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The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-10-13
I.AND SALES.

4 SPLENDID ESTATE IN MARKET-THE OLD
n FORRER'S IRON WORKS PROPERTY FOR
SALEI offer privately for sale that valuable prop
erty known for many years as NOISY CREE IRON
WORKS. 1t Is situated on Messy Creek In the
north western portion OF Augusta county, Virginia
on the Harrisonburg and Warm Springs Turnpike
IL miles from the former place. and II from Staun-
ton. The farm
CONTAINS so7 ACRES
OF arabic land 900 of which cleared and In fine
condition, the remaining
2o7 ACRES HEAVILY TIMBERED
With original growth of pine and oak. The soil Is
we'll adapted to the growth of all grasses and
cereals in the Valley of Virginia.
all OF which can be irrigated, affords great abun
dance hay of the best quality. Attached to this
property is large merchant mill in running order
and valuable WATER POWER in excess Of what is
now used, sufficient to turn the machinery of any
large factory. This power was formerly used tO
operate a furnace, FORGE and other machinery Of
iron mandatory. No better locality can be found
for a PAPER MILL or WOODEN FACTORY. In
are on the property, from which the best quality Of
iron has been made. mineral right to several
thousand acres of adjoining lands, which iron is
known be, belongs to the estate and will De sold
with it.
The improvements in all other respects are good
THE MANSION HOUSE is a large, roomy building
of stone and brick, with necessary Outbutldtngs.
excellent stable, 81 feet In length, and several
tenant houses.
Distance from Valley Railroad ia 8 miles, and
from the ST. Louis Cincinnati Railroad is miles,
aud, perhaps, may run through it. hops schools,
chul Laes, poSt-onceS ana stores are all within q
shor. distance.
Belonging TO this estate Is large body of VAL
! UABLE ANTHRACITE COAL lands in North River
Gap, on the line of the ashington, st. Louis 4
Cincinnati Railroad all of which offer at moderate
prices and easy terms.
may12-tf Messy Creek, Augusta county, va.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-10-13
EXECUTORS SALE OF REAL AND.
IL PERSONAL, PROPERTY

EXECUTORS SALE OF REAL AND
u PERSONAL PROPERTY.
Will be sold on
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER Goth, 1881,
all the personal property Of George shuey, decd,
consisting of
HORSES, COWS, CATTLE, HOGS, WHEAT, OATS
(old and new, CORN, HAY, WAGONS, BUGGY,
FARM IMPLEMENTS, HOUSEHOLD AND KITCHEN
FURNITURE, RAILROAD STOCK, &C.,
ALSO, A FINE FARM.
The Home place contains 2284 acres of first rate
Middle River land large house and barn, one OF the
best springs convenient splendid meadows and Is
within three miles Of Swoopes Depot
The MIXER tract adjoining has 1l64 acres OF
pretty lying good land, with good spring, and suf-
fciency of timber. Also, about 400 acres Of Noun
tain land in different tracts.
The executors live close and will show the land to
any one wishing to view 1t before the sale The
Home and Nicer tract will be sold together or sepa
rately as thought best on day of sale.
TERMS :-On the Home and Mizer land, one-third
cash, and balance in three equal annual payments
with interest and secured. Mountain land cash. On
personal property, all sums under $40 cash, and
over Sl0 six months credit with approved security
G. W. SHUEY,
J. J. SHUEY,
sept29tds Executors.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-10-13
A VALUABLE FARM FOR SALE.

One of the finest estates in the Valley of Virginia
Is now offered for sale privately 1t lies in the
County of Rockingham, five miles from Harrison
burg its county seat 1t is In the heart of the great
Valley of Virginia, which extends through the State
from Northeast to Southwest, for about 800 miles,
the fertility of whose SOIL beauty of scenery, and
salubrty of climate unsurpassed In any section,
State or country. The tract
CONTAINS ABOUT 500 ACRES,
About 400 of which cleared, and the balance I'm
good timber, consisting Of walnut, hickory, white
oak, black oak and some few trees of yellow pine.
The character of the soil Is what we call t.val1ey
Limestone. Every acre is susceptible of the high
est cultivation; waste rocky or stony portions.
1t has such deep rich soil that almost anything
can be grown in abundance-wheat, rye, oats corn,
and in fact, everything which the very best land
will produce. The woods destitute OF under
growth making 1t easy matter TO reduce the
whole TO tillage The soil is splendidly adapted to
the growth of timothy, clover and blue grass; 30
acres in well-seiected fruit trees; water in the
greatest abundance. The improvements consist Of
GOOD FRAME HOUSE,
With of the largest and best barns In the Valley.
The title is perfect.
The owner will sell on l, O. 8, and years time
with six per cent interest, with reasonable pay
ment in hand. or for cash, and the reason he offers
the property for sale is because he Is engaged in
other business, and does not reside near it. For
particulars address,
EDITORS VALLEY yIRGINIAN,
apr7-f Staunton, Virginia.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-10-13

