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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1879-09-09


fee curiosity in the way of deformed
pig. The animal had but one head, but
two bodies, four well developed hind
legs, in fact, well developed for two pigs
up to the shoulders, where they were
Joined together, and nature had made
provision but for one head. 1t was pre-
served in alcohol. DIR. G. will send it
to the museum of the Charleston Medi-
cal College.
A DOG SHOOTS HIS MASTER.
From the Aseoria (Oregon) Astorian.
John Comfy, of Sheridan, was out
hunting deer recently, and while trying
to get a shot his dog ran over him, aud
the gun was discharged. The ball pen
etrated the arm near the wrist, and
passed through the muscle of the fore
arm, came out and entered the muscle
above the elbow. and lodged near the
shoulder. The ball was extracted, but
left painful wound.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1879-09-09

"Why, Willie," said his mother at
dinner, ssyou can't possibly eat another
plate of pudding, can you ?" "Oh. yes,
| can, ma; one more plate will just I'LL
the Bill.n
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1879-09-09
SEPTEMBER.

The golden rod is yellow;
The corn is turning brown;
The trees in apple orchards
With fruit are bending down.
The gentian's bluest fringes
Are curling in the sun;
In dusty pods the milkweed
Its hidden silk has spun.
The sedges flaunt their harvest
In every meadow nook;
And asters by the brookside
Make asters in the brook.
From dewy lanes at morning
The grapes sweet odors rise;
AT noon the roads all fiutter
With yellow butterflies.
By all these lovely tokens
September's days are here,
With summers best of weather,
And autumn's best of cheer.
But none of all this beauty
Which floods the earth and air
Is unto me the secret
Which makes September fair.
'Tis thing which remember;
To name it thrills me yet;
One day of one September
Inever can forget.
1H. H.. in ScTib7eT. f0y. SeDteT1bey
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1879-09-09
SUMNER RESORTS.

VARIETY SPRINGS,
rs Miles West Of StauntOn,
on the C. & o. R. R., is open for visitors. Gears
stop at the door, The waters consisting of
Chaybeate, Healing, Alum, Freestone and
mountains. Excellent fare, good music, and
the usual amusements Price of board per
day, 81 so; per week, 81; per month Of 80 days,
jyl-2m P. & M. BURRUSS, Prop'rs.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1879-09-09

"Love is an internal transportW ex-
claimed an enthusiastic poet. "So is a
canal boat" said practical old for
warding merchant.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1879-09-09

A true woman loveth fiowers-the
kind the new spring bonnnets are trim
med with.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1879-09-09

A little fellow began to maui and tease
the family cat, in the blind hope of
turning her into the maui tease variety.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1879-09-09
Staunto,, Spectator.
RATES OF ADYERrIsIxa.

ADVERTISEMENTS will be inserted at the rata
of 90 per square Of eight lines or less for the
first insertion, and so cents for each subseouenf
insertion.
~ A liberal discount Will be made on adver-
tisements published for 8, 8, or u months.
~ SPECIAL NOTICES will be inserted at dom.
BILE the advertising rates.
~ Obituaries, Announcements Of Candidates
for office, and all communications of personal
or private character, will be charged for as ad-
vertisements.
Address-''Stauntop Spectator stsunton, Va.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1879-09-09
SIDNEY COLLEGES, VA.

The 1O4th session begins Sept. 4th, 1879. Ex-
board, room-rent, fuel, and lodging, S2l2. The
curriculum is retained, embracing thorough
instruction in Classical, Scientific, and NORA
studies. No student advanced without stand
ing searching examination.
For Catalogue, apply to
REV. ]. M. p. ATKINSON, ID. D.,
ivs9n, President
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1879-09-09
VOL. Sc.
SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES.

"IGH SCHOOL FOR BOYS.
STAUNTON, VIRGINIA.
8, H. COLEMAN. Principal.
Late Principal of Brookville Academy, Mary
land.
This School will open on Monday, Sept:
18th, 1873.
TERMS:-Junior Glass .........S3 $50. 90 per annum.
intermediate Class. 44O0 %
Senior CIass............ 5000 -
Number ofpupils limited strictly to tocenty. four.
information can be had directly from the
Principal or from circulars to be obtained at
Hunter & Co.'s and Oliviers Book Stores.
S. II. COLEMAN,
iy29 toct Principal.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1879-09-09

