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Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1879-09-06
Kelly Steel Barb Fence Wire!
The Best in the World.

ADVANTAGES or BHRBED WIFE.
1T is the cheapest strongest, NOS, effective ssd
I most durable fence known. IL weighs but 10
ounces to the rod and, consequently, nj sane
price per pound, il FROM ope.GGh To- ops-e'ghN
cheaper than any other barb wire In the market.
Il Is proof against storms, fire, wind and stoct
animals viii not rub IL down IL acts on the de-
fensiyc Il protects ITSELF Ii takes less posts, less
labor and less time 20 build il. IL takes but little
room; you can cultivate close 10 IL and weeds can
be kept ont Of it, il i The grcatest practical In
venton OF the age, aud adopted by leading iarm-
ers ana railroads Of the country.
his Sirops.--lt Is all steel, both wire and barb.
The wire Is drawn from ner ftcol rods csrseially
for us. Best BGrt. is cut from diamond STEEL
with holes punched in centre, has most strength
al the base Not OdRgcroHs. The barb II taper
ed from both sides, and does no, iujure stock
Durable PoinL-lthas a smooth, cut point, which
will not rust Oh like a ragged wire point Po'Hf'
~ Right Piaco.-Our wire presents 30 points 10
the rod, whcrc they will be effective not oHf IA
a Jaach as j. the case with some wires that must
have four points 10 hold the barb and can be made
no other way. Under. all ne PdtcHfs.- II Il made
under the Key patents of lScs, and Is fully H.
censed under II the letters patent Owned or con
troled by the Washbarn & Moen hnig. Go.
DUKE & GALLAHER, Charcs,own, JeG Co..
w. Va, our General Agents fur the Valley Of
Virginia. have full stock OF Wire on hand and
viii furnish Circulars and n needed Information.
THORN WIRE HEDGE CO.,
juno 81, 1870. Chicago, Illinol'.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1879-09-06
The Virginia Free Press,
The "Old Family journal
c...n,rsromx- srrrsrnEa 6. 1879.

truly say that ais COUSINS au1 us s's.e'S "'-'
l;s auots" were there.
Hon. Alex. r. B).eler Will deliver 81
lecture a, M,oro6,,l, Hlriy eou0ty, at the
scenes, Of the ladies' Of the Episcopal Church
10 that place, on the lj.h instant.
Mr.. @. Frank Gallahar has beaa app
~ ,;a,el to On the vacancy ia the 'owa council
ae,asi5ae! by the removal OF Ar. Wan. T..
W,.ri,S % the country.
Ia. Foak,, Ell, Special C'mni S.
.;5aer sold 1T publ, sale, on The 22ad August
,he reversi3a on the dover naa of Mrs. NJ I.
Crop. consisting Of 40 acres, at IS so per
acre. John a. C,ipp, purchaser.
The repairs made necessary to the jail
lulI.os by the ire Of sunday morning were
Contracted Tor 10y Msssrs. William Philips aod
Julius O. UJnes on Monday, az $3.50. TIE
tia-roo6as by Daks Is GaiiAher.
The .la.e-roof upon the wing Of the
s,sre.hsase occupied by Maj helrs.ey was
DAMAGED 10 such on extent as TO neeessi'a'e a
new rs5f aal Msssrs. Duke & GalaheF will
ra, on ea, Of ,le ICES, quality OF uo.
C.ao's "New United Shows COM
prsinsa union Of eleyea mammoth naaa-
c,,i.s aaI circusss exhibited under giant
ca1yassss. will be a, Manchester on tie 18th
issnl, sad at Maraos5ars near about that
t...n
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1879-09-06
school Books

WE are prepared to furnish al Books used in
w the Public Schools at the reduced contract
price. We are now receiving full line OF all
such Books az are being used in our Schools 70
which we respectfully invite the attention OF our
customers and the public.
BUTLER3 AISQUlTH.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1879-09-06

Train C33 daily Train 63l Tuesdays, Thurs
DAYS aud SATURDAYS. All other trains daily ex-
cept Sunday
June -, 1879.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1879-09-06

See advertisement of Mr. Robert Rion
Lucas H. seacrgetie in advocating the value
ofFutEl.rs s.ld by him.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1879-09-06
Additional Notice.

