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The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1882-06-01
STANTON, VIRGINIA, JUNE 1, 1882.
DISSOLUTIONS.


.4f ,L DISSOLUTIONS.
nIssOLUTIoN.-The copartnership heretofore
~ existing between the undersigned under the
firm name Of
LEFTwICH & SNUFF,
has this day been dissolved by mutual consent Mr.
Shu having sold his interest in the concern to Mr.
The old business will be settled by either of the
undersigned. Parties knowing themselves indebt-
ed to the arm will please make settlement at once
III JIB talf 3ys8 son R. T. LEFTWICH,
= -,iss lj 50BRi9 safi y. W. SNUFF.
l e-n0t." lFIuW OFF,
R. t. nEFrwIcH.Ism ~ RI. sTRATToN,
ia nuirinf ft1s1 Late with Byers 4 Cochran.
10 n3l aLEFTWICH & STRATTON
will continue the Grocery and Produce business at
the old stand Of Lefwich shufr, and Will keep on
hand a choice lot Of t'"
GROCERIES, COUNTRY PRODUCE, TOBAC-
liG.V e. GIN co, ETC., ETC.
and will be pleased to see our friends and Gus
toners. mayl1-4t vcpy
AGRIt ULTURAL iMPLEMENT..
ITO THE PUBLIC z
We would call your attentlOn to the new firm OF
t'a WELLER & ROOT,
u0tA l. ..r
Us ina ,9h'- DEALERS IN
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS and MACHINERY
THE cELEBR ATED
a CME PUL VERIFYING HARROW,
WO0D MOWER, HORSE RAKES,
FEARLESS, PORTABLE, ACTION
AND DOMESTIC STEAM ENGINES
SAW MILLS,
SEPARArORS,
AND CLOVER HULLERS.
wILLOUGHBY GRAIN DRILL WAGONS,
BUGaIES sc.
w Repairs always kept on hand.
GIVE US A CALL.
Respectfully,
WELLER ROOT,
No. "a, Augusta STREET., adjoining Bowling & Ea-
| kle Bros STAUNTON. VA.
may25-tf
J. A. WISE, NIB HAMRICK.
| Late Of J. A. Wise Co.
WISE s. HAMRICK,
ALL KINDS OF AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS,
West New Court House Street, next to
Platr's Livery Stable)
STANTON, VIRGINIA.
We are agents for the best and most CELEBRATED
FARM MACHIN Els Of every kind, and determin-
make IL the interest OF the farmers OF Au-
gusta to deal with US.
Among the standard machinery always kept on
hand We may mention
THE BUCKEYE COMBINED MOWER AND DROP
PER, THE WOOD MOWER, DEERING TwINE
BINDERS, THE NANNY MOWERS AND
| REAPERS, THE WEBSTER WAGON,
THE CHAMPION GRAIN DRILL,
TIE TIGER AND THE THOMP.
SON HORSE RAKE, with
hand and horse dump,
and all classes Of Farming Implements. Headquar-
tiers for the .
BEST BRANDS OF FERTILIZERS.
4 az Remember the place. and call and make a
personal examination. We are determined to sell
all who want first-class goods.
Respectfully,
april WISE & HAMRICK
NIoKEEvER CO.,
FOUNDERS & MACHINISTS,
|. STAUNTON, VA.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1882-06-01
Waynesboro, May 16, 2Ss.
SMALLPOX Remedy.

