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Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1879-09-23

a GARD.
To all who suffering from the errors and in
discretion of youth. nervous weaknes', early
decay oss of mani God, &c, viii! send a recipe
that will cure you. FREE OF CHARGE. This
great remedy was discovered by missionary in
South America. Send a self addressed nvelupe to
the REV. JoeErH I. l~mAS, Station d, Nr,p York
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a GARD

Sewing Machine Needles, Attachments
and Oil, sold by Il T. Kirby, hIartnsburg
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CARRIAGES OF ALL DESIGHS,


Rockaways PheetouG. Buggies. JumpseatE. jag
gers, and Extension Top Spring Wagons and
Market Wagons.
Having been doing business eleven yesrs, and
working for Wells J. Hawks before the war. and
having now in my employ Mr.. VIM. A Davis and
Wood worker ] can give satisfection to all who
NAV favor me With a caII. All New Work built tJ
me warranted for twelve mouths
REPAIRING done in the best manner and at
short notice, q nd with the best material.
JOHN E. HILBERT.
January 80, ls77-1y.
CELTZER WATER sold by
- LIGHT & MITCHELL, Druggists.
HAVANA CIGARS and Gravely Chewing To-
II bacco sold by LIGHT & MITCHELL.
TlRIDE Of Virginia Smoking Tobacco, 6oets ID :,
nv, LIG HT & MITCHELL.
nABBITS SOAP and Bail Potash cold by
Is LIGHT 4 MITCHELL.
fODIDE of sarsaparilla, (tke best Blood Purifier
l Extant.) snld by LIGHT 4 MITCHELL.
AKITCHELLS AnodJn Pills, guaranteed to cure
w DiarrhRa and DJsentery.
Aug 8, 1879. LIGHT MITCHELL.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1879-09-23

Express Messenger Miller, of Staunton,
had one leg seriously injured by an accident
at Silver Spring. on the Metropolitan Branch
of the b. Il o. II R, six miles from Wash
ington, on Wednesday evening last. The
Express Train which passes Harper's Ferry
at p, NJ and with which is combined the
Valley train. collided with siding,
bar switch having been left open, and the
train thrown from the track, doing con-
siderable damage and injuring Mr.. Miller as
above stated.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1879-09-23
FASHIONABLE MANTUA.MAKING.

MRS MOLLIE U. CARNEY would hereby
I'VE inform tie ladies' of the town and vIcinage
I,dt she j. prepared to execute all branches of
Fashionable Manufacturing. and to d" all
kinds of Sewing. PiairlnE dOue TO order at
short notice. Country Produce taken ex-
change for work. at market rates. Residence
on Main st three doors Vest OF Hollis PUmp.
October 90, lSIS-tf
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CouNry IrEMs.-From the shepherds.

COUNTY lTEMS.-trOm Inc
town Register We copy the following items:
Mr.. Jacob Staley caught in his fish pot, :"
in the Potomac, at the Cement Mills, below
town, on Monday night last, $50 cells, one of
which weighed over pounds
The s. V. R. r., for some stance in this
county, has been ballasted with gold aud sill
yer ore or quartz, from the farm of Mr.. Rob-
ert L. Osbourn, and which has recently been
discovered
Last week Mr. j. T. Kelley, of Boston.
and Mr. William Anderson, of Waynesboro.
Pa, miners, (prospecting) arrived here, and
proceeded to the farm OF Mr.. r. j.. Oshouru
near town, and on the line OF the S. V. K.
R, and examined the silver aud gold ore or
quartz which had been discovered there dur
ing the construction of the bed of the S. v.
r. R., some years since, and having satisfied
themselves that the matter would prove worth
investigating, entered into contract with
Mr. Osbourn, by which they leased that por-
ton of his farm through which the valuable
vein runs, for term OF thirty years, they
paying Mr. 0. royalty of 80 cents on each
ton of ore mined. They will ut once proceed
to sink shaft and develop the worth OF their
investment, These -,ent!smon have also, we
learn. leased the Barytes mine on the farm
of Col John ". Grautham. near Sulthfsld
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COUNTRY Produce taken in Exchange for
- Boots, Shoes, roceries and all other goods in
my line. ). .. DALGARS.
October l 1878.
f1ANvAS HANS. Quality guaranteed For
~ sale by s. s. DALGARE.
BAKERS Chocolate. Essences and Extracts, for
ID sale by SIS. DALGARN.
IF you want Bargains, go to
April !, lsT9. DALGARN'S.
M ACKERAL in ! and bbls also Potomac
IY1 Herring. at bottom prices. for sale by
June II. 1879 S. s. DALGARN.
HONEY for sale by
IL July 5, 1879. SIS. DALGARN.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1879-09-23

