The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-11-15

ming, Anderson, Wofford and Semmes, Gen.
Kershaws's South Carolina brigade, Gen.
Laws Alabama brigade, Gen. Barksdale's
(afterward Gen. Humphrey s) Mississippi bri-
gade and Gen. Robertson's Texas brigade.
Tit for Tat.
1t is we'll not to show contempt for book
to its authors face, as newly made Sergeant
Murphy learned when dining in company
with the author of s'Ten Thousand a Year"
He called out across the table: Warren,
never had patience to finish that book OF
yours; tell me what was the end OF Cam
mon ?'' son. said Warren to the lawyer,
sthey made him a sergeant, and he was
never heard of AFTER ear
Seeing that men of all sorts delight in
girding at the professors Of law and physlc,
it is strange that instead of making common
cause together, lawyers and doctors rather
cherish mutual antipathy, which finds vent
in an amusing interchange Of asperities.
Cross examining DIR. W., a New York eoun-
sci declared that doctor ought to be able to
give an opinion of disease without making
mistakes. 'They make fewer mistakes than
lawyers responded the Doctor. 'sThat's
not so,'' said the counsellor; shut doctors
mistakes are buried six feet under the,
ground;- lawyers are not.' "No,'' re-
piled W., shut they are sometimes hupg as
many feet above ground" The advantage
was with the doctor. M
!. 1t was on the other side when, disputIng
as to the comparative merits Of their profess
sion, Sir Henry Holland said to Robus
Smith, an ex-advocase general: "You must
admit that your profession docs not make
angels Of men?' and the lawyer replied
s'There you have the best of it; yours GER
tainly gives them the best chance.'
Said a pompous man of money to Profess
sor Agassiz; 81 once took some interest in
natural science; but became a banker, and
1 am what 1 am!''
''Ah !" replied Agassiz, ''my father pro-
cured place for me in bank; but begged
for one more year of study, then for Sec
ond, then for third. That fixed my fate,
sir. If it had not been for that little firm
ness of mine, should now have been moth
ing but a banker.
The money dealer must have felt as small
as the American judge who, finding his, en-
forced bed-fellow by no means overwhelmed
by the company OF a person of his dignity,
Observed 'Pat, you would have remained
long time in the old country before you could
say you had slept with judge "True for
you," said Pat; land yer Honor would have
been a long time in the ould country, I'm
thinking, before y'd been judge"
COUNTERFEIT BILLs.-The Bankers As
ISOLATION of New York City has compiled
list of counterfeit bills that are now being
freely circulated:
The following are the most prominent -
New York CityzFirst National, $50; Gen.
trail National Bank, 500; Commercial, $40;
Shoe and Leather, 500; Trademarks, 500;
State of New York, $40 and 50 bills; Me-
chanics', $40, $40 and 50 bills; st. Nicholas,
81; New York Banking Association, New
York State and First National Of Palmyra,
$50 and 50; Tioga and Oswego, $40 and So;
First Of Elmira, $lOO; City of Utica, $40;
Firemen's and Mechanics, Of Buffalo. SO;
Oneida, $40; City National. Albany, $40;
First National, Lockport, $40; Highland,
Newburg, $40; National, OF Peekskill, $40
and 81; City Bank, Of Poughkeepsie, $40
and So; First National, Of Poughkeepsie,
$40 and So; Rochester, $40; Central, $40;
Mutual, Of Troy, $40 and $40; First, of
Whitehall, $40; Undertook. 800 New Jer-
sey-First National, Of Penlield, $40. Ohio
First National, Of Cincinnati, $40 and IS.
Illinois -First National, Of Chicago, $40 and
|$2. There are also other counterfeit bills
on Portland. Providence, Boston and Phia.
delphia banks. There are $500 greenbacks
in circulation, and they are well designed,
| the only popularity is in the picture of
Adams, the ears being much smaller than
in the genuine bills. There are a number
Of sos in circulation, but the paper is stiff
and dark.
Two new and dangerous counterfeits OF
1sthe denomination Of five dollars have Just
appeared. One OF these notes is on the H.
hnois National Bank of Chicago, letter A
series, issued under date. of May 10, 1875.
The other is of the same date, but on the
Farmers National Bank Of Virginia, III.
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