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The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-09-09
PRIVATE SALES.
PRIVATE SALE
OF THE GRANITE QUARRY OF TIL

OF THE GRANITE QUARRY OF THE
JAMES RIVER GRANITE COMPANY.
being 100 ACRES OF LAND. with The improve.
mentS thereon, consisting OF DWELLING
HOUSE, WHARF DERRlCKS, and complete
QUARRY APPARATUS. The Quarry and Appnr-
granite unsurpassed. The property fronts on
james river, lying in Chesterfield co. Va near the
city of Richmond, adjoining the lands Of s. I,as-
sett French. Bids in writing are solicited and
the highest bidder win become the purchaser.
For further information, apply TO
ISAAC N. SHIELDS,
Atorney-at-Law, corner Tenth and Bank Sts.,
Attorney for James River Granite Company.
7 an 22-1m
DOR SALE-To make a quick sale, we g.,
Il will sell for less than cost of improve k5!l
ments alone, that first-class BRICK RESI-
DENCE No. 3O7 College street, near Monu.
menLtl church The Dwelling contains seven
rooms besides StoIe.roOms, bathroom, and six
most convenient closets brick kitchen, four
rooms and other out-houses gas throughout
and water upon premises side alley and
entrance TO yard and dwelling yard well
paved and has fruit trees, grape vines, shrub
berry, and n vide alley in the rear.
This property is very desirable on account OF
its convenience to business being in five
minutes walk of postollice
A BRICK DWELLING, six rooms large
LOT and dionS southwest corner OF Canal
and Third streets This ia rs desirable n local.
ty as can be found in the city.
TO secure Il bargain, apply at once TO
!. THOMPSON BROWN,
Real Estate Agent,
Iii5 Main street, opposite
lG--t DiSpdtch office.
The Van Buren press., 1873-02-25

as il to oyertake the beggar who had
shaken the dust Of the threshold off his
feet two good hours ago. and then stood
still 1t was bad enough TO lose the
fifty dolar bill, but it was still worse to
be compelled to confess it to his wife
Yet what loophole of escape was there
I've lost it said hs doggedly. IL
pu !, away. aad | forgot all about it"
Mrs Farquhars eyes sparkled mis-
caiayDusly
am fooIl' confessed Mr. Farqu
hnr, ana CenCe.ted fool, too. But,
with q pijesus luhecton Of his voice,
should Ike to hsve pad the doctors bill.
lAs umcs are hard, ,ana--But never mind.
| / w0As get that new evercost | was
tnir king of. This one is. u little thin,
hu' dare say ! can make it do
Yes, ycu will get the new overcoat,
Lsmuel, dear. laughed Mrs. Farquhsr r.,
producing slip of crackling brown pa
per from her pocket. Here's the fifty
dollar hill .....
Nj. ,Farquhar eauYht at it like hun
grv wolf at piece Of raw meat.
my dear Bessie, where did you find
| itY ~.
Where lou put it, my dear--in the
boot heard you get up in the night and
60 prowling around. perceived in the
mernin2 that you had entirely forgotten
the whole transaction, and Imyself took
the bill ont, bcfore the boots became the
pra, Of the beggar Here it is, and all
have to ask of yon is to bea little more
careful next time.
"Mv dear, said Mr. Farquhar, "You
are trump!"
"And now his wife rogushy asked,
" are we quits about the clock key 2
Mr. Farquhar thought they were.
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E,1- Some folks think they are doing
a very 6ne thing whom they get up sur
prise party for their pastor-and some
times it is so; but Massachusetts, paper
gives an account Of n recent affair OF that
kind, which :" cut to wasts y with that
good clergyman. Everybody turned
out" in honor Of the occasion--but the
number OF those who carried turkies tur-
kies and biscuit, was not as numerous as
those who simply carried their good
wishes-and the consequence was that
everything was eaten up, ana even inc
parsons larder was much worse, insteao
of better, for the visit. Ii was very
serious surprise to him--but be feels as
il he couldn't afford to keep it up, as
regular thing
The Van Buren press., 1873-02-25

