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Girls Now and Then.

I wonder whether the little girls Of these
days would like to live as little girls did {
hundred years ago. The daughters of Sil
William johnson, a rich and wise man
who lived on the banks of the Mohawk
river in very elegant style, were brought
up in very simple way:
''AIl the year round they wore the same
kind of dress,-a chintz wrapper, opening
in front to show green silk petticoat. In
winter they wore over this scarlet cloth
mantle, which went quite down to their
feet. They wore summer and winter, a
large hat called a calash, to shield them
from the sun and wind. Their long hair
was done into single braid and tied be-
hind by ribbon. Every morning they
rose early, read their Bibles and their
prayer books. fed their birds, tended their
flowers, and took breakfast. After this
they sat for several hours, engaged in fine
sewing and embroidery. When this was
laid aside they were allowed to read either
ollins' Ancient History or one of the
sentimental romances of the period. Din
ner divided the day. After dinner they took
a long walk, if it we're summertime. or if
winter, went fora ride in the sled. and
then, after more sewing or reading, went
very early to bed.
Mrs. Grant, friend of the Schuylers,
in her recollections of her childhood and
youth, tells us that she always sat and
sewed in the forenoon by her mothers side
and in the afternoon she was sent to a
large waste room in the attic to study her
lessons. When there was company in the
parlor her mother used to send her to the
waste-room that she might be out of the
way. There she found great delight in
reading. of all things in the world, rag
ged old dictionary. She studied it in ev-
cry spare moment, and, having no story
books. by it's aid she read Millions Para
disc Lost, and when eight years old felt
extremely sorry for the fallen angels, deep
ly interested in their speeches and so we'll
acquainted with their names that I could
have called the roll of them with all the
ease imaginable.'
Children, would you like ito sew, to
read grave books, to wear one kind of
dress always? Yet those little girls seem
to have enjoyed life pretty well.-Cbras-
tan at Work.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1878-04-26
What it Costs to Write Well.

Excellence is not matured in day, and
the cost of it is the old story. The begin
ming of Plato's ''Republic,' it is, said, was
variety of ways. Addison, we are told
wore out the patience of his printer; fire.
quently, when nearly a whole impression
of the Spectator" was worked off, he
would stop the press to insert some new
proposition. Lambs most sportive essays
were the result of most intense labor; he
used to spend week at a time in elabora-
| ting single humorous letter to d friend.
Tennyson is reported to have written,
"Come into the garden, Maud,' more than
fifty times over before it pleased him; and
on ''Locksley Hail. the first draught of
which was written in two days, he spent
the better part Of six weeks, for eight
hours day, in altering and polishing.
Dickens, when he intended to write
Christmas story, shut himself up Tor six
weeks, living the life of a hermit, and
came out as haggard as murderer. Bal
FAC, after he lad thought out thoroughly
one of his philosophical romances, and
amassed his materials in the most labor
ious manner, retired to his study, and from
that time till his book went to press. society
saw him no more. When he appeared
among his friends, he looked, said his pub
Usher, in the popular phrase, like his own
ghost. The manuscript was afterwards
altered and copied, when it passed into
the hands of the printer, from whose slips
| the book was rewritten the third time.
Again it went into the hands of the prin-
| ter-tWo, three and sometimes four Separ
ate proofs being tequired before the authors
leave could be got to send the perpetual re-
written book to press at last to have it
done. He was literally the terror of all
printers and editors.
Moore thought it quick work if he wrote
seventy lines of 'sLalla Rookh" in a week.
Kinglake's "Ethoen,' we are told, was re-
written five or six times, and was kept in
the authors writing desk almost as long
as Wordsworth kept the ''White Doe OF
Rylsone,'' and kept like that, to be taken
out for review and correction almost every
day. Buttons s'Story of Nature" cost
him fifty years of labor before he sent it to
the printer. He composed it in a singu-
lar manner, writing on large sized paper,
in which, as in a ledger, five distinct
columns were ruled. In the first column
he wrote down the first thought, in the
second he corrected, enlarged and pruned
it; and so on until he reached the fifth
column, within which he finally wrote the
result of his labor. But even after this he
would compose a sentence twenty times,
and once devoted fourteen hours to find
ing the proper word to round off a period.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1878-04-26
How to be a Lady.

