davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1876-10-12
From the New York Post.
A Brazen False Pretense.

The most grossly false pretencc of all false
pretences Of sham reform Is contained In an
address of the so-called ''union Soldiers and
Sailors Reform Association which has Just
been issued by the managers Of the Demo.
cratic canvass. This address pretends to
unite in the sspublic demand for reform. y
What the desired reform is it is difficult to
gather exactly. The only thing which is. dis
tfnctly demanded is the defeat OF .stte Radl-
cal ticket'i and overthrow OF the corrupt
party in powcr.'' Tho address, however,
while repeating the empty assertion that
reform Is necessary shows how insinccre
the assertion really is. The following is ta-
ken from its ssarraignment" of the Republiz
ears and its enlogy Of the Democrats: 81 3
Each soldier must have observed with,
what flourish and parade has been advertised,
from year to year by the Radical Congress
an avowed determination to pass an act to
equalize the bountiess of the. Government to-
the Union soldiers and sailors Of the late war;
Such bills were presented in, plentiful nuns
bers. but not to be passed. It remained Tor
the Democratic party and the Democratic
nsleEjEK o sths Military Eemnaistae ofsftssi
pfcecnt House OF Representatives to report
and pass a just, equitable and efficient bill to
accomplish that end. This bill provided the
equal bounty Of So, 80 per month to every SOL
dier OF the Union army for the whole time
he served in the war. 1t was passed by the
Democrats Of the House after due considera-
ton; was transmitted to che Senate, and was
for three months before that Republican body
to be neglected, denied consideration, and
to all intents and purposes of the Senate,
was defeated in the House OF its pretended
friends This is specimen leaf from the
record OF the session Of Congress Just closed.'
The bill here referred to is one of the most
shameless Jobs ever introduced into Congress-.
Under the pretext of helping the soldier. it
was intended to fill the pockets of the lobby
lists and agent. 1t is probable that very few
soldiers would ever see the money appropri-
ated il the bill should become law. The
amount which would be expended under it
has been estimated at one hundred millions
OF dollars-three times as much as Congress
saved by its indiscriminatc retrenchment last
session. Yet the Democratic House of Rep
resentatiyes, after higgling about the allow
ance OF the West Point cadets, and pairing
down the small salaries of clerks, passed this
monstrous measure without question, just as
e passed the scandalous River and Harbor
Dill in its original shape. Now comes the
''Union Soldiers and Sailors Reform Associ-
atlon,' with its canting cry of reform, and
tries to secure votes for the Democratic par
ty, on the ground that it favored this extray-
agant and swindling measure.
Siich wretched demagogueism as this need
no further Characterization. 1t exposes IA
tally the Democratic veterans scheme,
which is at best poor parody of Republican
electioneering.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1876-10-12
{ 8 9 9 . . 3 3 9 .

ITO THE WORKING CI.Ass;-We can furn-
i ish you employment at which you can make
very large pay.in your own localities, without
being away from home over night. AGENTS want.
ed il every town and county to take subscribers
TOR The Centennial Record, the largest publica-
ton in the United states-l6 pages, "a columns:
Elegantly illustrated; Terms only 81 per year.
connected withthe Centennial year., The Great
Exhibition at Philadelphia is fully illustrated in
detail. Everybody wants 1t. The whole people
feel great interest in their Country's Centennial
Birthday, and want to KIN wv all about it. An ele-
CANT PATRIOTIC crayon drawing premium picture
Is presented free to each subscriber. 1t is enti-
tied, .In remembrance OF the One Hundredth An
niversary OF the Independence of the United
states" Size 23 by 80 inches. Any one can become
q successful agent, for bnt show the paper and
picture and hundreds Of subscribers are easily
Obtained everywhere. There is no business that
will pay like this at present. We eo have many
UPWARDS Now is the time don't delay. Remem-
her it costs nothing to give the business trial..
Send for our circulars, terms. and sample copy Of
to-day Complete outfit free to those who decide
to engage Farmers and mechanics, and their sons
and daughters, make the very best OF agents. Adj
dress,
THE CENTENNIAL RECORD,
july 13-tf Portland, Maine.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1876-10-12

Jesse Pomeroy is initiated in the person of
a boy living at Champville, New York, who
recently shot playmate, as it was supposed
accidentally. aud was acquitted on that
ground. But few days ago he enticed two
little boys into barn and stripped one of
them naked and whipped him nearly to death
with a strap before the other one, who es-
capped, arrived with ether paymates and res
cued the little fellow, and captured the young
fiend and took him to justice who sent him
to jail. ~
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1876-10-12
THE FARMING KING.

