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"a Merry Christmas to ALL"

Before another issue of the SPECTATOR,
the happy Christmas time will have arrived
and passed. We cordially extend to the
many readers of the SPECTATOR. the happy
greetings of the season, and wish all,-old
and young, rich and poor, high and low
ga merry Christmas" with an abundance
of innocent enjoyments. We earnestly
hope that none of the children who have
been for a considerable time 50 anxiously
and impatiently anticipating a visit from
kind and generous old Santa Claus will be
disappointed, but that he will be sure to
arrive with his pack, and will not fail to
fill their stockings with the presents they
most desire. This is such happy season
for the children, that many an old heart
will breathe the prayer -
Backward, turn backward.
Oh, Time, in your fight,
And make me child again
Just for to- night"
The best way for the old to participate in
the joys of childhood is to make the chill
dren happy by giving them the presents
their little hearts most desire. They do
not wish costly presents, and the joy OF
both the giver and receiver is measured
not by the cost of the gifts, but by the
spirit of benevolence and love which
prompts their bestowal. Let none fail to
make presents because they cannot afford
to make costly gifts, but give something,
however small in cost, that will represent
the spirit of kindness and goodwill, and it
will be sure to be appreciated as such by
the receiver.
Let the gift be presented in that manner
and with that spirit of goodwill that will
make the recipient feel that the giver is
better than his gift. When costly gifts
are made,-and it may be with feeling of
reluctance, simply because of fashion or
custom such are expected, then the gifts
may be, and probably are, better than the
giver-then the gifts will be valued for
Uheir intrinsic worth, instead of for the
motives of friendship and kindness which
should in such cases actuate the donors.
II gifts should be confined to articles of
value, then the poor would be denied both
the pleasure Of giving and receiving, and
they are the persons who should receive
the most pleasure in giving and receiving
tokens Of kindness and goodwill, for of
many other pleasures enjoyed by the
wealthy they are deprived, and these inno-
cent pleasures should not be denied them.
Make some aisflaSsf s,sas " Il it be
nothing more than an expression Of kind
ness and the greetings of the season.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1886-12-22

A COLoRED WOMAN SAYS SHE BURIED
HER CHILD ALIvE.-The police are at work
endeavoring to find the body of the infant
child of the woman Maggie Robinson, who
is now in jail charged with destroying it.
The woman says that she buried it alive
Tuesday night in field on the Scufflstown
road. Police Justice Richardson, accom-
panied by the woman, went to the place
Thursday evening and searched for the
body, but failed to find it. Yesterday the
search was renewed, but without success.
The matter is now in the hands of the DO.
lice of the Third district, who will plough
up the field as soon as the ground thaws
out.-Rich State, Dec 1871.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1886-12-22

SUDDEN DEATH IN PAGE ooUNTY.-Or
Sunday evening of last week Capt. Samue
Judd, who lives about miles from Luray,
aged about 70 years, died quite suddenly
The Page Neacs says
Son Sunday evening he was sitting in
his chair, talking with his wife, who was
preparing to go out to attend to some
domestic duties. Suddenly, Sin the twink.
ling of an eye" his hands dropped beside
him, his head foil back, and When Mrs.
Judd got to him, life was extinct and the
struggle was over
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1886-12-22

SHENANDOAH COUNTY AGRICULTURAL
SocIETY.-A meeting of the stockholders
of the Agricultural Society of Shenandoah
county was held on Monday of last week,
at which DR.. Frank King was elected
President, and Geo. Rye, vice-President.
The following Board of Directors were
elected for the ensuing year: DR.. D. d.
Carter, N. M. Rhodes, W. L. Laughlin,
Jno. II. Newell, Hampson Borden, W. B.
Liehliter, Abraham Miller, A. R. Hollings-
worth, II. 81. Haun, W. H. Wightman,
Saml. Fl. Bowman and r. M. Lantz.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1886-12-22

