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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1879-11-12
An Editors's yaIedictory'

The editor ola New York State jour
nal, on retiring from the profession no'
long since, embraced the occasion 10
give uttersnce to some sentiments which
are applicable the world over among
newspaper readers.
Having for nearly seven years been a
weekly visitor at your homes, kindly
sharing the hospitality, and, we hope,
contributing somewhat to the comfort
of the same, it only remains 10 shake
hands all around, take an afec tionate
aud heart-breaking farewell, and come
no more, probably, forever.
Good-bye! 1t has been spoken over
the dead lying in their soffins. 1t has
been spoken when an ocean was to roll
in between parting hearts but it never
is spoken with such pathos and JUNCTION
as when q country editor, with the
memory ofhls hard grubbings and bis
scant comforts pressing upon him,
hands his valedictory over to the COM
positor. puts the stub end Of his worn
out pencil into his breeches pocket, and
shufics his rheumatic legs down stairs
to 90 no more back forever.
I'VE part upon the square," We
proclaim general amnesty all around.
We retire forgivlng our enemies. and
shall haunt those who obstinately re-
fuse 10 forgive US. We are bound to
be forgiven.
Farmers, goodbye! You are the
dorsal column Of the country editors
subscription list. 1t could not stand
erect without your help. May the tin,e
soon come when no mortgage, like a
great morass in the centre OF pleasant
meadow, shall obstruct your prosperity.
Have you ever given US wood OF scrimp
pattern aud highly perforated cordage 7
The act is forgiven. Have you ever
gwen US butter Of most unhallowed
d,vor? We hope, after liule, to for
give ev, tIis.
There is particular class OF patrons s
whom every departing country editor
remembers with special gratItudr. II
i the substantial, thoroughly sleadfasi,
patron-the men Who are YER bloN q
out Of favor with him By the light gusts
ot i'll Wind. They are the men vic
cash their bills with thorough probes.
s!oaal honor aud promptness. We
remember all such men in Groton with
downright and uncompromising grati-
Iude. We count their names with
thankfnlness. They are like the brick
walls which hold this Office above the
street below.
Support the new management. A
country newspaper needs friends. aDC
caunot afford to have enemies. Don't
get mad if sUmelhus falls to suit, and
stop your patronage. Don't pratlle all
over the village about the shOrtcoming,
of the editor-co-operate With aud en-.
courage him. Help him ts get news
and see that he has his share of youl
money to do business with. Don't loal
around his Office and steal his time
Dou't give him too much govd advice
He knows more about lis business
probably, than you do. Help, but
don't hinder. Again, goodbye!
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1879-11-12

The beat administrative officers are
those who make their authority felt
with az few words as possible. and
never display 1t unnecessarily. Men
who are competent to command -"bon
leaders" as they are ca.led-haye no
occasion to exact obedience from sub.
ordinates, for no ore eyer thinks Of dis
obrying them while those who dc not
possess the faculty only display their
weakness in their efforts to appear inn
portant and impressive. The story is
told of a man who had large number
OF pigs in a pen near his house, and
made it bis practice TO 20 out every
evening aud ''stir them up" with club
to the great annoyance Of the pigs and
the disturbance of the neighbors. One
OF these demonstrated with him one
mornlng, asking him why he treated his
pigs In such a cruel manner. "Becausen
he answered, II want them to know
am boss" There are too many men
in every community whose idea of exc
cutive ability is exactiyely on a par with
tins. They buster aud splurge and
"stir things up'' generally, convinced
that such foolish parade Of authority
will convince those unfortunate enough
to he under them that they are boss"
whereas the fact Is that 1t serves to con-
vince all concerned that they are -y ,ls.
And the time comes at length when
those who are over them find It out,
and they are dropped. The quiet way
is the best, after all.-Boston Trans
cript.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1879-11-12

A citizen went iuio Norwich hard.
ware store the other day aud inquired:
How mucl do you ask for bith tlb
fJr chldg' Three doll rs aud seven y
1--WE cents was the reply. 'W-h-e."u
wh.slled the customer, Guess we'll
h I'VE to keep Oh washing the baoy In
coal scutLle ill prices CO Ne down
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1879-11-12

What on earth hays you brought
all those things home forr contemp-
tuously asked woman Of her bus
band, as he spread a lot Of pictures on
the table. you have often twitted
mo- he answered, of never having
views on any subject, and so I've got
q lot of views here on all sorts OF
subjects, and they are my views l
paid for 'em'
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1879-11-12

