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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-02-13
BY W. Goddin.
Real Estate Agent and Aucti0neer,
Office corner Eleventh and Bank streets.

GALE AT AUCTION OF SMALL CGT-
, TAGE FARM OF ELEVEN ACRES. IN CU Is
TER ED COUNTY. HALF MILE FROM TOM.
AHAWK STATION.-Atth the request Of Ar. Bernard
Read shall sell ut auction, at my Office corner or
FEBRUARY, 1877, at IL o'clock NJ his LITTLE
FARM, located above, containing eleven acres OF
which hafis open land Of good QUALITY; balance IN
#. with a NEW FRAMED DWELLING, containing
four rooms two of which not plastered II is an
excellent grocery stand or for blacksm1ths shop,
being on a public road. near the depot.
fe IA Auctloneer.
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COMMISSION MERCHANTS.
JEWELRY.
DyEryG, CLEANING. sc.

rrcK-FlNSEY Il cos STEAM-G,.LL!ErAsins
ING an d naEihh Inc SiD
iissn ssssi ciosal,ps and
and altas seo.ss!T hGs Vests as
T ps: csHahSsEn and REC my ses
ehesper than North or elsewhere. Ia'Is i6-Sm
and Improvements
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l77b. ls7G.
JAMES RIVER STEAMBOATeI.,
~ COMPANY. - .is.S

FOR NORFOLK. PORTSMOUTH, BAL
TIIORE. PHILADELPHIA,
NEW YORK,
AND ALL REGULAR LANDINGS o. TIE
JAMES RIVER.
Making close connection At Norfolk with III" nrw
and elegant steamer FLORIDA for BALTl-
MORE. and steamer LADY OF THE
LAKE for WASHINGTON, u. {.
On and after TUESDAY. September IL, the fa,tsnt
elegant steamer JOHN SYLVESTER, carrying the
United States mail, will leave Richmond for tie
aboye-namea points TUESDAYS, THURSDAYS,
and SATURDAYS II 81 O'Clock A. M.
Passengers by this route can view by daylight al!
the historical and interesting points aud objects on
the James river, including DUTcH GAP passing
through the same Notifications, battlefclis. Jane,
town, Hampton Roads, etc. Two hours al Norfolk
before departure of Baltimore steamers.
Fare to Norfolk. -. ~ ~
Fare TO Norfolk and return. ........... 10
Through tickets to Baltimore, Philadelphia. aui
New York at reduced rates
Tickets for sale on steamers, al CARRIER & Co.!
Ticket Agency, Main street and Exchange Hotel, ana
baggage checked through. Freight received daily Tor
Boston, Norfolk, and Portsmouth, and regular land
Ings OH James river, from a. u. " L. NJ. II
reasonable rates.
Freight for way-landings ma:t be prepaid.
l.. B. TATUM, General Agent.
Office. Company's wharf, Rockets. branch uibS
At w. ID. Blair & Co.'S, No. 903 Main street.
Sc II
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TOR RENT.-Will be rented out at pub
Il lie auction, on WEDNESDAY, February IA,
] S77, at 10 O'Clock NJ, in front of the Hastings
Court -house, in Manchester, q SMALL FARM called
DREWRY'S, about one mile from the city OF Man
chester The buildings are ample and good, with
about TWENTY ACRES OF EXCELLENT LAND.
Terms on day Of renting. +. j. SAMPSON,
fe5-tdr - for G. Fl. Flournoy, Sheriff.
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LUMBER DEALERS.

>. LUMBER nEALEkS.
" w. PICKRELL d CO..
As WHOLESALE AND RETAIL LUMBER
ssN .E DEALERS,
NINTH AND TENTH STREETS, SOUTH BASIN.
keep constantly a full line of seasoned BUILDING
LUMBER; also, SHINGLES, LATHS, and TO-
BACC0-BOX BOARDS.
BILL LUMBER CUT TO ORDER.
WALNUT, CHERRY, ASH, MAPLE, HICKORY,
CHESTNUT, POPLAR, and WHITE PINE; also,
DRESSED BOARDS and FLOORING kept under
sheds.
Agents for Virginia mandatory of SASH,
BLINDS. DOORS, and MOULD!SGS, which we re.
commend equal to the best sold In this market, and
at prices much lower than usual rates. The trade
win find It TO their interest 10 examine our stock be-
fore purchasing. Can ill orders for any of the
above on short notice. ia 17-eod6m
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by Robert L. Lyme,
successor Of Lyme & Brother)
Real f. tate Agent and Auctioncer.
1912 Main street.

