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The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1879-05-29
THE LADY's YES.

YES" l answered you last night;
"No," this morning, sir, say;
Colors seen by candle light
Will not look the same by day.
When the viols played their best,
Lamps above and laughs below,
Love me sounded like Jest.
Fit for yes or fit for no.
Call me false or call me free,
Vow whatever light may shine
Norman on your face shall see
ANY grief or change on mine.
Yet the sin Is on us both;
Time to dance is not to WOO;
Wooing light makes tickle troth,
Scorn of me recoils on you.
Learn to win lady's faith
Nobly, as the thing is high.
Bravely, as for life and death,
With loyal gravity.
Lead her from the festive boards,
Point her to the starry skies;
Guard her by your truthful words
Pure from courtship's batteries.
By your truth she shall be true,
Ever true as wives Of yore;
And her yes once said to you,
Shall be yes for evermore.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1879-05-29

DrestOn A. Baylor,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
AND SOLICITOR IN CHANCERY,
STAUNTON, VA.
Practice in all the Courts OF Augusta and adjoin-
ing Counties.
OFFICE-The same formerly occupied by his
father, Col. Geo. Baylor decd, on Augusta street,
opposite the Courthouse. nov IDLY
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1879-05-29
CHAMBER SCENE.

She arose from her untroubled sleep,
And, put away her soft brown hair,
And in tone as low and deep
AS loves first whisper, breath a prayer
Her snowwhite hands together pressed,
Her blue eyes sheltered in the lid,
The folded linen on her breast
Just swelling with the charms it hid;
And from her long and flowing dress
Escaped bare and slender foot,
Whose shape upon the earth did press
Like new snowflake white and mute,
And there from slumbe pure and warm,
Like young spirit fresh from heaven,
She bowed her slight and graceful form
And humbly prayed to be forgiven.
God! if souls unsoiled as these
Need daily mercy from Thy throne
If she upon her Bonded knees,
Our loveliest and our purest one
She, with a face SO clear and bright,
We deem her some stray child Of light
If she, with those soft eyes OF tears,
Day after day in her first years,
Must kneel and pray for grace from Thee
What far, far deeper need have we?
How hardly, if she win not heaven,
Will our wild errors be forgiven?
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1879-05-29
TGER. CRAIG & GRATTAN,

TSFFINGER. CRAIG & GRATTAN,
A ATTORNEYS AT LA w,
STAUNTON, VA.
Will practice in courts of Augusta, Rockbridge,
Rockingham, Highland, Allegheny and Bath. In
the Supreme Court of Appeals at Stanton and
United States Courts at Harrisonburg.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1879-05-29
r M. QUARLEs,

J M. eUAEIEs' ATTORNEY AT LAW
STAUNToN, VA.
Practices in all the Courts of Augusta, and ad-
Joining counties, and in. the u. s. District Court
at Harrisonburg.
Special attention paid to the collection OF claims
and prompt returns made. feb 17-tf
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1879-05-29

A3- Special attention given to claims of every
description against the Government.
Refers to Hon. &. W. McCrary Secretary OF
War; j. B. Hawley, Assistant Secretary Of the
Treasury; Gen. ]. A. Williamson, Commissioner
of Land Office; Hon. d. W. Mahon, 1st Auditor,
Treasury, and Hon j. M. McGrew. 9Th Auditor.
dec 27-tf.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1879-05-29

tNH: MAURICE SMITH,
| ~ Attorney at Law,
1913 Fourth and-a- half ST. between c. and D. SITS.
WASHINGTON. D. G.
Will practice in the Cours of the District OF Co.
lum bia, and the U. s. Courts in Virginia.
~ Special attention given to cases in Bank
ruptcy and private collections. dec 16-tf
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1879-05-29

STAUNToN, VA, August 9. 1878.
WE having this day entered into an associa-,
w ton as practitioners of medicine and
surgery, offer our services conlolntly to the pub
lie j. ALEX. WADDELL, M. D.,
j. ST. P. GIBSON, NJ. D.
Office at DR.. Waddelrs residence. aug 22-Si
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1879-05-29

