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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-04-16
VOL. 66.
AGRICULTURAL COURISRIp.

A potato went out on mash,
Aud sought an onion bed;
'That's pie for mew observed the squa'
And all the bsets turned red;
Go way p the onion, weeping, cried
"Your love can not be,
The pumpkin be your lawful bride;
You cantelope with me-"
Bot onward still the tuber came,
And laid down at her feet;
'You cauliflower by any name,
And it will smell as wheat,
And |, too, am an early rose,
And you I've come to see,
So don't turn up your pretty nose,
But spinach at with me"
"I do not carrot all to wed,
So, 60, sir, if you please "
The modest onion meekly said.
"And lettuce, pray, have peas!
So. think that you have never seen
Myself, or smelled my sigh;
Too long a maiden have been
For favors in your eyew
"Ah, spare q cussw the tuber prayed;
'My cherryshed bride you'll be!
You are the only weeping maid
That's currant How with me "
And as the willy tuber spoke,
He caught her 10y surprise,
And giving her an artichoke,
Devoured her with his eyes.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-04-16
An Entcrprising, Reliable
House.

Mr.. b. Schmitt can always be
relied upon, not only to carry in
stock the best Of everything, but
to secure the Agency for such artt-
cles as have welI.known merit, and
are popular with the people, there
by sustaining the reputation OF
being always enterprising, and TO-
liable. Having secured the agency
for the celebrated DIR. Kings New
Discovery for Consumption, will
sell it on a positive guarantee. 10
will surely cure any and every effec-
ton of Throat, Lungs, and Ghost,
aud to show our confidence, We ip-
vite you to call aud get q trial bot
tie free.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-04-16

going into the dining room, J was
struck with astonshment at the
appearance of the house. l had no
idea that there was any house IN
the world which was not built of
logs; but here | looked round the
house and could see no logs, and
above could see no joists; whether
such a thing had been made by the
hands of man, or had grown so of
itself, | could not conjecture. |
had not the courage to inquire any
thing about it.
When supper came on, "my con-
fusion was worse confounded." A
little cup stood in a bigger one,
with some brOwnish looking stuff
in it, which was neither milk, hon.
inv nor broth. What to do with
these little cups and the little spoon
belonging to them, l could not tell
and | was afraid to ask any thing
concerning the use of them.
1t was in the time of the war, and
the company we're giving accounts
of catching, whipping, and hang
ing the tories. The word jail fire.
quently occurred. This word | had
never heard before but | soon
discovered its meaning, was much
terrified, and supposed that we
we're in danger of the fate of the
tories; for l thought, as we had
come from the backwoods, it was
altogether likely that we must be
tories too. For fear of being dis
covered ! burst not utter single
word. | therefore watched atten-
lively to see what the big folks
would do with their little cups and
spoons. | initiated them, and
found the taste of the coffee naUse-
ous beyond any thing | ever had
tasted in my life continued to
drink, as the rest of the company
did, with the tears streaming from
my eyes, but when it was to end !
was at a loss to know, as the little
cups were filled Immediately after
being emptied, This circumstance
distressed me very much, as | burst
not say l had enough. Looking
attentively at the grown persons
| saw one man turn his little cup
bottom upwards and put his little
spoon across it; | observed that
after this his cup was not filled
again; I followed his example, and
to my great satisfaction, tue result
as to my cup was the same.
The introduction of deli ware was
considered by many of the back
woods people as a culpable inDova
ton. It was too easily broken and
the plates of that ware dulled theiI
scalping and clasp knives; tea
ware was too small for men, but
might do for women and children
Tea and coffee we're only slops
which in the adage of the day
"did not stick by the ribs" The
idea was, they were designed only
for people of quality, who do moi
labor, or the sick. A genuine back
woodsman would have thought
himself disgraced by showing q
fondness for the slops. Indeed
many of them have to this day very
little respect for them.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-04-16
IlE 4. MARTIN.
nR. B. F. MAPHIS & BRO.
-Dcnfist

