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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-09-23

The foolish or malicious people, for they
must be either who make public profession Of
atheism, attempt to sustain themselves and
prove tho lneti,acy of prayer by citing the c.s,
OF tho late President, forge ting that God
moves 10 mysterious way his wouders to per.
FORM"
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sTATE!DEMOCRATIC TICKET

FOR GOVERNOR.
JOHN w. DANIBL, OF L1NCHBURG.
FIR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.
JAMES BARBECUE, OF UULPEPER.
FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL,
z. w. MCKINNEY, OF FARMVILLB
FOR THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES.
JUDGE CHARLES X. STUART.
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Court OF APPEALS AT STAUNToN.- Tues.
day, Sep. 2O.-lmmcdatoly upon the opening
OF the court, the following order was entered
Tho President of The Court announced thai
10 consequence of the death of the President Of
the United States. tidings of which had bsen
received since the adjournment on yesterday,
the court would hear no alignment to day"
Adjourned.
Wednesday, Sep. 2l.-Vsllev Mutual Life
Association VS.. Burke ct ais. Further srpued
ard submitted.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-09-23

READY FOR ACTION Mondsy morning
opening of foe DRESS GOODS at ISAAC EIcH.
BERG'S. sero2,Iw
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PLUsHEs. VELvErs. SATrINs, SILKS and
suitable trimmings OF all shades at |. EIcH.
BERGs. seno9.Iw
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DIVINE OF CARDUl" makes rosy
checks and clear complications.
For sale by X. s. Leadbeater & Bro
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FLY FANS at SO King. corner of ROYAL A.,
~ TO close cut, We will cell the remainder Of
with improvements at 81 each-FIy Trsns a.
cost. Call and sea fo 90
auglO }. T. CREIGHTON Il SON
GMALL HANS. Hams from IN In lho ..oh
~ of choice quality received to dsy bv
sepo ). q, AILBURN.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-09-23

AT STAFFORD COURT HOUSE ou Wednes
day there was very large crowd. COL VIM.
Il. Cameron, rerubl;cau-res6luster candidate
TOR Governor WAS present, but stated thai
owing to The great grief petvsdiug the country
on account OF the death of President Garfield,
he did not think it was time for political dis
customs and he therefore declined TO speak. A
public meeting OF the cilizsns irrespective Of
parry, was then held, and suitable resolutions
Of sympathy and sorrow at the death of The
President were adopted.
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lCOMMUNlCATED.
Tee Ration Lives.

Who kno1s the ssdDess tf this peoples hcarlf
Who hoars tho tbrobbiDg whispers Of It's bea
Who aoea these slcriousIy grost tears stsr'?
And pour, and wash sweet liberly's feet?
But God, who forever regns 5urr:1ne,
And ever to the ba.icn mc,c1 gives;
TO Us and to sill 10 this dire extreme,
Urshaken faith. that still the patton lives.
Hickory.
Prince WILLIAM Co.. Sept. 22l, 1881.
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Discussion Mt Hanover Courthouse