Mall. southwark, cOQQeclS at GOrQOuSVllle,WlGu
Ches s. Ohio R. R.. East and West. At Lynch
burg, connects with Atlantic, Miss. Ohio R. R.,
through Southwest Virginia, to Nashville, New
Orleans Memphis, Little Rock and Texas,-and
at Danville with Richmond s. Danville R. R., to
South and Southwest.
Express southward connects at Gordonsville to
all points East and West on Ches. & Ohio R. R..
and at Danville, with Richmond Danville R. R.
for the Caroinas. Georgia, Florida and via Allan
ia to New Orleans.
For Manassas Line leave Washington at 100 a.
m. and Alexandria. Is a. M, DAILY, except Sun
day, arrive at TR AS B UR G., alta rs P. M,
connecting with the Valley Road, east and west
Leave Strasburg 3:l5 p M, arriving at Alexandria
at IS m.
For Middleburg daily connections at Plains
station.
For Upperville regular connection at Delaplane
For Warrenton leave Washington 90 am. daily
All trains make good connections, at Washing
ton, to and from North and West.
New Orleans sleeper leaves Washington at 90
a m, running through without change, connect
ing with through sleeper to Florida.
ASExcursion Tickets to Jacksonville, Florida,
good to May 18th, 1879, at very low rates.
Through tickets sold at the lowest rates.
j. NJ. BROADUS,
mar 20 General Ticket Agent:
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1879-05-29

HUDSON & PATRICK,
Ill ATTORNEYS AT LAW
STAUNToN, VA.
Will practice in all the Courts OF Augusta and
Circuit Courts of the adjoining counties
Prompt attention given to collecting claims.
Nab In
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1879-05-29
NO 8
McKinstrv's Great Orchard.

The largest orchard in the world is doubt
less that owned and worked successfully By
Mr., Robert McKinstry, Of Hudson, Column
bia county, N. Y. The orchard is situated
on the east bank of the Hudson River, on
high, rolling table land, and contains more
than $4,000 apple trees, 100 pears, 1000
cherries, 500 peaches, 200 plums. 200 crabs,
1,500 vines, 5000 currants, and 200 chest :
nuts. The varieties grown are /: Rhode Is
land greening, 1000; Baldwins, 6, 900; King
of Tompkins county, 1000; astrachans, S0O;s
northern spy, 500; Wagner, 500; CRAVEN
stem, 400; cranberry pippins, 200; Ben Da.
Wis, 200; Duchess Of Ogdenburg, 200; with
Johnathans, HubbaIdstons. Cayugas, YAM
dervsers, Pearmains, Peck's peasants, tws n
ty ounce pippins, russets, and others in less
number. The pears are Bartlett, B. d Aniou,
Sheldon, Seckel, and Lawrence chiefly. OF
cherries there are twenty eight varieties.
The orchards are remarkably thrifty. and
she oldest trees are about twenty years old.
The soil is dry, rolling gravel, with some
limestone; the trees are planted twenty feet
apart and do not by any means seem to be
crowded. The ground is ploughed several
times in the year and kept fallow; except
when thought advisable it is seeded to clover,
The orchard is int-rsectel by roads over six
miles in length for the passage of wagons,
and is bounded by a continuous row of APP
pie trees set ten feet apart for four miles and
half The apple crop OF last year is 10000
barrels. Twenty-four men and fourteen
horses are employed hauling ont the crop or
in pleughing. The success OF this orchard
has not been achieved, nor is it maintained.
without the closest supervision and most in
dustrous work. Suckers and sprouts are re-
moved as soon as seer; the borers are watch
edand followed with vigor. Wires are used to
reach them in their burrows, and the dam
aged bark is removed with chisels. AS trees
fall others are planted in their places. AS
the market for good fruit is extending every
year, and foreign customers are seeking sup
plies, the business Of growing fruit cannot
fail to be profitable and permanent. No
other business pays better than this for the
most skillful attention and management; in
deed, without these, it is vain to expect a
crop that will sell in the market for remu-
nerative price. Good fruit sells itself, and
the grower is soon sought for by the purchas-
ers. Those who desire to take lesson in
things appertaining to the business, and to
prove the truth of these facts, may we'll
study the ways and methods of Mr.. McKin-
stry and his orchard. -Rural Home.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1879-05-29
AMBLEH SMITH,

