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Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1881-05-07
LARGE OR SMALL PARTIES.


The time cf the year f. % band when street
cleaning D., specially appropriate. The citizens
OF the town are. tleref rc. Notified that they
must NOT i>recard the ordinance, OF the c0rpO-
ration concerning tlc depo~.uagofh filth of any
kind upon the streets cor alleys of the own
Streets, alleys Stable outhorses. pig-styeS, De.
should receive immediate attention and be
c.canscd-imed If c>sary-andk kept in good
condition for the preservation ut the health of
the community and The reputation Of the town
for clcanliuc>>-which Is gollirsss
Horses aud hogs must NOT be permitted 90 run
az large.
Those who rave becn heretofore notified con-
corning the laying Of rev or repairing of old
p2yements should make speedy preparation for
compliance with notice served.
An who ofeudagainstt the ordinances OF good
order OF Charie-town Will Doe fined.
ESRON SLIFER.
Nav r.. lsS1-1t. Mayor.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1881-05-07
EVERYllCHLNE GU1R1NTEED TO
FULFILL THE TERMS or TIE
WiRRINTE.

In offering the above Machines to the Far
mcrs Of Jefferson and Clarke Counties, we wish
to say that last season the demand for them
was SO great that the Manufacturers were not
able to fn orders. and we only succeeded i'm
securing six fer our trade. Thcsesix machines
however we sold to gentlemen OF large expert
cncc in The use Of agricultural machinery in
jefferson, Clarke and Warren Counties. twill
bc seen below Toy letters from these gentlemen
that every machine gave entire satisfaction,
performing ia every case all ,hat was claimed
for them and more.
We Will send by mail to every farmer in JEFF
r,rson County o Circular fully descriptive of
,his Justly celebrated machine.
Prices and terms stated upon apa'i,ation.-
send orIcrcarly a, only a limited aumaerw win
le ordered. Respectfully,
LIPPIrT 600.
Charic-,owu,
Ncs; Virginia.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1881-05-07
Lagrange. Warren County. Va

April rs, 1881.
Me>srs. Lirpitt Go. -ln response to your
INQUIRIES how the W. \. Wood Binder that ]
purchased of YOU last harvest worked, / would
say it worked 20 my entire satisfaction. cutting
from y To - acres per day, with easy draught
There were several of our best farmers in my
field that had seen en- Osburn and Mccormick
work the same day. All agreed that the ".
A. Wood Irvine Binder was the easiest draugh'
and did the work more completely than the
Others. making nl bundle without the use Of
q treddlc was acomplete success Overt the others.
Its durability was tested 10 my entire satis-1c-
ton Respectfully yours,
s.. ASUBY.
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norrrriIle. -. -. -

Berryville. Feb. -,t'. ISL
Mcs-rs. As. Lippitt 6 Coz
Gentlemen 80 have y0ur lcttera asking how
/ like the Wood Binder. 1 think 10 isthc best
machine ever gotten oar Cor the farmer. and
win save lim more troui1e in Dbl, house tlan
any other. and win save him more money uhe
takes care of &c.. had pro trouble with m.ne
rt afL. Boz break to sf0f one more than fifteen
minutes. Though uy wheat was badly beaten
down hy O. hail-turm. IL focF 20 40 cica1- 10
hardly paid 90 h~or,-raF after H. No- one
-hcaf came oncn. III stacks better thln hand
bound grain. I'D the shclve> being the same
,izc and no heads in the butts. Yours,
s. MYERS.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1881-05-07
WINCHESTER TTElIS.

