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Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1878-03-09
IIGHT & MITCHELL,


rEkrgR IL
Drugs, Medicines. Paints,
SCHOOLGIRLS STATIONERY, TOBACCOS,
CIGARS, &C,
UNAKES this opportunity OF thanking his.-vQ
patrons for their mostliberal patronage
for the last year, aud hopes by strict atten- ~
ton and fair dealing to merit continuance ofthe
same. sell trstrate goods always; do not sell
counterfeit or cheap goods for the best. Warrant
everything sold-to be returned if not as guaran-
teed. Its my desire, and also pleasure, to sell my
THE BEST QUALITY OF GOODS
-i,-rys but will if compelled sell them Laudanum
for cts, Syrup for cts, and Cologne for % cts.
per pint; but at the same time, letme inform you,
thataccording TO the United States 'harmacopea,
you can'tmake Laudanum for less than 10 cts, by
the wholesale. \ much cheaper plan Is to buy
your goods genaine and add the uoter yourself.
/ want almY old Accounts settled up bypaying
the Cash Immediately, and new ones begun imme-
diatelv, if not sooner. Will notask for money on
the lew ones until after Harvest.
CIGARS-best in town. --.
GEO. T. LIGHT.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1878-03-09

"Istlis the Adams house 90 asked s;ran-
ger Of a Bostouian. Yes" was tie reply,
us Adams house until you get TO the roof
chen ,ts caves
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1878-03-09
TI7I Cash CAPITAL AID ASSETS D
E5ORE THAN eO,OOO,OOO.

I AN prepared to write policies on Dwellings
/ aud Contents; Store Houses and Contents
Mills, Factories, aud all good insurable property
at lowest current rates. Farm Dwellings a
speciality. will give my personal attention 20
viewing, making diagrams and furnishing such
other needed information to all parties desiring
to insure. My customers will be furnished from
time to time, Dlottcrs, calendars as well as
printed matter. showing the conditions Of the
Companies in which they are insured.
have given my constant attention 20 The In
surancc business FOR the past SIX years, and being
so generally known throughout the County. do
not think it necessary to give references. Par
ties insuring with me may rest assured thattheir
policies win be properly written, and that time
~ notice will be given them as to date Of 5xpira-
ton. Office and residence at CharlestoTn.
Very Respectfully,
K. \. ALEXANDER,
General Insurance Agent.
December Is, ls7T-ly.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1878-03-09
The Old Family Journal.
VARIETY.
Bpliuters.

Speech is silver and silence commands a
premium. 49, Iicgyme.
About fifty per cent Of our preachers think
thcre viii De cayenne pepper IA the next
world -llirciny Leni-r.
che latest new soug IS called " Scratch my
Back, Mother Dear" z, is a sweet produc-
zion. Tie FIRST verse begins thus:
Scratch my back Oh mother dear,
Ms arms can hardly reach
Between The bladcs-s-p-p-p a0w you're near,
Good gr-a-a-e ious don't it e-e-each
The man who attempts 70 go behind the re-
turns Of q mule Is very apt 10 be counted out
by a high iuiut commissi0u.-St. LOUIS Jour
uI'
Hold the forms. for am coming sings
The reporter shrill cries the foreman, gruif old
Roman. BE. yer life I viii ,'-RocicstT
Democrat
The tight-rope dancers adver,isement-
" bnnciog talt. here.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1878-03-09

A contemporary asks Are american girls
delicate 20 Il depends very much on whether
yyl offer them cocoannt caseand ice cream or
a BAR Of soap and a wa>hboarl
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1878-03-09

Mama where DO COWS get the milk % ask
de Willie. looking up from the foamiug pan Of
milk which be had been intently regarding.
Where DO you Get your tears ~ was The
answer.
After a thovghuUl silence he again broke
oUt
Mana, 30 tie COWS have 10 be spanked O."
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1878-03-09
DRY GOODS.