ATTORNEY AT LAW,
OFFICE-Corner Of 9Th and D. Streets.
W dCHIMGMlM d n
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1879-05-29

dinner invitations if he drops.a line to these
water nymphs. And on the mountains round
about Nimrod will find plenty Of deer, pheas-
ants and wild turkeys, and occasionally a
bear or fox hunt if he wants it.
Neither the Catskills nor the White Noun.
tractive than that from the top of Bald
Knob The great valley is seen far off like
the great trough of sea, and nearer the
parallel mountain ridges rise like petrified
storm waves, their crest caps forest fringed.
The silver thread of New River is seen skirt
ing its precipitous cliffs and the steeples of
Pearisburg glitter In the sun at the foot of
Angels Rest, while Sweet Springs or Peters
Mountain darkly bound the northwestern
horizon, and almost under your feet shines
the mirror of Mountain Lake in its verdant
setting. If you want new sensation, new
experience in your mental life, come up here
at early morning and see spread out below
you an Him liable cloud sea with here and
there an island of projecting mountain peak.
The silence is intense, the moist freshness is
the essence Of purity and new life. You are
alone under the heavens and above the
earth. Then see the sun grandly rise in a
ma rvelous sheen of glory and watch the
cloud mists gradually roll away and reveal a
landscape of richest beauty bathed in the NOR
ming dew and awakening to the new life OF
day. And then, cleansed in heart and soul,
and fresh and elastic Of body, pluck as did,
sweet lily of the valley from the summit OF
this lofty peak, and 90 down to the hotel to
such breakfast as gives pleasure and de-
light to human life. The fact Is, the con-
trolling element Of life at Mountain Lake is
purity,-pure air, pure water, pure food,
pure and hea lthy exercise, enjoyments and
associations. HIseem enthusiastic, have
right 20 be. have tried it and place II
first on my calendar Of summer resorts. A
summer at Mountain Lake will compensate
for q nine months residence almost any
where else.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1879-05-29
.R. II. w. SHELTON,

With an experience of thirty-ave years in tn
PRACTICE OF MEDICINE,
offers his professional services to the cititizel
OF Staunton and vicinity.
OTFICE:~At his Residence No. liz CHURCH ST.
aug 29-n
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1879-05-29

THE CITY GRAND OF CONTRADICTIONS
SMALL sspoTAToEs'' AND MEN OF DIsTINo-
TIoN-ECoNoMY so-CALLED-POvERTY
IN THE CITY-CoNTRACTs
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1879-01-30