'Whar is tn msltur. Aliredf What
do you 6nd 81 interesting in the river
that y"u stare at it 30 iixedly 2 Wy
wife is 10 bathing. aud took dive
from th t boa; out th re and she has
been under such a Tim that | m
g~ttinr uucssy.' 'lIow long hiss SIC
been uni'rf' About two hours-it
was quite thres o'clock when she
went iu.'
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1879-11-12

An excellent lsdl in this city tells
what trial to her her first husband was,
being scoffer at holy things, and how,
after yainl, demonstrating with him for
years she at last organ zed pra yer cam.
paign concerning him, and in less than
three weeks from that time his hone
ran away with him. and he vas thrown
out OF the wagon and killed.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1879-11-12

One of our Boston preachers said
one Sunday afternoon; The little
good any Of us can do must be done
with our hearts humping against the
hearts Of our frllow men, And every
young woman in church looked at
every other young woma. and smiled
approyingly.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1879-11-12

What's the difference saked .
teacher in arithmetic, between one
yard and two yards p
"A fencc,' was the reply of member
of the class.
The teacher was silsnt.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1879-11-12

A man has opened cafe 'ust opposite
cemetery in Paris. He dedlcates his
house Ito those coming from funerals, T"
aid announces on his private sisn.--
private rooms tor all who wish to
weep BY themselves. Wine and liquor
al the very best.v
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1879-11-12

The raising Of bees has become .
business of great profit among the far.
mers Of Washington county. Pa. II
pays better than wool, and the dogs ars
not as hard on the bees as on the
sheen.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1879-11-12

A ten-year old ooy, bossting OF his
fathers accomplishments, puiGit thus
NY father can do almost anything
he's notary public, and he's an apoth
ecary, and can pull teeth /; and he's
doctor, and can mend wagons and things
and play the fiddle; he's jackass al
all trades
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1879-11-12

III did't at all expect company toe
day." said a lady 10 her visitors. vitha
not very pleasant look. "but l hols
you will make yourself at home." Yes
indeed" replied one Of 'hem starting
OF. Il will make myself at home a.
quick as possible"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1879-11-12

Il would box your ears said .
young lady Of Belfast to her stupid and
tiresome admirer, IT, IF whatP he
anxlously asked. 'If.'s she repeated, I
could get box large enough for the
purpose.'
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1879-11-12

Miss Emily taitnIul, IN recen, ad-
dress on the extravas snce Of modern
life, said that outward luxury was be-
coming a perfect passion among men
and womeu, who had lost the taste
for single pleasures, and in their pur.
suit Of gold ware losing sight Of higher
characteristics.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1879-11-12

The London Enquirer says: The
fastest trains now run are as follows:
Great " es'eru. 53i miles the hour |;
Great Northern. 81; London lad
Brighton. and London aud Northwest
ern, An; Midland. 46 miles.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1879-11-12

Disturbed parent and bis five-year'
old-''see here, sonny; what did your
mother tell you?" "she told me not to
jump" "whal makes you jump theu!'
l didn't hear her."
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1879-11-12

Many timid woman would willingly
and unhiching stand before the cannon's
mouth ,provided the cannon were piece
ofchurar dinance and charge simply to
love, honor and obey
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1879-11-12
p O ( T C AL
.~----~-~-~~
WITHOUT 4 SHADOW.

without q shadow on her face,
The maid before me smiled,
With litheome form Of girlish grace,
Half-womtn and half-child.
We stood upon . western hill,
And watched the eun's decline,
The twilight coming, CO m and stu,
Her hand was pressed In mine.
And as l longingly looked down
Into her eyes Of blue,
Her face its loveltness 20 crown
Took on 4 roseste hue.
And wh ther twas the msiden's shame,
Or sunsets dying flush,
Upon her countenance there came
The redness OF blush.
smell the fragrance Of the flowers
That hlossomed in our way;
No happier hearts c. uld beat than ours
Upon that summer day.
The years have lent her added grace,
With all life's blessings life,
without a shadow on her faoe.
She is my darling wife.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1879-11-12

Mr.. shoddy lately puckered up her
mouth genteelY, and told gentleman
friend that one of fher lovely daughters
| is a 'blunett' and the othera 'bronxe.'
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1879-11-12

Mistress-Bridget, didn't you bear
me calls Bridget-Yis, mum but you
towld mo the lther dcy niyer 70 answer
We back-and didn't. .......s
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1879-11-12

If there's no moonlight, will you
meet me by gaslight, dearest JalianaF
No. Augustus, / WON'T she replied
I'm no gas meter
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1879-11-12

Life is a battle. From its earliest
dawn TO its latest breath we are strug~
Cling with something. p 1''''f
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1879-11-12

A woman at Tarboro. N. c.. moulded
the bullet with which her lover murder-
ed her husband.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1879-11-12
NOTARIEs PUBLIC.
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.

