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Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1883-03-29
J. w. BLEsslxG.l RI. L. BELLEn
Blessing & Beller,
Successors to James W Butt)-
Carpenters and Builders,
Charlestown, W. Va.
Charlestown, W. Va

MY health being such AS to Ueccssitate re
~ inqushmcnt Of NY personal attention TO
some portion of my numerous business affairs,
have turned over my entire Carpenter ana
Building Business to Mcssrs. Blessing K 8ciicr,
hitherto in my employ. Both are competent,
energetic and faithful, with abundant expert
cnce. and all work entrusted to them WILL ]
am sure, be faithfully and satisiact9rily eyecu-
ted. JAMES ". BOI /.
As WI be seen by the above, we have sue
ceeded Mr. Bu.t in ;he Carpenter and Building
Business We aye, We trust, from oar connec-
tion for years past as employees Of Mr.. T., IN a
measure well known 20 ,he people of the cdh-
munity. We, therefore, simply oi.cr orr ser-
vices 20 The public, and propose % take con-
tracts for Building. Repairing, ana al work III
our line. at moderate rates, aud 90 execute the
same PROMPTLY spd satisfactorily. ;. saying
we respectfully 80 : ajf:lon II the labiic pa
BLESSING { BELLER.
w 1897
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1883-03-29
Noy4, 1887

would inform the putlic tilat etcry Pre-
scrption that comes g. ~ stc-c IS Pc.
pared by me Individually. Person. caa tr'
me 40 night at the room over .Ge Dbl Sheriff z
Onicr, Jai Building Respectfully,
July rs, ISL. Ci-C. Z. LitHi
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1883-02-28
How to Raise Irish Potatoes.

One Who Knops, in Planters journal.
Buy for seed Northern Shaker
Russets" or Peerless" they are the
best for the main crop. Some per-
sons prefer the "Early Rose" do
not. Cut them SO as to leave only
one eye to a piece; more than
that is waste. Cut with Judgment
so as to awe each piece as large as
possible; it will sustain the bud until
it takes root. Sprinkle the cut pieces
freely with wood ashes, and if they
lie in the ground that way eight or
ten days they do not suffer; select
rich ground, break it very deep, and
harrow it level; run burrows with a
turning pillow thirty inches apart;
drop about pint of green cotton
seed between each two pieces and
cover with hoe. A pillow will do
the work quicker, bat the hoe will
do it better, and the potatoes will
come up more regularly. When The
covering is done you will not know
where your rows are. When they
are up high enough to work, hill with
plow--one turrow on each side
ard draw the dirt to and around
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1883-02-28

*The woman who seeks relief from
pain by the free pse Of alcoholic stimu~
lants and narcotic drugs finds what she
seeks only SO tar as sensibility is de-
stroyed or tempt rarily suspended. No
care soas eyer 81, buglit By such means,
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1883-02-28

bark. With the point of the knife,
turning the back of the blade to the
wood so ss not to dull the blade,
raise the bark at the top Of and at
either side of the first incislon, so as
TO enable you to insert and push
down the bud If the sap is flowing
freely the bud in it's downward mos
ton will easily lift the bark, and as
it takes it's position exclude the air
from beneath it and the wood OF the
stock. After the bud has been push
ed partly down with the fingers,
place the blade of the knife ones
fourth of an inch above the eye OF
the bud and perpendicular to the line
of the first !ncision, press the knife
through the bark OF the bud, and by
downward motion force the bud
down till the knife comes directly
over the second incision. Tie Id the
bud with strips of cloth quarter or
a halt inch wide, or what is better,
with strings of woollen yarn, as its
elasticity will not allow the strang>
ling of the bud so soon. In tying
do not bring the cloth or string in
contact with the eye OF the bud. So
wrap as to hold the bud firmly in its
place, and to exclude the rain if any
should tall soon after budding. Re
visit the buds eight or ten days after
they have been inserted. 1t they
are llvirg take the wrapping from
the part Of the bud below the eye.
The wrapping above the eye may be
loosened, but it should not be taken
off SO soon. When the bud is living,
cut off the stock three or four inches
above. As the bud grows it should
be tied to this upper section OF the
stock tor support. After the bud
has started on its second growth, ii
the stock Is small it should then be
cut off just above the bud it larger,
a longer time should be allowed be-
fore cutting off the stock close to
The bud
Before leaving the subject atten>
ton is called to the importance of
having the top of the bud fit neatly
against the bark above. The law
governing the growth OF trees is this:
the sap passing upward through the
pores OF the sap, wood is elaborated
through the leaf 1t is only after the
new sap has entered the leaf and alb
sorbed carbon from the atmosphere
that it is ready TO make new wood.
The sap having secured its carbon
the tree mainly between the bark
and the wood. AS il descends eva
IL es:f I'D III III 81 Il ~
pores Of the bark, and the lhickened
sap makes deposit along the line
OF its descent and around The trunk
otgthe tree just under the bark. This
thickened sap presently hardens into
wood. 1t is this fact, that new
wood is generally formed by this
doeonaoord flow OF sap, which makes
it important that the top OF the bud
should come in close contact with
the mpper bark. Placed thus 1t is
put in contact with and in the way
OF the direct current OF lite. Placed
otherwise, its chance Of lite is de-
pendent upon lateral circulation or
absorption.
1t the buds are from the Mandarin
or Tangerine varieties, insert them
during spring or autumn, as they do
not live readily when inserted during
the heat OF summer.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1883-02-28

