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Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1877-09-01
POETICAL.
For he Free Prese.
THE BOOK DREAM.

The day had wearily come to its close,
And night had come down with its needed repose,
As a book keeper wended his way from the store
Glad that bis toilsome hours were Ger.
The night was cherries, and dismal, and damp,
And the Pickering flame of the dim street lamp
Went out in the wild rough gusts mat beat
w ith furious speed through the gloomy street.
Tired and cold, with pain-throbbing head,
He sank to repose in his lonely bed:
Still through his brain, as this book-keeper slept,
Visions of debtor and creditor crept.
The great balance sheet he had finished that day,
And profit and loss, in the usua! way ,.
Showed how much money the merchanthad made
Or lost on the preceding twelve months trade.
And be dreamed that nighttthat an angel came
With the ledger of life, and against his name
There we're charges till there no room 10 spare
And nothing whatever was credited there.
There was life and its blessings intellect, health;
There were charges of time, opportunities, wealth
OF talents for good, of friendship, the best
OF nOurishment, JOY, afHction and rest,
4 nd hundreds OF others, and each one as great,
Ill with interest accrued from the time of their
date
Till despairing Of ever being able to pay
The book. keeper shrank from the angel away,
But the angel declared the account must be paid,
And protested, il could not more be delayed.
The book keeper sighed and began to deplore
How rneagre the treasure he'd laid mp in store;
He would cheerfuly render all he had acquired,
And his sote on demand, for the balance, ifdesred.
Then quickly the angel took paper and wrote
The follOYipgas an acceptable note:
On demand, without grace, from the close ofto-day,
For value received, 7 promise to pay
To him who has kept N G and everywhere
Has guarded my soul with infinite care,
Whose blessings outnumber the drops Of the ocean,
While living the sum of my hearts best devotion
In witness whereof TO be seen BY ell men
| offer the great seal of the soul5am
The book keeper added his name 20 the note,
While the angel across the great ledger page
wrote
In letters as crimson as human gore:
" Settled in full, }" and was seen no more.
SSOwFLATE.
HARPER's FERRY, August 2lst, 1877.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1877-09-01
News and Times about winchester

From tie Times
Best Wheat on Monday $l20.
Wild pigeons are making their appearance.
Mr.. J. Howard Gather i'll from hemorrhage
of the lurgs.
Forty families are tenting at the Camp
meeting Of the United Brethren in Hollis
Woods, g miles from Winchester..
The Nsi7s says
Mr. James B. Russell has sold bis "Cobb
farm" in Clarke County, to Mr. Tbomas NJ.
Nelson at $50 per acre. The fine farm sold
at low price.
The heaviest storm OF the summer swept
oyer Winchester last Wednesday week, about
soclock. The black clouds shrouded the town,
coming from the North, and for half an hour
rain, hail, thunder and lightning kept up an
elemental war both grand and destructive
The damage to the gardens from the hail
stones was considerable, and many paues Of
glass were broken.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1877-09-01

cy. I'm trembling yet over the way he came
down for US, and III never think Of it without
my heart jumping for my throat. Nobody
asked me to sign the pledge, but | wanted my
name there. One such night on the road has
turned me against intoxicating drinks, and
now that I've got this red ribbon on can talk
to the boys with better face. Tom is ravins.
as told you, and the doctors say he'll never
get his reason again. Good night, sir-my
train goes in ten minutes. ."-Detroh Free Press.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1877-09-01

A young Partisan artist recently painted
portrait of duchess, which did not satisfy
her friends, declaring it was totally unlike her.
The painter was convinced, however, that be
had succeeded, and proposed that little dos
belonging to the duchess should be brought,
to prove the resemblance. The dog was
brought before witnesses, aud no sooner did
he see it than be sprang upon it, licked it all
over, expressing great joy. The painters tn
umph was complete. He had re,ouehcd tho
picture during the night with thin coating
of lard. The dogs nose was sharper than tho
critics eye.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1877-09-01

