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The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1878-09-21
SNeevM Notices.

SNAcSANN NOkNSSrs
a fuc assortment Of French Candies
at wiIkiasOa'.
Lemons. Oranges. Figs, Prunes.
Dates. RaisiuS. Currants and the vcly
best coffee for Is cents at Mrs. Pat
tcrsOn's.
Go TO WiIkiason's for yoar apples.
oranges and peanuts.
Lamp oil and lamp cbinacJs for sale
at Mrs Ps,tcrson's.
Morning Glory Baking Powder is
celebrated for its purity. is the most
economical. makes most delicious. light.
white and wholesome cookery. he, ps
any length Of time in any climate un-
changed. Only 4Oe,s per pound ut
GrcgOEy's Grocery. sole agent.
Evening Glory Baking Powders at
o. CoSRAps.
At Mrs. PuttersOp's you eau get light
brOEu sugar fer 10 cts. and white for
l.1.
FiSh--SlackcrcI, Like Herring,
Cod fish. Scotch Herring, &C., at 'Trs.
Paitersou's,
re- For Satellite wcsto
lanyard. For full particulars apply
to T. A. EDWARDS.
The best Hoe, all steel, warranted
as steel hoes, madn for I5c.s. VIII
last 4 lifetime. Ii not. I will give
sor another free of charge.
y. CONRAD.
Morning Glory Baking Powders for
4OcIs At Gregorv's.
Go TO GrcgOry's for your Baking
IpnuIcrs-4CletS oer nntnd
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Fruit jars-Giass and s.Onc-at Mrs.
patterson's.
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Clerk Of the CIRCUIT Court,

August 4, 1878.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1878-09-21
G. ". Crook.

C0ruig Superintendent
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1878-09-21

Lamp oil aud lamp cbiuacys for Salc
at Mrs Psttc-Eon's.
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Fish--MaekercI, Lekc Herring,
Cod fish. Scotch Herring. &C., at 3Irs-
Paitcrson's.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1878-09-21
sEcOxp RACE.

Nle Da.h for Tr1es, Year 0lA:.-
Entriss-'-Kersrie. by L. G. Beuncu;
sally Snyder" By W. D. Carper.
"lieveris" got home FIRST.
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Weston, August $1-st
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At Mrs. PuttersOD's you eau get light
brUEu sugar fer 10 cts, and white for
l.I.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1878-09-21

Taths.s 1SIsAEaR tn give Da. c. MoLANE'A TIvEa
ITtIG irIal We will mail, Postpaid, to AIRY rsrt Of
Ihc Csi,rI StsfeS. use Ire Il Fills f'F tSrt .aSs
IgngS. - FLEMING DIlOS, fG::::scsisi, P~,
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Address yOut orders for Drugs, Medi'
eiues. &c.,to
j. N. BARE,
wss:sa, W. Va.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-01-30

The ESTABLISHED CHURCH OF ENG
LAND.-The Established Church is govern
ed by 9 archbishops and % bishops. OF
these, q seats In the House Of Lords.
The new bishoprics (Truro and st. AlbtnS)
were created in 1877. A large proportion
of the church property is managed by
commissioners, who pay fixed incomes to
the prelates, ranging from Gl5,0OO to the
archbishop of Canterbury, to II 400.
which last is the income of the bishop Of
Sndar and Nun. The next inferior dgni-
tarirs of the church are the deans, OF
whom there are 80, with incomes varying
from E3,O0O (paid to the Dean of Darhtm)
to f7OO. the stipend OF the Dean OF BAN
our. El .Ou0 to each dean being the gener-
al average. As bishops assistants there
are X archdeaeons, who commonly hold
other prefrrments indeprndenl OF their
small archdeaconal incomes, Under the
archdcucon there are Gl0 rural deans, WHO
exercise in unpaid supervision over the
parochial clergy. The number OF beneii.
res is about $4,000, and the clergy OF
every class number 1000. The revenues
of the church are not accurately known.
Rut the total income of the church may
be set down at 98,OO0,OOO to ElO 00O,tOO
a wear. No religious census has been otli-
cfllv made, but the church population has
been estimated on trustworthy data at l2,-
500 600, for whom 5,75D, 900 church sittingS
are regularly fixed and Available. Church
rates are now legally abolished, and Il
charge of from shillings per year IS
commonly made for seats. In some OF
the recently built churches the sitiings
are quite free, and in all churches con-
siderable number of free sittings are pro-
vided
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-01-30