CLUvERIUs STILL DENYING.-Coroner
Taylor went down to see Cluverius yester-
day afternoon, the prisoner having ex-
pressed willingness to see him. Cluve-
RUS talked with DR.. Taylor for two hours
about the case, declaring his innocence.
The prisoner denied all the allegations
made against him at the trial, saying that
Joel never did any work for him; that he
(Cluverius) never wrote the 1e1d poem,
never wore a mustache in bis life, and
wound up by saying that he had rather be
condemned with clear conscience than to
be acquitted if he were guilty. This is the
same old story he has been telling all along,
and it is said that he has told it so often
that be is beginning to believe it himself.
If he sticks to this statement at the hour
of death confession will not be forth
conf ng.-RicA. State, Dec, 18Th.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1886-12-22
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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1886-12-22

WHAT Hon. JOHN s. BARBOUR SAID
On Monday of last week, in the House OF
Representatives., whilst discussing the Dis
trict of Columbia School Bill, Hon. John
s. Barbour said
''It is enough for mo to know, without
reference to what a mans politics may be,
that he is an efficient and faithful official;
and if be is, it does not matter whether he
be democrat or republican. His qualifi-
cations aud the faithful discharge of his du-
ty are the only tests would require
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1886-12-22

DEATH OF Gov. GoRDoN's FATHER
Rev. Zachariah Gordon, the father of Gov
John B. Gordon, of Georgia, died Thurs
day night a week at his home, near Good
water, Ala The venerable deceased wa
minister Of the gospel, and a Baptist
Gen. Gordon paid his father visit fort
night ago.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1886-12-22

OF circumstantial evidence against Gu
verius there has been a superabundance.-
Of rebuttal there has been none, although
every possible delay of the law has been al
lowed the convicted man.
While deploring that such crimes as that
successfully charged against Cluveyius can
be perpetrated in a Christian age and land,
there should be no regret or protest against
the fulfilment of the law. Especially should
there be abstention of either plea or SYM
patty from women in behalf Of the wolves
Of society who prey upon the helpless, the
defenceless and the confding of their own
Herald.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1886-12-22
Good for Montgomery County.

Not single man in Montgomery county
has offered to pay his taxes with coupons
If this were true of every other county, the
debt problem would he solved, and the
State Government, free schools, and public
charitable institutions would not be EN-.
barrassed. The manacles would be strick.
en- from Virginia aud she would be free in.
deed, and, in slang phrase, Gas happy as a
big suntlower."
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1886-12-22

Eunice Barton, an eighteen-year- old girl
of Frederick, W. Va, was shot dead by
her younger sister, whe was examining a
revolver that she knew was not loaded.
Eunice was to have been married on Thurs
day to Asa Gray, a young farmer, but she was
buried on that day instead,
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1886-12-22

sIIooTEsa> AAEE4R.Ayy The s Page A A esaSs
says that con Wednesday morning last, a
difficulty occurred at Gainesville, in Page
county, between Clinton Berry and man
named Dawson, both oolored, in which
Dawson was shot and probably fatally in
iured
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1886-12-22
Please Don't Forget Tt,

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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1886-12-22

LEG BRoKEN.-Monday evening" the 9th
instant. MI. Orval Wilson, of the Rock
bridge Baths neighberhood, had the mis-
fortune to break his left leg in two places,
by a fall He was knocking the snow off
his boots when he fell, with the above re-
suit. DR.. s. 3. Morrison rendered the
necessary surgical aid, and the unfortunate
young man was doing well at last accounts.
-Lexinqton Gazette.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1886-12-22

DEAD AFTER A LONG FAsT.-Nettie
Fogg the 15-year-old daughter of William
Fogg, of Shiloh, N. j., died Monday week.
For year and half her life has been a
continued fast; she became melancholy over
the separation from a friend, and seemed
unable to eat, virtually starving herself to
daatI
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1886-12-22
Winter Exposure Causes Coughs,

Colds. Pleurisy, Rheumatism. Pneumonia.
NEURALGIA. Sciatica, Lun bago, Back ache, and
other ailments, for which Benson's Capcine
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scin,'' "Capsicine-" Ask for Benson and take
other. Examine carefully when you buy
All druggists. SEABURY q JOHNSON. Pro-
prietors, New York. dec22-4t
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1886-12-22

