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The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1880-06-19
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"a ~" 'N'S "@' S""'1""
Editor Democrat.
Inotice in'thc last issue Of The
Rcpub'irm q correspondent from
Broad Run suggests my name rs q
candidate for tho Legislature.
Thanking him for tho compliment
expressed, I can only say, rs ] said
before, | do not desire nor will l
accept any political position. ]
mn an advocate oftlie primary sys-
ten Of choO1ing candidates for
Office, knowing, or at least bcliey-
ing BY this system the voice Of tllc
Democrats and Conservatives can
DO heard. F. NJ. CuALFASr.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1880-06-19
The Primary SystsNt

AUSTIN, June To-
Editor Democrat.
The primary system as adopted
BY the recent Democratic and
Conservative Convention, meets
the hearty appreciation Of our poo.
pie. 1t is fair, honest and just.
Each district selects their own
men. Each district Of tho county
will only have to vote for those
they want in Office, Not only
county, but district officers. ]
would suggest that blanks or poll
books be left, that Gael, can st the
same time Of voting determine
their preference for local positions,
II is only necessary 10 read the
form oftle primary to mako the
system a favorite ofall truo Demo
Gratis and Conservatives. by ii
each district is fully, honestly, and
impartially represented. Mono are
deburred fiom the privileges ac-
corded under this system, This is
no fight, butts for unity and jus
lice, irrespective ofpartyand bitter
endors..Eioe lp,o,llNIi=vo9 Dot
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1880-06-19

So FAR as TiIlIeM Is CONCERNED,
however, there arc positive state
mcntS reiterated here tonight that
Tilden will not lie a candidate.
These reports Nro more generally
believed now than heretofore, but
there is timo for the storm to
change q dozen times before the
convention meets.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1880-06-19

- The friends orMJor Thomas
l.. Drom, of Charleston, through
out the State, nro prominently
pressing his clnims for the position
Of Acknowledgement.
Major Broun is M ablo lawyer, q
good Democrat, and if he should
te elected will ill the position with
pbiIity and tlelity,
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1880-06-19
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The following table W i'll show the
real and personal property i'll Lewis
county, by districts:
FIHf assessment District.
Hackers Greek $20l,3S4O
FFetman's Geek lf9,6sO
Total S37I,O4O
This docs not include the bank
stock, which, ifassesscd us II whole
will be $9G,'t5S; If only as property
Of individuals living in the county,
about $4,000.
Second District.
Court TlOnFO 'SSi5,sl7
Skin Greek gsa, lGi
Collins Settlement I1O,sis
---s-
Total Sl,9C5, $3.50
Court HOAsF, exclusive Of lndr.
pendent School District $3il, 1891
independent Disitic: .u1 800
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1880-05-27
SUNDAY AFTERsooN.

After the Sunday dinner, what? Well,
Il all depends. A person whose brain Is
weared with intellectual work during the
week, or whose nervous system is expos
ed to the strain ofbusiness or professional
life, ought TO sleep, Within an hour or
two after bis dinner, II be can. IL Ia SUR
prising how much like a seven day clock
the brain will work, II the habit Of Sun.
day nap be once formed Nature will
take advantage OF il as regHlarly and
gratefully as she does Of the nightly sleep
and do her best 10 make up lost time.
People on the other hand, whose week Of
toll Is chiefly physical, may well give
their minds activity while their body IL
resting. Two sermons aud three or four
hours Of solid reading are real rest 10
some on sunday, while 10 others such q
course amounts TO pOsltlus Sabbath
breaking. Sunday .s day Of rest, mot
Of work, religious or otherwise, II isa
day for repose, not for exhaustion. Bat
What the dogmsslists on one side, aud
the illiberal liberals on The other, are apt
70 overlook, as the fact that all men DO
hot rest alike, sny more than they labor
alike, and what will help 10 saue one,
may: sid In killing another,
After Sunday dInner, then, one shonld
seek rett, innocent recreation, helpfal
bsppiness Sleep, Or read, or 70 and
help instruct sud interest 5 mission
school. OF visl, the sick aud The suffering,
according 70 your needs aud your gifls.
We Americans bsyes't yet iully learned
the srt Of domestic enjoyment any more
than the ltw Of service 70 othsrs. More
men ought 70 relieve their wives of the
sole care Of young children, on sundays,
BY taking them out 10 walk Or 70 ride,
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1880-05-27
coon srEECu ron DECORATION
DAY