Correspondence OF tho Alexandra Glz1tte |
IlEWLETr's VA, Sep. 2l.--An unusually
!aigs crowd assembled ht tho Courthouse to day
Ia hear lisHu 'sion between Captains Mckin-
nty and BAR. The furmer Is al eff 10 epe: oh
Of one hour. followed Ly Tho latter. and each
r. i4incd in twenty niGute spetchts Captain
Mckinney is sMoothe, pleasant, sreumenta'
tive. AMI ccoasi oray eloquent speaker His
theme to day was principally tho tcudoocies of
tho principles Of reaCi asterism. BY lair log.
lcal deduction. he demonstrated. that whether
50 dcsigucd or not, is oil ieciVo point was com.
munlsm. His speech WAS tttntively heard,
md enthusiastically npplandcd. O.plan Blair
is lllcnt, but harsh ard Iabcrous speaker,
With none OF tho gracts or flowers of oratory.
Ito pursu:S 90 systems, usts no arguments, but
DEAL ia random charges ADD assertions, mary
OF which were totally destitute Of icuodalon.
gentleman pretcht ohsraclcriz,d him as %
habt organ ground by o Monkey" Thtr, ia
no comparison between tho gentlemen as 10
ability CT orstotical powrr-UapSaiu NJ. being
so far superior To his opponent IN these resptc e,
Mr. Herbert V. Graves. who claims TO DO tho
grandfather OF readlustoiism 10 Virgois i'm
sell former soslswae AID radical, aud now
reacjlslcr. announced himself as candidate
Tor tho legislature, 10 opposition to MIR. Card
We'll, who wss to day nominated by tho conscr-
natives.
judging from the demonstration in tho meet
lng. and from what L could g,ther from dis.
crcet mon from all paris Of the couoty. would
say that Tho conservative oIuso is nowhere safer
than in HANOVER.
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a DAY OF HUMILIATION AND PRAYER-A
PROCLAMATION w herena 10 His insctutabls
wisdom it has pleased God to remove from us
tho ilusrlCul head of the nation, janis A.
Garfield, lsto President CT the Uoited States,
and whereas it ia fitting That tho deep erisf
which ills all hoarts should manifest itsot with
one accord toward tho thrGns OF in6uio grace,
aud TINT We should bow before the Almighty
and seek from Him that CONSOLATION in our I'll %
ton anu that Sanctilication of cur loss which
Lilo is abe aud wiling 10 vouohsale. now, there.
fore, 10 obedielo, to sacred duty and 10 accord.
anc, with tho desire OF the people. |, Chester
A. Arthur, President OF tho Uotod States of
America, do hereby appoint Monday next, tho
26h day Of September, % which day tho re- =
mains Of our huuored and b; We'd doad will be
consigned to their last resting place on e.rtb,
to be observed througb bout the Uoited Ststes az
a day OF humiliation and mourning, and | ear
uesl9 recommend all the people to assemble 90
thst day in their respective places of divine
worship, there TO render alike their tribute OF
soIr0wIul submission 10 tho will of Almighty
Goi md Of reverence, and love for tho memory
aud charac:cr OF our lac Chief Masisrste. In
wlipess whereof | have herruDto got my hand
and c,uRed tho seal Of tho lIoised States 10 be
Affixed
Dono o! tho city of Washington, d. G., The
22d day OF September, 10 the year OF our Lord
1851. and of the independence of the United
Sia:cs the ono hundred aud sixth.
CHESTER A. ARTHUR.
BY tho President.
JAMES G. BLAINE, Secretary Ct Slate,
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DREHCH and MUZZLE LOADING GUNS
- q! S. King. corner of Royal streets Alex
andris, Va, will be sold 81 reduced pricee, to
make room tor new stock. CSl aud sac.
sepl0 j. r. CREIGHTON SON
THOlCE CUT Hay, bsled or loose, in
~ quantities TO suit, for sale by
CHAS. s. TAYLOR, Jr.,
SEPT No. % King street,
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WYE have the agency for this market of the
w celebrated FOSTER KID GLOVES and
have received the fall shades.
seL9 j. E. TACKETT.
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BRAIDED WIRE PICTURE CORD of a..
- sorted sizss, for sale 1T SO King st,, corner
OF Royal wholesale and retail.
sept j. 7. CREIGHTON s. SON
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-07-08
Endurance in the water.

Men and animals are able to sustain
themselves for long distances in the
water, and would do so much oftcner
were they not incapacitatcd, in regard
of the former at least, by sheer ter
ror, rs well as complete ignorance of
their real powers. Webb's wonderful
endurance will never he forgotten.
But there are other instances only less
remarkable. Some years since the
second mate of ship fell overheard
while in the act of listing sail. 1t
was blowing fresh the time was night
and the place some miles ont in the
stormy German ocean. The hardy fell
low nevertheless managed to gain the
English coast. Brock, with dozen
other pilots, was plying for fares by
Yarmouth ; and, as the n-shcet was
Delayed, Il sudden puff of wind upset
the boat, when presently all persisted
except Brock himself, who, from four
in the afternoon of an October evening
to one the next morning, swan l3
miles before he was able to hail yes
sci mt anchor i'll the Ofling. Animals
themselves are capable of swimming
immense distances, although unable to
rest by the way. A dog recently swan
30 miles i'll America in order to rejoin
his master. A mule and dog washed
overheard during gale in the bay of
Biscay have been known to make their
way to shore. A dog swan ashore
with letter in his mouth mt the Cape
of Good Hope. The crew of the ship
to which the dog belonged all pcrished,
which they need not have done had
they only venturcd to tread water as
the dog did. AS Il certain ship was
labOring heavily in the trough of the
sea, it was found needful, in order to
Tighten the vessel, to throw some troop
horses overheard, which had been tax
en- i'll ut COrunna. The poor things,
my informant, Il staff surgeon, told me,
when they found themselves aban-
dOncd, faced round and swan for miles
after the vessel. A man on the east
coast of Lincolnshire saved quite a
number of lives by swimming out ON
horseback to vessels in distress. He
commonly rode an old gray mare, but
when the mare was not to hand, he
took the first horse that offered Hen
ry MacCOrman i'll Popular Science
Monthly for July.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-07-08
No Time TO Read.