UCTION SALE OF FINE FURNI-
"A TJRE, PIANO, &c.-By direction of the as
signcc of g. j. Black, bankrupt, will sell ut public
auction on THURSDAY the 18th day of February,
1877, at 10 O'Clock 4. 81, at the High. Constabes
office No. 1906 Franklin street. The following pro-
pcrty: 49,. ,,,-,,,
WASHSTASDS and TABLES, SOFAS.
WALNUT BOOK. CASE.
REFRIGERATOR. TO0L-CIlEST.
STOVE, CHAIRS,
PICTURES, WORK-STAND,
MIRROR, CASTORS, TRUNKS.
and sundry other articles too numerous 10 mention,
or so much thereof may he necessary TO pay rent
from 18Th day of October. &c. to the 9Th day OF
Anril. / SIT. to NJ +. Alvey, adminstratrix.
TERMS: Cash. r. LYME.
fc lo-4t AuctloneCr.
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BANKRUPT SALH.-By virtue OF the
ID order entered 7th February, S77, in the United
Statos Court for the Eastern District OF Virginia, as
assignees of Paine, Cabcil 6 CO., bankrps, we viii
sell at auction, In the store Nos. 1902 and 1914,
lately occupied by them. on THURSDAY. EeDrnary
TURES. consisting OF --.--
SHELVING, COUNTERS, STANDS. DESKS.
COPYING-PRESS, WARDROBE, CLOCK.
CHAIRS, STOOLS, PLATFORM-SCALES,
TRUNKS. STOVES, GAS-FlXTURES. &C., SC.
TERMS: Cash. J. l.. APPERSOS,
JAMES CASkIE.
fo1O AssigneeS.
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The next meeting will be held at Clay
Street church on the second Sunday in
March.
IPoR OTHER ttLocAL y SEE FIRST PAGE.l
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SPRINGS PROPERTY
FOR SALE.-By virtue of a decree of the Cir
cult Court of Augusta county, rendered in the cause
of The Central National Bank of Frederick, Nd,
us. Chesley Ninney and ais, we Will proceed, In
front of the courthouse III the city of Staunton 10
sell at public auction, on SATURDAY the 18th day
Of February, 1877, that most desirable property,
known rs line .z-s..... .s.
AUGUSTA SPRINGS" PROPERTY,
OR THE
"STRIBLING SPRINGS" PROPERTY.
The properly consists of the original Augusta
Springs tract. supposed to contain $50 ACRES,
and two additional tracts added thcreto-onc con-
tanning 10S ACRES, and the other supposed 10
contain 600 ACRES. This property Is highly i'm
proved, and Is one OF the most popular water
ing-places in Virginia.
The property will be sold upon the following
terms-viz.: So much in hand rs will pay the costs
Of sui. and sale and the remainder III four equal
annual instruments bearing interest from The day OF
sale the purchaser giving bond with approved per-
sonal security and the title retained ultimate
curity. JAMES BUMGARDNER, JR.,
GEORGE If. COCHRAN, JR.,.
HENRY b. NICHE,
JOHN PAUL,
ff CHARLES 8. YANCEY,
Ia ls-tds Commissioners.
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AUCTION sAIEs---fusaYc pays.
BY E. b. Cook, Anctioneer.
No. 10 Governor street.

sft.-E 11f cs 10. SOokS 8EctlOHsRI.
No. 10 Governor street.
nNE PAIR MULES, TWO SPRING
" WAGONS, FINE SET OF HEAVY DOUBLE
HARNESS, BAY MARE, &C., AT AUCTION-On
WEDNESDAY tlfe 14Ih instant, at 10 O'Clock,
will sell at Turner Co.'s stables, Frankllp street.
i PAIR OF MULES. sound and reliable;
1 EXCELLENT BAY MARE, a good saddle and
harness-lnimal:
/ SPRING WAGON. with top; z
LIGHT SPRING WAGON. =. !.
= I sEs.ltF f3..iB 1861 $ j.. b. COOK,
feJ3 .s,stss.,g.F .-sifsf ~ Auctioneer.
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FINANCIAL.