The HABIT OF SwEARlNG.-A promi
ncnt citizen, who was seized with seri-
Gus affection not long since, was fully
persuaded that he was in a precarious
condition, and might, within short Pc
riod, haad in his checks Suffering very
severely one day from his peculiar dis
ease, and remembering very distinctly
that one OF his friends had recently died
of a similar affection, he called his littlo
boy to him and directed him to hand him
Bible That volume having been Civ
en- him, he turned to tho book ofJob and
commenced perusng it, reading ehspter
after CHAPTER with marked manifestations
OF interest At last lie came across a
thought which struck his sense OF isht
so forcibly that he exclaimed, "By G--
that's noble sentiment
A certain young man who was addicted
to swearing, was lying nigh unto death,
not long ago with fever. lie was fre-
aueutly attended by an excellent minis.
tor, who gave him spiritual consolation
and prayed with him daily One morn
ing, while the minister was kneeling IN
deveut prayer, the patient suddenly arose
from his couch and cried out "d-n that
milk cart it has come again :! The ex
plsnation was that the ringing OF ths
milkman's bell had never failed to disturb
him, and that during the course OF the
prayer the sound OF the bell came into
the room with such suddenness and
harshness that the patient, in half deli
rious state Of mind, was impelled to con-
plain Of it.
Now, in both these instances there was
no Intention on the part Of these gentle
men TO be irrevsrcnt, but this mode o
making their language emphatic, hao
grown upon them so insensibly, that they
could not uso many expressions withou
accompanying them with prononnce'
expletivc.
The Van Buren press., 1873-02-25
The Two Bears.

| remember reading, not long ago,
about man and his wife who were
known 10 live very unhapply together
They were said to be the most quarrel
some people in the whole village in
which they lived They wouldn't bear
the least thing from each other Like
dog and cat. there was constshs yrowl
lug and snarling, and qsrrelllng be
! tween TWEEN But all ut once t was Oh
served by some of the ncighbors that
great change had passed over them They
didn't quarrel any mere No harsh,
cross words passed between them. Ia
stead Of this they were observed to be
gpntle sui kind to each other, and their
home, from being scene oI constant
strife, hscsme the home of peace and
hsppincss OF. course, this excited a
good doaIl of Surprise in the neighbor
hood Everybody was wondering what
happened to old Mr.. and Mrs. Snarling.
AT last, an old lady in the ncghbor-
heod, whom we may call Mss lnquisi
/ tive, felt tit-,t she couldn't stand 1t any
longer So she paid avsittr their house
and said -" MRS SnariIng, everybody
in the village is talking aseut The won
derCui change which has come over you
and ,oqr husband But nobody seela to
kaua wAstits owiag to; 50 thought I'd
/ iu,l come IN and ask YOU what 1t IS that
has pro. Ieti THIS changer
.m alsd t. see you, Miss lnqulsi-
Itive, said Hrs Snsrligg. the change,
assIra va1. has been very happy one
to IT,. Ii bss 3ecn brought about by
Tvo Boa,s
A., Two bear. % exclaimed Miss Inquis
Tive hiut Ell nauds in astonlshment.
"Yes. two bears and I'm very glad
/ tll, cams IDto on house.
" Ru, what in nature DO you mean =
Il antwo Scripture bears.
Two Scripture bears why you puz
zle me more and more.
l's true tkough
~ don't remember reading in scripture
of any two hears. except those that ate
up the wicked children who m0ckod the
prophet Elisha, Sad they must have been
dead long ago
yes: bur there are two other bears
mentioned in the Scripture
"PraV tell me where thev hrc spShSH
Of? for am sure l don't recollect EN-
I'VE read about one of them in Gal
vi 2. where it says. Bear ye one an
Others burdens And we read about
the other in Eph iv. 2, where 1t says,
I" Forbearing one another in love.
Their names ars--Bear and Forbear.
well, I'm sure!' said Miss lnquisi-
tive, and away she went home.
The simple meaning Of was Mr.. and
Mrs Snarling had become Christians,
and had taken these two Scripture bears
home to live with them How l wish
ycu would all take the tive Scripture
bears home with you! Yes, and keep
them there. Let them live there Let
them stay in the nurssry--the dining
reom--in the chamber where you sloep
and in the play rosm Take them
with you when you go to school--make
them your compaHions wherever you go.
Thsv make no noise Thoy cost moth
ing to keep. They can do no harm
but they may do great deal Of good. o.,
if these two bears were snly allowed to
come into every house. and dwell there.
how much trouble and sorrow 1t would
prevent, and how mnch good it would
do --R. " n the ChHiren's Friend.
The Van Buren press., 1873-02-25
Mark Twain on Charity.