JUSTICES OF TIE fL"OH'
DAVIS D1sr.-Dr. @. A. Brown, Obed FUNK anc
sToSSysfI-J.H s.. ~ Il. Grabin, Eli cofelt, snowden
whitaker. .. s..L,-
Levi ". Culler+. -, ,
MADisoN.-Samuel {. Canpoeh Jsmes o.
Coffmsn, Samuel Rinker. r, ,.oA
LTE.~Christian Shirley, D. P. Arkle' John h'
Pence.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1879-11-12
SHENANDOAH HERALD
AdvertisAng Rste~s

Advertisements viii be inserted sf One esrss
Per qnare Of ten lines. or less for tbs arss issss-
Hon' and so cents for each snhseqss.t sasersss (:
Unless the number Of Insertions be nsstsd uys
me manuscript, win b. pablshNd sstu fovku
snd Charged accordingly.
Notices In the local column vii b inssss4A =
ten cents per lnA. each insertion.
Advertisements for three montas os'ioaRss "
e inserted at lower rstes.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1879-09-04

Mr.. TII.DEN ON THE ISSUE IN 1890
In a recent interview with a cor.
respondent of the Cincinnati Enquir.
er on the political situation, Mr.. TIL
den is reported as having expressed
himself as follows : 1.-The differences
in the Democratic party in the Unit
ed States are transitory and evanes.
cent, and will disappear in the prssl
ence of inevitable events. The rrin-
ciples upon which the great mass o
the Democratic party are agreed Oh
are fundamental and eternal. In the
contest Of 1876 the issue was the re-
storation of the Government, it's
practical working and administra-
ton, to the originalidea' Of its found
ers. The defeat of the popular
will, as declared in hal election, has
raised a vastly greater issue-that is,
the integrity of the system Of self
government through elections by the
people. This issue transcends all
others, and it would be a betrayal Of
the most sacred duty to mankind to
permit it to be sacrificed to inferior
and transient questions"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1879-09-04
THE STOCK LAW.

Mr.. Allen Jones, Of the firm OF Ivy
& Jones, Of R 'ck Hill, S. G., called
on US last week. We asked him az
to the practical operations Of the
Stock Law in his; township. lie sale
that two years gothey carried tn. law
by a vote Of 10 majority. The con
t%ention was very sharp and the words
were very bitter. That was the feel,
ing at the time Of the election. Now
there would not be 10 votes against
it after a trial Of two years. Even
the people living in town prefer the
law as it is, although they have tc
keep their stock up all the time. They
find it cheaper in the long run. Nc
complaint was made during the,sam1
mer as to want Of pastures. Cattle
look we'll, milk and butter are abun-
dant, and there is no lying out of the
cows.
The Press and Banner has this to
say on the subject
There is a good deal of foolish
twaddle INDUCED by opponents of the
Stock Law in other counties in refer
ence to "poor widows cows" The
Stock Law in Abbeville County is
more. beneficial to the "poor widow"
than to any other class. As q rule
they have been unable to keep up good
fences, and the result has been, their
neighbors cattle destroyed their CROPS
every year. The opponents of$the
Stock Law give the best reason for
adopting it in speaking Of the wild
ow 8 cows" The Stock Law is based
on equity. No man should be allow
ed To 90 into the stock business with
out having land upon which to past
ure them. Reduced down to a fine
point, it would be that the opposition
to the Stock Law consists in a desire
to pasture your cattle on another
aill-eyen if it should be
'rn. wheat or oats.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1879-09-04
"O.D III" POINTS THE MORAL
OF TIRE CONKLHNG-SPRAGUE
AFFAIR.