CHEW Jackson's Best Sweet Navy Tobacco.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1879-09-23

ME have 90 hand at our Steam Mill. the
w Depot, supply of pure we'll ground CORN
MEAL. which We Will sell at ~hois,sIe or retail
June ~, 1879. LIPPITT & CO.
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INSTRUCTION tn MUSIC.

MFRS WILLIE l.. KABLE will begin her
NI Glass in MnsIc the LIST TUESDAY in Septer-
Vocal Music in Class. 5 so per month
Piano Lessons, $500.
Sentemher .. 1879 St.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1879-09-23

CAND!-We have on hand at our Yard. RIVER
~ SAND which We will sell by the busheI cart
load. Cart ioad lots delivered to order, TOR Cash.
June II, 1879. LIPPIIT co.
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STOCK SHEEP.

T HAVE for sale 500 good SHEEP. composed
l. OF Ewes and Wethers. They can be $ Ell at
Flowing Springs, and 4. 3. Yates 10 authorized
to sell. J. Q. YATES.
june "a 1S7q-tf
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1879-09-23

PUBLIC SALES The following public
sales advertised in this paper:
T"es0oy, October 14M Real Estate. by
Andrew Hunter, Daniel b. Lucas aud Geo.
Baylor, Commissioners.
TMesHny, Oct0Jer 2la Real Estate, by
+. Boyd Faulkner and Daniel i. Lucns,
Trustees.
F,id,y, October 17M-Rcal Estate, by
j Garland Hurst, d. S.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1879-09-23

AGRICULTURAL FAIRS will be held this
season as follows:
Loudoun. ut LecsburE, Va September 10th
18th.
Shenandoah Valley, at Winchester. Va.-Octo-
Der 7Ih-lOih
Berkeley County, at neutrality-suspicious.
14th- 17Ln.
Frederick Comfy, at Frederick City, Md
October 14th-l7th
Baldwin Augasta, at stauntOn, va'-october
2lst-24th
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1879-09-23
BUY THE BEST PIX

T HAVE for sale the Best SILVER IRON GRILL
! PLOUGH now in / refer you to Mr.
Barber. on Col Jno. T. Gibson's farm. Price o
Plough Sl2. and warranted to answer well foI
either two or three horses. or no sale.
Sept. ., 1879. JOS. H. yesterday.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1879-09-23

7 have just received a fine assortment of Canvas
l Hams Shou iders and Dried Beef, which will
sell very low. W.. NOLtND
TUST received another lot OF that choice Family
- Flour, manufactured BY W. L. Noiand " hich
is the best in the market Sold in any quantity to
suit purchasers.
August 5, 1870 W. 4. n GLAND.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-08-20

IDENTIFY intended for his eye. II was moth
er's plea Of heart crushed, weeping in vain
for lost sons return. All through those
lines Of an overaowing fountain OF wild
owed mothers boundless' love, the plea,
"Come home come home p was rung
through its changes. As the sad, sad air is
heard running through all the variations on
"sweet home," so this plea beamed through
every line of several pages. The mother
wrote as though she could not give up the
hope but that the writer could and would,
and must win back the heart OF the prodi-
gal, and restore him TO his bereaved mother
and sisters. They had no other brother TO
love, the incopsolable mother had no other
son to embrace, no other prodigal to perish
without hope. We visited the prodigal.
The sparkling glass that moveth itself Alright
had already shot the poison Of the adder
through his system. He read the mothers
letter. whose appeals TO me, a stranger,
seemed more like the wailings Of dying
angel than those Of human spirit, without
tear We returned and wrote the bereaved
pother a consoling letter. Our motto was
" and they went and told Jesus" But to
our mutual friend | enclosed note-the
sad words, underscored were "no hopei"
That mothers cry TO her wandering prodigal.
has preached a sermon To- other lost and
loved ones. We can hear almost the same
call from the adorable Redeemer-wordso of
a pardoning prayer for the millions Of youth
who have left their Fathers house-the
oftrepeated heart-cry, "come home come
home P'-Presbyierian. .r
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-08-20
They Had Faults: Those FOrefathers,

