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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-10-07
TIE GAZETTE.
THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 7.
DAYS OF MY YOUTH

~
The following touching lines we're written BY
the elder st. George Tucker, (step- father Of
Mr. Raudolph,) and it is said that they so af
fected John Adams in his old age that he de-
ciared he would rather have written them than
any lyric of Milton or Shakespeare:
Days of.my youth, We have gIided away,
Hairs Of nay youth, ye are fostered and gray j;
Eyes of my youth, your keen sight is no more,
Cheeks of my youth, ye are furrowed all 0 er !;
Strength OF my youth, all your vigor is gone,
Thoughts Oh my youth, your gay vision is
flown.
Days of NY youth, wish not your recall,
Hairs OF nls youth IN content We should ia II;
Eyes Of my youth. you much evil have seen,
Cheeks OF my youth bathed in tears you have
been; +.
Thoughts of my youth, We have led me astray,
Strength Of my youth, why lament your
decay?
Days Of my age, ye will shortly be passed,
Pains OF my age yet awhile you can last;
Joys OF my age, in true wisdom delight,
Eyes of my age, be religion your light
Thoughts of my age, dread We not the cold
sod,
Hopes of my age, be ye fixed on your God.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-10-07
LEGAL NOTICES.

VIRGINIA.: In the Clerks Office of the
v Corporation Court of the city of Alexsn-
dria, Cd the 18th day of September, 1876: George
Mason, Executor Of Willis Henderson, dec d.,
plaintiff vs. John T. Henderson, defendant. In
chsncery.
Memo: The object of this suit is to set up
certain lost note Tor the sum of five hundred
dollars, dated July 22nd, 1866, and payable
twelve months after date, and to substitute a
trustee in q deed of trust from John T. Hender-
son to L. B. Taylor, dated December 10, 1866
and recorded in liber X, No 8, page 5O2, land
records Alexandria county, Va, and to subject
the property therein convt yed to the payment
of the said note
The defendant not having entered his appear
ance and given security according to the act of
Assembly, and tho rules of this Court, and it ap-
pearlng by affidavit that he is not resident of
this State it is ordered that said defendant appear
here within one month after due publication of
this order and do what is necessary to protect his
interest in this suit and that copy of this or
der be forthwith inserted in the Alexandria Ga.
zette, q newspaper published in the city of AL
exandrla, once week for four successive weeks,
and posted at tho front door of the Court House
OF this city. copy-test.
MORTON MARYE, Clerk.
Kent s. Neale, D. O. sep 29-w4w
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ka cd III 81 S ssEEasE EsHill1ls sssepB
ALEXANDRIA AND FREDERICKSBURG RAILWAY.
After JUNE q 1876, trains will run as
follows:
Leave Southwark from Alexandria s. Freder.
icksburg depot at l2O7 a. m. Southern E.prcss
daily, except Monday. The Southern Express
runs through 20 Rich m ond without change con.
Meeting at Richmond for all points South.
Leave Northwsrd from Alexandria s. Freder
ieksburg depot at 1853 n. NJ. Northern EXPIRES,
daily, except Monday, through North and
West The Northern Express run through to
Baltimore, without change connecting with
trans on the Northern Central Railway for the
North and West.
ALEXANDRIA AND WASHINGTON RAILROAD.
After JUNE ID trains will run rs follows.
daily, except Sunday:
Leave Alexandria for Washington, from 81
Asaph street depot, at 800, 100, 500, 900, 100
snd !l;oO q. M; and LOO: 800, 400, 5.UO, 600.
Trains leaving at 600, 800 and 10. 90 a. m. and
o.oO and 7OO p. N. IN; daily; all others daily
except Sunday.
The trains leaving Alexandria at 7, 8 and II
ain, 8, q, and pm. connect through to Balti.
more The and ii q. IN. and D. M train,
connect at Washington with through New York
trains
Leave Washington for Alexandria from pas.
senger depot, cor. 9th and Is streets, ut 6N
Ao'oof H.,
300, 400 500, $50 and 100 p. m
Trains leaving at 100 and 500 o. NJ, and LOO
amp 6Oo p. M run daily all others daily except
Sunday.
Trains leaving Washington at 7, and 10 a. m.
|, 8, b, 3, and ll:38 p. m. connect with trains
from Baltimore. The am, and g. and IL SO
p. m. trains deliver passengers from New York.
Es-Alexsndria and Fredericksburg Railway
trains leave passenger depot, cor. 9Th and B sLs,
at II - p. m. southern Express for Richmond
and all points South
TRAINS FOR PHILADELPHIA AND
NEW YORK.
Leave Alexandria at 100 a. M, and l1.OOa.
M, and and p. m
Leave Washington at 7.45 a. H., and lis,
4.53 and sos p. N.
Train leaving Alexandria at 4 p. m. connects
With train leaving Washington at 453 p. m for
Philadelphia, arriving at Philadelphia at lO45.
p. m.
Tickets to Philadelphia and New York can be-
obtained OF the st. Asaph street depot
GEO. g. WILKINS, Sup't
d. M. BOYD, dr., Gen. Pas Agent. lie 10
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RAILROADS..
WASHINGTON &, OHIO RAILROAn
IL HE ID laEl.; ssa ;assssssss

