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Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1876-12-29

PERsONAL.-The Second Presbyterian
| congregation celebrated Christmas by a
| series of generous attentions to Rev. Mac
duff Simpson, their pastor. Barrels of
| flour, turkeys, cakes, and similar install
ments of this worlds goods, testified their
regard for him.
Mr.. J. w. Marshall, Senator from the
Botetourt district, was in the city, Christ
mas, on his way to his fathers in Rocking
ham county. He is a native of Augusta,
and has many relations in this county.
1t may be news to many of our readers,
that Mr.. Bell, who made the big run OH
the Democratic ticket in Ohio for Secretary
of State before the Presidential election :,
is Of old Augusta county stock. His
mother was q Hanger, and went from here.
Miss Bridget Kennedy, who died on Sat-
| urday morning last, was for several years
the leading soprano of st. Francis choir.
The Lynchburg "News" has the follow
ing paragraph under the heading of "an
able sermon: ~,
Rev. G.. B. Stricken, of Augusta.
preached an able sermon at the First Pres
UyUolldH ClluICH OuIiudy HlSu1. Lis oty1o
is forclble, argumentative, convincing and
! original. Nobody can heal him without
tearing something or being in some way
benefited.
Capt. Arthur A. Splitter, formerly an
employee in the Staunton Spectator" Of
| fee, has been appointed inspector in the
| Custom House. at Richmond, Va.
On yesterday, Col. A. w. Harmau
celebrated the 24th anniversary of his we'd
ding day. Many of his family and friends
met at his residence to participate in the
| pleasant "reminiscences. The table groaned
beneath the weight Of q 3S pound turkey
| in addition to a proportion of other good
things on the same large scale.
MIR. B. f. Terry, the polite deputy clerk
of the Circuit Court, qualified On Tuesday
as a notary public.
Justice Leigh R. Waddell, who has made.
one Of the most efficient justices of Bev-
erley Manor, has resigned that position
and Mr.. J. M. Lickliter has been appoint
ed to fill the vacancy. MI. Waddell has
sold his farm to Col. VIM. M. Tate, and
has purchased the Garth farm, near Ivy
Depot, Albemarle, to which he went last
Saturday week. His departure from the
county will be universally regretted.
MI. W. T. Lightner has been appointed
a deputy to county treasurer Sam'l Paul.
Mr.. j. Wayt Gibbs. the manager of the
Rockville, Md telegraph office, was on a
visit to his many friends in Stanton,
Christmas.
Llcentiate Morgan Schott, of Richm ond
Baptist College, has been On a Christmas
visit to his friends here.
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SUPPOSED CAPTURE OF A THIEF.--Some
three weeks ego q fine horse belonging to,
Dr.. Hampden Fultz of Situation, was sto-
len from the estate of Judge Fultz near
the city 1t was advertised through pos
tai notices the next day. On Friday, the,
! 18th inst, a mar appeared at Buchanan in
Botetourt county, with a horse, saddle and
bride, which he offered at $S5 and sabse-
quently as low as $50, but finding no pur-
chasers he left for Liberty. The postmas-
ter at Buchanan on that night received the
postal advertisement from the VINDGCA-
TOR Office and the description of both man
and horse answering to that in the card.
Messrs. VIM. Steton snd John SheFherd
started in pursuit and captured both man
and horse near the Peaks of Otter. He
gave the name of G. W. Dewitt, and said
he found the horse near the White Sulphur
Springs. He vas committed to Be ford
jail. DR.. Fult2's horse returned So. e
days ago not having been stolen, but hav-
ing strayed off. But the advertisement
has evidently recovered somebody else's
stolen horse.
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Christmas fn Norway.

