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The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1880-10-09
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ROANOKE, Oct. 6, 1880.


Editor Democrat
You will please state in this
weeks DEMOCRAT that | will not
be a candidate for the Office OF
County Commissioner at the COM
ing election. 1llave private reas-
ons for so deciding.
Yours, &C.,
WM. A. WATSON.
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The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1880-10-09

We desire 10 remind the
Grcenback voters Of this county
that this is no year for political en-
pcriments, and that their organ
ization can only result in in
Jury TO the Democratic party,
They should remember that the
Democratic party has not had the
power since the war 10 legislate
upon the finances Of the country,
and that their only hope Of Sue
cess is in that party. They should
call to mind the fact that this is
the view adopted by their disting-
uishcd leaders, i. +. Butler, Peter
Cooper, Samuel Cary and Hen
bricks 3. Wright.
These eminent and illustrious
leaders declare that the greatest
danger to American liberty is the
rapid tendency OF the Republican
party to IL centralized dcspotisln,
70 show that such is their tenden-
cy, it is only necessary to revert to
the declaration of their presidential
candidate that the doctrines of JEFF
lerson are waning and those oil
Hamilton are waxing in the hearts
of the American people.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1880-10-09

Peter Cooper, the Grecnbacl;
candidate for President in 1876,
and Sam Carey, the candidate for
cc-rrrsitlent on the same ticker,
are now supporting Hancock: All
Of our Grrenhucii friends should
fall into line in this codnty, and
support on Tuesday next tho DEM
orMt;c State anti county ticket.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1880-10-09
j. Hanson Good.

On Saturday evening last, this
distinguished, scholarly and elo-
quent gentleman addressed the
people Of Lewis at the Town Hall.
The hall was well filed by n large,
Intelligent and enthusiastic audi
cncc. His classic language and'con-
vincing arguments made him the
fayoritc Of our people, irrespective
ofrarty. Many ladies were pres
cnt, ]. Hanson Good is n noble
worker in q noble cause.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1880-10-09

To My FELLow-ClrIzEXs:

To My FELLow-CITIZENs:
I am IL candidate for the Office of
Presiding Justice of your county.
| am no stranger among you. !
have filled MANY positions Of honor
aud trust freely contided in nc by
you, My record is before you, and
it is upon it ! now ask once ognin
your votes. Politically, ! am Il
Dcmocrut-nevcr swerved i'll line
Of duty to my party; yet ever re-
gar,ling the opinions Of others that
may differ with me. If it he your
wish to place me in the position
asked for, faithfully, honestly and
justly will ! use my best endcavors
10 do my full duty,
Yours,
W. V. CUDEHTEE.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1880-10-09
Win. q. Lively.

1t has come to my knowledge
that Mr.. W. +. Lively and YIN.
Hoover are circulating II report that
| have withdrawn from tie camWss
for Prosecuting Attorney. ANY
such statcmenl,no matter by whom
made, is false.
JAS. W. WoFEISDc.
IIc1'oa, Oct S, 1850.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1880-10-09

Hon. Thomas J. Farnsworth,
our candidate for Senator, visited
our Fair last week. Mr.. Farms
worth has no opposition in the Dis
Lriet,
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1880-10-09

Vote for Henry Bannon for
Judge of the new Circuit. lie is
an able lawyer, gentleman Of
high integrity, and will make Il
good Judge.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1880-10-09

Hancock were nominated, that bis
race was run, and no money was
forthcoming to push even the
small canvass he was able TO make.
Then in IN unfortunate hour, he
took money from the Republicans.
lie became apaid agent Of the Rad.
ical party, and is that to-day.
Few men after reflection will be-
licve General Weavcr's present
course can do good 10 any Presi-
dental candidate but James A.
Garfield, or that his speaking tour
will reach into my State where, by
any possibility, either Hancock or
Weaver could be benefited. The
conviction is irresistible that. what
ever the man may have hoped for,
some months ago, he now hopes
for nothing Tut Garfcld's success.
1t is Il gratifying fact that the
Democratic Congressional Commit
tees advices received by the officers
here for some time past, from In
diana. Ohio, Maine, and other
States, show full appreciation Of
General Viewers position in the
campaign, and thatin all sections
the voters will act upon such un-
Outstanding. 1t maybe added, too,
that General Walker, Secretary Of
the Committee, and who has charge
Of its business during Senator Wal
lace's absence, says, reports from
the States generally are as they
have been from the first, very ell
couraging. Aside from Indiana
and Ohio, the Pacific States send
the most positive declarations Of
Democratic success.
In former letters l have often
urged tho propricty Of celebrating
the recurring anniversaries of nota-
bic events in the country's early
history-cvcnts III whisll every sec
ton could properly and patrioti-
cally join. Very soon there will
be ii celebration OF the battle Of
Kings Mountain, in which "the
South has more immediate inter
est, but in which the people of the
Northern States have a right, as
they seem to have a desire to par-
ticipatc, I suppose every one Of
really patriotic feelings will rejoice
that tho people of the whole coun.
try, while not fidling to remember
later events, prefer to celebrate
those which are alike gratifying to
all sections.
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- Officers Of Election.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1880-10-09