SoTHERN's LATEST On the special
rain that whirlet the participant in Ed
win Adams benefit from New York to
Philadelphia in ninely-nine and half
minutes, Mr., Sothern related to Miss Lotta,
her mother, Mrs. Crabtree, and II little
group. number of those entertaining
anecdotes for which he is noted. | can
not resist the temptation Of repeating
some of the collections that sent the merry
little lady and her friends into such uncon-
trolabIe laughter. Mr.. Sothern is great
on "larks and seldom fails TO improve
the opportunity. On one occasion Mr.
Toole and he were hreakfasting with q
party OF friends at an inn at Greenwich.
No sooner had the waiter left the room for
IN instant than SoIhern proposed that they
should remove the plate from The cloth and
ut under the table. This they did with
out loss of time, taking every article Of
silverware off the table down to the spoons,
md taking the precaution to leave the
window open. After they had waited an
instant the door opel ed and the waiter
rea eacpearpd. Helo.n he cried, seeing
the company gone, also the silver, and the
window wide open, there's n rum 90! m
blessed if they arn't run away with the
silver Here, Dick, GOA waiter who was
passing), the gentlemen 'as run away with
the silver, help me to find the guv nor"
with that he made hasty exit, whereup-
IN the party resumed their places, after
,hutting down the window and replacing
The dishes, the knives, the forks and the
spoons; when the "guv'nor" Appeared,
brealhless and cursing, not loud bu deep,
he found party of gentlemen in the full
possession of his silverware, quietly dis
cussng the fish, for The preparation of
winch The hosteiry was noted. Ills rjacu-
Iation of rage changed to establishment
md relief. "Eh, what?" sad he, every
,hing secure? Why, James, you blar~ted
rascal, whaD do you mean" -" So help
me- guv'nor-," protested The my Sstiticd
garcon. You're drunk, you idiot, said
he inrredulous muster. Gem lemen, |
beg your pardon. will withdraw" and
the gentlemen veiled their mlrth with
heir napkins and smile of forgiveness
stole over each innocent face .-CsnclnneG
Breakfast Table.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-01-30
NY CHRISTIAN NAME.

My Christian name my Christian name,
never hear it now;
None have the right to utter it,
IT'S lost, | scarce know how.
NY worldly name the world speaks loud
Thank God for well-eamed fame
But silence sits at my cold hearth,
have no household name.
My Christian name, my Christian namc,i
1t has an uncOuth sound
My 5other chose it out Of those
In Bible pages found;
Mother, whose acrcnts made half sweet,
What else | held in shame,
Dos thou remember up in Heaven
My poor lost Christian name?
Brothers and sisters, mOckers oft
OF he guam name bore,
Would could leap back years, to hear
Ye shout it out once mOtcl
One speaks it slill in written lines,
The last fIaternal claml
But the wide seas between us drown
Its sound-my Christian name.
| had long dream once Her voice
Might breathe the homely wold,
And make 1t muoir-as love makes
ANY name said or heard.
Oh, dumb, dumb lpsl OH silent hearth
Though, it Is no one'- blame!
Now while live III never hear
Her speak my Christian name.
God send her bliss and send me rest
If her white footsteps calm
Should track my bleeding le t, tod make
To them each blnOd.dlOp Lalml
Peace peace ~, mother, put thou forth
Thine elder, holiGr claim,
And the first word hear in IIeanven
May he my Christian name.
-AWhOr Qf John HaliJdJ
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-01-30