nRlNTS. Plain and Plaid Dress Goods Home
4 made, Twilled and Plain Rcd and White
fanueis, Comforts, with . full line Of Dry Goods
aud Notions, just received b.
Nov. 3. GEO. ". I, KEAESLEl.
NTEN'S Youths and Boys Boots aud Shoes, of
vi 1goCd quality, just received, BY
NUv. 3, 1877 GEO. ". 7. kEARSLEl.
I ADIESs and ChIdren's Shoes, Of all sizes,
Soy. 3. ~. GEO. ". 7. KEARSLEY.
TROCERIES.-Te Sugars, CoGees, and a
u general variety Of Groceries, Just received,
and will De sold al she lowest prices.
Nov. 8. GEO. ". 7. KEARSLEY.
CHOyELS. Forks, Hoes, Rakes, Spades. Blast
= Ing Powder, Fuse and White Wash Brushes,
MAYS, 1877. DUKE & GALLAuEG.
rTNFFIN Corn Sheller-sinsls spout-scparates
the corn from the cob. The best shelter 10
the price ever offered For sale b.
DUNE & GALLAHER.
4 y additional supply Of the Celebrated Wind
sDr Coffee Pots just received. Every family
should have one. DUKE & GALLAHER, Ag'ts
(vOOH-STOVES-all sizes, just received and for
jan Is, 1873. DUKE& oALLAHER.
ChGlman d Sons; also
II Cox's for sale by W. EBT.
DUCHSkIN LOYES-Hagcrstow make-for
- sale By W. EBl.
NEW LONDON RAISINS, New Cooking
Y Raislns, New Dried Currants New Figs,
New Citron, Almonds 20 boxes Raisius, and
Oranges and Lemons, at lowest rates, BY
w. EBY.
DINEApple and Cream Cheese, Italian Maca-
/ roui and Cocoa Nuts, just received aud for
sale by W. EBN.
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Your Attention.

Z ALSO have full line Of Ladies', Misses and
l Childrcn's Work, Of City Goods. All descrip-
lions. c. w. TRUSSELL.
Sept. Is, 1877.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1878-03-09

A stranger approaches a hack stand " Car
riago carriage, sjr2 Here's fast team if
you're 10 hurry, oxclaim a dozen Jchus.-
Fas, !" returns The stranger, give ne the
slJwest team you've got. I'm going t5r a doc
t0r 6r my mother-io-hw'
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Notice.
NOTICE.

TTAYING completed my contracts abroad
which have occupied my sole attention ~
nearly year past, am now prepared for orders
in all the departments Of House Building 3D.
dress me at CharlestoWn.
Sept. IG, 1876. J.C. HOLMES.
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PrONi sSiOES

(tUOICE Family Flour, Corn Neal, Bacon, and
Z Lard, for sale By
Oct. IL, 1877. c. w. TRUSSELL.
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MAY /. 1870.

OANO rAayear. Agents wanted everywhere. Bus
NlEEEE mess strictly legitimate Particulars free
UyASS1 u Address J.WoRrH 4 CO.. ST. Louis no.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-05-23

received at their mothers knee made
them what they are.
But as age advances the mind of
youth refuses to obey the words OF wo-
man and even defes correction and
then the stronger will and sterner
Government of man is called upon to
bring back the waywardIchild. Ifthis
is true in the family it viii hold good
in our schools, hence the necessity Of
male teachers for the advanced depart
ments. The laws of nature if moth
ingelse would advise us that two male
teachers atleast should be employed
to assist the Superintendent. We
would not impeach the motive of any
member of the Board no doubt you
are honest in your convictions, but we
would say consider the matter, weigh
it well look at it from a natural stand
point. and see whether you are do
ing that which is for the best interest:
of those who have placed you in the
position which gives youthe power q
doing that which will advance the
cause of education in Somerset or re
tard it. A
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The Debt to a Mother.

Mothers live for their children, make
self.sacrifces for them, and manifest theii
tendernest and love 30 freely, that the name,
mother, is the sweetest in human language
And yet sons, youthful and aged, know bui
little of the anxiety, the nights of sleeples.
and painful solicitude which their moth :
ers have 81 ent over their thoughtless way
wardness. Those loving hearts go down to
their graves with those hours of secret ag-
ony untold. As the mother watches by
night, or prays in the privacy Of her close
she weighs well the words she will address
to her con in order to lead him to a man.
hood of honor and usefulness. She will
not tell him all the griefs and deadly fears
which beset her soul. She worms him
with trembling, lest she say over much.
She tries to charm him with CHEEKY love
while her heart is bleeding. No worthy
and successful ..man ever yet knew the
breadth and depth of the great obligarion
which he is under to the mother who eui.
ded his needless steps at the time when his
character for virtue and.purity was SO mar
rowly balanced against course of vice and
ignominy. Let the dutiful son do his ut
most to smooth his mothsr's pathway, lei
him obey as implicitly as he can her wish
es and advice, let him omit nothing tha
will contribute to her peace, rest and hap
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NEW READING. o., May 16, 1873.