Mr. Clements having been requested
to give a lecture, for the beneht oil the
poor of Hartford, F." whose iiresides are
without fire, publishes his acqulesc'nce
in A card, from which we take the follow
ing extract, full Of the kindly homer ol
the man:
"The price Of our tickets will be one
dollar each, all over the house-and re
served seats can be secured at Brown *
Gross without extra charge. We hear
of parties who are taking from ten to III
ty Of them, and We receive the news with
high qualification. We place the tickets
at double price for several reasons. One
| is, the lecture itself being worth nearly
twenty five cents, the tickot'purchasei
would really be giving only about TWEEN
ty FIVE cents to the charity if the tickets
were fifty cents; bat by making theprics
dollar the purchaser has a chsnce TO
make a good, honest, undeflcd conlribu
ton Of seventy five to charity The idea
is mine---nons but an old business head
would have thought Of an attraction like
that. Another reason for high prices is,
that charity is a dignitied and respect
worthy thing, and there is small merit
about it and lass grace when it don t cos'
anything A. = general thing, charity
entertainments are the cheapest that are
offered to the pubic-and that is paying
but poor compliment to the public
One would suppose that the idea was to
get the thing down to figure that would
enable the hungry poor 10 attend tAeir
own entertainments and support them
selves. Now that cannot be right
cannot be either just or generous Lucca
charges four dollars ticket, and so my
first idsa was to put our tickets AZ tour
dollars, too, and run opposition But
friends said no, there was difference
Lucca sings said, very well, l would
sing, too. showed them what | could
do. But they still objected, and said that
q mere disturbance was not singing 80
have come down to dollar; but | DO
it with reluctance. | must not deceive
any one; therefore | will say, in paren'
thesis, as it were, that am going to de
liver lecture that delivered before the
Young Mems Institute two or three years
aro-a lecture on the Sandwich Islands
| do this because Father llawley's need
is SO pressing that | have not time to
prepare new lecture. | happen TO be
just fixed and primed for this Sandwich
Island talk, for the reason that l have
been rubbing it up to deliver before the
New York Mercantile Library somo ten
days hence Now we offer these follow
inV terms: all who have not already
heard the lecture can pay q dollar aud
come in and all who have heard it be-
fore can commute for.two dollars apiece
and remain at home if th0y prefer In
which s~es tho polisa will be instructed
not to disturb them. But II they come
to the hall they must behave, and not cry
over old Jokes that made them sad when
they heard them before. ~
The Van Buren press., 1873-02-25

How TO CURE A C0LD-Ona or oui
citizens who has been troubled with q
severe cold on the lungs, effected his re.
covery in the following simple manner
He boiled a little bonesst and hoarhouDd
together and drank freely Of the tea be.
fore going to bed The next day he took
five pills, put one kind Of plaster on IN,
breast, another under his arms, and still
another on his back Under advice from
an experienced old lady, hs took all these
OF with an oyster knife in the afternoon
and slapped on mustard plaster instead
His mother put onions on his feet, and
gave him lump of tarto swallow, Then
he put some hot bricks to his feet and
went to bed Next morning another old
lady came in with bottle Of goose oil,
and gave him a dose Of it in a;quill, and
an aunt arrived about the same time from
Bethel with bundle ofsweet fern, which
she made into tea, and gave him every
half hour until noon, when he took
dose Of salts. After dinner his wife, who
had seen fins old lady Of great sxper.
ioncc in doctoring, on franklin street,
gave him two pills Of her make, about
the size Of an English walnut, and of a
similar shape, and two tablcspoonfnls OF
home made balsam, to keep them down.
Then he took half pint OF hot rum, at
the suggestion Of an old sea captain IN
the next house, and steamed his legs with
an alcohol bath. At this crisis, two OF
the neighbsrs arrived, who saw at once
that his blood was out OF order, and gave
him a half gallon of spearmint tea, and
big dose Of castor oil. Before going to
bed, he took eight Of a new kind Of pill,
vrarped about his neck a flannel soaked
in hot vinegar and salt, and had feathers
burnt on 3 shovel in his room RE il
now thoroughly cured, and fun OF graft
tude, We advise our readers to cut this
out aud keep it where it can be readily
found when danger threatens -Ddnbury
NeUS
The Van Buren press., 1873-02-25