or sss. Woodsiocl and saumsvIlle, YirEiaia.
1, wosdstock ist and 81 weeks ofeach month,
+, saunsvils "a and itn weeks.
asss iu ussd Of hrst class Dentistry ~ moder-
epness vii do vel 70 call.
Fau .sts q Artidc al teein from s. 10 $780,
s,sst and Sjooo
Pars roid BlHBfs from g. y TO 5000. silver
slhags i.en isc. % $50.
Aris-,altes,s put up on solid gold, Gold and
ssIlsoid Cerbisaiion. Ceieloid snd kuossr p aiss.
cd 80 Porcslain rivotlnE. clSsps, 6s., Special
attenusn gwen % hihns ana preserving TO IA
tsrsi testk aad correcting the lfsguiHrifes-
An work aarranisd hrst class.
NJ Tee extracted sbsoiutsiv without pain ~
he ,ss Of Nitrous OfifsOas
M.v 15 SIT
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-04-16
The Coming Bonnet


o, sing Of the genius and the skin
OF milliners whose trade Is
To meet the fancies, curb the will
And crown the handsome Iadissr
The birds were shot year ago
To trim the Easter bonnet;
But now they put tho things tbst grow
In market gardens on it
The vegetable and flowers and fruits,
Tomato, radish, carrot,
Banana or tho bud, as suits
The lady who must wear it.
A turnip, on a curving brin,
VIII hold it il position;
A aarrot be some lady's whim
To indicate omission;
And onions. odOrous aud young,
That aid the tears in falling,
On mourning bonnets will be hung
To mark the grief appalling.
~ sa'T
The hat OF bonnet most complete,
The envy Of all women,
win be the one with biggest beet
Amid the garden trimmin'.
Columbus DispGtch
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-04-16

farms of this description, because,
as they SAID, they are attended
with this convenience, "that every
thing comes to the honse down
hill" In the hilly parts of the
state of Ohio, tho land having
been laid off in an arbitrary man
ner, by straight parallel lines,
without regard to hill or dale, the
farms present a different aspect
from those on the east side of the
river opposite. There the build
ings as frequently occupy the tops
of the hills as any other situation.
Our people had become so ac-
customed TO the mode of "getting
land for taking it up,' that for a
long time it was generally believed
that the land on the west side of
the Ohio would ultimately be dis
posed of in that way.
Hence almost the whole tract Of
country between the Ohio and
Muskingum was parceled ont in
tOmakawk improvements; ; but these
latter improvers did not content
themselves with n single four hun
dred acre tract apiece. Many of
them owned great number of
tracts of the best land, and thus,
in imagination, were as "wealthy
as a South Sea dream" Many OF
the land;jobbers of this class did
not content themselves with mark.
ing the trees, at the usual height,
with the init ials of their names (;
but climbed up the largo beech
trees, and cut the letters in their
bark, from twenty to forty teet
from the ground. TO enable them
to identify those trees, at a future
period, they made marks on other
trees around them as references.
Most of the early settlers con-
sidered their land of little value,
from an apprehension that after a
few years. cultivation it would lose
its fertility, at least for long time
! have often heard them say that
such a field would bear so many
crops, and another so many
more or less than that. The ground
of this belief concerning the short
lived fertility Of the land in this
country, was, the poverty OF a
great prOportio II of the land in the
lower parts of Maryland and Nir-
ginia, which, after producing few
crops, became unfit for use, and
was thrown out into commons.
In their unfavOrable opinion OF
the soil of our country our fore
fathers were utterly mistaken. The
native weeds were scarcely de-
stroyed before the white clover and
different kinds of grass made their
appearance. These sOon covered
the ground, so as to afford pasture
for the cattle by the time the wood
range was eaten out, as well as
protect the soil from being washed
away by drenching rains, so often
injurious in hilly countries.
Judging from Virgil's (a) test OF
fruitful and barren soils, the greater
part of this country must possess
every requisite for fertility. The
| test is this. Dig mole OF any
reasonable dimensions and depth
if the earth which was taken out,
when thrown lightly back into il
does not fill up the hole, the soil il
fruitful; but if it more than fill II
up, the soil is barren.
Whoever chooses to try this eY
pertinent will find the result indi
cative of the richness of our soil
Even our graves, Notwithstanding
the size of the vault, are seldom
finished with the earth thrown ou
of them, and they soon sink below
the surrounding surfac
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-04-16
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DR. T. +. LOCKE,
u SURGEON DENTIST.
OFFICE Main St., opp. the Court House,
WOODSTOCE, VIRGINIA.
Artificial teeth inserted IN any manner
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their children and have their teeth e1-
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VIII visit EdinbuIg regularly on the llt
and 3rd TuesCays OF each month, Of which
tine can be lound at the residence OF
Dir. Jacob T.. Riuhsi.
All woik guaranteed. PI'ces moderate
July 10, Sly
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HISTORY OF THE VALLEY.