From the N.l-s.
Ell. Grim severed al artery In his wrist
with Ii Ratchet last week.
Mr.. nJ 1lrs. IL. IT. Meredith. of Boston
.r, ia town VISITING Mrs. james Meredith.
S.v-rql l,vs sine. Mrs AIlbaIa Arnold.
.-.i I.l. ui.b N;., c,U. I'm the fire
-n.-,.g .rrL .svsrs i@o;uries tbat her
..n.il.r.d o. Jng.tfli
~. .ri
Al. '' gus
ior the Nar,iu~nug * Potomac Railroad
Extension To- Manchester.
Nr. seth Vt. Undertake, who recently
purchased property 80 the double tollg1tc,
hear Whit. Posi- Clarke county. has also
purchases uf Sir. o.. 4. Bartlett - acres of
land. lying contiguous. at $50 gan acre.
Tin. i.... Memorial Association has,
-.1 t,--r-l Mis-. MINI. Russell th,
-r.. .--,.9r-s a.. n P,us. Naw York
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nr. mi -3-0o. vtr,r.h In II
CHI M p A.it-- p.r-;~,~. .(lJ
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Al efo"a
, 81,
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Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1881-05-07

The MeHolist suggests Postmaster Gener-
aI James FOR President. An excellent
choicc-,vcrc there uo Democrats Of equal
honor ana stlitv.
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OLD ia ILY JOURNAL.
COmnmissioMers OF Election.

MAY Term, 1881, OF the County Court.
THE Court appoints the following named
l Commissioners 10 Superintend the election
of School Commissioners at the different places
of voting in this County, on the 18th day OF
this month, May 1881:
CHARLEsTOWN DISTRICT.
Charlestown, at the Court-House.
George II. Flag. \. stump, W. Lucas Dali
garn.
Il Wiltshire's school House,
Davenport Wiltshire. D. Gageby, Richard D.
Rutherford.
OsBURN DISTRICT.
At Kabletown,
George Harris, Caleb Burns, james NJ John
ston.
At Summit Point,
r.. Y. shirley, y. II. Willis, L. b. Haincs.
MIDDLEwAY DISTRICT.
At Middleway,
John C. Shirley Richard w. Kearns, Thos.
u. Macoushtry.
At School House near Lectown,
George d. Wiltshire Ephraiin Caster, Daniel
Getzendanner.
POTOMAC DISTRICT.
At ShephcrdStown,
+. G.. W. Herr, John K%erlinger, John /.
Richard.
AZ Browns Shop,
J. w. Hendricks, James r. Os6ourn, J. r
Comfy
SHEPHERD DISTRICT.
A. Sicpherlstown,
William J. Knott, George F.. Beltzhooyer,
George W. Chase.
IT Duficld's.
James ". Glenn, Charles J.. BaInhart, gohn
McGarry.
BOLIVAR DISTRICT.
Al Bolivar.
Joshua Cavalier, William. z. Baden, James y.
Smailwood.
st IIalltoWn,
Warner T. Rorkcnbaugn, George Koouce,
". J. Rider.
HARPER'S FERRY DISTRICT,
At llarpcr's Ferry,
J.. A. Montague, George ". Green, James
Conway.
Mauuing's School House c%founta;n)
George W. Bryant, john " McGraw. john
". Grove.
4 cory-Testc,
r. A. MOORE. Clerk.
Ma. .. 1881.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1881-05-07

ENERNTUING iu lho line of Garlou J,cu-
L sis OPP Garden Seeds may bcoAl.Iaej of U.S..
Nav e. -. DUKE GALIAIER.
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Nay81
The Osceola times., 1881-12-10
Anecdotes About Cats.