Ed. PREss:-Permit me through the col
umns of The Press to add a few items
concerning Birthday dinner" given in
respect and in honor to age, to a pioneef
who resided on the farm which he now
owns, some sixty years ago. who helped
to fell the majestic oak, who witnessed
many scene of the huge "log rollings"
who saw Bruin partaking of the DELICIOUS
chestnuls, who chased the heeting deer for
the palatable yenison,-this person was no
less than Peter Whitmer, and the dinner
was given by his children, friends, and neigh
bors, as a surprise to commemorate his sew
enty-seventh anniversary, or his seventy
eight birth day making him in his seventy
eight year. He was wonderfully surprised
TO see SO many coming, loaded with choice
eatables, and so plenty of it, tina, he and
his excellent companion, together with his
younger daughter, and youngest son, made
us truly welcome. It was quite interest.
ing to see how his amiable daughters-in.
law, his much. thought of nieces, and the
clever neighbor women did laugh and chat
as they went to and fro in preparing the
dinner. Some of their merriment was, in
no doubt, caused by the presence of "teas-
ing" Ben, or the moving about of the "por-
tly looking ladies'" for really do think
some seven or eight of them would weigh
210 each. Here the scene changed. saw
Mrs. II. Wise of Newark, daughter, busy
leading the old people about, and upon in
quiry found that she was
seating them at the table. One notable
feature about this, was that she seated Pc
ter Overmyer by her father; I suppose il
was because they were schoolmates. if SO
thought just at this time, it was glo
rious thing "to be a school mate" Still
there was enough left for the rest of US to
ate for about 20 persons in all ate, and
there was an abundance of cakes, pies &c
left. There were six children; 10 grand
children and three great grand children
present. He has three sons in Topeka
Kansas, and one in Illinois.-The pleas
ant and social gathering terminated by ar
appropriate and effecting prayer BY Rev
Samuel Whitmore an elder in the EU. B
Church. And the crowd dispursed to theil
respective homes.
GUEST
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Take Down Yeur Bible.

Take down your Bible and hunt up the
following;
l. Who was the first drunkard? Gen
tx, 20, 81.
2. Who took the first temperance pledget
Judges viii, Is, IA.
8. Who first pledged himself? DanieI
i.,8.
4. Was he any wiser thereby? Danie'
l., Is, 20.
5. Can druEkarf inheris she Kingdom
of Heaven2 /. Cor, vi, $40.
6. Where was the first temperance soci
ETY. held? Jer. XIV, 6,s.
Z. Whata blessing did God pronounc'
upon the first temperance society? Jer
xxxv., 1S, 10.
8. Is temperance vice? Gal, v. %.
9. When ia it virtue? II. Pet, 5. Z.
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GUEST.
The Slanderer.

There is no one in the community who
holds more despisable position than the
common slanderer, and strange to say.
there is no offender who receives smaller
measure OF well-deserved punishment.
This social assassin seems to enjoy spe-
cies of immunity in the prosecution of bis
nefarious designs, and by implication
claims an unquestionable right to play the
villain. In rare cases jury is obtained
which has the good sense to impose mark
ed punitive damages; but the majority of
these scoundrels either escape entirely un-
punished or have merely nominal damages.
with costs, decreed against. them. And yet,
properly considered, the crime of the SLAM
derer is one of the most offensive
of which men or women can be guilty; it
is social murder, for its object is the
slaughter of individual character, or the
destruction of domestic happiness. In fact,
it is an offence that "stinks to heaven" as
going directly, with per ,istent malignity
to impare the best interests of society. To
greater or less extent, it tends to poison
the fountains of the public health and the
harmony of the domestic circle. 1t assailf
every class in the community-youth and
manhood alike; and even palsied old age is
unprotected from the venom of its poison
ed shafts. Its malicious, indicative at
tacks spare none. But in no instance il
slander more abhorent than in its condu
cling as it does, to domestic unhappiness
and disruption Of family setting
husband against wife, child against parent
and friend against friend. We view it al
pre-emantly a crime, detestable in ths
sight of man and notably condemned o
Heaven It is an offence that stands array
ed against the eternal canon promulgated
amid the thunders of Sinai-"Thou shall
not bear false witness against thy neighbor;
and if it be not in this world punished q
it deserves, inevitably it will be in the next
But for the conservation of the best inter
ests ofsociety, the operations Of this insid
ious fend-this social assassin-should b
visited with condign punishment, of such
character as in the future may decisivel
arrest the spread of its pestiferous influence
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Stingy Men.