The Detroit Free Press man says
cit costs mouey to be good" Ii is
suspected that The last time he was
in church put silver dime in the
contribution basket in mistake Tor a
cent. Such errors will occur. ii a
man IS y ealthy. Norristoacn Herdid
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1883-02-28

A good BGptist clergyman OF Bergen,
N. Y, astroug temperance man, suffer-
ed with kidney trouble, neuralgia and
dizziness almosat6 blindness, over two
years after he waH told that Hop Bitters
would cure him because he was afraid
of and prejudidsa against "Bitters. ,
Since his cure ba says none need fear
but trust in Hop Bitters,
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1883-02-28
Deservedly Popular.

Unless it had great merit Parker's
Ginger Tonic could not be SO popular.
Ets sale has spread remarkably every
where, because invalids fLd it gives
them new life and vigor when other
medicines fail entirely Ohio Farmer.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-01-04
Indian Corn.

DR.. Byron B. Halstead, at the winter
meeting, in Northampton, of the Massa-
chusetts Board spoke of Indian corn,
the yield of which the present season
will approach very near two billion
bushels, raised chiefly in six States, and
on an area thirteen times as large as
Massachusetts,, which produced two mil
lion bushels and was the first in the
world to be planted with corn by civil
lied man. Corn is of a plastic nature
and can adapt itself to widely different
influences. The many sorts now grown
was probably developed from single
source and from variety much inferior
to our best kinds now. Com is divided
into flint and dent varieties, field or gar
den, or sweet, pop and Undiscovered,
the latter believed by many to represent
the original habit of growth. From four
to forty rows are found in an ear, al
ways an even number. Varieties are
cultivated that reach a height of only
two feet, while others rear their tops so
that man on horseback can scarcely
reach them. The kernels are many
shaped and many cOlOred, and the grain
varies in weight from tifty-siX to sixty
four pounds per bushel. The kernel Is
made up of the chit or embryo, and
starch and oil for feeding it during its
early growth. Like most of all other
plants it has its roots, stem and leaves.
The value of the entire crop of the
United States is not less than seven hum
'dred million dollars worth for each of
the hundred days of its growth, though
as corn grows but little during cold
spells, the money value is increased
most rapidly during the hottest days
Just succeeding showers, when there
must at times be twenty or more mil
lions of dollars worth grown in a single
twenty-four hours. The sexual charac-
ter of the plant was described with its
male blossoms ON the spindle and the
female organs on the ear, giving lis the
power to crOss-breed and make new vari-
cites by careful selection and manipula-
ton. Much can be done to increase the
average yield-of the country by selection
of seed and growing seed especially for
planting. A variety with the habit of
producing one fine ear is better than one
that may produce several small ears.
The cob should be small, the husk soft.
Early growth is also an important char
acteristic. The person who is fortunate
enough to originate new variety OF
marked superiority to any now existing
will be classed among the benefactors of
the race. America is the peculiar home
of the corn plant England would gladly
give thousand fortunes could she sue
cessfully raise this grain, which is every
inch a king.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-01-04
Entertaining a Burglar.