CT OOOF FOR LOAN.-I am authorized
spF,OOO to invest this sum for two to three
years ON improved city real estate well located,
sessed at double the amount Rate OF interest rea-
sonable Apply at once to W. GODDIN,
fe l3-lt - Real Estate AuctiOneer.
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CHEAP FREIGHT RATES.

BY TIE
P0WHATAN LINE for BALTIMopr
AND THE WEST,
AND THE
CANTON INSIDE LINE for PHILADEI pm,
The steamers SHIRLEY and DRFIAyrr '.,,,
leave from Twenty-second and Dock strcc,s : WI
WEDDS s.,. fu az II 81 and SATURDAY all !!
northern, and western point, at low rate.
l.. Is. TATUH, Agpp,
Iwenty-second and Dock stre-,.
les and 003 Main S,res,
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Oh l. AID Ell L H \. RICH >-o
A MOND, AND NORFOLK STEAN-aSskaN
SHIP Pr, LIN NO, PHitADELPHIA TR1VI.
STATES, THREE TINES 4 WEFK.-Iinf,l f fnSD
notice the steamers of this line will make tri-wet
trips, leaving Philadelphia every TCESDAY
THURSDAY, and SATURDAY. and Iichmoni
every TUESDAY, FRIDAY, and SATURDAY, cav
Meeting at Providence with Boston and ProyIisn".
railroad for Bos ton, and by Fall River lin" 70,
the same city RIO Cape Cod, landing Ut Old Colon
depot, and avoiding transfer. ''
W. =. PORTER Agent.
2425 Dock street R.rlim9uL
WILLIAM z. CLYDE co.
General Agents
No. IL South Wharycs, PnIla,rlubj,
ID. ID. E.. MINK. Agent,
my II No. % Dcvonsl,ire street, Eostnp
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u o II K + N T

N:a
STORES.
No. 1928 Main street, Gext to corner Of Twenty
third, with DWELLING overhead, at sls per
Nos. 1928 and 2s11 Main street, with DWELL
gsE % on Eighteenth between Main and
FrankIin streets, recently thoroughly repaired,
1928 Main street, between Fourteenth and FIJI
,siI business With LARGE SWELLING over
head, suitable for clearinghouse. Rent 800
TWU NICE STORES on Marshall near Fourth
street Being situated SO near the Second Market
makes them specially desirable. Rent only $500
pI No 1917 Main street, suitable for bar and large
boarding-house, having about fourteen rooms be-
sss E n Sny he Market suitable
for grocery, cating-houSe or any small business.
1921 Main street, formerly occupied by MeSsrs.
Marcus Harris & Brother Rent greatly reduced
RESIDENCES.
No. 414 west Franklin street, near Henry; ten
rooms. gas, water, bathroom, range, Latrobe stove,
and all conyeniences. Rent very low.
No. 302 west Grace street; six rooms; gas, water,
order. Rent only s4O0 per annum.
Nice BRICK HOUSE on Pine near Cary street ;
six rooms, gas, water, &c. Rent only 1900 per
Nice BRICK HOUSE on Mayo near Franklin
street at SIS per month.
No. 1920 Grace street, containing six rooms,
That VERY desirable detached BRICK DWELL
ING, corner of Twenty-ninth and Maj shall streets,
containing about fiji cen rooms; detached Kitchen
gas, water, and very large yard This house could
be asse BRcK S 4is
Seventh street. near Clay; eight rooms gas, water,
I.atrobe stove, detached Kitchen and stable. Rent
only $500 per annum.
No. 500 north Twenty-ffth street, near Clay;
six rooms, and usual conyeniences. Only 500 per
annun.
No. 3 east Broad street: six rooms. gas. water,
&C. $3.50 DEF annum.
No. 271d Broad street, six rooms, Kitchen gas,
water, &C. Only $3.50 per annum.
OFFICES, &C.
SEVERAL DESIRABLE OFFICES over Griggs,
corner Tenth and Main streets, at very low rents
THREE NICE OFFICES, corner Twelfth and
Main streets, over A. f. Jahnke's
THREE NICE ROOMS over 1872 | Main street.
over Thomas r. Price & Co.'s, corner Eleventh and
Main streets. Rent very low.
SMALL HOUSES.
7l3 north Twenty ninth street: five rooms water,
&C., 1888 per month.
Twcnty-fourth streets, at very low rents.
Several on Overton and Seventh streets; four
roems: water, &C.. ut 81 g per month.
TWO NICE NEWLY-BulLT FRAME DIV ELL
roons wafer, &C., ut 100 per annunl.
VERY DESIRABLE BRICK DWELLING on
Marshall between Twcnty-fourth and TWenty-hfih
streets, containing about eight rooms, &C., only
NICE BRICK HOUSE on Grace between Twenty
seven rooms water &c., and very large lot, at SIS
per anDum
feI2-2t ROBERT b. LYME.
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CEDERFAKERS