CELECT SCHOOL FOR RDYS.
will open a Select School for Boys in Staun-
ton Va. on the 18th of SEPTEMBER, 1S79.-
Will prepare boys for College or University.
Number Limited to Twenty-Five.
Session will close last of May, 1880. Terms
SLIPS per quarter
For further information, apply to
S. G. LINDSAY,
Churchville, Va
REFERENCEs.-Meade F. White, 81. NJ. Nell
hany, DIR, r. S. Hamilton Rev. w. 7. Richard
| son, Staunton, Va; DIR. VIM. Davies. Church
sOnburg Va Je4-u
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1879-09-09

We manufacture
Old Iron-sid Paint
from the purest,
toughest and hard
est Lake Superior
iron ores. This is
NOT a patent paint,
but the ponderous
m a &C b in cry, by
which this grade of
iron ore, in its
crude state, is
crushed and redu-
ced to impalpable
powder as fine as
flour, is patented.
1t is really a min
eral paint-being g
100 per cent. pure
iron Ore-unSub-
Ijected to heat or
any other process
by which its dnra-
bility would be af-
fected. 1t effectu-
ally resists all at
mospheric chang
es, which prove SO
destructive to 9TH
Ter mineral paints
I(so called.) 1t forms
Ia coating impervi-
]ous to moisture,
ood, brick, Or stone.
elasticity, it does
Damp Walls it has
from an experience
y becomes, from its
al upon which it is
ting and thor
lAs, whether from
le roof. It forms a
'ansion or cOntrac-
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1879-09-09

il ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
AYd Solicitor in Chdncery, STAUNToN, VA.r
practices in all the Courts of Augusta and ad-
Joining counties.
OFFICE-The same formerly occupied by his
father, Col. Geo. Baylor, decd. on Augusta ST.,
opposite the Courthouse nO2l
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1879-09-09

"A NJ. HENKLE, NJ. D.,
IA PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
STAUNToN, VA,
Respectfully tenders his professional services to
the public and may be consulted at his office at
all hours
a9Special attention given to Surgery.
OFFICE-In his new building on Frederick
st., between Augusta and Water streets.
feb 4-1V
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1879-09-09
SUN.
THE TIGER AS A PET.


A daughter Of Mrs. Timothy Bald
win, of Milford, returned from Central
America Thursday. bringing with her
five monkeys, younger tiger and sew.
eral parrots and paroquets. The tigel
is about three months old and weighs
but few pounds, being rather smaller
appearance of cat. except that its eyes
are much larger and the tail is longer
1t is as playful as kitten and submits
to handling and some annoyance with.
out exhibiting the natural ferocity of it;
kind, although when it has reached its
full growth, two years hence, it proba-
bly, will show change in its temper.
RUNNING FROM FIVE BEARS.
From the Albany (Ga.) Advertiser
Bears seem to be unusually plentiful
this year throughout the Oaky Ridge
district. We hear continued reports O
their depredations upon the farmers
fields-the corn having been to a grea
extent devoured by them upon the plan
tation of Or. T. J. I, PettilIo, in thi.
county, and on Saturday last youns
boy living on the place, accompanied
by colored man, proceeded to hunt vi
the depredators. They were rewarded
by discovering in swamp adjoining
the place five bears and two deer. Thu
five bears were too much for the couple
who, thinking discretion the better par
of vaior, beat hasty retreat.
THE FATE OF THIRTEEN RATS.
From the Covington (Ga.) Enterprise.
| Oxford has young gentleman VIII,
takes delight in catching snakes and rats
After caught he places them in boz
Watches the result of the fight. So fa
the rats have come cut second best On
last Friday not rat out of thirteel
could be found-all had been devoure'
by the snakes. On Monday he visite'
the box again and found nine snake
choked to death and only live kin,
snake IN the box. This king snake wa
opened and thirteen rats and three larg
snakes was taken from its stomach
This sounds like story, but the maj
who told us is considered truthful on al
subjects.
CURIOSITY IN THE PIG LINE.
From the Macon Messenger.
Yesterday DR.. Weiner left at this o1
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1879-09-09

WY nj. Nj. McALLISTER,
w ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
WARN SPRINGS, VA.
Courts-Alleghany, Bath and Highland, Va,
nd Pocahontas, West Virginia.
HS-Special attention given to collection OF
claims and proceeds promptly accounted for.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1879-09-09

TTlHOMAS ID. RANSOM,
i ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
STAUNToN, VA.
offers his professional services in the County
and Circuit Courts of Augusta, and in the Hus-
tings Court and the Court of Appeals held in
Staunton. Will also prosecute claims else
where through legal correspondents in this and
other States may 30-1y.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1879-09-09

