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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-01-22
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Tho following letter from Rev. q. w. Mans.
iald. formerly pastor Of the Methodist Eplscopsl
Church, Hyde Park, and st present seIlleo Ia
Lowell must convince every one VINO reSaS > us
lettor of the wonderful curative quallties OF vs9
etine as thorough cleuscr and purinsr Oh lne
blood. M ,o-s
Mr. II. 4. Stevens,
Dear Sir: About ten years ago my health
failed through the deplsting effects OF dyspep:la;
nearly year later WAS attacked Dy typhola'
fever in its worst form. 1t settled 10 my DacR,
and took the form OF large deep seated a6scess,
which was fifteen months in gathering, l nao
two surgical operations by tho best skill IN tne
state but received 10 permanent cura. suner'
ed great pain 81 times, and Was constantly "eaE,
ened by . profuse discharge. also loSs Sns''
pieces Of bone at different timos. 80,
Matters ran On thus for about sayen years TIL
May, 1874, when q friend recommended mo 70
90 to your Office. and talk WITH you on tas VIZ
Tue of Vegetine did 50. and by your kindness
passed through your msnut4clory, hoHas tne
ingredients, &c. by which your remsdy Is pro-
duced.
By what saw and heard gained sone con-
adence in Vege!ine. 80,
I commenced taking it soon after. but fel!
worse from its effects; still per5orged, aid soon
felt it was bsneG!tlng mo in other respects. le.
I did not SEQ the results desired tltl i nsd ts'
ken it faithfully for little more than ayesr, when
the difficulty in tho back was cured Tor nine
months hsve enjoyed the hest of health
have in that time gained twenty 1.-Two pounds
of flesh, being heavier than over Detore In my
life and was never moro Rblo to perform LABOR
than now.
During the psst few weeks hsd scro!ulous
swelling aslsrge as my list gather on another part
of my body.
l took Vegetine faithfully, ana it removed It
level with the surface in month. think 1
should have been cured OF my msia trouble
sooner if had taken larger doses. sitee haVihg
become accustomed TO its effects. -,
Let your patrons troubled with scrofulsor KID
ney disease understand tina: it takes time TO cure
chronic diseases; and, if they will patlent y take
Vegetine, it will. in my judgment, cure them.
With great obligations 1 am
Yours very truly,
q. w. MANSF1ELD,
Psator of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-01-22
PROFESSTDNAL CARES.
NEW AND CHOICE GOODS.

u i " AND 0n0loH o00D''
Choice New Raisins, Currants, Citron, Figs now
two ersdes) Florada Oranges. New Lemons
Assorted Nuts Baldwin Apples, VERY cheap
Ospe God Cranberries. New York Sweet Cider
Fruit Buffers, Choice Jellies, Chow Chow aad
Mixed Pickles in bulk, Sugar Corn ,Sardincs,
Orange Brand, Sugar Cured Hams, Shoulders
Whiskey, Port. Sherry, Madara and Sweet Ca
tawba Wine, Rum, Gin, Brandy, &c, SC. l
am prepared to sell all OF the above nsmed goods
and all other goods in tho grocery line as cheap
as any price list advertised. Csll and e1smine
for yourself and be convinced.
decl1 r. w. AVERY. 22G King st.
The Hartford herald., 1879-09-03
The Butcher and the Lawyer.

A butcher, in a provincial town,
called the other day upon his friend, the
lawyer, to consult him upon the follow
ing points: a lady had Just been in his
shop buying a choice bit of beef for her
worthy husbands dinner. Her pet dog,
which accompanied her, forgetting its
good manners in the shop, had either in
snuffing at or tasting a nice roast,
tumbled it among the sawdust where
with the floor was strewn, and sOiled it.
His question to the lawyer was:
as this lady bound to pay me for and
receive the said roast? and if so, how
may payment be enforced?'
The lawyer inquired if the lady wasa
good customer; and being answered in
the affirmative he said:
"My advice to you, as friend, would
be not to enforce payment Of the Sl.15
flor that was the full value of the roast)
because if you do, you will most likely
lose the family's custom, and that of
some of their friends. But, when the
lady's husband looks i'm, you may take
an opportunity of mentioning the cir
cumstance to him, in as gentle and
polite a way as you can, and very prob
ably he will pay it at once.,-
~ dare say you're right; I'll just fol-
low your advice, and take the liberty of
telling you the lady was your wife,"
The elawyer gavea gOOd-natured laugh,
put his hand in his pocket, and paid the
S1.75. The butcher went away in great
glee, for he was proud of his shrewdness
in ''doing" the lawyer. In his exulta-
ton he hurried to his neighbors, the
confeetioner, the grocer and the apOth-
ecary, to tell them of the capital joke;
and great was the chuekling Of these
crOnies over il. The butchers dreams
that night were pleasant, and on the
morrow his temper was placid and
serene; he mused of spending the half
crowns in treating the grocer, eonfec-
toner and apothecary. While in this
delighted mood, the pOstman handed
him note. Ii was from his friend, the
lawyer, and contained an account:
"a debtor to D.-To consultation
S5.25."-Philddelphid Times.
The Hartford herald., 1879-09-03