The farmer sat in his old arm chair,
Rosy and fair, .r. -tF
Contented there, tl
kate, declare,
He said to his wife, who was knitting Hear,
I'VE need not fear f.
The hard times here, -s
Though the leaf OF life is yellow and scar
''1'm the king, and you are the queen
OF this fair scene,
These fields of greer
And gold between,
These cattle grazing upon the hill. f
Taking their fill,
And sheep so STILL
Like many held by single will.
These barnyard fowls are our subjects all
They heed the call, q.
And like squall
On fastwings fall,
Whenever we scatter for them the grain.
IT'S not in vain
We live and reign
In this our happy and calm domain
"And whether the day be dim or fine, .a
In rain or shine,
s~.. These lands OF mine.
These fields Of thine,
In cloudy shade and in sunny glow
Will overflow
With crops that grow,
When gold is high ana when it is low
Unvexed with shifting OF stocks and shares,
And bulls and bears.
Strifes and cares -.
And the affairs
OF speculation in mart and street, ..l
g. In this retreat ~ nu
Sweet peace can meet
With plenty on her rural beat"
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1876-10-12

This from New England. A poor factory
operative recently had his leg amputated at
the Manchester Infirmary, and during the
operation lost so much blood that the attend
ing surgeon gave it as his opinion that moth
ing but an infusion OF blood would save him.
Thereupon one OF the students volunteered
to be bled, and twenty-five ounces OF blood
was taken from his veins and transfnsed into
the dying man, and at last accounts both
were doing well.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1876-10-12

I, The Lynchburg Meas gives the following
sure cure for cholera:
''Giye the hog a tablespoonful of soda in
some meal, every morning until relieved. |
have known some very remarkable results
from this treatment. 1 will give you one in
stance: After relieving my hogs with it, a
friend, whose hogs were dying very fast,and
had lest seventeen out of tliirty-five OF his
hogs, tried it, and did not lose another hog.
although some OF them We're very bad.''
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1876-10-12

There is bridesmaids wife in Suffolk.
England, who is very determined in her way
She got up one night and put quantity Of
gunpowder in circle around her and set
fire to it. This did not injure her. Then
she got canister of powder and holding her
head over it touched it off. 1t blew the shred
she was in all to pieces, but cruelty dsap-
pointed her and that didn't kill her. Then
she stabbed herself but not fatally. Now
she is in the hands of the doctors, where she
will be more successful.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1876-10-12

Even the slender mercies of the wicked
are cruel.' Two Jersey City mothers-in-
law wanted their newly married children to
live with them. First they were living with
the brides mother, but upon Invitation were
about to go over to the other mother-in-law,
when the first mentioned interfered and lock-
cd up her daughter, drove the husband out
Of doors, and when % sheriff sent by him
came to arrest her she pitched him down
stairs Mothers-in-law are ''kittle-fsh'' at
best.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1876-10-12
The guests in a Turkish restaurant so,

The guests in a Turkish restaurant squat
around mat, the host brings in Il whole
sheep, and tears it open with his hands and
each takes portion Of the rice with which it
is stuffed and kneads it into u large sized
'spill'' by which process it becomes brown
and dirty, after which it is eaten with true
Turkish gusto. The fingers are wiped on
maze bread cakes, which are also eaten. 1t
nonsense
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1876-10-12
VIRGINIA LANDS FOR SALE al.

Nsfi-s w = ~ - EN- H
The undersigned has for sale hundreds Of valua-
ED and MINERAL LANDS, MINERAL SPRINGS,
&C., &C., on the most reasonable terms. To those
wishing to buy, come and see for yourselves, and
to those having properties to sell, il You can give
clear titles and do not hold your lands too high
we want to actfer you. We have been in the bust
ness ten years, and never sold a bad title Send
stamp for the LAND Advertiser" Piedmont Land
Agency. DAVID D. NJ D1GGES.
june 6-tf Gordonsvflle, Va.
r. S.-W. H. H. LYNN, will give all information,
either in person or by letter. to parties desiring
to SELL or BUY VALLEY LANDS, through my gem
cy. DAVID d. NJ DIGGES,
sep IL
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1876-10-12
FROM srAUNTON-wEsrWARD.