So much only ~ above property Will be sold
for the benefit Of Mr. Erwin as will be necessary
to nav the above Indebtedness ofthe Estate 10 him.
Atthe same time, however,-at the late residence
OF the deceased II shall sell all the rest and resi-
due Of her property, described aboye, including
also One SEWING MACHINE and one
First Glass Piano.
and deTote the proceeds 20 payment Of the gcnef-
al creditors and settlement Of the Estate.
CHARLES DAVIES,
August 30, 1879. Administrator.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1879-09-06
NOTICE.

Two the taxpayers Of Charlcstown District. who
have not paid their takes for the year 1873,
is7i. 1873 and 1876, will find their bills in the
hands Of ". c. znmbro. Constable, 70 be collected
EDWARD TEARNEi.
April 81, lsTS-tf. ate Sheriff
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1879-09-06
Manhood. How Lost, now Restor'

Just published, new edition Of DR..
80 Culverwelrs Celebrated Essay on the
~'s,sfsc.> radical cure without medicine) of
Spermatorrhc or Seminal Weakness, Involuntary
Seminal bosses, Impotcncy, Mental and Phyfical
Incapacity, Impediments TO Marriage, etc also.
Consumption, Epilepsy aud Fits, induced by self
indulgence or sexual extravaganza, &c.
The celebrated author, in this admirable Essay,
clearly demonstrates, from Thirty years success
full practice that the alarming consequences Of
selfahuse may he radically cured without the
dangerous use of internal medicine orthe appli-
cation Of the kniie pointing out mode Of care
AZ orc. simple. certain and cFrc;ual, BY means of
which every sufferer, no matter what bis condi-
ton NAV be. may cure himself cheaply, privately,
and radically.
EU- This Lecture should be in the hands of
every Youth and every man in the land.
Sent free, under seal. in plain envelope 20 any
address Address the Publishers,
TIE CCLYERW Eli MEDICAL CO.,
IL Ann St. New York; Post Office Box, 45sG.
June2 D. lSI9-ly.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1879-09-06

r. +. johnson has contracted TO erect
Parsonage for the coiorci Baptis;s Of TIL.
town on the lot adjoining their Church.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1879-09-06

Mr.. David Barbour, who farms the
land Of Col. Jno. Thos Gibson. near town,
brought us. on Thursday, a twi, ilrelre inches
long. upon which were eighteen large, well ma
;ured Peaches lie also presented us age
Jaske, filled with ihcdclicirus fruit, Tor which
he has sincere thanks. c., Gibs,n's orchards
ale among be dncS, in The County.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1879-09-06

.........,.. D, ...., c-..yy m conf.
...-:,.
900 roin'sot h.1cman 5 i',S' 9p't ana H'a.
sc- pa}rs, 90 all thc 8 "s shades "'
.r,t' ieT .na'f @'er', p ounce GEMS
p-r ounce lVO lonlas'i 'e'' Nt'''''''""
o.. ln al. tae leading Sua,.,s' '','s per
ol.ce, 90 D'i'S''tlii - '"''' o'''''
NE-~E~. EproE- Having q desire
Ma. li,rnel take this method Of doing il.
A Farmer harvested I25 acre. 81 wheat. which
a., o''n,s t ,s "I t, ,'' t.S ,u 10
r.r.,c-..>s-No Two OF the three numbers
ore 4" Dc multiplied together. nor 'h' ga,al'yr OF
.-.... .. p ,- Compa,..on. AHouot Parts,
.ar., adding merbcrs 'sseth.e' noe Algebra or
G .a.s a, 9, Nil vi ', dci.-aioe cube. and higher
powers without ever aoliog The ,goare, 81. must
see ''' C ~, JeG.rsoa county, W. Va
September t'h' la''.
ODD '''s 90 ? >.,l-l " -..11 0'''9
For simplicity OF construction, and case
~'a Which iaey are oPe5p'ea, S''" C W oIeJ iS
n, a.c,la-s I,ricuimmlWo-Is Nar,insbarr.
N'ricE II have hie'y received an e,e,ant
assortment a Meas, Boy. ald Cnudre' tlr
ava Wool bats iog car'y I'll. trade. have also
une-cl q cheap counter t'r Shoes. Al. .loSiug
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1879-09-06
STEAMENGINES.

