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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1873-10-07
Land Sales.
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a y AAEs--AS xhO-
IA ministrator of the estate of William Mar
shall decd, will on
Wednesday, the 8th dag Of October, 1873,
at his late residence, 5 miles south of Staunton,
offer at public auction. all the personal effects
belonging to said decedent, consisting in part of
head of work Horses and 2 Colts, head Mich
Cows Is head of Hogs 8 Sheep, Farming I'M
plements consisting of Flows. Harrows, one
Buggy Rake one Excelsior Reaper and Mower,
one set of four-horse Wagon Harness, (nearly
new,) Plow Harness for six horses, and all farm
ing implements belonging to the farm, together
with the Household and Kitchen Furniture of
every kind.
TERMs.-For all sums of $40 90 and under, the
cash will be required-over that amount credit
of six months will be given, requiring the pur-
chaser to execute negotiable note we'll endorsed.
JOHN M. MARSHALL,
Admir- of William Marshall, decd.
N. Bon the same day. by consent of all
the heirs and parties concerned, the HOME
FARM containing 269 acres, and the WILL
LOW SPRING FARM OF ESQ acres, will be
ofered-the latter is susceptible of division into
two parcels nearly equal in quantity. These
farms are in good state of cultivation, lie within
short distance of Staunton market and the
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Depot, with the
Valley Railroad passing near or through the
Willow Spring tract.
WILLIAM MARSHALLS HEIRS.
Edwin M CUSuINo Auotioraar conJ6-fdS
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1873-10-07

NEW FAIL GOODS.--MRs NJ. 3. FA-
~ GAN is now receiving New Style
Hats, with every variety of Trimmings, Flow
ers, Plumes, Ribbons, &c, &c. sep30-3t
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1873-10-07

. The gallant fellow was from Monroe county.
He was killed in battle.-Lerington Gazette.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1873-10-07
Glycerine Hair Tonic.

Finest Halr IOn1c us6u. TOT SAFE only at
oct7 w r. TYRES Drug Store
NALL and see our new LAMPS. The
" standard SAFETY LAMP-best Lamp
in use.
OFT s. STABLER.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1873-10-07

Morris Store.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-02-20
Cheap Ice-H0usess

AT recent meeting of the Elmira
Farmers Club, W. A Armstrong said
that a cheap ice-house could be made out
of a simple well-roofed Enclosure, with
out hollow walls or pits, or any costly APP
paratus. He leaves six inches of space
next the sides all around, into which he
rams clean sawdust closely, and covers
the ice when packed with a foot of the
dust. The ice is cut into large blocks
and made to fit at the joints as closely as
convenient, but where the edges are jag
ged ne fills in with pounded ice or saw
dust-the latter being the cheapest.
Drainage is important, but if the house
stands on porous soil, or is so elevated
that the water will run off readily, it an
swers every purpose. He had kept ice
several years in such building, nine feet
square and the same in height, the sides
being only of inch boards. When ice is
taken out, be careful to keep all cavities
covered with sawdust, or it will waste
away rapidly. In answer to question
as to the cost of a house fourteen feet
square, he said that fifty dollars would
pay for it and the sawdust; and built of
cheap lumber it might cost only twenty
five dollars. In packing spent tan bark
or cut straw would answer nearly as well
as saWdust
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-02-20

was laid across the upper ends of them,
reaching from one end of the hot-bed
frame to the other, and also across the
lower ends, to prevent heavy winds from
moving them. As soon as the soil in the
bed was sufficiently warmed, I raked it
down smooth and marked it in rows four
and one quarter inches apart, and set the
plants the same distance apart in the
rows.
Before removing the plants from the
boxes, the soil was thoroughly wet in
order to cause as much soil as possible
to stick to the roots; then case-knife
was drawn through the soil, midway be-
tween the plants each wav, about four
inches deep; and in removing the plants
no difficulty was experienced in keeping
the dirt about their roots. After being
transplanted and the covers put on, no
care whatever was given them except an
occasional watering.
About the Goth of May the plants were
removed to the open ground, the same
care being exercised as regarded water
ing and cutting between the rows, that
had been when transplanted to the hot
bed. These plants were as fine as any I
ever saw grown anywhere, except those
grown in green house in pots. Tomato
plants must have age in order to produce
early tomatoes.-Cor. Rural Neao Yorker
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-02-20
ZERO IN THE SUN.