Members of the press are literally
hunted down by all sorts of people who
have axes to grind. The manager Of q
public meeting who does not find re-
porters at the table suffers stings of dis
appointment; the judge, who sonorously
blows his nose before reading his opin-
ion, looks anxiously for the stenograph-
er; even the burglar, on his way to the
State Prison, eOvets a talk with the
newspaper man. Yet the outside bar
barian thinks that all newspaper men
are dead beats, and envies them the
fine times they have in the way of free
dinners and free tickets to all manner
of shows There never was greater
mistake. People do not seem to realize
that on the part of the journalists, it is
merely matter of business, that the
editor or reporter goes to these places so
attractive to outsiders, much as the
horse goes to the plOw-because he
must do so. We venture to say that
four-fifths of these entertainments are
intOlerable bores- The press is the vic
tim of the public's demand for services
without pay. Let US have the boot on
the right foot.-N y Nail.
The Hartford herald., 1879-09-03
AS THEY OCCUR ON THE
CORNERS.
BY DIOGENES.
No. XVI.

No. XVI.
| undertook to take down i'm short
hand the mixed conversation Of Gotta
rie of ladies at the supper. Ii ran in
this wise: "Good morning, Miss L.,
that dress of yOurs-what do you think
of that chap with-well you know
well, | declare never saw-pretty, in
deed why she's as-that red ribbon
should have been-I taken them for
what do you think Of Diogc-" here
l stopped to listen!. | have lost run
of the jubjects, and will have to leave
each lady to pick out her own share-I
can't.
SOME people when angry, say cuss
words, Others more religiously inclined,
only do cuss words. Now when in II
passion, see but little difference in
using the mouth, or the hands and feet,
as safety valve. l would about as
soon hear few cuss words, as to see
the children's ears slapped, the doors
slamed, chairs upset, my old boots
thrown out doors, and poor Ponto run
ming after NIT de proom.
THE poor dandy is always in trouble.
If he is shabby dressed, he fears every
body will notice him; if well dressed,
he fears everybody will not notice him.
THE poorest help you can hire, said
farmer Jones, is three-handed person.
1hree-hdnded! why how is that Jones?
Well, il is one who has two natural
hands, and is always behind hand.
We can form the surest hopes of our
future state Of existence, by retrospect
of the progress we have made in good.
ness and virtue during our present state
of probation.
1T is always rather annoying to be
continually told Of things we already
know but 1t is beyond all endurance
to be told that We have made fool OF
ourself, when We have made the dis
cOvery before hand.
w T. never ioiiu CoiIett estiuidtt vi
the blessing Of health, until - have
been sick and we would become calous
to the pleasures Of life, did we not have
an occasional taste Of its ills.
WE often complain Of the want of a
friend in time OF need. The surest
way to have one is to be friend i'm
deed.
HAVE but few intimate friends, and
be sure they are the right stripe. BE
unkind to none.
The Hartford herald., 1879-09-03
Couldn'f stop Her.