Mr.. Geo. W. Manning has handed the editor
of the Emporia KANSAS Neaos the following
remedy for smallpox: 30 II A1 .i fFD
A correspondent OF the Stockton, California,
Herald writes as follows: Il herewith append
d recipe which has been used to my knowledge
in hundreds of cases. 1t will prevent or cure
the small pox, though the pittings are filling.
When Jennor discovered cow-poX in England,
the world of science hurled an avalanche of
fame upon his head; but when the most scien-
tific school of medicine in the world-that of
Pars-published this recipe as o panacea for
small pox, it passed unheeded. Itfis as untail-
ing as fate, and conquers every instance 1t
is harmless when taken by a well person 1t
will also cure scarlet fever. Here is the recipe
as | haye used it, and cured my children of
scarlet fever; here it is as l have used it to
cure smallpox when learned physicians said
the patient must die, it cured. Sulphate of
zinc, gr. foxglove (dignitalisJ, gr; half a
teaspoonful of sugar; mix with 2 tablespoon
fuls OF water take spoonful every hour.
Either disease will disappear in II hours.
For child, smaller doses. according to age.
If counties would compel their physicians to
use this there would be no need of pest houses
If you value advice and experience, use this
for that terrible disease.
--~ S~----
Mr.. Robert P. Porter, the statistican, now
sojourning in England has stumbled against
some remarkable facts regarding the ex-
tent of pauperism over there. England and
Wales are parceled out into SAT unions, which
vary in area from so to 1870 square miles, and
in each of these unions may be found a work
house. The smallest work house has accom-
mediation for fifty persons and the largest has
a capacity OF 1000 pauper- power. Frequent
ly one mnlion of the population are put down
i'll the Blue Books as paupers, and as there is
plenty OF room for more, the presumption is
that The work houses were built with the ex-
pectation that they would some day contain
about half the population OF the country.
Nearly 1000 paid officials are constantly en-
gagged in one branch or another of the poor
administration, and their aggregate salaries
and rations came last year to over $1,000 900,
while the total maintenance ofindoor paupers
was only about IS, 100000 At a careful esti-
mate the total annual cost OF pauperism and
outdoor relief in Great Britain and ireland is
nearly S50,000000. And this dark picture
grows darker every year. One trouble is that
the pauper system actually tends to make
poverty u blessing in vast number of cases.
The work houses are too palatial and inviting.
A certain class of the people, says Mr. Porter,
absolutely look forward to the poor house
as their final home and fight just the same as
at the other end of the social scale, the sons
| and daughters of the Queen look forward to
| Parliament granting their annuity of S125 600
a year on the celebration of their marriage
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1882-06-01

F1sH1Se RODS AND
- A G K L E
NICE ASSORTMENT JUST RECEIVED,
Consisting of
laops-Joint and full length.
REELs-Multiplying and Click.
L1NEs-Linen and Oil Silk.
7Y. HooKs-Trout and Bass.
GUT LEADERs-single and Double
TROUT BASKETS
/ @a Assorted Sizes.
] a tr w. L. OLIVIER,
Bookseller sc.
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The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1882-06-01

CHANGE OF FIRM.
Mr., NORTH WITT, long connected with the house,
having been admitted aS partner In the nfm OF
.n0 I. WITT & BRO.
Respectfully invites the attention Of his friends and
customers and of those Of the house, to the chahge
OF arm, and to the new and attractive line OF
DRY GOODS. DRESS GOODS,
CLOTHS, CAssIMEREs,
NOTIONS, FANCY GOODS, &c.
Which is now offered at the lowest cash prices, az
the old stand on Main Street.
Thanking our friends for their generous patron.
age in the past respectfully ask acontnuance oi
their fayors, promising to do all In our power 70
der their dealings with US pleasant and prontipie
to them Respectfully, ,1o
~ Mr.. JAMES T. LIGHTNER, well and IavoIaply
known to the trade, s now permanently e1gageu ~
will continue with the new firm He lnVlIes nis
friends and customers to give him call, promising
10 make Il to their interest to do 30. lou "a
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The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1882-06-01

MoKEEvER & CO.,
FOUNDERS & MACHINISTS.
|. STAUNTON, VA.
Manufacture Repairs for
\ THRESHING Mi CHIMES,
STEAM ENGINES,
Dog. BOILERS,
GRAIN DRILLS,
81 w MILLS,
REA PERS,
MOWERS,
STOVES, DC
EH- Purchase and sell all kinds of second hand ma
chinery. maylo-
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-02-08
Be COntented.


A good many people spend all their life
hunting for place in this world that they
were never intended to fill. They never
settle down to any thing with any sort of
restful or contented feeling. What they are
doing now is not by any means the work
that is suited TO their abilities. They have
a sunny ideal of very noble life which
they would like to reach, in which their
powers would have free scope, and where
they could make very bright record. But
in their present position they cannot do
much of anything and there is little use to
try. Their life is humdrum and prosy
outline, and they can accomplish nothing
really worthy and beautiful. So they go
on, discontented with their own lot and
sighing for another; and while they sigh
the years glide away, and soon they will
come TO the end, to find that they have
missed every opportunity of doing any thing
worthy of rational being on the passage
to eternity. The truth is, ones vocation is
never some far-off impossibility. 1t is al
ways the simple round of duties that the
passing hour brings. No day is common
place II we.only have eyes to see its splendor.
There is no duty that comes to our hand
but brings us the possibility of kingly SER
vica
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-02-08
What the Wires Said,

