davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1879-10-16

nS@ Read the following CERTIFICATES,
they speak for themselves:
LONG GLADE, Augusta county, Va.
June 9th, 1879.
Messrs. L. SIBERT s. Co., Staunton, Va.
Gents-Your churn does the work. At test of
it with my old dash churn, using one gallon of
cream in each, your churn made two pounds of
prime butter to my old churn's one. The butter
made in your churn would bring in any market
have believed there was such difference in the
churns. but weighed the butter and measured
the cream, and it being all from the same COW,
there be no doubt it is all in the superiority
Of your churn. Very Respectfully,
ELLEN B. WILSON.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1879-10-16
Yale Of Valuable Real Estate,

In augusta County.
By virtue of a decree of the Circuit Court of Au-
gusta, rendered at the March term, 1879, i'll the
chancery cause OF Smiths creditors Sinith,tfe
undersigned commissioners appointed Tor the
purpose, will proceed to SELL in front OF the Court
House. in Staunton, Va,
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9Th, 1879.
that valuable farm situated three miles south OF
Greenville, containing
esq Acres.
of good land. The improvements are comforta-
BILE and consist of DWELLING HOUSE and all
necessary outbuildingS.
TERMS:-Credits of one, two aud three years
will be given, the purchaser executing bonds
with approved personal security, and the title
will be retained until all the purchase money is
paid CHAS. GRATTAN,
JNO. w. STOUT,
oct 9-tdS Commissioners.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1879-10-16

Gale OF a Most Valuable and
10 Highly Improved Estate
In the Vatley.
One of the finest and best estates in the Valley
OF Virginia is now offered for sale privately The
farm is situated 5M miles west OF Staunton, on
Middle River, and contains
900 ACRES
of excellent limestone land. There Is plenty of
fine timber and an abundance of fresh water. Al
most the entire farm is now we'll set in gfass. The
consist of a s. r. g y -
NEW FRAME DWELLING, :
good sized and convenient, a New Swisher Barn
40x60 feet, and other necessary outbuildings, &c,
Connected with the farm is one of Finest Water
Powers in the State. -a .s.5
The farm will be sold as a whole, or 225 acres of
it will be disposed of. retaining the water power.
To any one desiring to purchase will also be
sold the LIVE STOCK and CROPS SC, on the place.
For particulars, address
fs,.s.. NJ. P. FUNKHOUSER, "
may 15-H .,te-ls3a Staunton. Va.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1879-10-16

TOR SALE.-One Of the finest residences in
Il the City of Staunton, elegant location, con-
tanning all modern improvements Terms acs
For further particulars as to
terms &C., apply to the undersigned. ef flas
HUDSON s. PATRICK,
Attorneys, %
July 25-tf Staunton, Va.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1879-10-16
sTAUNToN, VA. June 10, 1879.

Z. SIBEKT Z CO.,
Gentlemen-I have made several churnings
with the "Sibert Churn, which convince me that
all you claim for it is true. recommend it to ali
who have use for churns. 1t makes a great in
crease of butter and finer quality than any churn
I've used in sixteen years housekeeping.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1879-10-16
r. commissioners Sale of
" the JnO. I'D. Brown LANDS,

~ Inc y HOs t1s AbEOWN AiHMASs
Near StGuntoR.
Under decree of the Circuit Court of Augusta
county, rendered on the 9Th of June, 1873, in the
suit of John d. Browns Administrative, &C., VS..
John D. Browns heirs" the undersigned Com
mssioners will proceed in front of the Court
House of Augusta county, on
THURSDAY, OCTOBER Both, 1870,
at 70 O'Clock. NJ, to sell at public auction to the
highest bidder, the real estate OF said John d.
Brown. decd, situated near the city of Staunton.
The land will be offered as whole or in three
separate parcels as may be deemed best on the
day of sale.
This is the most desirable real estate now in
near the city of Staunton. The residence
is Of brick, beautifully located and surrounded and
is very desirable as residence. A plat OF the
entire property can be seen with the Undersigned
TERMS OF sALE;-cash to pay unpaid costs of
suit and the costs OF sale. and the residue upon
credits of one, two and three years, for which
bonds with good personal security bearing inter-
est from day OF sale will be required, and the til
tie retained as ultimate security
Fl. III. BELL,
GEO. M. HARRISON,
oct 9-tds Commissioners.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1879-10-16
LONG GLADE, Augusta county, Va,

