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The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1884-10-02

VALUABLE REAL ESTATE
. The undersigned Executors offer for sale pri-
ELEGANT FARM.
situated one-half mile from the village of New
Hope, in Augusta county. The farm contains
2l9 ACRES of excellent land, well improved,
well watered and timbered and with good
stand of grass.
The improvements consist of good Brick
Dwelling House, Barn and all necessary out
houses and fine orchard and garden.
1t is situated ON the road from Fit: Defiance
to New Hope, and within four miles OF the
former place, where there is a station on the
Valley Railroad The road is one of the best In
the county, and of easy grade.
AT New Hope and FIT. Defiance there are daily
mails.
Stores, churches and Shops mills, &C., within
half mile. The neighborhood is one of the
best in the county.
This farm offers a rare opportunity for prof
liable investment. 1t is sold to close up an
estate.
TERMS.-With good hand payment, the de-
ferred payments will be made to suit pur-
chasers.
A1-We also offer for sale frst-class STORE
New Hope. This is one of the most desirable
mercantile stands in Augusta, and has long
been known as such. 1t would be an adm1ra-
BILE location for a physician.
Also number of desirable BUILDING AND
PASTURE LOTS in New Hope, and a quantity
of Wood Land convenient. Terms as above.
Address DIR. ]. r. STOUT, New Hope.
]. r. STOUT,
JNO. W. STOUT,
j. M QUARLES.
april Executors.
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CONTAINING 2s4 ACRES.

of which l25 acres are fine bottoms. The up
land is gently undulating and easily titled.
The whole farm lies well and is free from sur
face rock, is adapted to all the grains. and
grasses, and at present is In good condition
The land is of the finest quality. its productive
power not being surpassed by any land In the
county, and is SO regarded by all who know It,
1t has yielded annually for the past fifteen
years, as can be satisfactorily shown to pur-
chaser, an average of 10 per cent. on the price
asked for it.
This farm is convenient to schools and
churches, and has an excellent neighborhood,
remarkable for it's good order and sobr1ety. 1t
is by well graded road, within two miles OF
large merchant mill on the Valley turnpike
leading from Staunton to Winchester, and by
the same road within ~ miles of Verona De-
pot on the Valley Branch of j. & Q. Railroad
where there is post-ofice. It is also in sight
of postofice with daily mail, and is distant
from the city of Staunton, by the Valley turn
pike 8 miles, and by the county road Of easy
grade, miles. It has good Mansion House,
Barn, all necessary outbuildings. orchard and
garden. and is well watered and timbered.
This sale is made to close I'D an estate.
TERMS.-With good hand payment the de-
ferred payments will be made to suit purchaser
J.R. STOUT,
JNO. w. STOUT,
]. M. QUARLES,
april Executors
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HARPERs FERRY. W. VA.
VIZ: Lot one, the wafer-power entire of rbe
Potomac River with a strip of land and biuff
bordering that river and lying between the
streets and lots laid down the plat of Har-
pers Ferry of 1869, extending from Shenandoah
street to the West line of the U. S. property
quarter of an acre at the junction of Potomac
and Ridge streets heretofore sold to Alexander
Murphy together with the buildings water
wheels and other machinery and ali The bmiid.
Ing stone and other building material on the
ground
! Lot two-the water-power of the Shenandoah
River and the site of the old rifle factory.
Also the following seventy-three town lots
In Harpers Ferry:
Block b, Lot ON Shenandoah Street with
double brick dwelling now used as the Post
Office.
Wager Reservation Lot is, brick dwelling.
Lots and 6, North of Shenandoah Street
Block /, on same, lot 5.
Block A. A, on Washington and Potomac
Block B. B, on Washington and Ridge streets,
block c. G. on Washington and Clay streets,
Block D. d. on Fillmore and Clay streets, Lots
Block E. E. on Washington and Clay streets,
Also on Camp Hill, the following:
Block f. f. on Fillmore street, Lots l, 8.
Block n. H.. Lot on S. Cliff street.
Block J. j., Lots O. II, IL, FILLMORE street
Block K. K, Lots 2, 5, 8, TO- II, ~.
Block l. r., Lots 7, s, Q. 10, II. on Boundary
and South Cliff streets.
Block H., Lot z on Ridge street,
Block l.. Lot 10 on same.
Block J: Lots at Union Square. TO- II. II, -,
Ridge Street
Block p, Lot 10, on Ridge street.
Lot O., Lots l. 2, 8, A. Is. II, u.s. 20 on Ridge and
Putnam streets.
Block R.. Lots /. 2. S,5,6, rs, on Ridge street.
Block T., Lots 2, 3, 4. S, on same.
Block o., Lots l, 8, on same.
Block ", Lots l, 2. 8, 4, 5, on Putnam street.
Block T., Lots and s. on Van Vert and N.
Cliff street.
TERMS OF SALE.-All purchases under 500
cash. Over that sum one-third cash, one-third
in one year and one-third in two years, or all
cash at the purchasers option. Notes TO bear
six per cent interest, Purchasers to have pos
session on compliance with terms of sale, and
deeds to be given OH full payment OF purchase
money, conveying all right, title and interest
of the United States.
The Act of Congress requires that the entire
property shall not be sold for q less SUM than
$4,000. HENRY S. NEAL
septlS-5t Solicitor of the Treasury.
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EARM FOR SALE.