NOTES, 6c.-PreliminGry Obserrd-
tions on the Character Of the In
dian Mode Of Warfare, and Its
Adoption By the White People.
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THE GEORGIA sIHLS.

(To DE- CONTINUED. ;
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1886-07-08
The yvhi,ewash Sealing OF.

We have respectfully request.
ed an investigation of the affairs
at the. Infirmary. We have made
the request in a spirit of public
justice, and in the interests of a
common humanity. This has
been denied. We recognized the
committee appointed by the Di.
rectors as an evasion and refused
10 go before it. We thought il
appointed for q purpose. Its ap
pointment was not according to
Law, was not in the spirit of fair
ness. We have shown by afIida-
Wits, which if not true, SUBJECTS
the persons testifying to punish
ment in the penitentiary, that
the statements before the COM
mittee are inaccurate.
Nike Howard comes 10 the
Sentinel Office and makes oath
that the statement published in
the Investigating Report as CON-
ing from him is not true
DR.. Wright informs us that he
did not see the statement of his
testimony until it appeared in
print, and that it is inaccurate.
We have gone no further ih
looking after that whitewashing
report. The public can draw its
own conclusions.
The fact that a public investi-
CATION, in a legal way is denied.
carries its own conclusions.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1886-07-08
TRIBUTE TO THURMAN.

On the fourth page of this pa
per we present the eloquent ad-
dress of Col. Weldy at the ban
quet given by the citizens OF
Charleston, responding to the
toast "Virginia the Mother Of
Statesmen. The reference to
Allen G. Thurman called forth
the loudest applause, Virginians
as we'll as Ohioans We'd with each
other in applause at the mention
of this national name. The fact
that we have In Thurman, a ma
tive of Virginia, the pride of Ohio,
and the leader in the nation, is
typical of our republican institu-
tions, and of the commingled
blood of the brotherhood of brains
that animates the impulses Of our
country.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1886-07-08

David Keeton, az old resident
of Hope Furnace and well known
all over Vinton county, was
found dead Sunday morning
June 27, on the railroad halc way
between Hope Station and Ia
leski.
Mr.. Keeton was IN Zaleski all
day Saturday, engaged in a law
suit, and when he left town along
in the night to go home he had
just time enough to meet the
midnight express going west, and
it is generally supposed that this
was the train that ran over him;
however, trains were running all
night and probably several trains
passed over him, as he was found
in the morning horrible mangled.
His remains were placed in a
coffin and taken home Sunday
forenoon. The funeral took
place at II A. NJ. Monday at the
Keeton cemetery.
He was about 66 years of age,
the father Of nine children. A
wife and six children survive him,
who are all grown up New
plymouth Graphic.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1886-07-08
Democratic State Convention

The Democratic State Conven
ton will be held in Toledo on the
18th and 18th of August, 1885,
The Delegates of each Congress
sional District will convene at
o'clock, p. m, on the 18th for the
purpose of electing one Vice
President from each district. and
one member of each of the vari.
Gus committees.
TIE Convention will be called
to order at 10 a. m, on the 18th,
to nominate a candidate for Sec
etary of State, Judge of the Su-
preme Court, Clerk of the Su-
preme Court, Commissioner of
Common Schools, and Member of
the Board of Public Works. The
basis of representation in this
convention is one delegate to
every five hundred, and one for
every fraction of two hundred
and fifty votes cast for Governor
Hoadly in October. 1885.
The whole number of delegates
is 664. Hooking county is enti-
tied 10 five delegates.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1886-07-08
Affidavit of Charles II. Burgoon
The State of OHIO, Hooking
County SIS.

