Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1880-10-05
MIsCELIANEoUs

otoCh oS fUBLlo hIGHwAYS--P. Ell.
heek, a prominent lawyer in MonongaIia
county. In q published notice TO tho owners
OF stock, which is permitted to ran upon the
highway On his lands, thus states the Law az
its applies to roads:
1.-The land of said road bed and banks, be
longs to me, subject only to the easement, or
the right of the public to travel the road
alone, or with their stock.
1T Is a duty of owners Of cattle or other
live stock to keep them enclosed on their
own lands at all times, aud at their peril, not
the duty of others to fence out other peopjs's
stock even along a public highway. unless
when such stock is lawfully on such high,
way. and they are not lawfully there when
'u'nea OF permitted to run there to feed or
grace"
We believe the decisions OF the Conrts :,
test cases sustain this view of the law excen.
where special statute intervsncs. The pnbIio
have no title in the ''road bed and banks',
except for the right of way. The notion
that people generally have a right to make
truck patches and pastures on the lanGs con.
nemned tor highways. or set up groceries or
shops at the cross roads is = popular mistake.
For all purposes except lawful travel these
lands belong to the farms through which
pno1i' reads PaSs,-f"rhersD"rg journal.
TIE oLEANDER PoIsoNous.-It is stated
that tho oleander is a deadly poison, and may
frequently prove a treacheIous fondling If
not carefully watched. 1t is one of our most
oeautltui window plants when covered with
Its large rose-iike blossoms, but in these bios,
SONS the weapon Of death resides. 4 casa
ls recorded of a child having eaten a few
flowers and being poisoned by the same
Inc annals of she Peninsulnr war states that
"a number of French soldiers went cut for
DIN Nadia -.4--
fruits OF thsir search. One of the number
with a view of securing some wood to mako
skewers tor tho meat, cut a quantity of OLE
ander bows, and, having stripped them of the
bark, used the wood 10 the meat. The res
suit was, that out of twelve who ate of the
roast seven died, and the rest we're danger.
ousiy Ill" Tho poisonous principle il so
subtle that its exhalatious alone are sufficient
to cause serious accidents. and even death to
those who recliue oE sleep for any time under
their lohranes. 1t exists equally in evory
part OF tho Plant, but it is considerably weak.
ened by cuEtivatioD.-Rwrol New Yorker.
WoMES AZ -AwYEss.-Though cid Mr..
fogy has long questioned wonsn's fines, to
practice law, and her opinions CONCERNING
legal matters. no one has ever Questioned.
her opinion concerning Ir. Picrcc's Favor,
tie prescriptions. For women freely atir m
that the Prescription ia a positive euro for
those "dragging-dcwn'' SENSATIONS, aud the
many diseases and weaknesses REGULAR 70
their sex. The FsTorite Prescription is sold
by all druggists under n positive guarantee.
P~ITrSnUaaH, PA, March Ii, 1879.
DR.. r. V. Pierce, Buffalo. N. Y
Dear Sir-I was treated By four d;ffsren,
physicians without avail for tho liver and
uterus. Soma time ago l commenced the
use OF your FaTnTite Prescription and Dis
eoVsTy, being at the timr. coufned part of
the time to my bed. At first my improves
ment was slow, but l now fud myself wsll
alter the use of four bottles OF each of The
medicines. With many. many thanks. am
very respectfully. MARY L. GRACE.
SALTPETRE SOLUTION FOR SEED WHEAT
Capt. James W. Phillips, highly snc-
successful wheat grower ucar Pcdiar Mills
In Amherst, Virginia, informs me tina, he
has found, by repeated experiments through
a long course Of years, on the anne and in
different fields, aud on several varieties of
wheat, that soaking his seed wheat over
night in a solution, made of two pounds of
saltpetrc to eight gallons Of water. is n spre
preventive of rust. On taking his ,ecd on,
the brins, he rolls it in freshly slaked line
II he has it, if net in dry ashes. and BOWS it
that morning, pl"wiug and narrowing it in
that day. He attributes tho efficacy of the
preparation entirely to the sa!tpe:re: which
he says, also increases the crop. and bss;ons
l1 maturity a week or ten DAYS.
an Old FI7mcr