The undersigned is now offering for sale pri-
vately. 1891 ACRES OF LAND, with moderate
y good improvements, near MT. SoLoN, VA.
This farm is well watered and convenient to
churches, mills, schools and postoftice, and is
situated in a pleasant neighbOrhood. Terms
accommodating. Persons wishing to purchase
can call on or address the undersigned at Mt,
Scion. JAMES I. CLARKE,
Marl3 Elk. Margaret Lohr
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DRoPERTY COSTING $1,000 NOW OFFERED


i FOR 5000.
DESIRABLE DWELLING for Sale. The Owne
offers for sale that desirable and el1gibly situa
ted residence situated ON Coalter ST., known
as q New Kalorama'' 1t has eight rooms, with
gas and water up stairs and down. 1t has sta
Bile and the usual Outhouses, all in good repair.
The building has just been painted and put in
thorough order. am very DESTROYS of dispos-
ing of the property and will sell for $1,000 ION
easy terms) what cost me $4,000 three years ago.
ANY one desiring to invest. in real estate will
find it to his advantage to apply to me.
H. p. DICKERSON,
STAUNToN. VA
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GOODS ARE FRESH AND NEW,

Any person wishing to purchase, I will be glad
TO confer with them, and will be glad to show
them the Store, &c. j. w. NEWTON,
iyE for Jas. Bumgardner. Jr, Trustee.
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The projected railroad, known as the Wash
ington City, Cincinnati & st. Louis Railroad, 10
surveyed through it. The land is well adapted
to grazing, large part of It being cleared. with
plenty OF water and small dwelling on 1t.
There is a strong Chalybeate Spring near the
dwelling, and the indications for iron are good
Any person wishing to purchase can learn
the terms &C., by addressing me at Church.
vile, Augusta county, Va. A bargain may be
had in it. JACOB HOOVER
aprlO-6m Churchville. Va.
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~ RAZING FARM FOR SALE!
IN HIGHLAND COUNTY
OBTAINING sos94 ACRES.

offer for sale my Grazing Farm. lying about
four miles west of Mcdowell, in Highland
county. and
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1884-10-02

A SPLENDID OPPORTUNITY
For anyone wishing to engage in the
ERCANT TILE Blu ST n E S.
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GROCERIES.
IO-PARTNERSHIP.

No-PARTNERsHIP.
MR.. J. A. COCHRAN.
Having this day bought B. +. EAKLE's interest
ness hereafter will be conducted under the
style and firm name of
COCHRAN & JONES'
Who will continue the
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL GRO
Gerry BUSINESS,
AT THE OLD STAND
AID Respectfully Solicit a Share Of the Pat
ronage of the Public, Guaranteeing
Satisfaction in all Cases.
HIGH GRADES OF FLOUR A SPECIALITY.
xr GOODS DELIVERED FREE TO ALI.
PARTS OF THE CITY.
COCHRAN & JONES.
Stanton. Va, Sept. lst, 1884.
IT, STACK. sR. wv. sPITLER f.. POWELL
STACK. sprrLER & co.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL GROCERs,
AND DEALERS IN
FLOUR. GRAIN. MILL-FEED AND COUNTRY
PRODUCE GENERALLY.
NO. s, SOUTH AUGUSTA STREET,
STAUNTON, VIRGINIA
patent Process and High Grade Extra Flour
speciality
WeHave opened with stock of entirely new
goodntbnsisting of everything kept in a well as
sorted grocery.
Our STOCKS of the BEST QUALITY and we
shall sell at lowest prices, our motto being:
Good goods and low prices.
MR.. G. p. HANGER, late of Eakle & Jones, is
with us and Will be pleased to see and wait on
his friends.
We promise to leave nothing undone on our
parts to give satisfaction to our customers.
We respectfully solicit share of public pat
| ronage
&9rAli goods delivered free of charge in the
city and at depoti
/ novl- STACK, SPITLER & co.
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Tyree's Southern Carminative, rene
dy of merit for stomach disorders, at
sept1l BERKELEY & WALTERS.
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SPOUT FOR SALE.

