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Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1875-04-03

\ story is told ola New York reporter who,
fearful that he might not get the address
which was 10 be delivered at the funeral Of 81
prominen, citizen, kuelt by the side Of tie
preacher while be was praying, distracted 'ir
latler's rear .pocset, and forthwith carried it
oil. The clergyman thinking his paper ha
been lost, delivered himself eXiempoaocously.
bat the next, morning discovered bis error, hi-
written address being printed in nll in th,
newspaper.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1875-04-03

eff was horse now, muscl a big boy
as he struggled up Griswos.l street yesterday.
I'D De s,al.el rlblel down aud f-j but
Tm d boy. and I've s,t to 90 home, clean OF
snow, bring So wood cote water. and royk ;ba,
burned Oh baby f.r al hour 90 two.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1875-04-03
Consumption Cured.

To ne Editor Of EirginiG Free Pres:
EsrEluED FBIEND viii you please inform your
readers that have a positive
CURE FOE CONSUNP TON
ard an disorders OF the Throat and Lungs. and
that. by is use in nv practice, have cared hun
drCds %. eases, and viii give
100000
for clse IL viii not benefit Indeed, so strong is
my .ith will send Sasp's, free, 70 any sufferer
addressing me.
Please show this letter to any one you may know
Who IS suffering from these diseases, and o6gc
Faithfully Yours.
DIR. T. ,. BURT,
So William Street, New York
rs-sno-. 81 Ls7i-EESt
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1875-04-03

\ pretty g'od story is told OF one Of Gov
erTl!den's STAFF. It is said that when the 10
dlvidual referred to FIRST presented himself en-
rsiHtairs 20 bis wife aul liu.s daughter, Co.,
la,,er, after gain, no him FIR few moments.
turned 10 her mother aud exclaimed: Why,
ma, that's not real soldier, It's pa
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1875-04-03
SUMNIITPOINT DEPOT

TINE undersigned having purchased the entire
Stock OF Merchandise of MeSsrs. HlLLEARY
a JOHNSON, are prepared 10 Oiler TO the public
great inducements they parp0se doing a
strictly cash business have marked down goods TO
a corresponding price, and solicit share of their
patronage They ask the public n trial.
WILSON BROTHERS.
Summit Point, Sept. 3, 1874.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1875-04-03

While dying ,he other day a Georgia man
took bis wiie's hand aud said: Susan, You
have been a good wife. We've lived together
thjrty-two years, aud never found a button
off my shirt IN speak q coed word for you
as soon as I git thar
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1875-04-03

\ wife wanted her husband 90 symVa'biz
With her 10 feminine quarrel, but De refused
saving. I've lived long enough O. So w
TIA, Que woman as good as another, If
bsuer." Aud /, retortei the exa~per Ted
wife, "hlye lived long enough to learn tiat
one man is just as bad as another, if not
WIZ
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1875-04-03

Says wife 10 her husband, as the curtain
descends on the PROSTATE form Of Juliet: "Ah
when we were married YOU vowed that we-e ]
taken from you.lyou would kilyourseIfon ny
tomb, as Juliet dil on R,meo's. You wouldn't
Do so now. Ou|y ki, yourself my dear
only Kill yourself replies the husband, "aud
see whether would got keep my VOW
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1875-04-03

8 railway ac..ie.t lately occurred, caused
by The axle Of tender giving way, de,aioius
tbe .rain several Lnu.s a la1y inquired Of O.
gentleman traveller why /, was so delayed
lie sravely rePH,l: Madam. Z, vas occa-
stoned by VIA. Is often followed by serious
-s.urrcrs--'hr gllsa tIelF of o tender
.r. 'a-.t
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1875-04-03

" Hows business NOW 9" inquired one Nash
Vile merchant Of another. DulL teatlliy
dull" was the reply. The fact is, nobody
buys anything JUS, now bu; Frovj>ia,s and
wbiskey-the bare uec-s-lf!es O.. h.-. as %
wore
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1875-04-03

Even in the sros shops, says the B.s,ca
4lrut Pr riH,ols upon grave subjects are
expires a forcib'y \ gentleman Slightly uu-
Gcl tae influence of the Intoxicating bowl
furnished proof Of this facts nigga, or two
ago: "Whisbey. zJr," he SAID " hic-tr'sl,-
e.s ,ty Intellect, I, ought o. te introduced
into tIr ra. schools. z1r,'
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1875-04-03
Furniture Repaired.