nor SALE-THE VIM. NJ. McCUTCHEN FARM ON
L THE LITTLE CALF PASTURE RIVER, ABOUT
FIVE MILES EAST OF GOSHEN DEPOT, @. & O..
RAILROAD. The farm contains about six hundred
and fifty hundred acres, of which there are
and the rest 70 ling but not much of 1t Steep There
is an abundance of timber land some Of the best
oak in that region. The farm is in two tracts one
of about ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY ACRES
lying the east side of the "Knob," we'll adapted
TO grass and fruit. On this there is a tenement
house. On the farm there are comfortable build
ings, good well of in the yard, &C. This, be-
sides being good land for farming purposes, is es-
pecially adapted To grazing and would make an ad-
mirable sheep farm. The owner lives In Missouri,
and wishes to sell, and will give bargain For
terms g., apply to
i'll MORRISON, Lexington.
or r. C. WALKER, Stovers Shop,
Augusta county, Va.
The farm lies to iron works now In course Of
erection, and to Cold sulphur and Rockbridge Alum
Springs aug43m
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-10-13
Information in Season.

Nothing pays better to be sent to market
in prime condition than the turkey crop
Many farmers do not understand this. Their
turkeys grow on limited range, get little or nc
food at home through the summer, and if fed
at all with regularity, it is only for two or
three weeks before killing. I see these lean
bony carcasses in the local markets every win
ter, and feel sorry for the owners loss. They
have received small price for Il cir birds, and
a still poorer price for the food fed out. The
average life of a turkey is only seven
months, and the true economy of feeding is to
give the chicks all they can digest from the
shell to the slaughter. Ii they get all they
can eat on the range that is well. Usually
this should be supplemented by regular rations
when they come from the roest in the morning,
and two or three hours before they go to roost
at night. The food may Oe slack in the morn
ing, so that they will go TO the range with
good appetites, and fuller at night. They
should be put upon regular course of fat
tening food as early as the middle of October,
when you purpose to kill the best birds at
Thanksgiving. The younger and lighter birds
should be reserved for the Christmas and New
Years markets. They continue growing
quite rapidly until midwinter, and you will be
well paid for the longer feeding. There is
nothing better for fattening than old corn, fed
partly in the kernel and partly in cooked meal
mashed up with boiled potatoes. Feed three
times day, giving the warm meal in the
morning and feeding in troughs with plenty
of room, SO that all the flock may have a
chance. Northern corn has more oil in it than
Southern, and is worth more for turkey food
Use milk IN fattening if you keep dairy farm.
Feed only SO much as they will eat up clear.
Cultivate the acquaintance of your turkeys as
you feed them. No more charming sight
greets your vision in the whole circle of the
year than a large flock of bronze turkeys COM
ing at call from their roosts on a frosty No
yember morning. New corn is apt to make
the bowels loose, and this should be guarded
against. There is usually green food enough
in the fields to meet their wants in the fall,
and cabbage and turnips need not be added
until winter sets in. If the bowels get loose
give them scalded milk, which will generally
correct the evil Well-iatted and well-dressed
turkeys will bring two or three cents pound
more than the lean birds 1t will not only be
better for the purse, but for your manhood, to
send nothing but finished products to the
market.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-10-13
fDetroit Free press.l

Mrs. c. Whipple, 81 Croghan Street, pre-
SCENTS these facts: For six years had suffered
beyond all expression with Sciatic Rheuma-
tism and tried every known remedy, but all to
no purpose. At last saw in the Free Press
an advertisement of the ST. Jacobs Oil, tried
q and am well can walk without limping
and sleep free from aEy pain.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-10-13