s'Miss Winchester, what is the secret of
being lady? Is it to be true and fearless
like a man, or to be just, or charitable,
and always giving up ones self for
| others?''
Miss Winchester was darning table
| cloth. She always did the nice parts of
housekeeping, to steady her nerves. she
said and she took time to answer:
| ssThe truest ladies ever knew had two
things so blended that one never knew
which to be surest of, their sincerity Or
their kindness. I never saw lady
whether she was a girl or grown woman.
who had not the faculty wise writer calls
"a genius for loving 1t was born in
them, and grew with them. 1t is not that
kind Of 4 don't know what to do with
myself feeling that makes girls throw their
arms around the nearest friend and
| smother her with kisses, that feigning
petty jealousness of others, and saying, L
wish you could love smes' when one isn't
in mood for sweet stuff. The most loving
hearted girls don't show their feelings by
any means. They do not love to kiss OF
parade affection, but they are kind, oh so
kind, to their last breath and drop of
| strength, to those who need and deserve
their care. Kind with the kindness that
makes one wise for others happiness, so
that mother looks into the mending- basket
to find that troublesome torn shirt-sleeve
made whole. and the apron finished for
Bobby, and father has the room quiet for
a long evening when he wants to read the
debates, or to make calculations, and Jen-
ME finds her rain-spoiled dress sponged
and ironed fresh in the wardrobe, and Mrs.
Brown over the way sees the children
taken out of the house when she has
racking headache, and the teacher knows
who will run up the f1ounces ana sew on
bnttons for the new suit she is hurry
ing to make, out Of school hours. There is
nothing too homely or distasteful for this
sort of girl to do, and she might take for
her signature what saw once in kind
letter of Eliza beth Stoddard, the novelist,
Yours to serve The kisses and the love-
making may be shy enough with her, but
the kindness is for everybody, and it runs
very deep. Nothing draws on her help and
sympathy so much as to need it most, to
be without interest or attraction in any
way.
''The best recipe for going through life
in an exquisite way with beautiful man.
ners, is to feel that everybody, no matter
how rich or how poor, needs all the kind
ness he can get from others in the world.
The greatest praise written of Madame
Recamier, the most beautiful woman and
complete lady of her own or any other
known time. was this, ''-and Miss Win
chester's face seftened, her voice fell to a
moving key, as she repeated softly the
words afterwards saw copied in an old
black manuscript book Of hers, and knew
that she had loved them. s"Disgrace and
misfortune had for Madame Recamier the
same sort Of attraction that favor and
success usually have for vulgar souls.'
There was the nature of great lady,
Wide AaodEe.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1878-04-26
VEGETINE

DY NE r VOUSN ESS
And General Debility.
BERNARDsToN, MASS, 1878.
We, the undersigned, having used Vegetine take
pleasure in recommending it to all those troubled
with Humors of any kind, Dyspepsia, Nervousness,
or General Debility it being the Great Blood Purifier
Sold by h. L. Grow ell g. Sons, who sell more OF it
Mrs L. F. PERKINS,
Mrs. HI. w. SCOTT,
JOSEPHUS SLATE.
VEGETINE is the great health restorer- composed
exclusively Of barks, roots, and herbs 1t is very
pleasant to take; every child likes it.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1878-04-26

THERE is policeman in every mans
conscience, even though you may not al
ways find him on the beat,
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1878-04-26

NOTHING that is not a real crime makes
a man appear so contemplate and little in
the eyes of the world as Inconsistency.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1878-04-26

THE BITE OF POISONOUS SNAKEs.-It
may be cured by shaking together equal
parts of olive oil and hartshorn, and rub
bling the wound and adjacent parts two Or
three times day. For full grown ami
NAL, one quart of olive oil and an ounce
OF hartshorn should be administered inter-
nally, in addition to the above.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1878-04-26

SPARE minutes are mighty laborers if
kept in their work. They overthrow or
build up, enrich or impoverish a man.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1878-04-26

LOOSE DREss,-The clothing should be
loose, and especially with young persons.
In the case of young girls nothing should
be done to support the spine by stays OR
similar contrivances. Her ribs should
have the fullest play, and her clothes be as
loose as boys, that every muscle may
have unrestricted play, and the lungs free
ly expand.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1878-04-26

TIE time for reasoning is before we
have approached near enough to the for
hidden fruit to look at it and admire.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1878-04-26