i despise stingy man. l don't see how
1t is possible for man to die worth fifty
millions of ofdollars, in city full of want
when he m eets almost every day the with
cred hand of beggary and the white lips Of
famine. How can man Withstand all
that, and hold in the clutch of his hand
twenty or thirty millions of dollars, is PCS
comprehension. I do not see how he can
do it. / do not see how he could do it any
more than he could keep pile of lumber
when hundreds and thousands were drown
ing in the sea. I should not think he
could do it. Do you know | have known
men who would trust their wives with theIr
hearts and their honor, but not with their
pocket books; not with dollar? When !
see man ofthat kind l always think he
knows which of these articles is the most
valuable. Think OF making your wife q
beggar! Think of her having to ask you
every day for dollar, or for two dollars
or for fifty cents! "What did you do with
that dollar gave you last week?" Think
What kind OF children do you expect tc
have with beggar and coward for 1
mother? Oh, 1 tell you, if you have go
but dollar in the world, and yon hav'
got to spend it, spend it like king; spene
it as though il were dry leaf, and you tht
| owner of unbound ed forests. That's tn
way to spend it. would rather be beg
gar and spend my last dollar like a KIM
than be a king and spend my money like
beggar. fits got TO 60, let it go! Ge
the best you can for your family-try +
look as we'll as you can yourself. Whel
you used to 60 courting, how nice yol
looked! All, your eye was bright, you
step was light, and you just put on the verJ
best look you could. Do you know tha
is insufierable egotism in you to suppos
that woman is going TO love you alway
looking as bad as you can! Think of il
Any woman on earth will be true to yo'
forever when you do your levil best.-R
| ~. InpersolI,
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A Remarkable Result.

II makes no difference how many Physi
clans, or how much medicine you have
tried, it is now an established fact that Ger.
man Syrup is the only remedy which has
given complete satisfaction in severe cases
of Lung Diseases 1t is true there are YET
thousands of persons who are predisposed
to Throat and Lung Affections. Consump.
tion, Hemorrhages, Asthma, Severe Colds
settled on the Breast, Pneumonia. Whoop
ing Cough, &c.. who have no personal
knowledge of Boschee's German Syrup
TO such we would say that $4,000 dozen
were sold last year without one complaint
Consumptives try just one bottle Regular
size rs cents. Sold by all Druggists in A.
merica.
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e. F.Kunkers Bitter Wine of Iron

This truly valuable tonic has been SO
thoroughly tested by all classes of tse COM
munity that it is now deemed inbispensa-
BILE as tonic medicine. 1t costs but little.
purifies the blood and gives tone TO the
stomach, renovates the system and pro-
longs life. Everybody should have it.
For the cure of weak stomachs, general
debility. indigestion, diseases of the stom-
ach, and for all cases requiring tonic.
This wine includes the most agreea ble
and efficient salt of iron we possess-ci citrate
of magnetic oxide combined with the most
energetic Of vegetable tonics-yellow Pc
ruvian bark.
Do you want something to strength Ell you?
Do you want good appetite?
Do you want to get rid of ner eousness?
Do you want energy?
Do you want to sleep well?
Doyou want to build up your constitu-
tion?
Do you want to feel well2
Do youwant brisk and vigorous feeling?
If you do try KUNKEL'S BITTER
WINE OF IRON.
| I only ask a trial Of this valuable tonic
Beware of counterfasts, as Kunkel's Bit
ter Wine of Iron is the only sure and
| efectual remedy in tAe known world fol
the permanent cure Of Dyspepsia and De
bility, and as tks1e are number of imita
tions offered to the public, would caution
the community to purchase nome but the
genuine article, manufactured by E. F
Kunkel, and having his stamp Oh the corh
Of every bottle. The very fact that Others
are attempting to initiate this valuable rem
edy, proves its worth and speaks volumes
in its favor. Get the genuine. f. F
Kunkel's.
Sold only in 81 bottles. Sold by Drug
gists and dealers everywhere Z. F. HUNK
le., Proprietor, 259 NORTH, Nine Street
Philadelphia, Pa,
Tape Worm Removed Alive.
Head and all complete in two hours. NJ
fee till head passes. Seat, pin and stomach
worms removed by DIR. Kunkel, 259 Norti
Nine Street, Philadelphia, Pa. Send fo
circular or ask your druggist for bottl'
Of Kunkel's Worm Syrup. Itnever fails
Price 81.
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A Thriving Institution.