According to the Commercial, of Los Ange-
les, California, an enormous deposit of tin ore
has been discovered at Pomona, no great dis
lance from that city, assays from which show
result of $50 70 per ton in tin. This mass
o. tin ore had previously been mistaken by
prospectors for common rock stained with
iron
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-10-13

The first locomotive built in Washington
Territory was recently turned out by the
North Pacific Iron Works. In Seattle. 1t is a
small tank engine, with 6 x 10-inch cylinders,
and is to be used on the logging road of
Blackman Bros, near Muckilteo, in Snoho-
mish county.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-10-13

A swell matter: When Henderson said be
was at his wits end, Fegg remarked that it
wouldn't take him longto get back a very
short journey, indeed.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-10-13

Gen. Malone addressed the Union League
Of New York on Tuesday evening last-his
theme 1.-The Issues of the Campaign in Vir-
ginia in 1887
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-10-13
LIGHTNING ROD WORKS,
xUNsoN's TUBULAR
COPPER LIGHTNING ROD.

MuNsoN's TUBULAR
COPPER LIGHTNING ROD.
WITH SPIRAL FLANGEs.
This Celebrated Lightning Conductor. owing tothe
material OF which it is made, and the manner of Its
constructioni the most complete against
disaster by lightning ever invented. This is con
clusively shown by practical test OF over twenty
four years, during which time it has been n con-
slant use, being erected upon many thousands Of
private public buildings in all sections Of the
country and although there have fallen upon it. IL
numerous instances, most terrific discharges Of
electricity yet in instance has 1t failed to conduct
them harmlessly to the earth, thus saving many
lives, and property OF almost incalculable value
a. 1t Has Never Been Overcharged 1t has
Never Failed
The experience Of one hundred years has shown
that where all the necessary rules observed pro-
/ tection rs perfect.
Atthe present day no one will deny the necessity
and duty resting upon to vaccinate children,
and thus protect them from the fearful ravages Of
small pox, in fact can there be found in any COM
munity an Intelligent man who Will not acknowledge
M imperative Vuty Hobt1uR upon every one 70 MOI
only use means but the very best means Of protec-
ton them and theirs against all dangers arising
from any source whatsoever. few dollars 1udicious-
y expended In lightning rods will securely protect
all the buildings that almost any possesses and
fflife or property is sacrificed In consequence Of
neglecting such protection, can hold ourselves
blameiess, will not the dead cry out of the ground
against usi Win not the living censure US for op-
poftunities neglected. The feeling alone that man
has done all In his power to make his family and
property safe from the destructive effects Of Light
mig is worth tar more than the cost of all the
lightning rods necessary secure such protection.
Persons wishing their property and lives protect
cd from this destructive element will receive prompt
attention by calling at Store, No. Augusta ST.
or addressing us, Box 2l0, Staunton, Va.
E0 Old Lightning Conductors that have become
broken or rusted replaced. Rods of all kinds re-
paired. e. ss e 5 3ss
MAY SAGENDORPH,
No. 6Augusta Street.
may l3-t Staunton, Va.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-10-13

"Why dost thou soar, nay lover" sings Celia
Thaxter in an exchange. Probably it is be-
cause he has been trying to mount the fiery,
untamed bycicle, Celia. 1t will make any man
sore
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-10-13

Model husbands: Brownson-"Well, / al
ways make it a rule to tell my wife everything
that happens" Smithngs-"Oh, my dear
fellow, that's nothing. tell my wife lots of
things that never happened at ALL"
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-10-13

In youth, humps middle life, bumps; ole
age, dumps.
Discomfort is the want of selfreliance.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-10-13

A London correspondent says that COM
mittee has been formed to request holders OF
Confederate bonds to register them, with a
view of applying to the Legislatures of the
Southern States to take some action looking
to their payment, upon readjustment basis,
we presume.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-10-13

The Grand Jury for the District of Column
bia, on Tuesday, brought in bill indicting
Guiteau for wounding with a bullet James
Abram Garfield, President of the United
States, on the and day of July, 1881. Mr..
Scoville, Guiteau's brother-in law, has arrived
in Washington, and will defend the assassin.
His line OF defense will be insanity, which he
expects to establish
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-10-13
Heifer Calves.

