Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1881-05-17
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a BUSY MAIpEN.
MI sGEItANEaUs.
PEN, INK AND SCISSORS.

Tom Thumb is said to be a Mason of che
'thirty-third degree.
Gov. jackson has commissioned Thos.
West superintendent of the penitcntiary.
The widow of tho late Col. john b: Bald
win, of Staunton, Va, is engaged upon the
computation of a biography of her distin>
grished husband.
Hon: b. L. Butcher. Superintendent of
Free Schools, has decided to change tho
time fer holding County Institutes f1om Nav
and June to July aud August.
so wish you would pay q little attention
to what l am saying, sir" rosred a lawyer to
an exasperatiag witness. 81 am paving ms
little attention as Il cam" vas the calm
reply:
Two Kentucky rmaidens have opened a
slncksmithing shop, and it's an interesting
'sight to see a male blush when the girls
accidentally tickle him while putting on
his shoes.
i last thing 1 should want to do would
zoe to die" said a girl to her lover. "Well,
nay darling" ho replied, "I promise that it
shall DO the very last thing you'll do" and
she felt cemferted.
Two hundred horses were sold bv Rock,
insham county farmers at Harrisonburs last
Sonday week, realizing about $50, 600.
Oyer one hundred of these horses we're
Bought for use ia Maryland and Pennsylya>
mia.
South Bend Evening Resiater9
When certain powers are claimed for an
article, and everybody ~testiiss that it does
mere than is claimed for it, to eainsay its
worth is useless. This is the substance of
tho st. jacobs Oil record.
The now Law of M;.L.
ing OF a newspaper and then refusing to INV
Ter it the same as theft, and several news,
papers have commenced criminal PROCEEDINGS
against persons whe have attempted to swim.
die them.
Two onsANs.-Rezulats fret the stomasb.
sseead the liver: especially the frst. 20 as to
remove at least ninstees-twentiSsth Of all The
tns that mankind ia heir to, in this or any ether
give p]srfeetiy heaIthy t nst en,y th,ns that will
two orgaas.-Maine Farmer. ~
The track has been laid on the Richmond
and Allegheny Railroad to Tys r;ver, a dis.
lance of LOT miles from Richmond, which,
together with Sc miles laid on the western
= division, makes a total of 163 miles OF road
completed within twelve months.
81 threw this of in ten minutes, seftly
said the peet, plaoing-a manuscript on the
editorial table. The editor said that when
1t came to speed no long ,hnireG poet should
a~lstaHee him; and be threw it off in lets
than ten seconds-of tho table into the
waste-basket.
COMPLICATED DISEASES II nroni~ert y,
tieman in CerEn Gordo coNuty. Iowa. writes us
1hnf he tinds Kidney-Wort 10 be the best RENT
~ no ever kuov for a complication OF disc. ses.
A. is the specific action ~k,ch it has on tie
iiysr. kldneys and bowels. whioh givea it such
meiSn tits performing which gives it its g:eat
soth ac{ klquld (veTy cn'fGHNtrs!odl or dry,
Geo. H Hag!ey has received an immense
stock of New Goods for the Spring trsde.
and Is now prepared to serve tho public with
the very latest styles in Boots. Shoes. Ready
blade Clothing, Hats. Caps. Motions, Gents
Nnrnlshlng Goods, Umbrellas, SatcheIs. &c
i1rlcss to suit the times, and bargains guar
anteed. Tobacco and Cigars always on
hand. '"
1t is a very few years since AR. Vunder.
bilt exclaimed -Four trunk linss TO the
seaboard and only business enough for two!'
Now he is reported to have said the other
day: ''The New York Central has all the
work 1t can dc. There is business for two
roads through Now York. Te are running
l6O trains a day. and that ia all vo can do,
cur trains are run only nine minutes apart
now"
la our advertising columns will bo fouDd
n litt OF the county levy warrants ordered
by our board of supervisors for the vo,r
1880. The whole expenses of the COUNTY
aggregates 1927 40-showing an econOmi,
cal administration of the affairs of our county
by our beard of supervisors. The prompts
aess with which our board has paid the in
terest on the bonds issued to aid in the con,
ssFuetiOn of the S. v. r. R has put the said
bonds mp to par. The wisdom of promptly
-disehargIng the ~interest lies in the fact that
such a financial policy will place the credit
OF the county upon such q basis as will epa>
BILE it, at the end of five years-when the
bonds may be redeemed at the pleasure of
the oounty-to substitute its six per cent.
bonds with a five per cent. bond, which will
eject a saving to the county of 81, 900 por
anaum Ia interest CEarke Courier.
TO CONSERVATIVES.
The advertiser, having been permanently cured
OF that dread disease. p.ion. BY a eiInnIc
remedy, is an xtous to make known 10 his feiinw.