The gates at the passenger depots
which shut out all people not having
tickets for the trains were yesterday
closed at the Union depot against an
elderly woman wearing spectacles and
using an umbrella for a cane.
Cant pass without a ticket" said
the man at the gate as she came up.
''I want to see if there's anybody ON
that train going to Port Huron" she
answered
Cant pass without ticket, madam"
ave got a darter in Port Huron, /
have"
Cant help it, please. My orders are
very strict"
"I tell you want to send word tomy
darterr" she exclaimed, adjusting her
spectacles fora betterview of the official.
ayes, but we can't help that, you see.
Please show your ticket"
II want this ERE railroad to UNDER
stand that Pve got darter in Port
Huron, and she's got baby four weeks
old, and Pm going to send her up word
in spite of all the gates i'm this depotp'
''Please show your ticket, madam"
II tell YOU once more"
''Please show your ticket madam"
She gave the old umbrella a whirl
and brought il down ON his head with
all vim of an Old-flshiOned lOg-raising,
and as he staggered aside she passed
him and said:
There's my ticket, sir, and Pve got
more behind il, Mebbe one man and
gate can stop me from sending word to
my darter TO grease the baby's nose
with mutton taller if the weather
changes cold, but don't believe il,
And she walked down to the train,
found some one going to Port Huron,
and came back earelessly humming the
melody of 1.-The Three Blind Mice"
The Hartford herald., 1879-09-03
In M enlOrtal.

At Pattiesville, Ohio county, KY,
Aug. 10th, 1879, died of flux, Ann Eliza,
daughter of Thaddeus w. and Jane Pat
tie, aged , years, months and Is days.
Little Annie was bright little girl,
the favorite of the community, and by
IL o'clock OH the morning of the 18th u
large assembly had arrived to attend
interment. The coffin was taken to the
front yard and opened under the shade
of beautiful tree that all might see
the remains. Here the fond parents
took the last look at their only child.
Its aged and venerable grandmother
Pattie with feeble steps advanced to the
coffin, and in a few sympathetic words,
dedicated its pure soul back to the God
who gave it. The remains were then
taken to the Pattie graveyard on the
farm, and layed in a grave near its
grand father Pattie and great grand
father Maxwell's graves. The former,
John Pattie, was soldier i'm the war of
1872, and served with General Jackson
in the campaign at New Orlens; and
the latter was murdered many years
ago by Francis Erwin, who paid the
penalty of his crime on the gallows at
Hartford. FORBES.
The Hartford herald., 1879-09-03

Island station Items.

The people about here would rejoice
rs much now to see a good rain as they
did over BANDS election. Our crops
are looking well, but needing rain very
much.
Now, the election is over, can some
one tell why our candidates were so un-
willing to discuss the question of revis-
ing our State constitution? They could
talk for hours about coming money, a
work, our Legislature will never have to
do, or the fraudulent manner in which
Mr.. Hays was made President, a thing
plain to every one who is not inten-
tiOnally blind upon the subject,
but the subject of revising our State
Constitution, a subject that the people
are directly interested in, upon this sub
ject they were as dumb as beetles If it
is all right-as good rs the people can
make-why did they not show il? But
If, as has been urged, it is, in some points,
I'm conflict with the General Govern
ment, costs too much to run il, and has,
at least, one feature unworthy of any
but the "dark ages" why did they not
show it?
\ certain Islander" in the HERALD
of Aug. 20, bears down rather hard on
our School Commissioner. He seems
to think it the duty of said Commits
sion to visit every school in the county.
Pooh he ought to recollect that Mr..
Nichols has drug store. Would you
have him leave that? Neglect his bus
mess? And only to ride about over the
county to visit the schools. Don't you
know sir, that the law requiring him to
visit each school has been met by seeing
that none but competent teachers have
certificates? And now, lest some such
cavalier should find fault with his hold
/ ing the Teachers meeting in October, |
want to call your attention to the WIS.,
dom of this arrangement. The children
will all need rest by that time. And
who would object to it simply because
it costs the county about 500? If he
should hold it in August, it would not
cost the county anything DIT the chit
dren UOuid not get the rest.
Did you misunderstood me, Mr.. Is
lander, when | was commenting the
independence and foresight of one OF
our Island Station merchants? Don't
you think, from what said, that that
merchant was looking ahead? If you
don't, then think of said merchant go
/ ing into close examination of little
patterns, and then say he wasn't look
ing ahead? SLoCUM.
The Hartford herald., 1879-09-03
CalhOOn Items.
CALHooN, KY, Aug. 81.