01cW
WINTER ARRANGEMENT BEGINNINr
OCTOBER 8, 1915
The MAIL TRAIN will leave Wa.binstor
at 9 II m, and Aexsndris at $40 a. M, ds;Ir
except Sunday; pass ! eesburg, going westward
at ll:2l q. H. md arrive ut Round Hill At - NJ
Leave Round Hill at 1890 p. m; pass Leesbury
going eastward, at lilo p. m; aad arrive "
Alexandria at BIS p. IN, and at Washington "
$50 p m.
The ACCOMMODATION TRAIN will lesvo
Washington at p. m, and Aexandris ut 4:l0
pm, daily, except Sunday. and arrive at l. ,es.
burg at 6:2O r. NJ. Leave Leestu at s A. m
and arrive at Alexandria at Sl5 u. m and
Washington al $50 u. IN.
Gs- Passengers from Washington will take
the Washington and Ohio cars al the Baltimore
and Potomac Railroad station at a. m. and =
M, and go through without change of cars.
The g. IL q. N. train from Alexandria and Il. 80
p. M. train from Round Hill connect ut Round
Hill with Harris Daily Line ct Coaches
for Snickersville Berryville and Winchester:
also with Reamer's Line of Coaches which leave
Leesburg daily for Aide and Middleburg.
Both trains, westward, make close connection
at Vienna. with Sisson's Line Of Stages for Fair
fax Court House.
Comm u tation tickets, s cts. per mile
Annual tickets, $50. ..
a. R. II. HAVENER,
oct 5-tt General Ticket Agent.
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DISCS CURE FOR CONSUMPTION-As
L the season for coughs and colds is now
again upon US, we would call the attention of
our customers and the public generally to the
above Invaluable preparation. 1t has now stood
the test of years, and ever since its introduction
by us into this section of the country our sales
of it have shown 3 constant and steady increase,
bearing testimony to its growing popularity. In
lively. The trade supplied at proprietor's rates.
sep Il JANNEY. s. CO.
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> BBLS RAW and BOILED LINSEED
= ~ OIL, and 1000 lbs Lewis Pure White
Lead in store and for sale in quantities to suit
purchasers at lowest mark ct rates <
sep Il JANNEY & co.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-10-07

DARKER MILLS BLEACHEDC OTTONS
- Another case of those splendid Cottons
Also Androscoggin and other popular brands.
d. F. BRASHEAR,
sep IA No. 100 King st.
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Mail Train. Express.
NORTH BOUND. Mail Train. Exnrcss
MINED TRAIN.

