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Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1883-07-03
.unveIIIng of the Lee Statue.

dwelling of the Lee Statue.
The unwilling of Valentine recum-
bant statue of Gen. R. E. Lee, Tick
ington, va, last Thursday, was at
tended by large assemblage of per-
sons. Gen. Jubal A. Early presided
at the stand. and among those present
were Gen. Wade Hampton, Gen.
George Stewart, Mrs. Gen. Jackson
and daughter Julia, Mrs. Gen. Pickett,
and others of note. The Confederate
Army and Navy Association of Mary
land attended in body. The adj
dress of Hon. John w. Daniel was of
the most eloquent style of oratory,
and held his audience cnraptared for
nearly three hours. Father Ryan,
at the conclusion of Maj. Daniels ada
dress, delivered his famous poem,
ssThe Sword of Lee," after which an
artillery salute was fred and the maui
solemn thrown open to the public.
The recumbent figure is over life
size, and rests upon a heavily draped
couch, in an attitude of easy repose,
the head elevated to a Ratura! po-
sition, with the face turned slightly
to the right. The feet are slightly
crossed, and the right forearm lies
across the breast, the hand holding
by simple weight the blanket which
covers the lower part of the body,
while the left arm is fully extended
along the couch, the hand touching
the hilt of the sword. The recumbent
figure rests on sarcophagus, simple
almost to severity in its order, and
this rests on a solid granite tomb, be-
meath which repose the remains of the
iilustrious dead. The sides of the
sarcophagus are composed Of two
panels, and the space between the
panels bear in 6asso relieco-sn the
one side the coat of arms of the Lee
family, and on the other the arms of
the State of Virginia. The head and
foot consists of one panel each. OF
the Chapel and Mausoleum, the Cha
pei was designed by and partially
built under the direction of the late
General before his death. The rear
portion is intended as a chancel to
the church, and at the same time to
afford a receptacle for the recumbent
figure. The chancel and its annex
are two stories in height, the fall of
the ground permitting an entire story
additional Upon entering at the door
just beneath the chancel, there is
wide vestibule, and Immediately I'M
der the Chapel is the study of the late
General and University President,
still remaining in the same condition
as when he last occupied it. The
sepulchrai chamber in which the
figure rests is % by 90 feet, and the
height to the ceiling 20 feet. 1t is
covered by roof of iron, slate and
thick glass lights. The vestibule,
which is seen on entering the door of
the lower story, extends entirely
across the chancel. and admits OF the
free passage of persons who desire to
stand in the immediate presence of
the illustrious dead. This portion of
the structure is absolutely fire-proof,
and it is. intended to cut off all con-
tact with fire and smoke. Should the
chapel burn at any time, the sepul-
chral chamber and its precious dust
would remain unframed.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1883-07-03

The July number of The Ceatuy,
contains an interesting account of
''the John Brown RAID by Col. A.
r. Boteler.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1883-07-03

II HAVE several secondhand Cook Stoves ON
Il hand, which will sell cheap. Come early
II you want them. j. Fl. YESTERDAY.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1883-07-03

Mr.J. w. Bordman. Valley Fur
mace, W. Va, says: "Brown's Iron
Bitters cured me of general debility
within four weeks time
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Ripon 2. 81. Efay S. ~.
w DOL w anted.

NE ere il. the market for Wool. Call
w around and zee u.s. Cash or trade paid
JETFERSoN co. COOPERATIVE sToRE.
jane 5. 1883.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1883-07-03

Rev. p. II. Whisner, Presiding
Elder.of Winchester District, BaIti-
more Conference, ~ E. Church South,
has been made Doctor of Divinity
by RandoIph-Maoon College.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1883-07-03

Company
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1883-07-03
MISCELLANEOUS.
Jefferson Wocien Miu,
F5.uac1gy Portef's FACTORY.

" +'POrtcr's Factory" which in DAYS eon6
by enjoyed almost a national reputation for
excellent manufactures, viii be operated by
the undersigned. Necessary repairs have
been made and improved machinery introduced.
and II is our expectation to maintain the reps
utat!oD Of the min and 10 meet the demand Of
the public for first-c:lass goods.
The Highest Market Price win be paid fer
Wool delivered at the Mil or 1t suck .I,eints ~
may be designated.
Order; for :C;otaa, Yarns, Sc, win r..s-s
Respectfully.
j. J. JoBE q CO.
POttoRcc-kipoh. Jefferson County, W. Va.
i'll. lobe q Bro viii continue 10 opsr.,s
TIE Mil at Brucetown, Frederick County, Yir-
GINA, and Will pay the top market price for
Wool delivered there
April q. lSe3.
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Notice.