From the ohio Statesman, Dec 90.
About the first of June last, We recorded
the incorporation ola new institution, The
State Mutual Aid Association, an insur-
ance association based on the mutual assess.
ment plans
Since that date We have almost lost sight
ofthis enterprise, so quietly and smoothly
has it done its work. A few days ago We
visited the Home Office and found the Pres
ident, Hon. WIN. BELL, j R., the Secretary,
J, Fl. SAMPSON, and the assistant, busy
attending to the duties ofstheir offices, and
almost hidden under the immense pile of
applications before them. and issuing cir
tifcates, answering letters, sending out sup.
plies, ect. Upon inquiry we found already
upon their books nearly 600 members, from
every part of Ohio. Taking into consider
alton the fact THAI this Association has been
actively at wosk only six months, and the
fact that during much of Jnly and August,
business of all kinds was suspended for har-
| vest and the great strike, the growth of this
Association has been remarkable. The
causes which have led to such encouraging
results are the peculiarly clear, equitable
and popular plan of giving both life and
endowment insurance at cost, and allowing
the members to control their own money
and use it until actually needed to pay
losses. A member of this Association does
not have to pay out large amounts of
money to be squandered by eztrava-
gance, nor do they have, to pay their insur-
ance during their whole lives to secure the
benefit. Those who remain faithful to the
Association from Is to 25 years receive
themselves, all the benefits of their insur.
ance. Some ofthe features so popular with
this Association, are:
1st. Endowment Insurance on the Mu.
tual Assessment plan.
I'd. Uniform membership fee only S1(
for any age or amount taken.
Sd. No annual dues, or other extra char
ges, whatever.
4th. Return of all assessments paid in ui
I to date of claim pro rata, to the number O
irtifcates in force at that date.
5th. No division into classes.
9th Care in selection of risks, and stric
economy in its management.
7th. Charging the members for insur
J ance according to what they get
, The fact that they have as yet not had {
loss, and are rapidly approaching larg
membership, shows that the plan is not al
: experiment, and that good insurance cal
J be had at home, where all the officers ar
known, and all the money kept within ou
own State.
The officers are men of integrity and en-
ergy, and we have this to say of our owl
> confidence in them and their plan, that W
have taken membership in the associa
tion, and would heartily recommend on
friends to do likewise.
: Their Home Office is in Rooms 5 and
! Capital Block, near the New York Store.
Il PS. Since the above was publised, tn
membership has reached nearly 900. an,
D the Association has had one death.
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Mr.. EDITOR. AS the employment
of teachers tor our public schools is
is one of Importance, we think it
would not be out of the way to say a
few words in reference to it through
the columns Of THE PRESS. 1t isa
subject that should be we'll considered,
and onethat concerns every parent in
the district. We have elected Board
for the purpose of securing for teach
ers that will be efficient in the man.
agement and government of our
schools. Now, the question presents
itself, how can they best perform the
duty assigned them. They have made
a good beginning in securing the SER
vices ofa competetentSuperintendent.
One who has worked hard for the ele-
walton andimprovement our schools;
and we have no doubt but that he will
in the future continue to do all i'm his
power to advance the cause of educa-
tion il Somerset. Yet one man can
not do every thing, and in order that
his work may become more thorough,
would il not be well to look to the sup.
port you give him? What would be-
come of the bravest army commanded
by the most skillful General if his sup.
port was inefficient? What do the eff.
forts OF President amount to lacking
the cooperation of the different depart.
ments OF the government? The same
will apply to our schools. We are
not an advocate of extravaganza. Nei
ther Is cheapness to be saught after.
Is 1t not the duty Of the Board to find
that which experience and judgment
tells them is best for the school and
then do il regardless of the few who
are always talking about high wages
and who, If the truth was known only
have can axe to grind Go and ex
anime the best schools of our Stat,
and you will find that with few ex
septions, the support given the Super
intendent in the higher department,
is by male teachers. Although the
cost is more yet the golden grain gath.
cred amply repays; and it is natura
shat it should. We believe the mis
sion Of woman is the training of the
young mind and instilling into it sucl
principles and truths that will form {
lasting foundation for future useful
ness. Such is the testimony of many
great men "that the instructions they