The woman who "has no time to
read" generally has no inclination to
do so. The true bOOk-lOvcr will make
time. | once knew one of these wO-
men who never take book into their
hands because they are too busy. She
spent days in ruffling, tucking and en-
brOidering, and had no spare moments
in which to inform herself of the most
ordinary topics of the day. / doubt if
she knew how some of the most COM
mon words were spelled, Judging from
her pronunciation of them. In speak
ing of her lace curtains she invariably
called them "curtings )" and once we
asked her if she intended to remain in
the city through the summer and she
replied, Certainly not; we shall go
to the mOuntings in August" She had
very fine taste in the matter of dress,
and was called every stylish :" but if
she had spent part of the time in read
ing and study which she had devoted
to dress, what different influence she
might have exerted upon her children,
as well as upon the society III which
she moved. But the mistaken woman
thought it of more Importance to adorn
the person than To improve the mind.
Cultivate a habit of reading if you
have it not. We all need a little men
tai food daily. We need it as we need
air, sunshine, sleep and food. How re
freshing to he able to lose ourselves,
even for short time, in the page be
fore us. Let "A volume lay beside your
work basket, and if you have five min
utes to spare improve them 10y a peep
at its contents.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-07-08
VOLUME 44---NUMBER 2293.

mons parlOr, and he, coming in, lit the
gas, and stood twinkling his eyes at us
maliciously.
$50 it's over he said, with his fiend-
ish chuckle. "She's yours now for
the $4,000. I'm going to hand it over
Tonight. | shall sleep better"
l blushed with shame. "Not yet, .
said don't talk of money yet"
NO" said Simon. "But | will,
though I've got it here And he un-
locked a sideboard which stood in the
room and brought ont small roll done
up oddly enough in brown paper.
''There it is" said he, "there it is
Look at it count it. Five thousand,
plump. Count it !"
lie fairly grinned us he spoke. She
smiled. | saw something i'll his laugh
that made me shudder. Without IL
word more ] walked to the table, open
ed the parcel and spread out the notes.
There was f5,O0 worth of them, read
ing the value on their faces hut they
were the notes of the Diddleton &
Bilkem Bank, which had failed years
ago &! had been deceived. The girl
had married was pennilesS
''lmpOstOr ~ | yelled. Old Simon
answered with roar of laughter.
Good joke" he said. 81 have done
what have promised. You've got the
f5,OOO | didn't tell you what it was
in. OF course such money is of no use
to you but | can't help that. Ha,
ha ~
| think | should have given him Il
blow, but Just then heard Margaret
scream. | looked at her. | saw, as
had known before, that she had no
hand in the deception. saw an awful
look i'll her eye, IA doubt of my love
trembling on her lip. | saw her rise
and falter on her poor feet and stretch
her arms toward me. | heard her cry,
''ThOmas | did not know :" and then
oh, thank God for it l'-the love |
had never felt before rushed into my
heart-a great tall-conquering love.
ran to her. took her in my arms
| gave her the first kiss of passionate
and newborn love, and said "Mar-
garet, try and bear poverty with me,
for love you better than my SOUL
And all Margaet's moncy-the mon
ey that faded before me like fairy gold
could never have given me half the
JOY that the wealth of love given to
and received from her gave me upon
my bridal day, gave me in all the first
struggling years of welded life, and
will give me, God grant it, until the
end
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-07-08

ble that the same object can be dis
tlnctly seen with both eyes. Now, by
binding the eye in the direction in
which it was intended, in its construc-
ton, that it should see, it is forced TO
Use an oblique vision, as if we should
cover the front of our optics and be
compelled to see only by the corners
of our eyes. This unnatural and con-
strained use of the eye must, to a
greater or less extent, impair vision, if
not entirely destroy it. The object for
which the blind bride is used is not
accomplished by it. A horse is more
readily frightened when he cannot see
the object of his dread than if he could
have IL fair view of it. But it is sur
prising to observe with what tenacity
men hold on to an absurd and cruel
practice when moments reflection
should teach them better. Nineteen
out of every twenty horses you see in
harness have blind brides on, and if
you ask the owner to explain its bene-
fits, or why he uses it, he will be ut
terly unable to give rational answer.
We are not surprised that the draught
horses are subject to diseased eyes
we wonder that they are not all blind.
- Indiana Farmer.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-07-08
He Couldn't Get Away.