Big DIvIDENDs.-The Elyton Land Com
pany, of Birmingham, Ala, has just de-
clared dividend of 30 per cent. for the
month of November, which makes total
of 240 per cent dividends in the last eleven
months.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1886-12-22

SALE OF LEASE OF MINERAL LANDS -
The parties who recently leased track @!
land near Roanoke containing large de
posits of zinc ore sold their lease Dec. 18th
for $500, 900 to Pennsylvania capitalists
This tract adjoins that recently purchased
by Northern syndicate for 5000, 900.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1886-12-22
Big vs.. Little Jerseys.


Published at indianapolis, Indiana, is
most interesting weekly called "The Jsr-
sey Bulletin" Over the enthusiastic mot
to-"Our Field-The Jersey World'-is
an illustrated frentispiece, the embodiment
of rural homestead whore the Jersey
aourishes to perfection. A maiden fair
with bucket ON her left arm and her fond
lings caressed with the right hand prepares
the reader for pleasant musings as its
leaves are turned. The editor, inserting
the following communication, asks that
some of his readers will give an early re-
ply
Gas there seems to be considerable discus
sion in fhe English papers over the Island
bred and English bred Jerseys, or, putting
it another way, big VS.. little Jerseys, l
would like if some of your many readers
| would tell us, through the columns of the
| Bulletin, if the size of the Jersey COW can
be increased without inclining to fat, and
] thereby lesson her value as dairy cow, or
/ can the size be increased and at the same
time lose none of her Jersey characteristics?
| Has that inherent dairy quality been SO
born and bred In her that no change of size,
climate or condition will rob her of its vir-
tuss2 I see some breeders are inclined to
| the big Jersey COW; others maintain that
she should, in order to hold her great dairy
qualities, retain her deer-like ferm and size.
A CONSTANT READER"
The exhibition on the grounds of the
Baldwin District Fair.last Fall, was highly
creditable to the counties forming it, and
in the livestock departments, the Jerseys
made fine showing as the premium lists
attested. Taking the Bulletin as guide
in such matters, we have thought if the
questions propeunded should elicit the in
tersst it indicates, then the matter is OF
more than ordinary concern here, especially
in connection with the dairying enterprises
springing up to advance new and progress
sive development. What has1..Mr. D. A.
Kayser, Mr.. M. Erskine Miller, sand Capt.
G.. Julian Pratt to say. as all of them have
q special fondness for the Jersey. The field
of reply is by no means limited in it's scope
by mentioning these names, fsr. there may be
others unknown to us of our advanced
breeders of improved stock who could take
good hand in responding to the enquiries
for the benefit Of the interest named, and
equally SO, in behalf of the future .exhibi-
tions at our District Fair.
Murder in Richmond Revealed by Dying
Wife.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1886-12-22

DEATH OF MAI. G. E. HAAs.-Maj. G
E. Haas, prominent member of the Har-
risonburg bar, died suddenly last Thursday
night of hemorrhage of the bowels, aged
of Leander J. Mccormick, of Chicago.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1886-12-22

REFUSED TO TAKE UP.-On last Saturday,
the House of Representatives refused to take
up Morriscn's tariff bill by vote of 154 to
149. The Democratic Representatives from
ton of that bill.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1886-12-22

The Hon. John S. Barbour presided at
the annual meeting of the stockholders of
the Virginia Midland Railroad Company at
Alexandria on the 18th inst. Thos. III :.
Logan, of Richmond, was elected president,
in the place of Mr.. Huidekoper.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1886-12-22

FATAL RAILROAD ACCIDENT. Y esterday
afternoon about o'clock, Mr.. John Weav-
or, an employee of the Railway Company,
while overhauling some freight cars at the
depot near his residence, was struck by En-
CINE No. 113, and dragged down switch
about hundred yards. His body was found
frightfully mangled, and death must have
been instantaneous. He was about so years
of age, a member Of the Christian church,
and he leaves wife and two children to
mourn his loss. This community is great
ly shocked by tho horrible accident
Roncererte W. Va.) Neeps.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1886-12-22