AS Ills is tic last issue ofTuE
DEMOCRAT before our State and
county election, We wish TO remind
The Democrats ofthis county and
elsewhere Of the importance of adj
herring 10 their party and looking
well to their tickets. Every voter
should read his ticket from begin
ming to end, and in no case will ii
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1880-10-09

Let every Democratic voter on
Tuesday examine his ticket from
top 10 bottom, and see TINT IL is
right all the way through.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1880-10-09
WALNUT Fork, Oct. 6.



Editor Democrat.
On Saturday evening last We Or
ganizcd 4 Hancock and English
Club. The people turned out in
mass, and the school house would
not contain the crowd. The meet.
ing was organized by making that
prince Of Democrats, Paxton White,
President, Vincent Hurst Vice
President and G. W. DAVIDSON Sec
rotary. Thirty names were en-
relied; after which the President
introduced Mr.. +. NJ. Chalfant,w
in II speech of one hour in mild
language and solid argument did
much for the cause Of Democracy.
". W. Bmnnon followed in his
usual style Of oratory, vigorous in
defamation. Mr.. Brannon sus-
tanned himself molly. More full
account hereafter. We will do our
full duty on the 18th.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1880-10-09

Cakes, crackers, cheese, bologna
sausage, dried beef, &C., at Gregg
rvs.
Go to Grcgory's for your cheap
groceries.
Choice Buckwhcat Flour for
sale ut the Woolford Mills.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1880-10-09

Viewers movements, and observed
the drift Of his public speeches and
private remarks, that there WIS $
aaomcthing rotten in Denmark
and the timely expose of Mr.. Lum,
will fiji every honest Grcenbackcr
with disgust towards the trcacher.
Gus and doublc-laced schemer, who
has sold the principles of his party
for Republican gold:
A STATEMENT
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1880-10-09
MANY VoTERs,
FROM H.ASHINGTOY.

WASHINGTON, October. i
Editor Democrat.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-04-09

The ILL-oMENED THIRTEEN AT TABLE,
One of the commonest and strongest super
stitions-just now under discussion again
is that which regards 13 at table as an ILL
omen, indicating that one out of the number
will die before year shall have passed. This
is not confined to any particular nation or re-
gion of civilization, though it is not pagan,
but Christian superstition. The fact or be-
lief that Judas Iscariot, one of the l2 disci-
pies and their treasurer, committed suicide
from remorse for betrsying his Master, is
presumed 10 make l3 an unlucky numeral,
and to exercise lethal influence upon one of
the company. In Roman Catholic countries
the superstition, naturally enough, is gener-
ally prevalent and SO firmly held that it
would be well-nigh impossible to induce 13
persons to sit down at dinner. If they should
do so, pail of gloom would rest upon them,
as if there were a veritable skeleton at the
feast. In Russia, where, though the Greek
church is established, superstition has taken
deeper root than even in Roman Catholic
lands, the very idea of 13 at table is q ter
ror. He who should invite such q number
would offer an affrOnt to his guests which
would hardly be overlooked. When, by the
absence of one or more guests, only Is are
present, it is usual to get fourteenth, even
if child must be taken from bed, before Oe-
cupying the seats. Even in this country,
Nhere are many Americans Eho share the
weakness; and we have known women, and
men too, who would not dine where there
were l3, and have known others who were
continually uneasy if they did so, and who
would anTiously watch the year out to see If
the evil augury were not verified. SundTy
stories are told about dinners of IS where
death has occurred to Que of the diners be-
fore the end of a year. Some of them are
doubtless true, but this by no means sustAins
the silly superstition. II should be remem-
bered that among men in middle age or there
about the death of in l3 per annum is not
far from the average mortality and when,
as frequently happens, several of the diners
are well on in years, it is rather to be expect
ed that one of them should slip of the whirl-
ing planet. 1t is curious, though natural,
perhaps, that the average man should have
such dread of death at a distance, and be
so resigned to it when it stares him in the
face.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-04-09
Learning 60 Write.