Old 81 laid his hand upon his knee:
cap and said:
dis. hyar ap~oraoick tech OBJ lr
rumatiz minds me da' hits 1
ter rain bout for days. an Use lie}
bull to lose de run oh de story"
(which story?"
Dat leetle romance up yonder in
Rhode Hum, twixt Conkling an
Guv'ner Sprague."
What do you think OF it, 81, any
how ?"
Well, sab, my 'pinions on desc
hyar ~queschins is purity solid fer er
TACK !. Now, in dis case, I'se cl'arly
satiside dat de GUY muztotin' round
de bes' argument. dat wuz lef' him in
de premises"
Then you approve Of shotgun
remedy for domestic inw sions?"
Jess e~dzackly! An whenebber
err mar gifts hiasef up ter dat pitch.
whedder he's er musick teacher fun
Germany er a chin masishun fun
New Yawk, dat he goes inter kamp
on anudder mans home lot, de owner
of de lot hez got de rite ter use a
rit OBJ jecAment wild hair trig-
gers an senter fire buck-shot kyar-
tridges!"
Perhaps the law forLids and fIx,
nishes another sort of remedy?"
dat mabbe 20 wild de law dey
puts on der sheep skin kivers, but
dat's er unritten law oh dis hya If law.
dat when er man buys er marriage
license he gifts de rite wild hit ter or
ganize funerils in his naborhood in
desc sort Of 'merginciesl''
"And that looks reasonable"
"Dat's de smoob-bore logick dat'l
wind up de debate jeas 81 well in
Rhode Ilum ez in Georgy, an hits
dat sort of er seckshnn oh de kode
OATS tackled up on my doah postar
LII m,pn eafSs9d oil bqT
nea4 mskk 4sass sai ~ sa-a,.,
lAndatheh the old man limped
away to escape the shower.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1879-09-04
A QUAKER PRINTERS PROVERBS

Never send an article for publica-
ton without giving the editor thy
name, for thy name oftentimes secures
publication to worthless articles.
Thou shouldst not rap at the door
of a printing Office, for he that an.
swereth the rap sneereth in his sleeve
and loseth time.
Never do thou loaf about, nor
knock down type, or the boys will
love thee as they do the shade trees
when thou leavest.
Thou shouldst never read the copy
on the printers cases OF the SHARP
and hooked container thereof, or h:
may knock thee down.
Never inquire Of the editor fol
news, for behold it is his business tc
give it to thee at the appointed tifns
without asking for it.
1t is no. right that thou shonldst
ask him who is the author of an arti
Gle, for it is his duty to keep such
things unto himself.
When thou dost enter his Office
take heed unto thyself that thon dost
not look at what concerns thee not,
for that is not meet in the sight OF
good breeding.
Neither examine thou the proof
sheet for it is not ready to meet thine
eye that thou mayst understand.
Thou shouldst not delude thyself,
with the thought that thou saved a
few cents when thou has secured a
dead-head copy Of this paper, for
while the printer may smile and say
it's all right, he'll never forget thy
meanness.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1879-09-04
WHAT GOV. sPkAGUE SAYS.

NARRAaANsETT PIER, R. l., An-
gust l2.-Your correspondent is per.
sonally acquainted with ex Governor
Sprague. He was at the latter,
residence last evening, when, The
following conversation occurred:
Visitor-Your trouble with Mr.
Conkling is the talk OF the whole
country.
Mr.. Sprague-I am not SURF risel.
Visitor-Did you command him 10
leave this house?
Mr.. sprague-l did, and l ought
to have done SO before.
Visitor-Have you had any per-
sonal difficulty with Professor Lirck,
who has been teaching music in your
family?
Mr.. sprague- None whatever. So
far as l know Linck is a gentleman
and a decent man. Conkling is
neither.
Visitor-Will You be offended if /
ask you if you had been drinking
previous to yonr %rencontre with Mr..
Mr.. Sprague-So that is part of
the story now, is it2 Well I tell you
honestly, l had not a dr1 wine or
other liquor in me |
was not
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1879-09-04
MRS.
What Dorm Piatt Knows OF that
Interesting Creature.

