Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1883-08-21
Various items.

Drs. Newton & Blair, Buchannon,
w. Va, report that Browns Iron
Bitters are giving general satisfac-
tion."
Glass Fruit Jars, in quarts and half
gallon. for sale at lowest prices by
S. S., DALGARN.
Mrs. Partington, dear old lady,
says that there arevery few people
nowadays who suffer from 'ssuggcs-
ton of the brain.'
Many a limb has been saved from
amputation, and possibly a life saved,
by the prompt use of Phenol Sodique
after the accident.
care you Owen Brown?'' asked
Harlem man of a gentleman he met
yesterday. eyes, 1 am owin' Brown,
but what business is it of yours if
am?"
The body of man with a pencil
behind his car, pair of shears in his
right hand and his pockets full of gold
has been eXcavated at Pompeii. lie
is supposed to have been an editor.
AfelIowin liquor store remarked:
"Show me an actor, and I will show
you a low-lived whelp." An actor,
big and athletic, who CHANGED to be
present, stepped up and said, ''I am
an actor and the other fellow
promptly replied, "And I am a low
lived whclp."
The MEADOWS OF Maryland
Springfield, Prince Georges Co..
Md.-Mr. Chas. G. Addison, of the
above place states: 81 spraincd my
right knee causing intense suffering.
and the use of crutches for several
weeks. l found no relief in other re-
medics and finally tried the miracle of
cure, ST. Jacobs Oil. In short time
I could bend my l,nec-which had
been as stiff as an iron-rOd,-laying
aside my crutches and was able to
walk as well as ever. -
Charlie went to sec the apple of his
eye the other evening, and after q
proper amount of affectionate convcr-
sation, he said: ''I'll give you q pair
Of earrings, dear, if you'll earn them
by letting me bore your ears.
Haven't / earned them already 2"
Qucried the fair object of his afiec-
tions.
Speaking of the recent charges in
the University, the next session of
which begins September 9TH, the HIN
tington AGre1tiser says: The Board
of Regents, as at present organized,
are earnest in the purpose to make
that institution afountain q from which
earnest, honest and laboIious study
shall draw 4 high order of scholarship,
and to confer its honors upon such
persons only as show themselves dis
posed and capable of acquiring them.
Pcaccis better than JOY. Joy is an
uneasy guest, and isuIways on tip-toc
to depart. 1t tries and wears us out,
and yet keeps US ever fearing that the
next moment it will be gone. Peace
is not so. It comes more quietly, it
stays more contentedly, and it never
exhausts our strength, nor gives us
one anxious, forccasting thought.
As WHEN SHE WAS YouNG.-"I
have used Parker's Hair Balsam and
like it better than any similar prcpa-
ration know of, writes Mrs. Ellen
Perry, wife Of Rev. p. Perry, of Colo
brook Springs, Mass. ''My hair was
almost entirely gray, but a dollar
bottcl of the BaIsam has restored the
sOftness, and the brown color it had
when I was young-not a single gray
hair left. Since 1 began applying
the Balsam my hair has stopped fall,
ing out, and l find that it is q per.
fectly harmless and agreeable dress,
ing"
A seaside note: "Ah! going tc
take vacation at the beach?'' said
one man to another, as the two met
on a boat going down the harbor.
"No; I'm merely going down tc
have my name registered at one OF
the beach hotels, so that it may be
published in the guests lists. There
is nothing like putting on style, yor
know"
1 have a few Canary Birds for sale
"Songsters, and any one wanting -;
fine Bird will do well to call at Bur
toms Jewelry Store, where he keep:
a full assortment of Watches, Clocks
JewcIry and SiIvcr-Plated Ware, Ac
Cbl IISCllSs IOllilS: 1OGllIOS. L lSGO4S
Cartridges, Caps, Bird Seed, Mock
ing Bird Food, &c. Fly Fans, new
parts made for them and put in ordc1
now is the time to have them re
paired. Lamp tops ccmcnted on New
Process. Watches, Clocks and Jew
elry repaired cheaper than elsewhere
Call and see him. Look for the sigr
II. y. BURTON, Matchmaker.
A lady whose husband had beer
elected to Congress and was mucl
disturbed by the stories she had rcaC
of the malarious atmosphere of th'
capital, asked one of his constituent:
if lie thought it was safe for her hus
band to live in Washington. "Safe' y
he rejoincd, well: 1 should say so
It's about the only place in the coun
: try where man can steal with posi-
lively no risk Of being sent to Stat
prison for. it. y
KAHoKA No., Feb. o, 1880.
1 purchased five bottles of you
Hop Bitters of Bishop & Co. last fall
for my daughter, and am we'll pleased
with the Bitters. They did her NOR
, good than all the medicine she ha
E taken for six years.
r WEI. T. MCCLURE.
The above is from a very reliabI
fornnr UbOCo fIaurThtor voc in Jooo