initiated in East Tennessee, it may
become the seat of large and prosperous
manufacturing interest. We refer to the
subject, because the first time we visited
the place thirty odd years ago-we were
struck with its advantages in point of lOca
ton. With abundance of iron, coal and
timber close at hand and resting upon the
banks of two magnificent streams, who
shall say that it does not stand as good a
chance to become the "Pittsburg of the
South as either Knoxville, Chattanooga,
or any other place now striving with COM
mendable energy aud emulation for that
distinction.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1873-03-14
Burned 10 Death.

A sad occurrence took place in the 18th
civil district of Knox county on Friday
last by which Mrs. McLemOre, wife of
VIM. McLemore, Esq, was fatally burned.
She was afflicted with temporary men
tai alteration and was under surveillance,
but on last Wednesday or Thursday she
managed to elude their vigilance and hid
out in a hollow tree until Friday evening,
when she was found and taken Khome.
Shortly after she was brought back the
unfortunate woman sent little girl who
was staying at the house, out after some
chips and during her absence set her cloth
ing on fire and ran out with the flames
burning fiercely. She was overtaken by
her husband and the fire put out, but not
until she had received injuries from the
effects of which she died within six hours.
Mrs. M. had attempted to destroy herself
by fire short time previously, we are told,
but then having on wooden clothes the at
tempt failed,
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1873-03-14
The Swiss Colony,

Through the kindness of Mr.. Peter Staub,
we had the pleasure of meeting with
General Hitz, the Swiss Consul, who has
just returned from Grundy county, With
er he had been accompanying party of
Immigrants. He reports the colony in a
fiourishing condition, there being now
from GO to IS families residing there. The
party which passed through our city few
days since, was composed of about forty
persons, and most of the weather. class
of Immigrants, one of them, Mr. Marugg,
being the former Mayor of Khosters, q
city in the eastern portion of Switzer-
lard. He says the present unsettled
condition in regard to titles is a great
disadvantage to the State, as it will,
unless a better law is passed, keep
many men of capital away. The General
at present carries back with him to Wash
ington 50, 200 which man had brought to
Grundy county for the purpose of putting
i'm operation a saw mill. But after having
selected site he failed to get title salts
factory to his mind, and consequently
sends that much capital again out of our
State. Should the present law remain un-
changed the man will doubtless follow his
capital. He says that with little effort
on the part of the State authorities, a rich
tide of emigration can be turned into Ten
nessee from Switzerland. The word Ten
nessee has found its way into the mouths
of the Swiss people, while the whole of
Switzerland feels favorably inclined to-
wards this State, and let them once be as
sured of good titles, men of wealth and
influence will come over and make Ten
nessee their future home. The General
showed us map of Grundy county, and
descriptive circular which he has had pre-
pared at his own and Mr.. Peter Staub's eX-
pense for circulation in Switzerland, and
he assures us that but comparatively few
of the future Swiss immigrants will fail
to make Tennessee, and particularly East
Tennessee, their future home. We are
glad that General Hitz takes Sd deep an in
terest in the future welfare of our State,
feeling, however, as he feels, that in help
ing us he is favoring and helping his own
people. In his efforts, we would here
state he is ably seconded by Mr.. Peter
Staub, who first induced him to visit this
State, feeling confident that if he had once
seen our natural advantages he could
not help but be favorably impressed. We
hope that all difficulties in regard to titles
will be removed by the present Legisla-
tors, when we will soon find our State fill
ed with wealthy immigrants. The General
took look over our city yesterday, and
expressed himself very much pleased with
it. He spoke in complimentary and fiat
tering manner of the future prospects of
Knoxville, as portrayed to his mind by its
present thrifty appearance. We will hope
that his representations will be fully ver-
fled A--sss "a - ft