MY son, John h Roberts, aged Is years,
W. having left or been enticed away from
home last week, I hereby forewarn all persons
against secreting or harboring him, and will
enforce the law to its fullest extent against all
SUCH Any information in regard to him win
be thankfully received.
july 8. 1sss-st SAN t1A' . iNeot-fNi
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sREss-MkgIHa & PLklH sEwIHe.
Horses and Vehicles.

GAZE Riding and Driving HoTses, and stylish
~ Vehicles for the accommodation of the pub
&c Tor hire on reasonable terms At the Livery
stnbies 81 STARRY & STUMP.
Nay Is, 1888
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-02-05
AN EDITOR ON EARLY
MARRIAGES.

Nine-tenths of the unhappy mar
riages are the results of green human
calves being allowed to run at large
in the society pastures without any
yoke on them. They marry and
have children before they do mus
taches, they are the fathers of twins
before they are proprietors of two
pairs pants, and the little girls they
marry are old women before they are
twenty years old. Occasionally one
of these gosling marriages turn out
all right, but it is clear case of
luck. If there was law against
young galoots sparkling and marrying
before they have all cut their teeth,
we suppose the little cusses would
evade it in some way, but there
should be a sentiment against it. 1t
is time enough for these bantams to
think of finding a pullet when they
nave raised money enough to buy
bundle of laths to build a hen-house.
But they see girl who looks cunning
and they are afraid there is not going
to be girls enough to 60 a around,
and then they begin to get in their
work real spry; and before they are
aware of the sanctity of the marriage
relation they are hitched for life, and
before they own cook-stove or
bedstead they have to get up in the
night and 60 after the doctor, so
frightened that they run themselves
out of breath and abuse the doctor
because he does not run too, and
when the doctor gets there, there is
not enough linen in the house to wrap
up doll-baby.-Rising Farm (Ga.)
Gazette.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-02-05
A LUCKY THING.

Two or three years ago there was
smash-np on the Grand Trunk
road, and among the killed was a
woman, about so years old, who liv-
ed on the line. The husband was
sent for, the body taken care of, and
after a few days an agent went down
to see how the matter could be set
tied. SIT is sad affair, of course"
he observed, s.but in a business point
of view we must look at her age.
She was over 80, and in poor health,
then she had weak eyes and bad
cough. She was wife, but she was
also source of expense and anxiety.
While she was companion in one
sense, she had hacking cough and
snored in her sleep. Take all these
things into consideration, and then
tell me what you will settle for?''
The peppery old man had been NOV
ing about uneasily, and as soon as the
agent was through he called out: 81
don't keer how old she was, nor how
bad she coughed, nor how loud she
snored! / want this ere railroad
company to come down with $500
or I'll sue 'em till they can't rest
And / want you to understand tha
it's lucky for your internal old linz
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-02-05
SUBJECTS OF THOUGHT.

Honest worth, clothed in poverty,
often trembles upon approaching vice
throned in wealth.
To tell men that they cannot help
themselves is to fling them into reck-
lessness and despair.
He who does his best, however
little, is always to be distinguished
from him who does nothing.
A false friend is like the shadow
on the sun-dial-appearing in the
sunshine and vanishing in the shade.
If every person would be half as
good as he expects his neighbor to
be, what a heaven this world would
be.
Fear of punishment and hope of
reward moves towards and syco-
plants. Virtue is independent of
either.
Never be above your calling or be
afraid to appear dressed in accord
ance with the business you are pre-
forming.
No man is more nobly born than
another unless he is born with better
abilities and a more amiable dispo-
sition.
Pack your cares in as small a COM
pass as you can, SO that you can car
ry them yourself, and not let them
annoy others.
The pleasantest things in the world
are pleasant thoughts, and the great
est art in life is to have as many of
them as possible.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-02-05
THURLOW WEED AT HOME.