The London Spectator says: We believe
that there is no single system of mechanique
for writing, and that a child belonging 10 the
educated classes would be taught much bet
ter and more easily, il, after being once en-
abled to make and recognize written letters
it were let alone, and praised or chidden not
for its method, but for the result. Let the
boy hold the pen as he likes, and make his
strokes as he likes, and write at the pace he
likes-hurry, of course, being discouraged
but insist strenuously and persistently that
his copy shall be legible, shall be clean, and
shall approach the good copy set before him,
namely, well written letter. not a rubbishy
text on single line written as nobody but
writing master ever did or ever will write un-
til the worlds end. He will make a muddle
at first, but he will soon make a passable i'm
itation of his copy, and ultimately develop a
characteristic and strong hand which may
be good or bad but will not be either mean
ingless, undecided or illegible. This hand
will alter, of course, very greatly as he grows
older 1t may alter at eleven, because il is
at that age that the range of the eyes is fix
ed, and short sight betrays itself and it will
alter at seventeen, because then the system
of taking notes at lectures, which ruins most
hands, will have cramped and temporarily
spoiled the writing, but the character will
form itself again, and will never be deficient
iu clearness or decision. The idea that il is
to be clear will have stamped itself, and con-
fdence will not have been destroyed by wor-
rying little rules about attitude, and angle,
and slope, which the very irritation of the
pupils ought to convince the teachers are,
from some personal peculiarity, inapplicable
The lad will write as he does anything else
that he cares to do, as well as he can and
with a certain efficiency and speed. Almost
every letter he gets will give him some as
sistance, and the masters remonstrance on
will be attended to like any other
caution given in the curriculum.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-04-09
The Literary succe.. OF the Century"

An eminent English authority recently pro-
nounced SCRIBNER's MONTHLY '"The greatest
literary success of the century" The New
England journal of Education says Amer
lea may well be proud of such magazine"
The Illustrated London News considers it
lone of the marvels of the day." The Lon
don Illustrated Penny Paper says: with
its inimitably finished gems of drawing and
engraving, it is the wonder and admiration Of
the art-world."
The April number just issued ends the
XIXth volume, which is exceptionally bril-
liant The New York Evening Post, Hart
ford Courant, and other papers, speak of the
series by Eugene Schuyler on Peter the
Great" as 'the most notable event in mod
ern magazine literature" The style is SO
simple and yet so graphic that it interests not
only men of letters but the young, and is
read as textbook in the schools. 1t is un-
derstood that the causes and beginnings Of
Nihilism in Russia will be traced by Mr..
Schuyler in the course of his narrative
Rev. DR.. Eggleston writes of Mr.. George
W. Cable and his story, ''The Grandissimes,"
in ScRIBNEB IF Cable can hold that gait,
the rest of US who write American stories
must surrender to him. What superb piece
of work it is"
SCRIBNER's is the only American periodical
that has as yet established a large circulation
abroad the edition in England being 1O, 500
1t now enters upon its second decade, and
the work of winning second hundred thou
sand at home. Its readers to-day are esti-
mated at more than half a million.
The publishers of SCRIBNER announce that
all new subscribers after this date who take
the back numbers, beginning November last,
will receive instead of the six unbound num-
bers the bound volume, November, 10, to
April so Containing all of Success with
Small Fruits" and the opening chapters Of
Peter the Great" THE Grandissimes,'
and "Louisiana'), without extra charge.
Tie subscription price is $500 year.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-04-09

The GREAT Ice PERIoD.-Prof Paige of
Illinois, has in late lecture declared that
the belief is rapidly growing that the great
ice period which has ground the rocks into
soil has been ascribed to period too remote
in the planets history. The almost univer-
sally accepted opinion has been, he said, that
the great ice caps had been formed by a eli
mate rendered extremely cold through chang
ed cosmic relations. 1t was known that the
eccentricity of the .earth's path around the
sun was subject at long periods to considera-
ble change, resulting in removal, at times, of
the planet some II, 200, 600 miles further than
it now is from the sun. The earths extraor-
dinary aphelion added to such alterations as
are attributable to the procession of the equi-
nox, was thought to have produced the great
ice eras of the past From such postulates
it has been held by divers sayants that man
has inhabited the globe about ., ,OOO 900 years.
an opinion from which Paige dssents as not
in harmony with the drift of contemporane-
GUS thought. During winter, in the north
ern hemisphere, We are 100000 600 of miles
nearer the sun than during summer, which
tends to equalZe our climate, rendering win
ter much mlder and summer less intense
than they would be were the conditions re-
versed In the southern hemisphere the op-
pOste is true. There, people being nearer
the sun in summer and further off in winter,
nave cola winters ana not summers. AT the
South Pole the ice is vastly in excess of the
ice at the North Pole, and attracts, therefore,
the waters of the ocean, changing the equilib-
rum of the earth's centre, moving the equa-
tor southwark aud drawing the waters of the
north pole toward the south pole. This ex-
plains the evident subsistence of waters in
the northern and the comparative absence
of dry land in the southern hemisphere. If
the ice ages can be traced to such causes, a
glacial period is approaching the southern
hemisphere, and will it is estimated reach
its maximum about $500 years hence. The
last ice era in the northern hemisphere was
probably not far from $50 centuries ago.
Paige maintains that, if these views be cor
rect, the ice period will recur in about 49,
600 years in the northern hemisphere. Grant
ing the hypothesis, the time of mans exist
ence on the globe must be conceded to have
been far shorter than has been supposed
not more, in all likelihood, than from 80, 600
to 100, 600 years While the question is of
great importance scientifically, the human
family has greater interest in knowing how
long it is to remain on the planet but even
this is of small concern to individuals.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-04-09