The great festival Of the yearin Norway,
as among AL Germanic nations, IS Christ
mas. Whether it owes all its sanctity to
its association with the birth of the Sa-
vior is, however, an open question; Tor
many customs still kept aliye IN the re-
moter valleys seem to point beyond the be-
ginning of the Christian era, to the time
when the Norsemen ate horse-feSh in ION
or of Odin and Thor and Frey. The festi-
val. as the retaining Of the old name indi-
Gates, is as yet strongly tinctured with re-
miniscences of the old pagan Yule. Trac-
ing the character of Christ n lis apostles
is they appear IN many popular m0Tchen
and legends the conclusion lies near that
tbs people have, consciously or not, trans
ferrod much that was dear to them in the
old gods to the deity, and, thus, by a
sort of compromise between the old faith
and the new, have produced a divine type
which is, at all events, sufficiently national
TO appeal strongly to their Morse hearts.
This Matchmaking of ones divinity is, of
course. not peculiar to Norway; it would
have been more singular if Norway had
shown no trace OF 1t.
The preparations for the Yule-tide, ia the
way of provisioning the house, would, to
American eyes, look perfectly enormous.
Baking and brewing and butchering keep
the whole household busy during the last
three weeAs preceding the festival. And
the fact that the process is repeated year
after probably proves that it is necessary
Every man, woman, OF Child VINO comes
within d stones throw OF the house during
the holidays (Which last until a week after
NeW-Ycar) must be invited in and urged
to eat and drink without regard to COM
fort. Even the birds are to have their
share of the Christmas joy. AS soon as
the church bells have "rung in the feast''
at five O'Clock in the afternoon of Christ
mas Eve. the father of the house takes his
richest Sheaf Of cats or barley and attaches
it to the end Of a pole, which is nailed to
the gable of the barns or the StOre,houseS
The mother and the children stand by en-
| Toying the sight Of the happy birds f1utter-
ing around the sheaf, While the father will
perhaps quote the passage about GODS
care even for the sparrow, wherefore 1T Is
| right that the sparrow too should rejoice
on the day when Christ was born.
Among the many evening visitors winch
| are sure to drop in to taste the Christmas
| brew, some are apt to be disguised by gro
teSQue masks, ana Otherwise enthusiastically
| accOutered. These are called Y~ule-bucks.
| possibly because the most common masa
may have been that OF a goat or some other
| horned creature. At present [ do not know
| that any special kind of disguise is pre-
| ferred. The rule seems to be. The more
grotesque. the better.
The German custom Of having poor chill
! dren wander about on Christmas Eve, car
rying a large lighted star of canyas, re
presenting the star Of Bethlehem, prevail:
also in Norway. No one can hear 'heil
{ shrill, tiny voices in the snow under hi
window, singing the dear family carols
and refuse them their w~ell-earned penny
-Scribner for January.
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ABLE TIC STAND A MARGIN OF Loss
Jose California Argus" refers to a bro
ther Of Mr.. Hugh A. Glenn, Of Staunton.
A farmer that can stand such a margin as
this, would be a regular show to our farm
ers ID Augusta
son the 14tl ult. DR.. Glenn, of Colusa.
sold 500, 900 centals Of wheat at S1.S0 per
Genital, realizing the sum of 1858 ,O00. Had
he held his wheat till the 29th he could
have sold it at 500 per GENITAL, realizing
the sum Of $780, 900. By selling fourteen
DAYS too soon the Doctor lost sos. 600.
But he can stand his little loss, as he net
ted at least $780, 900 profit by the sale Of
his wheat on the l4th."
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The music at Trinity church, Christmas
day, was superb. 1t included Handel :
..uallelujah" chorus; d Christmas anthem;
.leillcke's 'Gloria ~i'atri;;" Dykes STE
Deum," and the hymns: "While shepherds
watched their tlocks by night" and Come
Either, ye Faithful" and "Glory be to Goo
on high" from Mozart 12th Mass. The
choristers were: Sopranos-Mrs. w. l.
