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Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1888-05-29
shenandoah Valley r. III.
s. F. TYLER. Receiver.
Time Table in effect March 18th. 1855.
SOUTHWARK.
DAILY.

No has Pullman Buffet Sleeper New
York to Chattanooga. without change. via
Harrisburg. Hagerstown and Roanoke; also
has connection At Hagerstown with fast mali
from Baltimore.
No has through connection frotn Phjladels
phia via Harrisburg and c. V. Railroad, and
from Baltimore via W. NJ. K. X. Daily er
cept Sunday.
CONNECTIONS.
At Hagerstown Md. with the Western MAJ
rylahd Railroad Ia and from Baltimore. Frcds
erick. EmmittSburg. Gettysburg. Penmkr;
Waynesboro. Pa. and points on the WesterR
MARYLAND Railroad and branches.
With the Cumberland Valley railroad to and
from Harrisburg. Carlisle. Shippensburg,
Chambersburg. Mercershurg, Martinsburg.
and points on the Cumberland Valley Railroad
and brances.
Also to and from Pitisburg and the West
and Northwest and Boston. New York, Phila-
delphia and the North and East.
At Shenandoah junction. W. Va. with
main line of Baltimore and Ohio Railroad to
and from the West.
No. 5 makes close connection ut wayncsboro
Junction with C. IL o. Ry. East and West
bound trains
AT Loeb Laird with Lexington branch of
Richmond aud Allegheny Railroad.
At Buchanan with Main Line of Richmond
and Allegheny Railroad.
At Roanoke with Norfolk and Western
Railroad.
STAGE CONNECTIONS.
At Royce for Wildwood and Winchester Va.
At TrOutyille for Eincastlc
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1888-05-29

Additional MIXED trains Southwark pass
Charlestowu at :. II A. NJ. and SIS A NJ; ar
rive at Harrisonburg at $40 A. NJ. and 5-S2
p. NJ
WESTWARD.
Fast limited Express. daily, for Chicago and
Pittsburg leaves Baltimore at 1000 A. NJ,
Washington 1888 4. VI. Arrives ut Chicago
SIS A. NJ, Pittsburg ESQ p. NJ.
Express daily for Cincinnati and st. Louis
leaves Baltimore at 100 7. NJ. Washington 5 90
p. NJ, and Harper's Ferry nj .2S p. VI. Ar
rives at Cincinnati ut 80 \. NJ, and ST. Louis
at 8 so p NJ
Night Express daily for st. Louis and Chi
cago leaves Baltimore Mt $50 p. NJ. Washing
ton 9.40 p. NJ. and Harper's Ferry IL so z. NJ.
Arrives al Cincinnati so p. NJ, St Louis $50
4. NJ. Chicago $40 A. VI.
Night Express daily for Pittshurg leaves Bal
timore ut Sis NJ. Washington 9.15 +. NJ.
ana Harper's Ferry at 1913 2. NJ Arrives at
PiItsbury $50 A. NJ.
For tickets and further information apply to
B. tS o. Agents ct tn B. F. BoNp. Pass. Agent,
Baltimore. c. E. DUDRow, Travelling Pass.
Agent. Staunton, Va
b. Il o. palace sleeping cars are run through
to Cincinnati. st. Louis. Chicago and Pittsburg
ON all express trains.
l.. VI. COLE. Gen1 Ticket Agt.
CHAS. O. SCULL. Gen'l Pass. Agt.
W. VI. CLEMENTS, General Manager
May s. 1888.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1888-05-29
May Is, 1888.