There is not farmer IN the country who
raises his own cows but who knows that the
future value of a COW depends upon the first
years growth as calf. If the calf is half
starved, stunted and ill-used, there is not one
chance in ten that when it reaches the proper
age it will make good milk COW. The calf
: must have the very best of food and enough
of it if the object is to make the natured ami
NAL frst-rate COW and indeed it is neces-
sary, too, that with yearlings and two-year
Odds attention should be given in such man
ner that insures the animal plenty of food.
Hay is plenty and cheap. in this State. The
pastures should be good; not perhaps as pro-
life as they were when the cattle had the
range of the prairies-as they did few years
sgO-but the tame grasses of every variety
promise to do SO well and they afford the very
best of food for the stock in the summer, and
it is very desirable that calves should run from
this time of the year until late autumn in a
good patch of green grass.-Kansas Farnaer
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-10-13

COMMISSIONERS OFFICE,
" Staunton, September q, 1881
All parties, plaintiffs and defendants in the chan
Gerry suit OF MCCHESNEY'S zach RIAH J. \ Fx,oR We
MCCHESNEY iZ.) &C.. now pending in the Circuit
Court OF Augusta, all creditors of Zachariab J. Nc
Chesney, decd, and all other parties Interested
therein hereby notified that in pursuance Of n
1880, shall at my Office in Staunton, on
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21ST, 1881.
proceed to audit any further debts that NAV he
perly proven before me, and to state further set
Element of the account Of Geo. NJ Harrison as r.
ecutor of said decedent, from the foot of his
settlement, together with any other matters deemed
pertinent by the undersigned or required Inv anv
party In interest to be stated.
J.W. GREEN SMITH.
sep22- 1t Commissioner
A SPLENDID SMALL FARM FOR SALE-I offer
n for sale privately the very desirable small.
Vile, on Middle River, milesfrom Staunton and 1
miles from Swoope's Depot
There are over
60 ACRES CLEARED
1t has on 1t Brick Dwelling of rooms, and Barn
40x60 feet and necessary out buildings with never
falling water in the yard There is an orchard az
10 acres of select apples now In full bearing a
peach orchard, an abundance of choice pears
grapes, strawberries, and raspberries for family
use. The land is frst-cass Middle river land
and in good condition. Taking into consideration
finest fruit, the improvements, its proximity to
churches, graded schools, post-ofce mills &c This
Is very desirable small farm This farm has been
affording larger income than any farm OF its size
{being less than 100 acres) In the county.
aug25-f Il. GEED1NG.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-10-13

Colo IN HORSES The following remedy
never fails to give relief in this disease II
promptly administered and IN good time 1t
is one Of the secrets of the profession: Sui
phuric ether, one pint; aromatic spirits of
ammonia, one pint; sweet spirits Of nitre,
ssfsdita pulverized one pound = Nix Let it It
stand fourteen days before using. Dose.
One ounce Tor less, according to the size ofthe
horse) every thirty minutes until relief is az
forded.
Few farmers are thoughtful or proyident
enough to provide such remedies as the above
before they are needed and then it is too late.
Doubtless many a valuable horse or mule
might be saved by having this remedy always
on hand One-tenth of the amount of the
articles given above would be sufficient for
small farmer; the above would be sufficient
for a plantation with so or rs mules and
horses.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-10-13

CLOVER HAY FOR HoRsEs-Clover hay is
very nutritious food for horses, and when well
cured and put up SO as to be free from dust
and mould, may be fed with entire safety. The
principal objection to its use lies in the great
difficulty which attends its curing and preser-
gstion. Another objection is found in the fact
that sometimes the second crop excites in
horses an unusual and exhausting flow of sa-
Iva When either of these objections are
present, it is better to dispense with its use
entirely, SO far as the horses are concerned /;
bat otherwise it is good and safe food
Nsftlo,adl LaUe- Stock Journal CHICAGO.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-10-13

Mason, Shanahan & Hoge, the great railroad
builders, are closing up their contract on the
extension of the c. and O. railway in Ken
lucky They had a contract for forty miles of
road between Means tunnel in Carter county
KY, and Tripletts tunnel in the same county.
They have been at work seventeen months
with an average of 400 hands. Means tunnel,
the only interruption in the transit There is
transfer there now) will be finished in No
vember. The line is now clear to Lexington,
XIV, except the transfer at the tunnel.-AAe-
oltdfau Tribune
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-10-13