Leave Lynchburg daily, except SUNDAY, a,
5 90 a: IN arrive at Danville LIS a. m. Leavr
Danvlle 90 y. M. arrive at Lynchhurg s. 81
p. III. This train makes good connection ",
Danville with Richmond and Danville trains
North aud South; and at Lynchburg, with rev.
ular Express Train on this line, in both dre2
tions.
WARRENTON BRANCH.
Connection between Warrenton and Mai,
Line, to and from North and South bound Mail
Train only.
MANASSAS DIVISION.
Passenger Train daily, except Sunday, be-
tween Strasburg and Washington. Leave Strss
burg junction 355 q. M, arrive at Alexandra
1913 a. M, and ut Washington 9.3Oa m. Leave
Washington AGO p. M, Alexandria 4 As D. M.
arrive al Strasburg Junction As D. m Good
connection at Manassas junction with Main
Line Mail Train, both South and North bound,
AT Washington, full connection with North
and West; at Danvlle to and from South and
Southwest; at Lynchburg, twice daily to Mem
phls, Atlanta, New Orleans, Arkansas and Tex
as and, at Gordonsville and Charlottesville,
with double daily trains on Ches. i Ohio H. r.,
East and West
Eastward to Richmond Petersburg and South,
and w eastward to Staunton, White SULPHUR
Huntington, Cincinnati and the Great West
~ LIN AN SlIEEPERS ran hrouqh ,uith-
out change 6etaoeen Baltimore and Ne,U Orleans,
via Lynchburg, East Tennessee and Atlanta
Line, and daily, without change, between Bati-
more and White Sulpur Springs, leaving Bslti-
more ut $50 p. m.
Excursion tickets to Ill the Summer Resorts
on sale. Lowest rates to all points
q. j. FOkEACRE, Gen. Manager.
. j. M. BROADUS, q. 7. A. ia Ia
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PARIS GREEN, the popular article for the
Il destruction of the potato bug. We have
just received q large supply direct from the fac.
tory. For sale by
je Z. S. LEADBEATER &BRO.
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CHANGE OF TIME.

= HGE- OHhNVN OT I'M d.
REGULAR LINE TO NORFOLK, BOSTON
AND PROVIDENCE
On and after MONDAY, September 20, 1876,
the new and elegant steamer
LADY OF THE LAKE
will make THREE REGULAR TRIPS be-
tween Washington and Norfolk each week,
touching at the principal River Landings as
follows: Leave Washington EVERY MON
DAY, WEDNESDAY and FRIDAY, at 8
o'clock p M. and Alcxandria at $3.50 D. M, and
Norf TX EVERY TUESDAY, THURSDAY
and SATURDAY, at D. m.
Fare to Norfolk $4; round trip tickets S..
Meals and Staterooms extra
Tickets good until used
For tickets, statercoms or in formation apply to
+. a. REED, Agent,
sep 23-tf ,Jannev's wharf
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HARDWARE, CUTLERY
At ss King, on the corner of Royal ST.,
Alexandria, Virginia.
The subscribers are receiving full eupply OF
goods in their line for the Spring trade, to which
they invite the attention of wholesale and retail
purchasers. Thankful for past favors, we solicit
q continuance of your patronage. Orders will
receive prompt attention.
j. T. CREIGHTON & SON,
NH ~ " King street, corner Royal.
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l. \ d ELS STEAM LINES
PHILADELPHIA, PROVIDENCE AND
BOSTON
Steamers leave Alexandria EVERY TUES.
DAY, and leave philadelphia EV- %,
Ekf SAIU RDA 7, at II O'clock N. S&G&&
from Pier No. North Wharves.
This line connects at Alexandria with the O..
a. u Al. and W. y .: K. Rs, and at Phladel-
pha with the new and popular Iron Line. - for
Providence and Boston.
Freight forwarded with promptness and care,
free of commissions
No charge for transfer in Philadelphia and
no wharfage III Boston. Through to Boston in
sixty-fve hours. Through rates ana Though
bills of lading given. Insurance guaranteed at
less th IN usual rates.
Agents:
T. A. REED, Alexandria.
VIM. P. CLYDE s. CO., Philadelphis.
GEO. F. HYDE, Georgetown, D. 6.
jan 8-tf
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A Fact That We Are Willing to
, Prove