As we cover the graves Of the heroic
dead With flowers, the past risos before
us likcA dream We hear The sound OF
preparation The musio boisterous drum
the silver voices 81 terolc buglcs We
hear The appeals Of orators; We 500 tho
pale cheeks Of women, aud flushed faces
Of men We see all the dead whose dust
we have covered with 1owors, We lose
sight OF them no more. We arc with
them when they enlisted In the great
army Of freedom. We see them part
from those they love, Somo are walking
for tho last time In the quiet wood places
with msideps they adore. We hear The
whispers aud the sweet vows Of eternal
love, as they lingeringly part forever.
Others are bending over cradles kissing
babies that are asleep. Someare receiving
tho blessing Of old men. Some are part
Ing who hold them aud press them TO
their hearts again and again, and say no.
thing; and some are taking with wives,
and are trying with brave words spoken
In the old tones TO drive from their hearts
the awful fear. We see them part, We
see tho wiio standing in tho door with
the babe In her arms, standing In the
sunlight sobbingi At the turn Of the road
hand waves, ,--she answers by holding
high In her loving arms The child lie la
gone, aud foreyer We see Them all as
they march proudly away, under the
ilauntering flags, keeping time TO the
wild music OF war, marching down the
streets OF grea! cities, through the towns,
and aero - the prairies, TO do and TO die
for the eternal right. We 10 with them.
one and all. We are by their side on all
the CORY fields, In the hospitals of pain,
on all the weary marches. We stand
guard with them In the wild storm aud
and under The quiet stars We are with
them betweenicontending hosts, unable to
move, wild with thirst, the lilc ebbiug
slowly away among the withered leaves.
We see them pierced with balls and torn
W hHGiih III khu AtIuLHkHt ny luG lUEtht
and in the trenches, by the forts, aud In
the whirlwnd Of the charge, whore men
become iron with nerves Of steel We
are at home when the news reaches
us that theylare dead. We see the maid.
Gu IN the shadow Of her first sorrow. Wo
sec the silyered head Of tho old man bowed
with the last grief. Those heroes arc
dead. They sleep under the solemn
pines, the sad hemlocks, the fearful will
lows, aud the embracing vines. They
sleep beneath the shadows of the clouds,
careless alike of the sunshine or Of storm,
each In the windowless place Of rest.
Earth may run red with other wars--they
are at peace. In the middle Of battle, In
the roar Of conflict, they found the seren.
ity.of death. have one sentiment for the
soldiers living and dead, cheers for the
living, tears for the dead.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1880-05-27
"DEAH OLD PA" WAS THERE.

II was dark in The depot one day last
week when the evening train came 10.
An elderly farmer was backed up agaIntt
the partition, watching in open mouthed
wonder tho big putting engine aud tho
yellow covered cars az they discharged
their passengers, when a handsome
young girl IN sealskin cloak dashed
forward aud throwing herself upon the
honest granger's manly breast, imprinted
ki's upon bis suuburned check, aud
exclaimed:
You dear old pa, knew you would be
waiting for me- aud how's mother and
how's Jennie and how's John--and obi
Pm so glad to get back--and where's my
trunk and OIL pa, you take the check
aud let's hurry.
The granger was old aud kind Of dried
up, and be bad never known what Il was
TO have wife, and much less daughter.
lie mlstrusled the young lady Ia a seat
skin saeque had made a mistake, but IN.
stead Of stammering and hemmIng and
having, he came galaully up 70 the
scratch, and throwing both arms around
the fair creature, be msde UP bis mind to
be a father to her II be died in the al.
tempt. Imprinting Kiss like The report
OF pistol on ber cheek be enthusiastic.
ally CALCULATED:
Oh, yer mothers well, an John an
Henry an (smaek) an' Jane an Susan
(snsek, smaek) an Peter, (smaek,
sm,ek) Oh, they're all smart au hearty
an
BY he time the young lady's friends
could get 10 ber abe bad sid Into stony
faint snd tbey hsd 70 Jog her home 10
hack, while the aged granger, as be du-
ished the third round with her outraged
young man and sauniered out Of the
depot, leaving blm with bad eye and a
mpiafed coat ehueked 70 himself
The old mans gelilB' Old 40 stiti an
eareless ike, but when anY young fe-
m.els wants to play suY games o copen.
hagen, they'll and hlm right % lime.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1880-05-27