TRAINS leaving Staunton at !2l5 a. m, and $40
p. M run daily except Sunday stopping at all
regular stations.
Trains leaving Staunton at 7,O5 a. M, and 1O.so
p. M, run daily, stopping at all regular stations
ington, Millboro', Goshen, Waynesboro'. Alton,
Greenwood, Mediums River, Ivy, Charlottes-
vile. Gordonsville, Junction and Richmond.
Pullman sleeping cars run on 7,05 a. NJ and
1880 p. m, trains between Richmond and Coving
ton.
aFFor rates, Tickets and information. apply to
J. H. WOODWARD Agent, Staunton, Va.
CONWAY r. HOWARD,
W. NJ. s. DUNN, G.. P. & Ticket Agent.
Engineer and Superintendent. sep14
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1876-10-12
L1gurian Bees.

= have been greatly interested in what has
been said for and against Ligurian bees,
and the conclusion have come to is that
First, There must be profit in keeping Lii
gurians for sale, to sell in swarms, or to sell
queens for Ligurianising other swarms.-
Second, That, therefore, to those whose aim
is profit by means Of honey, it is a loss to in
vest in Ligurian bees. These conclusions have
been arrived at in various ways. So many
OF the evidences in favor of Ligurians come
from parties who had them to sell, that
could not think their evidence was OF a dis
interested kind. Then I was greatly aston
ishcd that last year no one accepted the COM
petition proposed by Mr.. Pettisrew, who ad-
vocated the British bee; and, again, your
correspondent, ssB. e W." who otherwise
appear favorable to the Ligurian, makes
this Important statement
II must acknowledge that AM far from
satisfied that the common English bee is not
in ever way as profitable as the Italian bees.
I have now had them for many years" n.
Mr.. Pettigrew has the warmest thanks OF
many. He has fought unfiinchingly on be-
half OF the English bee. and thereby deter
red those whose aim was profit from incur
ring needless outlay in buying bees which,
after all that has been said in their favor
have so little proof of their superiority as
swarmers or honey gatherers.-London Cot
t0qe Gardner. ..4.s
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1876-10-12

3 Carl Schurz confirms the general report
that the Republicans have been gaining
ground in Ohio and Indiana during the past
few weeks. He was in West Virginia last
week, and said to a reporter Of the Parkers-
burg Journal: IF Hayes gains ground as
rapidly within the next two weeks as he has
during the past two weeks he will carry ev-
cry Northern State. The revolution has
been thoroughly complete and rapid. Icon-
slider Ohio and Indiana sure for the Republi-
cans in October, and there is rot u State in
the Union more certain to cast her electoral
vote for Hayes than New York. |. can see
notlng but certainty for Hayes and sure de-
feat for Ttden. My confidence In the pa
triotism, integrity aud intelligence Of the
American people is too great to think other.
wise.'
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1876-10-12
NOTICE, NOTICE..

NOTICE. NOTICE.! 4Ge
IN I'll. STANTON, VA, June 81, 1875.
My ACCOUNTS are all made up to the LIST Of July,
and ready for settlement. All persons indebted to
me must come forward and pay AS am in trouble
on account of my indulgent dispositionI win
take anything in exchange for claims, at the high
est market price. Unless some satisfactory ar
rangement is made I will be compelled to trans
fer claims.
Respectfully, t--4
june 20 w. s. MCCHESNEY.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1876-10-12
GALLEY RAILROAD.
Thai &cll

Train leaving Staunton at 500 a. m. makes close
connection at Harrisonburg for Baltimore. Phiia-
delphia, New York, and all points East and West,
also with Stages for Rawley Springs. For further
SIN. WOODWARD, Jr..
T. & F. Agent, Stanton, Va.
W. H. JORDAN, Supt july 27-tf
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1876-10-12
A DESIRABLE FARM
II FOR SALE PRIVATELY.

Contains 124 Acres, on the South side of the road
Leading from Staunton to New Hope. and 9 miles
from Sta4 union Has on it a good Orchard com
Portable dwelling House, Store House 30 by 20, a
good barn, and other necessary out-houses It is
good stand for a country store
For fnrtner information. apply to, on the prem
ises, or address, @ s. CLEVELAND.
Lock Box SO, stsuutcn, Augusta county, Va.
aug M-t6
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1876-10-12

The main passages in some of the silver
mines OF Nevada are l 800 feet below the
earth's surface. A[e,l working there are
stripped to the waist, and then perspiration
streams from every pore. Streets or avenues
are cut in every direction. and with engines
working and cars running tile scene is that
Ola subterranean city. At the present rate
Corporations in sixteen years they will be
working three thousand feet below the. sllr-
face.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1876-10-12
For the VALLEY VIRGINI
Troubles in The South. "a

