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Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1881-01-14

WEDD4Ne.-It is conceded by all, that
IL was one of the very prettiest weddings
of the season, that took place yesterday at
10 A. NJ, in the Fist Presbyterian church:
where MIR. Jacob Yoat, junior editor OF
the VALLEY Virginian,' was married oy
Rev. VIM. E. Baker, to Mics sMolile 3.
Young. daughter OF f. M. Young, Esq
The attending couples OF this happy PAY
were Mr.. II. M. Bell, Jf., and Miss Dona-
che Yost. Mr.. W. M. Patrick ana MISS
Annie Bell, Mr.. J. Fred Efinger sna MISS
Amala Dreyspring, and Mr.. ). W. eI'u'
and Miss Annie Hendren. The uslefS
,.xere Mr.. VIM. E. Gushing and Mi. VIM.
p. Eskridge. The wedding presents were
numerous, handsome and costly and coz
spicuous among them was Sewers Chin a
hand-painted tea set. MIR. Yost and his
fair and accomplished young bride have
been popular members of Stauuton society
.,.,,d carry with them on their LIES journey
toeether the best wishes of a host Ut warm
friends. They left for Baltimore on the
IL A. Nj. train, yesterday, and expect TO
he absent about week, they will spend
some days ia " ashington also.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1881-01-14
PAINFUL ACCIDENT.-A

PAINFUL ACCIDENT.-Mrs.B b. EiSen-
man. wife of Mr.. L. Essenman, one of our
rom,nenE boot, shoe and leather dealers,
VI with very painful aceidaqt On Mon
day evening last, In going out Of the
,';:ah ,en door into the yard of her resi-
dence one must necessarily step on the
cellar ,oor. On Monday evening about
dark MRS. Eiserman had occasion to go
into the yard, and, in stepping ouE OF her
Kitchen d oor, the cellar doar having Deep
carelessly left open. she fell through the
opening. distance of about SIX 1eet'
striking on her left hip, causing a very
painful though not serious brulse' u was
very fortunate, though wonderful, taaE no
bones we're broken.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1881-01-14

ACARp. TO all who are suffering from the erro
and indiscretions of YOUTH nervous weakness, early
decay loss Of manhood. &C.. will send recipe
that will. cure you, FREE OF CHARGE. This great
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1881-01-14

The harsh aspect Of the autumnal gray, which be-
toksnsthe shady SIDE of life, is easily modified by
the use Of Ayers Hair vigolr lsRl4 #
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1881-01-14
GENERAL MEETING.

Al the reouesy of Stockholders holding more thSre
0f the Captal Stock of the Valley Railroad
and BY order # IT, taeae viii # the
yatin Of fbe Stockholders of the Valley Railroad
Go@pagy ol at The Gopanys Office in the city Of
Staunton, on
Thursday, &hs 3Oth day Of Jdns'ory, 1881,
at 70 O'clock noon. ,,.,>1oo,r coo,+,,
dee24 tom a. MAphoVNs oec w.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1881-01-14

BUSINESS NoTICEs.-Snow and sleigh
ing will not last always, and it is well for
those who will need such things as bug
gy or ph@ton to recollect that Taylor &
Patteson have long room full of them
at Burke's Stables, gotten up in the latest
styles and as neatly finished as can be
done anywaere They are sold cheaper in
the winter, and now is the time to get a
bargain.
Mr.. ]. II. Burdette, who has long been
in the business. is the general agent for
Messrs. Sayers & Scoville, and his expert
ence enables him to buy and sell judicious-
ely. Examine his card elsewhere ard see
what inducements he offers.
Mrs. John A. Hartman, the patentee and
manufacturer of the Virginia Baking
Powders, has received from New Y ork an
offer for the royalty on their manufacture
and sale in that State. She is receiving
orders from New Orleans and other parts
of the South which indicate their grow
ing popularity.
AS will be seen by their card in
another column, an old and well-known
commission house has been merged into
new concern. Mr.. P. B. Sublett, who
has met with much success in his business
here and been for several years past opera
ting branch house in Harrisonburg, has
brought up his Oldest son. Mr.. S. B. Sub
lett. to. the business, and with the first Of
the year taken him siuto partnership with
him The prudence and foresight of the
senior member of the firm stimulated by
the energy and activity of the junior, will
doubtless bring to the house larger meas
ur of success than it has yet attained.
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EDINBURGH MAGAZINE.
P r E M LII M S .