The postal card Is little over six years
old In the United States, yet il is doing
as well as could be expected for It's ago,
II has only two enemies, the man who
receives duns on II, and tho manuiact-
urcrs OF writing paper. Tho little posta
causes decrease OF from Sl2, 900 TO Sl6,.
100000 every year In the business OF the
writing paper trades in this country.
Postal cards are made at Holyoke, and
forty men are continually employed a
their manufacture. The cardboard Ia
furnished 10 packages OF 5000 each, and
every sheet Is made into forty postals
Three presses are kept going night and
day. A machine slits the sheets into
strips OF ten cards each, and these In turn
are cut into single cards and dumped into
piles of twenty five each, when they are
packed by girls in pasteboard boxes con-
tanning 500 cards. A government officer
is constantly on hand to see that no pill.
ferng OF cards 10 done. The Holyoke
mandatory turns out about l,OOO,O00 OF
cards day. Last year there were used
in this country 246, ,004 ,0G0 cards Ol
the new international card introduced a
few weeks since, there have been 1900, !.
900 already. The government keeps on
hand in a Gre.proof vault 20 ,o00, 900 Of
the postal cards.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1880-05-27
VOLUME Xxx.

sad invihng ,he mother le SO aeompaby.
OF leaving her It homc 20 enjoy nnmolss.
tel much needed season of quiet. Ia
saisable wealsr portion 81 ,be day may
Be pfoatsbiylspen, out q doors. Tbsre
u nothing 10 tie example 81 teacblugs q
Jesus, nothing ia The naiuFc Of His re.
hgion, Of Gods requirements, or u
mans needs, which declares ,ha, The sab.
bath can only be kept hoiJ 10 doors, II
i 70 be hoBored aad bAlowed, bat lts
highest ohsosyanoe ass miulsirallon 70
mans highest needs, VIC hope and be.
lieye that The day will never come when
Sunday viii be scoulariEed or iurued into
gay holiday 10 AmsrIoa, "a ln Europe
but the progress inside towards rational
Cbristiau enjoyment Of The day, Within
the past Any years, shows that ,ho superI.
orty Of man 20 tho institution, as pre-.
claimed BY the Savior, is coming 10 be
opprshended
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1880-05-27
wn,r Wa. rorsp - =, ONO o,vs

exploring party has made wonder
inl discoveries n cave 10 Adams county,
Ohle, supposed to be The work q The
mound buliders Ia Tinina township IL
plsieau Of 9o00 seres surrounded by hiEh
bills Al a depression 10 The plstean
there Il = well three feet In diameter and
twenty Eve feet deep, Persons have
descended Into The well and explored the
eavornouschambers Of mathematical reg
ulari,y 70 wbloh Il leads. On The walls
Of The chambers may DO seen smong other
writings the inscription OF Won Broody,
1889, made BY the Indisn hunter, who
preceded the Ohio company In 1885. lu
the fourth chamber reached through =
narrow passage, hAd long ago been found
aVwcll that two merchants, : lawyer
and two newspaper writer's provided
themselves with a rope ladder, imple.
ments for breaking stone fAnd lanterns.
They descended Afty feet into the well,
where they found narrow gallery Gfiy
feet long, leading by gradual descent TO
chamber 225 feet long, 10 wide and "a
feet high. In the center OF the chamber
was found large mausoleum, carved
ont Of The solid rock and covered with
devices, Inscriptions and bss-rollels. On
a stone couch, In Its center, lay tho stone
figure Of a man Of gisnt proportions and
we'll carved A carved winged cap 0
helmet covered the head. Carved vases,
decorated with flowers and leaves, stood
at the corners OF the couch, A copper
lamp hung suspended above the head OF
the figure. Twenty small tombs were
found against the walls OF the chamber,
aud twenty lue faces had been painted
on the wall near the entrance. A tomb
was broken open aud revealed wei
preserved mummy nine feet In length.
The hair was OF a fine texture, black aud
curly, A copper utensils, cup, two
plates aud small urn were also found.
Wrapped In vanished cloth, at the head
of the mummy, lay book OF 100 thin
copper leaves, ON which chaacters had
been engraved
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1880-05-27

A sad looking man went into Bur-
lington drug store. Can you give me, he
asked, something that will drive from my
mind The thoughts OF sorrow aud bitter
rscoleeuonsl And the druggist nodded
aud put him up a little dose OF quinine
and wormwosd, and rhubarb, and epson
salts, aud dash of castor oil, and gave
It TO him, and for six hours the man
couldn't think Of anything in lbe world
except new schemes for getting The taste
out OF bis mouth.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1880-05-27

A correspondent asks for advice in
relation to spirit Of ennui from which
he suffers. We will record a cure not
only for bis benefit bat that OF others. 1t
is man Of voluntary or compelled leisure
who mopes aud pines, and sinks bimself
into the msdhouse or the grave. Motion
is all Natures law. Action il man SAL
Yation, physical and mental. And yet
nine out OF ten are wisIfally looking for
ward TO the coveted hour when they
shall have lessure TO do nothing, or some.
thing only II they feel like il; the very
siren that has lured TO death many suc-
cetsful man, He only is truly wise who
lays himself out TO work till life's latest
hour. and that Is the man who will live
the longest, and will live TO most purpose.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1880-05-27

