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Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1875-10-26
Something to Read nn sundars

The whole family climbed out of
the wagon and went into the Atlanta
book store.
They were father, mother, and six
teen year old daughter.
mister, we want to sorter pit some
thin good to read OH Sundays. which
is powerful lonesome in the country"
shall he glad to serve you sir
What Will The ladies like?"
"What dye want, Sofy?r
I'D choose somethin' bout the new
fashions, pa ~
''Of kOarse. mOut a know'd tibet /!
Kin you fix her Out?"
"Oh, yes" replied the st0rekeeper,
I'VE have here GOdey, Leslie, liar
pey''S Bdzdr. Peterson, DcmOrc8t and
numerous other magazines"
Cody! W'yyou don't tell me he's
live an 1igurim' out fashions yet, do
YEP" cried the old man.
Oh. yes" was the reply.
"Weli, centennial snakes and cross
barred breeches! Wy ole 'ooman,
don't ye mind We tibet we he'd our wed
dim close fixed up arter his plan p
Cody! OF koarse, Sofy yC'll take
Cody, and I'll bet the bobtaiied mule
an the black shOat that what he SEE is
The fasiOn can't be discounted"
"What will your wife lke?" asked
the merchant, as the old man paid for
the magazine.
"SomethIn' that's got good church
readin' in it-sOme religus paper, ef
We please" replied the old lady.
Here is tie best we have-the
Christian at Work
Hold up thar Is tibet got any of
tibet Beecher an Tilton dizziness it it?'
None 20 yer bizness, anyhow +
S'pOse there is ?'' fired the old lady.
'Taint. hey!"
"NO faint? So'sits church rea1in'
it don't bother you, sir; so dry up"
"Well, mebbe that's 20; and what /
read don't bother you. too? Alright,
mister; just band me half a dozen
'IustIa ted papers full of pictures of
legs with striped stOckin's on an fifty
dollar carriers. and"
The old lady chucked the Christian
at HIOTk under the table, grabbed the
oh man by the ear. and If he had
worn striped stockings, about eleven
inches Of them would have been scent
between the tops Of his shoes and the
bottoms Of his pants legs, rs she made
him walk Spanish out 10 the wagon.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1875-10-26
The Author of alice in Won
dcrland."

Two little girls sat in my meadow
the other day, reading "A lice in Won
derland." And how they laughed
1t must be very funny book. thought
!. and its author must be q jolly, roll
licks0ne sort of fellow. One Of the
little girls had just told the Other thaI
he was all EngiI>hmau VINO had been
called Lewis Carroll. but that nobody
knew his real name Now. as IA
seen EugliShmen before, | could see
this one in my minds eye very clear
lY. Yes. there he stood. plain as day
Though he wasn't there ut all, YOU
under stand), great, florid, Jolly, port
ly Englishman, with plaid trousers,
and red side-whiskers-Mr Anony-
nous Carroll, author of "AlIce la
Woodland"
But dear. dear how mistaken one
can be In less than ten minutes,
and while the little girls still sat read :
ing and laughing, the prrtty school
ma'am came along. Both children
jumped up eagerly
She had once visited England. Had
she ever seen the author Of Alice in
Wonderland? they asked:
"Oh, yes, indeed"
''Oh, do, do tell Us all abont him 7"
cried the little girls in Il breath.
Il can't quite do that" said the
pretty school-ma'am. laughing, "but |
can tell you a little. His name is
DOdgsnn-Rev. Charles Luiwig Dod.-
son. He is yOumgish- looking man,
with very pleasant, earnest face, and
u kind, gentle voice. lie is rather
small and thin, and 50 shy and mod
est that if his own Alice had met him
in Wonderland, she would have said.
in her simple way : "Oh, don't STAY
here. sir; everything aud everybody
are so very strange that You'll be quite
You wont under
stand them At ali, sir, Pm sure you
won IT, Juck-ia-the-PUpH." *.
NichO'dS for NOy.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1875-10-26
ITEMS FROM UNION.
MARRIAGES