Nevada dogs seem to be made of stern
er stuff" than other American ours. Last
week one fell down Il ninety foot shaft
struck with emphasis on hard rock, lived
sixteen days without food or water, was
taken out at the end of that time and I'M
mediately ran down and totally destroyed
a rat that presumed too mnch on appear
ances, and approached rather too near the
sickly looking canine.
Riding to hounds recently in England,
pretty Mrs. - came to grief in Il
brook, from which she emerged dripping
from hat to boots. What am | to do?"
she said piteousy to Capt. R., who, see
ing the fall, had ridden to her assistance.
The gallant captain was lady killer and
an Irishman. :" think must squeeze
you," he said in his happicst manner.
. Thanks" said the little woman, rising
to the occasion; al but see my husband
coming, and | think he would do better
than you"
The following story is told by Gen.
Harry Heth: One day General (now SEN
ator) Gordon and were ordered to attack
Gen. Grants lines near Petersburg, and
we accordingly moved out towards the
front. Gordon you know is IL preacher,
, and man of pious, devotional habits
| Just before the action began he said
General, before we go into action woulC
= it not be we'll to engage in prayer2
| Certainly" l replied, and he and hi
: staff retired into a little building by tn,
t roadside, and l and my staff prepared t,
J, follow. Just then caught sight of m.
2 brother, who was with some artillery
:, little way down the road, and thinking t,
[ have him Join us, called out to him b
+ name, "Como" said pointing to til
"a building we were just entering. Nc
. thank you" he answered, | have jas
had one"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-01-30

A CURIOUS VILLA curious will has
lust been settled in Berlin, containing IL
moral with II wider circulation than Il
miser's last testament often contains, The
Door man died. when, to general surprise,
it was found he left $4,000 marks. The
10000 in package, signed and sealed,
was to be given to his native town in Ba-
varia; 1000 each to three brothers, and
1000 to friend with whom he had quar-
relied. 1t was stipulated that none of the
four should follow the body to the grave,
which suggestion the three brothers gladly
accepted, but the quarreler walked alone
and forfeited his 1000 marks, for the sake
of paying last mitigating honor. When
the package was opened for the town, ii
disclosed another will, giving the 10000
to any of the four who should dsrrgarc
the stipulation.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-01-30
EI4Et3Y.

EEEGY.
| The following tender and beautiful lines Y
imposed by Rev. DR.. Henry King, a "mo
yet and divine " some two ndred years ago,
csy upon his wife
Sleep on, my love, in thy cold bed,
Never TO be disqu ieted
My last good night thou wilt not wake
Til thy fate shall overake;
Till age, or grief, or sickness, must
Marry my body to that dust
1t 50 much loves, and I'LL the room
My heart keeps empty in thy tomb;
Stay for me there; will not fuil
To meet thee in that hollow vale;
And think not much of my delay;
! am already on the way,
And follow thee with all the speed
Desire can make, or sorrows breed;
Each minute is a short degree,
And every hour step towards thee
Atnight when bctake 10 rest,
Next morn Iise nearer my west
Of life, almost by eight houres sale
Than when sleep bredthed his drowslC gale.
Thns from the sun my bottom sleares,
And my dayes compass downward bears,
Nor labOur to stummc the llde
Through which to thee swiftly glide.
Ills true, with shame and grief yield,
Thou like the vanne first tool'st The field,
And gotten hast the victory
In thus advrnturing to dy
Before me, whose more years might crave
A just precedence in the grave.
But hark my pulse like a soft hum
Beats my approach, tells thee come,
Aud SLOW hOwc'rr my marches be,
| shall at last SIT down by hec,
The thought of this bids mego on
And wait my dissolution.
with hope and comfort dear, (olgve
The crimc) am contn mt to i've
Divided, with but half heart
Tin we shall meet and never part.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-01-30