CALHOON, KY, Aug. 81.
Editor Herald:
have been silent a long time, but
send you to-day, few items of CalhOOr
news.
Crops so far as heard from, are very
fine.
Election passed off quietly with q
Democratic majority over the Republi
cans, of about 250. Greenbackers moi
known in the race.
George l.. Leachman, well-knOwI
citizen of Mclean, died at his home
Sunday the 18th, and was buried Mon.
day the 18th.
The Transatlantic show was here
and gave two exhibitions on Friday
the 18th. The afternoon performance
had something that was not on the
bilIs-a good rain-and the immense
crowd in the main tent, got good
ducking.
On show day, Friday the ID, ARA
Rickard, Ben Iglehart and f. NJ. Ellis
got into large disturbance, and Were
promptly arrested by our town Marshal
Mark Robertson, and brought before
the Police Judge, who released them fol
a few days, upon their giving bond o
500 for their appearance to answer
hereafter for their Offense.
Hon. VIM. Nj. Stevens, known a.
Squire Stevens, died near Beach Grove
Mclean county, on Monday August
18th, and was buried Tuesday the 18th.
Six years ago, he represented Mclean
county in the Lower House of Repre-
rentatives, and was n good citizen, Il
charitable neighbOr, and loved by all
who knew him.
Green river has been in excellent
boating condition the whole summer
and our steamers have been on time
no delays at locks and dams on account
of low water.
John Atchison, the champion hunter
Of the Green River Country, has bagged
nearly 700 squirrels, up to this date, this
year, not mentioning other game.
The Calhoon Male and Female Insti-
tute will open Sept, under the manage.
ment of S. III. Weatherford, A. B. Mr.
w. is new man to us, but comes vel
recommended.
CalhOOn's quietness was much dis.
turbed yesterday, the Goth, by the mar
riage of Miss Sophia Whittlesheffer, OF
this town, to Mr.. l. Dreyfoos, of Mont
gomery, Alabama. The ceremony was
performed by Rabbi Meyer, of Owens.
bOrO, and is the first Jewish marriage
that ever took place i'm CalhOOn. Mis-
Sophia had many friends here who will
miss her. and Montgomery gains beau
tiful and accomplished woman.
Drummers for fall goods are now due
and proper preparations have been
made to receive them.
Misses Josie Landrum and Louis
Tribe, who have been visiting youi
city for some time, have returned and
whilst the hearts of some of your young
men have been made sad, why some Of
the "boys" i'm this burg, by their return
home, have been made as happy as a
big sunflower.
Enough this time. WOLCoTT.
The Hartford herald., 1879-09-03
MRS. SPRAGCE.
What Dom Piatt Knows or that Inter-
estIng Creature.

Poor Mrs. Sprague has to suffer not
only from COnkling's unpOpularity, but
from her husbands drunken insanity.
We know, in knowing her, that she is
as innocent of the wrong imputed as
her youngest child. To appreciate this
we have to know or remember that, in
heriting much of her hOnOred fathers
intellect and force of character, she
grew to wOmanhOOd without mothers
care and with the training given man.
The result is, that while as pure a wo-
man as God ever created, she looks at
the social world from n mans stand
point. When mere girl of sixteen
her soul revolted at the unjust and lib
er,l discrimination made against her
sex. She found Dick Nevins, the hand
some, dashing man of the world, in II
small, flat State capitol, where the only
amusements are visits to the peniten-
tiary and asylums for the insane, deaf
and blind. She found Dick, we say, a
pleasant gentleman to know intimately,
and when the small-souled, copper-bot-
toned, gilt-edged aristOcracy of the
place forbid the intimacy, Kate defied
the prohibition. She was incontinently
run over by drove of social bulls and
heifers, and would have been plastered
i'm the mud, past finding, but for her
own pluck and her fathers high posi-
ton.
Victory made her bold, defiant and
imprudent, and the poor little woman
tries the same fight, now that her great
father is dead, her fortune gone, her So
cial position no longer secure, and her
spirit broken by misfortune. She found
society of Senator Conkling pleasant,
and she asked no mans, and exc, no
wOman's consent to the same. Ii was
the most open and defiant social trans
action ever sneered at by the thin lips
and false teeth of this hydra-headed
social world. Bald-headed round-bel-
lied, slender-legged Senators, who can
be carded out by strumpets, nodded and
blinked at each other like Owlsi i'm hay
loft, and old, aristocratic families
twenty years old, at least, in whose
closets at home grinning skeletons make
the air unhealthy-spoke of her rs ''that
person."
Roscoe Conkling, who, with all his
intellect and intelligence, is, through his
excessive vanity, an ass, helped wreck
the frail bark of her platOnic affection.
He delighted in the foul suspicion. He
had captured, and held willing cap
tive, one of the high queens of society.
He reveled i'm the notOriety. He lost no
opportunity to make it the more notori-
Gus. He smacked his beastly lips over,
not the qualification of desires long
since burned out, but over the notoriety
of supposed qualification that fed his
inOrdiate vanity.
We envy no mans pillow who could
read with eyes unmoistened the pitiful
account of this once brilliant woman,
this loved and lOveable creature, follow
ing meekly, yet bravely, her children,
torn from her by brute of "a husband,
to the home two unworthy men had
rendered desolate.- Washington Cdpi-
tai.
The Hartford herald., 1879-09-03