A cat that belonged to coachman
had very curious way OF bring up her
kittens. Soon after her first family was
born, she disappeared one morning with
all the little things, and could not be
seen anywhere. In the evening she
came in lor food, but as soon as she bad
had enough, ran away again. | think L.
was the next morning that one OF the
kittens was found lying under a large
tree in the drive, and it was then dis
covered that the mother had taken her
favorite children up to where Two
branches, Separating, tormel a kind Of
nest for them, leaving the one poor little
thing that she did not care for down
below TO shift for himself. Strange TO
say, she and the rest of the family re.
mained safely up III the tree until they
were old enough to run about, when she
got them all down again. i do not res
member whether the little casta way was
ever taken into favor and allowed to
share his brothers airy home, but
think not. She found this plan succeed
ed so well with her first set OF kittens,
that she followed it with all the others
A rather strange thing once happened
to an ugly sandy.colored cat that lived
chiefly in the stables. The coachman
found her one morning in a most pitiiul
state, hopping about on three legs, with
the fourth hpnrirg down quite linn,
and apparently useless. He took her
up, and after examining it, felt quite
sure thar 1t was broken; and calling the
gardener, asked his opinion, which was
the same. They we're both very sorry
for the poor creature, and decided that
she had better be killed. rs she seemed
TO be in great pain, and would most
likely never get better. Just then a
farmer passed, and wanted to know upon
what they were holding such give
discussion. They told him, and after
feeling the paw very carefully, he came
TO the same conclusion about the in
jury. "But," said be, "you need not kill
moor pussy; will try and cure her"
30 he took her into the kitchen. and cut
some little wooden splints. While he
held her quiet, the housekeeper bound
the leg carefully up between the splints
with tape, which was then securely
sewcd, and poor pussy was put to bed,
with a great deal of petting and plenty
of food. About two hours later she was
found waking about firmly on her four
legs, with no signs OF the bandage that
bad been on her paw, and was never
seen to limp again.
The Osceola times., 1881-12-10
Floating Down the 20.

mtInolIr bI
The gentlemen all played some instru-
ment. There were three violins, one
violihcello, two oSoes, horn and a
guitar. / alone was good tor nothing,
and was ashamed OF it; but in order to
make up for my uselessness | employed
myself two hours day in putting into
rhyme, good or bad, the incidents and
amusements of the preceding day. This
nonsense gave great pleasure to my COM
panions, and was, after coffee, our usual
diversion. Their favorite occupation
was music. As evening began to fall
they collected upon the roof of their NOV
ing habitation, and made the air re-
sound with harmonious concerts, taking
the parts of the nymphs and shepherds
of that river. Will you say, perhaps,
my dear reader, that my story is weari-
some? 1t may be so; but this is how
our serenade was described in my verses.
And the fact is. that the banks Of the
Po, called by Italian poets the king OF
rivers, were crowded by the inhabitants
of the neighborhood, who thronged af-
ter us TO listen, and throwing their hats
in the air and waving their handker-
chiefs, expressed their pleasure as well
as tneir PRAISE we atriNcu NJ NieinVha
about 7 in the evening. A rumor had
gone before us that we were to stop
there, and the banks were covered with
people waiting for us. When we dis
embarked we were received with trans
ports of joy and were conducted to
superb house between the town and the
country, where concert was given and
many musicians of the country added to
the entertainment. There was a great
supper; we danced all night and return
ed to our boat with the rising of the sun.
The same scene was repeated at piacenza,
at La Stellada and La Bottrighe, in the
house of the Maichesse Tassoni, and in
this way, with laughter and games and
pa shines Of all kind, we arrived at
Chiozza, where had to separate from
the most amiable and interesting society
in the world.
The Osceola times., 1881-12-10
Lord Lorne's Costly Magazine.
Nye's boomerang