That we can show larger and better assorted
stock of Boots and Shoes suited to the wants
of the people, and that our prices are lo,oer con-
sidering the quality of the goods and workman
ship, than any other house, in our line of goods,
in this section OF the country
w. B. WADDEY,
oct ! ID King street.
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PROFESS{ON.9L CARDS.
pROF. ROBT. z. HEYMAN,
TEACHER OF MUSIC,
NO. 7NORTH Fairfax STREET..
ALEXANDRIA,, VA.

sep I'm
A CARD.-Circumstance rendering it de-
"A sirable that should locate in Baltimore, l
have transferred my DENTAL PRACTICE in
Alexandris to DIR. d. N RUST. He has been
for So many years associated with me as to need
no introduction or endorsement bis skill, ability
and reputation for honesty and high integrity
being we'll known. I cordially commend HIM
to the favor of my friends. and patients. rs we'll
worthy of the position to which he succeeds, and
bespesk for him the practice With which, for 80
long, I have been favored.
JAMES b. HODGKIN.
Alexandria, Va, mar loft
TOL. RICHARD L. MAURY,
ATTORNEY and co UNSELLOR ATLAR,
l0l5 Main street.
- RICHMOND, VA.
IT, Special facilities for prompt collections
throughout Virginia and West Vrg inis Money
invariably RENTED on day of receipt.
Refers to: Gov. Jno. Letcher, (recent psrtner)
Lexington, Va. Gov. Jas. L. kemper, Rich
mand, Va; Hon. 4. M. T. Hunter; r. 81.
Maury s. Co.. Bankers; Messrs. Barring Bros.
8 Co., London, England j. K. Gilliat s. Co,
London, England.
Richmond, feb l9-1y
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Special Notice.

GENTS EXTRA FINE Doors AND SHOES
We have just received fresh supply of Gents
extra fine, hand-sewed Boots and Shoes, and
Slippers of every description, which we unhesi
tatingly recommend to be the very best On sale
in the city. w. 3. WADDEY.
oct IA King street
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-10-07
Ladies' Misses and Children's Boots
Shoes and Sinners

We are this day receiving full line of La
lies, Misses and Children's Boots Shoes ane
Slippers, suitable for Fall and Winter, en-
bracing sll of the latest styles. We solicit pur
chasers to call and examine for themselves, b,
they will be sold at low prices.
oct / w. B. WADDEY, IA King at.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-06-12
Peculiar PeOple,

A Boston paper relates that upon one
of the fashionable squares of that city
there has lived in swell-front, four
story brick house, until very lately, n
woman who has hired for her servant
her own sister. The latter was treated
in all respects as menial, and though
the woman and her husband, having no
children, dined alone when there was no
company in the house, they never per-
mitted the sister to sit with them. Not
only this, but the sister-servant was kept
at work from early till late, and there
was no such thing as leisure for her,
or particle of the consideration due
from one SO nearly related to her.
Finally the woman moved out of town,
and the sister determined to find an
easier place. Accordingly she engaged
to go to summer resort as pastry cook
in fashionable boarding-house. Now
it has transpired that her sister and
former mistress has engaged board for
the warm season not only at this very
resort, but also at the very house where
her sister is to furnish the daily pies
and puddings.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-06-12
A Trick I'm Advertising.