LONG GLADE, Augusta county, Va,
s..r June 10th, 1879.
Messrs. L. SIBERT & Co.,
Gentlemen-This certifes that Messrs. Evans &
Noon churned at my house, from quarts of
cream, 81 pounds Of butter In the "Sibert Patent
Churn." churned nine quarts of the same cream
in my barrel churn, making and Il pounds OF
butter. The Sibert Churn yielding l33h per cent
more butter than my churn, the cream and but
ter was weighed and measured.
Very Respectfully,
MAGGIE BOWMAN
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1879-10-16
LONG GLADE, Augusta county, Va,
Tnno 7Af1, osn

LONG dLADE, AuSuSta CUuHCy, va,
June 14th, 1879.
Messrs. L. SIBERT & Co.,
conference.-the certifies that MI. Noon churned
in the 'Sibert Patent Churn,'' at my house, three
pounds of butter from the cream OF one COW for
three days. will add tn at we used considerable
cream in the three days for strawberries and 9TH
er table uses. Very Respectfully,
ELI FURR.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1879-10-16
Price Is Cents and 81 90
BLOOD !!

4 Grave mistakes are made in the treatment
! of all diseases that arise from poison in the
. blood. Not one case of scrofula, SYPHILIS. white
swelling, ulcerous ores and skin disease, in a
4 thousand, is treated without the use of mer-
Z curry in some form. Mercury rots the bones,
4 and the diseases it produces are worse than
Y any other kind of bio cd or skin disease can
K Delight is the only medicine upon which a
J hope OF recovery from Scrofula, Syphilis and
, Mercurial diseases in all stages, can be reas-
4 onaby founded, and that will cure Cancer
i $4,000 will be paid by the proprietors if mer-
curry, or any ingredient not purely vegetable
l and harmless can be foundin it. Price by all
| Druggist 81 90.
"GIobe Flower Cough Syrup" and "Mer
! rell's Hepatine for the liver for sale by all
1 Druggists in rs cent and $1.00 bottles.
\ AT. MERRELL tE CO., PrOpritOrs,
jan so PHILADELPHIA. PA.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1879-10-16
'peo'' MARY ROBINSON

posed of the patent right OF the Sibert Churn of
Augusta county to Messrs. A. A. GRUBERT 4
SON. They will keep on hand a general supply
OF all sized churns. We have been literally nat
ronized and have proposals from thirteen States
for State rights.
We have only advertised our churn in the VAL
LEY VIRGINIAN, and to show its immense cfrcula-
ton we have through that medium received Or
ders from all the States in the Union.
L. SIBERT & co,
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1879-10-16
Medic0z.
IL Y e Il J.

| L
This Important organweighs but about lbs,
i and all the blood in living person (about 8
lgallons) passes through it at least every half
4 lhout, to have the bile and other impurities
i Uttered from it, Bile is the natural purgative
LOT the bowels, and if the Liver becomes tor
l Ipid it is not separated from the blood, but
i carried through the veins to all parts Of the
| system, and in trying to escape through the
pores of the skin, causes it to turn yellow or a
1 dirty brown color The stomach becomes dis
/ eased, and Dyspepsia, Constipation, Headache,
BiIiousness Jaandies, chills, Malarial Feyers
bility follow. Merrells Hepatire, the great
J vegetable discovery for torpidity, causes the
j liver to throw off from one to two ounces OF
4 bile each time the blood passes through it, as
I long as there is an excess OF bile; and the eff
:; fleet of even a few doses upon yellow complex
L ion or brown dirty looking skin, will aston
I ish all who try it-they being the first synp-
toms to disappear. The cure of all bilious dis
eases and liver complaint is made certain by
& taking Hepatines in accordance with direc-
tons. Headache is generally cured in twenty
minutes, and no disease that arises from the
liver can exist if a fair trial is given.
50 Sold as substitute for pills by all
Druggists.
i ar nj m
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1879-11-05

