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Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1876-04-06
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MARBLE WORKS, VAN 0UNDRN YOUNG, i95i
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MILK CANS and DAIRY nxtures, best and cheapest.
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AssOUTH SECOND STREET,
FOR RELIABLE FURNITURE
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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1876-12-14
e. aftifal.
TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS

All! here it is I'm fanoas now
An author and a poetl
It really is in print Ye gods J.
How proud III be to show it
And gentle Anna What a thrill
viii animate her breast,
To read those ardent lines and know
To whom they are addressed
Why, bless my soul! here's something
strange d!
What can the paper meaii
BY talking of the graceful brooks
That gander DER the green ?
And here's a instead of r,
Which makes it tlppling rill F.,
Well seek the shad instead of shade,
And hell instead of hill
They look so-what "a line is cut
1t really is unkind
And now to think the stupid fool
For bland has printed blind!
Was ever such provoking work
'Tis curious, by the by.
How anything is rendered blind
BY giving it an eye?
Has thou no tears the is left out =
IIdS1 tllou ~ CftlS 1liHlcftu
I hope that thou art dear is put
hope that thou art dead
Who ever saw in such a space
SO liiany bltindefs cfammed?
Those gentle eyes beelimmed is spelt
Those gel. tie eyes bedamed
The color of the rose is nose
Affection is affection
I wonder If the likeness holds
In fact as well as diction ?
Thou art friend-the ? is gone
Whoever would have deemed
That such trtlingthing would change
A friend into fiend /!
Thou art the same is rendered lame
1t really is too bad!
And here because an i is out
My lovely maid is mad !
They drove her blind by poking in
An eye-a process new
And now they've gouged it out again,
And made her crazy too.
Let's stop and recapitulate
I've damned her eyes-that's plain
T've told her she's lunatic.
And blind, and deaf. and lame;
Was ever such horrid hash
In poetry or in prose?
I've said she was fiend, and praised
The color Of her nose.
I wish / had that editor
About Il half minute,
I'd bang him to his hearts content,
And with an begin it
I'd jam his body, eyes and bones,
And spell it with d;
And send him to thai hill Of his
He spells it with an
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1876-12-14
The RAEEY'S VOICE.

was very bold and fearless girl,
and my brothers and sisters often
dared me TO go into lonely places IN
the dark, do perilous teats OF various
kinds, which challenges never re-
fused. Often they set ont to play
tricks on me, but it usually happened
they fell into their own traps, while l
performed my part in safety.
Very possibly the CONSCIOUSNESS
that they were about to dupe give me,
more courage than i would otherwise
have had, for any unusual noise or
appearance wou'd be attributed to one
or another coming to fri hten ne.
But, night or day, used to go
straight up TO and tonch whatever
seemed fearful and finding the object
of doubt resolved its"lt into very
simple elements, acquired an ease
which stood me instead in times of
real danger.
We lived in large old house, built
Of English oak, and bearing its nearly
Two centuries very lightly. It opened
to the south, and the two large parlors
looked to the east and west. The
dining hall and spacious kitchen
formed the square of the house, while
at the west and back was ano her
large room, sometimes called the
great porch, and at the east and back
was the dairy and another porch
There were three stairways leading to
the upper rooms and a garret, whose
ample space was broken only by the
grea. chimney in the centre.
We had a gay and lively house,
and were used to great deal of
company and visitors, for my parents
were greatly given to the old fashions
ed virtue of hospitality. The hum
blest wayfarcr coming 10 at the porch
was entertained kindly and bade
God speed, as well as the guest
whose elegant carriage and span
drove round to the front door on the
southern side.
am not gong now TO tell yon Of
my handsome, gentle parents, or my
brothers and sisters-only about my
self There we're great many o.
us when we were all at home, especi-
ally in the winter holidays, but al
tunes we were nearly all away
| Boarding schools. academies, travel
ing-al claimed US at various times
Yet it was rare, indeed, that one wa
ever a; home alone. 1t so happenet
however, and 10 me.
| II was summer day, and warm
bright and beautiful. Tho morning
| promised lovely day. Just afte
our breakfast. merry party CAM
riding down the lane, in carriage
and on horseback, and calling joyous
" for my father and mother to ac
company them on pleasure TRIP
They were accustomed to this mod'
Of impromptu festivity, and gay,y
answered that they would soon b,
ready. 1t was only the day before
! that my father had returned from the
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1876-12-14
and look around out If doors

little.
knew they would 60 to the old
well. I stood and looked ONT of the
window ahd saw the gleam of the
lantern as it moved. In a very few
minutes they came back.
One of them is dead" said my
father, and the other lies at the
bottom and groans. The third has
escaped y
They laid boards across some barrels
in the shed, and brought mp the dead
man and laid him on them. His
comrade, who fell in the well, had
shot him in the head as he plunged
through the boards. His ugly face
was uglirr. 1t was the Raven. That
night my fathers prayers wera very
solemn, and his embrace was close as
lie gave me my goodnight kiss.
The robber in the we'll was bruised,
but not seriously hurt. The law took
him to punishment. The third
escaped. ] was never left at home
again alone,
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1876-12-14
Hurtf ui Reading.