Gently. On Tuesday last q number OF
friends In the vicinity also visited at
the same place, and were welcomed
and kindly entertained by Mr.. Pollock
and the ladies of his household. The
dinner served was sumptuous, and the
arrangements complete. Miss john
ston related incidents of her travels
through Palestine, of her visits to Je'
russlem, Calvary, Mt. OF Olives, Tenn
pie Grounds, Bethlehem and other
places, and also gave an account Of her
mission work in Egypt, description
of the manners and customs of the ma
tives, showed photos Of her Egyptian
lady friends, and also read letters in
the Arabic and translated the same.
Miss Johnston is q very dear friend of
Mrs. Aggie Pollock, who has also been
an efficient and active worker in the
mission cause in our own land. IA
portion of the time was taken up in ad'
miripg large sunset view of Mr.. Pol
locks farm residence, and farm build
ings, painted In oil by Miss Susie
Crum bscker, of Wheeling, w. Va.
Art critics in the city regard this as a
superior work of art, and promise
was eXtorted that it be returned for q
place in the art exhibition to take place
the coming sUmmer.) The day passed
quickly and pleasantly, aud the visi'
tors departed wishing for "many hap
py returns of the same."
THE QUESTION of the removal of the
County Seat. is the prominent one be-
fore the people of this locality, who
have been favored with an oppOrtuni'
ty OF expressing their wishes upon this
subject and with some few eXcep'
tions), they have shown their oppOsi'
| ton to the movement. With ample
and comfortable Public Buildings, the
best OF facilities for reaching the coun'
ty seat, already burdened by taxation,
passing through an exceedingly criti'
cal and trying period financially, they
earnestly demonstrate against such an
act as injurious to the interests OF the
the citizens of the county.
soLoMoN's CORNER.
CAsH.-All silver coins less than
one dollar, prior to 1858, are q legal ten
der for aay sum at their nominal value
Since that. date in sums not exceeding
fUe dollars. The National Bank cur
rency is not legal tender in any sum
whatever. The three cent pieces (sil
ver), coined in 1851, '52 and '53, are
legal tenders to the amount Of 80 cents
since that date five dollars.
MELRE-The yard stick or measure
originated "777 years ago, and the roy
al arm of King Henry 1. was selected
as the definite standard Of length"
THoMAs-It is a criminal act for 6
Postmaster, If found guilty of opening
postal cards.
N. T. SITS said that the odOr oil
q pieces of Sweitzsr cheese bound on
the upper lip will cure hooked nose
The odor of the expression of principles
similar to those you hold issuing I'M
derneath an honorable mans nose
would cause an elevation Of the tip Of
the nose higher than Haman's gallOws
We have no answer. ii.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1879-01-30
The Ohio Agricultural Report.

The Ohio Agricultural Report for
1877, just issued, contains the agricul-
tural statistics for that year which will
be issued in connection with the Sec
retary of States report for 1878.
The report shows that during the
year 1877 there were sowed 1,746,0S4
acres of wheat, with yield OF q, ,306,-
566; rye, "a, $50 acres, yielding 9l4, 1O6
bushels; buck wheat, 22, ,243 acres, yield
ing DE, ,822 bushels; oats, 923, ,444 acres,
%. .325, Gil bushels; barley, 56, 165 acres,
| ,629, ,Sl7 bushels; corn, 3,135, ,959 acres,
yielding 1O1, 1884, ,305 bushels. OF the
hay crops there were 1,739,8 ,813 acres
soWed to timothy, yielding 2,160,334
tons of hay; and 334, ,S77 acres sowed to
clover, yielding 2S6, ,275 tons of hay and
251, 1884 bushels of seed. About A 800
acres of meadow land were tlowed
under for manure. There were AZ, ,541
acres of fiax under cultivation, yield
ing 369, ,703 bushels of seed and 1913.
292 pounds of fiber. There were H.
6S5 acres of Irish potatoes, yielding
l0,504, ,278 bushels, and 1852 acres Of
sweet potatoes, yielding 126, ,354 bushels.
Over %, 407 acres were planted in to-
bacco, yielding 24,214,95O pounds.
Ohio produced 50,003,162 pounds of
butter and q, ,973, ,055 pounds of cheese
in 1877. Nearly 16, los acres were
planted to sorgum, yielding 1907 lbs.
of sugar and l, ,l50, 255 gallons of syrup.
There were produced of maple syrup
324 ,036 gallons; of maple sugar 1926
2l5 pounds. About 142, 1863 hives of
bees produced So, ,902 pounds of hon.
ey. The fruit products were as follows:
Orchard, 418, ,28S acres; apples, {, 6,24S, SIT
bushels; peaches, ,483, ,0S5 bushels; pears,
so, ,254 bushels. There were 1,274 acres
of vineyard planted in 1877, making
a total acreage in Ohio of 1886 acres.
There were gathered in 1877 lI,1I9,4 ,4Ol
pounds of grapes, and 4,8S, ,419 gallons
of wine were made. There were I5,-
747 ,04n pounds of wool shorn, and 81,
800 sheep, valued at $93, 800, killed by
dogs. The injury to 1890 sheep by
dogs is placed at $30,984. About BOG,
349 hogs, valued at S1,334, sos: 50, JOG
sheep, valued at S148, 700; 16, 420 head
of cattle, valued at $3.50, 46l, and IL ,047
horses, valued at STAT ,2l3, died from
disease during 1877. The taxable land
in Ohio is as follows: Cultivated, !
s. 1854, 791 acres; pasture, 5,603, ,895 acres;
5000, 348 acres; waste land
$50, $40; total, 2O,965,37I acres. There
were 740, 200 horses, valued at S36, I'll.
500; ,568, ,S78 head of cattle, valued al |
BIS. 794, 1902, and 1900, 604 sheep, valued
at $S.57S, ,l23. There are also 234.4lI
hogs, valued at So .464, ,465, and q ,2O4
mules, valued at 81 ,522, 226.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1879-01-30