A correspondent sends us the following say
ing by little friend Of his Of about five years
He was prowling about in a churcbyard ada
cent to bis fathers house, when he discovered
in the grass an axe, which he took home to
bis mother, anziously iuquiring if shc corld
tell him who it belonged to. She could not;
but still he persisted in asking who she thought
it belonged to. On receiving again mega
tive, he said he thought it "might be the axe
tActs, of the Apostles, as it was found in the
churchyard"
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1877-09-01

The Columbia PA Herald says III any
one have a "bone felon," tell him to get
lemon, cut hole in it, and put it on the fn-
ger. 1t will cure sure. We have tried it and
seen others try it at our suggestion. Dir. Nc
Cullen recently tried it at our suggestion, when
be was racking with pain, and be says it cured
him in fifteen hours. You must keep fresh
lcncn On IL
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1877-09-01

You politicians are queer people" said an
old business man to on impecnnious partisan.
Chow go ?" asked the politician. Why, be-
cause you trouble yourselves more about the
payment of the debt of the State than you DO
about your own"
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1877-09-01

They have kissing fairs out West-forty
cents kiss. Exchange. We knew there
was something we were suffering for. Bring
us along couple of fairs-the fairer the bet
ter-and wen invest, if we have to do with
out straw bat all summer.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1877-09-01
VARIETY.
Martinsburg Matters.
From the Independent:

From the Independent:
The workmen in the B. & o. r. r. machine
shops here were put at work again on Monday:
The shops were closed during the strike, aud
the men gladly received the order to 90 TO
work again.
Hon. w. II. II. Flick has so far recovered
from bis illness Us TO be able 10 travel, and
reached his home in this town on "Wednesday
last. lie is still, however, confined TO his
house but hopes to be able to be out in lew
days.
A workingmsh's party is being organized IN
Martinsburg. Several hundred names have
already been obtained.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1877-09-01

An unfortunate editor thus addresses bis
delinquent subscribers: Friends, we are pen
niless. Jobs turkey was millionaire COM
pared with our present depressed treasury
To-day II salt was ten cents barrel, we could
not buy enough to pickle a aybird"
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1877-09-01

DR.. Holland says the most precious posses
sion that ever comes 10 man in this world IS
a woman 5 heart. 1t would seem that he has
Fever observed the tender care with which
man handles a meerschaum pipe that is just
beginning to have bilious look around tho
base Of the bowl Horcester Press.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1877-09-01

"Wbat have you been doin p asked boy
Of his playmate, whom be saw coming out Of
the house with tears in his eyes. I've been
chasin' horsewhip round my father" was
the sparkling reply.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1877-09-01

Think about marriages as we please, ihero
is no pleasonter sight than a newly welded
couple returning home from church on the
first Sunday, with the brides mother in the
rear, thoughtfully adjusting the hustle and
back bows Of the happy daughter.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1877-09-01

DR.. johnson was observed by a musical
friend Of his to be extremely iDattcntive at a
concert while celebrated solo player was run
ming up bis violin. His friend, to induce him
to take greater notice Of what was going on,
told him the performance was very difficult
"Difiicul,, sir" replied the Doctor, 4" wish it
was impossible"
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1877-09-01

A dark skinned orator Of Virginia put the
thing fat when be remarked " De oyster got
mo sense dan some folks, cause be know when
to keep bis mouf shet."
A witness on the stand, in reply to ques-
ton as to what the character Of Mr. - was
for truth and yeracity, said Well, | should
say be handles The truth very careless"
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1877-09-01

Some one has prettily said. "If We die to-
day the sun will shine as brightly and the
birds will sing as sweetly tomorrow" 1t
is nice to know that, because It's the assurance
Of pleasant day for the funeral.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1877-09-01

Sam, why don't you talk to your master
end tell him to lay up treasures in heaven p
whats &c use Of bin laying up treasures up
dar? He never see EN- again"
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1877-09-01

It is useless for physicians to argue against
short-sleeved dresses. The constitution Of tie
United States says that The right to bear
arms shall not be interfered with"
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1877-09-01

A man whose wise wife had pu. new wrist
bands Of extraordinary length to bis shirt,
wanted to know wha, he bad eyer done to be
cuffed ia that manner.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1877-09-01

A young man on the bill came near Great
Ing a rio. last Tuesday by asking a red-headed
woman if she carried thermometer in her
bonnet
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1877-09-01
SHENANDOAH HOUSE,
MAETINSBURG, W. VA,
John EeIle1.S, Proprietor.