IsINGLAss is most delicate starch for
fine muslins. When boiling common
starch, sprinkle in little common salt:
this will prevent sticking,
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1878-04-26

THE INK-STAND.-A few cloves added
to ink will prevent it becoming mouldy
and imparts a pleasant perfume. BE sure
to cover up the ink-stand when not in
use.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1878-04-26

A CORRESPONDENT has tried to his
high satisfaction, the experiment of propa-
eating sweet potatoes from vines saved
during the winter In the fall, any time
before frost, the vines may be cut in any
length and placed in layers on the surface
of the earth to the depth of twelve or eigh-
teen inches. Cover the vines with partial
ly rotten straw to the depth of six inches,
and cover the whole with a light soil
about four inches deep. In this way the
vines will keep during the winter, and in
the spring will put out sprouts as the po-
tato itself when bedded. The draws or
sprouts can be planted first, and the vine
itself can be cut up and used as we gener-
ally use plant slips.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1878-04-26

10 INDUCE SLEEP.-Don't use any
drugs. Rise, if you find yourself wakeful
and chafe The body and extremities; and
thus get up an even circulation. Wake
tn ness is caused often by pressure Of
blood upon the brain. A cold bath will
induce sleep oftentimes. or rapid walk in
the open air.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1878-04-26

Moroseness is always the evening of
turbulence,
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1878-04-26

IL LAKE OUT GREASE.-Dry buck
"neae hour, If repeatedly applied, will re-
move entirely the worst grease spots on
carpets Or any wooden cloth, and will an
swer as French chalk for grease spots on
silk.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1878-04-26

10 CHANGE RED HAIR TO LIGHT OR
YELLow.-Put heaplng tablespoonful
OF baking soda or salaratus in quart of
water, and wash the head and hair with if.
do this three or four times week, and it
will become silky and light. Of course
the darker the hair the longer time it will
require to bleach it.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1878-04-26
VEGETINE

CINCINNATI, o., April 9, 1877.
III. r. STEVENS, ESQ.,
Dear Sir: have used your Vegetine for Nervous
Headac e. and also for Rheumatism, and have found
entire relief from BOTH and take great pleasure in
recommending it to all who may be likewise afflicted.
FRED A. GOOD,
lOS Mill ST., CHM
VEGETINE has restored thousands to health who
had been long and painful sufferers.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1878-04-26

How MUCH CLOVER SEED.-A great
variety of rules prevail in sowing the seed
Of clover. Some farmers think three
quarts sufficient for an acre, while others
ten quarts. From such a great variety of
rules it must be evident to all that some
Of them are entirely out of the way, either
wasting seed or losing the use of their
land by not putting on seed enough for
full crop. I recommend four quarts to the
acre of the large kind of clover, which, if
evenly sown, puts s1xty-seven seeds on
every square foot. That must make it
thick enough if it is taken care of, and if
it is neglected it is enough to be thrown
away for nothing. 1t should always be
left on the surface or rolled in.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1878-04-26

EREsH AN . SALT WATER OYSTERS
AT A NEW PLACE!
Salt Water Oysters, $l.2O per gallon.
Fresh Water Oysters, $1.GO
Also Fresh Salt ork.
Fruits of all kinds
Vegetables in Season,
Prime Butter and Eggsns
always to be found of the best quality nothing stale
is offered my customers, whom Wlluse every means
to please.
RS-Special attention paid to my former business
REPAIRING AND CLEANING CLOTHING,
which will do in the best style and at shortest no
tice. .n1noo,
noyl6-ly No: IA, Augusta Street
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1878-04-26

A VAPoR BATH AT HoME.-A vapor
bath may be easily prepared by taking a
pail about half full of hot, but not quite
boiling water, which may be placed under
cane bottom chair, if one is at hand, or
if not, narrow piece of wood may be pla-
ced across the pale, and the patient should
sit On it for about half an hour with
blanket over his shoulders, reaching the
floor to keep in the steam. Should any
faintness be felt it is a sign that the wa
ter is too hot, and the blanket may be laid
open for short time to allow the steam to
escape. These simple remedies are within
the reach of every one, and if promptly re-
sorted to, on the appearance of cold,
would save many a dollar in DOCTORS bills.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1878-04-26
FARM AND PRESIDE.

