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er work. 1t has capacity of from 5000
to 5000 feet per day.
On entering the next room, the first
object that meets the eye is a queer
looking cast-iron machine, more resem-
bling a cow-trough than anything else
| can think of. This has a swinging
bottom. Into this trough is placed a
three -cornered billet of oak, % inches
long, which, resting securely upon the
bottom, is driven upward by it into con-
tact with a savage looking knife, which,
in less time than it takes me to tell you,
reduces it to slaves. These are then car
ried to q double saw, or rather to two
saws, which runs upon the same axle,
and, passing horizontally between these,
are reduced to a uniform length.
From this place they are carried to
machine called the jointer where the
edges are made smooth and given the
required "6alQe." Lastly they are
"hackedu or stuck up to season and be
shipped. --
This factory is making about 10000
slaves per day. They sell readily in
Richmond at IS per thousand. The
parties to whom these gentlemen have
been shipping their slaves have request
ed them to double their capacity.
In addition to their.stave machinery,
they have a jointing wheel for heading,
and heading saw. BY placing the re
quired amount of material in a clamp
and pressing with the foot to secure it,
it is instantaneously converted into q
barrel-head with the exact bevel on both
edges.
This firm is making money. They
are giving labor to great many men;
and, should not their example be fol-
followed? With all the timber, water
power, and other facilities for manufac-
ture in wood, is it not strange that we
have so few factories in Augusta county?
Let us secure the services of Maj. Hotch-
kiss to write us up in his book. L think
book could be made large enough to
hold both the county and the city, and
the Major says he will give US a place
provided we pay him for it. -Four hun
dred dollars will secure the publication
of 10000 extra copies, which, with the
like number already agreed upon, would
do oincalculableg good. / have mentioned
this to a great many prominent cit
liens of this and other townships, and
they express themselves as willing and
anxious to help. So pass around the
hat. A. A. A.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-06-11
MEMORIAL DAY.

We stand in the silent city
Where pure white slabs are cleaning
Above each breast,
Whose long sweet rest
Is never moved by dreaming.
On 70 the outer margin
Where graves cease to be numbered
Where, through the years
Soft smiles and tears,
\ nations dead have slumbered.
Under the long, loose lights
Dreamily dropping crown,
In hushed phalanx, and solemn ranks
They've laid their armour down.
The low sun seems to linger
With touch almost supernal,
Where lines OF graves,
Like green-capped waves,
Stretch toward the shores eternal.
Each wave its freight has landed
Sublimely were they freighted-
And the time each soul
Touched heavenly goal
In the great Log-book is dated.
Under deaths flag of truce
Away from the fallen fort
God grant they sailed, with sins Christ-veiled
Into the silent port.
Over the grass step lightly,
Silence the children's laughter;
Their arms are stacked,
They are bivouacked
In the fields of the Hereafter.
Here were the great guns planted,
Here was the brave arm steaded;
Here with a shout,
Did the blood gush out
While the soul on the red tide edded.
Then scatter the wreaths OF flowers
Over each quiet mound:
They have ceased to beat-low under our feet
The hearts that watered the ground.
Though shaft, nor pile, nor pillar
We raise to their ashes never,
In heart of each,
Too deep for speech,
Our dead are mourned forever.
Through all the future ages
In history and in story,
Their fame shall shine
Their name shall twine-
They need no greater glory.
Tenderly fall our tears
over their Iifeless clay;
Here lie the dead who fought and bled
And fell in garbs OF grey.
Ours, the fate of the vanquished,
Whose heart-aches never cease;
Our the tears,
Regrets and fears
Theirs the eternal peace.
Anger they dropped forever
With the passing burden of breath;
The Blue and the Grey
Are alike to-day
In the colourless land Of Death.
And the living who wore the Blue
May bring to the sleepers flowers,
For the Blue and the Grey are friends to- day
In a happier land than ours.
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It VI UfIV FJI EN a
Our SherandO Letter.
SHERANDo, VA, June 4th, 1878

Eds. Spectator There are some wide
awake business men in this township
men who are not afraid to put forth ef.
forts in new enterprises and who drive
ahead in true Yankee style when they
take hold of thing. Such men are
Messrs. Schmueker and Young, who,
a few years ago, erected near Fishers
Vile steam stave, and barrel-head fac
tory.
Your correspondent was kindly shown
through this establishment few days
since by Mr.. Geo. Schmucker.
The machinery is driven by fine %
horse e-power Rahm engine, built in
Richmond. Under the same roof with
this engine, is circular saw, used fol-
saving the barrel heading and for heayi.
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I'LL
POET r Y.