r. E M III M
New subscribers may have the numbers for 1880
and 1881 at the price of one years subscription only
To any subscriber, new or old, We will furnish the
periodicals for 1879 at half price.
All orders to be sent to the publication Office. To
secure premiums apply promptly.
THE LEONARD SCOTT PUBLISHING CO.,
JAM Al Barclay Street, New YORK
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COMMISSIONERS SALE OF
~ VALUABLE REAL ESTATE.
Pursuant to decree of the Circuit Court of Au
1850 IN the chanoery cause Of H. a'Court and wifi
&c..vs Bray &C.. 1 will proceed in front of the
Court House, in Staunton ON 9
Monday, january 24th, 1881,
to sell at public auction the real estate now owned
and occupied by the family OF James L. Bray. This
,sa,aARAjA tract contains ZIG ACRES. is situated
XEsMM&& in Augusta county, on South River,
in good neighborhood, has a Good
vJS3A4S Dwelling House and other improve.
Ea&e61 ments on it, and is in a good stale of
cultivation, with never falling supply of running
water
Information will be furnished any one DESTROYS Of
purchasing application to the undersigned at the
law office Of Hudson & Patrick, in Staunton, or Jas
L. Bray on the premises.
TERMs-Cash in hand sufficient to pay the costs of
suit and expenses Of sale, and the balance on a
credit of one two and three years from day of sale
giving bonds for said deferred installments, with
approved perso, al security, bearing interest from
date and waving the homestead exemption, and the
dec31 ids Commissioner.
VIRG1NIA-1N vACATIoN-In the Clerks Of
Y fee Circuit Court, of Augusta county.
December 29th 1880.
Cyrus 81. Snapp, administrator with the will an
nexed Of Phillip O. Palmer, decd. Plaintiff.
William Foutz and Mary his wife, Henry A. Pal
mer st. Francis c. Roberts and Virginia his
wife, (Emma B. Palmer, Lucy Lucado, Phillip
0. Palmer, Jr., infants) Eliza A. Palmer
Defendants
Tn Chd7acery.
The object of this suit is to obtain judicial con-
struction of the last will and testament Of Philip O.
Palmer, decd and to settle The estate of Philip O.
Palmer. decd, under and in accordance with the
degree of tie court
It appearing by afddavlt filed that st. Francis G.
Roberts and Virginia his wife are non residents of
this State; 1t is ordered that they do appear here
within one month after due publication If this no
tce and do what is necessary to protect their inter
estS. TeSte-,
Sheney q bumgardner, p. a. j. N, RYAN.
decSl AZ Clerk,
VA. A. AND NJ, COLLEGE,
HLACKsBURG, VA
The second Term, Session 1sso-1Ssl, begins
Thursday, February 24th,
ends August 11th Good Of general Study
Virginia Students have tuition free Other charges
very small. Address, " '''- eo''
decsl I'm Acting President sss d
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Fearful Accident.

!. On Monday last leak having been dis
covered in the roof of the building former
ly known as Grange Hall, but now as the
Opera House, which was damaging the
frescoing of the ceiling, Mr.. Frank Sagen-
dorph, with Messrs. Chas. Hatton and
Edward NEWMAN assembled to the roof for
the purpose of removing the snow, prepar-
atory to repairing the roof. On attempt
ing to remove the snow. the whole mass
commenced to slide. when Mr.. SagendOrph
called to his companions to save them
selves, at the same time hurrying towards
chimney, which he succeeded in reach
ing and secured himself by it after topping
off several bricks. Mr.. Hatton was car
ried to the edge of the roof by the sliding
snow, but fortunately caught his heel in
until Mr.. Sagendorph succeeded in rescu-
ing him. Mr.. Newman finding the snow
moving and either despairing of saving
himself or else losing his presence of mind
sat down on the sliding mass and was car
ried with it of the roof, falling about for
ty-five feet and landing on fence below
breaking his left leg below The knee so Sc
riously as to require immediate amputa-
ton, and also breaking his arm above the
wrist and both bones of the right leg.
The crash attracted the attention of DR..
N. Baldwin, IN the rear of whose residence
it occurred, who hurried TO the spot to
find NEWMAN with the injuries described,
and bleeding profusely from the broken
limb. He at once applied the tourniquet
and stopped the bleeding which might
otherwise have resulted fatally. Drs.
Gibson, Fultz, A. M. and Fred. l..
Henkel we're hurriedly summoned and
were soon on the ground, and after
examination of the fracture it was decided
that amputation was necessary, which
was performed by DR.. Gibson, the other
physicians present assisting. After short
time Mr. NEWMAN " as removed to his
fathers house, drawn in sleigh tenderly
by his friends.
The fall was the most fearful that ever
happened in this city and the result very
serious 1.-THE wonder being that it was not
fatal,i yet, owing to his robust constitu-
ton, the reports are most favorable and
hopes entertained of the young mans re-
covery.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-08-05
Laughing Away a Duel.