S Wispsos of co ssnAo ss May Te s7e
Alta Torn of the Court OF Chancery begun
and held ut Woodstock, within and for the
County Of Windsor. on the fourth Tuesday Of
May, a. D. 1879. Dudley G. Denison. of Royal
ton, in said County, presented to said Court
his Petition, settling forth in substance that
Carlos X. Tenney and Ruth A. Tenney his
wife, both of said Royalton, Sept. 5, 1876
duly executed 10 him a Mortgage Decd Of
certain land situated in SAID Royalton, de-
scribed as follows, viz All the land decided
to said Carlos X. renney by Barney Wilkins
and wife, by decd dated April 2, 1872, to which
Deeds and tho Deeds therein referred
to and the records thereof reference is had
for more particular description.
Conditioned for the payment of four certain
notes, dated Sept. 8, 1875, each for the sum
Of fifty dollars, each payable to said Dudley
C. Denison or his order, one in one year, one
in two years, one in three years, and one in
four years from date, largo part OF which ia
now Justly due and owing, and has not been
paid according to the effect o. the same.
And alledglng in said Petition that there is
a prior mortgage on said premises. and that
the notes secured by said mortgage now
amount to more than tho value of said premi-
ses. And giving notice in said Petition that
ton Of said promises. -.
And praying that the equity of redemption
Of the said Carlos and Ruth in the premises
may be foreclosed agreesbly to the act to di-
minish the expenses OF foieclosing mortgages
in equity.
Said Petition Is duly entered in said Court,
at the last mentioned Term thereof. and the
Petitioner comes by D. c. Denison q Son, his
Solicitors, and 1t appearing to said Court that
the SAID Carlos had not received personal
notice 6. the tendency Of said Petition. and
that he was without this State, 80 that person.
al service Of the same could not be made upon
him, it IL ordered by said Court that the
Petitioner cause the substance Of his said
petition as aforesaid to published for three
consecutive weeks in the Spirit Of the Age. o
newspaper printed at Woodstock aforesaid,
the last publication to be at least twenty days
previous to the Term Of said Court iof Chanc-
cry, next to be hold at said Woodstock. on the
first tuesday Of December. A. d. 1873, and
that the said Carlos therein be notified to ap.
pear at said Term, and answer the said petit
ton.
Therefore you, Carlos K. Tenney. are here:
by notified to appear at the last mentioned
Term Of said Court Of Chancery. then and
there in said Court to make answer to the
said Petition Of Dudley C. Denison, and fur
Their, to stand to, and abide such orders and
decree "a the Court may make in the prem
isee.
Dated at Woodstock, in said County Of
Windsor, this 28th day Of October. A. D. 1917.
GEO. II. FRENCH, Clerk.
ID. @. DENlSON q son. Solicitors.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1879-11-05
NORTH ERN RAILROAD

----...-..- -. .,...,...,,,,, -,
1878. WINTER ARkANGEMENT. 1873
an and after Dec. |, 1873, Passenger Train
(Jwill run Ms follows
UPWARD TRAINS.
Day Express Train leaves Concord at 1910
AM aud Accommodation Train at 10 Is
Ausfor White River Junction, connection
i'm train for Well River, st. Johnsbpry,
warton. Newoo,t, Wilioughby and Maaop
Bakes. slanstcad, Quebec, hath, Littlc,op.
ILnncaster. and the White aud Francon
Monntains, Also. withtrains for Mont.
Keller, Mansfield Mountain, burlington. 81,
Aibans. Kousc's Point. Montreal, Ogdcns.
hnrrh, and the West.
AecoMNcpArIoN TRAIN leaves Concord Al,
q ~ y, NJ for White River Junction & Bristol
EvrsIyo Espnyss TnAty leaves Concord
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1879-11-05

A LUCKY WoMAN.-The publishers
Of The HousEKEEPER are bent on the
general introduction of that hopeful
and beautiful household monthly and
they make some extraordinary offers
in their list-gloves, ties, napkins,
table clothes and spreads, tides, silver
thimhles, and q variety OF articles
which ladies like. But the most lib,
eral offer is this: They will send the
Housekeeper one year and three
months that is TO JanuSry lst 1881,
to the first lady from any post office,
who encloses rs cents in postage
stamps, which barely covers the cost
of mailing and postage. Any lady
who sends and fails to be first will
receive the Monthly four months. or
her money back as ste directs. The
regular subscription price OF the
monthly is Is cents year and cheap
at thai. Sample copies with full par
ticu1ars, free. Address THE HOUSE
KEEPER, Minneapolis, MINI.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1879-11-05
IN CHANCERY.