Concerning Thurlow, the Warwick |
of American politics, the world has
had intimate knowledge; but Thur
low Weed, the parctical philanthrop-
list, was comparatively unknown, even
to his most intimate associates.
Whatever may have been true of his
earlier and more active days, when
he was the power behind the throne
and of the most potent of all agen-
cies in public affairs, it is certain that
the last two decades of his life were
crowded with kindly deeds. His
home in West Twelfth street, New
York city, was the resort of the
stricken in purse and spirit, no less
than the Mecca of aspiring politi-
clans. Years ago-and for years
and for years-there was sight to
be witnessed every Saturday after
noon in front of that Twelfth street
home not to be seen anywhere else in
New York. It was score or so of
little girls, all neatly but poorly
dressed, who were weekly applicants
for his bounty, and none of whom
ever left his door empty-handed.
Once when a committee of one called
at his house on Saturday afternoon
with carriage, to invite him to at
tend the first reception of the New
York Press club, crowd of little
ones were before his door. Mr..
Weed expressed the pleasure it would
give him to meet the working journ-
alists of the city-or as he said, ''the
boys in the harness added,
"you must wait until l feed my
chickens" After the children had
been loaded with his gifts he pro-
ceeded to the rooms of the Press
club, where he gave some good adj
vice to those just entering upon the
road he had traversed is it's end. He
frankly admitted that day, as he al
ways did in his declining years, the
great change that had taken place in
journalism since he was active mem
ber of the profession. No mar
knew better than he in his later years
that the newspaper had become the
; vehicle of information rather than Of
4 opinions. As he once tersely put it
"the world doesn't care what an edi
tor thinks about fact, but it doe
case a great deal for the fact ITSELF
Yet there was never a more omniv
: orous reader of newspapers, although
latterly he used the eyes of anothe
instead of his own-usually those Q
s the daughter who devoted her life t
e. :; him. 1t was not political news alon
that claimed his attention, but all th
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-02-05
FATHERLY ADVICE.

"Will Kernel Algernon Bixby
please step dis way?" asked the pres
ident, as everything under the head
of communications had been cleared
away.
The colonel advanced like man,
expecting to receive gold medal for
some meritorious service, and Broth
er Gardner continued:
''Kernel Bixby, I received COM
plant from your wife to de effect dat
she am bar '-fut.
eyes, sah-she likes to 60 bar
fut."
''An' dat the wood-pile am entirely
gone.
'We am no hams to burn wood in
de summer, sah.'
''An' she says she am outer flour,
tea, sugar, butter and eberything else
but meat
1--WE has been libin' on de Dio
Lewis plan for few weeks, sab, >"
coolly replied the colonel.
81 understan' dat you owe three
months house rent?''
eyes. sab, but Tze gwine to move
dis fall.''
"Kernel Bixby, look at me in de
left eye! Fur de las six weeks you
have been loafin' around an hatin'
hard work. You haven't Armed an
honest nickel since July. You am
powerful handy wild your excuses,
but let me say to you dat if you
doan't start out on Monday mornin'
an look for work, an start de sweat
on your back, 1 shall call for you at
de next meetin'. Dat call will mean
biznessl 1t will result in purceed-
in's dat will walk you down stars fo'
steps at time? 1t am now time to
disorganize de meetin'. Let de glee
club sing as sweetly as possible, an
eny member who picks up a hat be-
longin' to some odder head will be
sot back in his record fur virchew
and honesty"
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-02-05

distils from the hollow oak /! Truly,
the love of home is interviewer with
all that is pure and deep and lasting
in earthly affection. Let us wander
where we may, the heart looks back
with secret longing to the paternal
roof, there the scattered rays of af-
fection concentrate. Time may en-
feeble them, distance overshadow
them for season, but they will at
length break through the cloud and
storms, and glow and burn and
brighten around the peaceful thres-
hold of home.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-02-05
MADAGASCAR.