Laughter is an antidote to anger. Even
a duel has been prevented by some
amusing answer which turned wrath
into mirth. 4 man holding both his
sides can't hold pistol.
A Georgia Judge named White, who
wore a cork leg, once challenged a
brother of the bench, Dooly by nar.s,
and wag, to mortal combat. s.uS
appointed hour both appeardes y
field, but Dooly was alone. W.
sent his friend to ask where his an
tagonist's second was. "Gone into
the woods" replied the humorous
Dooly, to get bit of hollow tree
to put one of my legs In, that we may be
even.
The answer was too much for Judge
White; he laughed and so did his
second, and the challenge was with
drawn.
An IRISH lawyer, who had never fired
a pistol, was challenged by famous
duelist whom he had offended by severe
comments upon his testimony IN court.
The duelist, having been crippled In
one of his duels, came limping upon
the ground. He had one favor TO ask,
permission to lean against milestone,
as he was unable to stand without SUP
port.
The request was granted, and, just
as the word Fire " was about to be
given, the lawyer said he also had
request to make. He asked the prlvi-
lege of leaning against the next mile
stone.
A hearty roar of laughter from seconds
and challenger dissipated all thoughts
of duel.
The great orator of the Revolution,
Patrick Henry, once received the follow
ing note, preliminary to a challenge
from Gov. Giles, of Virginia:
"SR: understand you have called
me 'bob-tai politician. l wish to
know if it be true and, if true, your
meaning"
Mr.. Henry replied in this style:
"SIR 1 do not recollect having called
yon 'bob-tail politician at any time,
but 1 think it probable [ have: Not
recollecting the time or occasion, l can't
say what / did mean, but, If you
will tell me what you think l meant,
1 will say whether you are correct OF
not"
OF course there was no duel Youths
COMPANION.
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Put Your Shoulders Rack.

Much of the proverbiaI slenderness
and physical frailty of our girls, as com
pared with those of other countries, has
been charged to intellectual habits and
overwork in study. 1t is unquesti onabie
that they need outdoor life and more
education in development. Many Amer.
lean girls, through inattention to the
way of carrying themselves, uncon-
sciously contract the habit of bringing
the shoulders forward and STOPPING.
This position not only detracts greatly
from their appearance, butt is also very
pernicious in point of health. The ceIe-
brated Aaron Burr, in a letter to his
daughter Theodosia, afterward the wife
of Gov. Aston, of South Carolina, wrote
as follows on this subject
Your habit of STOPPING and bringing
your shoulders forward upon your breast
not only disfigures you, but is alarming
on account of your health. The contin-
uance of this vile habit will certainly
produce consumption. Then farewell
pleasure, farewell life This is no OK
aggeration, no fiction to excite yonr ap-
prehensions. And, setting aside this
distressing consideration, l am aston
lshed that you have no more pr;da in
your appearance; you will certainly
stint your growth and disfgure voir
person."
There is reason TO believe that Miss
Burr gave heed to this admonition of her
father, for she afterward became re-
nowned for her beauty as well as for sr,-
perior mental endowments and accom-
plishments.
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feet thick, ana the inside surfaces fully
cemented. The stones were ell dug out
of the hole made for the silo, as the
rock was reached only a few feet below
the surface. Some idea of the material
REQUIRED to construct the sio may be
formed from the amount of cement used.
There is a pile of empty cement barrels
rs large as a good sized house. The
weather was unfavorable for good deal
of the time for speedy work, as the
o1,erations could not be conducted in tho
rain. This prevented finishing the work
in time to ensllage the present grass
crop. as was the intention. Sixteen acres
of corn have been planted for ensilage,
though it is quite probable that this will
not much, if any, more than half fill
the pits. A cattle stable forty feet
square will be built adjoining the silo
for convenience in feeding. There is TO
be a ten-horse power engine set up to do
the cutting of the ensilage, and other
work about the place needing power.
Everything is to be constructed with aview
to complete convenience and thorough
ness, under the eye and direction of a
practical machinist. The matter of the
silo will be thoroughly tested under the
most favorable conditions. and its value,
as the case may be, will be clearly
shown. The gentleman engaged in this
enterprise is a level headed, practical
man, perfectly competent to fully and
fairly test the innovation. He is well
convinced in his own mind that it will be
a success. He has visited most of the
silos in this country, and many of those
in France, Belgium and Germany, aud
is going at the work now with all the
knowledge n man could have short of
that gained from actual experience. He
has invented a new machine for cutting
fodder, which looks like good one. He
claims that it viii cut ten tons of green
corn per hour into inch lengths. The
American Plow Company, of New York,
Is manufacturing the machine. 1t will
be of different sizes, and sell at different
prices 10 suit the work and purses of
farmers who do not want the large ma,
chine. The price of the full sized cutter.
is about 800, and the smaller ones will
sell for perhaps half that sum.
Thus lar, we know of no attempt at
the West to build a silo on a scale worthy
of remark. Cincinnati Gazette.
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Vas Rooth Insane?