Affidavit of Charles H. Burgoor
The State of OHIO, Hooking
County SIS.
On this 9Th day of July, A. D
1886 personally appeared before
me, notary public in and for said
county, Charles H. Burgoon, who
being duly sworn according to law
dcposes and says:
l was working with David P.
Black, IN the fall of 1884, on the
wash house which was being built
at the County Infrmary. / wit
messed the brutal beating of the
idiot boy to which David Black re-
fers in his affidavit of June 30th,
1856, published in the Hooking Sen
tinel of July 1st. Mr.. Blacks de-
scription of the beating is correct in
all its particulars. l remember that
Mr.. Black was very indignant at
the time, and said loud enough for
Nixon to hear Il wish to God that
l knew if there was any way to
stop that" Nixon paid no atten.
ton to the remark or the beating of
the boy.
CHARLES II. B URGoeN
Sworn to before me and sub
scribed in my presence this 5th
day of July, 1886.
WM. p. PRICE,
SEAL Notary Public.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1886-07-08
THE COAL TRADE.

The Toledo correspondent OF
the Coal Trade Journal of last
week says: Owing 10 a scarcity
of vessels, shipm tnts of soft coal
by the lake from this point and
Sandusky have been lighter than
the week previous. Many own
ers think it better to send the
vessels back light for ore and
grain, than to stop and take oncaT-
60 of coal. This makes shortage of
coal carrying boats. Freights 10
Chicago and Milwaukee are now
60 cents and it would seem that
plenty of tonnage would be Of
fered at those rates there.
Little is being done in An
thracite shipments, the disposi-
tion of dealers seems to be to hold
back their orders. Retail prices
have been reduced here during
the past week on both hard and
soft coal.
The Cleveland correspondent
has the following TO say: Lake
shipments have been reasonably
active, aggrega!ing 9,765 tons the
past week. Little Is said about
lake freights, but shippers gener-
ally expect an advance. Ore
shippers are having quite
spirited fight with the vessel men,
and in some instances have or
dered a suspension Of work at
the mines rather than pay the
price demanded by the latter.
Both sides are stubborn, and the
outcome Is not yet certain.
News from the various mining
districts is somewhat interesting.
but not important. A strike of
machine miners in the first and
eighth districts is threatened.
They demand an advance of six
cents per ton for loading and pro-
portionate advance for drilling
and cutting. The mineral Point
miners have returned to work on
a compromise. The Leadville
mine at Mineral Rilge, Mahon-
ing Valley, is still idle, owing 10
the strike of the men. The mine
is reported rapidly filling with
water. Arbitration at Coshocton
has apparently come to naught.
The miners withdrew, and the
board then made an award of IS
cents. The present price is SIS cts.
The men are still out, under the
instruction from the State Pres
ident, Mr.. Mcbride.
The event of the week in local
coal circles was the compliment
tary excursion given to the Mass
illon mines, under the auspices of
the Rhodes and Beidler Coal Co.
Speeches were made by MIR. J..
A. Beidler. Hon. John Warmik
and Hon, L. G. Cole. All were
with the trip and with
The fine display Of coal shown in |
the veins.
The Labor Tribune says: The
question of cheap coal in the var
ious markets is at present agita-
ling the minds of many mine op-
orators. How coal is sold at |
such low rates by operators of
Ohio, seems to somewhat surprise |
the operators of other States. |
The same sensational feeling ap.
pears TO have taken hold on the
operators of Ohio, and questions
are often being asked by them
low it is that Illinois and other
Goals are being sold at such low
'ates. One operator is charg-
n2 the other with being guilty Of
ioing something wrong, but
where that wrong is each party
eemr unable to ascertain. The
act rewaines, however, that de-
.eption is being practiced some,
where. With such a line of Fol
cy the coal business seems 10
'ield very small profits TO any
,ody.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1886-07-08
Death of Judge Green,

Judge Green, of Columbus
for thirty-five years on the Bench
died last Saturday in the S6tf
year of his age. He was buried
on last Tuesday. The Columbus
Times of the 7th makes this men,
ton:
The funeral of the late Judge
John L. Green was held yester-
day morning in the Cathedral.
The all-bearers were Judges
Allen G. Thurman, Ii. Albery, f.
F. Bingham and Joseph Olds,
Hon. Henry G. Noble, Hon. NJ. a.
Dausherty. &. j. Marriott, j D..
Sullivan, J. V. Lee and Paul
Jones. Father O'Reily couduct-
ed the requiem high mass, and
made an appropriate address
upon the life and character OF
Judge Green, saying that the
presence ofso many friends spoke
more highly than anything he
could utter in eulogy Of the de-
ceased.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1886-07-08
ANNOUNCEMENTS.