VHANDLER 6 sINNoTT, UN7Mws
CDERTAKERs AND CABINET-<:r8ssaz1''
MAKERS. No. 722 Main street, between Seventh
and Eighth streets keep on hand a full stock Of
BURfA1I-CASES aud CASKETS, which they are
selling at reduced prices to suit the times
fc 6-Tu,Th&S1m =.
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TRUSTEES SALE OF TWO VALUA-
BILE MAIN-sTREET STORES
CORNER OF EIGHTH,
AND TWO BRICK DWELLINGS ADJOINING.
AND ONE OTHER BRICK STORE
AND RESIDENCE
FRONTING on SOUTHWEST CORNER OF
MAIN AND EIGHTH STREETS
BY AUCTION.
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WANTED, Il COOK, WASHER AND
w IRUNER for family Of three. TO n good,
steady woman good home is offered. Apply be-
tween and 10 o'clock ut liz south Third street.
fe 13-lt*
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WANTED, TO SELL AN EXCELLENT
w BEER-PUDIP, III complete order: Apply TO
PETER STUMPF,
Main between Eighteenth and Nineteenth streets.
fp
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WANTS.

WANTED, TO LOAN THE FOLLOW
w ING amounts on city real estate: $1,000,
81 500, $4,000, $4,000; also: smaller AMOUNTS.
FRANK ID. HILL,
fe 13.3t 110S Main street.
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BY j. L. Apperson,
Real Estate AuctioEecr and Agent.

J. THOMPSON BROWN, Auctioneer.
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DEPARTURE or gTpanr,...


TOR PHILADELPHIA, PRO. Is
L VIDENCE. AND BOSTO aTS
Steamer ALLIANCE. Captain CAIN. Win assa
Freight for The above ports until TYPO receive
18th Instant, ut IL o'clock. 7"AY lie
Passage IN Philadelphia, INCLUDING meal,
room, SO; without nieals, o.. "'s 'ath-
W. T. PORTER. sy.,,
&c 13-lt -.--.---- 2425 Doc HHf s,r.,.
E'oR NEW YORK.-Tbe Old llsas,
Il Domi on Steamship Companv,s KIN
steamship OLD DOMINION, CAPTAIN 'Tsss9s
VIII sal! TUESDAY, February I3th, at IKE nf,sE,
Freight received until o'clock PM
Through bills OF lading signed ani no..
wlrdcd with dispatch to all points nor E'i. i1r.
east, and west; also, to foreign ports '''' ''''h
Passenger accommodations ,rsuru,ssoa
cabin fare tn New York, $l2: rOiInd-,r -, It,,
800. Steerage, Sc and So. H'S';'.
For freight or passage, apply tn
G.. w. ALLEN & Co lv.r,
!e I2-2t - Company.s Wharf. Rpcse,i,
MERCHANTS STEAMSHIP ~.cs-
W LINE TO BRAZH.-FOR ER.ITELN
NAABCCo AND BAHLA.-Stea,nsbJn 1aSSfsSs
Will sail about March LIST. Rates of n,, .nnsiNi
freight have been fixed on i low b1sis ESse and
Information apply TO the agent '"''her
L. Il. BORELAND. 70 Wall s,,.,.
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A NTHRACITE AND BITUMINOUS
IA COAL. Ben Franklin Red Ash Coal Of all
sizes; Reliance and Enterprise White Ash, Egg, and
Stove; West Virginia Splint for CRATES; Clover
Hin Lump: Cumberland for steam and smiths,llse
Carbon Hill SOFT COKE. OAK and PINE M9Ob.
ueI7 corner Seventeenth and Cary streets.
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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-01-16