Bumgardner and Misses Cora Turner
Fannie Tams and Lizzie Gay; altos-Mes
danes +. B Berkeley and koerber, and
Misses Maggie Sbeffey and Florence Tur-
ner: tenors-Messrs. C. E. Haines, Sam
G. Baskins and Philip Koerber, and bassos
-Messrs. Hugh A. Powell, J. A. Armen
trout. C. Nj. Wh1ttle and - Reynolds. Iht
choirs of the LIST and 2nd Presbyterian
Lutheran and Baptist churches were al
represented, and in addition the tenoi
voice of Blind Toby was heard in tht
ssMagnifcat." Prof. Hamer presided al
the organ.
AT st. Francis church, Prof. Walter
presided at the organ and the music Was
tpu0cEGU ny GiIo new Ciloit' LIN NoooA"
tions were very fine.
At the Lutheran Church, the Sunda,
School children under the lead OF Prof
Idle assisted in the singing of "Hark
burst of heavenly music'' and "Nul
| danket ale Gott," which were given b.
the choir composed Of Mesdames Ide ant
Baker and Messrs. D. W. Drake, g. 7
| Baker and H. B. Brown. The Christina
Offering at this church was $3.50
At Bolivar Mission Of the First Presby
terrain church a Christmas surprise wa
| given the Sunday School children in The
way of candies, cakes &c.
The Lutheran congregation lave elected
Messrs. 3. L. Ide. G. P. Baker, G.. 5. Ba
ker, Frank Prufer, W. E. Craig, S. II
Henkel, G.. F. Flick and Capt. Butcher al
| councilmen of the congregation. The
| body chose Mr.. Flick, Treasurer.
At the First Presbyterian church last
Sunday it was officially announced that the
payment of pew rents was 81 ,004 in arrears
This is a striking evidence Of the hare
times, for in this congregation the pew
| rents have been kept up heretofore will
rem arkable ~punctuality.
The secretary of the Virginia Bible So
ciety acknowledges the receipt of $43 from
the Female Bible Society of the Firsi
Presbyterian church of Staunton.
In one of the staunton churches Sun
day, at the close of a sermon the speaker
announced a collection for a special object
The congregation not hearing the words
mistook it for the benediction and STAN
peded, the deacons following them to The
| door in an anxious way with the empt.
| baskets in their hands.
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FIFrY-Two AND TwENTY-Two.-A TO-
mantle marriage occurred at Newark, n.
j., Thursday evening, at the residence of
frederick Scheuertel, a brother-in-law Of
the groom. The bride was ealthy Tex
as widow, ffty-two years of age, and own
ing large cattle ranches II that State,
while the groom was only twenty-five,
and had been until a few days employed in
the stock yards at CommunipaW, and was
comparatively poor. Two weeks ago the
lady had occasion to go to CommnnipaW
Oh business. and while there was in immi-
nent peril of death or serious injury from
a mad steer which rushed directly at her.
She was saved BY Gustaye Remisch, an
employee, who seized he animal by the
horns, and thus enabled the lady to escape.
On the next day Remisch received a note
requesting him to visit the Metropolitan
Hotel, and there the lady, taking advan-
tage of the leap year privilege. declared
herself in love with him, at the same time
explaining her circumstances. The result
was a marriage, after which the couple
started Immediately for the South, in com
pany with young daughter of the bride.
N. Y. World:
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SHOCKING ACCIDENT.-Mr. William j.
Keller, of the well-known agricultural i'm
Element firm of W. J. Keller d Co., at
| West View in this county, lost his wife
last week under the most appalling circum-
stances. She was baking On Thursday the
viands for the wedding breakfast of her
| daughter, which was to take place on
Christmas day, when the bottom of a glass
| Jar containing kerosene oil fell out as she
Was handling it, the contents striking the
hot stove and covering her with the flames.