spccial notices douhle the above rates. Edi-
.riaI notices 20 cents per line for the first and
"A cents for eaeh additional insertion All
"a II .ient advertisements cash in advance.
Marriage and obituary notices not to exceed
Hines free, over five 40 cents per line.
Cards or communications of personal
,haractcr if admissible ut all. double the usual
ltes and strictly in advance.
Announcing candidates, for Congress or
ltatc offices, S25.00. County officers. $1,000.
Editorial notices. % cents per line.
yearly advertisements, paid quarterly. in
ancc Legal and transient advertisements
Z he Maid for when left at the Office.
All job Work. to be paid for on delivery.
AL iresS all letters and communications to
Us. DUNHAM. Editor and Proprietor.
The Van Buren press., 1873-02-25
sy A Michigan paper tells an anna

ET A Michigan paper tells an amas'
Ing story OF = minister OF that state who
took an old fashioned sweat, and was
wrapped up in an old fashioned patch..
quilt Of many colors. In due course OF
time he walked up, to find himself all over
spotted blue, black and purple. Bcliev-
ing that modification had already set in,
he began 10 settle up his earthly accounts
and prepare for his final dissolution,
while the members Of the hock gave
themselves up to uncomfortable grief.
The arrival of u physician and the exam
ina,ion Of the faded quilt gave another
explanation Of the spots, and turned ths
house Of mourning into one OF laughter
The Van Buren press., 1873-02-25

cy Our brains are seventy year
clocks. The angel Of life wind them up
once for all, then closes the case, and
gives the key into the hands Of the angel
Of resurrection Holmes.
The Van Buren press., 1873-02-25

EH- Baker =. Lee has accepted the ed
itorial control Of the Richmond Enquir
er. He says it will not be partisan
journal
The Van Buren press., 1873-02-25

re-. The Toledo Blade is as witty as
eyer. In boasting OF the purity OF it's
party, it SAYS: "The republicans nave
expelled more corrupt men from once
than any party in this country" That 10
natural enough, in party that has put
more roeues in office than any other par
~ I, ,his country,
The Van Buren press., 1873-02-25

eg- There now. crisl little Bessie,
tie other day. rumaging drawer in the
bureau, srandpa has gone to heaven
without his spectaclss
The Van Buren press., 1873-02-25

r1- To dream of a milestone about
your neck is sign Of what you may ex-
pcct il YOU marry an extravagant woman
The Van Buren press., 1873-02-25

~ N,pplron vas buried with two
veddiop rings on his left hand One was
his own and the other that Of his uncle
The Van Buren press., 1873-02-25
POETR RY.
Little Chatter Box.


They call me Little Chatterbox ~
Ny name is little May
| have to talk so much, because
Ihaye so much to say.
And oh ! have so many friends
So many and you see
| cant help loving them, because
They every one love me.
/ love papa and my mamma
love my sisters, too;
And if you re very, very COED,
guess that I'll love you.
But l love GOD the best Of all
He keeps me all the night,
And when the morning comes again,
He wake. me with the light.
think it is so nice to live;
And yet If should die.
The Lord would send his angels down
To take me to the sky.
The Van Buren press., 1873-02-25

cr Marshal Bazainc was so so much
affected by the news of the death of Ma
poleon that his physici.n had to he sent
The Van Buren press., 1873-02-25
~ love to steal awhile away

The deacon began, 81 love to steal " 10
Near. whore no broke dowa lie start
ed With Dundee" love to steal y
The third timo he commenced and broke
down, when the pastor arose, and grave
ly said. " am sorry for eur brother g
propensity VIII some brother pray p
The Van Buren press., 1873-02-25
Masonic Notice.

The regular communications of VAN Bu-
IN LODGE, No. 6. +. 4. MAsONs are held
ne Saturday on or next preceding each fnll
noon. at p. NJ. in their Hall at Van Buren,
Members of the Fraternity in good standing
lre respectfully invited to meet withus.
G.. WILCOX W. N
Nv. II II. SuIBLEy Secretary.
The Van Buren press., 1873-02-25
VICK'S
FLORAL GUIDE FOR 1873,