H. M. MATHEWS ALEX. F. MATHEWS.
MATTHEWS tE MATTHEWS,
VN ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
IEwISBURG WEST VA,
practice regularly in the Courts Of Greenbrier,
Monroe, Pocahontas and Nicholas counties, w.
Va. the Court of Appeals, and the Federal
Courts for the District Of w. Va.
REFarticular attention paid to Collections
nd to special cases anywhere in their State.
NAV 17-1v
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1879-09-09

OLD JACK RABBITS SUBSTITUTED FOF
PIGOENS
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1879-09-09


TUFTS PILLS
have gained such wide spread reputa-
ton. No Remedy has ever been discov-
cred that acts SO speedily and gently on
the digestive organs giving them tone
and vigor to assimilate food. This being
accomplished, of course the
NERVOUS SYSTEM is BRAcEn,
The GRAIN is M0URsSHED,
lid THE BODY ROBUST.
Being composed ofthe juices OF plants
extracted by powerful chemical agen-
cies, and prepared in a concentrated
form, they are guaranteed free from
any thing that can injure the most del
icate person.
A noted chemist who has analysed them, says
s'TEERE Is MORE VIRTUE II ONE 0F
TUFTS PILLS, THAN CAN BE FOUND
III a PINT CT ANY OTHER"
We therefore say TO the afflicted
Try this Remedy fairly it will. s1oE
harm you, you have nothing to
lose, but will surely gain vigo-
rous Body, Pure Blood, Strong
Nerves and a Cheerful Mind =
Principal Office, 35 hurry ST., n. V
PRICE IS CENTS.
Sold by Druggists throughout the world.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-11-06
ALL FOR LOVE.
A Soldier Deserts to Marry His Captains
Sister.

A Soldier Deserts to Marry His Captains
Sister.
From the Davenport Qowa) Democrat
On the Chicago, Rock Island, and Pa
cific train going East last evening was
Sergeant and two privates of the 9th
United States Infantry, who had charge
of a prisoner; and with them was an ell
derly and rather fine-looking man, a
Mr. Samuel Rice, who was the prison
er's father. The soldiers were non-com-
initial as to the offense the prisoner had
committed, but the father, who stepped
to the platform of the car, told passen-
ger the story of his sons crime. He
said that his son, who is "a years of age,
went into the army two years ago,
against the protest Of parents and friends,
and was made Second Sergeant of his
company in a few months. About a
year ago the company was sent to Fort
Sarpy, Montana, and the Captains wife
came on there, accompanied by her sis
ter, young lady of Is years. 1t ap-
pears that the young Sergeant, Rice,
who is really a noble-lOOking fellow, ,and
this sister became acquainted somehow,
and fell in love with each other. How
they managed to meet each other and
reach such an intimate acquaintance,
circumstanced as they were, Mr.. Rice
didn't know, but they did more by
writing than in any other way. They
kept up a secret correspondence for
weeks before they were detected; but at
last the Captains wife discovered what
was up, and in less than one week afte"
Mrs. Capt. King and her sister were on
their way to Cheyenne, from which
place the sister was sent to her
home near Northampton, Mass. That
was last fall; last May the command
was moved to Il fort near Helena, and
there young Rice deserted, made his
way to Northampton, and married his
Captains sister-in-law, with whom he
fell in love at Fort Sarpy. The couple
were married some time before the
young couples friends knew any thing
about it-and it wouldn't have been
found out when it was but for a letter
from the Captain telling of young Rice's
desertiOI, expressing fears that he had
left for Massachusetts to see the girl,
who was infatuated with him, and de-
scribing the lover. Young Rice had OBJ
tanned employment in the vicinity. His
wife was watched, and she was seen
with him, and the description caused
his arrest as a deserter. Then she told
her father that the arrested man was
her husband, and there was cOnsterna-
IIOH anu STleI III IHe IstIhlIg- L le ItoHeE
of the wife did all he could to hasten
the taking of Rice to the Wes5-and he
was first taken to Fort La Fayette, and
then started for the West with the Ser
geant and two soldiers. Mr.. Rice said
he believed the proceeding was very un-
usual-and the officers on the island to-
day say it is, too. Mr.. Rice said that
his sons young wife was almost frantic
at first, but when he left she was calm
as any body. The old man believed she
would be on her way West before long.
Mr.. Rice said that his son might be
severely dealt with, brit there were in
fiuences at work which he thought
would secure the young soldiers release
before many months have passed.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-11-06
Hotel Recipes.