During the year 1877, there will be four
eclipses, two of ths sun and two of the
moon-one February 9Th, visible as par
tial eclipse in the United States: The an
nular eclipse of the sun, February 23rd;
August 18th, of the SUM-
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1886-12-22

Mr.. Thos. Shum ate, son-of law of Mrs.
Rebeeca Shaver, who has been living for the
| last three years in Texas, has returned to
this county, and is living on the Shaver
place three miles east of Lexington. One
of his children took the measles on the way
from Texas, and now all the family have it.
Just before leaving Texas his house was
burned with all his household goods and his
last years crop Of grain -Rockbridge
Nelrs.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1886-12-22

A Big HERD OF DEER.-A gentleman in
from Mill Mountain, Bath Co., Saturday
morning, brought with him two-year-eld
deer, which he killed out of herd number
ing sixteen, and he said it was not a good
day for deer either. Lexington Gazette.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1886-12-22
Murder in Richmond Revealed by Dying
Wife.

On last Saturday the wife of Richard
Shinnick, who is on her death-bed, made
the statement to Justice Richardson that
her husband, who few m onths since sold
out and went to Chicago or Cincinnati,
leaving her in Richmond, little more than
year ago murdered and robbed Of a roll
of money a man in his barroom, and con-
cealed the body in an old well Under the
floor. Search has been made and digging
done by the authorities, but up to 10 o. clock
Monday night, the body had not been
found. The date as fixed by this woman
is about two months after the disappear
auce of John n. Carroll, Treasurer of
Staunton, and W. H. Crawford, Clerk Of
Bland county. The description given of
the man murdered corresponds more nearly
with the appearance of Crawford than of
Carroll. We are inclined to the belief that
this woman is laboring under a mental hal
Inclination, Or is speaking falsely, and that
no such murder had been committed as she
describes.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1886-12-22

VALUABLE Cow KILLED-A pack of
dogs ran valuable milch COW over the
bluff opposite East Lexington Friday,
which resulted in Der death. The COW fell
over the steep bluff, and did not stop fall
ing until she reached the ice in the river
Lerington Gozette
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1886-12-22
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

HrArssC 90 its eau ses, and a new and sue
nome, by one who was deaf twenty eight
- years. Treated by most of the noted spe-
cialists without benefit, Cured himself in three
months, and since then hundreds of others.
Full particulars sent on application.
T. s. PAGE, No. IL West 3lst St., New York
City dec22-4 At
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1886-12-22

AS compared with the fiscal year, 1856,
the receipts of the Government for 1885
have increased s1s, $4,000 es, and de-
crease in Expenditures for the same time, of
ST, 749, 1861.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1886-12-22

REV. Dr.. MINNIGERoDE RECTOR EMER1.
TUs,-The Vestry Of st. Paul's church in
Richmond, has under consideration a pro
position looking to the making Of Rev DR..
Minnigerode, the venerable and beloved
rector of that church, rector emeritus. He
is now in the 73rd year his age, aud has
been Rector of St. Paul's church in Rich
mond for 30 years. having gone there from
Christ Church in Norfolk. The State
says
Ger years he Was professor of Latin and
Greek in William and Henry College, the
most venerable institution of learning in
this country. He has worked hard and
worked faithfully, and now his friends think
that he should be retired with pay as emeri-
tuS rector.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1886-12-22
Robsrt g; BiskIe's Executor vs.. Y. ~.