''No, am not one of the veterans of
the war;" he slowly replied to the in
quiry, "but it is not my fault. want
ed to be there, but something held me
back"
"That was too bad"
eyes, it was. When the war broke
out | offered to go, but was in Jail on
a six months sentence and they
wouldn't take me. was innocent of
course, but as | was in Jail the recruit
ing officer had to refuse me. Lands
but how did ache to get down at the
front and wade in gore ~
"And when you got out of jailP"
''Ges, | got out, but just then my
mother died. was on my way to en-
list when she died, and of course that
altered my plans. No one knows how
badly | wanted To be down there and
wade around in blood and glory"
'Well, you didn't have to mourn all
through the war did you ?"
ooh, no. Bless your soul, but |
only mourncd for 30 days, and then |
started out to enlist in the artillery.
was just about to write down my
name when constable arrested me for
breach of promise, and it was four
months before got through with the
suit. All sir, but if you only knew
how | suffered at being held back
when others were winning glory on
the field of carnage you would pity
me :"
''But the suit was finally decided ?"
eyes, finally, and within an hour
after the jury brought in verdict |
started for Toledo to enlist in the
cavalry"
"And you enlisted ?"
"Almost. ! was being examined by
the doctor when | got dispatch that
the old man had tumblcd into the well,
and of course | had to go home. !
hadn't got the undertaken paid before
lightning struck the barn. Then some
one set fire to the cheese factory, and
soon after that had three ribs broken
and was laid up for a year. When |
finally did get around to enlist the
doctor rejected me because was color
blind, near-sighted, lame and deaf. |
tell you, sir, when think of the glory
lost and the gore | didn't shed it
breaks me right down and don't even
care for soda water. Hear the band
See the old vets and the cX-prisOners
Hang my hat, but why wasn't ! born
with legs long enough to kick myself
over into Canada Detroit Free
Press
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-07-08

A quaint old army officer, III de
scribing a new kind of gun which he
had invented, said "Many kinds of
Orgcancc rccurls backwOrd. But my
Orgeance rccurls, if anything, n Leetie
1orrid."
There is certain Galveston family
that do not attend church as regu
larly as they should, but they send the
oldest boy every Sunday, to keep up
appearances. Last Sunday the head
of the family said 500 dress yourself,
boy it's time for you to go to church"
81 would like to know responded the
boy, sulkiIy, "why am the only one
in the family who has got to be relig
iOns ?'' "Bccause you need it most, you
scoundrel-that'sw why :" thundered the
stern parent, feeling for the young
martyrs hair.
A rather verdant young man, con
ceited and censoriOus, while talking to
a young lady at Il party, pointed tow
ard "a couple that he supposed to be in
an adjoining room, and said ''Jnst
look at that cOnceited young prig !
Isn't it perfectly absurd for such boys
to 90 into society ?" "Why," eXclaim-
ed his companion, "that isn't door /;
it's "A mirror"
Useless timber-rc-pine The scream
for a girl-eye- We would like
little lemonade. Hemp is food
for canaries, but Jail birds don't seem
to like it. What kind of arrows are
carried in "A moonbeam's guiyer 7
''Lct's go and dynamite" said hun
CRY nihilist to another on bomb
| detroit Chaff.
Ben. Franklin's mOther-in-law hest
tated about permitting her daughter to
marry printer, as there were already
two printing Offices in the United
| States, and she was uncertain whether
| the country would support third.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-07-08
The Blind Bride.

We know not who invented this in
strument of horse torture, but we
know he did not understand the anat-
omy and physiology of a horse. HUI
man vision is binocular-that is, we
see the same object with both our eyes
and so adjust the axis of vision that
the object appears single though seen
with two eyes. But the eyes of the
horse are placed on the sides of the
head, and the axis of each eye is nearly
at right angles with the longitudinal
line of the body, so that it is impossi-
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-07-08
A Village Of TcrrOrS.