SCRAMBLED EGGS.-Take nine parts
of eggs and one part of good old lard.
If suspicious of the health of any of the
eggs, give them the benefit of the doubt
and put them in with the rest Then
turn into a skillet which has previously
held fried mackerel, and scramble them
with a pOtatO-masher Fry until tough
or thoroughly impregnated with the fish
oil and lard add little of the uncooked
eggs which remain in the pan to give
them fresh appearance; set in place
to cool, and then serve.
STEAK-Catch a bull and cut off a
piece so near his horns that you can
smell powder. Pound in the morning
before people are out of bed; hang it up
in the sun to get tender, and fry for sup
per. Retry for breakfast. Fry again
for supper, and so on, ad lib, until the
steak gets discouraged. Cooked in this
manner it will provoke such flashes of
intellect as we heard one morning, and
which we iOt down as illustrative
- I'm only eating this for exercise
g Is this tough?'
4" Certainly it's tough,'' was replied.
''I'd like to have enough of this to
make a target OF, - ETC., etc, etc.
CORN CAKEs.-Take unbolted oat-
meal, ten cups full; add one
slop-bucket full of water; two
spOonfuls of coarse salt, and three
quarts of buttermilk. Stir; cook
until they are black-and-tan, and
set in a cool place until clammy. They
will be found to have a tartness that no
other method can supply.
COFFEE a Ia Mer Atldntjque.-Take a
good deal of water, and throw in coffee
grains, say a handful, and some - ex-
tract" Boil until it changes color
WbeeLi13g Leader.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-11-06
DISGUISE.


Dear one, my heart for fitting speech hath
made
fruitless quest.
III could put Il for a little while
Into the breast
Ot (tOr my own voice hath no power TO VIM
Some singing bird
I'd sing such song for thee as mortal ear
Hath never heard.
If could put this heart of mine within
The roses breast
The rose that haply on your bosom sweet
WIN sometime rest
I'd make its trembling petals burn and glow
With wOndrous hue
Such sweetness from its conscious depth
should rise
As rose ne'er knew.
And then the sweetness and the song would
thrill
In such strange wise
Your waking soul, that IL would read, and
heed,
My fond disguise;
For Love would be the burden of the song
The roses breath
Would be Loves perfect incense, sweet as
And strong as Death.
Because know not how to WOO, but in
n mans plain way,
humbly ask all fair things fer their aid
What did you say2
You think "A mans plain way all other ways
Must still ecltpse
Then take the story, darling-so and So
From my own lips.
-Carlofsa Perry.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-11-06
Brave Kavanagh.

Perhaps the most daring deed that
ever won old England Legion of Honor
was that which was successfully per-
formed by Kayanagh during the Indian
Mutiny. Lucknow was besieged, and its
garrison was starving. Besides the lit
tie band of devoted men, there were
also women and children cooped up in
the Residency, at the mercy of some 50,-
600 or 10000 savage and relentless foes.
Daily, nay hourly, the little garrison was
growing weaker and weaker, and nearer
and nearer were pressing the dusky
sepOys, until it became matter of life
and death to the heroic few that Sir Colin
Campbell, who was known to be advanc-
ing to their relief, should be at once in
formed of their real state, and their ut
ter inability to hold out much longer.
A volunteer was called for, a man who
would consent to be disguised as a sepoy,
and who would risk his life among the
mutineers, in order to make the best of
his way to the advancing army. The
call was Immediately responded to-as
it generally is by Britons in the moment
of supreme danger-and two or three
men expressed their willingness to un-
dertake the task. From these brave
volunteers an Irishman named Kavanagh
was chosen, who, to his other various
qualifications, added knowledge of the
enemy's customs, and a thorough ac-
quaintance with their language. The
cOmmandant shook the brave man by
the hand, and frankly informed him of
the dangerous nature of the task he had
undertaken; how it was more than
probable that he might meet his death
IN the attempt. But the gallant fellow
persisted, and his skin was at once col
ored by means of burned cork and other
materials to the necessary hue. Hewas
then dressed in the regular outfit of
sepoy soldier. When night set in he
started on his lonely and perilous mis-
sion, amid the hearty " GOd-speeds'' of
'the furnishing garrison. In his breast
he carried dispatches for Sir Colin
Campbell, with the cOtents of which he
had been made acquainted, in case of
their loss. We have not the space at
our command to give ali the particulars
of his remarkable journey. He sue
ceeded, however, after many narrow
escapes and great hardships- during
which he often had to pass night after
night in the detested enemy's camp and
to march shoulder to shoulder with them
in the daytime; and, when he left them,
to swim across rivers, or to crawl
through the tangled thickets where the
deadly tiger asserts his sway-in reach
ing Sir Colin Campbell's camp; where,
to finish his stirring adventures, he was
fired at and nearly shot by the British
outposts. Kavanagh's narrative was
listened to with rapt attention by Sir
Colin, who Immediately gave orders for
the army to advance as quickly as posi-
BILE to the aid of the gallant defenders Of
the Residency. How the latter were
rescued is a matter of history. Kavan-
agh lived long enough to wear his cross,
hough he lost his life shortly safterward
in battle with the same enemy; but the
noble example he left behind him was
not lost on the brave hearts who event
ually saved India for England.-C Cham
berS'S Journal
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-11-06
Notable Nuptials.

