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Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1878-03-13

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a.. or less in length, el5 per annum; ior
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iii be inserted At above rates
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ruueral notices Of less than ten lines,
Md marriage and religious notices inserted
rats.
lob. work executed In the neatest style
Ind 1t reasonable prices.
August %, 1877.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1878-03-13
Some Causes Of Failure.

My experience has been that the
greater part of the failures in farm.
ing comes from neglecting the
smaller matters or in Carrying out
the details. What would 10
thought Of a merchant who would
allow another in the same business
to introduce y novelty that was At
tractive and remunerative and did
not Immediately procure the same!
Yet We see the same thing among
farmers every day. One has u breed
of hogs, jndiciOusly selected, that
can I've made to weigh (sp:ing piRs)
200 to $50 pounds at ten months old,
but uine-tenths Of his neighbors are
content il they winter their fall piga
and make them that weight at eigh.
teen months. One raises pork at
five cents per pound aud the other
anywhere from ten to hfteen cents
If much corn 10 fed to winter.
Another, by good crosses, has got
his cows to give . rich milk, and
has abundance of good butter to sell
all the time, but most Of the neigh.
borhood stick to the old fashioned
halt.fed fence jumpers, who go dry
in October aud keep NO until they
calve in May, aud give milk when
butter is comparatively cheap. Aeaia
in the comparatively uDhnportant
article of poultry, the careful selec-
ton of kinds aud feed make all the
difference.
remember calling on . friend
last winter, and seeing him feeding
his hens quite freely with corn, !
asked him il il paid. He told me
that he kept an exact account Of his
hens, and that they were paying
him considerably over = dollar .
bushel for his corn, besides the ma.
nure. His hens were averaging him
over twenty. eggs to the hen ia Feb
ruary, and niue not hve-and the
difference was in the breed ahd
feed. -
Another great leak in farming il
the want OF plenty of fruit and .
good vegetable garden. Most farm
ers are content 20 they have plenty
of bread and meat-the two most
costly articles Of food that can be
used. With Q very little extra labor
and manure, q we'll kept vegetable
gaclen OF one acre can be made 70
produce more food than Ave acres
in grain, as by judicious planting
aud forethought every inch Of land
may be made to produce two crops
of vegetables, and keep up q supply
all the year round. These are some
of the little losses too common with
farmers.-American Farmer.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1878-03-13

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Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1878-03-13
For the GUARDIAN,
NY IDEAL WOMAN.

Come with me to this long, low,
sunlighted beach this sunshiny af.
ternoon, want to show you pretty
picture. 1t is wonderfully beauti-
full, this long stretch of ocean water
tinted by the setting sun, but you
would forget it all after one look at
the face of the woman who is seated
80 quietly in the shadow of an over.
hanging rock. l hardly know how
to describe this woman's face, it is
40 wonderfully 'susceptible'-l
can't think Of q better wOrd-has
such an infinite variety of express
sious. You would know in min-
ute when she was glad, gay, or
sorry. Perhaps the charm lies more
in this than in the dark, grey eyes
and daintiIy curved lips, which,
coming to analyze hei face, are the
only perfect features she possesses.
What curious combinations Of TEN.
permanent We find in the same person.
Look at the delicate outlines Of her
oval face; she is gentle, spiritual,
refined. Look at her full, red lips,
with the upper one slightly shorter;
she is luxurious, passionate, wilful.
A woman with o face like that is
sure to have something tragic in
her life. The soft, golden October
glow, furnishes a kind of mental
intoxication for her this evening
Looking at the fresh coloring Of bel
faultless mouth, You would hardl,
! think she was thirty, that dreadful
age, more terrible to most womeI
, than sixty. Looking at the happ.
light in the lovely dark eyes turne'
seaward, you would hardly thin|
that ten years before this woma1
called herself broken-hearted. lie
MA hook over her shoulder as sh
writes:
"Just ten years ago this Octobe
since Philip Trenham deserted mi
j. What = blow to . wonan's pride
. have people say she has been jilte'
Ten years ago since Philip and
walked together along this beac
and he vowed eternal devotion
8 me. Apart from my love for him
believe he was the very handsome
4 man ever saw. All, Heaven fo
give me. Ibelieve l loved him VII
no other hope or thought than
passionate delight in his beauty.
Foolish child / Ooght to he
e known he was false. believe IA
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1878-03-13