THE ENGLISH SPARROW VANQUTSHED.
In the public garden II common ground
sparrow was observed to be quite sufficient
to vanouish mt least half II dozen Of the
English birds. The fight ended by the
ground sparrow, pcrched upon n twig,
taking one of the foreigners by the wing
letting him hang toward the ground and
shaking him much rs II terrier dog would
IA rat. Boston TranScrjpt.
L'vo for something Do COOL and leave
behind you II monument of virtue that the
storm of time can never destroy Write
your name in Kindness. love and mercy on
the hearts Of thousands you come in con
tact with year by year; you will never be
FORGOTTEN. No, your name, your deeds
will be rs logible on the hearts you leave
behind Us the stars of heaven,
Do the WORK Of your life well, anC
whether shoehhck or prime minister yol
will stand on the same plane ut the judg
ment day. Now if amy young Wan o
woman struggling with poverty or adyer
sitv should read this let such take courag
and remember that II goo heart wit
noble purposes will place one higher il
the love and kingdom Of God than all tn
riches and talent that could possibly b
possessed.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-01-30

THE RELIABLE MAN.-Of all the quail
les that combine to form II good charac-
ter, there is no one more important than
reliability. Most emphatically is this true
of the character of good business man.
rhe word itself embraces both truth and
honesty, and the reliable man must neces-
surily be trulhfal and honest We see so
much all around US that exhibits the alb
sence of this crowning qualily that we are
tempted in our bilious moods, to deny Its
verV existence. But there are, neverlhe-
ess reliable men. men to be depended up
on, to be trusted, in whom you may re-
nose confidence, whose word is us good as
their bond and whose promise is perfor-
nance. any one of you know such
man make him your friend. You can
only do so, however, by assimlIatlng his
character,
The reliable man is II man Of good
Judgment. He does not jump at cunclu-
sons. lie is not frivolous man. He is
thoughtful. He turns over Il subject in his
mind and looks ut it all around, He is
not Il partial or one-sided man. He sees
through thing. He is apt TO be IL very
rcticrnt man. He doe not have to talk Il
great deal He is moderate man, not
only in habits of body, but also of mind.
lie is not IL passionate man, if So by ma
ture. he has overcome it by grace. He is
IL sincere man. not u plottcr or schemer.
He does not promise rashly. What he
saws may be relied on. He is trust
worthy man. You feel safe with your
property or the administration of affairs
in his hand He is II watchGul, vigiant
man. You feel secure within his protec-
ZION. He is Il brave man, for his conclu-
sions are logically deduced from the sure
basis of truth, and he does not fear to
maintain them. He is Il good man, lor no
one can be thoroughly honest and truthful
withou. being good. Is such Il quality at
lanabe9 Most assuredly so. 1t is not
born, it is made. Character may be form
ed, of course, then its component parts
may be nodded to that fornation,-P0rl-
iund Price Current
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-01-30

By ALL MEANS BE AN EDTOR.-An
editor is the happiest being on earth. He
has little OF nothing to do, and his pay is
all that heart could wish. His sanctum.
with its Persian rugs md Turkish carpets
its costly rosewood furniture, its magnif
cent mirrors, its beautiful pictures, its
complete ibrarvofsplendidly bound books
its silver bell to su mon an attendant,
and, in short, with its everything that
human ingenuity can devise for his COM
fort and pleasure, in II perfect little lrtra-
disc, where he sits on lounges and rrigns
a Young lord, with the world of fashion,
and pleasure at his feet. And then any
body can be an editor-no study, no prep
aralion, no brains, nothing but II little
money to start with and once started the
money pourS in upon you in steady
stream, and the chief labor of your wife is
to spend it. As for the labor of editing Il
newspaper, that is mere moonshine. A
mere glance at the columns of Il newspa-
per is enough to convince you that it re-
uuires no labor to edit it, and less brains.
1t is certainly u glorious life, that of m
editor; life of luxurious case and of ele-
cant leisure-a life filled, like that of Il
Young lover in his first dream Ofrequited
love, with flutes and rose leaves and moon
beams. That all men are not editors is
one of the stran9eSt things under the stars.
True, there must he doctors and lawyers
and shoemakers and peanut dealers and
the like, and all these callings must he
filled by somebody, but there are enough
to fill them, and why they don't become
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-01-30