PITCHERS CASToIsI.A isnot
Narcotic. Children grow n.t
upon, Mothers like, and Physi-
clans recommend CASTORIA.
IL regulates the Bowels, cures
Wind Collie, aIlays FeYsrishneSs.
and destroys Worms.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1880-05-27

sII Missouri doctors examined & man
a. 10 bic saBliy and the necessity for y
guardlan, aud Gs they found four acros In
each sleeve and pair Of Jacks Ia one
bootleg, they concluded thst be was ca
pable oflooking out for his own Interests.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1880-05-27

A watch dog Is noble creature. A
citizen ol Berkshire town bought one re-
Gently, and The ilrsl night be led him a
two mile chase after The clergyman, who
WAS attacked while they wereAway three
lrsmps cleaned out the Old mans hen
roost.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1880-05-27

IL is easier 10 dispense with riches
when they are needed, than not to attach
ourselves to them when we possess them.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1880-05-27

A discovery was recently made in Sty.
ria. Some woodcutters felled venerable
oak in the forest of Dromming. 1t was
found to be hollow, and was brought to
the ground with crash. A human
skeleton, in excellent preservation, was
disclosed. Even the boots, which came
above the knee, were almost perfect By
its side was powder hsrn, a porcelain
pipe bow and silver watch, on which
was engraved the name. II. Krackwitz,
1872. TAe teeth were perfect. II was
the skeleton Of a man between thirty and
forty years of age II is conjectured that
while engaged in hunting he climbed the
tree for some purpose, and slipped incau-
tiously into the hollow trunk, from which
there was no release, and he probably
died .of starvation. IL will be remem-
bercd by many readers that a similar
story forms the catastrophe Of recently
published English novel Lost Sis Mas
aingbird.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1880-05-27

Tue t1npsra,ed owner of corner
store 10 Augusis, Ne, bas put up align
rcAding WAITED, the 10 latest meu IN
town-to loaf on this corner
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1880-05-27
Now Is TIE TIME
ts get those
Old Clothes Colored

And Cleaned up for Summer Wear.
Il vgii aaft tssE joot - veil ts Esw asa saws
bxs4ng. We shsN tena tet ssAEiy sssry wssk
aaFshg the spray Al cu2sft warranted fast
saa FsasttHlss3 - give sAusftcuea. DTsssss
sh0sla be raps.eA hsfaFt dyinF but seats pAEts
kEe eiAsf gae1s eaa bs AyeA witkuai.
3. X kfN0Nps.
{aGxgAl 0Esa.
nA1skesass. W., AFrs ietA. .tsYW f1sf
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UIsDA ORNNG,Oy NO2n
NO. 241.
Misfellaneous.
THE ROMANCE OF LUCY ROPER.