the sweep Of her grey dress; she
has inst the graceful step that one
would expect from looking at her
face. God bless her, and bring to
her such happiness as sometimes
falls to such as her, even In this life.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1878-03-13

l have travelled ceaSelessly till
lately and have been very content,
but never quite happy until pick
ed mp that picturesque little beggar'
girl IN Naples. An orphan, home.
less and friendless, she has all the
warm, dark beauty of her sunny
cline. IL she had been blonde
haired aud blue-eyed I'm afraid my
heart would never have warmed G
her; for I've noticed it through
life that fair women get all the hap
piness In this world. How happy
mean to make her, and / shall
guard her, o! 20 ceaselessly, frou
mistake and unhappioesa Min
has not been q very useful life, bu
|, please God, the finale shall, in 8
far as am able, make amends 70
the beginning"
Let us watch her as she walk
/, slowly homo, with many . loving
lingering glance backward ct th
q giisteuing waves: Look at tn
dainty pose Of her dark head An
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1878-03-13

The famous Centennial OK, which
weighed A. 800 pounds and has been
kept on exhibition, has at last found
his way into the butcher stalls,
The hide weighed Ave hundred
pounds, it is stated, when he WAS
slaughtered, but that seems improb.
able. 1t WAS q fraction over ten
per cent Of his gross Weight
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1878-03-13


his love, and our poverty, which
Was to make no differnece,. only
leave US the freer to live for each
other instead of the world.
Well, he left next day remember,
to be gone several months, and
never saw him again. don't think
he meant to be false to me. l sup
pose the money tempted him, and
he was 90 weak.
l Was teaching school then--that
great resource OF tho orphaned and
desolate-in this same little sea.
washed town. The flood.tide of
summer visitors had left stranded
only Mrs. Dent, q famous gossip,
and myself. What cruel messen-
gers fate sends her keenest stabs
by. Mira. Dent always heard any
thing first, and she came to me one
evening with commiserating tones
and well.bred satire, to tell me of
Philip Trenham's marriage in some
northern city to q lovely blonde
"with a mint of money" listened
politely, and remember when she
finished bent my head to inhsle
the fragrance of q bunch of tube.
roses l held. To this day l cannot
bear the odor Of tube roses.
think l was mad when that wo.
man finally left me in peace. !
have an indistinct recollection of
walking rapidly down to the beach
bare-headed, saying to myself that
| would end my worthless life there
since Philip wanted me no longer.
God mercifully arrested my foot.
steps before l reached the water,
and ! suppose tainted.
The next thing l remember was
feeling the cold treacherous ripples
of the incoming tide playing softly
with my hair, and the salt spray
falling on my face. A great horror
of death, that was more instinct
than anything else, seized me, and
l fled to the hotel moro rapidly than
l had come.
can forgive Philip Trenham for
his treachery to me, and even, after
the lapse Of SO many years, thank
him for tue lesson OF worldly wis
dom he has taught; but, if should
live through ages, / could never
forget the night of misery that fol-
lowed the knowledge of his deser'
ton. What q grim mockery seem
ed that legacy left me by an uncle
that l didn't know / had. Thous-
ands of useless dollars showered
on me by fate, as If that would com
J pensate for the loss Of love and
J happiness. l was only grateful 10,
it because it kept me from teaching
, for l always hated that. had
. just faith enough in Gods goodness
. aud remembrance of my mothers
i. gentle teachings left me, to keel
: me from making a high comedy o
, life with my money.
' have heard of Philip often sine
then as a daring and successful
!. speculator in New York. One conl'
almost laugh at the incongruity o
D the idea. A maa with a head Xix
e q Greek Apollo specuiating in stock
II and bonds among the "bulls an
s bears of Wall Street!
l have travelled ceaselessly ii
, lately and have been very conten
but never quite happy until l picl
: ed mp that picturesque little begga
: girl IN Naples. An orphan, HON
= less and friendless, she has all ii
warm, dark beauty Of her SUM
" cline. IL she had been blond
y haired aud blue eyed I'm afraid n
" heart would never have warmed
f.. liza -ot;col - <hrour
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1878-03-13