ger for claims, jobs and sppropriati ons
Is destroying the party again, precisely
as irrepressible hunger for more slave
territory defeated the party before the
war.
IL is very true, Southern Democracy
il hungry. And it is solid for thai
reason. But we ask the Impatient
Bragg to consider one question: What
conceivable reason has the South fol
being Democratic at all, except that il
Is hungry? democratic principlee?'
They are as stale and empty as lasi
years birds nest. Slavery is dead
The ''great Democratic principle" thal
man has right to take his chattels in
to any territory of the United States
sounds as ancient as passage from the
hyeroglyphs of Egypt. The war il
over; the Union is reconstructed; the
South has self-governmeBt, by tissue
ballot or otherwise, ILSque Gd nGuSedln
AS for The tariff, Speaker Randall is a
least as good q Protectionists as Repre-
sentative Garfield, and Mr.. Gibson
likes his eye on sugar, and Mr.. Beck OF
nemp, as if they never mad heard o
any Democratic hostility to protection
Resumption has come, and the time i
not far of when any Democrat WHIT
cannot swear that he was "always il
favor of resumption" will be regarded
As not an eligible candidate of the par
ty. But the jobs and claims? Wha
chance has Southern Democracy TO
these, as long as there is a Republican
President of the Senate? What NOR
natural than that jObbers at the SOuti
and jobbers of Tammany should strik
hands?
Mr.. Bragg strikes at the sole tie whicl
connects a hungry South with tn
Demacrotic party. He threatens, g
to speak, to cut the utnbiliical cord q
Democracy ct the South. No wonde
chorus of indignation rises. If Ou
Democrats at the North were not NOR
willing, more wise or more reticen
than he, the last great Democrat
principle" might completely vanish
and the party itself break up in
grand row. Whenever the Southern
Democracy becomes convinced tha
the Democratic victory does not meal
payment of war claims, building c
levees and railroads, digging of canals
erection of public buildings, improve
ment OF harbors, multiplication OF mai
routes, and "due consideration" of tn
cotton tax and the value OF enfranchi
5ed slaves, then there will suddenly b
no Southern Democracy.-NeW Yorl
| Tribune.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1879-01-30
Legal Notice.