The Island of Madagascar, which
is exciting just now considerable. att
tention in both England and Frances
appears to rise, says writer in The
Nineteenth Century, like huge mon-s
ster out of the waters. 1t has a re-
markably compact and regular OUT
line for many hundred miles it's
eastern shore is almost straight
line, but on its northwestern side it,
is indented by number of deep
land-locked CULTS, which include some
of the finest harbors in the world.
About third of the interior to the
north and east is occupied by an
elevated mountainous region, raised
from 5000 to 5000 feet above the
sea, and consisting of primary rocks
granite, gneiss and basalt-proba-
bly, very ancient land and forming
during the secondary geological epoch
an island much smaller than the
Madagascar of to-day. While the
oolitc and chalk rocks of England
were being slowly laid down under
northern seas, the extensive coast
plains of Madagascar, especially on
it's western and southern sides, were
again and again under water, above
the sea-level. From southeast to
north and northwest there extends a
band of extinct volcanoes, connected
probably with the old craters of the
Comoro group, where, in Great Com
ORC, the subterranean forces are still
active. All round the island runs a
girdle of dense forest, varying from
ten to forty miles in width, and con-
tanning fine timber and valuable
gums and other vegetable wealth-a
paradise for botanists, where rare or
chids, the graceful traveller's-tree,
the delicate lattice-leaf plant, the
gorgeous famboyant, and many 9th
er elsewhere unknown forms of life
abound, and where doubtless much
still awaits fuller research.
While the fora of Madagascar is
remarkably abundant, its fauna is
strangely limited, and contains none
of the various and plentiful forms of
mammalian life which make Southern
and Central Africa the paradise of
sportsmen. The ancient land of the
island has preserved antique forms
of life; many species of lemur make
the forest resound with their cries :;
and these with the curious and highly
specialized aye-aye, and peculiar
species of viverrida and insectivora,
are probably 'survivors" of an Old
World existence, when Madagascar
was one of an archipelago of large
islands whose remains are only small
islands like the Seychelles and Mas
carene groups, or coral banks and
atolls like the Chagos, Amirante, and
others which are slowly disappearing
beneath the ocean. Until two or
thraa huOdrnd wears aUo tho coast
plains of Madagascar were trodden
by the great struthious bird, the Ep-
yornis, apparently the most gigantic
member of the avi-fauna of the
world, and whose enormous eggs
probably gave rise to the story of
the Rukh of the ''Arabian Nights. )"
1t will be evident, therefore, that
Madagascar is full of interest as re-
CARDS it's scientific aspects.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-02-05
TRUTH IN THE LIME-KILN
CLUB.

sit am my painful dooty," said
the president, as he opened the meet
ing, "to inform you dat death has
again invaded our circle. Brudder
Slipback Burbank, of Syracuse, n.
Y, am no mo- on arth. He breath
ed his last three days ago, after an
illness of sixteen days. What AK
shen will de club take in the matter?"
ST move dat we send de widder a
resolushun of sympathy" announced
Judge Cadaver.
81 reckon dat we had better re-
solve dat de club has lost a shinin'
light" timidly added Pickles Smith.
'sDe club will neither resolve nor
ford any resolutions of sympathy, "
remarked the president. "De wild
der an chill'en can't eat a resolution,
eben if written in blue ink. De seek
retary will mail her a ten-dollar
greenback from de club funds, an
express de hope dat she am DOOM
well under the circumstances.
ssDis club hasn't lost no shinin
light by de death of Brndder Bur-
banks. He was no sinner. Fact
am, he was VERY common sort OF
a humpbacked cull'd pusson, an il
took him as long to add seven an
eight together as it would some uddel
men TO airn two dollars. He was ac.
complished in nothing; he excelled
only in KILN time when at work by
de day. He would be no better of
if we pronounced forty lynn eulogie'
on his character. He can be NJ
worse off If we tell de honest truth
The usual emblem of sorrow will b'
hung to de knob of de inner doah fu
de space of two weeks, an we viii
remember Brudder Burbanks as ex
tremely good-natured, eben if ex
tremely law"
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-02-05
A REMOTE NORTHERN SET
ELEMENT.