A FULL TRUTH BIoGRAPHY.-"A
country editor is one who reads news
papers, writes on any subject, sticks
type, folds papers, makes up mails,
runs errands, saws wood, works in
the garden, is blamed for thousand
things he never thought of, works
hard all day, is subject to spring fever,
helps people into Office who forget all
about it afterward, and frequently
gets cheated out of his earnings. He
puffs up and does more to build up
the town and country than any one
else, and the miser and the fogy are
benefited, yet they will not take his
paper, but will borrow it and cuss
the old fool of an editor.
[Chicago Newspaper Union.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1888-05-29

A CUT IN PRICES FOR 80 DAYS FROM
DATE.-Now is your chance to Save
Money. 1 will quote few prices Oh
work: Watches Cleaned for S1.O0.
handspring s1.oo, Hairspring Is cts
to S1.OO, Chains S1.OO, Dials Toe. to
$3.50, Jewels Soc, 75c. and S1.O0,
Pivot 75c. to slips, Hands 40c. a
pair, Glass 20 to 25c. All Repairs at
the same rates. New Style Pin in
Breast Pins 1Oc., Old Style Sc.
Catches 8 joints) or two for 15c.,
Spectacles Soldered 10 to 25c., Clock
Cleaned so to 75c., twenty-four hour
Clock-spring 80 to 75c., Hands 1Oc.,
New Cords 10 to 25o-s-s.Ess: ~ Repairs
done at home. No work sent away.
Can repair any make of watches that
are made. All Work is Warranted.
2 OF. Silver Case, American move
ments, (worth $4,000 sell for $500.
Improved Manhattan Watches 81. so,
Sweep Second Stop Watch $500.
II. A. l.. BURTON.
Nov TX 1893
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1888-05-29

The Supreme Court of Michigan
has unanimously declared the local
option law of that State unconstitu-
tional on the ground that the law is
direct violation of article 4, section
20 of the Constitution, which pro-
vides that no law shall embrace more
than one object, which shall be en-
bodied in its title. The local option
law is entitled an act to regulate
the manufacture and sale of liquor"
which is not at all what the law is
for.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1888-05-29

Trains mark Daily, all others daily except
Sunday. Limited.
Additional trains leave HagcrsiOwn for
WayucsbOro. ChninbcrsbuTg and Sbippcnsburg
ut Gf5 and IL o. a. NJ. and 655 r. VI. Re-
turning. arrive ut HIgeTstown ut 300 y. NJ,
and 3 - and 600 =. VI.
New York and Philadelphia passengers
change nj Union Station. Baltimore.
Ask for tickets via Western Maryland Rail-
road
J. NJ HOOD General Manager.
Z. II. GRisWOLD. Gen'l Pass. Agent.
December %. 1887
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1888-05-29

Carpets! Carpets j. II. Beachley. at Ha-
gerstOwn, has just been east buying more car
pets. People not only read advertisements.
but have also realized that Beachley's stock. at
Hagcrstown, is not only large, but the best of
all his pricps are low
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1888-05-29
MISCELLANEOUS.
At the Wrong Window.

A good story is told by the Troy
IN. Y. Iimes at the expense of the
Amherst College Glee Club. About
ten years ago the club made a trip
through New York State, and sung
in Rochester at the same time that
Kate Pennoyer, pretty stage singer
was there. After the concert it was
proposed to serenade the lady, and
the club proceeded to her home and
struck up the familiar college hymn,
paraphrasing the chorus thusly:
"Dear Kate Pennoyer,
Sweet Kate Pennoyer,
Our love for thee
Shall never, never die"
After singing the entire song the
boys waited moment for recogni
ton of their serenade. Slowly
window in the third story was raised,
later a man clothed in robes of white
and with whiskers a foot long was
seen, and then bass solo was waited
down to the collegians:
s. Dear boys below there,
Sweet boys below there,
Your Kate Pennoyer
Lives four doors below here"
AS the last words of his song died
on the frosty air, the Amherst Col
Iege Glee Club gathered themselves
up like Arabs and as silently stole
away.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1888-05-29