"But they had faults" says one OF
course they did, and am glad of it. They
would never have founded this nation had
they been faultless. If, haply, the church at
last renders the people faultless, she does not
send them to bleak New Englands. They
are wanted In n city of jeweled walls and
paarly gates aud golden streets of perpet-
ual fountains and eternal fruits, and man
sions made ready for them, where the society
is fit Tor mating with their own purified aud
stainless sonls. "They had faults" did
they? How do you know? Because they
gave you the school where you learned the
larger meanings of right aud wrong. Father
and mother toll early aud late; grow old
prematurely pinch aud starve themselves
that they may send their dear boy to college,
He comes home by-and-by and taunts them
because they do not know Latin. | suppose
the faults of the Pilgrims would be great
stumbling block to that young man. In the
light OF to-day, which they kindled for u.s.
we can see the faults of two centuries and
half ago but i'll their own day, who could
point out the mistakes of the Pilgrims
Was it EnglandP Her fires of martyrdom
were only just put out. Was 1t France :?
Ask the Huguenots. Was it the Spaniard
lie does not know yet what liberty means.
Was it the Dutch republic Holland could
not hold the dead body of the Pilgrim pas
tor and reformer for less than dollar a
month. There was no civil or religious or
ganization then in existence that could criti-
else for one moment the Christian church
which came from Leyden to Plymouth. A
mans soul looks out of his eyes, and the
narrow soul will have narrow vision. Some
men look at the Pilgrims and behold colos-
sal heroes march in stately procession across
the stage OF history clad in all the radiance
of self-sacrifce. Others, after much study
of colonial times, will tell you of band Of
bigots who kept the Sabbath too strictly,
aud brought up their children too soberly
"By their fruits" says one, "ye shall know
them. Not by the graceful foliage which
dallies with the summer breeze; not by the
flower which fades away with the perfume
which it scatters on the gale but by the
golden perfect fruit, in which the mysteriou.
lie of the plant is garnered up, which, ever
when it perishes, leaves behind it the germs
Of continued and multiplying existence.
Yes, santed dead A pilgrim band, indeed
Ye have passed into the heavens faultles
now. Ye gave us our birth and our bap
ti-m, aud we thank God through Jesu
Christ for you all, that at last your faith il
spoken of throughout the whole world
Rer. y. s. Hatch.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-08-20
Character More than Reputation.

Keep straight ahead. The curve line may
be the line of beauty, but it is better to be
able to walk crack than a circle. The
nan who can walk in a straight line may be
all right, but he who can only walk in a
cycloid curve is assuredly all wrong. This
injunction concerning your physical pere-
grination applies as well to your spiritual it.
ineracy. Are you slandered ? Keep straight
on in your course and let backbiting die
the death of neglect. What is the use of
lying awake nights broodiug over the re-
marks of some false friend, that runs through
yonr brain like lightning? What is the use
OF getting into worry aud fret over gossip
that has been set afloat to your disadvan.
,age by some meddesome busybody who has
more time than character The thing can.
not possibly injure you, unless, indeed, you
take notice of it, aud in combating it give
it standing and character. If what is said
about you is true, set yourself right; If it is
false, let it pass for what it is worth. If q
bee sting you, would you go to the hive to
destroy it ? Would not thousand come at
you? 1t is wisdom to say little respecting
the injuries you have received. We are gen.
orally losers IN the eud if we stop to refute
all the backbiting and gossiping we may
hear by the way. They are annbying, it is
true, but not dangerous, so long as we dc
not stop to expostulate and scold. Our char
acters are formed and sustained by ourselves
and not by others. Value what you know
of yourself more than what others may
think of you. Character is more than repu
tation, and the approval of your own honest
conscience is thousand fold more valuable
than the commentator of community
But you can have both. Live for Gods ap.
proval aud your own proper commendation,
and that of your friends will surely follow.
-ChrisiiQn al Work.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-08-20
Come Home, Come Home.