Captain Dawson, who is in COM
mand of one of the British circum-
polar expeditions, gives in Nature
this picture of River and Lake Atha-
basca. On July %, he writes: We
reached the Athabasca, a splendid
river, usually half mile in width,
sometimes more. Its course is pref
ty straight to the north, so we often
had view Of some fifteen miles or
so down the valley. AS we drifted
down the river the pines began to
give place to popular, the popular to
willow, the willow to reeds, till at
last we saw Lake Athbasca before
us, rocky coast to the north, and
to the east water as far as the eye
could reach. A fresh breeze took
us across the lake in two hours, and
we received a hospitable welcome at
Fort Chipewaian, together with all
sorts of luxuries that had become
quite strange to us.
This is quite large place; there
are about dozen houses, two
churches. two bishops, sisterhood,
and some missionaries. The country
is rocky and desolate. To the south
and west the great lake stretches
away to the horizon, and the land
view is composed of hills of reddish
granite, no soil, plants growing here
and there out of occasional crevices,
and a few stunted frs scattered about.
There are woods in the valley but the
trees are of no size. No sound
breaks the stiffness but the weird cry
of the loon, sort of maniacal laugh
that is almost wall and the soli-
tude is heightened by the reflection
that for l 900 miles north, south,
east and west all is Wilderness. To-
ward the lake the view is pretty,
as there are many islands covered
with pines.
1t is curious living together with
out money, as one does in this coun-
try. Everything is done by barter,
the unit of value being a skin; the
average value of a beaver skin is said
to be worth twenty ducks, or forty
white-fish or twenty plugs of tobacco,
so that for plug of tobacco (about
| II oz.) one can get a duck or two
white-fish, large fish about two
feet long and very good eating
This place, like all other habitations
in the northwest, swarms with wolf.
like dogs. These are used in winter
for drawing carrioles, and a team o1
four dogs will draw 500 pounds O.
more. The Indians use them, too
in the summer as pack animals.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-02-05
WHAT MAKES HOUSE BEAUTIFUL.

w Hal MAhES A I1OOSE DEAOI1f GLs
1t is an excellent thing to have
well-kept house and beautifully ap-
pointed table; but after all, the best
cheer of every home must come from
the heart and manner of the home
mother. If that is cold and this un-
gracious all the wealth of India cam
not make the house pleasant and in
viting. Intelligence, too, must lend
its charm if we would have and Eden.
The severe style of house order neat
ness seldom leaves much margin for
intellectual culture. A simpler style
of living and house-furnishing would
set many bonded slave at liberty,
and added vastly to the comforts of
all the house.
There are bare cabin homes that
have been remembered with pleasure,
because of the beautiful, loving pres
ence there; and stately palaces which
leave the impression of an iceberg on
| the mind.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-02-05
THE FALLOW FIELD.

The sun comes up and the sun goes down;
The night mist shroudeth the sleeping town;
But If it be dark or if it be day,
Ifthe tempests beat or the breezes play,
still here on this upland slope lie.
Looking up to the changeful sky.
Naught am but fallow field;
Never crop my acres yield.
Over the wall at my right hand
Stately aud green the corn blades stand,
And hear at my left the flying feet
OF the winds that rustic the bending wheat.
Often while yet the morn is red
| list for our masters eager tread.
He smiles at the young corn's towering height.
He knows the wheat is goodly sight,
But he glances not at the fallow field
Whose idle acres no wealth may yield.
Sometimes the shout of the harvesters
The sleeping pulse of my being stirs,
And as one in a dream seem to feel
The sweep and the rush of the swinging steel,
Or l catch the sound of the gay refrain
AS they heap their wains with the golden grain
Yet, my neighbors, be not too proud,
Our mother Nature is kind to me,
And am beloved by bird and bee,
And never a child that passes by
But turns upon ME grateful eye.
Over my head the skies are blue;
l have my share of the rain and dew;
bask like you in the summer sun
When the long bright days pass. one by one,
And calm yours is my sweet repose
Wrapped in the warmth of the winter SHOWS.
For little our loving mother cares
Which the corn or the daisy bears,
Which is rich with the ripening wheat,
Which with the violet's breath is sweet
Which is red with the clover bloom,
Or which for the wild sweet-fern make room.
Useless under the summer sky
Year after year men say Iie
Little they know what strength of mine
l give to the trailing blackberry vine;
Little they know how the wild grape grows
Or how my life bloom fiushes the rose.
Little they think of the cups l Ill
For the moses creeping under the hill;
Little they think of the feast spread
For the wild wee crea, ures that must be fed;
Squirrel and butterfly. bird and bee,
And the creeping things that no eye may see
Lord Of the harvest, Thou dost know
How the summers and winters go.
Never ship sails east or west
Laden with treasures at my behest,
Yet my being thrills to the voice of God
When give my gold to the golden-rod.
Julia C. r Dorr in Harper's Magazine