Probably the only history which gives
color to the theory that Booth was insane
is that 10y J. S. Blackburn, principal of
an academy at Alexandria, Va, and w.
n. Mcdonald, principal Of a male high
school at Louisville, Ky. In their his
tory. which is being extensively used in
Southern schools, they say: Booth
committed the act under the fanatical
idea that the war would terminate and
the South gain her freedom if Lincoln
were killed" This same history adj
vances. among the causes of the failure
of the rebels, the following: "The
primary cause of the failure of the Con-
federacy was that the people of the South
were not unanimous III their efforts to
gain their liberty In the history of the
world united people, struggling for
liberty, have neUer been subiugated -
The italics are the work of Messrs.
Blackburn and Mcdonald. Booth was
shot in a barn at CARROTS farm, near
Bowling Green, and died soon after.
That was April %, 1865. Chicago In
ter ocean.
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Marvellous Fish Story.

A rich proprietor at the interior had
made to establish pond artificial, where
. found themselves agglomerated 1900
pf6uts.
This proprietor is the father OF girl
ing of from to 6.
She had taken the habitude to go each
morning to give TO eat to the trouts, at
the aid of crumbs of bread.
These fishes were become so entamed
that they skipped out of the water to
attrap the crumbs which the infant child
held in the crevice of her hand.
1t arrived one day that she lost the
equilibrium, and she fell, the head the
first, in the pond, of which the water was
enough TO profound.
At the cries emitted by the girling the
father was run himself.
But what horror He saw his infant
extended without movement ut the sur
face, where she fioated as a cork.
What was not the surprise of the faith
er in seeing that she had been supported
by a mass compact of trouts.
The fishes had arranged themselves
under her body as to sustain and prevent
her from drown.
If this history is truthful, the fishes
are not so much deprived of the intelli-
gence as one pleased himself TO believe.
Translation from the French.
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Advertising That PAID

johnny Manning, the Sheriff of Dead
wood, Dakota Territory, was in st.
Louis on business, and he remembered
that the year before a st. Louis man
had been up to Deadwood and left ow-
ing man several hundred dollars.
which was 70 be paid as soon as he got
home. Mannlng met the man in st.
LOUIS anu ne said he would hand him
the money the next day, but the days
passed ana the money did not come,
though lne man was amply able to pay.
SO one morning Manning inserted per-
sonal III d newspaper to the effect that If
the man VINO left Deadwood between two
days dld not pay the money he forgot
to pay, night before, the whole circum-
stances would be published the next
day. Ihe notice was signed "John
Manning, Sheriff Of Deadwood." Be
fore 8 O'Clock, a young man called at
Mannlng's hotel, and said he had seen
the notice and had come to pay 1920 he
had borrowed to get out of Deadwood.
Manning found out who the money was
borrowed Oh, and took it to carry to the
Deadwood citizen, remarking that he
was not the man the Sheriff referred to,
but 1t was mighty mean Sheriff that
would not carry money to a friend. The
next man to call was the one he wanted,
and he paid the money, and apologized,
and begged the Sheriff to say nothing
about it. During the day seven citizens
of st. Louis called on Manning and paid
him money for citizens of Deadwood
believing the Sheriff had reference K
them in his notice, and, after he haC
n IL
asked the clerk for Manning, but tn,
tne~a and paid up, and this man bette
keep his money The Sheriff said h
always thought advertising paid, but IN
had never had it demonstrated to IN
SaR.aefare. -Peck's 44iL,OG'lke
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Austrian Doss.