Il ~ r. IL 10
THE BIyOUAC OF THE DEAD.
BY COL. THEODORE o'HARA OF KENTUCKY.
The muf1led drums sad roll has beat
The soldiers last tattoo!
No more on life's parade shall meet
That brave and fallen few.
On Fame's eternal camping ground
Their silent tents are spread,
And Glory guards with solemn round
The bivouac of the dead.
No rumcr of the foes advance
Now swells upon the wind,
No troubled thought at midnight haunts
The loved ones left behind.
No visions of the morrow's strife
The warriors dream alarms,
No braying horn, no screaming fife,
At dawn shall call to arms.
Their shivered swords are red with rust,
Their plumed heads are bowed,
Their naughty banner, trailed in dust,
Is now their martial shrOud-
And plenteous funeral tears have washed
The red stains from each brow,
And the proud forms by battle gashed
Are free from anguish now.
The neghing troop, the flashing blades
The bugle's stirring blast,
The charge, the dreadful cannonade,
The din and shout are passed,
Nor Wars wild notes, nor Glory's peal,
Shall thrill with fierce delight
Those breasts that never more may feel
The rapture of the fight.
Like the fierce Northern hurricane
That sweeps his great plateau,
Flushed with the triumph yet to gain,
Come down the serried foe.
Who heard the thunder of the fray
Break DER the field beneath,
Knew well the watchword Of that day
Was Victory or death!'
Thus meath their parent turf they rest,
Far from the CORY field,
Borne to a Spartan mothers breast
On many a bloody shield.
The sunshine of their native sky
Smiles sadly on them here,
And kindred eyes, sad hearts watch by
The hero's sepulchre.
Rest on, embalmed and sainted dead!
Dear is the blood you gave
No impious footsteps here shall tread
The herbage of your grave;
Nor shall your glory be forgot
While Fame her record keeps,
Or Honor points the hallowed spot
Where Valor proudly sleeps.
Yon marble minstrels iceful stone,
In deathless song shall tell,
When many a vanquished year hath flown
The story how ye fell;
Nor wreck, nor change, nor Winters blight
Nor Times remorseless doom,
Can dim one ray of holy light
That gilds your glorious tomb.
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Stollt1totl Spectator.
RATES OF ADVERTISING.
0S

ADVERTISEMENTS will be inserted at the rate
of 100 per square of eight lines or less, for the
first insertion, and so cents for each subsequent
insertion.
AJ- liberal discount will be made on adver'
tisements published for 8, 6, or U months.
AS- SPECIAL NOTICES will be inserted at dou.
BILE the advertising rates.
Ar Obituaries Announcements Of Candidates
for office, and all communications of a personal
or private character, will be charged for as adj
vertisements,
Address-"Staunton Spectatof," staunt0n, Va.
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BRICKLAYING.

TAMES 4. TINSLEY.
u PracticaI RriclxIaycr,
Contracts taken for ali kinds OF brick building,
and work warranted to be of best materials
and superior workmanship.
FY- | also furnish DESIGNS, PLANS and SPEC
IFICATIoNS for Buildings, &c. Best references
given marl9-6m
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LUMBER BUSINESS.

i" J. .LUSHBAUGH Il BRO,
u Manufacturers of
Sashes, Doors and Blinds.
BRACKETS, MOULDINGS, FLOORING,
&c, &C., &c.
Neal Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad Depot,
STAUNTON, VA.
N. B.-No material but ed lumber uset
by US. dec sly
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SELEle:1TETaEBEsT l:1ET :