We offer for sale privately our FARM on tn G
Valley Pike, miles North of stanton and q
miIes from TT. Defiance depot on The V. X. r.,
containing III ACRES. We are determined TO
sell end end II not sold before saturday. November
est bidder.
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in the Valley of Virginia. The country around
is thickly settled with as good citizens as any
community in this State can boast of. The
SIorehouse Is q splendid one. and the
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1884-10-02
TINTED STATES SALE OF
VALUABLE WATER-POWER,
q AT HARPERs FERRY, W. VA

Pursuant to Act of Congress of July 4, 1884
the undersigned will offer at public auction on
the premises, commencing on
Wednesday,, the 22d of October, 1884. at
One O'clock p. NJ
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1884-10-02

In their campaign in Maine the Demo
Gratis worked the Mulligan letters for all
they were worth and good deal more, and
they resurrected dead scandals and in
vented new ones to use against Mr.. Blaine.
Their campaign was one of personal malice
and outrageous SANDER. They went de-
lherately to the pc ople on that platform.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1884-10-02

Why are trees among the best hammered
productions of the globe? Because they
leave in time, and never leave without a
bough.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1884-10-02
COMMISSIONERS SALE OF

will sell in front of the Courthouse of Au-
gusta county. Va, on
Monday, October 9th, 1884,
Court day. 1888 ACRES OF TIMBER LAND,
situated on the Eastern slope of the Blue Ridge
Mountains, in Albemarle county, Va, near the
Turks Gap road. This land is valuable on ac-
count of the heavy Timber on it.
As-Also 81 Acres of Land on ROUND HILL,
near New Hope, Augusta county, Va. This
Land is partially cleared.
TERMS.-One-third cash, balance in and II
months, purchaser to execute bonds with APP
sale, and the title retained until all the pur-
JOHN P. CLEVELAND,
sept25 Commissioner.
DUBLIC AUCTION.-NOICE!
By virtue of authority vested in me, Section
1850 Revised Statutes, U. s., shall, on
Friday, October 10th, 1884,
at 10 o'clock a. M. at ELKTON, Rockingham
county. Va. sell the following described arti-
cles
packg No. :, Apple Brandy, containing IS
tax gals; Pack'g No. S.Apple Brandy contain
ing 48 tax gals: Packg No. 3, Apple Brandy
containing 46 tax gals; l Pack'g No. TO- Peach
Brandy, containing A tax gals.
ONE COPPER STILL, CAP AND WORM, CA
PACITY 105 TAX GALLONS.
The Brandy has recently been gagged by a
and is A. No.. l. The Still, Worm and Cap is in
aS-Terms cash B. d. AVIS,
sept25 Deputy Collector 9th Dist. OF va
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of modern design, containing rooms beauti-
fully located and commanding splendid view.
the Outbuildings are new and such as are usu-
ally found on a farm.
There is also a tenement house on the farm,
and young Orchard of over 100 trees. Terms
moderate Address E. ID. BELL.
aug7-Sm Staunton, Va
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Horsford's Bread Preparation,

Horsford's Bread Preparation,
Greatest Improvement ever made.
Prof. RODNEY WEIGH, of Hahneman
College, Chicago, says: 1.-The greatest i'm
provement ever made in raising bread
without the use Of yeast, is the process of
Prof. Ho-sford. y
Mr.. Hendricks, in 1876, demanded the
repeal of the law for the resumption of
specie payments. The country has not
heard from him on that subject for eight
years, and looked in vain for a discussion
of the question in his letter of acceptance.
A TTENTIoN, FARMERS OF AUGUSTA!
have now in store and will deliver on the
line of the b. & O., c. & o., and S. v. r.. RS,
the following brands of Fertilizers. viz.
FINE GROUD RAW BONE; BAUGH'S PURE
DISSOLVED ANIMAL BONE, warranted;
BAUGH'S AMMONIATED PURE
"HIGH GRADE;''
BAUGH'S HIGH GRADE S. @. BONE,
BAUGH'S DOUBLE..EAGLE PHOSPHATE,
BAUGH'S RAW BONE PHOSPHATE.
BAUGH's NEW. PROCESS GUANO
BAUGHS A. A. NITROGEN, containing over
Ii per cent. Ammonia.
as-PoTASH, and. all other. ingredients for
mixing.
Having the sole agency for Augusta county
for Baugh & Sons Standard Fertilizers, one OF
he largest manufacturers in the United States,
can give bottom prices on all these goods.
@. T. PALMER.
AS- pay the highest cash prices for GRAIN.
Farmers will find it to their advantage to cali
before disposing of their crops. c. Il. p.
july3l-c. p. C.
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NEWTON 4 CO.'S STORE and
LEASE OF STORE-HOUSE
RICHEST AND BEST NEIGHBoRHoops