CThe price for Announcement is S4.oO.-
This includes tickets. The names of all
the candidate will be printed on all the
tickets. Each candidate Will be entitled
TO 500 tickets. TheSupcrvisor at each eleC.
ton precinct will ne supplied with q re-
quisite number of ticKets.)
RECORDER.
We are authorized to announce the
name of Benj. Bebout j. P, of Falls twp
as a candidate for Recorder, subject to the
dec.s sion OF the Democracy at their prima
ry election.
We are'authorized to announce the name
ofGeorge..W. Lloyd, of Falls township, as
candidate for Recorder, subject to the
decision .of the Democracy at their Pri-
mary Election.
We are authorized to announce the
name OF David NJ. O'Hare, OF Webbs Sum-
mis-, Falls Township, as candidate for
Recorder, subject to the decision OF the
Democratic Prim ~ Election.
Editor Sentinei-Please announce the
name of Clement V. Wright, OF Benton
township, rs n candidate for Recorder,
subject to the decisi N of the Democratic
Primary Election.
MANY VOTERS.
Editor rSentinel-Pleasc announce Tho
name of Samuel Stradley, of Green town.
ship, as q candidate for Recorder, su bject
TO the decision of the Democracy at thei r
primary election, and oblige
MANY DEMOCRATS.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1886-07-08
Excursion TO San Francisco via Penn.
Sylyania Lines West Of
PittSburp.

For the National Encampment
of the Grand Army of the Repub
lie, to be held in San Francisco,
beginning with August Sd, the
Pennsylvania Lines west ofPitIs
burg Will sell Excursion Tickets
to San Francisco and return from
all stations, at less than one fare
for the round trip. Tickets will
be sold TO members Of the Grand
Army of the Republic, women's
Relief Corps, uniform military
bodies and families and friends of
members of any these orga MIA
ton who are properly Unidentified.
This is glorious opporf unity to
visit the Pacific Coast, and the
Pennsylvania Lines can give YOU
the choice of the best routes.
For full information apply to the
nearest ticket agent of the Penn
sylvania Company, Pittsburg,
Cincinnati & st. Louis Railway
Company, and Chicago, St. Louis
d Pittsburg Rail road Company.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1886-07-08
DR.. Wright informs US that Su.

Dr. wright informs US that Su
perintendent Nixon says that The
reason the Sentinel is making
such an attack upon him is be-
cause he (Nixon) took some
printing to the other office, and
for that we are mad at him.
This is the first time we knew
he took printing to the other of.
flee. This kind of baby talk is
contemplate. We don't care
where he buys his goods or gets
his printing. The committee
which two years ago denounced
him for allowing a woman to
starve, for giving out a. child from
the Home to the care and keep
ing of a prostitute, censured him
for general neglect, and did not
have the matter of printing pat
ronage in their minds.
The Sentinel don't know nor
care where the Superintendent
bestows his patronage. 1t insists
he is not fit man for the place,
and has proved il.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1886-07-08
4 Tribute to our CapitrI District.

We present ON the 4th page
letter from Congressman Outh
waite, responding to the Toast
"The city of Columbus in which
a glowing tribute is bald TO our
Capital city, and the Manage
ment of the Capital District OF
Ohio.
Mr.. Cultivate hat just reason
to be proud as he is of his Con-
stinency. His and our district
in many respects is the greatest
in the Nation. 1t surpasses in
wealth, population and territory,
several States. MIR. OuthwaIte's S
letter show that he fully apprecia-
tes the splended constituency he
represents. lie has not proved
un worthy of the lofty RESPONSE
bility of a Reprentitive.