DAINTING! PAINTING!!
4 DONE BY
JNO. e. JOHNSON,
Practical Painter.
HOUSE PAINTING,
FENCE PAINTING
and all other kinds of Painting, at as 10,
prices as it can be done ANYWHERE. All wor
neatly executed.
N% SATISFATION GUARANTEED. Apply at
apr30-tf No. s. Augusta st.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1878-02-07

orders. Perhaps a brief outline of the build
ing would mot be out of place here. It
covers an area of $500 square feet; the
formed of concrete the height of the build
ing is Is feet in the clear; the roof is tin :
on each side Of the building are three heavy
double doors. The storage capacity of the
Building is 5000 tons. The prices of stor-
age are moderate, and are as follows: A
single month, % cents per ton for more
than one month, l2a cents per ton; for the
season, Is cents per ton. On the whole. the
warehouse is a substantial and eommodious
one, being both fire and burglar-proof. The
store is constantly gaining popularity, and
is giving general satisfaction to the CUSTOM
ers as well as to the stockholders an in
voice is being taken, and the results are
satisfactory The patronage is daily i'll
creasing. The stock of goods kept is the
best the market affords, and hone but trust
worthy customers can obtain goods on
credit. The town people are now patron
izing the store literally, and many residing
at a distance buy large bills of goods. The
sales OF the store are increasing each month.
and now average between 5000 and $4,000
per month. Clark Andrews is the business
manager, and George Steadman principal
salesman. Both are tirst-class business
men, and give entire satisfaction. Z. FL.
Barnes is President of the Board of Direc-
tors, and is recognized as one of the best
business men in Sonoma county
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1878-02-07
PATRONS OF HUSBANDRY.
FAIR e

EDITOR
The following are the officers of Fair
View Grange No. II for the ensuing ysar :
Master-Mallon Railsback.
Overseer-Thomas Burke.
Lecturer-N. III. Farnum.
Steward-James Cummings.
Assistant Steward-John EilNerthorne.
Chaplafn-George Kent.
Treasurer-John N. Citizens.
Secretary-E. O. Railsback.
Gate-keeper-Charles Carol.
Ceres-Miss Belle Kratcir.
Pomona-Alrs. Maggie Silyerthorne-
Flora-Mrs. Martha A. Railsba.k.
Sewardess-Miss Retta KratGr.
Our grange came very near going down
this fall, but the members rallied and have
commenced work in earnest again. They
think times look pretty blue for the grange
but are determined to keep it going for the
social interest if nothing more.
E. 0. RA1LsBAcK.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1878-02-07

A CORRESPONDENT in the Ruyal Press.
speaking OF the success of H%ealdshurg
Grange No. Is, of California. says: Our
Grangers' warehouse has given universal
satisfaction; considerable grain is still
stored il the building, awaiting shipping
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1878-02-07
COOPERATION IN MONTANA.

eve also recommend a careful develop
ment of the business arm Of our order by
subordinate oranges by cooperation in
matters OF trade, thus placing their business
interests upon the same footing as are the
focial and intellectual advantages of our
order, and that as far as is practical different
oranges cooperate together, thus securing
advantages which q single grange could not
obtain. and that, i'm our opinion, it would
largely promote the good Of the order if the
members of the %sub-granges would place
more confidence in those to whom they in
trust their business arrangements. and
would also in return fulfill more promptly
all business arrangements they make, or
which are made in their behalf"
The above, copied from the journal of
proceedings of the State Grange Of Massa-
chusetts and from the report Of the Com
mittee OIL the Good of the Order, seems to
solve the yexed problem in reference to the
strength, unity and prosperity of the order.
Any great benefit to be derived by patrons
must have its beginning within the SUBJ
oranges, from the tact that without exper-
fence in business there is danger Of failure,
and our lifelong services have been devoted
to the farm and are uneducated in CONNER
cial affairs, but by beginning in a small way
i'm the sub-grange, and learning by exper-
fence with the growth Of trade, success
would be certain.
Stb-granges have expected too much
from the Territorial Grange, and have de-
pended on it to plan, devise and execute
and fill their Golfers without any effort on
their part. The Territorial Grange is a
creature of the sub-granges and before any
great wholesale business arrangements can
he organized to work successfully, organ
fzeu business must exist to demand such
arrangements, and that business must oriri-
nate within the sub-granges. And in order
that such organizations exist patrons must
learn the business principles that Anderlie
all successful cooperative business rela-
tons, and by our own actions must we
prove ourselves worthy of faith and CONT
dence by meeting promptly all agreements
with cash and by not going back on our
orders so that wholesale transactions can be
made with cash payments through the store
or such other means OF distribution rs may
he adapted to the local wants OF the grange +,
and by combining our individual trade to
our W store so far us it can supply us.
When by the experience of small beginnings
we have learned to run the small co-opera-
tive store with little or no friction, and have
grown in business, with our knowledge in
creased. then we may contemplate a wider
range rs the demand invites.
There are but few great business estab-
lishments that did not commence in n small
way. The Astors. Stewards. Vanderbilts
and the great Rochdale Cooperative Asso-
citation are examples of small beginnings
growing into great successes.
r. b. MILLs.
A CORRESPONDENT in the RuraL Press.
Rocky Mountain husbandman. [volume] (Diamond City, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1878-02-07
NOTICE 10 MINERS.
United st ties Land Office.
Hcaema;sM MI nit ina, february 1. 1918