Recently Miss Linda Gilbert, the we'll
known prison refOrmer, tried peculiar
method of her own with burglars. Miss
Gilbert was sleeping peacefully in her
house in New York City, when she was
awakened by the entrance of a burglar,
who climbed in at the window and pro-
ceeded to take possession Of Miss Gill
bert's watch. When the mans back was
turned Miss Gilbert "slid out of bed
to quote her own words-and touching
him gently on the shoulder, informed
him that he was robbing friend As he
was not Wall street operator, this re-
mark made an impression upon the bur-
glar, and on being informed of Miss Gil
bert's name and philanthropic profession
he at once begged her pardon, and Of
fered to withdraw. Being, however, a
courteous and genial burglar, he finally
acceded to Miss Gilbert's request that he
would sit down and engage in conversa-
ton, and in the course of the next half
hour he told his charming entertainer his
whole history, or at any rate Il story to
that effect. When at last he took his
leave he carried with him basket filled
with material for an excellent Sunday
dinner, together with five dollar bill
and the benevolent wishes of his generous
friend. Although Miss Gilbert has since
called at the house where he said he
lived. she has been unable to find him,
and she explains her disappointment by
supposing that she made mistake in the
number of the house.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-01-04
The False Prophet.

According to a story printed in the
Philadelphia Times, the False Prophet
of Soudan is Thomas johnson, native
of Comellsville, Pennsylvania. The
story has it that Johnson's father was
brought from Northern Africa early IN
the present century in a slaye-ship, and
landed at Yorktown; that he escaped
fr':s, slavery. aud 3iy"J - +Ira,,,..:s;,S
near Conncllsyille: that he tai.-; mt his son
the religion Of NIahommed; and that he
died in Pittsburgh in 1877. In 1858
young johnson went to Paris, enlisted in
the French army, and was sent to AIgiers.
At the close of his term of enlistment he
joined a caravan, went to Soudan, and
remained there for several years.
Accidentally coming across some Amer
lean newspapers that were sent to Sou
dan from Massachusetts wrapped around
some knives and spear-heads shipped to
that country, he read his first news Of
President Lincoln, offering to raise
regiment of Arabs for the Union army
The offer was not accepted. johnson re-
turned to America in 1865, but remained
only a few months. He had great in
fuence over the semi-ciyilized Moslems,
aud when the English invaded Egypt he
proclaimed himself Imam Mahdi, the
Prophet of Allah. His fathers real
name was Beyash el Azwah
The story has it that many descend
ants of those who were brought over in
the slave-ship with the False Prophets
father are living in Fayette County, Penn
sylvania, 'whose thin lips, high fore
heads, aquiline noses, superior intel
lectual capacity, and splendid physique
stamp them at once as superior in every
respect to the full-blooded negro" 1t is
further averred that one Of the False
Prophets hundred wives is an octoroon
from Uniontown, who still writes to her
relatives in Pennsylvania.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-01-04
THE FESTIVE OYSTER.

At the New York Iicro,coplcaI Society
Professor Samuel Lockwood, PHI. D.,
Secretary of the New Jersey State Micro
scopical Society, read a paper on the
''Natlual History Of the Oyster" After
speaking of the great systems III physl-
ology known as the negative, the profes-
sor took up the ingestion, respiration and
circulation of the oyster, which he Illus
trated with the help of the blackboard
and diagrams. 1 "egard to the mges-
tive system, he showed the course which
the water TOOK in conveying food to the
mouth of the oyster, and described the
action Of the lips Of the oyster III ellml-
mating thefood from the water.
The position of the stomach was then
shown with the inyoluted intestines, and
where the faecea ware discharged at a
spot where tin, ftete water that had
been taken to sc mouth, returned i'll
stream, thus coIryi4.. he focal refuse
out of the shells Furr4,r on he showed
The peculiar int mai ,rrrlc - the T.
reatiues, by whit-l tUe :.la;,t surface W.
made available for the absorption Of food
into the general system.
In regard to the respiration, he showed
how the water entered the giIls, and by
a series Of innumerable millions of little
lashes in action, like oars, carry the water
through the minutest part of the gills,
eliminating the oxygen from the con-
tanned air. In respect to the circulation
he showed the heart in pulsation, com
posed of the ventricle and aulricle, the
latter receiving the aerated blood from
the gills, giving the same to the ventricle,
which by the two aortas distributed the
blood through the entire surface of the
animal
He spoke of the oyster as having some
little capacity for education Cthe Profess
sor is Superintendent of Public Instruc-
ton in Monmouth County, n J. ) in that
in a singular way it can adjust itself to
many new environments, and then went
ON to describe the building up the Oys-
ter's house-its shells. He told how the
shells were formed a-ld how the age OF
an oyster can be told by ths shoots or
layers Of the shells, by the hinge lines
and by the position of the abductor
muscle
The Professor then described the COM
panions Of the oyster and their habits,
their efforts in gathering food
for the mollusc, and also the enemies of
the oyster, such as the drum fish, that
grinds them up, destroying millions Of
them in a night; of the drill, that bores
a hole through the shell and then sucks
out the life and body, unless the oyster
rebels and defeats the attack by plugging
up the hole. The sea-star and the conch
were added to the list of enemies, each
one'soperations begin minutely described.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-01-04
"Gwine to be a Lawsuit.o