V'UE Proprietor OF this excellent Hotel. will, as
heretofore, continue 20 keep the House
The Shenandoah House is one of the most conve-
uientIv arranged and comfortable hotels in Mar
tusburg. end the Proprietor Will spare no trouble
.resuerse Do render thestay OF bis guests pleas
autaud comfortable.
The fne stock Of Liquors, Wines, &c, with
which bis Bar Is supplied. will be kept up, and
uer,uusuho may patrouize him IN this department,
can rely upon getting the very best article
The Shenandoah House is pleasantly situated on
North Qa.eu streetue the Hailroad.
Nav "a, 1873.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1877-09-01

When the Turks crowded in Kars the con-
ductor shouted, Erzeroum JPN front -
Graphic.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1877-09-01
FW SFPFS7 Oh 4PT FSTOWN JEFFERSON COUNTY, W. VA Sal
PERSONAL!

NOAH WALK ERR ~ CO.,
Celebrated Clothiers of Baltimore, Md,
Announce the introduction Of plan Of ordering
ClOthin and Underwear
By LETTER,
To which they call your special attention. They
will send on application their improved and accu-
rate
RULES FOR LF-MEASUREhENT,
and full line OF samples from their immense
stock Of CLOTHS, CASSlMERES, COATiNGS,
SHIRTINGS, &C., thus enabling parties IN any
part OF the country TO order their Clothing ana
Shirts direct from them, with the certainty OF re-
ceiying garments OF
The Very Latest SBle
And Nost Perfect FL AttainaJle.
Goods ordered viii be sent by Express to any
part OF the country.
As is we'll Known throughout the Southern
States they have for Forty-Three Years
EXCELLED
in all departments OF their business, which IS a
substantial guarantee as 20 the CHARACTER oI 'De
Goods they will send out
4 large aud well-assOrted stock OF
READY-NADE CLOTHING
alrav, on hand together with full line Of
Furnishing Goods,
including all the latest Novelties in Design, and at
POPULAR PRICES.
When Goods are sent per Express c. q. d.
there win be ne collection charge on amounts o.
$50 and over.
Rules for SrlfMeasUremeut, Samples OF Goods
and Price List sent free on application.
The attention OF the Trade is invited to oul
Wholesale Department, which is always kept u
90 the highest standard.
NOAH WALKER - CO..
Manufacturers and Dealers in Mems aud Boys
Clothing aud Furnishing Goods, either read
made or made % order. ..
lc5aDdl67 Baltimore street, BALTIMORE,
May l3, lS1G-yt ND
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1877-09-01
CONTINENTAL HOTEL,

Corner Of Queen 4 Ming otreetsi
Martinsburg, West Nirgi u.
MY OLD CUSTOMERS and the travelling pub
vi lie in general, are informed that on the
FIRST DAY or APRIL, 1877,
will take charge Of the above named Hotel,
where | shalt be glad 20 see all my old PATRONS
The house is new, cOmmodious, rooms pleasant
aud airy, and eligibly situated.
Jan. b. 1877. WM. RUTLEDGE.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1877-09-01
ENTLER HOTEL,
SHEPHERDSTOWN, w. Va.

HAVING leased the Entler Hotel, it is now
open for the accommodation OF the Public.
The Table will be bountilully supplied with al
the luxuries and subStautas that the city and
country markets afford None but polite and at
tentive servants will be employed, and nothing
shall be left undOne that will contribute 20 the
comfort and pleasure of guests. The Stable will
be attended BY an experienced Ostler.
l.. L. ETCHISON,
February 5. 1876. Proprietor.
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1877-04-25
Artyand Taste.