Heaena,.. NJ hit ina, February (, 1878.
Thas. Toston, Geo. i oston, and Thos. Toston
Junior, whose post office address is Centreville,
Meaghcr county. Montana Territory, have this day
filed their application to enter rs agricultural land,
under the homestead and pre-emption laws, the +
halfo the . w quarter Of section IA, and the N w
ship Nc. 5 north, range No. 2 east. which Land is
suspended from entry.
Notice is hereby given that a hearing will he had
st this office on the 18th day of March, A. D.. 1878,
at 10 O'Clock a. m, to determine as to the mineral
or ~n0n-mineral charecrer OF said land, and testi-
Hn1ony to be used upon said hearing will be taken be-
county. Montana, at Radersburg, on the Nth day of
March. A. D. 1878, at 10 O'Clock a. m. 1t is alleged
there are no known miners, nor mining improve
nlents, upon said land. j. II. MOE, Register.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-07-26

The New Orleans Times. which, like
all the rest of the Southern newspapers,
was very hungry for money, and got
much less than IL wanted out of the
last Congress, advises the South not to
go rashly into experiments with new
alliances. 1t seems to have that inevi-
table bee in its bonnet called the "Solid
South" and cannot regard its locality
outside Of the realms of mere sectional
ism. In bemoaning the loss of appro-
priations for some pet schemes, it de-
clares:
The Republican party is not as a
mass friendly to the South, though
there were Individual members enough
In both Houses Of liberal and frienly
disposition to have passed easily all the
measures of interest to us, had they
Deen allowed to come up by our social
ed friends. The Democratic party of
the North is theoretically friendly to
the South, but u bitter experience has
shown that it is always ready to sacri-
nee our interests in favor of its own,
and a reasonable presumption is that ii
will continue to do so as long as we pa
tiently submit to such treatment.
When we demand levee bill we are
rendered instead a beautiful and SYM
pathetic set of resolutions passed in
conventions, and the dodge will be con-
tinued as long as we send representa-.
tives to Washington who are weak and
foolish enough to accept such chaff in
lieu OF our just and solid demands. The
South does not need an alliance with
any. party, but it should be n party by
itself so far as its material interests are
concerned, whatever may be the gener-
al principles 1t espouses in national
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-07-26
FRANCE has a new Aag, classical and

FRANCE has a new flag, classical and
elegant, for her troops. The staff is
blue, surmounted by a small rectangu-
lar block, like that which formed the
pedestal for the Roman eagle, bearing
on inc face the number and designa-
ton Of the regiment, and on the other
the letters 'sR- F." A gilt laurel crown
surmounts this, topped by n lance
head. The flag is of silk, instead of
bunting, and has a fringe of gold. The
colors will probably be presented in
September, at a great national festival,
to the troops composing the garrison of
Paris, and to delegates from the terri.
torial forces.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-07-26
A SOURCE OF WEALTH.