There are a few salient points in ad
vertising that are easily mastered. For
instance, it is not difficult for even the
most Indifferent business man to salts
factorily answer the query-when is it
the best time to advertise2 1t needs
but little reflection and less experience
to convince any tradesman who would
fain induce an extensive sale for his
wares, that the best time to advertise is
in season or out of season; that is to say
that the best time to advertise is all the
time. In other words, the secret of sue
cessful advertising is the same as the
standard price of liberty" eternal vigi-
lance. A truly gifted advertiser was
located at Cleveland few years ago,
following the dry goods business. One
morning he noticed in each of the local
papers column containing nothing but
the word "Xenophonr' oft repeated.
Pursuing his inquiries cautiously, he
discovered that an enterprising grocer of
the town was about to introduce new
brand of -four, to which the name of
Xenophon was to be given, and that for
two weeks public curiosity was to be
whetted by the sight of the great
Greeks name standing unexplained in
the columns of the Cleveland papers,
and then the debut of the flour was to be
made with a great flourish. Having got
this information, our advertising genius
saw at glance how he could and howhe
would utilize it. He took down from
the dust of his top shelves an auction lot
of hoop skirts, long out of style, brush
ed them clean, put. fresh tags on each,
and after Xenophon had blazed upon
the public eye for thirteen days, came
out with column advertisement in each
Of the daily papers, reading: "Xeno-
phon Xenophon Now ready, the
Xenophon hoop-skirts, worn by all the
European nobility. The Xenophon, for
elegance, grace, and comfort, surpasses
all its competitors They say that the
wrath of the green-grocer-he turned
green from rage-as he saw how the
grist had been diverted from his own
mill, was something fearful to contem-
plate
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-06-12
Crop Reports.

The Chicago Times publishes en-
couragihg reports of the condition of
the spring wheat from all portions of the
Northwest, where it is Ctaple product,
and says: The spread is, in all sections
where the seasons sufficiently advanced,
all that could be desired. In some sec
tions, however, the season. is extremely
backward, and the wheat is but just
above the ground. This fact, however,
does not necessarily argue poor crop.
Indeed, with good weather during the
summer, it is quite probable that the
yield in these sections will be fully up
to the average of past seasons. OF
course there are good many contingen
cies that may arise between now and
harvest time to destroy the crop, but
there is no reason to apprehend any dis
astrous results. On the whole, it looks
as if the spring wheat crop will nearly,
if not quite, make up the deficiencies
caused by the winter killing of winter
wheat. We have certainly reason to
hope for such result.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-06-12
The Western GrasshOpper.

The Rocky mountain locust should
not be confounded with the grasshopper,
the ordinary locust, the small migratory
locust of New England, nor the so-calIed
thirteen-year locust" 1t breeds in
the high and dry plateaus and valleys of
Montana, Wyoming, and Colorado, but
at intervals of apparently from seven to
to ten years, come down in vast swarms,
riding on the wind, to feast on the grain
of the West, to deposit eggs, and to
perish. Its fight, directed by the pre-
vailing winds from the mountains, is
enthusiastically; its march, when it de-
vastates the country, is in the same
direction; and even its young, before
they get wings, hop southeastward also.
But, being adapted by nature to high
and almost rainless region, its journey
of five hundred miles ends, first in a
feast, but speedily in sure destruction.
Millions perish before the eastward limit
is reached; millions more, as they push
forward, become exhausted, and the in
vasion of 1866 and 1874 terminated in
almost precisely the same counties.
Different conditions of air, temperature,
and quantity of rainfall, not as yet fully
ascertained, fix limit beyond which no
serious ravages from this insect have
ever occurred or are to be apprehended.
For the insect of the second genera
tion, hatched i'll an unnatural climate, is
from the first an unhealthy, comparative
ly weak, and very perishable creature.
In the Try regions of the higher eleva-
tions, where scarcely twelve inches of
rain fall in a year, and the ground is
rarely if ever saturated, the eggs, de-
posted in glutinous pods, thirty to one
hundred in each, about an inch beneath
the surface, hatch out an insect capable
of flying five hundred miles, devastating
enormously, and producing many eggs.
But in our lower regions, where the
rainfall is from thirty to forty five inches,
and where the spring opens even later
than in the ntains, millions of eggs
are destroyed, and millions more of the
young when first Matched, and those
which live long enough to do mischief
cannot reproduce themselves, and are
speedily destroyed by the climate and
by parasites. Predictions to this effect,
made last year by Prof. Riley, already
begin to be verified in many countries
where the young insects are observed to
disappear and die off in large numbers.
In the drier regions of western Kansas
and Nebraska it is believed that the
second generation may sometimes pro-
duce third, but even there Prof. Riley
says: Eventually they vanish from off
the face of the earth, unless fortunate
enough to be carried back by favorable
winds to the high and dry country where
they flourish. That they often instinc-
lively seek to return to their native
haunts is proved by the fact that they
are often seen flying early in the season
in northwesterly direction"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-06-12
In the Detroit Police Court.