In New York we are to initiate England
and are to have "time balp that will fall
at the hour of noon from the turret of the
Western Union. At Greenwich, where
time begins, this thing has been under way
for years. Greenwich has had a "storm
ball" for years, So accurate and needful has
this become that the lifting OF this ball is
telegraphed to all the stations on the Brit
lsh coast. If any vessel leaves port dur
ing the warning it forfeits its insurance.
was talking to-day with gentleman who
for years was at the head of the police
commission. He said The growth of
New York in art and taste was very sur
prising. The statuary in the park was one
proof, not scratch or blemish has been
found, and not even flower is disturbed.
A few years ago not bird could rest on
the public trees, for the boys would stone
them. Now the street Arab would no more
stone bird than he would break plate
glass window. 1t is safe TO remove the
iron fences from the public parks. A frw
years ago this could not have been done.
Cows and pigs ran at large in the streets,
and no green thing was safe. When the
the police visitnd the tenement houses they
found pigstyes on the roofs and under the
beds. Few gentlemen kept horses before
Central Park was opened. The few that
were kept were heavy coach horses. There
were no rides in the suburbs and no drives
in the city. Millions are now invested in
horses. Some of the fastest trotters in the
world are in this city. Private galleries of
art are large and costly. Men who make
fortunes lay out huge sums in paintings
and statuury. Burletgh" in Boston Jour
nal
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1877-04-25
DIR. sCMENCK,s STANDARD REM
EDIES.

The standard remedies for all diseases Of the
lungs are Schencks Pulmono Syrup, Schencks
Sea Weed Tonic, and schenck's Mandrake Pills,
and II taken before the lungs are destroyed,
speedy cure Is effected.
To these three medicines DR.. y. II. Schenck,
OF Philadelphia, owes his unrivalled success in
the treatment OF pulmonary diseases.
The Pulmonic Syrup ripenS the morbid mat
ter in the lungs; nature throws II off by an
easy eXpectoration, for when the phlegm or
matter is ripe, q slight cough Will throw IL on,
the patient has rest and the lungs begin TO
heal.
To enable tho pulmonic Syrup TO do this,
Schenck's Mandrake Pills and Schenk's Sea
Weed Tonic must be freely used TO cleanse the
stomach and liver Sckenck's Mandrake Pills
act on the liver, removing all distractions. re-
lax the gall bladder, the bile starts freely, and
the liver is soon relieved.
Schenck's sea weed Tonic is a gentle stimu-
liant and Alternative ; the alkall or which IL is
composed mixes with the food and prevents
sourlng. II assists the digestion by toning up
the stomach TO a healthy condition, so that the
food and Pulmonic 81 rup win make good blood;
then the lungs heal, and the patient Will surely
get well II care is taken TO prevent fresh cold.
All who wish to consult Dr.. SchencK, either
personally or by letter, can do so at his princi-
pal office, corner OF Sixth and Arch Sts., Phila-
delphia, every Monday.
Schencks Inc tlcines are sold by all druggists
throughout the country. marld2m
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1877-04-25
100 Monterey street, All
VElETINE