That artesian wells are destined to
be of more Importance to the inhabi-
tants Of California than our citizens
have generally imagined, is not at the
present time doubted. Nearly all of
the experiments which have been made,
no matter in what portion of the State,
have so far proved profitable. In San
Francisco, In Oaklane, in Alameda, in
Santa Clara county, and in the San
Joaquin valley, some of these wells
have been very successful, large guam
titles of water flowing from them. The
theory upon which the supply rests is,
that water from rains and SHOWS sinks
into the earth, finding its way to the
sandy or gravelly strata, which are
overlaid in part by substances which
are impervious to water. II has been
c~onclusively shown that these layers of
the earth in some instances run through
hundreds, il not thousands, of miles.
In certain localities there are thous-
ands OF these layers or strata situated
one above another, in which water has
been obtained. In Algeria, as we have
heretofore suggested. the underlying
water extends for 600 or 800 miles, and
in the north of France great bodies
have been found, and to such an ex-
tent does it flew that mills are impelled
by 1t. We do not doubt that the inte-
rior OF this State will be greatly benefit
ed IN the future by the construction of
artesian wells, for the formation of the
country is peculiarly adapted for them.
As we have suggested, the Sierras are
bordered on the west by sandy plains
which extend for three or four hundred
miles north and south, and into these
the water ~percolates. Indeed, most of
the small streams which flow from the
mountains sink into the plains early in
the summer months and disappear.
Vast quantities of water pass into the
permeable strata and is lodged In basins
in various portions Of the State. Water.
doubtless, also flows from the noun
tains, passing under the valleys, and in
some instances into the Pacific Ocean.
AS we have before suggested, there is
no locality in the world which seems
more perfectly formed to furnish water
,or those who have the enterprise to
1oio LOT 1t than California. In tine San
1oaquih valley, where lands were
claimed as desert WASTES. flowing wells
nav peen obtained, in nearly every in.
stance, we believe, where proper efforts
have been made, and some of these
wells are exceedingly valuable, Isan
Francisco Call.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-07-26
sEoRErAnY snERMAN. being aske


SECRETARY SHERMAN, being asked
why gold coin is paid into the Treasury
in exchange for silver dollars in San
Francisco, answered: at is to save
transportation of coin. BY depositing
gold in San Francisco for silver, silver
certificates can be obtained and trans
ported to New York and used for the
payment Of customs duties, and thus
the expense of transporting the gold is
thrown upon the government. This
will no doubt bring into the Treasury
both the gold and silver product Of the
country, and will throw upon the gov
eminent the expense of transporting
both metals East for distribution. 1t
is believed that it will work well, and
and arrangements are being made now
to procure the transportation at rates
far less than heretofore"
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-07-26

IT is curious that, in morals rs in
science, causes apparently of the most
trifing character produce the most as
founding and far-reaching results.
mus, for example, one of the most pro-
digious divorce suits ever heard of is
now gong on in Vermont, the parties
on each side being well connected-6rst
families, rich, and all that-and for
whatS does the unsophisticated reader
askp Husband adrunkard and n br,to
beat his wife, and would not provide
new bonnets and the like? Not at nj,
She simply found a letter, short sbarp
and decisive, from another woman, in
his overcoat pocket; that was all,
Hence all this trouble; hence a suit TO,
divorce and a terrible time about the
children and alimony, and a world OF
trouble, all on account of a little letter
of a dozen lines found in a mans over.
coat pocket. In view of this and Other
similar ase that have come to GU,
knowledge Of late, it is our deliberat,
opinion that there ought to be a Law
passed prohibiting wives from going
through their husbands pockets while
they are asleep, or else pockets in over.
a ought to be prohibited under the
severest penalties at the discretion Of
tne court. VIII not Edison or some
other philanthropist invent an over
coat without pockets, and thus ave a
great many other hearts from aching
n interesting families from having 4
great deal of difficulty?
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-07-26

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Nose that thew had never met before.
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when he used profane Language. The
stranger said he had been to Chicago
with a drove of muIes had a few left
and wa up here to sell them. Said he
had been swindled in Chicago. but had
some money left vet. showing n roll Of
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The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-07-26
AN INNOCENT ABROAD.
now the Rev. E. Curtis was Led into a
Losing Game Of Cards.

The Rev. Z. Curtis, pastor of the
Baptist church at Greenville, Mich,
writes as follows:
Allow me n little space to explain the
transaction at Howard last week with
which my name is associated. Having
three or four hours at Howard waiting
the train north, I visited a few friends
OF our church to advise them about get.
ting a pastor. On my way back to the
depot a young man Joined me, well
dressed, intelligent, ready in converse
ton, and with every quality to attract