eHE AUTHOR OF ''NINETY-EINE IN THE SHADE.
a. rail-tracks shorten IN the cold,
o. Rv Natures great metallic law,
% shrlnks the man of iron mould.
When these rude winds their weapons ara"
these eager airs of icy breath,
ga Whose myriad poniards, piercing, caiiiihg'
Seem dealing back a vengeful death,
81 For cuts of that proverbldl shliilhs.
The fue-venders thank their stars
That Lehigh higher yet must CO.
And babies cuddle close TO Mars,
Because the Mercury is low
And Sunday, at the twilight h0uI,
Once lit bv flames of finder Venus,
NvfIame bewails with visage sour,
The GOODNESS that has come between US.
Tsdfv to her I'd break the ice
nth burning words OF desperate inan
NJ breaking ice is not so nice
a5Ghen il means Fanny, be my FAM
ss len ghosts of frozen smiles benumb
me loving lips that shiver bluely:
when the cool reply may come:
Ask pa and pa is Mr.. Cooley.
m don my double worsted hose;
III pile the CRATE with embers bright;
I'll read nv Burns, and toast my toes,
And sing the song the skalds indite;
Chic me to some fur-rin shore
IN Hire Island. or a land of geysers.
Or Hottentots, or helebore-
To check my chattering inCisors:
Drink glnger-tea as pudding thick,
Compounded in a red hot can,
Stirred with tire-wood toddy stick,
And ladled with warming pan
Unless some friendly foe, instead,
VIII hold me over Etna's crater,
Heap Goals of fire upon my head,
And drop me like hot potater.
4 - Rooster Johnson, in 4pDIet07a'S J0ufndt.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-02-20
Early Tomato Plants.

AS SOME of the readers Of the Rural
Ne0 Yorker may be in the same fix
the coming spring that l was
last, as'regards knowing how they are to
grow few early tomato plants and have
them stocky and first-class plants in every
respect, will give the details of how |
managed to grow a few hundred to my
entire satisfaction. | took a small box,
12X2O inches, six inches deep, and filled
it with good garden soil and set it ON the
kitchen tOve-drum, and let it set there
till the dirt was thoroughly warmed; then
took stick and made marks an inch apart,
four and a quarter inches deep in the
dirt, crOssways of the box; then scattered
tomato seeds quite thick along the rows
and covered them about one quarter of an
inch deep; then took newspaper and
wet it and covered the box to prevent the
dirt from getting dry on top. The box
was set on bench near the stove after
the seeds were sown, and the following
day set on the stove-drum again for the
purpose of keeping up the heat in the
soil, being careful not to let it get too
hot.
In forty-eight hours from the time the
seed was sown, they had sprouted and
many had broken the ground; a few were
near half inch high. When the plants
had attained to the hight of two inches l
transplanted them into other boxes about
one and half inches apart each way. The
plants were left in these boxes till they
had attained hight Of four inches and
then transplanted into a sort of hot-bed
made as follows: A pit was dug in the
side of hill facing the southeast, six feet
wide by twelve feet long, and posts driv-
en- in the ground at the corners and one
on each side six feet from either end On
these posts, boards were nailed two feet
high in front and two and half feet high
at the back, giving six inches fall from
back to front In this frame put fresh
horse manure. mixed with litter
such as is found at farmers horse
stables-to the depth of twelve inches,
pressing it down firmly as l put it in
then put on six inches of good soil and
covered the bed with covers, made by
stretching and mailing with ten-oz. tacks,
common heavy brown muslin on light
frames, three by six feet. The frames
were made of white pine lath, sawed one
by three inches, halved at the corners and
nailed with clinch nails. Common cut
nails heated to near a white heat, and al
lowed to cool very slow, are just as good
as the clinch nails sold at the hardware
stores, and are much cheaper.
After the covers were put on, board
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-02-20
Henpecked and OfiiciOus Men.
THE HENPECKED MAN.