1JNuE Guide is now published Quarterly, 5 cents
| paws for the year, four numbers, which is not
halfthc cost. Those who afterwards send money 30
the amount Of One Dollar or more for Seeds may also
order Twenty five cents worth extra the price PAID
for the Guide.
The January Number is beautiful, giving plans for
making Rural Homes, Designs for Dining Table
Derorations Window Gardens, g.. and containing
mass of information invaluable to the lover OF
flowers. ,, -
some Gys bundled Eneravings, and superb Colorod
Plati and Chrome Cover. The first edition Of two
hundred thousand just printed In English and Ter
IN an, and ready TO- send out; w
The Van Buren press., 1873-02-25

- 4 we'll known Connecticut clergy
man had = dssc,D who insisted on lead
ng the singisc at the PRAYER meetings.
He Was great hlnnderer. and san: all
the sad melancholy tunes he could think
Of The hvmn was gwen cat,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-09-20
The New Counterfeit.

The following is description of the
differences between the genuine and
the counterfeit $500 legal tender notes
of the issue of 1869 The upright that
holds the balance Of the scales held in
the hand of the female figure shows a
white line in the counterfeit on the
lower part of the palm of the hand to
the second figure in the genuine note
the upright is quite black and in
shadow. The lower part of the right
lapel of the coat in the portrait of
Adams in the counterfeit forms an
angle !; in the genuine it is distinct
curved line; also, the buttons in the
counterfeit are irregular in shape, while
in the genuine they are decidedly round
and dark in color. Particular attention
is called to the button on the left side
of the coat in the counterfeit. In the
word Washington, in the counterfeit
note, the black shade forming the first
stroke of the letter "W" forms an angle
at the bottom ; in the genuine note it
forms curve. In the ruled shading
under the right hand stroke of
the letter "W," and over the letters
ga" and "S," there are four ruled lines
in the counterfeit; there are but three
in the genuine note. Under the letters
"A" and "S" in the word "Washing-
ton" in the counterfeit there are five
ruled lines; in the genuine there are
but four. Also, under the letter -" HI, "
in the same word, there are four ruled
lines in the counterfeit in the genuine
there are but three. At the bottom of
the letter E in the denomination title
there are but five ruled lines in the
counterfeit-in the genuine there are
six lines. The localized fibre on the
left of the portrait is blue in the genu-
inc, but without color in the counter
felt. The red seal in the genuine is
printed in delicate carnine color, in
the counterfeit it is more of brick
color, and has a heavy appearance,
more especially the rays which form
the outside of the seal. Attention is
called to the blurred and scratchy ap-
pearance of the lathe work and letter
ing on the back of the counterfeit,
which, upon a comparison with the
genuine, will be readily perceived.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-09-20
Fish JeMelrY.

A correspondent of the Cincinnati
Gazette gives the following description
of the fish jewelry which Denmark
contributes to the Vienna exposition:
"This jewelry is made exclusively of
the bones and scales of fish. a 1t is just
as dear as if it was made of gold, and
it is highly esteemed by the ladies of
Copenhagen. 1t is in many respects
the most beautiful class of fine work we
have ever seen. There are earrings,
bracelets, and crosses, made of fine,
delicate fish bones. white as the driven
snow, and carved fine as gossamer web,
and embossed with beautiful bright red
and crimson fishes scales. There are
also large cases of fish jewelry, such as
knives, forks, spoons, ladies, ETC.,
carved in the most exquisite patterns
out of fish bones and ornamented with
fishes scales. ~, .a. .a.a... ...,,.t. .
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-09-20
Wasps.

Completely tired out with business
cares, says a Leavenworth paper, one
of our merchants gathered his family
together, and accompanied by few
friends and their children drove to q
grove about five miles south of the city,
determined on stealing day of quiet
enjoyment. A hammock was swung
beneath the shade of two friendly trees,
and, ensconcing himself therein, the
weary merchant swayed to the ripping
breezes and the calming thoughts sug-
gestive of sleep and beatitude. In the
midst of the most serene reflections
some Of the mischievous boys stirred up
a huge nest of wasps commonly known
as "yellow-jackets," which was situat-
eel directly under the hammock. Then
there was wailing and gnashing of
teeth, desperate fight, and precipitate
retreat. In the excitement that follow
ed, several of the youngsters were stung
by the wasps. One little fellow was SO
astonished at the sudden injection Of
Greek fire into different portions of his
epidermis that he stood immovable, and
might have been stung to death, had
not forward march been inaugurated by
an attack of the wasps upon the part
of the body most suggestive of such a
movement. The party returned to the
city, where there were no yellow
Jackets.