"Would you ike TO buy that lIarper's
Magazine" asked the soh-yDiced and
umid ptanultcr on the oast-bluud
Union Pacific train the other DAY 10 a
middle-8g passenger VIII. was looking
over the October Harper" anu reading
judge GOodwin's article on the Mormon
situation.
NO" replied the middle.ag,d party.
at IL my own magazine and therefore |
do not care 10 buv It,"
Excuse me-" said the poor little
frightened peanutter, while the tears
came into bis eyes. | fear you want TO
cheat poor orphan boy out OF his books.
Please pay me, sir, or let me have the
magazine back again. All, sir, you would
not rob me Of my goods"
NO" said 'he stern stranger, 81 do
not wish to rob you OF your book, my
boy, but | bought this on the Utah
Northern road aud paid for it. When !
went into the eating house for breakfast
,he train butcher took it out Of my seat
and sold it to me again in the after
noon.
Il was in the middle of an article
when we got TO the dinner station, so
turned down the leaf and left 1t in my
seat again. | had to buy it once more.
Now the magazine has cost me " and
you want me 10 give it to you so you can
sell it through Nebraska, no doubt, No,
my poor little orphan lad, You may go
and soak your head for an hour or two,
and bathe your tear-bedimmed eyes, but
| cannot give up my two-dollar maga-
zine.
"Peddle out your bead moccasins, made
by the hostile Indians of Chicago. sell
out your nice eating apples at S27 bar.
rel, With two prize worms in each and
every apple, but do not disturb me
while | read my expensive periods
| Gals.
Il will not bother you while you sell
your fancy mixed candies that have been
running back since 80. / will not in,
terftre with you while you sell your In
dian curiositIes made in Connecticut.
60 shead and make all the money you
can, but give me chance to peruse this
article without the regular assessment"
The hurt and grleved orphan boy went
10 Il e sleeping-car conductor and asked
him who that sarcastic old cuss over yon-
der might be, and the conductor said 1t
was the Marquis Of Lcrne.
I And II vas too,
The Osceola times., 1881-12-10
THE MALARIANS.
tJeckport Iournai.l

[Leckport Journal
Ia the gossanner garbs OF green,
At the dawn OF every day,
Foul water sprites are seen
TO rise from the spume unclean
OF the Eie, above the locks
Aud below and they fly away
As foul birds fly, IN fiocks.
To the east and west they nv,
To the north and 10 the south:
And the little babies that lie
In their cradles ga pand die
Because they have breatbei the breath
OF kiss from the poisoned mouth
OF one of these nympbs OF death /!
And the bravest Of our braves,
Our maidcDs, the pure and fair,
Slip into their hurried graves
From the slime OF the putrid waves
Where the glucose demons make
For themselves loathsome lair,
While their victims burn or shake.
Whence came, AID where do you 90,
o mines Of the halelul breath
I'VE are natives Of Buffalo,
Where the Hamburg breezes blow;
And we go TO the weary and sad
At the word of our captain, Death,
And they nevermore are glad.
ave kindle flame in mems veins;
We dance on the valves Of their hearts;
We troop through the cells of their brain
Fill In quiveing, shivering pains,
They yield 10 malarious oris;
And tho lettering reason wanfs,
And the life that was sweet departs '
The Osceola times., 1881-12-10
,iled. he had ,tolen false necklace,

foiled; he had stolen false necklace,
which the baroness had had made in the
Rue de la Paix. Gle has been stealing
from me for years; he has doubtless
forged a false will OF the baron, for
have found the true onel" SAID Rukavlna
Ellz. IL could not unravel the net that
he has thrown over me but for this hap
py thought of tempting him to steal
some false jewels. Had he got the real
ones his story would have been possible.
Now, trust justice is convinced that it
is a liew
A dreadful noise followed this speech
Of the spirited baroness. Neusiedler had
fallen down in fit. Never more would
be drink the yellow-tinted ruster, never
more would he return to the joys OF
crushing the peasantry of Somlyo-of
cheating the baroness. The baroness
had cheated him at lastl Sold sold!
solA! with false pearls and emerald
The Osceola times., 1881-12-10
The Same ExerxMhere.