Mr.. John Quincy Adams of New York
was married, at Indianapolis, Wednes-
day, to Miss May Belle Irving of the lat
ter city. An Indianapolis letter to the
Cincinnati Commercial says: The in
terest attached to this occasion borders
on romance. Miss Irving has lived here
from her childhood, and, in addition to
rare personal charms and accomplish
ments, developed a talent for writing
that delighted her friends, and gives
promise of high literary success. Her
forte lies in stOry-writing, to which she
has been devoted since childhood. She
has written many stories of merit, and
abs in manuscript one or two books.
Failing to get publisher by letter, she
went herself to New York, last spring,
determined to make her way in that
great world of literature. She was
young, ardent and hopeful, her aspira-
tions amounting to faith. Shortly after
her arrival she met Mr.. Adams, who is
ut the head of the advertising depart
ment of Harper Brothers. He was cap
tivated with her grace, intelligence and
beauty, and the marriage of to-day is
the finale of an acquaintance quite as
romantic as any of the creations of the
young brides brain. 1t is all more like
a story in a book than an event of every
daV life.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-11-06
A Memorial Light in the Window.

Next time you go out on the Michigan
Central Road, take a seat on the right
hand side of the car, so that you may
notice, about ten miles down the road,
a little old red farmhouse. The curtains
will be down, the doors shut, and rank
weeds and tall grasses will meet the fiY-
ing glance in the front yard. A month
ago old Nan Rogers lived there; to-day
the place is in the keeping of rats and
mice and desOlatiOn. The old woman
was widow and childless. If she had
a relative anywhere in this great world,
those who buried her were not aware of
the fact. She lived all alone, having
only bit of land, and being aided by
kind neighbors to raise enough to supply
her wants. Seven or eight years ago,
when her last child left her home to
meet a violent death on this same road,
the men of the rails became interested
in that quaint old farmhouse. One
night they saw bright light in one of
the windows. Its rays streamed out
over the flowers and full upon the rails
along which the wheels thunder, and
the engineer wondered over the signal.
The lamp was there the next night and
the next, and it was never missed for a
single night until one evening a month
and children, made friends with
the rushing trains and their burdens.
The train-men soon found that
the lamp was for them, and
they watched for it. During the early
evening hours they saw old Nanny S
face behind the light or at the doors,
and a thousand times conductors, en-
gineers, and brakemen have called
cheerily through the darkness. Z" Good
night old Nanny, God bless yOu!''
Winter and summer the train-men looked
! for it and the more thoughtful ones
often left bit of money with the station
men beyond to help the old woman to
| keep the bright light shining. The lamp
was not there for one train but for all,
and all men understood the sentiment
/ and appreciated it.
! One dark night not long ago, when
/ the wind howled and the raindrops beat
| fiercely against headlight and cab, the
engineer missed the signal-light They
! looked for it again and again, as one
suddenly misses an old landmark in {
city, and when they failed to find it {
hand instinctively went up to the thrOt
tie, as if danger lurked on the curve be
low. Each train that night looked fOl
the signal, became anxious at its absenc,
and made inquiries at the stations abov,
and below. Next day men went dow
to the little old house, fearing old Mann,
might be i'll. There sat the lamp on tn
window-sill, but the oil was exhausted
In her bed, seeming to have only fallel
asleep, was the poor old woman col,
and dead. Life and lamp had gone on
together, and men of rough look ant
hardened heart replied as they hear
the news; " Poor old woman! Ma
her spirit rest in heaven! !''-Detroit Ere
. Bl.eee