Poor Mrs. Sprague has to suffer
not only from Conkling's unpopular
ly, 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, inheriting much Of
her honored fathers intellect and
force Of character, she grew to wo-
manhood without a mothers care,
and with the training given a man.
The result is, that while as pure a
woman as God ever c%reatel, she looks
at the social world from a mans
standpoint. When a mere girl of 16
her soul revolted at the unjust and
illiberal discrimination made against
her sex. She found Dick Nevins,
the handsome, dashing mar of the
world, in a small, fiat State capital,
Rghsre tba only amusements are visits
the p~enitentiary and asylums for
ythe insane, deaf and blind. She
found Dick, we say, a pleasant gen.
tleman to know intimately, and when
the small-souled, copper bottomed,
gilt. lodged aristocracy of the place
forbid the intimacy, Kate defed the
prohibition. She was incontinently
Il over by a drove of social bulls
and heifers, and would have been
plastered in the mud, past finding,
but for her own pluck and her faith
er's high position.
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 social position no longer
cur and her spirit broken by mis-.
fortune. She found the society of
Senator Conkling pleasant, and she
asked no mans, and exc, no woman's
consent to the same. 1t was the
most open and defiant social transac.
ton ever sneered at by the thin lips
and false teeth of this hydra headed
social world. Bald. headed, round
bellied, slender-legged Senators, who
can be carded oat by strumpets, nod
ded and blinked at each other like
owls in a hayloft, and old, a~ristocrat-
ic families-twenty yearsold, at least.
in whose closets at home %grinning
skeletons make the air unhealthy
spoke of her as "that person."
Roscoe Conkling, who, with all his
intellect and intelligence, is, through
his excessive vanity, an ass, helped
wreck the fraa bark Of her Platonic
affection. He delighted in the foul
suspicion. He had captured and
held a willing captive M of the high
queens of society. He reveled in
the notoriety. He lost no opportuni-
ty to make it the more notorious.
He smacked his beastly lipsloYer. not
the qualification of desiresilo long since
burned out, but over the notoriety of
a supposed qualification that fed his
inordinate vanity.
We envy no man'spillow whocould
read with eyes unmoistened the pitt
full account Of this once brilliant wo-
man, this loved and lovable creature,
following meekly yet bravely her
children, torn from her by a brute Of
a husband, to the home two unworthy
men had rendered desolate.- Wash.
iagton Capital.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1879-09-04
A GOOD LIVER

Is always known by his appearance A
good dinners. etc., will always show it in
his person. But there is another live1'
more important to man-it is the bad
liver-the liver that should regulate the
whole system. If that is out Of fix, man
is good for nottingham enjoy nothing
to restore tito health. use Dr.. elders
Liver Pills. A few doses will relieve
you.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1879-09-04

Had I been I should not have given
Coukling five minutes to leave the
premises.
Visitor-ODce more, Mr.. sprague,
will you say explicitly that you or
dered Mr.. Conkling to quit this
house, an'l threatened to shoot him if
he did not Immediately comply?
Mr.. Sprague-That is precisely
what I did.-Chicayo Tribune.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1879-09-04
A Losing Joke.

A prominent physician of Pittsburgh
said jokingly to a lady patient who was
complaining of her continued i'll health,
and Of his inabili to cure her, TRY
Hop Bitters!' The lady took it in ear
nest and nsed the Bitters. from which
she obtained permanent health. She now
laughs at the doctor for his joke but he
is not so VOL pleased with it, as it cost
him a good patient
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1879-09-04
gDseatID aDDsrtissr.
LOOKING BACK.


A barefooted child, by the meadow stile
Sits down her basket to rest awhile,
And turning, swings her hat. with a smile
10 a classmate, taking another away
Der sunny fields, with spring flowers gay,
And looking back.
With bright face saddened a young girl
leans
One glimpse TO catch Of fast-fading scenes;
Learning the sorrow that parting means,
AS, borne along by. the hurrying train.
Living her school-days Ger again,
She's looking back.
a fairer picture there cannet be
Than yon vessel, sailing, proud and free,
IT to the billowy, open sea;
Yet a fair young bride with wistfnl eyes
eFrom deck, to where the blue shore lies,
Keeps looking back.
A widow stands by a lonely grave
Ger which the sheltering grasses wave,
Marked By a stone with no record, a
The messy traeeries of changing years;
And to the far bright past with tears
Is looking back.
Whitley and silently falls the snow
On the meadows still, and cold winds blow
0'erthe-srkaiin g helds, as. signing low,
IAN aged woman. for the last time, seems
A child again; in happy dreams
Still looking back.
Thus all through the world, where'er we
turn,
There are aching hearts, and souls that
yearn
Over by-gone hours and thoughts still
burn
Within US. that We uttered years ago,
As in the midnight watches slow
We're looking back.
But angels. kneeling before the throne
The loved ones found the long race run
Are thrilled with JOY by this thought
alone:
Their eyes "the King in His glory" see.
Yes, in His presence there can be
No looking back.