A bad book, magazine, or news@
paper, is as dangerous to your child
AS vicious companions, and will AZ
surely corrup. his morals and lead him
away from the paths of safety. Every
parent should set this thought clearly
before his mind, and ponder it well.
Look to what.your children read, and
especially to the kind of papers that
get into their hahds,.for there are now
published scores of weekly papers
with attractive sensuous illustrations.
that are as hurttul to young and
innocent souls as poison to healthtu
body.
Many of these papers have attained
large circulation. and are sowing
broadcast the seeds of vice and crime.
irenching on the borders of indecency
hey corrupt the morals, faint the
Imagination. and allure the weak and
unguaraed from the paths Of innocence.
The danger to young persons from
this cause was never so great as at
this time; and every father and
mother should be on guard against an
enemy that is sure to meet their child.
Look to it, then, that your children
are kept free as possible from this
faint. Never bring into your house
paper or periodical that is not strict
ly pure, and watch carefully lest any
such get INTO the hands Of yout growA
ing up bops
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1876-12-14
WAR! WAR !!

A young man must have life and
energy In this advanced age Of stern
unyielding and untlinching Battle.
Like crew of sinking craft in mid
ocean, struggling for lite with the
searging sea and bowling waves
threatening destruction, he must
fight to keep afoat with undying
pluck or, else 60 down in the mael-
storm. ! have determined to out live
this storm and in order that the
people may fully understand my mean
ing | place before them an array of
prices that will convince every ole
that I mean Business in positive
earnest.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1876-12-14

SECOND HAND. Mrs. Rebecca
Harding Davis, speaking Of the CHARS
acteristics of the crowds of visitors at
the Centennial, says that suspicion
and resolution not to be humbugged
by the foreigners were visible on
most countenances. II told you so"
said woman to her friend to day
pointing ont a priceless vase of cra-
quele of the twelfth century "th't
pot has been Used ! It's second hand y
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1876-12-14

What small boy. does not envy the
nerve of the portly man who enters
church, takes out big handkerchief,
ard deliberately blows his nnse three
times before sitting down ??
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1876-12-14

Blessed is he who has nothing. A
poor typo a few nj hts since WIS
aroused from his sleep by his Wits
with the cry-"get up, there is a rob-
bar in the house. To which he re-
piled, "Don't modest him let him
explore the house and it he should
find anything of any value, we will
take it away from him"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1876-12-14

Bad luck is a man with his hanIs
in his pockets and u pipe in his mouth
looking en- T. see hos 1t will come
out. Good luck is ia man of pluck.
with his sleeves rolled mp, aud work.
ing to make it come out right
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1876-12-14

For Tilden and Hendricks n ma
iority Of the States voted, majority
of the eleclors were chosen, and u
large majority of all the votes polled
in the United States were cast
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1876-12-14

All, Ponto. old fellow how S all at
homeg Better -than'ss. I'm bach
elo, Just at present wife's visiting
the mother All, then yonr a FISH
out . water rrecisely--hot water,
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1876-12-14

A little boy, gazing upon an old
picture Of his mother, taken in low
neck dress, remarked. "Namm,,
YOU was mos ready for bed when dat
picter was tooken.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1876-12-14

A man nai.ied Sam Solo,nons was
arrested in New York a few days
ago, who had three wives. He says
now that he only married one in err
nest, and she was one ttro many,
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1876-12-14

Eleven hundred girls are employ
ed ut one artificial flower factory in
France, none Icing over twenty years
of ave.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1876-12-14

Casleilos circus was sold ont by an
indiana sheriff tie other day because
he couldn't pay his clowii.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1876-12-14

Mira. Ewing, OF Jersey City, was
bitten BY a kitten in August last and
died of hydrophobia few days ago.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1876-12-14
THEN. COME!

for the storm is here, come and see
for yourselves how desperation among
some, will in others inspire yigor and
success.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1876-12-14
NeeU York.