Governor Nichols has appointed
Mr.. 4. Woods Perry Of New Orleans,
Commissioner to the Paris ExPoei'
ton from LOuisisns. NJ. Perry
has opened An odaoe at No. 81 81:
Charles street, where he YIN BE- 9tAd
| to receive visits or commnni6at1Uus
fbom persons desirous q preparing
articles for exhibition at the greet
Worlds Fair. 81. -''-
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1878-03-13

Why is q pablic-house IKE the
land OF Acknowledgements It is the
abiding place of good and bad spir.
its.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1878-03-13
DR. 8. n. RICHARDSON,

HAVING resumed the practice Of hedi-
III cine offers bis services to the citizens
Of Claiborne parish, in the various branches
Of his profession.
ofice at the Drug Store Of Joe Shelton.
Aug. % 1877. l:y
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1878-03-13
The New York Herald !, ma

The New York Herald !, man
knows a young man who has offered
to bet that he can walk q million
hours without sleep, il his girl will
only walk with him. When that
same man, two years after MARI.
age, goes home Mt midnight wearing
disgracefnlly intoxicated boots, and
sees that girl, now his wife, pick ~
the poker and braudish II 10 .
threatening manner, be will dart Of
a. il he was going to walk million
miles en- hour without her company.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1878-03-13
TEMPERANCE MEETINGS.

TEMPERANCE MEETINGS.
The Grand Council L. +. Of T. North La,
kIrILL hold it's next annual meeting at
w HOMER, commencing on Thursday,
July leth, ls9..
OFFICERS:
GL. Ga.kins. Or W p; Miss Matte Nays,
6r " A: Adam II Davidson, CIR {; Miss
fheydocia Mcfarland. Or A c; Max feazle,
;r ): Allen Barksdsle, CIR A 5; John W.
Gr TT; Miss Fannie Parker, Or
b Tr; John A. Miller, CIR Chap; - Ives,
Or Sent
Post Once of Grand Scribe, Vienna, La
Aug %, l-T. rs
Homer Council No. 1, Z. F. Of Z,
fceh at the Coxrt- Hoxe erery Friday Night
OFFICERS:
i s. Sigh, W p; Mrs. AdellA Sigh, W A;
b T. DTmatt, r s; Miss Ida Scott, A X $
b. OTIS. Coud; Miss Kate Simmons, A e
A. Parker, Chap; X. P. Harwell, Sent
B T. Vaughn, + s; Fl. W. Kirkpatrick, IT
A. G. Calhoun, { by.
Aug. %, 1877. L"
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1878-09-26
National Banks,

While we have no especial liking for the
national Banks, and no personal interest in
them, it is well enough to consider the pol
icy Of their adjustment as proposed by the
Greenbackers, and the effect it would have
upon the country. Hon. John Sherman,
in his Toledo speech, made the following
reference to them, commenting upon what
Mr.. Thurman said, favoring the repeal of
the national bank laws:
1t is easy to oppose banking corporations.
Instead of having political power they are
the weakest members of a community. Say
what you will of them, their substitution
for State banks was one of the wisest and
most beneficial acts of the General Govern
ment since the commencement of the war.
Personally have but little interest in, or
feeling for, national banks. But for the ben
efits derived from them, 1 would not care
what became of them. Their continued ex-
istence ought to depend upon their ability,
without cost or trouble to the United States
to maintain their circulating notes at par
with United States notes or coin. If they
fail in this they ought to be abolished. If
they do it they ought to be continued
They are useful financial agents scattered
through the United States in exchanging
the products OF industry and localizing cap
ital. They plid last year to the Govern
ment OF the United States 81, O76, OS7 in taxes
and for State and local taxes Sc, 7O1, 1872, or
a total Of $16,777, $40, or nearly four mil
lions more than Judge Thurman estimates
we will save to the people by issuing
greenbacks instead of the bank notes. These
taxes would all be lost to the United States
and to the States if the national banks were
abolished. Their notes are secured beyond
peradventure, they are protected from coun-
terfeiting far more successfully than any
former system, and, to their credit, be it
said, not one dollar has been lost on any
national bank note ever issued. Wherever
you 60, you may carry them with safety,
without examination as to where and when
they were issued. They are good every
where in the United States.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1878-09-26
Sound Sentiments.