"Baby is dead p Three little words
passed along the line; copied somewhere
and soon forgotten. But after all was quiet
again leaned my head upon my hand and
fell into deep reverie over all that those
words mean. Somewhere-a dainty form
still and cold, unclasped by mothers arms
tonight eyes that yesterday were bright
and blue as skies Of June dropped tonight
beneath white lids that no voice can ever
raise again. Two soft hands, whose rose
leaf fingers were wont to wander lovingly
around mothers neck and face, loosely hold
ing white buds, quietly folded in confined
rest. Soft lips, yesterday ripping with
laughter sweet as woodland brook falls, gay
as trill of forest birds tonight unrespon-
sive to kiss or call of love. A silent home
the patter Of baby feet forever hushed-a
cradle bed unpressed-little shoes half worn
dainty garments, shoulder knots of blue
to match those eyes of yesterday-folded
with aching heart away. A tiny mound,
snow-covered in some quiet graveyard. A
mothers cropping touch in uneasy slumber
for the fair head that shall never again rest
upon her bosom. The low sob, the bitter
tear, as broken dreams awake to sad reality.
The hopes of future years wrecked, like fair
ships that suddenly go down in sight OF
land. The watching of other babies, dim
pied, laughing, strong-and this one gone.
The present agony of grief, the future
emptiness of heart, all held in those three
little words; "Baby is dead."-T'elegraph
Operator.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-02-08
Sunny Side OF Death.

An orator in a recent address spoke elo-
quently respecting happy contemplation of
death. His words are SO beautiful that it is
to be regretted they do not include a sug-
gestion as TO what makes it possible to see as
he describes. But there is good counsel in
his language nevertheless, which is; "Take
the sunny side OF death. Sooner or later it
must come to all, and at the latest it is only
few swiftly passing days distant Kings
and potentates have no refuge from the
summons of the dreaded messenger. Death
is the great leveler of man, and dust to dust
the heritage of ALL Why, then, should we
shrink from its contemplation Why ban
ish it from our thoughts with shuddcr 7
1t is not rational to permit death TO shadow
our lives nor ia it rational to turn in terror
from what must as surely come as to.mor-
rows sun. Those who are suddenly chilled
day after day by the thoughts OF death either
shadow their lives by misdeeds, or rel ect the
philosophy that should make every well-or-
dered life wait serenely for its end. The ra-
tional apprehension OF the upright man is,
not that he may fall too soon in the race, but
that he may linger too long and outlive
everything but hope.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-02-08
There Is Room.


What a glorious declaration is this in re-
gard to the gospel There is yet room.
Millions have been saved, but there is room,
Millions have been invited, and have come,
and have gone to heaven-but heaven is not
yet full, There is banquet there which no
number can exhaust; there are fountains
which no number can drink dry; there are
harps which other hands can strike and
there are seats there which others may oc'
cupy. Heaven is not full, and there is yet
room. The Sabbath-school teacher may say
to his class There is yet room ! the min
lister of the gospel may go and say to the
wide world There is yet ROOM The
mercy of God is not exhausted the blood
of the atonement has not lost its efficacy
heaven is not full. What sad message il
would be if we were compelled to go and
say: "There is no more room, heaven is full
No other can be saved. No matter what
their prayers, or tears, or sighs, they cannot
be saved Every place is filed; every seal
is occupied |" But, thanks be to God, thi.
is not the message We are to bear; and il
there yet is room, come, sinners, young an6
old, and enter into heaven. Fill up thai
room, that heaven may be full of the happy
and blessed. If any part of the universe is
to be vacant, o let 1t be the dark world Of
woe Albert Barnes.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-02-08
agricultural Deparfmenf.
T. n. uosKINs, Agricultural Editor,
GOOD ADVICE TO FARMERS.