A Dctroitcr who had business in Il
village i'll Washtenaw county drove
out there III buggy, and of course
went to the inn for his dinner. The
landlord made no inquiries until after
the meal was eaten and paid for, and
and he then found opportunity to in
quirc
"Wcrc you going out to Squire
Browns place y
'.\o."
IL didn't know but you were light
ming man, and was going to say
that the Squire has threatened to shoot
the next one on sight. We don't 90
much on them fellows around here,
and Pm glad You are somebody else.
Maybe You are going over to Judge
llardy's to sell him some fruit trees for
fall setting ~
"No.r
"Well, that's lucky. Only yesterday
the Judge was rcmarking to me that
| the next fIuit-trec agent who entered
| his gate would want Il coffin. Fact is
| | myself have got to do some kicking
to pay for being swindled on grape
vines. You are not patent-right
man, ell -
"NO.r
''Well, that's narrow escape fol
you. We've been swindled here OF
hay forks, cultivatOrs, gates, pumps
churns and a dozen other things, anC
I'm keeping sixteen bad eggs for lis,
when the next patent RICHTER show,
his face in this town. Perhaps yol
are a lecturer ~
"Oh. no"
"Wcll, you haven't lost anything
We never turn out very strong here t,
IA lecture. The last man who strucl
us lecturcd on Our Currency bu
didn't take in enough of it to pay m
for his supper. Iou are not a book
carvasscr p
..\o.r
That's another escape. View
been laid out here so often that if al
agent should offer to sell 500 Bibl
for fifty cents we'd suspect trick t
beat us. Strikes me now that you ma
bc lawyer"
NO"
Good 'nuff. Last one who settle,
here had to leave town at midnight
and we don't want any more. Say
what are you, anyway p
"A politician replied the DetroitcI
"A politician Then git Fo
Heavens sake don't stand aroun,
here if you value your life We'v
just impeached our pound-master fo
emhezzling the public money, and tn
excitement is so intense that the Dem
Ocrats will ride you on rail or TIA
Republicans duck you in the water
trough. Git right up and scoot ~
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-07-08
st. Johnsbury Post Office.

ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF MAILS.
Boston and intermediate offices. Arrive AIS u
Close 9:iO and 500 a IN.
Boston through mail. Arrive 2l7 a M. Close
500 m.
New York and the West. Arrive 2:I7 and Hoo
M, and i:15 p Close $50 and 800 n m and 500
y m.
Close Ais y III.
Portland and the East. Arrive 300 p IN. Close
$3.50 a m.
Swanton and intermediate Offices Arrive IO:l5
a m. Close Ais pm.
Waterford. Arrive 500 m. Close 400 pm.
North Danvile. Arrive 9;30 a m. Close 1O:OO
a
West Concord and East st. Johnsbury. Arrive
900 Close Ais p IN.
CHAS p. CARPENTER I'd, p. NJ
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-07-08
Lost, n Boy.

lie went frUm the old home hearthstone
Only two yeaIs ago,
a laughing, rollicking fellow,
1t would do YOU good To know
Since then we have not seen him,
And We say, with a nameless pain,
The boy that We knew and loved 50
We shall never see again.
One bearing the name we gave him
Comes home to ms to-day,
But this is not the dear fellow
We kissed and sent away.
Tall the man he calls father,
With a mans look in his face,
Is he who takes by the hearthstone
The lost boys olden place.
We miss the laugh that made music
Wherever the lost boy went;
This man has a smile most winsome,
His eyes have grave intent.
We know he is thinking and planning
His way in the world of men,
And we cannot help hut love him,
But we long for our boy again.
We are proud of this manly fellow
Who comes to take his place
With hints of the vanished boyhood
In his earnest thoughtful face;
And yet comes back the longing
For the boy we must hcnceforth miss,
Whom we sent away from the hearthstone
Forever with kiss.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-07-08

No prettier compliment can he given
than that which comes from the warm
heart and quick wit of the true Hi
bcrnian. Mike was laying pavement
brick in the hot sun, and the lady OF
the house mixed mp nice, cool drink
and carried it out tO quench his thirst.
After long-drawn "swig," he wiped
his mouth ON his sleeve and said
''le1l he in heaven siyin years before
the divil II find it OUT New Haven
Register.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-07-08
July 9. 1857.

to report quarterly, addressed the fol-
lowing official communication to the
President:
July Q, 1857.
Mr.. James Buchanan, President of the
United States:
Dear Sir: Bcin required by the in
structiOns of the Post Office to report
quarterly, know herewith foolfil that
pleasin duty by reportin az follows.
The harvestin has been goin on peerty,
and most of the nabOrs have got their
cuttin dun. Wheat is hardly n average
crop; OF rOlcn land corn is yallcrish,
and won't turn ont more than ten or
fifteen bushels to the aker. The health
of the community is only tolerable, and
chOlery has broke out about and one
half miles from here. There is pow
erful awakening on the subject of re-
ligion in the falls nabOrhOod, and many
sOals are bein made to know their sins
forgiven. Miss Nancy Smith, mere
nabOr, had twins day before yesterday.
One of them is supposed to be seven
mOnther, "A poor, scraggy thing, and
wont live half its days. This is about
awl have to report the present quar-
ter. Give my respects to Mrs. Buehan
an, and subscribe myself yours truly,
u NJ at - FuIton Cn Ill