| One of the celebrities of Princeton,
Mass. is Lucs Roper. venerable dame
of whom Whittier has written, and Helen
| Hunt in her Glide and Seek Town" has
described so quantity. With lady friend
sought her humble dwelling. hoping yet
fearing we might not gain an entrance, rs
| frequently she shut her door upon all visi-
tors. II was upon Sunday afternoon.
and old l.ucy's door stood Hospitality aiar.
She is nearly blind and quite intirnl. but
her mind is as bright and clear rs though
she was twenty. instead of seventy-eight
years of age. Welcoming us with quiet
grace. she regained her seat on the sofa
or lounge, where she evidently spends
most of her time She talked almost con-
| tinuously To us for two hours. and talked
well upon variety of topics. She
brought from another room an old bible
| and asked one of us TO read aloud to her.
| looked at tie fly-leaf and found il TO be
n Cambridge edition printed in 1857.
She said il was formerly the property of
the Rev. Thomas Prince, of Boston, after
whom Princeton was named. When we
had become tolerably acquainted. asked
her if the romance told of her early life Is
true. She begged me 10 repeat it, and
when | had complied with this wish she
smiled and said: well, there is some
truth in il, but not enough to write about,
as Mrs. Jackson has done. The most Of
'he story is that my sister and ] stood up
with man who was TO marry one of us.
The wedding was at my brothers house.
and when the clergyman asked, will YOU
be the lawful welded wife, etc. y he called
the name of Julia. instead of Lucy Roper
"And did no one correct this mistaken"
mo. it was hot noticed particularly at the
time. Well. my sister loved the man,
and they went out TO Ohio to live. They
reside there now"
She changed the subject. as though un-
willing to dwell upon it. Aiterward
heard that, strangely. the man connected
with this queer history was said to have
liked the two sisters equally well. and
both sisters loved the man; and that all
Lucy Roper life has been one long sacri-
fee rs she was the one to have been mar
ried and yet would take no steps to as
sert her rights.
l asked her il she was not timd in liv-
ing all alone.
"Oh, no. she replied, this old house
is very dear TO me; here those I've loved
best have been with me, and have so
many visitors"
As we left the house, old Lucy groped
her way to the outside door, and plucking
some hop vines clambering over it, gave
each of us a bunch, saying, Come again,
and remember me when you see Il ese lea
ves." The house is n wretched place. but
not necessarily so, as il is reported that
Lucy Roper has bank account in Worces-
ter.
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IVY CULTURE IN TIE liOuSE.-The
Journal of Horticulture saws that the use
of English iyies for the purpose Of decorat-
ing living Pooms is more extensive every
year, and cannot be too highly commend
ed. Being very strong they will live
through any treatment: but study their
peculiarities. and manifest willingness to
CRAFTY them. and they will grow without
stint. Most houses are too hot for them.
as, indeed they are for their owners.
Neither plants nor people should have the
temperature over sixty-five degrees
Farenheit. Take care not TO enleeble your
ivies by excessive watering or undue heat
and you will see they will not seem to
mind whether the sun shines on them or
not, or in what position or direction you
train them. Inded, so much will they do
themselves to make IA room charming.
that we would rather have an unlimited
number of them to draw upon than any
thing else in nature or art.
Do you wish the ugly, plain doors that
shut off your tiny entry to your parlor to
be arched like those in the drawing rooms
of your richer neighbors? Buy a couple OF
brackets, such as lamps for the burning of
Kerosene are sometimes placed on, and
screw them in the sides OF the door Put
in each plant Of English ivy. the longer
the better. then train the plants over the
top, agains' the sides, indeed any way
-FOUR fancy dictates. You need not buy
the beautiful but costly pots the flower
dealer will advise; the common glazed
ones will answer every purpose, for, by
placing in each two or three sprays Of
Coliseum ivy, in months time no ves-
tige OF the pot itself can be discerned
through their thick screen Boston
IrnnScri1lL
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GENUINE SHAKER MEDICINE,

invented by Thos. Corbett and prepared for fifty
years by the CANTERBURY SOCIETY OF SHAkER>,
at SHAkER VILLAGE, n. II. Those who have fail-
cd to be benefited by other Sarsapras earnest
ly desired TO make single trial of this pure and
wholesome compound of shaker Sarsaparilla. Dan.
delion. Yellow Dock, Mandrake, BLACK Cohosh. Gar.
get. Indian Hemp. and the Berries of Juniper and
Cubeb united with Iodide Of potassium, made by the
Society because II is safe failing and adapted
to all ages and both sexes.
II clcanses the blood, regulates the stomach and
bowels, purifes the system of humors and inherited
diseases, and is of priceless value in maintaining the
health Of the household. Inquire for CoRBETr's :
SHAKER's SAgsArARILLA. sold everywhere.
SHAKERS VILLAGE, n. H., Jan. |, 1ss0.
Rs-Enclose Stamp for Shaker Manual.
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Gbt Aennebee guurnal.
Published at AUGUSTA, MAINE, Water Street, foot
ofCourt by SPRAGUE & Son.
Daily Kennebec Journal,

t.sued every morning, except Sundays. Itcontains
81, latest news by telegraph and mail, gives reports
~ Markets, and has carefully prepared political and
nsi articles, and a generous amount of farming,
home and miscellaneous reading with full cempila
ii m Of state news.
Terms 81 per dnnum in ddrdnce, IS if payment
IL not made within the year Single copies cents to
- 70 had at the bookstores and at this Office
Advertisements inserted on reasonable terms. Rates
nav be had on application at this Office.
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The Great Health Restorative.

NIFTY years of faithful attention 10 the mnutesi
Il details in the GROWTH SELECTION AND PRE-.
rARATIoN of its ingredients entle this great origi
nal Family Medicine to the confidence of those desir
ing pure, safe, effective, and genuine Blood Pur-
her, Spring Medicine, Appetizer and Tonic. II has
been publicly endorsed and prescribed by hundreds
of the greatest American physicians am~ng whom
are Drs Valentine Mott, Dixie Crosby. and Prof
Cleaveland. Every druggist familiar with its vir-
tues will bear testimony to its universal excel ence
uneQualled purity and never failing success II is