On the | It'll inst. at the residence oil
the brides mother, Mrs. TrondalI.
Miss ALKALINE rRONDALL was united
i'm the bonds OF ma:rImony to Mr..
JNO. LEE. Esqr. II. W. Ewing per
formed the ceremonies. All of Sulli-
van county. This happy couple mar
ried for love to work for riches. On
the same day Mr.. Munroe Richards
and Miss Maggie Myers were made
one lay Esq. Ewing.
Perpetual harmony their bed attend,
And Venus still the tCeLi-m,Gtched pair
Lcfriend
May she, when time has sunk him
into years, love her old man and cher
ish his white hairs.
On the 10th of this month Mr.. John
Lyons, better known as "Stickey
John"
BURNT HIS DwETLING-UOUSE AND
KITCHEN,
together with another good house that
was on his farm. The family lost all
ihclr furniture. Insanity caused the
"ld man 10 do il. 1t places his family
in "a bad condition.. There il not a
huu~e ia the place for them to hide
their heads in. / was informed to-day
that Mr.. Lyons was no better, but still
uDH c0D!pOS lie resides close 10 the
Garter county lire in this end Of SUI
livHn county.
Miss EMMA KHnR,
or -uicu, late received All appoint
nlrht "A teacher of music ia the Fc-
lIaie High School at RlountvIilp.-
Miss Kehr * "a young Indy highly ac-
C"lnpiishcd and fully cIprhic OF per
forming 80 hoH"foGS duty.
SOCIAL Parties
are now the order of tn. day in This
IicinIJy. The "iiLht fantastic toe" is
kept in motion ia tnTn and country.
The Rev. Mr. Burroughs, Of Bristol
has purchased IA lot OF DT. 4. &. En-
inert, Of our town, aud expects 10
baild hotel t:IrreuH shortly. We
wish him success.
Our entcrpiising fIicnd Mr. J. W.
Nnrvell mas his fine store house near
IL completed. O,her buildings are in
course. OF erection.
We noticed communication last
week Iu the News, signed 'AmericIE,'
IN which ihe writer goes for our p,
hating Club with gloves oil. He talks
about our boys being terrified and all
that sort ut thing. That this is cor
rect we will not assume the provence
"f determining for all our party, but
we can speak for ourselves The only
fear or emotion that | experienced was
like that which SLucO Panxa felt
when he Leheld the valiant Knight,
Don QuiXute, battling with the Wind
Nitis. If the laurcls won bv "Amer-
Gus" at Union are his best claims to
immortality | must say his fame is
written on water.
We hear Of several young ladies in
Union and vicinity that have beaus
aud ere long we would not be sur
p:ised to hear or them wanting fiddIes.
y beau without fiddle is not worth
Il cent. Is it
OBSERVER,
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1875-10-26
Better Than Nothing.

\ good old Methodist lady, very
particular and very piouS, once kept a
boarding house in Boston. Staunch
to her principles, she would take no
one to board who did not hold to the
eternal punishment Of large portion
of the human race. But the people
were more intent on carnal comforts
than spiritual health, So that in time
her house became empty, much to her
grief and alarm
Al:er some time a bluff old sea Cap
tain knocked at the door, and the old
lady answered the cali.
Servant, ma'am. Can you give
me board for two or three days. Got
my ship here, and shall be Off soon as
| load"
Wa'al, I don't know" said the
old lady
"Oh. house full, eh?''
"No, but
"But what, ma ann
L don't take any unclean or carntl
people IN my house. W hat do you
believer"
About what"
"Wny, do you belicye.that any one
will be condemned?
"Oh, thunder! yes
''Do you!" said the good woman,
Frightening up. "WelI, how many
souls do you think will be in fire
eternally?''
"Dou't know. ma'am, really
never calculated that"
"Can't you euess?'
Can't say-perhaps fifty thou
sand"
''Wa'0l, bent unused the good
woman Il guess I'll take you; fifty
thousand is better than nothing"
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1875-10-26
TgESOaY. OCTOBER 26 1875.
EVENT and COMMENT.

The town of Widsey, in Rus,
sian Poland, has been destroyed
by fire. Some persons persisted
and 1000 are homeless.
England has been visited re
Gently by destructive floods. The
loss is very considerable.
We notice several heavy failures
in New York during the past week,
All the failures that have occurred
ia the country during Inc last 80
days would form long roll.
Jacob Slandermad, who muir
dered Louisa Seidenwald, because
she rejected his offer of marriage,
will be hung in New York on the
10th of December.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1875-10-26
PrOlOaginH Life.

at can't be done" said d aeon
Green. in Jacks hearing, one morn
ing. 'Therc is E'ta m1u living, doe
tor or no doctor, who can prolong his
life for a single day. The most that
can be dOue is not 10 shorten it! Let
'em look out not to do that; sir Let
every man, woman and child take
care not to DO anything TO shorten
life, ana their days viii Ienglhen out,
in Gods good -lence-hcarty
happy days, and just rs many Of 'em
as Is right and possible"
Deacon Green always hits the nail
on the head. IN told, though, never
having seen him when he's hammer
ing, | can't speak from any positive
knowledge. But les a right smart,
good man, Pm sure. and knows what
he talking about. lie is IA new
conner in my he EhborhOod, and he
lives in the red cottage across tie road
from the school house, a little toward
the west. III hear him say anything
more, I'll let you know. - JucE-ia-tic
PUlpit," st. Nicholas for Nor.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1875-10-26
Women and Devils.