We depart from general rule OF this Of
flee in the publication of the following ex-
tract from private letter, written by a
gentleman of large business experience, un-
usual political information, as we'll as sagac-
ity, and sterling democratic convictions.
He is native of Virginia, but now resides
in neighboring State, and is watching with
interest the progress OF the contest now
going on in the several Congressional Dis
tricts. We ask for its sentiments the care
full consideration of all our Democratic
readers 50
II always read your editorials with in
terest, notwithstanding we have radically
differed during late years in our political af-
filiations. But wish especially to congrat-
ulate you upon your leading editorial in the
paper of the 18th inst, on the financia!
question, under the caption OF sJudge Har-
ris' Financial Views" and to express my
hearty approval of every political sentiment
1t contains, and to thank you for the clear,
concise and fair manner in which you have
presented the question. Your facts are in
disputable and your deductions irrefutable.
l wish every voter in the State could read
1t, and that every one tainted with the her.
esy of 'sgreen back inflation,o might read
it every morning. 1t carried me back to
the good old times when you edited an Or
gan of the Virginia Democrats.
Is it possible that the Democratic party,
founded by Jefferson and established by
Madison, Calhoun, Jackson, Benton and a
host Of such worthless, whose key-notes were
'sstrict construction, economy: solid finan-
cial system, based on metallic founda-
tion," is going to become the advocate of an
irredeemable, unlimited paper infation,-a
country, what fall that would BEL Old
Hickory would turn in his grave.
You know have been lifelong Demo-
crat latter the strictcst Sect" but if this
is to be modern Democracy. can not fol-
low such -wisp," which
will lead only to swamps and quagmires to
entrap the unwary. and end in national
bankruptcy"
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1878-09-26
From Fishersville.
Eds. Valley Virgini;an

EQS. POtLey HafQl1l2Q2.
Unwilling that this alone of all of Augusta
important points, shall be without cores
pondent of any of your papers, have de-
that badly done. We think this the most
beautiful, healthful and productive portion
OF all this grand old County, and if doesn't
appear tso, we want yoN to think it is the
fault Of your correspondent and not Of the
neiehborhood.
Our wheat crop, that is just now garnered,
is one that cannot be excelled-if equaled-
In any other part Of the County, .either in
acreage, or in the yield per acre. One farmer
threshed 1,022 bushels from less than forty
acres; and another on a very small farm,
raised and threshed about 1,400 bushels.
Steam machines have been numerous, but
all seemed to have something to do.
Our neighboring towns, Mt Scion, Mint
Spring and New Hope, each sent ma chine
to our assistance, making lively time
among machine men, Jour State debt, or its
''re-arrangement'' being the issue.) That
contest over, the hay pressing business comes
next. Four of these huge implements are
now at work almost in sight of our village );
one run by Mr.. Bell & Bro. one by Messrs.
Strole Sc McCue, and two by Mr.. Zirkle.
One of Mr.. Zirkle's is worked by an eight
horse engine, with capacity to bale twenty
tons per day, while the three other presses
(horse- power) average about eight tons per
day, each, making in all, an average of
about forty-four tons per day, that is load
ed in cars at this point every day. These
presses are all manufactured by P. X. Dede-
rick & Co.
To give your readers an idea of the kind
of grass land we have, will say that our
neighbor Mr.. Moses Zirkle, cut from $50
acres of land 225 tons of hay, 1913 of which
he has sold. And this is about an average
in quality of our neighborhood land.
But Mr.. Editor, this is not all, while Mr..
Dederick & Co., furnish us good presses, we
have others in constant use, that put away
deal of grass in the shape of horses, cows
and sheep, Of which we boast both as to
quantity and quality. Did you ever notice
what a large percentage OF premium stock
Il like to have said premiums, and would mt
I have missed it, since they don't pay 'em p
come from the County Fair right to this
neighborhood Within about one-and-a-
half miles of this village, there are upwards
of 1900 sheep-not scrubs but sheep, that
are being much improved every year, by
breeding from thoroughbred bucks, of South
down, Cotswold, Leicester, Shropshire, and
Merino varieties.
Our hogs too, are all of improved blood
the old sself-sharpeners' having long since
disappeared from the neighborhood.
Besides fertile lands and improved stock,
we have able professional men, skilled me-
chanics, successful merchants, science farm
ers, whole-soul grangers and 'sChristy Creek
wood-haulers,' But am too much hurried
now to do more than name them.
J, You may be sficted forty times from your
farmer friend not
FAR FROM FISHERsyILLE.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1878-09-26

DrestOn A. Baylor,
i ATTORNEY AT Law,
AND SOLICITOR IN CHANCERY,
STAUNTON, VA.
Practice in all the Courts OF Augusta and ad5oin-
ing Counties.
OFFICE+The same formerly occupied by his
father, Col. Geo. Baylor decd, on Augusta street,
opposite the Courthouse nov 10-ly
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1878-09-26
For the VALLEY v1RG1N1AN.
Remarkable Longevity.

