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Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1885-04-16

Mrs. j.. y. WHITTINGTON is prepared TO
vi Repair Cane Seat Chairs at short notice
and upon easy terms at her home in the
Southern suburbs of Charlestown, on Bloom
cry turnpike.
September %, 1852.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1885-04-16
Harper's Ferry& Valley Branch
Ii. ~ o. R. IL.
WEST BOUND TRAINS.

No 2Ss daily. All other trains daily excsT
Sunday.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1885-04-16
TRAINS GOING NORTH.

At Boyce Station, for Wildwood and "
ter Virginia.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-08-26
The Rum Shop Photographed.

The grog-shOp is a two-edged sword
and cuts both ways at once. 1t is TO-
tating machine for the sharing of souls.
1t catches our young men and boys before
they reach the church or Sabbath-schOol,
or else it catches them as they return, and
mars and neutralizes the blessed lessons
there impaired. Between the two there
is the old " irrepressible conflict " over
again. 1t is war to the knife, and knife
to the hilt, and only one can win. And
in this warfare we of Christ's army are
outnumbered. There are twelve saloons
to every church and twelve bar-keepers
to every minister. The church opens
its doors two or three times in the week.
The saloon grinds ON and on with its
mill of destruction all the days of every
week, all the months of every year.
That we are outnumbered is not all. We
are outgeneraled as well. The people of
the rum-shop propose in their heart not
only to mar and neutralize, but to OBJ
literate and displace, the lessons of
church and Sunday-school. They have
their series of lessons, with which our
International Series cannot at all COM
pete. They have carefully studied
the tastes, tendencies and preferences of
boys and young men, their natural and
innocent tase for variety, fondness for
amusement, preference for young COM
pany, and they pander to all these in
ways that take hold upon death
Frances T.. Willard.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-08-26
Dunrorsonre.
Waits.

AN Englishman, upon hearing the
cackling in poultry yard, exclaimed:
"Oh, this is really henchanting!"
A BOY in one of the public schools,
while engaged in defining words, few
days since, made mistake. He said:
" A demagogue is vessel that holds
beer, wine, gin, whiskey or any other
kind of Intoxicating liquor"
A PASSENGER from Nebraska was on
the train that was demolished by the
cyclone near Sioux City, Iowa, Thurs
day. AS he emerged from the debris
he was heard to mutter: " Well, this is
something like it. The first mouthful
of fresh air since left my native state"
SAID an eXasperated Texan father at
the dinner table: You children turn
up your noses at everything on the
table. When l was boy | was glad to
get enough dry bread to eat" 81 say,
pa, you are having much better time
of it now you are living with us, amt
your" remarked little Tommy.
LITTLE girl Cat Saratoga hoteD at
half rates-You may bring me a piece
of tenderloin steak, a French chop, Sar-
atoga chips, sliced tomatoes, and choco-
late, and let the chocolate be strong and
hot. Waiter (to mother of little girD-
Your order, madame, if you please?
Mother-You may bring me the same.
In Devonshire village, during SER
vice, on a recent sultry Sabbath morn
ing, the pastors little girl, of nearly
three summers, became somewhat
wearied at the extreme length of the
sermon, and in rather low tone of
voice, but very earnestly, said, to the
great amusement of those who sat near
her; Come, papa, that's enough.
Let's go home"
PAT and Barney, emigrants to this
country, spent their first night in
hotel " ON the edge of New Jersey
swamp, waging brave but Intellectual
battle with mosquitoes, till all at once
Pat espied FREELY enter, and laid down
his arms. "Och, sure! it's no more use
contindn' wild the bastes any longer,
fur wan of 'em has been out and got his
lantern, bedad''
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-08-26
3---Hidden Bible Verse.

Zone word in each line.)
1.-The man must eat each piece
separately.
1--WE met two teams.
81 am fond of thyme.
Al like the old ways.
81 am old.
6-The rich color delighted the child.
THE mill is not running now.
Slow ill the child isl
John Walker can tell you.
10-Get me the tin box.
11-Let me go with you.
12-John hit Ruth.
13-He makes it a unit every time.
l4-Tom, you must not go.
15-He artlessly asked to see her doll.
16-My dress is torn.
17-Lovers of strife are not peace
makers.
1S-Color it with yellow.
llama met him in town.
EVA II.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-08-26

81 HAVE made thousand dollars dur
ing the last three months" said a
saloon-keeper to crowd of townsmen.
" You have made more than that
quietly remarked listener What is
that?" You have made wretched
homes-women and children poor, and
sick, and weary of life. You have made
my two sons drunkards; you made the
younger of the two so drunk that he fell
and injured himself for life. You have
made their mother broken-hearted
woman. You'll get the full count some
dayin
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-08-26
for the CHILDREN.
Sand Pies.

Oh, the apple pie is n very nice pie,
very nice pie indeed;
And some there are who say to me,
of all 1t takes the lead"
And the mince pie, too, is very good pie,
As good as good can be,
If the crust is crisp and brown enough,
And the raisins--one-t wo-three.
And the pumpkin pie is very nice pie,
For nor and then, you know;
If it's well made It's fairly good
As squash and pumpkin go.
And the cherry pie is very nice pie,
OF fruit so tart and red;
And many child will call this pie
OF every sort ahead.
But the greatest pie i'm all the land,
If you listen well to me,
Are the dear sand pies we children make
In the summer by the sea.
Our Lille ones.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-08-26

IT is a dangerous thing to allow the
diarrhea or dysentery to go unchecked,
and there is no need of it. A small
bottle of Johnson's Anodyne Liniment
will cure the most stubborn case that
can be produced.
FEVER and ague, malarious fever,
bilious and typhoid fevers all originate
in one producing cause and may all be
easily prevented by Parsons Pirgatire
Pilts. These pills act directly and
powerfully upon the blood.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-08-26
makers
IVA H.
4--.Enigma.
Composed of 80 letters.

Composed of 80 letters.)
My n II Is Is is printers frame.
My 6 % 10 Is is ridge of rocks.
My 81 "a 10 20 is pope's crown.
My % ID . II is large hammer.
My % 26 8 30 is humming sound.
My s 20 l is an instrument.
My 2S 2 IA 30 is an animal.
My II 81 81 10 is to restrain.
My 80 20 % is to deviate.
My whole is verse in the New Tes-
lament. CD.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-08-26
5---Hidden Boys Names.

1.-The meeting was held on Sunday.
2-You must not use that saw.
81 believe that is all this time.
4-There was no scar left on his face.
CTwo names)
5-When rye is ripe we cut it.
6-The hen stole her nest in the
grass. GEORGE.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-08-26

No man but tot al abstainer is al
lowed, under the laws of Michigan, to
be employed as an engineer, train dis
patcher, fireman, brakeman or other
railroad servant. Any railroad viola
ting this law is liable to a fine of $500
for each offence. The law is bust
ncss.N
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-08-26

ONE of the London city missionaries
says: " So long as | remained moder-
ate drinker l could do nothing with the
lower classes; but Immediately after l
added my own practical testimony to
the virtues of total abstinence, my work
was much simplifed. | find it much
better to say, Abstain, as i dol"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-08-26
2---Riddle.

/ saw two fast boats on a fast river.
One would go, the other could not 90.
yet both were fast as fast could be. .
U.I,F.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-08-26

IT is almost as dangerous to kindle
your thoughts with the help of whiskey
as to kindle the kitchen fire with the
assistance of kerosene.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-08-26
4u33le Corner.
1---Charade.

second had taken his ".fra-it from
A shell that was found beside the ocean:
ThtrdJourh in revolutionary days,
Was one opposed to the commotion.
The whole shows what a sentence is
When 1t betokens strong emotion. PA.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-08-26

81 WAS all run down, and Hoods
Sarsaparilla proved just the medicine l
needed write hundreds of people.
Take it now.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-08-26
6---Triple AcrOstic.

Heating.
2-An invocation of blessing.
3-Internal
4-Belonging to the arts.
5-An old name for phosphorus.
6-Defnition.
THE name of an island discovered
by De Long.
Primals-A member of Cleveland's
cabinet.
Centrals-Another member of Cleve-
lands cabinet.
Terminals-Alsoa member of Cleve-
lands cabinet LILY.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-08-26
Answers to Puzzles of Last Week.

Answers to Puzzles of Last Week.
Tribute.
2-O Arm, mar, ram; (2) Sire, rise;
(O Pace, cape; (D Gnash, hangs; (O
Loiter, toiler CO. Assume, amuses
CD Ovid, void; (S) Bleat, table.
p / n
l. / V / D
n T
4-Q) Steamer, (2) Carpathian.
5-Tall oaks from little acorns grow.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-08-26

AN Englishman, upon hearing the
cackling in poultry yard, exclaimed:
"Oh, this is really henchanting!'
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-08-26

bB- Large risks placed at moments no
tice, and at equitable rates. Losses adjusted
and paid at this office, and due notice of ex-
piration of policies given. Correspondence,
and orders by mail or telegraph, promptly
attended to. A. g. BROWN.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-04-15
TagliaDietra'S Death,
161"P1CO1 q . 0CoUH'
From the San Francisco Chronicle.

From the San Francisco Chronicle
The opera season reminds me of
Tagliapietra. Now that redoubt-
able poker player, billiardist and
masher is gone: may tell a little story
of how he once broke up Nilsson, who
played Marguerite in New York when
he was a member OF Strakosch's COM
pany. Tag was off and the other bar
ytone was to sing the part of Valen~
tine in Faust. Tag invited a few Ger
man friends to a ''small and late at
Moretti's, and calculated on having a
good time. The ladies who have adj
mired Tag have doubtless got over
their admiration. Probably some of
them have transferred their hungry
affections to CARDINAL. At all events
they will see why did not tell this
story while the festive barytone was
here. When Tag arrived at Moretti's
he found that that genial and popu-
/ lar eating house did not boast the
possession OF any Limburger OF which
he knew his friends were fond. He
rushed out to another establishment
and bought a pound. As he was on
his way back he was met by Strakosch,
who was hunting for him. 1t seems
the other barytone had been taken
sick and Tag was needed to play the
part. Remonstrance was in vain. He
had to go. He went to the theater
and he laid his Limburger down in a
corner while he went to dress, having
dispatched q note to his friends to
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-04-15
Would He Squeeze Her to Death i?

"Oulu ne squeeze Her 10 DeaCn
A novel case was lately before a
London police court, where woman
applied for writ against her husband.
The following colloquy ensued: Mag
istrate-"Has he been il]-using you ?"
Applicant-"Yes, sir" Magistrate
HAS he struck you?" Applicant
"Not exactly, SIR" Magistrate-""The
what has he done?'' Applicant-"He
squeezes me so hard that he hurts me,
and I am sure he has put my heart
out of place. Loud laughter. He
says he means to do for me that way,
and then I shall not be able to show
any marks of his violence, and people
won't know what killed me. At an
other time he says he does it all for
love. Laughter. He is constantly
squeezing me in this way, and I am
sure he means to injure me by doing
it. l am not over-strong, and I've
come to you, sir, to grant me a sum-
mons against him for assaulting me
in this way Renewed laughter. |
Themagistrate (smiling)-"1 am afraid
1 can't grant you a summons for that;
but l will tell you what l will do. /
will send one of the officers of the court
down with you to your husband, and
the officer shall tell him, from me, that
he is not to squeeze you so hard for
the future Laughter The appli-
cant then withdrew.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-04-15
A Touching Scene.

A roguish-lookingl little fellow, prob
ably ~ years old, stood on the car
peted platform near Mr. Beecher's arm
chair at Plymouth Church the other
night and repeated the Lords Prayer
with such infinite pathos-so touching
because it was 80 wholly unconscious
that fifty people in the large audi
ence devoutly Joined in his ''Amen,"
and nearly 200 more wiped the tears
from their eyes. But little more than
a year ago the boy was street waif
in Danbury, Conn. People pitied him
and gave him pennies because he was
deaf and dumb. A benevolent gentle
man sent him to an oral school for
deaf mutes in Mystic. He watched
the lips of people in the audience fifty
feet away, and repeated words after
them. "Maggie," Herman" "Hart-
ford," "boy," "horse," and several
other words were spoken as plainly as
four out of five school children of his
age would have pronounced them.
"Brooklyn" bothered him. He called
it Bruglin. The boy could not hear q
sound. He never has since he was
born. So keen was his observation
that he repeated words by watching
the shadow on the white wall of the
person who uttered them. He did not
shirk a syllable of the Lords Prayer,
nor stumble once in his articulation.
His pronunciation of some words was
peculiar, but the whole was rendered
with such plaintive simplicity and pc
culiar falling infection at the termina-
ton of sentences that many ladies who
heard him sobbed.
Another boy stepped on the plat
form, a. sharp little fellow in short
trousers. He watched peoples lips
with eyes like lynx and shouted the
words after them as vociferously as {,
newsboy. Somebody tried him with
hard words, such as Nebuchednezzar,
but he pronounced them before the
tones of the first speakers voice had
died away. Peoplepointed to articles
of clothing, svch as a cuff, collar, glove
or coat, and the boy told them what
they were doing. He never dreamed
of the applause that followed him to
his seat
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-04-15
PERSONAL.

Mr.. MCI4ANE, the new minister to
France, was a schoolboy in Paris in
1929.
ATTORNEY-GENERAL GARLAND saws
he never did, and never will, wear a
dress coat.
IT is said that ex-senator Hill has
sunk at least 100000 in newspapers
in Colorado.
KossUTH is still living and makes
scrap-books of the laudatory notices
the world gives him.
PRESIDENT SEEYLE, of Amherst Col
lege. has recovered from his recent
serious illness and resumed his duties
PROF. AUGUST E1sENLoHR, the Egypt
ologist. has gone to Egypt to prepare
a new guide-book for Badeker.
BISMARCK remarked once to friend,
II was fairly well-off Count, but l am
dreadfully shabby Prince"
Ex-PREsIDENr ARTHUR is expected to
be the guest of the Ancient and Honor
able Artillery OF Boston at their June
parade.
Miss ANNA L. DAWES, a daughter OF
the senator, has written for young
readers book entitled How We Are
Governed"
REPRESENTATIVE DIXON, OF Rhode
Island, will be the third member OF
his family in direct line to occupy
seat in Congress.
The late Cornelius B. Erwin, OF New
Britain, Conn, left $500, 900 for public
and charitable purposes. The New
Britain institute will receive $4,000.
Gov. ADAMS, of Nevada, happened to
overhaul an old coat the other day
and found So $50 in one of pockets.
He kindergarten all about the money.
RICHARD CRTCHETT, of Darlington,
n. H., who is now in his ninety sixth
year, walks perfectly straight, and has
never experienced days sickness.
DION BoUCICAULr has stopped the
use OF hair-dye, and has become what
the critics call q "wholesome-l looking
old fellow, instead of a frumpy, arti-
fetal One."
ADAM FOREPAUGH was formerly q
butcher in Cincinnati, and got into
the circus business by having to fore
close a mortgage on a show. He is
worth about 81 100000.
MATTHEW ARNOLD has declined the
Merton professorship OF English litera-
ture at Oxford, which pays 81, 500 q
year. He wishes to be free to devote
himself to general literary work.
ARRANGEMENTS have been finally
completed for the permanent estab-
lishment of e. "Gospel Temperate"
Church in Pittsburg, OF which Francis
Murphy will be the pastor.
AGES of three distinguished Chicago
ans: Hon. John Wentworth is 10;
Hon. William Bross is II; Gurdon S.
Hubbard, our Oldest settler, is SO,
physically strong, but almost blind.
JOAQUIN MILLER has snapped off a
manuscript copy Of one of his poems
for the duplicate of a silver design he
saw at the New Orleans Exposition
The silver worker wanted his pay in
Miller's poetry.
RENAN is said to have been accepted
by the College OF France in spite Of his
sweeping heresies, because of his per-
lection in the French language, for the
preservation of which the college
chiefly exists.
OOL. WILLIAM q VOLkMAR, VI Oell.
6heridans staff, has been selected fo1
appointment as assistant adjutant
general, and Capt. George H. Bur.
ton as assistant inspector general OF
the United States Army.
We heard Gen. Grant say in 1866
that, if this country was to get in a
foreign war, and q million of men were
put into the field, he knew no man he
would sooner see command them than
Gen. Sheridan Wilmington ~. c.
| Star
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-04-15
FARM, GARDEN AND HOME.
Counting the Days.
BY DIR. NJ. L. -MiALILLY.. =

Il.
A mother sat by the cradle
SINGING a low sweet snuo.
And she needed NOT the moments
Nor thought the hours long.
For her Life was full of sweetness
And her soul was full of iov.
As she watched the smiles bass OYER
The face of her sleeping bow.
And looking into the future
The time seemed only an hour,
When her precious, sleeping infant
Should be a man OF power.
There she saw him great and noble.
With his brow bedecked with BAYS
And she-Ah! the loving mother
Began to count up the DAYS"
II.
A mother sits by the window.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-04-15

keep it up till he was dead and could
join them. After awhile he bethought
him OF the Limburger and he found
the chorus had got away with half of
it. He was mad. He seized what was
LETT and before he could find safe
place he was called on for the last
scene OF his part. He damned the
Limburger inside his doublet and
rushed on. He died and Marguerite
came and threw herself prone on his
dead body. She bent down to kiss
him. She kissed him. The audience
thought she never acted so we'll as
when she raised herself suddenly and
faced them with an expression OF nor
TOR on her face. 1t was Limburger.
They thought it was remorse
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-04-15
IN APRIL.
- - : -
BY HELEN JACKSON.

] BY HELEN JACKSON.
What did the sparrow do Yesterday?
Nobody knew but the sparrows;
He were too bold who should try to say
They have forgotten It all to-day
Why does 1t haunt my thoughts this way
With Joy that piques and harrows,
And the birds fly past,
And the chimes ring fast.
And the long spring shadows sweet shadow
There's a maple-bud redder to-day;
IL Will almost flower tomorrow;
could swear twas only yesterday.
In sheath Of snow and ice it lay,
With fierce winds blowing it every way;
Whose surety had it to borrow,
Till birds should fly past,
And chimes ring fast,
And the long spring shadows sweet shadow
cast!
"Was there ever a day like to-day,
SO clear. 80 shining, 80 tender?'
With a laugh, aside, THAT'S always the way,
With the old, IN spring; as long as they stay,
They find III it greater splendor,
When the birds fly past,
And the chimes ring fast,
And the Long spring shadows sweet shadow
cast!'
Then that may be why my thoughts all day
see am old, by the token
Are SO haunted by sounds, now 50 sad, now
gay,
OF the words, I hear the sparrows say
And the maple buds mysterious way
BY which from its sheath it has broken,
While the birds fly past,
And the chimes ring fast,
And the long spring shadows sweet shadow
cast!
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-04-15
Elements of Success.

TO succeed in farming we must begin
with the soil-feed it as we would hi h-
bred stock. The average Western or
Illinois farm has few acres fenced off
for pasture, and these overstocked
with lot OF scrub animals; another
field has been kept as a meadow until
blue grass has run out all the other
grasses; the remainder of the farm is
"under the plow," and has been for
twenty-five or thirty years, or until it
produces 20 to 80 bushels OF corn per
acre. l took possession OF such a.
farm in the spring OF 1861. The first
thing done was to break up the blue
grass meadow and plant it to corn.
The old plowel ground was sown with
small grain and seeded down to timo-
thy and clover, nown for three sea-
sons, and in autumn the knee-high
clover was turned under, to befollowed
with corn the next spring. The crop
yielded eighty bushels per acre. This
was followed by two more years Of
corn, and then seeded for meadow
again, sowing more clover than timo-
thy seed, in order to gain a heavy crop
OF the former. / consider a good
growth of clover, plowed under in au-
tumn, equivalent to more than twen-
ty loads of manure to the acre. MY
meadow land yielded two or three
tons per acre of the very best hay
Prairie Farmer.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-04-15
About Fences,

Poor fences always beget unruly an
imals, which result in damaged crops
and general loss. The judicious PLAN
ming and laying out of fields will be
found a great saving. Often fully dou-
BILE the number of rods OF fence is sup
ported than is absolutely required.
Sometimes two or three fields are kept
for moving, when by Encouragement
OF fences all might be converted into
one meadow, and so with fields used
tor grazing and blowing. When the
frost comes out of the ground in the
spring the earth becomes soft and the
strong winds cause the post and board
fences to sway over, and at that time
they need attention. Straighten them
with props and keep them in line I'M
til the ground has becom: ettled, and
they will remain straight during the sea-
son.-Trbune and Farmer.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1885-04-15
Selection of Potatoes for Seed.

While this subject is discussed every
year by intelligent farmers, when plant
ing time comes, the rule is, that no
attention is given to the conclusions
drawn from the discussions, but seed
for planting is taken from whatever
potatoes chance to be left of those put
in the cellar for domestic use. Some
times this may be good policy, but, as
a rule, it is a very bad one. If the Gel
lar is cool one, with an even temper
allure, and the potatoes he undis-
turbed, the seed will be very good, il
good when put in, but If the cellar be
warm, or cold enough to chill the pota-
toes, or if the potatoes be continually
disturbed to pick out the best to cook,
those that are left in the spring will
not be what is wanted for planting. A
potato to be in the best condition for
seed should be kept where the temper
allure, does not fall below 40 degrees,
nor rise above so, and also where no
light can come to it, and the air should
not be very dry or very moist. The
most correct way is to select the DO
tatoes for seed as soon as they are
dug, and in selecting care should be
taken to reject everything that has