These Engines are superior 10 any heretofore
introduced ~ the public, having several aud
ig.o0rfaaf IaBroremenfs. We call especial a ten
tioa to the arrangement Of the Boiler aud Super
Heating Dome, by which large amountoi extra
heating surface is acquired which is not utilized
in auv other make 81 Engine. thus economiziug
largely in FUEL ana in TINE in generating
steam. We have II horsepower portable la
glue Of this make furnishing power at our Plaster
Mil and az factions speak louder than words" we
will be happy 10 show its action and point ont It's
superior parts, Qaaing ~ Udteriai anil bork-
raayhjp. Parties needing power for Wheat
catalogue ard price list Of Portable Engines. We
can sell them better Engines. and upon more
favorable terms than they can supply themselves
elsewhere in the country. LlPPlTF co.
June IL 1872
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1879-09-06

GROWN Fluting Machines. for saleby
y June I. DUKE GALLAHER.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1879-09-06

Au,. Is. LOOK Sept. IS.
For 30 lays we viii oiie- cur entire Stock
Of Summer goods 90 baud 90 first cost, some
wonderful baTbains o. cash buyers
ROD3ICK. MORRIS & co.
West Eod Boot and Shoe-Store.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1879-09-06
NEW G00DSI
Hampton Sydney College!

rINHE lOltb Session begins September 9TH, 1879.
Expenses about S2lO, The Curriculum of
Classical. Scientific and Moral studies is retained
but ample provision Is made for those who do
not wish to take it, full course. No Student ad-
vanced without standing searching examination.
For catalogue apply To
Rgy. j. NJ. p. ATKINSON. D. D.,
July ~, lS19-2m. President.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1879-09-06

For simplicity OF construction, and case
wita which they are operated, claim % have the
h.sf Horse Has Rake in fhe market. CHANLES
O. EAKNHANT, Du.Gelds Depot. W. Va, Agent
for luscarora Agricultural W o.ks, NartDsburg.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1879-09-06
EAST BOUND TRAINS

Tram C3S daily. Train go Mondays, Wednes-
dsvs and Fridays. Ali other trains daily except
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-02-13

And I thought she was widow, and
made love to her I listened as though
in dream, and deuced unpleasant
one it was, too. I believe he thanked
me, and she praised, and he thanked
again, and then they urged me to come
to see them, and she said: Don't for
get Saturday
Whether said anything, or whether
l remained mute, is more than I can tell.
I was like man asleep, and had to give
myself good shake to come out Of the
nightmare that l was in. When looked
around, she they were gone"
Here Hugh stopped as though he had
finished; but his friend Williams, whose
curiosity was aroused, asked.
"Did you dine with her on Satur.
day,n y .... . .ox...
"Have you ever seen her since :"
"No; never"
"What became of your aouveautes de
Paris 2"
"Nell went without them, as went
without my English robe.
"You don't mean that she never sent
them to your"
"I never gave her my address, and
she was not supposed to know where I
was."
Williams didn't like to ask any more
questions, and Hugh remained quiet for
time. Then rousing himself and get
ting out Of his chair, he said:
81 have never made love since, and {"
with bitter laugh--"I always avoid
women in deep mourning. And now as
the fire has gone out with my story, /
think we had better go to bed."-
Harper's Weekly.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-02-13
His First and Last Case,