From a long poem entitled Essay on Farm
ing" in the st. Louis Journal Of Agriculture, we
select portions adapted to other regions than the
southwest After an introduction which says
cotton is no longer king, and that grain, grass
and live stock should reign instead, the writer
contuues;l
Then, TO my brothers, everywhere this advice give
when YOU settle at your home 1rst prepare to live;
Bud ample shed room for your stock to shelter them from
rain,
Build ample barns to store away your surpushay andgan
Plant ample fields yellow corn barley wheat and
And never let hear again that hog must root or de"
Curta your cotton elds. divide them into lots
or twenty each improve the worn-out spot
Prepare your land quite thoroughly when you pow, pow
deep,
And stock your farm with cattle horses mules and sheep
Sow grasses in abundance and set your land in clover
And when you have hog die just let him die all over
In Short my brothers. make your home in every
sense
where one can prncely style at small expense
Seek not for prncey wealth power but leave TO
descendants
That greatest Of all earthly simple Independence.
I've mentioned Of all knds-barey wheat and rye
These essentials Of the farm which no one can deny
But OF all essenuals-f you would lead happy life
BY all let the farmer have true and loving wife,
And you have her. herr let her have full sway
As queen DER all the household let herhave her way.
Chickens, eggs, and bhtier. wafiles battercakes,
And other daintes the careful housewife makes
VIII reward your conhdence youll think your wife the
best,
That no man living meath the Ia half truly best
And finally, my brothers, must admonish you,
II matters not what others do-unto yourself be true
closely public questionable careful when you choose
force your public servants to represent your views
For Just as sure all effects have certain cause
You cannot hone to prosper good laws
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-02-08
A Comforting Experience.

We had buried our three-years-old boy,
and my husband lay i'll with fever that
threatened his life Many days of anxious
watching had been mine; and our kind
physician, seeing that rest was needed, pre-
vailed upon me to try to get some sleep,
saying that he would remain with his pa
tient. Reclining in an easy chair, seemed
to pass away from the sick room to beau.
tiful garden filled with beings who looked
supremely happy. As | looked about saw
two persons approaching, little child
and as they drew nearer | recognized our
little Willie who was talking to some one
by his side, aud ever and anon plucking the
bright flowers and showing them to his
companion. His little face was radiant; I;
and taking the flowers in his hands, he
would caress them, saying in his childish
language, "Pitty fowersW My attention
being riveted upon the child, 1 had not no
ticed to whom he was speaking until now
when-with peculiar thrill | saw it was
his papa There was no trace Of sickness
on his brow. And there was holy calm
ness in his eyes, and tender earnestness
in his manner, as he would take Willie in
his arms and kiss him over and over again.
Seeing his lips move, listened eagerly to
to catch the words. They were " Safe
forevermore p gazed upon them for a
long time. Then a brightness seemed to
pervade the garden, and "O One altogether
lovely" was there. Willie, with all the ia
miliar confidence of a little child, placed
his hand in the hand of the Son of God (;
and, looking up into the face of the Great
Physician, said, "Pspss come home p
Purity, love, godlikeness were reflected upon
the faces of my husband and boy and Will
lie, clinging to the Pierced Hand, reiterated
again, dPapas come homel" 1t seemed as
though was becoming very happy,-when
l felt touch upon my arm, and saw our
family physician standing by me. He
looked at me earnestly then said quietly
and tenderly, "Your husband is dead -
But above his voice I heard little Willie
say, Papa's come home."-Selected.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-02-08
Science and Religion.

Certain classes of scientists love TO des-
cant upon the age Of the world, and fancy
that by removing the period Of creation mil
lions of years back into eternity, they weaken
our faith in personal Creator, and in his
supervising care. But they greatly mistake
No matter how many myriads of ages may
have elapsed, or through how many con
vulsions the world may have passed, the
truth still stands. In the beginning God
created the heavens and the earth" More
than this, he upholdeth call things by the
word of his power There must be a
power present in the movement of all ma
chinery-there must be a living force guild
ing the movements of the universe. The
act of creation, though sublime and glorious
is little more glorious than that of preserving
and perpetuating. If from untold myrads o.
years this universe has existed, Gods plan,
are older still, and the stability of nature,
laws but demonstrate that God is the SAINT
yesterday that he is today, and that he will
be the same forever. What power is there
in that word that upholdeth all things
Could jeweler produce watch capable Of
keeping time for a hundred years without
erring a second, of what priceless valu,
would it be, and how greatly we should ad
mire the skill of the artist What shall We
say, then, of him who holds the machinery
of unnumbered worlds for untold ages il
perfect harmony? Nor has one atom eve
been lost. Science shows us that form
perpetually change, but substances endure
Nothing perishes. In this sense it is tru
that not jDt or title of his word shall eve
fall.-Bishop Simpson.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-02-08
Overfeeding.