81. Troubles in The South. 2ii s
" One OF the great sources of trouble in the
South is the way in which laborers are paid.
There is one planter in South Carolina who
employs about fifteen hundred hands, and
has, in all seven stores, and his hands are paid
with checks, drawn as follows: gee
10 CENTS-Due John Smith, Ten Cents.
payable in 1880. II.
PETER GLASS.
These checks are redcemable at the plan
ter's stores, where they are received and
paid in goods at exhorbitant prices. Nov,
between man and man, is this right? Where
is there is 4 white laborer that would submit
to it2
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1876-10-12

DR.. William Muhlenberg, founder of st.
Lnke's Hospital in New York, and author Of
II would not live Away was recently
presented on the eightieth anniversary Of his
nlrthday, with a purse of $40, 900 by his
friends in New York.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1876-10-12

The potato bug has made its appearance
IN Sweden and has devastated q humber Of
potato crops there. It is snpnosed
that they must have come from Amer
lea In grain cargoes, as this is their first an
pearance on foreign soil.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1876-10-12

z The plow of Daniel Webster is on exhibi-
ton at the Centennial in section f, 20 of
Agricultural Hall. The label says it was
made by him in 1887. Its extreme length is
thirteen feet; length of beam, nine feet one
inch; length of land slide, four feet two
inches; width Of mold-board, twenty inches;
width Of share, sixteen inches. The mold
board is formed Of over q half dozen peices
of iron. Daniel always used two yoke OF
cattle before this pillow, and must have had
muscle little less than iron to have followed
and held IT,
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1876-10-12
gpetrp,
THE DRUNKARDs WIFE.

saw her at The altar stand a g44s
A tender blushing bride. - .fE
And fondly give her willing hand, ,s,i.8.
To one of manly pride ,iiaes tu&Itp
Flowers fresh as her young guileless heart 'oa
Lay Nesting in her hair ~
So sweet they seemed of her part, il
As lovely. bright and fair.
And rs the solemn words were DER
That changed her Mans and life 'i
He clasped her fragile, giflish form 't.-i'
And blessed her as his wife Sf- Z ft 'fft
Her eyes we're filled with pearly tears
AS they to his were cast;
And trembling trusting through her fears
"a She hreathed his name at last. r
ALI, little did she think that soon
Her sky so clear and bright, III,
Would clond, e'er passed her Hes, gay morn.
And sink in deepest night ., -.
4 saw her next, her cheek was pale, ~ y
Although she still was fair
. But sighs like music DER the gale.
Told depths OF sorrow there
Love lit her eye and charmed her voice,
AS Wnen we last had met,
But oh, read in each sad smile,
Her sun Of Joy had set. a....i
Z She wept for he, whom her Young heart
Confdingly had won,
Now turned from her warm kiss AWAY
To qnaff the poisonous rum.
Yes he, to whom so late she gave
Her pure affections up, 'e1 an
Had cast hers by. and drowned his own
Within the Inad'ning cup.
= But see her kneel and neekly pray,
u My father deign to hear
Take thou this sin and guilt away,
And make his heart sincere.
Shield him from evil yet to come,
Breathe peace into his soul; riE-
Take pleasure, riches, friends and home.
But SAGE him from the bowl.
Time passed away, we met no more.
For she that stricken one.
Faded, as dro op the summer flowers.
And found an early tomb.
No marble shaft or ''storied urn
Tells where she peaceful sleeps,
But natures blossoms DER her bloom,
And fond affection weeps.
And he who won her gentle heart
And sealed her early doom,
Has passed unhonored and unwept,
Into a drunkard's tomb.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1876-10-12

In addition to the above. keep large stock Of
pound to $500 per pound, and 10000 Cigars OF
my own Manufacture, from SIS to $50 per thous.
and.
town give me call, and you will see thst can
supply you with anything pertaining to the To-
bacco trade at the very lowest prices.
ua,ss - CHAs. E. HAINEs.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1876-10-12