Prospect, Globe, Everett, and Bristol
Prints, @ S cents per yard, Amoskek,
Lee and Belmont, @ 6 cents. All
the Best
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1876-12-14
gNsssOLUTIoN.

The nsrtnership of JNo. A. JACM Bro.
having been dissolved, the Hardware, Steve and
Tin Business will be continued at the same place by
,Jno. A. Saum, on his own account, and he u.slres
to inform the public in general that for CASH on
delivery he wi sell goods his line, Quality con
sidersd less money than they can be bought Tor
in or out of the State.
Letters of enquiry cheerfully answered, and or
Sers bv mail promptly executed at the very lowest
rrtces JNc. L. SaCM,
FJnn.15 76-si Edinburg, Va
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1876-12-14
I AM DETERMINED

10 sell at such prices that ~ill pinch
my opposition who start the cry that
my goods must be stolen or that | am
about to fail, getting up rush and
reputation for me without the expense
of advertising. So yon see by a
jadicious system of management |
easily turn the enemies guns upon
their retreating line and put them in
harness upon double duty.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1876-12-14
1000 DOLLARS

worth of Ribbans, Flowers &c, just
received from Millinery mandatory
busted ona Canal street, and offer
their goods 20 per cent less than
wholesale prices.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1876-12-14
BRANDS OF ALPACA,

finished Prints, Simpsons 'smourning,
&C., at 8 cents. Cotton cloth from
4 cents per yard up to 10 cents.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1876-12-14
WHAT is THE USE

of wasting yoar money when you can
save il!
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1876-12-14

well, either, as the honey suckle<
covered the windows. The large
mirror reflected me as | turned ava,
to cross the room, and | stopped
moment with natural vanity. for
was young ard fair enyngh 10 Loo
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1876-12-14
BOOTS, SHOES, N0TI0AS.&c.,
LET THE BATTLE AXE

ring, for it is fast cutting down and
masking under the majestic athletic
forms of moonshine prices and old
fogyisn. to the dust.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1876-04-19
ALiffIe Mistake.

The story is that in a marble shop
where plaster statue of the Greek
Slave was exposed at the upper win
dow, a jOurneyman was in charge of
the other day. A lady, fat, fair and
forty, went in and got to discussing
with the reluctant young man the
merits of the statue. After gazing at
it for some time, she said:
"Young man, did you make thatY
"No madame" he responded, "that
was made by Mr.. P"
"Well now, l wonder. Amt he a
good workman though, and got an eye
for beauty, too? That is a beautiful
figure"
Then again turning to the journey
man. But, young man, did you
ever see my fgure?" He responded,
blushing, that he had not.
"Mine," she continued, sis allowed
to be the finest figure in these parts. :"
Shouldn't doubt it, num-" re-
sponded he, shifting uneasily from
one foot to the other.
81 should like to show you my fig
ure," she said earnestly. The young
man blushed all over. "COme up to
my house some time. Better come in
the morning, when it won't be likely
for any one to interrupt u.s."
The young man, red as beef, was
beginning to decline the proposition in
terribly awkward manner, when the
boss, Mr.. P, came in, caught the situ-
alton at once, and asked the lady what
her figure represented, and what she
had paid for it.
1T is Venus, cost me forty dol
lars in Cincinnati, and"-he heard no
more.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1876-04-19
ADVERTISING RATES.


The following is borrowed, and it is
the best we ever had a local editor
lend us:
"Ifa man buys new buggy, or If
his COW can bawl three times without
winking, the local is expected to pro-
claim it with a grand flourish. Khe
starts a two-penny business, his first
thought is to bride the local with a
6ve-cent cigar to write up fve-dollar
puff. Indeed, he thinks it is a mission
Of the local to make his fortune for
him by "free blowing" He will take
the local to one side and point out the
superior qualities of a rat-terrier dog,
and coOlly ask him to -'give him
hoist" He don't care anything about
it, only SPriggins has a dog that he
thinks is buster, and some Of 'em
wanted him to ''put in" just to stake
the conceit out of Spriggins." Every
body wants to put In" They are
the "GREAT AM" but no one says
"Here, local, put yourself inside of
this new suit of clothes, or throw your
self outside of this oyster stew, or stuff
this watch into your pocket" Oh, no.
of course not; that would cost some
thing. The shoe is on the other foot,
you see. The local is expected to
know everything about other peoples
business, and is expected to show up
the actors Ofevery family broil in town.
If the vile tongue of scandal finds
victim, people wonder why he don't
run about with his notebook and gath
er the vituperative bits of SANDER for
his paper. If he steps into a billiard
hall he is requested to make a note Of
the astonishing fact that Bill TOmpkins
has made a run of eleven points.
When the minstrel troup arrives in
town, the agent Immediately rushes
into the printing Office, and, calling for
the local, he slips three or four tickets
in his hand, and whispers-"draw US
big house Put it in strong !" and
patting him patronizingly on the
shoulder, the agent admits the inferior
ity of the troup, but we are not to ''let
on" 1t is no sin for the local to lie.
To please the lecturer, the local is
forced to sit two mortal hours to hear
him through an insipid discourse so
that he can "write him up" And so
it goes. All are anxious to appear
favorably in print, but few are willing
to pay forit. The locals time is worth
nothing but to bother his head writing
pufs for ambitious persons. 1t don't
cost him anything to live. He never
eats or drinks, or travels, and money
is no use to him. Put it inl Put it
in!" ,
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1876-04-19
Breaking Hearts.