Her screams brought into the room her
aged sister, Miss Bette Jordan, and her
daughter Maggie. They immediately seized
the bel upon which WAS spread the we'd
| ding trousseau of the daughter, and threw
it upon the screaming mother, but did not
| succeed in extinguishing the flames until
| some of the men of the village, who had
heard the alarm, ran in to their aid. Mrs.
| Keller was dreadfully burned on her body
and face, and she had inhaled the flames,
her tongue being almost burnt to a crisp.
She died on Friday morning. Her sister
was badly burned about her neck and arms,
and Miss Maggie Keller's arm and head
were somewhat d%istigured but not Sc rious-
" hurt. Mrs. Keller, when she knew her
death was inevitable, made a dying request
thit her daughters marriage should take
place before her body was sent home Ito
Roanoke county, for interment, and on
Saturday that request was complied with
After the funeral services at the cAutch,
the remains were taken back to the house
and there arrayed in deep mourning The
betrothed girl stood before the minister :
become a bride. She was married to Dr.
Charles Brown, of this county, and TO-
merly of Rockingham. The sad brldal
party accompanied the remains OF the be-
loved mother to Salem on Saturday nlght.
Mrs. Keller was forty-fye years OF age,
and the mother of Mn children, -four OF
whom are Hing, and in the relations OF
wife, mother and neighbor had proven an
example for all who knew her. The funeral
services weve conducted by Rev. DR.. Will
son, Of the Methodist church.
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NOTE FROM HON. ALEX. H. STEPH-
ENs.-The following explains itself:
WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec. 10, 1876.

WASHINGTON, d.. Lee. lO, 1910.
Editor Constitutionalist, augusta, Co.:
The statement going the rounds of the
papers that I am advising a friendly ac>
c~eptance by the people of the South Of the
Inauguration of MI. Hayes IS utterly IN.
founded. Inever have and never shall
advise them or any other people to give a
friendly acceptance of any administration
i%naugurated by the grossest frauds n
most palpable usurralion. While [ might
not advise forcible resistance to an admin
istration thus ~inaugurated, yet l never
could give it the sanction of my approval
or friendly acceptance. For the overthrow
of such a dynasty l should rather appeal
to the peaceful instrumentalitles OF the
Constitution. These are the legislative
halls. the judiciary, and the ballot-box.
the latter of which should ever be held as
sacred as the Ark Of the Covenant.
ALEX. H. STEPHENS.
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CHRISTMAS ON MoNDAY.-We have just
had a Monday Christmas for the third time
within a dozen years. 1t occurred on Mon
day in 1865, when the following singular
prophecy was exhumed from an ancient
folio in the British Museum:
sIf Christmas day on Monday be.
A great winter that year you'll see.
And full of winds both loud and shrlll;
But in summer, truth to tell,
High winds there shall be, aud strong,
Full of tempests lasting long;
While battles they shall multiply.
And great plenty OF beasts shall die.
They that be born that day, ween,
They shall be strong each one and keen;
He Shall be found that steal til aught;
Tho thou be sick, thou diest not"
Tt will be remembered that the follow
ing wear witnessed the Austro-Prussian
war. and vas memorable for disastrous
gales and for destruction by the cattle
plague. In 1871 Christmas fell on Monday,
and in thatyearth Commune war occurred
in Paris, and the next year " as noted for
prevalence of the cattle plague. Are we
to lave a wal and p%estilence in 1877?
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| is a nephew of Mr.. Kayser.
In the grocery line, at No. q on the op-
| posite side of Main, we have
r NJ. AYRES.

is a nephew of Mr.. Kayser.
In the grocery line, at No. q on the op-
posite side of Main, we have
r. NJ. AYRES,
who halls originally from Buckingham CO.,
and made his debut into business circles as
a shop boy at Farmville. Afterwards he
sold goods at buckingham G. H., and for
several years did business at Buchanan,
Botetourt county. From that place ne
went to Covington., Va, and we find him
in S~taunton, in '62, engaging IN the ouVcn-
ering business. After the close OF the wal
Mr.. Ayres cierked a while for Fred Sha-
fer, at the Virginia Hotel. He then en-
gagged in farming near town, put III lo'o
opened a grocery Store at his present
stand, and has conducted a business very
much to the satisfaction of his customers,
by whom he is regarded as a correct ano
fair dealing man, and his straightforward
course brought it's reward in a good bu'
siness and many staunch friends.