After the Sunday dinner, what? Well, it
all depends" A person whose brain is
wearied with intellectual work during the
week, or whose nervous system is exposed TO
the strain Of business or professional life,
ought to sleep, within an hour or two after
his Sunday dinner, il he can. It il surpris-
ing how much like seyen-day clock the
brain will work, if the habit of Sunday
nap be once formed. Nature will take ad-
vantage of it as regularly and gratefully as
she does Of the nightly sleep, and do her best
TO 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 is resting. Two sermons and three or
four hours of solid reading are a real rest to
some on Sunday, while to others such
course amounts to positive Sabbath-breaking.
Sunday is day of rest not Of work, relig-
ious or otherwise 1t is day for repose, -
not for exhaustion. But what the dogmatists
ON one side and the illiberal liberals on the
other are apt to overlook, is the fact that all
men do not rest alike, any more than they
labor alike, and what will help to save one
may aid in killing another.
After the Sunday dinner, then, one should
seek rest, innocent recreation, helpful happi-
ness. Sleep, or read, or go and help instruct
and interest a mission school, or visit the sick
and the suffering according to your needs
and your gifts. We Americans haven't yet
fully learned the art of domestic enjoyment,
any more than the law of service to others.
More men ought to relieve their wives of the
sole care of young children on Sundays by
taking them out TO walk or to ride, and in
vitng the mother to go as company, or leav-
ing her at home to enjoy unmolested much
needed season of quiet In suitable weather
portion of the day may be proitably spent
out-of DOORS There is nothing in the exam
pie or teachings of Jesus-nothing in the ma
ture of his religion, of Gods requirements,
or of mans needs-which declares that the
Sabbath can only be kept holy indoors. 1t
is to be honored and hallowed, but its high
est observance is a ministration to mans
highest needs. We hope and believe that
the day will never come when Sunday will
be secularized or turned into n gay holiday in
America, as it is in Europe but the progress
made toward a rational Christian enjoyment
of the day, within the past fifty years, shows
that the superiority of man to the institution
as proclaimed by the Saviour is coming to
be apprehended. - Golden RUE.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-04-09

The STUPID BoY.-Never set q boy down
for stupid because he does not make a figure
at school. Many of the most celebrated men
who have ever lived have been set down by
some conventional pedagogue as donkeys.
One of the greatest astronomers of the age
was returned to his father by the village
schoolmaster with these encouraging words
There's no use paying good money for his
education. All he wants to do is TO lie on
his back on the grass and stare at the sky.
I'm afraid his mind is wrong" Scientific
men have often been flogged for falling into
brown studies over their books and many an
artist of the future has come 10 present grief
for drawing all over his copybook and sur
reptitiously painting the pictures of his geog-
raphy. Your genius, unless musical, seldom
proves himself one in his childhood. and
your snug and self-suficient piece of pTecoci-
ty, who takes all the medals, and is the show
scholar of the school, often ends by showing
no talent for anything beyond q yard-stick.
Sir Walter Scott was called stupid as a child,
and 1t was not even considered TO his credit
that he was fond of ''sich trash" as ballads,
and could learn them by heart at any time.
That boy who really worries you by being 30
unlike his bright brothers, may be the very
one who will make you proud and happy
some years hence. Take that for your COM
fort
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-04-09

was nine months ago and never even miss
ed il :"
They were all quiet for a minute while
Polly stood looking from one to another,
wondering and perplexed Then the doctor
touched her and said, Come, Miss Polly, We
shall have you i'll again. l am going to put you
and the boys into cab and send you home.
Goodbye Margaret, until tonight" He
spoke in a different voice when he turned to
the sweet face and shining eyes, and he did
not call her Lady Margaret as other people
did. for he was going to be married to her in
three days.
Well that was the end or rather the be-
ginning in many ways, for Polly-for there
was no want or misery or loneliness for her
any more and Dickic, in after years, used to
say their fortune turned on the day when the
lady rode into Grosyenor Square with the let
ter.
But Polly on her knees sometimes thanks
God for temptation she resisted one misera-
bic night in winter-for who else knows or
can ever know, how great the temptation
was and loyal Polly ignores or has forgot
ten how nearly Dick fell into the temptation
too