Chicago, city of some hundreds of thou
sands, will be identified with the eternal in
terests OF many a youth. The writer re-
ceived letter with London postage stamp,
evidently directed by female writer. A.
we had no correspondent Of the gentler SO T,
across the ocean we eagerly scanned the
name affixed TO very long letter. But we
found it from the pen OF stranger. Indeed,
il MAS name that, TO the best OF our recol.
lection, had never been seen or even heard
of before. The writer began with the usual
apology OF stranger presuIning TO seek a
favor. The pen OF the mother, as she wrote
"my poor prodigal boy," seemed, in the forui
of her writing, TO tremble, as in sympathy
with her agonizing heart The record OF
that sons forsaking a home OF wealth. aud
circle OF loved ones whose long, long CON
tnued looking in vain for his return, was
brief But their days and nights aud weeks
and months seemed years OF mourning over
the vacant seat at the table and around the
family altar. While the letter was ostensi.
bly, directed to the writer, yet it was evi-
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-08-20
MONTPELIER VT, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 90 1879.

that nature is rational and that everything
is adapted to everything else. We must rel
member that science is not merely observai
tion hut 1t is chiefly the conclusions of thll
observations. Science aims by the aid ~
reasoning to pass behind the phenometW
and form some conception Of the supersehi
sible realities upon which appearances are
based. But 1t enters into this hidden world
only by thought; aud il implicitly assumed
therefore, that the laws of thought are valid
for all being. Science, then, is built upon
the notion that the real is rational and in1
telligible; and il aims to grasp the ratioDaI
system which is in things. If we shoulh
assume that the real is irrational, all our
science would perish. What would become
OF astronomy if we assumed that the flying
planet is not bound by the rational priIl-
ciples Of mathematics The atomic theory
and the ether theory are not facts of obseI
walton, but only the rational inferences of
phenomena; but if the real is not rational,
of course these and all other scientific theo-
rles fall to the ground. We conclude, them
that there is mind back Of nature which
realizes in nature its preconceived plans aud
puiposes.-Prctessor B. p. Bowne, in Sunday
A Hermann
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-08-20
The Gospel Truth.

Among the favorite methods OF deprecia
ting the plenary inspiration of Scripture nov
common is that of maguifying the authority
OF Christ's personal teaching above that o.
his apostles. 81 take Jesus own words a.
my guide" some are saying, "and not hi
doctrine as expounded 10y Paul or Peter o
John" The assumption is especially danger
Gus, from the fact that it is so specious. 4
seems to exalt Christ by giving to hin =
solitary eminence as teacher Such enr
inence is truly his. But he himself hai
fixed the authority of his apostles as tech
ers of divine truth; aud we cannot lowe
their authority without directly denyin,
Christ's own words. lie expressly declared
that under the guidance of the Holy Spiri,
whom he would send forth into the worH
after his departure, his apostles should le
led farther into the knowledge and utter
ance of the truth than under his eanhy
teaching. TO his disciples he said, " have
yet many things to say unto you; but ye
cannot bear them now. Howbeit, when he,
the Spirit of truth is come, he wM guide yoti
into all truth" With this saying beDre
him, who can say that the teachings of the
inspired apostles after the ascension we're
less authoritative than those OF Christ
Who will presume to declare that they
might not go farther than the Master mad
done in the unfolding of gospel truth
Surely it is impossible to magnify Chrbt's
authority while denying his teaching in re-
gard to the development of doctrine under
his apostles. reSbyterian.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-08-20
Unclean Social Life.

Is virtue driven from the field? Has vice
won There are hints of an existing con-
dition of affairs in this country, given in
recent revelations, which equal in immoral
ity the state of Rome in the later days of
the empire, or Paris before the fall Of the
Bourbons. Yet the mass of people, we con-
tend, are decent, are God-fearing; the in
stinct of the American women is to be mod
est aud pure. Human nature is no coarser
or less reverent than in the days of our
grandfathers. Our literature is purer than
1t was then. There are thousand avenues
into which the human mind can turn
science, art, knowledge of every kind-to
divert it from gross animal passions. Why
10 these passions, then, dominate our social
life, like the seven devils who found the
house swept and garnished, and entered in
TO take possession. We believe one reason
to be that the barriers are lowered in do.
nestle life TO allow them to come in. Mat
ters are discussed in the presence of young
girls which once matrons blushed to men
tion. There is familiarity with vice, an
acceptance of it az matter of course, shown
in our newspapers. in our ordinary talk, in
our pulpits, which debases the minds of the
young. The very air is poisoned in which
our children live. No legislation, no single
reform can touch this disease, any more than
it could cure malaria, which slays its vic
tins by the thousand. 1t is for each family,
each clergyman, each mother, to clean their
own household.-Nep York Tribune.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-08-20
Wonderful Mechanism.