How Boz INGERsOLLss 5o%E SAVED
HIS LIFE.-A correspondent of the
Chicago Times gives the following
graphic account of Colonel Ingersolrs
capture by the rebel General Forest:
The real facts in the case are curious
and characteristic. Ingersoll was re-
connoitering with small detachment.
Before they were aware of any danger
they came upon a nest of sharpshooters
greatly outnumbering them. To fight
or retreat was alike impossible. The
first intimation of danger was that Col
onel Ingersoll noticed a Ruttagput draw
ing a bead on him. With readiness
that has saved him from defeat in many
lawsuit, he cried out: "What do you
want to shoot me for? I've been want
ing to acknowledge your old Confedera-
cy for ths last two seconds" The fell
low heard it ana appreciated the joke.
OF course he didn't shoot. The squad
| was led to headquarters. The joke was
soon circulated through the camp, and
the rebs would flock about the prison
tent, curious to catch glimpse of 1.-THE
Yank" Forrest treated him very kind
ly, offering him especially good accom-.
modations, but the Colonel declined
them on the ground that what was good
enough for 1.-The rest of the boys" was
good enough for him. The next day
they were all exchanged, and General
Forrest returned to Ingersoll his horse,
with note addressed te "the man who
saved his life by joke in the face 81
DEATH"
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-01-16

LANGUAGE OF FINGER RINGS.-FOr
the benefit of those contemplating mat
rimony during the year 1877, we give
the followingi
In the case Of a gentleman wishing to
marry-literally sin the market" with
his heart-he wears plain or chased
ring upon the first finger of his left Tor
heart) hand.
When success attends his suit and he
is actually engaged, the ring passes to
the second finger.
After marriage it passes to the third
finger.
If, however, the gentleman desires to
tell the fair one that he not only is not
In the market, but he does not design to
marry at all, he wears the s;gnet upon
his lIttle-finger, and all ladies may uI-
derstand that he is out Of their reach.
With the fair sexathe flaws of the
ring" are -
A plain or CHASED gold ring on the lit
tie finger of the right hand implies mot
engaged )" or, in plain words, "ready for
proposals, sealed or otherwise
When engaged, the ring passes to the
first finger of the left hand.
When married, the third finger re-
ceives it.
If the fair enc proposes to defy all siege
to her heart, she places the rings on the
first and fourth fingers-one on each,
like two charms to keep away the temp
ter. 1t Is somewhat singular that this
disposition of rings is rare.
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How Queen Victoria Lives.

The queens drawing and bedroom
are more simple than those of some New
York ladies I known, The first men
toned is upholstered in pale blue satin.
the walls hung here and there with a
few family portraits. The books of the
day, the magazines and when her ma
jesty ia at the castle) the newspapers,
are placed here. In this parlor break
fast is laid each morning for the queen
and her only unmarried daughter. the
Princess Beatrice. Lunch and dinner
are served in handsome dining rolm
on the other side ofths gallery, the most
recent adornment of which are portraits
of the duke and duchess Of Edingburg,
the queen being, it Is said, most particu-
larly attached to her proud and imperial
daughter in law. The bedroom where
her widowed majesty sleeps is hung
with two shades of yellow satin, and
there Is little adcrnmsnt 10 il in the way
of art objects. But if it were bare Of
every yard of hanging, every piece of
furniture, 1t would still possess such a
vision ofloveliness over pask and stream,
meadow and lawn from its windows as
would recompense for the lack of any
of mans adornments. 1t is quite suffi-
GENTLY provided with these, however,
comfortable, elegant, small, and is a
and cosy bed room.
Further on, the privileged visitor will
And the rooms which were always occu-
pied at Windsor by the prince Gansort,
and have never been used since his
death. The faithful servitor who points
them out says that nothing has been
touched in them since the fatal 14th of
December, 1861, when the "blameless
prince" quilted these scenes of earthly
glory to and, let Us haEe, ePen more de-
lightful ones among celestial spheres.
The princes hat and cane stand where
he last placed them the book he was
reading is open at the page where he left
off; the bed on which he slept and where
on he died stands exactly as it did when
he breathed his last; an inscription on
the foot records the date of his birth and
of his death. To come daily into these
deserted rooms and see for herself that
the thoughtless hand of some servant
has not disturbed any of their pious ar
rangeHslts; to gaze her fill on the va
cant couch, the Unfinished book even
lit is said to herself brush away any
trace of dust which may have fallen
les of her dead husband, Is duty scru.
man and good wife zach day when she
is at Windsor. 1t may be that it ID the
reports of these truly wifely actions
which could not degrade woman if she
were queen of heaven instead of en-
press of India-which have spread from
lip to lip, and formed basis for:unfound'
ed gossip about the qneen's semi-luna'
cy concerning thS prince. That she
caused his plate to De placed at Sill meals
talks to him as if he were present. and
other things more shocking than these
are rumors without grain of truth in
them at this time or formerly.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-01-16