We were sitting on the hotel steps at
Franklin, Tenn, when a colored man
came up and asked the time of day. A
gentleman, whom everybody addressed
as Major, gave the hour and added:
"Say, Moses, [ want a good, stout
man to move some fencing for me. I'll
give you a dollar to come up and work
for me tomorrow"
Couldn't do it, sab. Tze got to
tend dat Peters lawsuit to-morrer." "
"Well, next day"
"Next day de old man Brown has his
lawsuit"
"Then say Thursday"
Couldn't do it, sab. OATS de day
Mrs Simpson am to be tried fur frowin'
an AK at Elder Barrow"
"WeIl, will you agree to be on hand
Friday?"
&" No, sab. On Friday TIE gwine seben
miles out to tend a lawsuit befo' Squar'
Marshall"
Can you come Saturday ?"
'Reckon not, Major More'n likely
de Taylor hog-kllin' case will come off
Saturday. "
"See here, Noses" said the Major as
he dropped his feet and leaned forward,
"can you spare me any one day next
week?"
Cant promise fur sartin, sab, kase
some of desc lawsuits may be disjourned
ober, you know"
He was only a fair sample of the race.
Next day, as | rode out on the Spring
field pike, l met five slashing fellows
walking at gait of six miles an hour.
After dividing a plug Of tobacco among
them | asked:
"Going to town?'
"Yes, sah."
"Circus coming in to-day?"
"Reckon not, sab, but dar's gwine to
be a lawsuit, an we's pushin' right long
for front seats M. QUAD.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-01-04
4 CHRLSTUf4S HYMN.

The air was still DER Bethlehem's plain,
As if the great night held its BREATH
When life eternal came to reign
Over world of death.
Az nature felt thrill divine
When burst that meteor on the night,
Which. pointing to the Saviours shrine,
Proclaimed the newborn light.
Light to the shepherds and the star
Gilded their silent midnight fold;
Light to the wise men from afar,
Bearing their gifts Of gold.
Light to a realm of sin and grief;
Light to a world in all its needs;
The light of lfe-a new belief
Rising DER fallen creeds.
Light on tangled path of thorns.
Though leading to a martyrs throne;
A light to guide till Christ returns
In glory to his own.
There still it shines. while far abroad
The Christmas choir sings now, and then,
''GloTy, glory unto Our God!
Peace and goodwill to men
I. BUCHANAN READ.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-01-04
A Drunken HeafSman.