STATE OF VERMONT G Eoun @yrm cG 1sTs
Al Torn of the County Court begun and
held at Woodstock. within and for the Coun-
ty of Windsor, in the State OF Vermont, on
the fourth Tuesday of May, a. d. 1879.
George L. Fletcher, of Chester, in said
County, commenced his suit against Horace
A. Parmenter, of Grand junction, County of
Green and State of Iowa, declaring in plea
that the Defendant render TO the Plaintiff
the sum of ten hundred dollars $4,000 10Y
which the Plaintiff says is justly due from
the Defendant to balance book accounts be.
tween them, as by the Piaintits original
book, ready to be produced in Court, may
appear. Now the Plaintiff says that the De-
PENDANT though often requested has ever re-
fused and still does refuse to settle and ad.
lust the account of the PLAINTIFF or to pay the
b,lance thereupon due, which is to the dam.
age of the Plaintiff, as he says the sum of
ten hundred dollars, for the recovery Of
which. with just costs, the said Plaintiff
brings suit.
Said suit is duly entered in Court, and the
Plaintiff in his own proper person comes TO
prosecute the same, and it appearing that
the Defendant had not received personal
service of the writ in this case, although
property was attached thereon, and that he
resided without this State, so that personal
service OF the same could not be made upon
him, it is ordered by said Court that the
Plaintiff cause the substance of said writ and
declaration as aforesaid, to be published for
three consecutive weeks in the Spirit Of the
Age, newspaper printed In Woodstock, in
the County Of Windsor aforesaid, the last
publication to be at least twenty days prcvl-
Gus to the Term Of said Coanty Court next
to be held at said Woodstock, on the first
Tuesday of December, a. ID. 1879. and that
therein the said Defendant be notified to ap-
pear ut said Term. and answer to said suit.
Therefore, you. Horace A. Parmenter OF
Grand Junction. in the County of Green and
State of Iowa, are hereby notified to make
your appearance at the said last mentioned
Term Of said County Court, then and there
in said Court to answer to the suit OF the
said George L. Fletcher. and stand to and
abide such orders as the Court shall make
therein.
Dated at Woodstock aforesaid this 9TH day
OF October, A. ID. 1879.
GEO. B. FRENCH, Clerk.
GEO. L. FLETCHER. Attorney pro Sc.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1879-11-05

Whlsile all you will in solitary
places, son, if.it pleases you. whistle
in the night as you 60 home. Il you
will, tor a CHEEKY whistle in the dark
park Is n pleasant sound unto the
listening soul ot the belaled passenger,
but when YOU come into the asSembl.
ago and the business haunts Of men,
unpucker your musical ips and shut up
your whistle in your heart, And II
ever the temptation comes to You
to whistle against the edge OF a
card, crush II out, il the effort kills
you, Whistling Is not q lofty nor
yet n useful, although It is n universal
accomplishment. Though you practice
hundred years, and though you
whistle never 10 whistely, my son, yet
the commonest switch engine that
ever scared human being deaf, can
beat you at it. The great and good
were never great ~histlers, my son.
George Washington never sat In a
friends Office, with his feet on the
window sill, whlstling "Glandfather's
Clock against the edge Of a card.
Strive to emulate George Washington
and although you may never be first
in war, first in peace, and first in the
hearts Of your countrymen, yet fame
will not forget you it they can write
upon your tombstone that you never
whls,led your couutrymen into con
WILSON'S of incorporate but fruitless
profanity. -Burlington Hawkeye.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1879-11-05
ESTABLISHED 1866.
IN We Mt O r S

Should address EDISON Bios, Attorneys at
Law and Patent Solicitors III G. ST., Wash.
ington, ID. c. for circulars OF instruction -
Reasonable terms. References and advice
sent free. We attend exclusively to Patent
bu sii,ess, Reissues, Interferences, and cases
rejected in other hands speciality. Trade
marks and Caveats solicited. Upon receipt
of model or sketch and description we give
our opinion as to patentability, free Of charge.
We refer to the present Commissioner Of Pa
tents and all Ex-Commissioners who have
served within the past fifteen years.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1879-11-05

INVENTORS AND PATENTEEs should
send for instructions, terms, references,
&c. to Edison Brothers, Solicitors. of
Patents. Washington, D. c. who
furnish the same without charge. Ed
son Brothers is well.known aud sue.
cessful firm Of large experience, hav.
ing been established since 1866.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1879-11-05

The New York Star calls Tilden-
ism "the three-carde monte Of Amer.
can politics" In other words on
square deal the chance are two to one
IN President Tilden's favor. l-a
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1879-11-05

Warren Leland, ons Of the prop
rictors Of a hotel at Long Branch,
N. J. has been indicted by the Grand
jury Of Monmouth county for keeping
q disoEderly house
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1879-11-05

A Sunday-school teacher asked what
was "ment by the pomp aud vanitics
of the world" The answer was
rather unexpected, "Them flowers on
YOUR hat"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1879-11-05

is very difficult for one to see the
virtues of others unless he has some
virtue himself. Ths bad man always
suspects Others OF falsehcod, and so
overresches himself; while the good
man is apt to trust everybody, and so
gets cheated. 1t is a funny world 10
live in yet we are all anxious to stay.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1879-11-05

Chicago certainly takes the premium
for large feet. A lady lost her
baby tor three hours the other day,
and found it only when she came to
put on her slipper.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1879-11-05
4 LECTURE
~ To Young Men.