Old Winston was n negro preacher
in Firginir, and his IDEAS Of theology
and human nature we're often yery
original.
a gentleman thus accosted the old
gentleman one Suud2y:
"Winston, | understand you be-
lieve every woman has seven devils.
How can you prove it?'
"WelI, sab, did you never read in
de Bible h0w seven debbies were cast
cutter Mary Ma.aIin?"
"Oh, yes I've read that"
Odd you ebber hear of 'cm bein'
cast out Of any oIdpr woman, sah!'
mo, l never did"
We'll, den, all de oddcrs Got 'cm
yet"
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1875-10-26

Strait, the ice still rapidly forming
and accommodating, the steamer at
length reached earns Island in safe
ty. There Capt. Young found the
long-loOked for dispatches from Capt.
Mares for the British admiralty
From Melville Bay the homeward
voyage was most eyentful. The dread
ed bay once safely passed unframed.
the Pandora steamed direct for Eng
land aud arrived safely in port.
Capt. Young reports that from the
prevalence of north winds there IS
abundant promise that Capt. Mares
will prove successful. Should the ex-
pectatiOns of the Pandora's comman-
der be verified, Capt Mares will pro-
coed to the highest latitude possible.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1875-10-26
ExhunlinG n HIastodOn.

BiNGHA1:roN, n. Y, Oct. 10
Pref. L. b. Comstock of Cornell
University, with assistants, was en-
gagged To-day in eXhuming the
skeleton Of a lnastodon, discovered
at Lisle, in this county. They
nave taken out one piece of tusk,
Z feet 3 iches.long, and length of
2 feet of the others; humerus, IS
inches long; Il hyoid rib, 40 inches
long, and 81 shorter ribs; the atlas.
10 by II inches, and several tail
vertebrH. The skciton is well pre-
served.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1875-10-26
From the Dorchester Democrtic aud News
4 Maryland PaTscn Struck
SpCCchlcSS.

Some years ago the Rev Isaac Col>
lius was preaching at Spedden's
church, Neck District and was very
much annoyed at his congregation
farming ia their seats to look at every
new arrival. At last he could stand
it no longer. and excIAimod: There
IS one special request | desire of this
congregation. and that is that they
will turn all the seats around. SO as
10 face the door before preach here
again. = His request was attended
Ia, and next Sunday. when the Rev.
Mr.. Collins walked up 20 the pulpit.
he boxed around at the back of his
audience, and vas SO overcome with
emotion that he just took his seat
and spoke not word that beautiful
Sabbath.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1875-10-26

The ladies in particular will be ulad
10 know just how things are conducted
IN I'0dye of Freemasuns. \ pau1ph-
let. under the sanction of the BIshop
OF IoulGu-e. has hreI Issued anI pA-
lenslveiy circulated. which declares
thay the Free Mason- are y, ssess,d nf
Il satanic secret that they uer!ur,n n
in"ckeTl OF lii" mas on an altar light
- ny SIX Candies thar every mem
ger, alter splitting on the clucli.N
lranp!es 1t beneatn his feet -; and thar,
al the conclusion Of the ceremony
every one aScends the altar aud strikes
the holy sacrament with pon:ard.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1875-10-26

The instinct Of race and birthplace
is irresistible, Soon after The annex
alton of AlsaCe-LorraiTe number of
young men emigraied rather than he
conscripted in the German army. But
now they are fe,Urning home, and IN
form the authorities of their willing.
ness to perform their military obliga-
tons No one willrcspect these young
men the less because they at last sub
mitted to destiny.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1875-10-26
III indebted to rs Invited to Call.