All Denmark, says the Copenhagen
correspondent of the 81. JGD1es'S Gazette,
was thrilled by general feeling of hor-
ror when the papers brought the details
of the execution of criminal in a pro
vincial place the previous day-details
which painfully remind one of the dis
grace full manner in which Sofia Petrows-
kaya was executed last year ut st. Peters
burg. According to the Danish law
criminals condemned to death suffer the
last penalty of the law by decapitation
by means of an AK, the block being
placed at some conspicuous place as near
as possible to the place where the murder
was committed. A man condemned to
death was to be executed one morning
lately, and, as usual, large crowd
of people from the surrounding districts
had assembled round the spot, only one
constable being present to keep order.
When the usual formaities were gone
through. the criminal laid his head on
the block: but the eye and the hand of
the eXecutiOnCr, who had been drinking
heavily on the previous day, were I'M
certain. and the stroke fell over both
shoulders. the criminal uttering a smoth-
cred cry of pain. The executioner
wrenched the ax out Of the wond,
welded it again, and struck the criminal
high up on the back OF the head; again
he wrenched the ax out of the wound,
and succeeded at last in cutting the head
off. The crowd rushed to the headless
trunk, some to try to catch some drops
of blood, which the peasants think has
some kind of magical effect to cure GER
tain diseases; others to satisfy their NOR
bid curiosity. In fact, horrible and
disgusting scene took place, several men
and women fainting. Every one agrees
that such Il disgraceful spectacle must
never more take place in Denmark, and
the Minister of Justice has already, with
Pfaiseworth speed. declared his inten-
ton to bring in a short bill providing for
execution by means of the gullotine and
within the precincts of prison.
A YOUNG girl of the Sioux nation is de-
scribed as chiefly remarkable for her fine
dark eyes. Why not call her a Black
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-01-04

WINDOWS. From a return just issued
by the French Minister of Finance with
regard to the window tax, which still eX-
lists in France, it appears that there are
in that country 3,3l2.7 784 houses. OF
these 257, 800 have but one outlet, 1853,
O54 have two, and l ,090, ,331 have upward
of six
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-01-04

No RENT.-On the estate Of Clyth,
il Caithness, Scotland, on rent day re-
Gently 200 tenants assembled in front Of
the shooting lodge, where Mr.. Sharp,
the proprietor, was waiting to receive his
rents. A deputation demanded a revalna-
ton of the holdings, which, they said,
are excessively rented. The request was
refused, Mr.. Sharp denying that the con-
dition of the tenants is bad. The land
lords answer having been communicated
to the tenants, they unanimously resolved
to pay no rent until they got revalua-
ton, and they also decided not to pay
arrears, lest they should be made as
cover for paying current rent. Tn
crowd then dispersed.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-01-04

The CBArMANT.-M Anthony Bid
dulph visited the Tichborne claimant a
few days ago at Portsea convict prison
for the first time since the convicts re-
moval from Dartmoor. The claimant has
lost considerably in weight, and has aged
very much. He appeared to be perfectly
resigned to his position, but is looking
forward with hope to the Christmas Of
1884, when he expects to be liberated OIL
a ticket of leave
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-01-04

= I @ Y E \.
An
OPEN OFFER!.

Until further notice, we
will give any honorable
and reliable citizen Of La
nolll0 County. who hasn't
already q good Stove. the
use Free for so days of an
excellent Cooking Stove,
with Reservoir, TO be re-
turned at the expiration Oh
that time unless the person
receiving it shall, after
trial, desire TO purchase it.
in which case he can do so
upon liberal terms, subject
20 the ioiiGwing warrant
and guarantee.
First----.I'hat the price
asked for it is as low a.
the same, or as good a
Stove, can be bought for i'm
Vermont, and the buyer
may have another 80 days
from date of purchase to
investigate This matter.
anG we agree that The
buyer shall be his own
judge in deciding this
point.
SecOnd---We warrant the
Stove against breaking by
fire, with fair usage, for
one full year from date of
purchase.
Third---We warrant ev-
cry pound OF iron in the
Stove to be new and every |
plate to b. honestly and
thoroughly made.
FOurfIl---YVe warrant the
Stove TO be am excellent
baker and heater. and that
tlla water will boil quick
~ in the Reservoir by turn
ing damper according to
di ectiOnS.
Fifth---We warrant the
Stove to give perfect and
entire satisfaction in Price
Quality, Operation, and
Every Other Particular. or
al the end Of go days we
will take it back and re-
fund the purchase money. |
Sixth and F'inallv---
We guarantee that
there shall be no un-
pleasantness or d1sSat-
isfactiOn, if after full
and thorough trial you
decide not to keep the
Stove; we shall not ex-
pect to please every
body, and if you con-
clude YOU don t want to
buy, we shall keep en-
tirely good natured.
We only ask that you
give us a chance to try
to please you, if you
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-01-04

A YOUNG girl of the Sioux nation is de-
scrbed as chiefly remarkable for her fine
dark eyes. Why not call her Black
Eyed Sioux then?