as a whole. The storehouse is at Raphine De-
pot, Valley Branch, B. & o. r. R., 2% miles
from Midway and four from Brownsburg. Is ts
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A MAGNIFICENT FARM
FOR SALE BY EXECUTORS
The undersigned Executors of James n
Stout decd, offer for sale privately, farm sit
uated in Augusta county on Middle river.
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TRusTEE's SALE OF GOODS.

NRUsTEE's SALE OF GOODS.
A SPLENDID AND UNUSUAL OP-
PORTUNITY.
BY virtue of Trust Deed executed by James
W. Newton, VIII proceed at once, in the Store
Augusta Street. in the City of Staunton, to sell
for
cash AT COST
The splendid stock of
DRY GOODS, FANCY GOODS, MIL
LINERY, NOTIONS, &C.,
Contained in said Store.
will also proceed to sell in the store of New
ton Co., at Raphine, the fine stock OF
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
contained in said store for CASH AT COST
| Customers will be waited upon by efficient
, and accommodating clerks, who have hereto
| fore been employed in these stores, assisted by
Maj. j. w. Newton.
| 1t is seldom, indeed, that such stocks of
Goods are offered to the public upon such
| terms.
! Come early and make your selection and pur-
| chases before the assortments are broken up.
| JAMES BUMGARDNER. JR.,
| julyl7-tf Trustee, &c.
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L,INE FARM FOR SALE.
offer for sale privately, my farm situated
about miles north of Staunton, and one and
a-haf miles from Valley r. r. and Valley Pike,
containing
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HARPERs FERRY. w. VA.

all the real estate and riparian rights owned
by the United States at
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have now in store and will deliver on the
line of the b. & o., G. & o., and S. V. r.. RS,
the following brands of Fertilizers, viz.
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I will sell in front of the Courthouse of 4
gusta county, Va, on
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FINE GROUD RAW BONE; BAUGH'S PURE
DISSOLVED ANIMAL BONE, warranted;
BAUGH'S ANNOTATED PURE
"HIGH GRADE;"
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EXECUTORS SALE

VALUABLE REAL ESTATE
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A TTENTIoN, FARMERS OF AUGUSTA!
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JAMES BUMGARDNER. JR.,
julyl7-tf Trustee, &c
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-12-24

There was little group in the cabin
door. The husband looking through
the hollow Of his hands, the wife with
q baby in her arms, and children peer
ing out from behind her dress. As the
woman looked it seemed to her that a
great black specter that called to mind
in some way things her scared childish
fancy had pictured when she pored
over Ali Bahia and Shehecezade swept
out of the darkness above, howled past
them and vanished into the darkness
below. She pressed her babe closer to
her and looked anuiously into her hus-
bands eyes
1T was the slide," he whispered,
awesomely. land if it hadn't turned
somehow up there there'd be none of
us left now to tell the talel"
Providence turned it, said the wom-
an, "for this is Christmas eve"
The Providence that moves in mys-
ferrous way, that interlinks each wav-
ing leaf, each futtering snowflake, each
breath of wind, each act and thought
into the changeless law that never
swerves, nor falters, nor delays; the
Providence that helps the helpless and
turns the impulses of death itself to
work its saving end. And it was
Christmas eve.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1884-12-24
An Extraordinary Case.