Just Published, in a Sealed Envelope. Price %.
A Lecture OH the Nature. Treat.
ment, and Radical cure Of Seminal Weak.
ness, or SpermatorrhGa, induced by Self
Abuse. Involuntary Emissions, Impotency,
Nervous Debility, and Impediments to Mar
riage. generally; Consumption. Epilepsy,
and Fits; Mental and Physical lncapacity,
Sc.-By ROBERT ]. CULvERWELL, M.
D., author of tho "Green Book" &c.
The world-renowned author, in this adj
mirable Lecture, clearly proves from his own
experience that the awful consequences OF
Self Abuse may be effectlally removed with
out-medicine, and without dangerous sur ri.
cal operations, bouges, instruments: rings,
or cordals; pointing out mode Of cure at
once certain and otfectual, by which every
sufferer, no matter what his condition may
be, may cure himself cheaply privately and
radically. .,.t.i3
NJ This Lecture will prove boon to
thousands and thousands.
Sent, under seal. in a plain envelope, to
any address, on receipt Of six Genus, or two
postage stamps.
Address the publishers. ~
THE CULVERWELL MEDICAL co,
41Ann St., New York P. o. Box, 4Ss8.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1879-11-05

"Of what use is the casket when
the jewel is gomez asked the tramp
az he took the last swallow of the
whiskey. and threw the bottle over in
the rnfeld.-CTurpers Falls Re-
porter.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1879-11-05

1T IL the little bits ov things that
fret and worry u.s." says Josh Billings;
1--WE kan dodge an elephant, but we
kant q Ay."
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1879-11-05
ESQ.,

Ayouag man, whose money didn't
bold out a. long as the State Fair,
dropped into the telegraph office yes
terday and sent dispatch 10 bis
father IN an interior town ~ forward
him cash TO reach home with, When
the receiving clerk saw that the dis
patch reed, ITO John Blank, Esq. he
suggested that saving could DO
made by eraslng the "Gsq,"
"Well, mebbe You think SO, but ]
don't" replied the sender, "When !
am home can call him dad a day
long, but when IL comes down TO
black and white you've got TO rs
quire him right up 10 tho Mines, or
walk home by the dirt road, Don't
you dare leave that oh-not with tho
roads rs muddy rs they are nowl'
IN about an hour tho following an
swer was received
To -,
John Blank, Esq, forwards you
$40, aud you can have more It you
want IL, JoHs BLANK, Eso,
Didn't tell ye," ehu'hled the
young man as he read II. Dads
common enough when we're all home
aud rushed 10 get tall wheat 10, but
tho minute bis hack gets rested and a
stranger eomes along he weighs more
to the ton than my Esq" on legs
I tell ye, you don't knew u man I'LL
we've hoed corn with him !"-[Detroit
Free Press,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1879-11-05
GEO. P. R0WELL & CO.'S
Newspaper Advertising Bureau.

All American newspapers kept on file three
months for inspection by advertisers. Ad-
vertisements received and forwarded dailya
Publishers lowest prices
Office 10 Spruce ST., printing House
So. op Tribune Building). New York.
Send 10 Cents for Book Of 100 Pages, con-
tanning Lists Of Papers and Cost of Advertis
ing, or so Cents for the complete American
Newspaper Directory.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1879-11-05

$500 q :: !: !; e: !;
MHII day at home made BY the
With industrious. Capital not re-
AHIH uuired; we will start YOU
n. Men, women, boys and girls
WuIV make money faster at work
TOO for us than at anything else.
The work is light and pleasant, and such -
anyone can 20 right at. Those who are wise
who see this notice will send us their address
ses at once ana see for themselves. Costly
Outfit and terms free. Now is the time
Those already at work are laying up large
sums OF money. Address TRUE q Co,
Augusta, Maine.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1879-11-05
PATENTS.

f.. A. Lehman, Solicitor Of American and
Foreign Patents, Washington, d. G. All
business connected with Patents, whether
before the Patent Office or the Courts
promptly attended to. No charge madeuns
DABRET'u POTASH. .g.H
ID st CuAPHAN'S.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1879-11-05

Subscribe for the AGE.