WE propose to elose onr aii business o.
~ nine years striking aai 70 invite ali
Injected 70 ~ 20 call all settle Il once
We have turned over Buosed Account,
10 q. II. Lynch, who will settle eycry.hin.
up. hll nc invite cur friends 20 an exam
nation Of prices for Cash or Pas Down.
Ne cannot dg 4 ercdi; Lu-ine-s anG compete
with Richmond Wholesale Iiorscs.
Oar motto is sell iow for Cash, make no
tccouHts, aud Cork foT very snall margin
Of Ir st..
We have n nice stock IT GOODS which we
viii offer to the public at prices to sui, The
hard times. Cone and try us.
"GEANGERS' furnished ut REA-
sos ABLE RATES.
Don't a-k us 10 credit not for an
hour. We keep 10 books tickets or
slate
Produce bought 1T highest market
rates Cash paid when the article is
commanding cash.
!. b. DUNN & co.
July I3.-tf
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1875-10-26
PicIIrn' Information for the
People.

FIRSTLY.
/ shall continue To keep my work
up 10 its present standard of excel,
euCe.
SECONDLY.
Ny best endeavor- Will he, to im-
prove It's quality in every respect.
THIRDLY.
To announce To AL and every one.
great reduction in prices, and still in
crcasiug the acknowledged larges
stock from Richmond To Memphis,
LASTLY.
Call, examine, aud purchase at the
New Model Jewelry Storc.
E Tih,, G"2ason,
Aug. lO-tf,
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1875-10-26
\ Point for Teachers,

Any one who had the opportunity
of seeing The manuscripts VIII eli have
been offered To a periodical, or - puh-
H. hing-h0use of any kind, will re-
member that a large number of these
manuscripts were chiefly "declined''
because of their seHtimenlality. The
curious thing about 1t is, that the sem
timcntal!ty is not confined to the
writings of sick persons and young
childr, n, but is found i'm the sketches
stories. or essays Of adults in good bod
lily health. of people vino are not with
out practice in composition " of per>
sons whose business il is to teach OH
els, and especially the young, how to
write. We should be pleased to base
these desultOry observations upon a
collection of papers contributed toy the
Professors of Rhetoric, of English Lit
erature, and the like, i'm our semina-
ries and colleges. Such a collection,
if we mistake not, would have a vast
deal of sentimentality sugared through
it. 1t would have great deal of that
kind OF gush, more or less stately and
grammatical, which it is of some con-
sequence that young people should be
taught to avoid, both in their private
and printed communications. After
reading what Charles Francis Adams
so fOrcibly said in his Amherst adj
dress, on what should he taught in the
higher institutions of learning. we
wished that some one would make an
equally impressive harrangue on this
precise point of teaching teachers not
to teach sentimental writing.-THe
Old Cabinet ) ScriJncr for AoU,
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1875-10-26

Richest, Prettics, and Cheapest
Gold Rings at PIcken's new Model
Jewelry Store. June 15-lf,
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1875-10-26
From the Special Correspondent OF the World
UNDER NIAGARA.
The World ) Wonder Revisited
by an Enthusiast.

/ NIAGARA FALLS, September go
| have revisited Niagara Falls. 1t is
! tut Il short walk from the railroad
depot al Niagara village to the In
tcrnatiunal Hotel. whe.e parlor fires
were burning, Sitting there before a
CRATE, unstitfening my fingers, heard
that low, hOarSe undert0ne from a
distance which is the matchleSS voice
of the great waterfall.
Our road led under n chill sky, to-
wards the river below Suspension
Bridge, for We had decided to reserve
the Falls for the afternoon, Descend
irg by an elevator down the cliff, we
reached the rivers margin. Over
hanging the river above, the SusPen-
sion Bridge trembIed with a train of
cars. A speck of a pedestrian was
moving along the foOtpath.
The rock walls through which the
Niagara has cut its way are 800 feet
high, From that height, above
Suspension Bridge. the cables which
Blondin and his confreres crossed
were suspended. BlonGin was the
only true artist among them. we'll
remember his passages. He made
several-One alone, with a balancing
pole : one in a SACK one with cook
lug utensils, with which he paused
on the rope and made an Omeiette
for the fishes below; one with q man
on his back, whose courage of the
nerves must have been great and one
at night, with fireworks surrounding
him.
On the jirSt occasion | stood on the
brink of the Canada precipice. inside
Bfondin's enclosure, with Henry W.
Faxon. a local celebrity, Blondin
was dressing inside his tent. Crowds
we're assembled on both sides of the
river. Suddenly the athlete appear
ed. My eyes caught tie CLEAN of
his SPangles, though the face of his
friend, Mr.. FaxOn. was turned away
from them towards me. B!Cndin put
his fingers to his mouth, motiOning
silence. Springing noiseIessIy across
the green sward he did a crael thing.
He seized Mr.. Faxoa by the coat coli
lar, held linn over the cliff for a mo-
ment squirming like baby. and then
drew him back and dropped him
limp. Fifteen seconds after, he was
out on the cable, standing on one |
foot, with his balancing pole resting ia |
one hand end on the other thigh, |
kissing to the man whom he had al
most crazed a reckless farewell.
The upper Suspension Bridge is to
the old aud lower one what a spiders
work is TO spinning reels. 1t is 50
fragile in appearance as 10 require
great faith from you when you trust
upon it. When it was first
built it had no guys, and used almost
to flutter like ribbon in the wind.
Now they have got it chained from
he centre to the rocks, and from 1t
you have the best perS pectlve We" OF
he Falls. Leaning over ats ran,
With the swirling current ho"ing
Inder you, the tiny ferry barges IN /
sight, the rapids boiling above, The
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1875-11-24

The vastness Of the preparations making
for the Centennial Exposition in Paramount
Park can be appreciated only after personal
inspection of the work. The progress made
is SO rapid that a single week changes the
whole aspect of affairs. The main exhibition
building is an enormous structure, covering
twice as much surface as an average cornfield.
The central part of this building Is not yet
quite covered in, but in the two ends tho roof
is completed and most of the flooring is laid.
There are probably five hundred men at work
here, and before many weeks it will be ready
for the reception of goods. Machinery Hall
is almost done, and as the floor is clear its
enormous proportions are strongly impressed
upon the visitor. 1t is apparently ready to
receive articles at any time. As ball room
or place of public assembly this hall would ac-
commodate tens of thousands. When it is
filled up its size win not be SO apparent as it
win be impossible for the eye to take in the
whole surface at once. The dome of the me-
mortal hail. or art building, is yet incomplete,
and good deal Of work remains to be done
ON the principal floors. The ground surround
ing it is cut up and made almost impossible
by the pipe-layers, and it cannot be reached
with satisfaction. The agricultural and horti-
cultural buildings are also well advanced.
Notwithstanding the great preparations, it
has become apparent that there will not be
room enough to satisfy the applications for
space. Goods are already arriving, large
invoice from Sweden having been landed by
the Liverpool steamer last week.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1875-11-24

49,
HoNoRINe REBELs.--Theodore f. Ran
dolph Of this State, whom the Democratic
Legislature last Winter elected to the United
States Senate, to represent patriotic men, took
part in the ceremony of unwilling the statue
of the Rebel General Stonewall jackson, in
Richmond Virginia, By placing garland Of
foaoers upon It. There is nothing remark
able in this exhibition of obsequiousness and
love for rebels 1t was to be expected that
just such 1ackey as he would toady to the
rebel element. The Democracy did it before
the war, and why not since the war 1t has
not changed front and never will just SO long
as even corpse of a rebel is above ground,
because this is the meat upon which the Dem
ocratic Caesar has fattened. twill continue
to whine and fawn and lick the hands of those
who once denominated them mud sills I" and
"lekspittles, until self-respect prompts their
masters to spurn them with their feet, and
they won't do that until they are surfeited and
nauseated by the cringing Of the party which
the Democratic Senator fully and faithfully
represents.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1875-11-24
THANKSGIVING.

The people of the United States are called
tomorrow fol the blessings and favor of AL
mighty God during the past year and the
same day has been appointed for like pur-
pose by the Governor of this State.
This observance should not be an unmean-
ing one, devoted simply to feasting and pleas
ure but mems thoughts should be turned to
consider the goodness of God as shown In the
temporal blessings with which he has sur
rounded them, (even in year of financial diff
ficulties,) and in the favors he has shown to
us as nation. If there is one thing written
more plainly upon the worlds history than
another, it is the fact that God honors those
who honor Him, and this is true both of ma
-tions and individuals. The nation or individ-
ual who acts as if there were no God-boast-
ingly saying with my own arm and with my
own right hand have gotten the victory"
will soon show the dry. rot of decay. III the
case Of q nation, it will become tyrannical and
corrupt and in the case Of the Individual, he
will grow selfish, licentious and cruel. A
goddess nation and goddess man. are alike.
monstrosities in world ruled over by d God
of love and providence.
The recognition of God as the Rnier and
Guide and Giyer, needs to be brought to peo-
PIES attention now as never before in the his
tory Of this nation, because there appears to
he an organized attempt in the present day to
crowd out God from the thoughts of the peo-
pie. Some learned men set up Evolution as
god and others deny that God hears prayer |;
teaching of the public schools entirely secular
These phases of skeptical thought and effort
show tendency which it is well to watch and
sound the alarm against if we would preserve
the blessings, national and individual, which
we now enjoy.