A monopoly is monopoly the world
over. In Paris gas companies and omhi-
bus lines know the value Of exclusive
privileges, and how to head off rivals,
as well as their fellows in cities which
make fewer pretensions TO civilization
There was a curious proof of these truths
in the treatment Of the Messrs. Siemens'
electrical railway invention, which was
prominent at the great Electrisl Con-
gress. Application was made for the
privilege of giving practical illustration
Of the working of the machine some.
where in the city, and a part of the
Champs Elysee was assigned, but with
the express stipulation that the mscadam
should not be disturbed, or the watering
arrangements interfered with, together
with other conditions which made il i'm
possible to set up the tracks and put the
contrivance in motion. What led TO
these distractions? Simply the influ-
ence of the omnibus company, which
has at present a monopoly # transpor-
tation in the city. 1t is believed, how
ever, that il has no power 70 forbid the
operation of electrical railways, whence
its determination not to have the practi.
cability of such railways made manifest
to the Parisians. The gas company. in
turn, fears the electric light, though il
has the exclusive right to lay under.
ground conduits for purposes Of lighting
because IL anticipates the purchase OF its
franchise by the city, If electricity proves
reliable.
The Osceola times., 1881-12-10
DO Agricultural Fairs PayY
IAmerican Agriculturalist,l


Jake Fnnk seemed to be nettled by
Pastcr Spooner's allusion TO the White
Oaks, and the charcoal business, which
nis son Kier still follows. He said: ~
guess there's more truth than poetry in
what Mr.. Spooner says. The White
Oaks looks Just as it used to when l was
boy, and for the life o. me, | don't see
emmy chance for Improvement. Ye see
the country is rocky, and the sile takes
rs naturally TO white birches, pitch pine,
and scrub oak as a duck does to water.
lfa leller gets livin' ut all, up there,
he's got to git it selling wood and char
coal. Nuthin else pays, and that don't
much If a feller undertakes TO clear
no land it costs more than 1t comes TO.
to git the stones out, so he can plow, and,
if he sows rye or plants corn, the crop
won't pay, without manure, and where's
your manure coming from when ye're
ten m les from the shore and sea weed,
and haven't got anything but charcoal
or wood to buy il with? Ye see, it's up
hill business fer The White Oaks, and its
no use to talk about the fairs doing the
White Oakers emmy good. Fact is, they
don't 90 much and It's just as well as if
they did. And It amt much better here
in Hookertown. He knew Deacon
Smith and Squire Bunker and them
folks that had money plenty raised bet
ter things than they used to, and took
premiums, and they might make II pay,
but he had sent things to the fair for
several years, but never got AIRED cent
for a premium. My wife, Polly, gifts
premiums on butter, bread, and bed
quilts, sometimes, and comes home so
sot up that there's no livin' with her for
u week after the fair. But it don't seem
to be for me to cit anything in that line,
and have pretty much made up my
mind that the fairs are all talk and no
cider' ~
The Osceola times., 1881-12-10
THE FARMERS COLUMN.
Timely suggestions to Our Readers fa
and Near.
American hgriculturist.l

American Agficulturist.l
It is di fiicult to tell just what kind of
weather November will bring. We are
likely TO have hard frosts, some snow
storms. and foretaste Of the coming
winter The fine, mellow weather Of
Octohenoften fingers, and a long Indian
Summer may allow t.,e doing of large
amount OF out door work. All in all.
this is month when much may be ex-
pected in fair weather and foul, and
therefore it is all the more necessary
that every good day be taken advantage
Of, and every bad one be provided
against. Should any oRthe work that
properly belongs to last month.be still
unfinished, such as sowing winter grain,
hushing corr, etc, 1t should be pushed
to CON pletiou at once. The wheat that
is sowm in early November often does
well, though late sowing has nothing IN
itself to recummend it. Rye may be
sown so late, that there is only time, be
fore the freezing weather sets in, for the
plant 10 get fair start. Corn-husEing
can he done in the barn at any time,
but it is more pleasan ntsand profitable to
do this work in the field during warm
weather Much grain is threshed III
this month partly because the threshers
we're not earlier available. and the work
now is not SO pressing. Some farmers
suffer from not speaking for the thrash
ers earlier in the season. Thos with
large grain farms may have their own
machine, and thus be independent OF
those that 90 from farm to>farm. Farm
ers with only small amount OF grain,
may DO their own threshing bv hand,
and thus make good use-ot stormy days.
The importance of planninEfor work
for days whenthe help mast be indoors
should be morefullyappreciated. There
are many thines.about farm that may
then be done indoors with great ad-
vantage. There are toossto be mended,
painted, and put in good trim for the
time when they will bqneeded; harness.
es to be cleaned ard Sied; grain to be
famed; wood to betsplit and many 9TH
er Jobs that can be doneas well when it
rains, as during the brightest sunshine.
The Osceola times., 1881-12-10