Dr. Porter, of Grace church, New York, told
this incident in his memorial sermon on Mon
day, illustrating the popular feeling toward
Garfield: IA poor woman stopped on the
street on Saturday and inquired the price of a
picture of Garfield Ten cents" was the
answer. "Couldn't you let me have one for
flyer" she asked. YES" said the vender.--
She took it and kissed it again and again with
the tears streaming down her face. "Ye was
poor boy yourself once" she said, ''and ye
knew how to feel for the poor
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-10-13

TT HAS ARRIVED

I HAS ARRIVED
zARoEsr1 LINE
FALL
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-10-13
Gard from Hon. John F. Lewis.
HARRIsoNBuRe, VA, Sept II, 1881


1t has been reported to me by reliable gen
tlemen that certain persons in your county
have been industriously circulated that during
the late war-just after the battle of Port
Republic refused to let wounded Confed-
crate soldiers have straw upon which to lie,
and that, when Capt. Bradshaw was killed,
| refused to allow his body to be brought into
my house, and even refused to let his friends
have straw upon which to lay the body out.
These statements hereby pronounce abso-
lutely false, and | further denounce the au-
thors of them as Infamous liars.
| had in nv house and clubhouse for several
days after the battle of Port Republic forty
wounded soidiers-one Federal soldier and
thirty zine Confederates-and three of them
stayed with me for nearly two months, al
though there was a hospital within three miles
and a half of my house.
In this connection | will state thatI was a
Union man and opposed the war because l
loved this glorious Government of our fore
fathers, and considered it then, as l do now,
the best Government which human wisdom
had ever devised and instituted and because
l also knew that any attempt to break 1t up
| would result in ruin to the people OF Virginia
But the fact that my feelings and nv judg-
ment were both opposed to secession never
made me feel unkindly to my own people, and
| think | can safely say that L fed more Con-
ltEaerate soldiers during the war than any man
ia the county of Rockingham; and what is
t1more, / never charged or took pay from SIN
1 gle soldier during the whole war In conclu-
| sion, have only to say that this is another
Funder falsehood invented by unprinciped
persons fol the purpose of injuring the cause
of Re-adjustment
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-10-13


any article the way Of Leather or made ofather
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1881-05-11
60 SOuth:YOung Man.

The Cosmopolitan Of Clafemont'
Minnesota, gives the following sen.
sible advice:
you came to this country years
ago and here you have spent the best
years of your lie; you have worked
hard early and late, i'll door and out,
i'll all kinds of weather, but you have
failed to secure competence to pro
vide tor declining years that are al
ready upon you. A mortgage upon
your farm threatens to, and will,
swallow it in the near future, and
you have once more made up your
mind to emigrate, and in your old.
age, make another and final effort to
better yourself, and strange as it may
seem, you too are turning your face
toward the setting sun. You con-
template moving to the cold and
frozen west. Your friends advise
you to do it your pastor tells you Of
good openings out there on the line
of the rail roads that carry him tor
halt fare, and you see many others
going there and have caught the
contagion yourself, and furthermore
subsidized press pats you on the
back and says amen. Pause mo-
ment old man; you have not the
vigor 10 withstand the billiards. of
that boreal section, 1t you were
younger yen AXE the chances,
but it Is TOO late noEv.
At the south OF Es both are broad
acres, millions OF lLhem that can be
bought Tor one dollar per acre, in a
climate that deals kindly with gray,
hairs, and were your prospect for a
long life will be enhanced. Take a
second thought before it is too late,
lor this move that y0u are about to
make viii be your last. The noon
day radiance of the genial sun
beckons TO the sunny wales, rich
slopes, woodlands and pralries OF in
exhaustible fertility OF the Southern
States. There will be more Northern
capital invested at the South in 1881
than in all previous years since the
war. The tide OF prosperity is just
beginning to set id that direction and
1t is irresistible that nothing will
ever check until the measure OF South.
ern hope is full to overlooking.
There are plenty OF healthy locations
Ill that section and the percentage
OF old people is as large as any part
OF America. Go South, old man, go
South, live long, die happy and "well
fixed" and let your grave De dug
meath the evergreen ma9noIias,
where the mocking birds will daily
sing a requiem, until time shall be no
more"