Yu kan alwuZ tell one ov theZe kind ov
men, espeshily if they are in the COM
pany ov their wives. They look az hum
BILE and resigned tew their fate az a hen
turkey in wet day.
Thare amt nothing that will take the
starch out ov man like being pecked by
woman. 1t is wuss than a seven
months turn ov the fever and agy.
The wives ov henpecked husbands most
alwuz outliv their victims, and l hav
known them git marrid agin, and git hold
ov man that time thank the Lord who
understood all the hen-peck lodges
One ov these kind ov husbands liz an
honor tew his sex.
The hen-pecked man, when he gifts out
amongst men, puts on an air ov bravery
and defiance, and once in while will get
leetle drunk, and then go home with a
firm resolve that he will be captain ov his
households; but the old woman soon
takes the glory out ov him, and handles
him just az she would half-grown chick
en-, who had fell into a swill barrel, and
had tew be jerked out dredful quick.
THE OFFICIOUs MAN.
The officious man stands around rub
bing his hands, anxious for job.
He seems tew axe for something tew
do, and if he gifts snubbed in one place, it
don't seem tew discourage him, but, like
the fly, he lights on another.
The officious man il az free from malice
az q young pup, who, if he kant do emmy
thing else, IL reddy tew lay down in front
of yu and be slept on.
Theze kind of men spend their whole
lives trieing tew make friends ov all, and
never succeed with any.
There liz a kind ov officious man, who
il only prompted bi his vanity; his ankle
ty tew be useful tew others don't arise
from emmy goodness ov heart, but simply
from desir of stiking his noze into
things.
Theze kline ov individuals are supreme
ly disgusting.
The otficious man is generally ov no
use whatever tew himself, and a nuisance
to everybody else.
I don't know ov but phew more unfor-
tunit disposishuns than the officiou
mans, for even in its very best phase, it
seldom suckceeds in Citing paid for its
labors with common politeness.-J0sh
BaHjngs, IN Neo York Weekly.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-02-20
wondered if he wished to pick quarrel

I wondered if he wished to pick quarrel
with me.
He did not reply, except by surly
grumble. went and lay down as be-
fore; could not keep awake. At last,
giving myself up to my fate, I turned
my face to the wall of the carriage, and
with my revolver in nay hand, went off
into q sound sleep. The next morning
came. Went into the station and per-
formed our scanty additions together.
And then, looking very tired, and very
thankful that day had come, we gradually
began to talk with civility to one another
Douglas asked me what kind of night
l had passed.
l laughed and said: "Not very good
one"
"For my part" said he, 81 did not
sleep wink the whole night"
At last the whole reason of these alarms
came out The night before, when we
were getting ready for bed, he had no.
ticed the butt of my revolver sticking out
of my pocket. This aroused his suspi-
cions. He began as had done, to think
over what might happen. He thought of
me at Baden Baden with his bank notes,
and of himself lying out in the woods,
and of the affection those wolves would
have Shown for full-siZed American;
and so his nerves were shaky, Just as
mine had been. His suspicious were also
aroused by the way in which had asked
what the noise was when he was winding
up his watch.
At last he could not rest, and going
very gently and with great caution, lest
he should arouse the slumbering lion with
his revolver, he unlocked his bag and
drew out of it formidable six-shooter
also He knew of the plan oftiring with
out exposing ones weapon to sight, and
expected, he said, to feel my bullet in his
body every moment he stood exposed
with his arms raised to the netting over
my head Then, when l came in from
the station, he was suddenly aroused
from doze, and it was with the greatest
difficulty for moment that he refrained
from firing. Had either Of us given way
to our first impulse, we should probably
have gone on firing our six barrels at one
another of until one of us could fire no
longer, and then the other would have
had to pop the body through the window,
and say no more about it, and whether
confessing the fault or not, have run a
good chance of being sent off to the mines
of Siberia without any more questions
being asked. After a mutual explosion
of laughter, we became excellent friends,
and travelled together in much harmony
to Berlin.
The moral draw from this adventure
is, word and a blow, but the word first.
-ChGnbers's Journal.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-02-20

THE Philadelphia Jews propose estab-
fishing Widowers' Fund Society, for
the purpose of rendering assistance to
widowers who, by the death Of their
wives, are left with small children de-
pendent on them.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-02-20

The following is given as the exact
composition of the Prussian House of
Commons: National Liberals, 116; Con-
servatives, 50; Centre, So; Progressists,
AS; New Conservatives, Gust formed), Al;
Free Conservatives, SO; Poles, 49,; indie
pendent, II; Liberal Centre, II; seats va
cant, 12 Total, 432.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-02-20

A LADY in New York Is remarkable
and accompanies the piano in
that novel style Of musical art.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-02-20
f REWARD