"And this is William Spinner, eh ?"
inquired his honor of brick-haired
young man whose back was covered with
mud.
eyes, sir.
They found you in an alley; it was
night; you We're drunk; when they haul
ed you out you was as ugly and pompous
as the King of the Cannibal Islands.
Isn't this true % .-...,a,
sit was my birthday, and I suppose
I took glass too much" replied the
prisoner. cts the last time, however;
you will never see me again. "
"Let's see-haven't youan old mother
to support z" ralasn a. .s
"Yes-yes, sir. She'sa good oldlady,
and she'll feel badly about this" y,,
"And you have to support two or
three young sisters?"
"Yes, three of them-poor little
girls. 7"
His honor removed his spectacles,
wiped the apple on his coat-sleeve,
smiled blandly, and remarked:
% "What an awful liar Why, man,
know all about you'll You are one OF
the greatest loafers in Detroit, and ]
don't believe you have a relation on
earth"
The prisoner cast his eyes down and
could make no reply.
"I'll mark you down for sixty days, y
continued the court; that's thirty days
in which to get you washed upand thirty
more to get acquainted with yourself.
Free Press.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-06-12
The Tilt0n-Beecher Trial.

In this famous trial the following de-
tails are given: The trial opened on
the 4th of January and it took week to
select a jury. Mr.. Morris covered a
good share of three days with his open
ing speech for Tilton, and the remainder
of January and February, down to the
oath, were occupied with the testimony
on that side. Gen. Tracy closed his
opening speech for Beecher on the lst
of March, and the testimony for the de-
fense lasted from that time on till the
end of April, when the prosecution be-
gan their rebutting testimony.
Ninety-fve witnesses in all have been
produced, sixty one having been called
for the defense and thirty-four for the
prosecution. Considerably over one
third of the entire time spent in the
trial, however, has been covered by three
witnesses -Tilton, Beecher and Moulton
whose combined testimony occupied
between thirty-three and thirty-four
days. Tilton was the longest in the
witness chair-twelve days on his first
appearance and nearly another day in re-
buttal; Beecher and Moulton were each
examined about ten days, while the lat
ter was twice recalled, once by the
Beecher lawyers, while they were putting
in their case, for further cross -examina-
ton, and again by Tilton's counsel in
rebuttal. .-....
Fourteen of the ninety-fve witnesses
were women-six for the prosecution
and eight for the defense. .'. .'.'
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-06-12
A Brave Boy.

Ohio has been developing genuine
Casibianca. A farmer of Rome, o.,
placed his son, aged twelve, at certain
point where they had been /" fighting
fire." which was passing through the
woods. The little fellow did not return
home at the time expected, and search
was made for him, though he was not
found until the morning of the following
day, when his body was discovered burn
ed to crisp. 1t is not known how the
boy came to perish in the flames, but the
belief has obtained that his regard for
his fathers command was SO great as to
induce him to face the fire until escape
was out of the gu stion. This certainly
is out of the common run OF American
youth. Young America is not given
overmuch to parental obedience, and
under these circumstances this modern
Casibianca deserves monument.