VEGETINK thoroughly eradicates every kind
of humor. and restores the entire system 10 a
THE following letter from Rev. @. W. Mans
field, formerly pastor OF the Methodist Eplsco-
pal church, Hyde Park, and at present settled
In Lowell, must convince every one who reads
this letter OF the wonderful curative Qualities
OF vegetine as thorough cleanser and purifier
OF the blood:
Mr.. ii. II. Stevens: Dear Sir-About ten years
ago my health failed through the depicting
effects OF dyspepsia; nearly year later was
sItackea py tyfnSia iever , IL its worst form. II
deep-seated abcess, which was fifteen months
In gatheridg. had two surgical operations.
by the best skill In the state, but received no
permanent cure. suffered great pain at times
and was constantly weakened by a profuse
discharge. l also lost small pieces OF bone at
dine rent times.
Matters ran on thus about seven years, till
May, lS14, when a friend recommended me TO
go TO your ONCE and .alk with you OF the virtue
OF vegetine. did 30, and by your Kindness
passed through your mandatory, noting the
Ingredients, ETC., by which your remedy is pro
duced. BY what saw and heard gained
some confidence In Vegetine.
worse from It's effects still l perseyered and
soon felt IL was benenting me I'm other respects.
taken II faithfully for little more than year,
when the difficulty in the back was cured, and
for nine months / have enjoyed the best OF
health.
have in that time gained twenty-five pounds
OF flesh, belnO heavier than ever before In my
life, and was never more able 10 perform la
had a scrofulous swelling as large as my fist
gather on another part OF my body. l took
Vegetlne faithfully and It removed IL level with
the surface In month. think should have
been cured OF my main trouble sooner II had
taken larger doses, after having become accus.
toned TO It's effects. Let your patrons troubled
with scrofula or kidney disease understand
that Il takes time 70 cure chonic diseases, and
II they will patiently take Yegetine. it will, In
my Judgment, cure Them. With great obliga-
tlons am, yours very truly
q. w. MANSFIELD,
Pastor OF the Methodist y. Church.
PREPARED BY
H. r. STEVENS, Boston, Mass.
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gest in the country, 30 far as heard from,
is 'Tom-the property of G. NJ. Peterson,
grocer, Of Burlington This cat measures
twenty-five and a half inches arousd the
body, aud weighs 204 pounds, He Is but
three years old, and is expected to grow
considerably yet. II.
PORT HENRY, N. Y.
A portion of the hand of James Watson
one Of the employees of the Port Henry
iron ore company, was cut off on Thurs
day, by wheel in hoisting car.
One of the students of the Troy Poly
technic institute, who witnessed the ex-
plosion while down in the mine fell into a
large pool of water and narrowly escaped
drowning. He was rescued In deplorable
plight, his clothes completely saturated,
and freezing stiff on his body. 8.
WHITEHALL.
ID. G. Percival and wife celebrated their
silver weddiag, on Friday April 20.
Gillnets, set in violation of the law, are
placed across the mouth of every bay from
Whitehall to Crown Point, thus preventing
fish from gaining their spawning beds.
Wild geese and ducks are arriving in
large fiocks from the north and alighting in
the marshes of Lakes Champain and
George.
Jimmery, alias "Brace-up,' got married
on Sunday last to one of Whitehall's fair
daughters, in presence of s..large number of
people. The brides urouseau was elaborate;
che was gotten up regardless" the colors
being mainly white and blue, white kids,
white CATERS laced on the sides, cardinal
red nose, and prodigous palm leaf fan
which she kept in motion during the cere-
mony. James was dress 10 black, white
kids and boiled shirt, and when standing
beside his fair dulcana he reached up al
most to her pretty shoulder. His personal
appearance is rather striking at first sight !;
about % years old, and about as thin as
stall-fed knitting needle; mouth little
turned up on one side, aud his eyes set
down in an opposite direction. He did not
spare the perfumerY, which was evident to
the olfactory organs of all present. After
the ceremony the happy pair received the
congratulations of their friends, and started
on their wedding tour. 1t being Sunday
there were no trains leaving for Niagara
Falls, the happy twain betook themselves to
a scow boat on Wood Greek, and each tax
ing an oar, they bid adieu to their friends
and shaped their course for Carvers
slaughter house.-Sdndy Hill Herald april
90.
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SAFE AND SURE.

MIR. II. X. stevens I'm 1879 your vegetine was
recommended to me, and yielding 10 the per-
suasions OF a friend, consented to try 1t. At
the time, was suffering from general debility
and nervous prostration, superinduced by over
work and irregular habits. Its wonderful
strengthening and curative properties seemed
TO affect my debilitated system from the first
dose, and under its persistent use rapidly re-
covered. gaining more than usual health and
good feeling. Since then have not hesitated
TO give Vegetine my most unqualified indoTse-
ment as being a safe, sure and powerful agent,
In promoting health and restoring the wasted
system to new life aud energy. Eegetine Is
the only medicine use, and as long as live
never expect 70 ind better. Yours truly,
W. ii. CLARK.
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1877-04-25
SanfOrd's Radical Cure
For CATARRH

TTAS worked revolution in the treatment
III OF CatarTh. II has demonstrated beyond
all doubt that this disease, even IN its severest
forms, is curable, and that comfort and happi.
ness may be made TO follow years OF misery,
years OF suffering, by persistent use fit. The
method or treatment originated by DR.. San
ford, viz the local and constitutional by a
remedy prepared by distillatlon, is the only one
ever offered to the public that will bear the
test of time.