POINTS OF a DAIRY GOWN. Bald
win, of Ohio, at the late meeting of the
American Dairymen's Association, gave
his views on the dairy cow as follows:
sit is useless to talk about the best
breeds for dairy uses, because no one breed
is entirely reliable. AS far as the speak
er's observation had gone, the Ayrshire
furnishes the most good ones for butter
making. There are forty-five different
points Indicative of good dairy COWS. Some
of those points were named. A 'dishing'
face is one mark of superiority also the
milk VEN. A thoroughbred that will GER
tainly reproduce her own qualities must
carry these points, which are more often
hidden in the male than the female. The
speaker exhibited cuts showing good points
in various breeds of COWS. Good dairy
cows should have thick strong lips, and
the eyes should be large, showing much
white good mixers are also spirited. The
hofus should have an upward and forward
direction, and the annual rings rather in
distinct; the horns should also have q
waxy appearance, rather than dry. Good
COWS should have short bodies, heads,
necks and legs; the neck should be neat,
and the shoulders light and neatly formed
and lower than the hip. There are all
through the country common COWS. which
have many good qualities for mixers.
which farmers might easily improve. Low
sides are marks of good mixers. In short,
the COW should be neat and perfectly
shaped, and rather wedge-shaped, being
broader in the rear, with light TANKS. Jer-
seys and Ayrshires that are good mixers
are notable in these respects. In short
legged COWS the udder should hang low,
nearly to the ground tail long and taper
ing. Many of these points are often not
noticeable. but the dishing face is one to
which there should be no exception.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1878-04-26

VEGETINE.
DRUGGISTS TESTIMONY.
MIR. Fl. R. STEVENS
Dear Sir: We have been selling your remedy, the
Vegetine, for about three years. and take pleasure
in recommending it to our customers, and in no in
stance where blood purifier would reach the case,
has il failed to effect cure to our knowledge.
1t certainly is the ne pLa,s ultra Of renovatOrS.
Respectfully
E. NJ. SHEPHERD Co., Druggists,
Mt Vernon, Ill.
Is acknowledged by all classes of people to be the
best and m eliable blood purifier in the world
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1878-04-26

JOSHUA THOMAS.
BUCKEYE REAPER AND MOWER.
SWEEPSTAKES THRESHER & CLEANER.
ECLIPSE PORTABLE ENGINE.
MONITOR PORTABLE ENGINE.'
CIRCULAR SAW MILLS.
LION AND STAR HORSE RAKES
MILL SION ES,
BOLTING CLOTHES,
SMUT MACHlN ES.
Betting, &C.
So Light Street,
mars.6m BALTIMORE. MD.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-05-22
Take Care of Your Habits.

Horace B, claain, a prominent
merchant of New York, is us quaint
and numerous as he is quick witted
and rich. They tell the following
good story on him;
On the 10Th of February, about q
o'clock, claflin was sitting alone in
his office, when a young man, pale
and carc.worn, timidly knocked and
entered.
"NIr, Clatiin, said he, 81 have been
unable to meet certain payments, be-
cause certain parties have not done
as they agreed by me, and | would
like to have $1,000. l came to You
because you were friend of my
father, and might be a friend to me-"
"Come in" said Clallin, come in
and have a glass Of wine"
NO" said the young man, 81 don't
drink"
"Havo a cigar, then"
"No-I never smoke"
"Well, said thej joker 4 would like
to accommodate you, but l don't
think can"
Every well, said the young man,
as he was about to leave the room.-
81 thought perhaps you might
Good day, sir"
"Hold on" said Mr., Claain, "you
don't drink"
"No, sir"
"Nor smoke, nor gamble, nor any
thing of the kind2"
mo, sirl l am superintendent of
tho Sunday school,"
"Well," said Claflin, with tears in
his eyes and voice, too, "you shall
have it, and three times the amount
if you wish. Your father let mo
have 5000 once, and asked me the
same questions. No thanks-I owe
it to you for your fathers trust"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-05-22
CHURCH DIRECTORY.