For any case of Blind,
Bleeding. Itching or Ulce-
rated Piles that De BISGs
PILE REMEDY fails 10
cure. 1t is prepared ex-
pressly to cure the Pliee,
and nothing else. Sold by
all Druggists. Price sl.eo
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-02-20

No Person can take these Bitters accord
ing TO directions, and remain long unsvel, provided
their bones not destroyed by mineral poison other
means, and the vital organs wasted beyond the point
OF repair.
Dyspepsia or Indigestion. Headache Pain
illness, Sour EructatoEs of the Stomach, Bad Taste
in the Mouth, Bilious Attacks PaDitation of the
Heart, Inflammation of the Lungs Pain in the regions
Of the Kidneys, and hundred other painful symptoms
the otfsprings of Dyspepsia. In these complaints
1t has no equal and bottle will prove letter guar
antee OF It's merits than a lengthy advertisement.
For Female Complaints. in Young or old,
married single, at the dawn OF womauhood or the
of life these Tonic Biters display decided an
influence that marked improvement Is soon per -eD-
tble.
For Inflammatory and Chroni Rheu.
matism and Gout, Bilious, Remittent and Inter-
mltten Fevers, Diseases of the Blood Liver, Kidneys
and Bladder, these Biters have equal. Such Dis
eases caused by Initiated Blood which is gemeray
produced by arrangement of the Digestive Organs.
They are II GeIrtIe Purgative well as
Tonic, possessing also the peculiar merit OF acting
powerful agent in reviewing Congestion Intam~
nation of the Liver and Visceral Organs, and Bilious
Diseases
Rheum, BIotches, Spots. Pimpes, st,es, Boiis, c.
buncles, Ring worms, Scad- Head Sore Eyes, Fry
speas Itch, Scurts, Dscoloatons of the Skin Humors
ana Diseases OF the SkIn of whatever nature,
are literally dug and carried out the system
short time by the of these BterS
Grateful Thousands proclaim VINEGAR BIT
TIERS the most wonderful !nvgorant thai sustained
the sinking system.
J WALKER, Prop'r. r. III. MCDONALD & CO,
Druggists and Gen. Ags San Francisco and n ew York
n1s- SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS < DEALERS.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-02-20
DR.. J.. r. MsLEER'S
UNIVERSAL
MAGNETIC BALM

1t cures as If by MAGNETIC
INFLUENCE, Neuralgia and all pain. and is
therefore very properly termed - Magnetic
Balm" 1t is purely vegetable preparation. 1t
has no equal as a remedy for
Cholera, Cholera Morbus, Darrhna Dysen-
terry, Collie and all Bowel Complaints.
Its timely use will cure Colds, Group Diph-
liberia Quinsy, ana all Throat affections
when properly used. Fever and Ague,
and other complaints incidentto ourwestern and
southern climates, are easily brokenup
Nervous Pain. Sick-Headache, and Rheu-
matsm are cured by this medicine when all others
have failed. Toothache. Earachc Burns Chill
bains and Bruises are relieved at once by its USE
The genuine has ID. Ransom & Co.'s
private Revenue Stamp on the outside. and DR..
j. r. Miller's Magnetic Balm blown in the bottle.
Examine closely, and buy none but the gen.
une.
Sold by all Druggists. Price 25 cents per
bottle.
D. RANSOM. Son & Co. Propr's. Buffalo n. Y.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-02-20
The Wheat Field Of America
NEALTHFUL CLIMATE, FREE HOMES
GOOD MARKETS.
THE NORTHERN PACIFIC RAIL-
IA offers for sale its Lands in Central and