WHO WAS ST. NICHOLAS MANY OF
our readers might be puzzled to answer
who was, or rather who is Santa Claus
Santa Claus, then, OF st. Nicholas, as be
is more properly called, is the especial
patron of the children. He was arch
bishop ofMyra, in Asia Minor. He lived
in the fourth century of the Christian
era. Simplicity, modesty and boundless
charity characterized the saint. From
the time of death great honors were paid
him, both in the Greek and Latin
churches, and numerous affairs and
shrines were dedicated to God under his
patronage. With the Russians st. Mich
olas has ever been favorite saint. In
the year, 1907, certain merchants of Bari,
an Italian seaport Oh the Adriatic sue
ceeded in carrying off the relics Of St.
Nicholas from Myra. Numerous mixacles
were said to have been wrought at Bari
on the arrival of the sacred remains
The sa;nt's shrine at Bari has ever since
been a resort Of p;ous pilgrims. The child.
like virtues of the saint, and the peculiar
aid he extended to young people dusing
his life, are The chief reasons why he ID
80 frequently represented in pictures by
three youths.
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impatiently. "How was I to know that
every lantern at Montcourt had red
glass to it?''
And poor little Bertha cried herself to
sleep that night.
The next mornfng-New Years Day,
all showed up into glorious drifts every
Wherein. Harcourt drove over to the
Higgins farmhouse. The young lady
had dropped a fur glove on the platform,
and Mr.. Harcourt felt it his duty to re-
store it to her. And, moreover-here
Mr.. Charley Harcourt hesitated little
-he hoped Miss Hooper would excuse
him for being so stupid as to allow her
| to fancy him her cousin.
II ought to have explained sooner"
said he.
mo, you ought not" said Bertha
'.The fault was all mine"
II don't recognize fault anywhere"
said he. "And if am pardoned-"
"Of course you are" said Bertha, ro-
sier and pfettier than ever.
"In that case, I am commissioned by
my mother to ask your aunt's permits
sion to take you over to help US finish
dressing tbs church in time for morning
service. My horse ie waiting"
MAY go, Aunt Almira?" said Ber-
tina, with sparkling eyes.
"Of course you may" said Aunt AL
mira.
| And so poor Zebedee was left out in
the cold.
What was the end of all? There il
, but one sequel to stories like this, where
youth and bright eyes and human hearts
, are concerned. The next New Years
eve Bertha Hooper and Charley Har
!, court were married. But the bridegroom
! persists in declaring that Bertha did thu
= first Of the love-making.
And Bertha only laughs.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-01-16

A WORD TO FARMERs.-An exchange,
whose editor evidently knews what he
is talking about, gives some good advice
in the following paragraph, which We
commend to the careful consideration of
owners of horses:
"Let any one who has the care of a
horse these cold, frosty mornings, de-
liberately grasp in his hand piece of
iron; indeed, let him touch it to the tip
Of his tongue, and then let him thrust
the bit into the mouth of his horse, if
he has the heart to do it. The horse is
an animal of nervous organization. His
mouth is formed of delicate glands and
tissues. The temperature of the blood
is the same as in the human being, and,
as in man, the mouth is the warmest
part OF the body. Imagine, we repeat,
the irritation that would be caused the
human, and consider that, if not to the
same degree, still the suffering of the
animal is very great. And it is not a
momentary pain. Food is eaten with
difficulty, and the irritation, repeated
day after day, causes loss of appetite
and loss of strength. Many a horse has
become worthless from no other cause
| than this.