G.. w. Blissett, an ex-special bailiff of
a deputy United States marshal i'm
Grayson county, is in trouble. Having
became familiar with the ways Of the
mOonshiners, and thinking BY the ex-
perienee he had acquired while in the
service of the deputy marshal he could
carry on the business successfully and
profitably, he entered into a partner
ship with noted "crook," and for q
while did succeed i'm his illegitimate
business. Finally, however, the Off
GERS got on his track, and while lying
in wait for them near his still with q
shot gun, he mistOOk farmer who was
passing by for marshal and shot him
through the leg. Soon after, the mar
shal did arrive, and Blissett and his
partner were arrested and the still and
a large quantity of mOOnshine whisky
were destroyed. Blissett is now lying
in the GraysOn county Jail awaiting
trial on charge of shooting with in
tent to kill and also illiet distilling.-
Echo.
The Hartford herald., 1879-09-03
How To Advertise.

\ Hartford Conn., man was de-
noudcing newspaper advertising TO a
crowd Of listeners. Last week, said he,
al had an umbrella stolen from the ves-
tibule of the - Church. 1t was q
gift valueing it very highly, l spent
double its worth in advertising, but /
have not recovered it,"
"How did you word the advertise
ment ?' asked merchant.
"Here ii ia" said the man, producing
a slip cut from a newspaper.
The merchant took il and read:
"Lost from the vistibule Of the
Church, last Sunday evening, black
took Ii will be handsomely rewarded by
leaving it at No.-San Fernando st"
Said the merchant, snow, / am n
found ii paid me well. A great deal
depends upon the manner in which an
advertisement Is put. Let us try for
your umbrella again, and il you do not
then acknowledge that advertising pays
i will purchase you a new one"
The merchant then took a slip of pa
per from his pocket and wrote
"If the man who was seen to take an
umbrella from the vestibule of the
Church last Sunday evening does not
wish to get into trouble, and have a
stain cast upon his character which he
values so highly, he will return it to
No. San Fernando street. He is well
known"
This duly appeared in the paper, and
on the following morning the man was
astonished when he opened the front
door of his residence. On the porch lay
at least dozen umbrellas Of all shades
and sizes that had been thrown i'm from
the sidewalk, while the front yard was
literally paved with umbrellas Many
of them had notes attached to them
saying that they had been taken by
mistake, and begging the loser to keep
the little affair a secret.
The Hartford herald., 1879-09-03

The young woman who desires to
have herself published in the newspa-
pers as fascinating, beautiful and ac-
eomplished," will please pack up her
clothes in dirty towel, crawl out ofthe
back upstairs window some dark, rainy
night, and elope with the man who cur
ries and feeds her dads horses. It's a
big price to pay for compliments, but it
will bring them just as certain as a
dirty rain water barrel will beget mos
quitoes in July.
The Hartford herald., 1879-09-03

the love Of earth had hidden it from his
view. "What then" / asked a dying
Christian, "can no one tell of Heaven?
What is Heaven?
She raised her death dimmed eyes and
in voice as soft and sweet as an an
gels Tyre, told me all she knew, and all
asked to know, "To be with Christ in
Heaven"
Oh, fall they not on mortal ear,
Like dew drops, pure at even,
To SOOthe the breast, or start the tear,
mother, home and heaven.
Mrs. n. r.. Stone in Spencer Courier.