I studied law once in the Washington
law school. In fact, was admitted to
the bar. 1 shall never forget my first
case. Neither will my client. I was
called upon to defend young man for
passing counterfeit money. knew the
young man was innocent, because I gave
him the money to pass. Well, there was
hard feeling against the young man in
the county, and l pleaded for change
of venue. l made great plea for it. 1
can remember, even now, how fine it
was. 1t was filed with choice rhetoric
and passionate oratory. Iquoted Kent,
and Blackstone, and Littleton, and cited
precedent after precedent from the
digest of State reports. wound up
with a tremendous argument, amid the
applause of all the younger members of
the bar. Then, sanguine of success,
stood and awaited the judges decision.
1t soon came. The judge looked me
full in the face and said:
"Your argument is good, Mr.. Per-
kins, very good, and I've been deeply
interested in it; and when case comes
up that your argument fits, I shall give
your remarks all the consideration that
they merit. Sit down |"
This is why I gave up the law and re-
sorted to writing for the newspapers. -
Ell Perkins.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-02-13
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Twins are the parapets of house.
Home stretch-Over a mothers knee.
Dress reform-Turning a silk dress
A fare proposition" Ticket, please.
Boston's population Is given at 373,-
$40.
1t is safer..to bear hug than to hug
bear.
Capt. Exum Saint is a member Of the
legislature of Indiana.
DR.. Carver, the marksman, and his
wife, have gone to England.
In Japan the landlord receives one
sixth the produce of the land.
More men worry and fret themselves
crazy over taxes than over love.
Some wasps sting twenty-four hours
after they have been cut in two.
Science enumerates 558 species Of or
ganic forms in the air we breathe.
Laborers' wages during the thirteenth
century were fifty cents per week.
Opticians are well-behaved men and
never make spectacles of themselves.
The gradual mode Of seasoning is the
most favorable to the strength and dura
bility of timber.
Postponed on account OF the wether,'
as the boy said when the ram chased him
out of the orchard.
The Arkansas wild grapevine 10 gath
cred and shipped to France to be used
for grating stock.
Felicity is not acquired with facility.
Neither is foothold on the outside Of
slippery pavement.
What is the difference between Grim
inal and windfall fruitp One is felon
and the other fell off.
It is we'll to remember that repeated
shocks of electricity will revive person
dying from an overdose of chloroform.
What is the difference between sue
ceesful lover and his rival. The one
kisses his miss, and the other misses
his kiss.
The most stupendous canal in the
world is in China, which is over 1000
miles long, and passes through forty
two cities.
The leg of Granther Graybeard
(Which is species of spider) retains its
vitality one or two days after being sew
cred from the body.
The Atlanta Constitution estimates
that during the past two seasons the
farmers of Georgia have paid out
$3,000,0 900 for mules.
There was young man Of Palmyra,
Sat down alongside of his Myra;
They had just doused the glim
When the parent came in,
Aud the young man achieved his hegira.
Burlington Hd,okeye.
During the year 1873 the business
transacted at the Oil City pa oil ex-
change aggregated 76, 450,00 barrels.
The average price was 81. 17s per barrel,
which would make the value of the total
transactions $89, 45O, 600.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-02-13
An Eagle Carries Of a Pig.