THE meanest man in the world lives
IN Burlington. While deaf, dumb, and
blind hand organist was sleeping on the
postoffice corner, the wretch stole his
instrument and substituted new tangled
churn therefor; and when the organist
awoke he seized the handles Of the
churn and ground away for dear life,
and when the shades of night were
falling fast" that meanest man in she
world came around, took his churn, re.
stored the organ to its owner, and carried
home four pounds of creamery butter
~ j. EnferDrize
The Osceola times., 1881-12-10

WE had our right ear In ciose proxim.
ity to a keyhole the other afternoon, and
heard the following from The lips of one
of trio of uptown society: Mother
went to missionary meeting the other
night and father and | sat ~ waiting for
her until we got too sleepy to wait any
longer. We went off to bed, and mother
came home with an old widower Do
you know, girls if il had been me in.
stead Of mother, in company with that
old bald-head, mother would have lust
tore round wild, and mauled me good
EUdnsrdle Args
The Osceola times., 1881-12-10
A Confederate Bond.
n. O. Democrat.


The recent rise in Confederate bonds
has caused quite an excitement through
cut the South, where many of these
bonds are held. They were kept more
as relics OF loved and lost cause than
from any hope of gain, but enough of
them are in the possession of individu-
ais to realize quite sum OF money at the
present rates. Having been kindly
loaned one of these bonds, by a gentle
man who had one, and perhaps more,
the Democrat publishes the text Of it as a
matter of interest, and also for the pur-
pose Of enabling anyone having some
of the bonds to identify them by com
parison. The following is the wording
of the bond:
No. 7,4O3. First Series.
CONFEDERATE STATES or AMERICA.
Loan Authorized BY section of Feb
18th, 1854, Act Of Congress.
On the first day of July, 1894, the Con-
federate States OF Ameyica will pay to
the bearer of this bond, at the seat of
government, or at such place of deposit
az may be appointed by the Secretary Of
the Treasury, the sum Of $1,000, with
interest thereon from this at the rate of
6 per cent per annum, payable semi.
annually on the first days of January
and July in each year.
The Confederate States have, by an
act approved February /, 1864, enacted
that the principal and interest whereof
shall be free from taxation, and for the
payment Of interest thereon, the entire
net receipts of any export duty there
after laid on the value of all cotton
tobacco and naval stores, which shall be
exported from the confederate States,
and the net proceeds of the import du-
ties now laid on so much thereof, as
may be necessary to pay annually the
interest, are hereby specially pledged.
provided that the duties now laid upon
imports. and hereby pledged, shall
hereafter be paid in specie or in sterling
exchange, or in the coupons of said
bonds
In witness whereof the Register of the
Treasury, in pursuance of the said act of
Congress, hath hereunto set his hand
and affixed the seal of the treasury, at
Richmond, this first day of March, 1864.
f. APPERsos,
For Register of the Treafury.
Entered X. B. :. Recorded, J. J. W.
On the left of the bond, at right
angie with the body, of the bond are
the worda, "One thousand dollars
and on the right, "Six per cent per an
num-"
Attached TO the bond are sixty cou.
pons, payable every six months, from
Jan. l, 1865, to July /, 1894 The cou.
pons are as follows: "Loaus under act of
Feb. IL, 1864. The Confederate States
OF America will pay 20 bearer Thirty
Dolisu for six months interest," due
The Osceola times., 1881-12-10

Jan. /, 1885. on bond No. 7,403, for
81 600. Ro. Tyler, register" except the
dates, which Of course are all different
beginning at Jan. l, 1855. and ending
with July |, 1894.