ODtrt g. B1ek1e's EXECUTOR vs. " ~.
- Btckle and ais.-In pursuance of the
decree OF the circuit court for Augusta county,
proceed. at my office, in S:aunton, On Tuesdau.
the llh day OF January. 1887, to take, LIST, An
account of all the assets of the estate OF Robert
q. Biekle, decd, real and PERSONAL; 2nd, An
account of a ldebts of said testator an d charges
upon his estate. with the respective liens and
pr1or1ties, DC 3rd. An account showing how
much of the real estate passing by the will of
said testator must be sold by the Executor in
order that all debts may be paid; 4th, Any
othor matter, &C., &c.
are hereby specially called upon to appear be-
fore me on, or before the day herein appoint
ed. and prove their respective debts or claims,
decl5 At JOS. A. WADDELL Conn.,
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1886-12-22
A Young Virginian In the Front.

The Gallipolis, Ohio, Bulletin, Of the 18th
inst, refers to the railroad progress in the
Southern part of that State which is to find
Eastern communication through the Vir-
ginias to the sea. Among them is pro-
jected completion of lines which are to con-
meet directly with the roads which run
from Charleston, West Va, to Point Pleas
ant, Gallipolls, Cincinnati. Columbus,
Chicago, Indianapolis, Toledo, &C. 1t
would seem that ultimately a connection
from Charleston to Clifton Forge is con-
templated, and, through the Richmond
and Allegheny railroad, Richmond and
tidewater are to be reached. In completing
the organization for one of the connecting
links-the Ohio and Northwestern railroad
Colonel John D. Letcher, of Lexington,
has been appointed Chief Engineer. Col.
Letcher is the second son of Ex-Governor
Letcher, a graduate of the Virginia Mill
terry Institute, and by profession Civil
Engineer, who has had several years OK
perience. He is young gentleman every
way qualified for the position assigned him,
and worthy of the name he will continue to
honor.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1886-12-22

For the Spectator. present excited
state of the markets for agricultural pro-
ducts, more especially the advance in the
price of wheat but confirms the predictions
made by the SPECTATOR, and recalls the
sound advice it has sought to give its farmer
readers and others interested for several
months past, to hold their wheat, for per-
manent rise in the market was inevitable.
If all our people had acted on the advice
given in these timely, sensiable articles,
showing far-sighted sagaelty and rare
familiarity with the tendency of affairs, it
would have added thousands of dollars to
the incomes of the former class, discouraged
by years of low prices for agricultural pro-
duets. Those who we're fortunate, or wise
enough to put into practice your counsels,
will not fi. to thank tho SPECTATOR for
the additional price realized. The old
SPECTATOR, venerable in years, but young
in everything that is progressive, and ever
alive to the interests of the farmer, is be-
coming to be sine qua non with all those
who wish to keep abreast with the times"
RTvERHEADs FARMER.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1886-12-22

Kiss me, darling, for your bre ath Is
Just as sweet as new-mown hay;
Kiss me, darling. for your teeth are
Free from tartar or decay;
Kiss me, darling, for you won't
Forget me or your SOZODONT.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1886-12-22
The Atmosphere of Love

Is pure, sweet breath. This desideratum
is one of the results of using SOZODONT,
which not only invigorates and preserves
the teeth. but renders the mouth as fra
grant as the rose.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1886-12-22
HAS HE COMPOUNDED THE DAYS?

AS Mr.. Chiles related the conversation
wh;;ch occurred between himself ard the
lady he escorted to the hotel, prior to any
publication of the finding of the dead body
of Lillian Madison in the reservoir, aud as
what he learned from the lady could not
well have been told to him by any other
than Lillian Madison, the conclusion that
has generally been reached is that Mr..
Chilcs has COMPOUNDED the two days
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1886-12-22

D. B. Showalter has been appointed post
master at Hinton, Rockingham &C unity, w.,
vice s. J.. Duncan, lesiglel.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1886-12-22

The following extract is made from a
letter received from a gentleman in an ad-
joining county who is good and success
full farmer, and also engaged in manufac-
turing -
81 have noted and read with interest all
the articles which have appeared in the
SPECTATOR on wheat prospects. just now
my chief attention is directed towards
manufacturing industries. Agriculture
and manufacturing are twin-sisters, and
each should have the fostering care of the
government and the best thought of its
citizens l am glad we have in our rich
valley so indefatigable and able sentinel
as the Spectator on the watch-tower."