For several days past the resident
farmers in the northwestern portion of
this county have marked the presence
of an eagle skimming the heights in
their neighborhood, and Mr.. Stringer,
Tarrant county knight of the gun, anx-
ious to capture this king OF birds, shoul-
dered his fowliug piece yesterday morn.
ing and laid for the bird ON the open
prairie, at point about two miles north
west of the town, where small herd of
young pigs were innocently grazing on
the green sward. The bird came soar
ing along, and when point had been
reached nearly perpendicular to the head
of the swine, as it were, the old "Na-
tional " swooped down and around the
surface of an inverted imaginary pyra-
mid, and. sinking its talons deep into
the interior composition of thirty
pound pig, started heavenward. The
ascension was tedious and slow, and
gave ample time for Stringer to draw a
bead, and when a height of thirty or
forty feet had been reached he banged
away and bored hole clean through
our American monstrosity. The pig and
eagle tumbled tolerably we'll together to
the surface-both dead.-Fort Worth
(Te1Gs) Democrat.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-02-13
"The Highland Beauty"

In an article on Ooasting, by @. A.
Stephens, in Youths Companion, a de-
scription is given of the different kinds
of sleds used in this winter sport. The
writer describes one sled in particular.
thus:
Probably the finest double.runner
ever seen in this country, or any country,
was made by DR.. Fowler, of Boston
Highlands, and is now the property of
Mr.. Francis Alger, OF South Boston.
The construction of this really beautiful
pleasure carriage for it seems hardly
proper to call it a sled) has occupied it's
makers leisure time for three and
half years. 1t was placed on exhibition
at the recent mechanics fair in Boston,
where it attracted much attention.
1t is over thirteen feet in length, will
seat ten persons, and weighs three hun
dred and fifty pounds. Yet it moves 30
easily that two or three boys can readily
draw it up hill.
The materials OF which it is made are
white oak, white walnut, steel, gun
metal and bronze. Though highly orna-
mented, it is built in the very strongest
manner. and will no doubt stand years
of hard service. Two seemingly small,
yet wonderfully strong, steel.shod and
steel-braced sleds support the elegant
"seat-board, which, with it's foot-rail
on saoh eido and polished hand. rods, is
strongly trussed up, and cushioned in
green velvet over elastic rubber tubing
At the forward end of the seat-boacd
are the steering wheel, the lanterns and
the foot-break. The steering wheel,
which resembles the plated brake OF a
drawing-room car, turns the forward
sled upon rocker, provided with what
is termed universal Joint" while by
means of a foot brake and chain, two
strong steel points, working inside the
runners of the hind sled, are plunged
into the road-bed, thus arresting the
speed at will.
At the rear end of the cushioned seat
there is a low "knee-board for
footman, whose business it may be to
start off the vehicle when the silvery
stroke of gong shall give the signal to
go.
Taken altogether, this double-runner
is remarkable piece of work. not only
for costliness and strength, but for sym
metry and elegance. It has evidently
been made by man who has devoted
himself to the task con an1ore. 1t does
the eye good to look at it, and it has
been very happily christened "The
Highland Beauty" The cost is said to
have been about a thousand dollars.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-02-13
Theories Regarding a Fire.

The other day when house on Fifth
street took fire and was saved by the
tiremen in damaged condition, they set
about trying to discover the cause Of the
accident, and in SO doing questioned
various inmates of the family. The head
of the house had his theory all ready.
It is my opinion" he began, "that
some enemy of mine climbed to the roof
anG emptied Goals on the shingles"
The idea was laughed at and the wife
said:
swell, there was lamp up stairs, but
it was not lighted. Now if the rats got
hold of matches and tried to light that
lamp they would just as quick throw a
lighted match on the bed as to blow it
out. I don't say they set the house a-fre
on purpose, but you know how careless
rats are"
That theory didn't hold with the fire.
men and the oldest daughter was called
upon.
81 expect it was spontaneous COM
bustion," she began. "You see in my
room up stairs, where the fire broke out,
there was hole in the chimney. Ididn't I
like the smoke coming in my room and
so stuffed the hole full of straw. II
may be that the straw and the mortar
and the bricks caused spontaneous com.
bustion."
The firemen were about to accept her
theory when the small boy of the family
came up and said:
81 know all about it. Ye see, Bill
Smith he was on the shed a-heavin'
snowballs at dogs. Tom, the feller with
one arm, was in the barn playin' with
my goat. That Turner gal she was on
the fence out there calm us names, and
her mother had the clothes line and was
tryin' to lasso stick of wood off a wagon
in the alley. went down cellar to see
if my mud-turtle lad got away, and was
jest tryin' to set the cat on him when !
heard father fall down stairs and mother
give yell, and that's how the house got
a-fire, and now won't have to go To
school for six weeks. ."-Detroh Free
Press
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-02-13
A Dog Thawed Back to Life.