Overlooking an animal, says correspon-
dent of the New York Weekly Times, is
worse in its effects than spare diet. A
great many more young animals are checked
in their growth, and otherwise injured, by
overfeeding than by deficiency Of food.
In illustration of this statement he tells the
following story of his own experience; "A
rather opinionated and wilful hired man,
who requires the closest watching in feed
ing the stock, in defiance of strict orders
gave some young Berkshire pigs some cot
ton-seed meal in their feed, in the expecta-
tion that it would help them to grow
Their feed had been skinned milk with
quart Of wheat middlings to the pailful.
Considerably more ootton-seed meal was
added to the feed during my absence from
home for day and a night and on my re-
turn the next day, two OF the young pigs
were taken with commissions aud severe
spasms. They died the next day, when
two more were taken, aud soon after two
more. The whole six died in the same way.
First they slowly turned around and
around, then stood with the head in Q
corner and pressed against the wall or yard
fence; the jaws were chopped together
and they foamed at the mouth. After {
few hours they lay upon their sides ant
struggled violently with the legs until the.
died. A dose Of lard oil allayed the symp
toms for time, and had it been given a
the first would probably have saved them
On opening them the lungs were found con
gested and very red in patches, and tn
brain, also, was much congested, the blood
vessels being dark blue. The stomach au
intestnes were filled with cotton-seed mea
the milk having been digested. So short
case OF indigestion, or stomach staggers, a
it is popularly called, is rare; but the pig
were but two months old, and had probabl
been misfed previously" The caution
added that cotton-seed meal is too rich
food for any young animal, and so rich tha
it should be given sparingly even to an ol
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-02-08
A Mortgage Not Necessary.

An argument constantly popping up in
favor of young farmers manacling him
self with a mortgage is that 1t makes him
saving" Possibly there are men who can
be so controlled; but if so, will the savings
under fear more than offset the costs of
debit We doubt it; and we doubt more
the success in life of any young man whose
restraints from wrong or folly must come
from without. II sense and manhood be not
within him by nature, it is Of no use to try
and plaster them upon the outside of him
by means of mortgage, or any other like
device. We have heard it said, too, that a
mortgage will keep an extravagant wife
within bounds; but man who requires ex
traneous help of that nature to enable him
to rule his household will be apt to find
mortgages poor stiffeners of his backbone
According to our observation, it is the sense
of being in possession of large farm (with
out thought of the debt upon it that tends
to make a family extravagant. As one o.
our neighbors quantity expressed it, "Folk'
that live in two-story houses are pretty ap
to have two-story notions"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-02-08
The heart Of New York is a good and
generous heart and the spirit Of the city
is the spirit Of fraternity.-Exa
Making Friends with Outdoors.

! count IL supreme good fortune for
child to early learn the love of mother earth.
IL IS hard to begin that lesson later in life.
vi all the kindnesses ! owe TO the love-guided
wisdom of my father and mother, there is
hardly one for which thank them so much
as for sending me every summer, when
child, to spend two or three months upon
lonely farm in one of the hill towns Of New
England. / think the pure and simple hap
piness Of those days sank deep into my
blood. l remember no conscious ecstasies
in the beauty Of nature, but long, happy
days to which her companionship lent a
half-conscious, ever-present delight. / re-
member the since unknown beauty and
freshness Of the early mornings, and the
boyish races to the favorite tree under which
the few great, rosy apples, fallen in the
night, lay in the dewy grass. | remember
the feeling 10 my bare feet Of the pastures
over which we scampered through the day
like young colts. The little brook where we
built dams and raced the boats we had
whitfield out in the winter the rocky for
est-covered lodges we climbed TO cut fishpoles
and gather birch bark and hunt the chest
nuts that cleaned brown amid the grass or
nestled in half-open, vevet-lined burrs the
shaking open the heavy swaths Of wet grass
behind the mowers, and sharing their lunch
of doughnuts and cheese; the "raking
after" the hay-cart, and the excitement Of
hurrying a load into the barn before a
threatening thunder-shower; the making Of
elder pop-guns and corn-stalk fiddles, and the
setting Of squirrel-traps; the Sunday morn
ing rides to the Westinghouse on the hill /;
the sacred and thrilling hush that on that
day lay upon the woods and fields; the fall
ing of the cool evening shadows the cry Of
the whippoorwill and the chirp of the August
crickets-it all comes back 10 me now. |
think it has never gone away, but blended
with the springs of the lifecurrent. Chill.
dren are so naturally drawn to nature |
They love the grass, the dirt, the water, as
if some sure instinct drew them straight to
the lap of their great mother. Let them
learn to know and to love here. S. Mer.
| riUn