Mr.. Ayres' help in the store is his SOL
Ashur, who has been with him two years
GliQ proven LlluSSll d luOSU CLlCloAo ~N
able assistant.
b. HARDWOOD
hangs out his sign at the next door. lii
keeps a variety store and is a native Au
gustian, Mt. Sidney being the place of his
nativity and earlier years. Mr.. Markwooo
is a knight of the scissors and after sitting
cross-legged and clothing the neither limbs
of the Mt. S%idneyans for Is or 20 years ht
came to Staunton and followed the same
calling for 8 or 4 years till towards thu
close of the wal he became Disguised a
the necessity of demanding from a poo
Confederate 81 900 for a suit of decen
| clothes and went into the tobacco and sta
tionery business, which after the wal h
change ed to the grocery line and in a yea
or two afterwards merged that into a gen
eral variety stock.
Mi. Ms small house is full Of dry goods
ready-made clothing, boots, shoes, hats
fancy articles, &c., &C., and it is a goo
place TO get a bargain and receive the p(
lite attention of a good salesman.
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We are glad to see that the ladies are


We are glad to see that the ladies are
again forming reading clubs fer the win
ter. The reading club is an organization
that discusses the character of Shak-
s~peare's Portia for fifteen minutes, and the
best manner of cutting a basque on the
bias for an hour and a-half, and rarely fails
to be of great prOft.-NOrUicb Bulletin.
Rev. T. w. Hooper writes from Alabama
to the Lynchburg "News' that he has dis
covered in an aged colored woman there, a
great grand daughter of George Washing
ton. He says 'sshe knows how to cook
buckWheat cakes and oysters"
The suit of Sarah Clowser against DR.. J.
W. C. Hall, in the Court at Winchester,
on Saturday last, for q breach OF promise
of marriage, the jury rendered a verdict
for the plaintiff, awarding her $1,000, in
stead of So ,0U0 damages.
The Salem "Register'' announces that
DIR. S. A. Repass has declined to accept the
presidency of Roanoke College, to which
he was elected as the successor of the late
DIR. Bittle. The faculty will elect a pre-
sident in February.
Rev. R. FL. Robinson, colored, who was
driven away from his church in Baltimore
on account of his Democratic sentiments
has promptly gone to work at his old trade
as a baker, in Alexandria.
The trial of Charles E. Fisher, late assis
tant District attorney, for feloniously alb
stracting the records OF the Criminal Court
was concluded in Washington Friday by
verdict of guilty.
w. W. Corcoran, of Washington, haI
purchased Church's painting Of Mag are
Falls for S12, 500. 1t was at a New Yorl
art, auctiOn, and the q nl OF the purchase
was greeted with cheers.
On Tuesday the colored people of Talla
hassee. Florida, voted with the Democrat
and the Democratic ticket was successful
for the first time since the War-and there
was no intimidation.
Miss Nora Kelley. sister of Hon. A. M
Kelley. took the white veil and habit o
the Order of the Visitation at the conven
Monte Maria, in Richmond, last week.
A. F. Church, of Buffalo Forge, Rock
bridge county, Va, died suddenly on thu
road, while visiting Lynchburg to purchase
his wedding outfit.
Women may hold all Offices in Iowa, ex
cent those of members of the Legislature
and Judge of the Superior Court.
Mr.. D. T. Haryey's fast trotter ely
away.n well known on the Virginia track
is dead. He was twenty years old.
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A GOOD BANK BUSHES THE Angus
ia National Bank Of Staunton has declared
a semi-apnual dividend of 4 per cent. to
the stockholders, and put three per cent.
to the surplus fund. This is a solid show
ing for a bank only 10 months old, and
born in troublous times.