THE TEXAS PRAIRES AT the moment
when Won Start westward on the "sunsel
route" the landscape Salntrs yon in all
the Iovelness of blosSoming prairie in
its first luxuriance of green under the
tender early sun. The flowers are num-
tcrless. When you have counted IL con-
pIe of dozen varieties, you find you have
only begun. Here the painled-cup makes
the Great reaches gay; here yellow indigo
stars them. and presently lends them its
color. leading away into the boundless
horizon field of the cloth of gold; here
it is scarlet with the scarlet-phloX, here
blue with the verbena; here the lilies with
their long snowy iaments wonderousIy
alive. whiten ali the windings of an un-
seen brook; here clothed in the priceless
small clover, and greater than Dante :
freshly broken emeralds, beneath vast and
hollow heavens, and moulded in colos-
sal calm" the naked prairie rolls away,
league after league, unbroken to the gulf.
OH the glory of Texas prairie under a
vertical sun! the light, the color, the dis
tance the vast solitude and silence, the
Hmitless level the everlasting rest! a
flock of white cranes rise flashing in the
light and soar away; Il mirage lifts the
lofty timber that outlines distant river
and shows you the stream shining beneath
shaking silver vapor Mt his feet; in the
creek beside you, fearless blue ducks dil
and dive and swim away, scattering the
water-drops; drove of horses risins
from beds of sunfowers, with flying name
and tails, 90 bounding into space; vas
herds of cattle crop the clover withou
lifting their heads as You sweep by; rider
are rounding up their droves, hawks ar,
lowering, birds are singing, winds ar
5 blowing, and what seemed only solitud
and silence is full of life and action ant
music. Now the forests Of Bra2os begil
to rustic; cypress and magnolia, lnde
and locust and beech and elm, hickory AM
J black Jack, dense to darkness, yet trem
bling with dew and sun, laced with ga
$ vines of trumpet and passion flowers an
+ with huge ropes of blossoming grape
f slunc from tree to tree, with undergrowt
q of dogwood and red.bub, wild peach, ,canC
2 and their great dark liye-oaks wrapt j
q the fantastic webs and standing wier
q and awful in their drudical beard,-Ha'
mrs Md0dsjHe.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-01-30
TERMS FOR ADVERTISING.

For square of 70 lines or less Of ARatetype
insertion, 90; for each subsequent insertion %
Unless thenumher of insertions marked on the ad
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Liberal discount made to merchants and others adyer
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Probatea and Commissioners Notices, So 90 each.
For Notices Of Liberation, Estrays, the Formation
and Dissolution of Co partnerships, &c. II % each tor
three Insertions II sent by mail the money must ac-
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Notices in news columns, 10 cents per line zach in
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Notices of Deaths and Marriages inserted gratis, bu
extended Obituary Notices Poetry will be charged
at the rate Of FIVE cents per line
The Portland daily press., 1878-01-10
Personal,

The friends of Mr.. j. r. Ellison formerly of
this city, Will be glad to know that he has re-.
turned for brief visit, and is stopping at the
Preble.
Miss Isabella G. Prince, a Maine woman,
more than twenty years ago left her native
state and became principal of young ladies'
school in Vicksburg, where she remained for
some years. Afterwards she established the
Young ladies' Home 10 this city, which became
well known and aoutishing school. The
great fire in 1866 broke up this school, and
Miss Prince visited the Pacific coast. 10 San
Francisco she established Hone Institute for
Young Ladies', which became very prosperous.
After few years of teaching in this school
Miss Prince purchased lard in San Fra cisco at
$50 per foot front, and erected large house
for boarding school, and now she retires on a
comfortable competency.
The Portland daily press., 1878-01-10
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