FIRST REsBYrxSiAN-Services on the ID
and 18th Sabbaths OF each month, morning
and evening. Rev. DIR. Lane, Pastor. Sab
bath School every Sunday morning at 8 o.
clock. B. Gilmore, Superintendent.
PoINT PLEASANT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
w. L. Hill, Pastor. Preaching LIST and
81 Sabbaths, morning and night. Bible
Class Mt the Parsonage on Wednesday ev'
ening Sabbath School, Sunday morning
M. II. Hale, Superintendent.
Protestant EPISCOPAL CHuRcn-Rev. l,
II. Lacy, Rector. Services as follows: AT
Christ Church, Paint Pleasant, every. Sun,
day morning at 10! o'clock, except the I'd
Sunday in each month, and every Sunday
evening, at 81 o'clock, except the Sd Sun,
dav in each month. Sunday School at !!
o'clock. r. Striblins, Supt. Ncstry meet
Ing on the evening Of the ID Monday in ev'
erS month. Services at Bruce's Chapel on
the I'd Sunday at 10! a. NJ. Mason City
on the Sd Sunday at 8! P. NJ. West Col
umbia the Sd Sunday ut o! p. NJ.
NJ. +. CnuRcH-Services on the LIST and
81 Sabbaths Of each month, at 10! \. NJ.
and u p. NJ, during Summer. Prayer
meeting every Wednesday evening. +. A
Trippett, Pastor. SabbathschOoleyery sun
day morning at 8 O'Clock. d. 5. Snyder
Superintendent.
ii. L. CnURcn, SoUTiT-Services on the
4th Sabbath Of each month. Rev.
Robinson Pastor. Sabbath School every
Sabbath morning at o o'clock. Robert )
Blckel, Superintendent.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-05-22
How to Win Him.


eEliza," said fond mother to her
offspring recently, as that offspring
was about going forth in tow of u
young man who worships the very
sidewalk she walks upon, Ego to the
bread.box and eat u good big crust Of
bread before you go out" "Why.
maw," replied the blushing girl, 81
don't feel the least bit hungry. We
have only just had tea" 81 know it
but you will get hungry before you
get back; and when Adolphus takes
you in u restaurant you'll eat ice
cream and sponge cake, and ham
sandwiches and oysters enough. tc
scare him out of a years growth
You silly girls don't think Of this,
but we experienced women do. ]
was once young and giddy myself
and but for sixty-fve cents worth Of
maccaroons-a cake for which Ihayo
ever since entertained the most pro,
found contempt-your paw could
have been u Congressman, with an
acquiline nose and Hypcrion's curls,
Beware how you sit down on the
budding flame of Cupid, OF course
Adolphus will spend the money you
save him on billiards and things; but
that makes no difference. When he
asks you to go in and have some oys,
ters, even if you are hungry, don't
Say you do not approve of girls vast
ing the money of their future hus-
bands on triflos when it may be ap-
piled toward furnishing a house.
Point out that for the price of an
-oyster stew you might purchase a
couple of towels, now that toweling
is so cheap, and that saddlerock
roastis the equivalent ofa silver fork
plated, of course, but not easily dis.
tinguished from solid silver-or a
glass sugar bowl, This always takes
the young men; it sets them to think
ing of housekeeping and matrimony;
it makes them believe you are the
incarnation of economy, and would
make an excellent wife; and SO they
often say things which give you a
hold over them, and are effective be-
fore a jury" Eliza treasured up
these sagacious counsels, and acted
upon them with such oarnostness
and effect that when she came home
she was an engaged woman. -',..-.-..
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-05-22
An Ex.Old Maids Advice.

But such marriages as mine are
not to be expected or even hoped for.
1t must be exceedingly rare for wo'
man of forty years old to meet man
whose age, taste, habits and position
make their marriage a promise Of
happiness to both, Such a marriage
is to be gratefully rejoiced over if it
comes, but it is possible to be happy
and useful without. What 1 mean
to oimpress on the girls, when | write
to them, is that they should make
themselves able to stand alone. I'll
quote Margaret Fuller's words on
that subject to them. With self-sup-
port possible, unhappy marriages
will be more probable. Concise di-
roctions? III gave any it would be
like this;
l. Don't spend any time waiting
for chin"
2. Don't spend quite as much as
you earn.
g. To prevent narrowness, master
some branch of knowledge not con-
nected with your occupation.
4. To keep your heart warm, love
somebody's children. If possible con.
meet yourself with their care or edu-
cation.
5. When married women confde
their troubles to you-and strange
to say they will do it much oftcner
than they confde them to each 9th
er-don't let it give you dark view
of married life Or of masculine hui.
man nature.