Mr.. Felix Meier, an ingenious mechanic
OF Detroit, has constructed II clock which,
in the number, variety aud accuracy OF it,
performances, eclipses the far-famed Stras-
burg clock, which it resembles in some par.
ticulars. The clock stands eighteen feet in
height, and is enclosed in black walnut
frame elaborately carved aud ornamented.
1t is called the American National and As
Economical Clock. Very appropriately the
crowniug figure is that of Liberty upon
canopy over the head of Washington, who is
seated upon marble dome. The canopy is
supported by columns on either side. On
inches below at the four corners of the
clock are -four human figures, representing
infancy, youth, manhood aud age. Each OF
these figures has bell in one hand and "a
hammer in the other. The inches are sup
ported by angels with flaring torches, and
over the center is the figure Of Father Time
The striking of this clock is its interest
ing performance. At the quarter hour the
figure of the infant strikes its tiny bell at
the halt hour the figure OF the youth strikes
its bell OF louder tone; at the third quarter
the man strikes his bell, and at the full hour
the gray-beard. Then the figure of Time
steps out aud tolls the hour. Then two
small figures throw open doors in the col
umns on either side of Washington, and
there is a procession OF the presidents of the
United States. As the procession moves,
Washington rises aud salutes each figure as
it passes, and it in turn salutes him. They
move through the door on the other side,
and it is then closed behind them. The
figures of the presidents are pretty fair like
nesses OF persons they are intended to repre-
sent. The procession moves to the accom-
r~f nj. h,,t th., al
self. The music machinery is capable OF
playing several airs, especially national and
patriotic airs. Another interesting feature
OF the clock is an orrery which shows the
movements of the earth, moon and planets,
all perfect and controlled by the machinery
Of the clock. There are dials which show
the hour, minute and second in Detroit,
Washington, New York, San Francisco, Lon.
don, Paris, Berlin, Vienna, st. Petersburg,
Constantinople, Cairo, Pekin aud Melbourne.
The clock also shows the day OF the week
aud month in Detroit, the month aud season
OF the year, the changes of the moon, ETC.,
the whole forming most wonderful aud com
plicated machinery. Mr.. Meier has worked
upon this clock nearly ten Years, aud for the
last four years has devoted his whole time
to it. He is Bayarian by birth, is about
thnty-iour years OF age, and has lived Ia
this country thirteen years. He is stone
cutter by trade. To furnish him time and
means TO complete this clock joint stock
| company was formed, called the American
| National aud Astronomical Clock Company,
with capital stock of $4,000, and this
company now owns the clock, upon which
il has expended in actual cash $1,000. As
before stated the frame is very elaborate,
having been designed and carved by Mr..
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-08-20
Too Much Money!

BY some extraordinary arrangement GEN.
turies ago tie fabric of Arundel castle, the
duke of Norfolk's famous ancestral seat in
Surrey, was to be maintained out of the
rents arising from the ground on which
stand Norfolk and Arundel streets in Lon
don. Toward the close of the last century
the duke, whose family has long been im-
patient OF this obligation, allowed the moneys
arising from this source to accumulate and
endeavored to break the arrangement COM
pelling this particular use, but in vain. A
sum OF 100000 was consequently ex-
pended upon the castle, aud AN immense ad-
dition made to it, Of which the ground floor
was entirely of stone; the next fitted en-.
tirely, floors and all, with mahogany, and
the floor above that again with oak. Prob
ably the aforesaid arrangement has now been
set aside. There are still one or two fam.
lilies in England who are compelled, in com
pliance with bequests, to spend certain
annual sum on the purchase of plate, and in
genuity is exhausted in devising means OF
compliance. The hinges of the doors in
one OF such mansions are of silver.