WILLIAM N BEATTY, who resides in Richland
w county, in the stale of Wisconsin, Isaiah
state of Illinois. Lydia Beatty, who resides in
Belmont county, Ohio, and IonIa Clark and
" Clark, husband Of Ionia Clark, whOreside
in Belmont county, Ohio
That Joseph Arrick, Administrator of the
estate of J Ohm Beatty, decd, on the LIST day Of
Probate Court within and for the county Of
Belmont and State OF Ohio, alleging that the
personal estate of said decedent is insufficient
TO pay his debts and the charges Of admInis-
tering his estate; that he died seized in fee
simple of the following real estate, situate in
said county, to wit: Being part OF the north
range6, beginning for the same at the south
east corner OF said quarter; thence west 40
poles; thence north to the National Road;
thence an easterly direction with said Ma
tlonal Road, the east line of said quarter;
thence soutu to the place of beginning. con-
tanning 3 acres. more or less.
ALSO, the followinh described tract or par
eel of land situate in said Belmont county,
Ohio, to wit: Beginning for the same Al q
stake or stone, near the corner of Richard
Orr's land, and on a straight line south with
the center of the line dividing lands of i'd
Orr and the heirs of John Mccartney; thence
running an easterly dlrestion to stake or
stone on the line dividing lands of William
Beatty and Jonathan Sells; thence north with
said line to the corner OF said quarter section:
thence q westerly direction with said line to
near the starting place on said division line
OF said Orr and Mccartney heirs; thence south
TO the place OF begtaning. Said piece of land
lies IN an oblong three-squsre field. and out
Of the northeast quarter of Jonathan Sells
land, said to contain z acres, more OF less
ALSO, the following tract of land, situate in
the county of Belmont and State Of Ohio, be-
ing part of the southeast quarter dissection
70, township 8, in range 8. beginning for the
| same at a stone corner south Of the National
Road on the southeast corner of the lands
purchased by Richard Orr OF Anthony Sells;
| thence south about thirty six 1857 feet TO q
| stone; thence an easterly direction parallel
with the line dividing the lands Of said Sells
> and said Beatty TO q stone on the line dividing
the lands OF VIM Beatty and Anthony Sells,
thence north about 1857 thirty six feet to the
lands of John Beatty, jr; thence 20 the place Of
beginning, containing about ninety (9O) rods
That VIM Beatty. Isaiah Beatty, Lydia Beatty,
Ionia Clark and W Clark. husband Of ICnis
Clark. before mentioned. as his next OF kin,
hold the next estate OF inheritance therein.
The prayer Of the petition is for an order au>
thorfziug me. as administrator of said John
Beatty. deed, to sell said premises for the pay
ment Of the debts and charges aforesaid. Said
petition will be for hearing on the lst day oi
Feb. A d 1873. at 10 O'Clock NJ, or as soon
thereafter rs counsel can be heard
| JOSEPH p. ARRICK,
| Admir- of estate of John Beatty, decd.
/ I-9. 10 6W.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1879-01-30

THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY for Feb.
ruary has an unusual variety. Serial
and short stories, poems, travel-sketch.
es, criticisms, reminiscences,-indeed,
almost every kind of article suitable
for a popular magazine is included.
Lovers of fiction will greatly enjoy the
chapter of Mr.. Howell SIS "Lady of the
Aroostook," one of the most engaging
stories Mr.. Howells has ever written;
and Mr.. Ii. A. Huntington contributes
"SWord and Awl," short story of
the civil war. The legion admirers of
Bayard Taylor will read with deep in
terest Mr. StOddard's "reminiscences.
Public-spirited men and women will
ind The Career of a Capitalist" a
most instructive and interesting paper.
bristling with hints to both capitalist
and employees. The political article
on Limited Sovereignty in the Uni.
ted States" is one to be read and
thought over by good citizens. Mark
Twaln Is even more amusing than
usual in "The Recent Great French
Duel;" Richard Grant White writes
very delightfully."- of "London Streets"
Clarence Cook describes and criticises
1.-The New Catholic Cathedral in New
York;" W. w. Story contributes
very engaging account of "a Roman
Holiday Twenty Years Ago." and be-
sides the varied Contributors Club"
and full chapter of Recent Litera-
ture," the number contains poems by
Lncy Larcom, Albert Laighton, Mrs.
Piatt, and Others. On the whole, a
very good number of monthly from
which we have right to expect the
best magazine literature that America
can produce.