At Washington conneetio ,ri, wl Moraa
and West At Danville twice aanS s any
South west ;at Lynchburs' t"lce uaiiy' u eo"'h
M" .rvvica daily connections with Chesapeake and
oh;" n % r eastward to Richmond. and westward
70 ltaunton. White sulphur and all the various
Springs on that line.
Elegant Parlor Cars will be ran. with the day
trains. between Baltimore and the White sulphur
Springs leaving Baltimore at 5.l5 a. m.
Both trains from the South connect with Ches-
apeake ohio at Charlottesville for the Vest
This is the only line running double daily trains
south OF Washington. and makes now the quick
est time ever made-less than 80 hours between
Washn gon and New Orleans.
MANASSAS DIVISION.
Mail rrain-Passengers leave Washington Mt
1:l5 a m Alexandria at 1850 a. ~. and arrive at
Strasburg Al0 d. H. Leave Strasburg at G:lO p. M,
arrive at Alexandria at $40 p. M.
WARRENTON BRANCH.
Connection to and from Warrenton with Mail
train only. az
~ PULLMAN SLEEPER daily without change,
between Baltimore and New Orleans, leaving Bal
timore at 1918 p. N. Also Sleeper between Bal
timore and Lynchburg, by night line.
Centennial Excursion Tickets to Philadelphia
sale, good for thirty days, and through tickets
to the South and West at lowest rates.
G. J. FOREACRE, GenI Manager.
j. NJ. BROADUS
General Ticket Agent. sep. 90
chesapeake and Ohio Railroad On and
" after May p. 1876, Passenger Trains will run
as follows:
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1876-10-12

An old miser in Appleton, Maine, died not
long ago, and sums of money amounting to
over $4,000 was found secreted about the
place where he hived. His wife was as stinyy
as himself in money matters, and the first
time he ever SAW her she was driving so sharp
a trade with shop keeper that it won the
old mans heart entirely, and he sought her
out and they were eventually married. In
the marriage contract one OF the many stipu-
lations made and agreed upon, was that they
would "never boil any meat that could be
fried.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1876-10-12

GROCERIES. GROCERIES,! 44=A
G NEW STORE.
CHARLES C. WHEAT,
GROCER AND PRODUCE DEALER,
at John B. Hoges old stand. on Augusta Street.
Having resumed my old business, I would re.
that will keep everything usually found IN
CITY FAMILY GROCERY
My Stock will be select and complete, embra-
cling in part, the following:
SUGARS, COFFEEs, TEAS, MOLAssEs,
LARD, BACON, SALT, LEATHER,:Ac.
Thanking my friends for their liberal patron
age when in business before, will endeavor, with
good goods at low prices, to give satisfaction,
and by strict attention to business, to merit a
renewal of our old business relations
Es- All Goods delivered Free of Charge, -gH
Cash paid for Country Produce or taken in
exchange for goods. july l3-n
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1876-10-12
tsrle fn For the VALLEY VIRGINIAN.
RoCKBRIDGE Co., Sept, 10th, 1876.


81. RoCKBRIDGE Co., Sept, 10th, 1876.
IA Editors Valley Tirginion:-As the time OF
the Presidential election is near at hand, it
becomes us as the true party representing
this republic not to cease work because some
other States have voted or will vote the Re-
lican ticket; but let us initiate the example
they have set for us to go by, that is, by pol
ing the vote of Virginia for Hayes and
Wheeler. appeal to all Republicans in other
counties of the State to work as true Repub-
licans should, to defeat the party thattried to
destroy the Union, the party known as Dem
ocrats in the North, and Secessionists in the
South, united together under the name OF
the Democratic party With such men as
Hayes, Wheeler, Grant, Morton and a host
of others as our leaders, we need not fear all
the forces OF secession combined. We do not
prefer to follow the advice OF the Lexington
Gazette to its party, that is, to secure rs large
a number OF votes in Virginia as they can il
they dom elect the President. Our fnten-
ton is to elect Republican President and
carry the State Of Virginia in the election,
also. ISL as ,.4. gl... ...5.si .s.3
We expect to have speeches in Lexington,
on Monday, October End, from good Repub-
cans, the first speeches OF the campaign for
our party. We have met with so much sue
cess in electioneering. that we were not par
ticular whether we had any speeches or not.
By the use of the VALLEY VIRGINIAN,
many votes have been made IN this county.
|s7iis14 Yours, Respectfully. Aa
ir4-s tr AMOS.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1876-10-12

It's a hard thing to be a Christian and
walk in the straight and narrow way. The
young Thakore Of Brownugger, one of the
chief Raiahs Of Kittiowur, in Western India,
three years ago married four wives in one
day, and now having renounced paganism
ard being about to become Christian, he
must give up all the wives but one, and that's
what is troubling him. The missionaries tell
him lie must keep the one he married first,
which is impossible, because lac married Them
all at once. How the case will be settled is
a mystery; and meanwhile probably the four
wives will make it lively for him while he is
deciding who has the best claim.