THE NORTHERN PACIFIC RAIL-
X GA ID offers for sale its Lands in Central and
Western Minnesota, embracing: /. The best Of
Wheat Land 2. Excellent Timber for the Mill, the
Farm and the Fire; 8. Rich Prairie Pastu1.s,e and
Natural Meadow, watered by clear lakes and running
streams-in Hcalthful Climate, nCAere FeUer ana
AgUe is unkn07cR.
Grain can be shipped hence by lake to market as
chCaply as from Eastern Iowa or Central Illinois.
Cars now through these Lands from Lake superb
to Dakota. Price of land close TO track 500 to
$500 per acre: further away $50 to 500. seven
Years, Credit Warrantce Deeds; Northern Pa
cihc $50 Bonds. now selling at par. received for
such advantages to settlers
SOLDIERS under the New Law March 1920
get 100 acres FREE, the railroad by and two
years residence.
TRANSPORTATION At REDUCED
RATES furnished from all principal points East to
Purchasers of Railroad Lands, and to Settlers
Government HOmcsteads. Purchasers their wives
and children, carried free the Northern Pacific
Road Now is the time for Settlers and Colonies to
get Railroad Lands and Government Homescad3
close to the track.
Senkfor Pamphlet contaiHe full Information
map, and copy OF new Homestead Law. Address
LAND DEPARTMENT. NORTHERN PACIFIC
RAILROAD, ST PAUL, MINI.
Or 23 Fifth Ave -, cor. Ninth St, NEW YORK.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-02-20
Schenck's Pulmonic Syrup, Seaweet
Tonic and Mandrake Pills.

These are the only medicines that will cure Pulmon.
airy Consumption. DR.. Schenck, of Philadelphia, has
been in constant practice for thirty contn
ualIy examining lungs, and knows his medicines, if
properly TAKEN will cure Consumption. His Man
drake Pills cleanse the liver and stomach his Seaweed
Tonic dissovcs the food stimulates the coating of the
stomach. and aids digestion. His Pulmonic Syrup
ripens the matter, and nature throws it off without
any exertiou For sale by all druggists.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-02-20

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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-02-20

WHEN WRITING TO ADVERTISERS
w please say you saw the advertisement
in this paper.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1873-07-31


Captain Littler's benefit Was q rouser.--
Seventeen boot blacks of various shades and
color, in town. More SONS of Italian cline.
with harp and Niolins. on our sireets.-Ncw
peanut stand opened in Hopes block.-rhe
great California dollar store has gone from our
gaze; do. ebay. hay. kick like mute
More horse races On Saturday neXt.-Wiid
grapes and pums are in market.--Ihod uicet
strains of >hangh Pierce voice once more re-
,ibraies throughout the banquetine hall of the
Dougias Ayenue.-Thc contract for plaster
ing the Arkansas Valley hotel vas let on Saiur-
day TO Nickery a Pierce; consideration,
S2,Gj0.--Also Tor fencing fair grounds
al 81 500, TO Reese 4 Sawyer.-Politicai
pot is beginning to boil.--Therc l.
great scarcity of dwelling houses at present.
Prairie chickens. the game law is about
expiring. look to your wings and take warn
ing.-Thc foundation for the Baptist church
has been laid-An applicant TO membership
in grange on the score that he MIXED when
quite Young. was rejectcd.-Iiudson George
caught forty nine fish in ffiy-nineN minutes.
one day last week. George wouldn't lie for
one fish. or one mnute.-H. Miller has
broom corn twenty EIGHT inches long, seventy
day. from sced.--Douglas avenue has got
into a scrape which is improving that thorough
fare amazingly.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1873-07-31

An industry that promises greater. quicker
and surer returns than almost any other yet
followed or experimental upon in the state OF
Kansas, is that Of cheese making. The first
county in the state that gave the manufacture
of cheese any considerable attention was Usage
county. Parties in that county commenced
the successful production Of a staple article of
cheese in 1862, since which time Usage county
with the exception Of two years has carried of
the state fair premiums each fall for the max
ing of the best cheese. Tie cheese put upon
the market from that county has been Il good
article. made and cured at the homes Of differ
ent farmers in the vicinity Of Buringame. So
excellent has this cheese proved in the past
that Usage county cheese commanded 4
ready sale from its own reputation. Last
spring in canvassing the matter at public meet
ing held for the purpose, it was determined
that the making OF cheese would prove more
profitable 10 the owners of mich cows ifa fac
tory was built in BuriiBgame OF capacity sufii-
cent to convert all the milk in the vicinity into
Il merclautab,e article of cheese. Following
this idea. the services of Western Reserve
cheese makers were secured. and in few
months the practical work Of a good factory
was satisfactorily demonstrating the wisdom
Of the theory. The factory is now turning out
from sixteen 10 twenty full hooped cheese per
day, weighing from a. to go pounds each, the
quality of winch cannot be exceed in Ohio or
New York. We tested some Of this cheese in
Wichita the other day at a grocery store, and
tor richness of flavor and crumbly texture we
never saw il excelled. When you want good
cheese inquire for Burlingamc cheese.