A family residing in the southern part
of the city had pet dog, and said dog
was provided with all the comforts his
canine nature required. But one day
during the late cold visitation he had
got ont of doors without it's being dis
covered for some time, and then he was
found on his back and frozen stiff in
death, as was naturally supposed. The
lady of the house, on ascertaining the
pets condition, and satisfied of his
death, directed her little son to throw
the body over the fence, when the boy
suggested that they should place it by
the fire and try to thaw it back to life
and, placing the apparently defunct
dog on rug, the little son commenced
chatting the paws and nose. The mother,
forcing open the dogs mouth sufficient.
ly, poured down his throat some hot
whisky, and signs of returning anima-
ton began to be manifested, and in due
time the little animal was on his legs
again, and is now, it is claimed, as sue
cessful live dog as can be found any
where. This may seem rather tough
story, but the head of this family, gen.
tleman we'll known on change and of
undoubted veracity, says it is a fact
ST, Louis Re1ublicaD.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-02-13
The Labor Of Cutting Leaves.

One of the minor miseries of human
life is the necessity that is laid upon the
readers of magazines, and of divers
weekly, monthly and other journals, of
cutting the leaves thereof. The amount
of time consumed in this search after
hidden treasure, and of force expended
therein, is no mean consideration in
these utilitarian days. The literature
of the world in all the classes which we
have mentioned, reducing quarterlies,
bi-monthlies and weeklies to monthlies,
cannot be less than 1000, 600 copies
month. Not less than ten leaves to
copy may be deemed a fair average.
The cutting of each of these 1000, 900
publications requires at least five min
utes. This, as a simple calculation will
show, is something like twenty years for
each month, or 240 years in each year.
In cutting the leaves of the ordinary
magazine, the hand travels at least
twenty feet. For 1900, 900 magazines
this is 40,000.OOO feet, nearly 5000
miles month, and So, 600 miles a year
-four times around the globe-a dis-
tance greater than the railroad mileage
of the United States. Prof. Ralfe says
that I" "the ordinary external mechanical
work" done by an adult weighing $50
pounds amounts to 300 foot tons 300 tons
lifted one foot) daily. In pile. driving a
man lifts the equivalent of 312 foot tons
in eight hours; in turning wrench, 374
foot tons. But this magazine-cutting
necessitates an expenditure of 240 years,
or 81, 600 days, which at 300 foot tons a
day. makes 26, $50, ,000-a sum total that
makes the tonnage of the Erie canal and
the trunk lines sink into insigpificance.
--Brookyn Union Argus.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1879-02-13
A Temperance Movement in New York.

The immense extent of intemperance
among our business ranks, says New
York correspondent, has startled think
ing men with deep alarm. The habit
has reached such an extreme as to
threaten general destruction, and hence
the present deep consciousness of the
need of reform. To place young man,
indeed, in the New York business COM
munity, is to subject him to fearful
temptation, since the motto of the day
seems to be " everybody drinks" The
new temperance movement is intended
to meet this appalling danger. Hence
the pledge is not to drink during bust
ness hours, and also neither to give nor
accept "treats." It is also proposed
thet some drinks be provided which are
not of an intoxicating nature. This
recalls the fact that there was time
when the word "coffee- house" was
a reality. At present, however, it is
synonymous with barroom. Perhaps
New York business men, like the mer-
chants and wits of London in old times,
may eventually limit themselves to cof-
fee and tea, but before this can be done
the fierce excitement which marks their
operations must be abated.