In Austria, while the large dogs are
made to work, and make themselves use
full in various ways, the little fellows are
taken to the bOsoms CT the ladies, and
treated as if they were veritable angels.
IT is not uncommon, when travelling, to
see almost every lady with dog in her
arms, and occasionally n footman or
maid, whose sole duty in travelling with
the mistress is to take care of the dog,
and see that he has water and food on
the route.
The doctors tell many amusing anec-
dotes of having been called up at mid
night and finding that their services were
needed for poodle that had been over
fed in the effort to kill them with kind
ness. They could make heavier charges,
with the assurance of prompt payment,
in such cases, than if the patient had
been a child or a husband. ''Love me,
love my dog" seems to be the sentiment
of these ladies'; and on one occasion the
writer saw finely-dressed lady, who
had her dog in her arms, take off her
gloves while standing in a railway sta
ton, and diligently pursue and kill
flea which she had discovered depredat-
ing among the fleece of her fayOrite. 1t
is quite common to see them led tender
Iy along with ribbons, and in some cases
10 see gold chain attached to a lady's
belt. and at the other end of the chain a
poodle dog travelling by her side or re-
nOsing in her arms.
Signs in the shop windows tell you
that " Dog soap is sold here" and that
various patent compounds that Will in
duce canine health and longevity are ON
sale. A lady walking in any of the pub
! lie grounds with dog is sure to be ac-
| costed by a number of seedy-looking in
diriduals, who will draw out of their
pockets pups, which they offer for sale.
The offering for sale of anything in the
public grounds being prohibited, they
thus keep them concealed in their peck
cts In the upper grades of life moth
er trusts her children to servants and
goyernesses, but her poodle dog she
keeps under her own eye; and a scream
from the nursery might pass unheeded,
but yelp from the drawing-room or the
boudoir would startle cher Ladyship"
from the soundest sleep. OF course
there are exceptional cases, but it in
cludes most of those who aspire to fash
ionable life. We see dogs caressed much
more than children are, and their comfort
studied with jealous care.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-08-05
Turned Their Heads.

Two members of the British Parlia-
ment, having seen at the Springfield,
Mass, armory, Blanchard's lathe for
turning out gun stocks, advised Parla-
ment to buy one of the machines, or the
Yankees would get ahead of them in the
manufacture of arms. One member
arose and said the idea OF turning a gun
stock was so absurd that the members
had been imposed upon. A committee
was sent over who made a similar re-
port, but the member still doubted. He
said it was only soft wood that it would
cut. Finally, taking some pieces of
tough British timber he came himself to
this country, and ON finding that his
specimens turned all the better for being
hard wood, he ordered eight or ten ma
chimes. Not having made much ont of
his patent, Blanchard wanted a second
renewal of it. He resorted to stratagem
to secure it. He set up lathe in Wash
ington for turning marble, and from
plaster casts of the heads of Webster,
Clay, Calhoun, and others, made their
busts in marble, which he exhibited in
the Rotunda Everybody was aston
ished at its being done by n machine,
and Congress renewed the patent.
Choate, who had been employed to OPP
pose extension, said Blanchard has
turned the heads of Congress and
gained his point.
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Marrying i'm UI-HeaIth.

A prominent Eastern physician has
related that he was consulted by two
consumptives as to the propriety of mar
rying. They were both weakly In con-
stitution, but intellectually brilliant, and
their tastes were harmonious. They
loved each other ardently, and could not
be happy apart He counseled them to
marry, and they did so. They lived to-
gether most pleasantly for about a
dozen years, aud d.cd at about the same
time. According to the physical school
of thinkers, they should have remained
single, each dragging out the twelve
years in solitary discomfort OF course
there can be no general iule for cases in
which disease exists; each instance must
be judged on its own merits.-C incin-
natl Gazette.
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CycIopedia War;,
The Rhinoceros.

The rhinozerus lives in Ashar and YOU
kant stick pin in i'm cause his werskit
is bilt ov ole stoves. When rhinozerus
is gonter be kid you muz alwaze go up
10 MIN from before soez he'll kno some
thin ov it an try an max place for a
built to git In. His nose is got upper
teeth that's got no businez ware it liz.
an if a boy should set down on it he better
stay plugged up with the tooth rels he'll
be all one pore. I'd rather be polliwig
II L wuz rhinozerus, tho l spose if 1
wuz wooden't. Little johnnie.