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T'H'HO A n N U A l. '0'S'Srl0'
OF THE
YOUNG MEMS CHRISTIAN ASS0CIA-
TIONS OF VIRGINIA,
Petersburg, January Ea-13, 1877.


The State Executive COMMITTEES announce to
the brethren of the Virginia Associations, that
under the resolution adopted by the Conven-
ton held at Stanton, il December last, and
after comforting with the Directory of the Pc
tersburg Association, they have appointed
Thursday, January ll,.,l877, as the time for
the assembling, at Petersburg, of the Third An
nual Convention of the Associations Of this
State.
It is hoped, that every Association will be
Represented by at least three Delegates, aud
friends of the cause in cities and towns where
the organizations of Associations is desired, are
inAir ed to send a like number.
The following topics are suggested for con-
sideration aud discussion
|. Our mission primarily to Young Men.
2. Relation of the Associa ion to the
Churrhes.
3 The :tudy of the Scriptures as an elemeat
of our success.
4. Association work.
S. The international york.
6 Shall IL State SEC eta y be employed
All Delegates appointed, who expect to be
present, are requested to forward their names,
at least a week in advance to J. Gray McCsnd-
lisb. Cores bonding Secretary Y. NJ. G. a,
ete1sburg, Va, in order that homes may be
assigned them before arrival
Delegates will on their arrival, please report
a, the Rooms Of :lie Association There will bf
an Informal assembly at the Rooms, at 7 81
thai evs9ing, and meetings of the Convention
will be held at IL A. NJ. and 80 P. N. o.
Friday l2eh, and Saturday, 18th.
Delegates are requested TO wear a tlue lib
hon fastened to the coat from arrival to depart
WIN. P. MUMFoRD, Richmond,
J.. WM. JONES,
WM. DANIEL,
THOMAS POTTS,
l.. A. STEEL.
J u. DREHER, Roanoke College,
T, D. RANSOM, Stanton,
State Executive Committee.
/ dec29.lt-cpc.
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A HUMAN FIEND.-A fendish crime
took place at the residence of Mr.. Lewis
Larew, in Monroe CO., W. Va, a few days
since. A correspondent of the Greenbrier
'sIndependent" says of it:
1.-The would-be murderess is a negro girl
about eight or ten years of age. 1t seems
she wished to go home to her mother,
which wish not being granted she deter
mined to commit an act that would COM
pei Mrs. Larew to send her home. She first
attempted to kill Mrs. LIS, child by giving
it a large quantity Of aloes. Failing in this,
she next gave the child paregoric, which
would nave undoubtedly proved fatal had
the quantity been sufficient. Fortunately
there was hut Il small amount of %paregoric
in the bottle, and only caused the child a
long sleep. Twice failing, she determined
to make sure Of her victim by burning.
She watched for an opportunity, and when
neither father nor mother were near, she
took GOALS OF fire and hot ashes and poured
them down the child's back. Mrs. LareW
came in just as the flames were about to
break out, saving her child from a horrible
death"
The child, it is believed, will recover.
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n-rr,c I'M

Four MONTHS 1 N THE CHAM GANG
Miles Cary, a colored man, was before JUS
tice Cease, Wednesday morning, for steal
ing SIS from an overcoat loaned him by
James Randolph, another colored man,
Christmas. He was arrested by Chief of
Polica Peck on Tuesday, and when taken
to iail made q violent resistance, knocking
the officer about. Mrs. Harlan, wife of
the TAILOR, who was at the door, was struck
and badly bruised. Cary was sentenced to
four months in the chain gang.
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~Se~~~

Gov. KEMPER' IS recommendation to do
away with the office Of Superintendent of
Public Printing is about as practicable as
if we were to 'do away'' with the printers
that get out the V%INDICAToR, and put
lawyers in their places: