The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1886-12-09
NO. 81
An Address


| Of King William county:
! This address congratulating YOU on the
actual result of the late election, has Teen
| necessarily delayed, owing to the failure
OF the daily press to publish the official
returns from the counties and districts of
| this State. Enough is known. however.
to justify me in saying that Virginia has
gone Republican upon the popular vote by
an official majority of Is 9l7, and electing
| seven congressman out of ten In this State.
The returns show a large increase in the
Republican vote in the 9Th and 9th dis
trlcts, in which the colored vote is very
small, some counties polling only four or
i've colored votes. The result from
National standpoint is equally striking
and significant. The Democrats in the
18th Congress had a majority of II in the
House OF Representatives, in the present
Congress (49th) they have As majority, and
in the next Congress (50th) they will have
a majority of only fifteen Frank Hurd of
Ohio, tie ab'est and most brilliant advo-
cate OF Free Trade Democracy, has been
Twice defeated at the polls; the last time
by an increased majority. VIM. R. Nor
rlSon of Illinois, who has been elected to
congress for ten years by majorlties rang
ing from four to five thousand, was de-
feated at the last election upon the tariff
issue by majority of seven hundred. Mr..
Morrison was the leader upon the floor of
the House of the Free Trade wing of the
Democracy, and chairman of the ways
and means" committee. Hon. John G..
Carlisle, speaker of the House. and gen.
tleman of great personal magnetism. had
his majority of 5000 cut down to 500.
Fellow citizens, what lesson can you
draw from these facts, except that the peo-
pie have turned their lacks upon the Free
Trade theory of the Democratic party,
and this, too, under the inspiration and
encouragement of Democratic admins
tration, both State and National? They
have slowly, but surely, come to realize
that what they have been fighting for for
25 years brought them no substantial re-
Suits neither in a pecuniary or CONNER
cial view, nor in the domestic economy of
her people. They have learned that prom
ises and platforms were made to catch
votes and are never thought of after the
election is over. If their promises were
not made to be broken. why with major
ity of u in one Congress and 43 in the
next, did not they pass the Blair Educa-
tional bill and repeal the Internal Revenue
tax and throw the responsibility of its de
feat on a Republican Senate But the
fact is the Republican Senate at the last
two sessions passed the Blair bill and sent
it to the House, where it was referred 10 a
committee that pocketed it and never re-
ported it even adversely. No, fellow citi-
zens, they never intended to repeal the In
ternal Revenue system, because if they
should ever succeed IN getting Free Trade
they will need the Internal Revenue sys-
tenn to raise money to carry on the Cow
eminent. Look. too. at their management,
of the State debt in the past three years.
which has become SO complicated rs TO
need REIMBURSEMENT again. In conclusion
let me ask how long will yoa allow yonr
patience to be abused by such political
jugglery A. T. MooKLAR.
\ The prices one can command for his
poultry depend largely on how the killing
and preparation is done. The III DIS should
be fat and have empty crops. No one is
liable 10 be deceived into paying the price
of poultry for t little corn that may To
in the crop, while its presence may preju-
dice some good customer against buying
Don't catch the birds by running them
down. and then after chopping off their
heads allow them to to flop about viz
lently. to bruise and disigure themselves.
Catch them quietly; then. hold each bird
firmly and tie the wings, and then the
legs, and hang them alive one after an
other on a pole. When small number
are thus suspended, take a sharp knife and
sever the head of each closely. letting them
| hang afterward until all the blood is out.
II The fowls are to be shipped, plucking
He feathers should be done dry, COM
uencing at once while the body is still
arm. Pull few at a time the way the
| feathers lie, and they will come easily.
| let the birds hang until cold when they
Should be wiped with a damp cloth