A young lady living in the vicinity
of North Fest, named Lizzie Patterson
has been relieved from life of suffer-
ing, says an Erie, Pa, dispatch to the
Pittsburg pa Commercial Gazette,
which for fifteen years had not an al
leviating circumstance. When girl at
the age of 10 she was stricken with
rheumatism. A season of treatment at
the hands of the most skilled physicians
failed to relieve the sufferer. At the
age of Is her muscles became so rigid
that the power of locomotion was en-
tirely; destroyed. Since then she was
confined to her bed and chair and was
unable to do herself the slightest serv-
ice. Five years ago the muscles be-
came so hard that the joints of the
lower limbs could not work. The
fibrous tissues of the arms and hands
were next affected, so. that they were en-
tirely useless and soon, like the lower
limbs, bore no semblance to the human
anatomy. A year ago the muscles con-
trolling the head and neck were con-
torted so as to draw the head out Of
shape. The muscle in the face then har-
dened and closed the lower jaw so tight
that teeth had to be removed in order
to make an aperture through which
food could be introduced. To give the
patient even a moderate amount of
food required three hours work, during
which time the effort at swallowing
caused excruciating pain. Vomiting
and suffocation finally caused death.
Miss Patterson was 20 years of age and
at the time of her death she was actual
ly petrifed with disease. The case is
exciting great interest in the medical
profession.
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Horse PhysiOgnomy.

A horses head indicates his charac-
ter very much as mans does. Vice is
shown in the eye and mouth; intelli-
gence in the eye and in the breadth
between the ears and between the eyes j.;
spirit in the eye and in the pose, in the
mobile nostri], and active ear. The
size of the eye, the thinness of the skin,
making the face bony, the large, open,
thin-edged nostril, the fine ear and the
thin, fine name and foretop are indica.
lions of fine breeding, and accompany
high-strung, nervous organization,
which, with good limbs and muscular
power, insures considerable degree of
speed in the animal. The stupid, lazy
horse that drivers call "lunk-head"
has dull eye usually, narrow fore
head and contracted poll. He is al
ways blunderer, forgets himself and
stumbles on smooth ground, gets him
self and his owner into difficulties, calks
himself, is sometimes positively lazy,
but often hard goer. He needs con-
slant care and watchfulness on the
drivers part. A buyer of fine equine
flesh should be able so detect the good
and bad qualities of the animals he con-
templates purchasing. The valuable
knowledge is only acquired by careful
study of the various parts of horse
Observation-Disclosures Agricultur-
list.
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The Thirty Years. War.

1From the London Quarterly Review.l
The thirty years. war was one long
maze of cross-purposes, of wheels with
in wheels, and double meanings. Ev-
erybody wore q mask, some of the act
ors wore several, and no fancy ball ever
showed greater variety of borrowed
costumes and travestied characters.
Nations and parties which act together
and seem to be sworn friends turn out
to be secret and deadly enemies. Os-
tensible enemies are found to be rem.
dering the friendiest Offices under
hand. The Catholic emperor is thwarted,
not only by the other Catholic powers,
but by the pope and by the Jesuits.
The Protestant hero, Gustavus Adolf
plus, meets with GOODNESS and treachery
from the co-relgionists he has come to
save, and with no slight support from
the Catholic enemies he is about to
crush. No portion of history is more
bewildering, difficult and unsatisfactory !;
and when to this is added the unexam-
pied cruelty, devastation, and ruin
which marked every phase of this most
terrible of all wars, the measure of it's
responsiveness isfull, and the strange fact
is perhaps explained that the nation of
scholars and historians on whose soil it
was chiefly fought, and who suffered
most from it, has not produced to this
day full and critical history of the
greatest, if also the most disastrous,
struggle which has occurred during its
historical! axiafancn
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SO SHE REFUSED HIM.

i e. = .
Last night, within the little curtained room,
Where the gay music sounded family clear,
And silver lights came stealing through the
gloom,
You told the tale that women love to hear;
You told 1t well, with firm hand clasping mine,
And deep eyes glowing with a tender sight
Mere acting? But your prayer was half divine
Last night, last night.
All, you had much to offer; wealth enough
To gid the future, and path of ease
For one whose way Is somewhat dark and rough;
New fdehds-life calm as summer seas
And something twas 1t love y to keep US true
And make us precious In each other light.
And, then, indeed, my hearts resolve knew,
Last night last night.
Let the world go, with all Its dross and pelf!
Only for one, like Portia, could say,
al would be treblcd twenty times myself"
Only for one, and he is far away;
His voice came back to me, distinct and dear,
And thrilled me with the pain of lost delight.
The present faded, but the past was clear,
Last night, last night.
If others answered as answered then,
We would hear less, perchance, Of blighted
lives; - .-..
There would be truer women, nobler men.
And fewer dreary homes and faithless wives;
Because l could not give you all my best,
I gave you nothing. Judge me-was right?
You may thank Heaven that stood the test
e. Last night, last night.
Boston Transcript.