During the last summer, while travelling
about through the mountains OF Southwest
Virginia, we found it necessary one day to
20 from Abingdon, in Washington county,
to the county-seat of Russell. The distance
was considerable, the road extremely rough,
and our only mode Of conveyance was an old
rickety stage-coach. During the first few
hours of our ride, however, We had fellow
passengers who helped us to while the time
away, and even when they left US to finish
our journey, with the driver as our sole
companion. we contrived to spend the great
er part of the day rather pleasantly, as we
took in the beautiful scenery along the way.
Towards evening, however, the drivers con.
versation became rather uninteresting, the
road seemed rougher, the horses grew tired,
and the scenery lost half its beauty. We
were being iolted along, over the stones at
quite an unsatisfactory rate OF speed, and
were beginning to long for our journeys
end, when we were hailed from little
mountain cabin on tine roadside, and the
coach stopped to take in passenger. A
decrepid old man came hobbling to the gate,
and as he approached, the driver, who knew
him, remarked that he was probably the
Oldest human being that we had ever seen.
He addressed the driver in feeble voice,
told him he had no money to pay his fare,
and asked to be allowed to ride. free OF
charge, to the village Of Lebanon, four
miles distant. His request was kindly grant
ed; with some assistance he clambered into
the coach and we went numbering on our
way. Our fellow-passenger had evidently
once been man of unusual physical power,
but Time had shorn him of his strength,
palsied his arm and made him child again.
AS he sat there beside us, trembling like an
aspen leaf, with his shriveled, mummy-like
features, and scant snow white locks, surely,
we thought, this man does not belong to
this world. Time has here been stealing
from eternity, for ''the names he used to
hear have been carved for many year on
the tomb" We spoke to him and were
surprised to find that he could hear perfect
ly we'll, even while the coach was rafting
nosily over the stones. He told us his name
was Elisha Franklin, and when we asked
his age, he answered,
ZONE HUNDRED AND SEVEN YEARS."
He said that his memory was growing
somewhat treacherous of late, and in order
to avoid making mistakes as to his age. at
the close Of every year o: his life he scored
one on a little slip Of paper which he kept
in his Bible, and on the last anniversary OF
his birth he made the 10th mark. One OF
his grandfathers lived to be los years old,
but his parents died when about eighty
years of age. After we had driven mile
or two from his home he pointed to q lonely
little mountain gorge, short distance from
the road, and said his wife was buried there.
She had died only two years before In heI
eighty fifth year. He did not marry until
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1878-09-26

MAIL Southwark, connects at Gordonsville,
with Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, for Stanton,
White sulphur Springs and all the watering pla-
ces on that line, and Eastward. to Richmond and
South, At Lynchburg, connects with Atlantic,
Miss: & Ohio R. R. through Southwest Virginia
to Nashville, New Orleans, Memphis, Little
Rock and Texas-and at Danville, with r. & D.
R. R. to South and Southwest.
Express Southwark connects at Gordonsville
to all points East and West CSC. and at Danville,
with r D. for the Carolinas, Georgia, Florida
and via Atlanta to New Orleans
For Manassas Line leave Washington at So a.
m. and Alexandria, I 90 a. M, DAILY, except Sun
day. arrive at Strasburg at II 90 M, connecting
with the Valley Road, to Orkney and Rawley
Springs, and all the line East and West. Leave
strasbqrg at 8 20 p M, Front Royal at 90 p. m,
connecting at Manassas with the Northbound
mail train for Washington and North.
For Warrenton leave Washington 81 a m. and
Alexandria Z 90 a. M. daily
All trains make good connections, at Washing
ton, to and from North and West.
New Orleans sleeper leaves Washington at 6 35
M, running through without change.
Through sleeper for Savannah, Georgia, leaves
Washington IS pm.
Through tickets sold at the lowest rates.
]. M. BROADUS,
iuen Is General Ticket Agent.