Do not laugh at the drunken man
reeling through the street, however
ludicrOus the sight may be-just stop
to think. He is going home to some
tender heart that will throb with in
tense agoDy-some dOting mother,
perhaps, who will grieve over the
downfall of her once sinless boy; or il
may be fond wife, whose heart will
almost burst with grief as she, views
the destruction of her idol, or it may
be e loving sister who will shed bitter
tears over the degradation Of her broth
err, shorn of his manliness and selfre>
spect. Rather drop a tear in silent
sympathy with those hearts so keenly
sensitive and tender, yet 50 proud and
loyal that they cannot accept sympa-
thy rendered them either in word. look
or act, although it might aA upon
their crushed and wounded hearts as
refreshingly as the summer dew upon
the whitening plant.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1876-04-19

A Fort Madison man went into his
COW stable the other day, and, by mis-
take, mixed her up a nice mash in a
box full of saw dust instead Of bran.
The COW, merely supposing the hard
times hadeome and they were all going
to economic, meeklY. ate her supper,
and that man never discovered his
mistake until the next morning, when
he MIXED that COW, and she let down
half gallon of turpeutine, aquart of
shoe pegs, and bundle of laths.-
Darlington Hawkeye.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1876-04-19

isms and other blisters where unOccu-
pied places could be found upon the
child.
Well, toward morning the wood
gave out, and my wife wanted me to
go down in the cellar and get some
more: My dear, it is a laboriOus
job, and the child must be nearly warm
enough with her extra clothing. Now
mightn't we put on another layer of
poultices and
did not finish because was inter-
rupted. l lugged wood up from be-
low for some little time, and then turn
ed in and fell to snoring as only a man
can whose soul is worn out.
Last, ut broad daylight, / felt grip
on my shoulder that brought me to
my senses suddenly. My wife was
glaring down on me and gasping. As
soon as she could command her tOgue
she said, "Its all over. All over !
The child's perspiring! What shall
we dO?"
"Mercy, how you terrify me. 1
don't know what we ought to do. May
be if we scraped her and put her in the
draft AGAIN.
"Oh, idiot! There is not a moment
to lose. Go for the doctor. Tell him
he must come, dead or alive"
l dragged that poor sick man from
his bed and brought him. He looked
at the child and said she was not di-
ing. This was joy unspeakable for
me, but it made my wife as mad as if
he had offered personal affront.
Then he said that the child's cough
was only caused by some trifling irrita-
ton or other in the throat. At this /
thought my wife had mind to show
him the door. Now, the doctor said
he would make the child cough harder
and dislodge the trouble. Sohegave her
something that sent her into spasm
of coughing, and presently up came
little wood splinter or so.
"This child has no membranous
Group" said he. She has been
chewing bit of pine shingle, or some>
thing of the kind, and got some little
slivers in her throat. They won't do
her any hurt"
No." said l. al can well believe
that. Indeed, the turpentine that is
in them is very good for certain dis
eases that are peculiar to children.
My wife will tell you so"
But she did not. She turned away
in disdain and left the room; and
since that time there is one episode in
our life which we never refer to.
Hence the tide of our days flows by in
deep and untroubled serenity.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1876-04-19

When man comes home and tries
to bolt his door with a sweet potato,
pokes the fire with the spout of a coffee
pot, attempts to wind up the clock
with his boot ja'S, tries to cut kindling
wood for the morning fire with paper
knife, takes a cold potato in hand to
light him to bed, and prefers sleeping
with his hat and boots on, you may
reasonably infer that he has been max
ing the acquaintance of some very
friendly people.