TIVE undersigned has opened Furniture Re
i pair Shop n the building on corner OF Sam
uel and Main streets, Charlestown-a few doors
East Of Court House. same tide. He will Re
pair Furniture in substantial and neat manner at
reasonable prices, aud with promptitude.
Jan. 80, ls75-tL i. q. RUST.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1875-04-03

a gentleman who missed passenger train
on one Of che railroads, put mp with the ac-
commodatious Of a freight train lolied with
lumber. He sail when be arrived home at
midnight it took his family SIX boars and
a paper Of needles TO pick the s..vers ont 1t
him. and that he never g; 50 much cheap
board in Sd short a tims IN his iie-n5 never
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1875-04-03

IA ola topper Glanced TO drink a glass o.
water one Day Cor wa1taf something str"r ger.
Smackjug bis lips aai turning to one Of his
companions, be remarked: Why, it dont
taste badly Ihlye 90 doubt bu, that &c
wholesome flr females and children
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1875-04-03
DAVID IL. CocKRTLL. JOSEPH Il. CocKRILL
DAVID II. C0CKRILL & SON,
Architects and Builders,
CHARLESTOWN, JEFFERSON COUNTY, Va.

OUR experiencein the business which weadver-
I J tise to conduct, and our thorough acQuaint-
ance with it in all its branches, enable US to assure
the public that any work entrusted to us will be
executed in the most workmanlke manner, and
with the utmost dispatch. Having stood TO their
posts in the Confederate army during the four
years struggle which il so manfully encountered,
they have located in their native county, where
their services are offered in building up the waste
places, and incarrying Observation-Disclosures
Particular attention given at all times to the
drawing of plans and specifications; and IN the
construction of
GEOWETRICAL STAIR WATS
where calculation is required, they are confident
thatthey cannot be surpassed by any workmen in
the Valley of Virginia,
;rgJ~ Being well known in the community, they
deem it unnecessary tn say more, than that orders
left for them will receive prompt attention.
April9 lSCs-tf.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1875-04-03
BOOTS AND SHOES,

lust received 5000 Cigars, varying from for
- 5 TO 10 cents each. Fruit and Flowers, Gen
uine Durham, Pride OF Va, and all the popular
brands Of Smoking Tobacco. Also, genuine Pow
haitian Pipes and Root Stems, with some six or
eight fine brands Of Chewing Tobacco, to be had at
Nov. IS. 1874. {. /. BELLERS.
DAKER'S Premium Bttcrs. a permanent cure
D for Dyspepsia, Nervous Debility and all d-
seases caused by disordered state OF the Liver
or Stomach for sale by
Nov. n, 1874. c. +. BELLER.
HAGERSTOWN Almanacs for 1875, at
Nov, Is, 1874. c. L. BELLER'S.
INRESH Ground Sage, Ground and Grain Black
Pepper, African Cayenne Pepper, Coriander
Seed and Salt Petrc, for sale by
Nov. %, 1874. c. L. BELLER.
VOUVAN'S InodoroCs Kid Glove Cleaner, BY
- using it, soiled gloves can be renewed and
made equal to new. It is easy Of application and
only a few minutes will suffice 10 clean pair Of
gloves even if much soiled, to be had at
Nov. IS, 1874. c. Z. BELLERS.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1875-04-03
Notice.

HAVING recently suffered considerably from
side of the Shenandoah river, originating from
tresspasses BY huntsmen, aud having now put
chased OF Mrs, Mckeyitt her Rose Hin" and
Mountain tracts OF land, date Chaplain) the
latter tract stretching from my Sheeler Quar-
~ along the river nearly TO Bulls Falls" ard
neen much tresspassed upon, hereby give public
notice that am determined to prosecute all who
Hereafter offend by tresspassing on any of my
bands. WIN. LUCAS.
March o IsT2-tr
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1875-04-03
Notice.

7 license to sell spirituous liquors having been
! ! refused me, in common with all other applI-
cants. by the County Court notice is hereby Civ
en- that will be at my place of business to settle
not to sell-and hope all indebted to ne will come
forward and pay up, and thereby enable me to
meet nv obligations-a heavy rent. &c.
JOHN ). YESTERDAY,
Basement Jefferson Building.
Sept ), 1871.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1875-04-03
A CARD.

HAYING heretofore done business at Summit
Point, l would respectfully call the attention
OF mv former friends and customers 10 the fact
that am at the Depot again. prepared to serve
them, aud viii be glad TO see them.
W. y. e. WILSON,
OF the firm OF Wilson Brothers.
Summit Point, Sept. Q, 1874.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1875-04-03
Boot and Shoe Making.
REPAIRING, sc.

T,TIE undersigned has removed his Shop 70 the
building on the corner Of Main and samuel
sirects-,hree doors West of the Presbyterian
Church. The character of the work done BY the
subscriber is well known and appreciated by the
citizsns of Charlestown and vicinity II is hardly
necessary TO add that be will endeavor to sustain
his reputation as a reliable workman, and willie x-
ecute promptly and at reasonable rates all orders
given him-eiiher for New work or Repairing.
JOHN AVIS Of VIM.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1875-04-03
NEW GOODS.

I AN now receiving nv Fall supply Of general
/ merchandise, consisting Of DRESS GOODS,
NOTIONS, DOMESTICS,
HATS, CAPS, CLOTHS,
CASSlMERES,
QUEENSWARE AND GROCERIES,
Which | think will be found OF good grades, and
the variety great and prices as low as any other
house in the town.
GEO. W. T. KEARSLEY.
Oct. 81, 1874.
QUAD, Mackerel and Herring, for sale by
- Oct. 81. GEO. W. 4. KEARSLEl.
DURE Cider Vinegar, for sale BY
Oct. 81. GEO. ". I. KEARSLEY.
IiLAY Crooks, assorted sizes, for sale by
y Oct. 81. GEO. W. I. KEARSLEY.
OATH Brick, and Flower Pots for sale by
ID Oct. 81. GEO. W. T. KEAkSLEY.
Urine Article Ful,z Wheat, for saleb by
Sept To- 1874. JAS. LAW. H00FF.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1875-04-03
Dissolution of Co-Partnership.

THE co-partnership heretofore conducted under
the firm name OF DAVIS LOCK is this day
dissolved. Parties indebted will find their ac
counts in the hands OF John W. Lock. A prompt
settlement OF the same is requested.
August q, ls74.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1875-04-03

THIS popular House has been thoroughly reno
waited, and the present proprietor who as
sumed charge on the LIST Of April, is now prepared
to accommodate guests in the most comfortable
and satisfactory manner. The house contains "a
chambers all Of which have been handsomely fur
nished with new furniture.
THE TABLE will be well supplied with the best
the marketafords, prepared by experienced cooks.
re- Charges Moderate.
THE BAR will be supplied with a choice varie-
Of Pure Wines and Liquors.
Abundant Stable room, with attentive Ostlers.
Ny old patrons and the general public are inyi-
ted To give me a call.
May "a, 1873.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1875-04-03

(iUBE YOUR cOLDS.-Miler's Comp. syrup
I ! Of Hosrhound; Reeds Syr. Liverwort; BuTs
Cough Syrup; Jaynes' Expectorant Wistar's
Bslsam Wild Cherry; Ayers Cherry Pectoral !;
Aliens and Halls Lung Basam; Cooks Wine Of
Tar; Wishart's Pine Tree Cordial; Forests Ju-
niper Tar Boscher's Comp. Syr. Tar snd Wild
Cherry Piso's Cure; sehriner's Pulmonic Syr.
up and in fact all the proprietary medicines to be
had at c. /. BELLER'S.
4 LADDly Security Oil. also westsyo. Coal
"A Oil, always 70 be found at
Jan. IS, 1878. c. z. BELLEg's.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1875-04-03
E,ITS CURED FREE:

MAILS OF all sizes, at redlccd rates, Horse
y Shoes. Bar, Sheet. Band and Hammer Iron,
inil Stock OF Goods in my line always on hand and
Tor sale 40 reasonable rates.
Nov. Il, 1879. JAS. LAW. HOOFF.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1875-04-03

DENSoN'S Celery and Chamomile Pills They
are prepared expressly to cure Headaches,
Neuralgia aad Nervousness. For sale BY
Ian. r.. Is. c. Z. BELLER.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1875-04-03

ItORN Shelters, Cider Mills Forks and Shovels,
I Tor sale By DUKE e GALLAnER.
Nov. e, lSIt.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1875-04-03
NOTICE.

NJ ICE.
TIVE business heretofore conducted By the firm
OF Davis Lock sill be continued by the IN
dersigned at the old stand. Respectfully,
Sept 5, 1874. JOHN W. LOCK.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1875-04-03

nUMGARDYEI Whisky, (sold on Physicians
ID prescriptions only for Medicine by
Nov. 81, 1874. IT, 4. LlGHT.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-10-07
A Word for the Women.

We do not hesitate to say that the
average woman, educated in the better
class of schools in this country, is bet
ter scholar, and a more capable and ac-
complished person, than the average col
lege graduate of the other sex. What
we want is cheaper schools of an equal
excellence. The farmers boy goes to
college, finds cheap tuition, wins schol-
arship perhaps, boards in commons, earns
money during vacation, and gets through,
while his sister stays at home, because
the only places where she can get an
equal education are expensive beyond
her means. There is no college that
needs to be so richly endowed as a wo-
mans college. Women are not men,
quarrel with the fact as we may, and
they cannot get along so cheaply and
with such selfhelpfulness as men while
going through the processes of their
education. If we are to have women's
colleges, we must have well-paid profes.
sors, philosophical apparatus, cabinets,
collections, art-galleries, laboratories,
and they must be provided for by pub.
lie munificence. Provision should be
made for the poor, so that high education
shall come within the reach of all
There is not woman's college, or an ad.
vanced public institution for the educa.
ton of women. that is not to-day in need
Of large endowment for the purpose ol
bringing its advantages within the reach
of those whose means are small.
Now we commend this matter particu.
larly to rich women. There are many
scattered up and down the country, who
are wondering what they shall do with
their money when, and even before, they
die. To all these we beg the privilege Of
commencing this great object. Let the
boys alone. They have been pretty well
taken care of already, and the men will
look after them. Itisf for you as women
wishing we'll to your own sex, and anx
ious for its elevation in all possible ways
to endow these institutions that are
springing up about the country in its in
terest, go that the poor will have an equal
chance with the rich. You can greatly
help to give the young women of al
classes as good chance as their brothers
enjoy, and you can hardly claim a great
deal of womanly feeling If you do not
do it.-Scribner MAGAZINE.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-10-07
Water.wear in the Colorado Valley.

The climate is exceedinly arid, and
the scant vegetation furnishes no pro-
tecting covering against the beating
storms. But though little rain falls,
that which does is employed in erosian
to an extent difficult to appreciate by
one who has only studied the action Of
water in degrading the land in region
where grasses, shrubs and trees bear the
brunt of the storm. A little shower
falls, and the water gathers rapidly into
streams, and plunges headlong down the
steep slopes, bearing with it loads of sand,
and for few minutes, or few hours,
the district is traversed by brooks and
creeks and rivers of mud. A clear
stream is never seen without going up to
a moister region on some high mountain,
and no permanent stream is found, un-
less it has its source in such a noun
tain. In country well supplied with
rains, so that there is an abundance OF
vegetation, the water slowly penetrates
the loose soil, and gradually disintegrates
the underlying solid rock, quite as fast
as, or even faster than, it is carried away
by the wash of the rains, and the indur-
ated rock has no greater endurance than
the more friable shales and sandstones
but, in dry climate, the softer rocks are
soon carried away, while the harder
rocks are washed naked, and the rains
make but slow progress in tearing them
TO pieces.-Popuidr Science Monthly.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-10-07
Weyer's Cave, Virginia.

Our tickets were taken to Weyer's
Cave, in the Valley of the Shenandoah,
sixty miles beyond our stopping place.
1t accordingly behooved us to make a
pilgrimage thither, and we made it.
Five miles of staging brought us from
the station to the hotel, which is near
the cave, where an excellent supper and
a nights rest in good bed prepared
us for an excursion before daylight into
the "Cave." Half way up the mount
ain Ga southwestern peak of the Blue
Ridge) we discovered the entrance, and
making our way therein, spent the next
hour and half very pleasantly in the
inclosure, two hundred and ffty-nine
feet in length. 1t has the name of WASH
ington's Chamber, in the midst of which
is Washington's statue, a solitary stalag-
mite, being fancied resemblance to the
figure of a man standing with folded
arms and head bent, in the attitude of
thought or repose. Beyond this, follow
ing an elevation on the side of the cave,
we came upon group Of columns
formed by the drippings of limestone
water from the roof. These columns re-
sembled, in shape, the pipes of an organ,
and, on being struck, emitted hollow,
metallic and not unmuscal sound-the
intonation varying in each column. In
the ballroom" the guide points out a
peculiar formation of limestone project
ing from the side of the cave, which, on
being struck, emitted a sound precisely
similar to that of base drum, and we
were informed that upon certain occa-
sions, when balls were held in the cham
ber, this rock was used by the musicians
as an instrument. At the further ex-
tremity of the cave Zone mile in lengthy,
we're two gigantic oyster-shells, which
might have passed for genuine antedilu-
vian specimens of the genial bivalve, 20
perfect was the resemblance which the
capricious limestone formation hal
taken upon itself. Having satisfied our
curiosity, we emerged from the cave just
as the sun was shaking off his morning
slumbers, and returned to the hotel, pre-
pared to do ample justice to the we'll
cooked breakfast,
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-10-07
GOuyerneur Kemble.

Gouverneur Kemble, the contempo-
rary of Washington Irving, Gulian G.
Verplanck, James X. Paulding, Fitz
Greene Halleck, and other eminent men
identified with the history of this State,
died at his house in Cold Springs, on the
Hudson, on Thursday, aged ninety. He
was prominently before the public for
many years. While United States Con-
sui to Cadiz, whittier he had been sent by
President Monroe, he interested himself
in the process of gun casting, as practiced
in the Spanish Government cannon
foundries, and on his return home he
established the West Point foundry, in
which gun casting was first brought to
any degree of perfection in this country.
He was the first President of the foundry,
and was associated in its management
at times with the Pauldings and the
PARROTS, of Parrott gun fame. He was
a representative in Congress from 1887 to
1S41, and was member of the conven-
tion elected in 1916 to revise the Consti-
tuition of this State.
Mr.. Kemble was one of the seven sur
viving nominees of the TOntine Associa-
ton. The share ofhis life was purchased
by his father at the formation of the
association in 1892, when he was only
five years old, the compact of the share
holders being that the property of the
association should be divided when the
number of nominees, originally two
hundred, had been reduced to seven.
This occurred year or two ago, and
suits are pending for the division of the
property. His share cost 5000, but is
worth $150,000. 1t has been owned by
different persons, and the holders have
been paid their proportion of the income
of the association every year. Mr.. Kem-
ble's death leaves only five nominally
living. William Bayard, who was one Of
the seven survivors, died few months
ago, aged eighty-three years.
Mr.. Kemble's mansion OH the Hudson
was the resort of fashion for years. He
entertained in grand way, and his
military receptions to the officers and
academic staffat West Point were unsur-
passed. General Winfield Scott was a
frequent visitor at his house. -Neao York
C,,,
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-10-07
NUMBER %.
A Squaw Fight.

/ A lively fracas is reported to have
occurred in hunters camp on the head
quarters of the Republican a week ago to-
day. The party of hunters consisted of
six white men, four of whom had squaws
for wives. 1t was the habit of the party,
as is the usual custom with such outfits,
to leave pretty much all the details of
the camp work to the squaws, who per-
formed hecooking, did the washing and
such other work as was necessary to the
general comfort of the lords of the king
dom. 1t is rarely ever the case that
squaws thus invested with the care of a
camp forget themselves and indulge in
practices displeasing to the hunters
whom they have engaged to serve, but
in this instance we have most fragrant
exception.
On the day referred TO the hunters
left the camp for their days work, leav-
ing the four squaws in charge of'the
camp, with instructions to have q meal
ready at the hour of sunset. The
hunters returned about the time speci-
fed, to find state of affairs more
shocking and desperate than even these
sons of border life were accustomed to
see. Among the essential stores pro-
vided for their trip was keg of whisky,
which was regarded as entirely safe, in
the hands of the squaws; but the evil
spirit tempted them, and they fell. The
camp presented an appearance suggestive
of having been struck by double-geared
whirlwind or forty strokes of chain
lightning.
The cooking utensils were scattered
around in magnificent confusion; the
-four sack had been ripped open and the
flour scattered promiscuously; knives,
forks, dishes and everything seemed to
have been caught up in the whirlwind
and strewn in every direction. Two of
the squnws were lying lifeless within a
few feet of the camp, with their faces
gashed in the most ghaslty manner, and
their clothes literally cut to pieces. One
squaw had crawled several feet after she
had been disemboweled, dragging her
entrails after her; the other was lying on
her face with her mouth in a pool of
blood, her tongue cut out and her scalp
lifted. The other two were lying in the
midst of the confusion, dead drunk, one
still having a tight gripon the handle of
the whisky jug.
Both were considerably mutilated with
knives, one having an eye gouged out,
and the other had passed through all the
conflict with no more serious damage
than the loss of an ear and the tipend of
her nose. The hunters took in the situa-
tion at a glance. The squaws had taken
it into their heads to 60 on hilarious
old drunk, which terminated in a bloody |
fight that waged vigorously until the
tragic end. The dead squaws were
buried in rude holes as they were found,
and the disabled squaws were taken back
to the Kansas Pacific, where they were
turned over to the fragment of the tribe
to which they belonged. The hunters
say that one squaw does frst-rate, and
is really indispensable to the prosperity
of camp, but two or more together are
sure to bring trouble. At any rate they
have tried the experiment for the last
time, and are satisfied woman is woman,
no matter what kind of skin she wears.