Read a few of orr Testimonials. Also many
others on file at our Office:
DANIEL HEFLEDowER SAYS: have tested
tue light Suntish Plow ril;go 1 "a chased
of you and find it up to all nc -cqui. ercnts:
light in draft. easily adjusted. anG re o w
pIow / ever saw that will follow scuciiv as
well two or three horses. want no more cast
plows.
CHARLES z. TIMBERLAKE says: The i'm
proved two or tfrce-horse Sunfish Plow
got of you (on tria) this Spring proves to be
equal TO all yon claim for it. and more
plowed piece of new ground with three horses
hiched to it, that were altogether too fast. but
it equal to it, and came out with colors
flying.
pleasure in saving that the New Pillow. pur-
chased of Won this Spring. gave entire satisfac-
ton. The peculiar quality of the soil which
have To pillow makes it necessary to have moth
ing b'-t the very best pillow to do the work.
l.. E. BOYD. of Kablctown. says: l will
say in re arc to Your New Plow that it is the
best have ever ,iscd-works easy to both man
aud horses. and is just what yOu want for hard
ground. ard i cheapest to keep in order
JoS.;PH J.. EiCEELBERGER says: Received
yonr note Tie o her day. and say in re-
gard r tie Plgw. shat it is all that could be de-
sired; light of dialU. and does its work well.
AID Is IN my Judgement u much better Plow
t .an anv of those li"ht Piows from the North
and Yves: th II shipped here by the car
lord. larme.s Ak better spend their money
Of home and encourage home manufacturers.
G. w. SNYDER. Middlcway. says: i like your
Pillow both for wo or three horses. and have
never seen any belt. 1T can he kept in order
with less expense tran any have ever used.
1t cuts the ground on before it turns it. there
by making level surface below. There is
where it beats other Flows.
RUDOLPH RAU. of Bolivar. says: 81 am
much pleased viii, the Pillow / think the
New Plow superior the Old Sunfish. in fact
it does more and better work than any Pillow
ever had on my farm. VIII call and yuu
about another of same pattern.
January TO- lSSS-ly.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1888-05-29

ACKNOWLEDGMENT intense itching and sting
ing; most at night; worse by scratching. 4 allowed
10 continue tumors form, which often bleed and
ulcerate, becoming very sore. SwAYSE's OINTMENT
stops the itching and bleeding, heals liberation and
in many cases removes the tumors. 1t is equally
efficacious in curing all Skin Diseases. DR..
SWaYNE 4 SON, Proprietors, Philadelphia.
SyAYSE's OINTMENT can be obtained OF druggists.
S"nt by mail for 20 Cents.
Nov 1SS7-Iy
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1888-05-29

Senator NJ. c. Butler, of South Car
DINA, who was distinguished cavalry
general in the Army of Northern Vir-
ginia and who lost a leg in the army,
will deliver the address at the annual
reunion of the Virginia division of the
Association of the Army of Northern
Virginia, in Richmond, in October
next
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1888-05-29

Good Things to Eat! People that want good
things to eat. and only want to pay moderate
prices, will do well to see Beachlcy & Son, at
Hagerstown.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1888-05-29

Why pay big prices for Groceries. Queens
ware, Spices. Sc, when you know Beachlcy,
at Hagerstown. sells cheap?
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1888-05-29
A Mistake.

TIME report that propose leaving Charles
Il town is unfounded. 1 expect TO rsnain
here and will pursue my vocation OF Watch
and Clock Repairer at my rooms opposite
Garter House." Lee Hall Building. upstairs,
and solicit the continued patronage of the PEG
pie. T. sRoWNS1LD:
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1888-05-29

Beachley ~ Son, at Hagerstown. have large
everything at prices that defy competition.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1888-05-29

No 1 makes close connection at Watnes-
boro Junction with c. Il q. Ry. East aud West
bound trains.
No 4 has Pullman Buffet Sleeper from Chat
iauoOga to New York twiihont chnnge) via
Roanoke. Hacerstowu and Harrisburg.
No. = makes through connection via Shenan-
dOah Junction and Is. ~ o. X. X. for wash
ingfOn and Baltimore. md Mt HngcptOwn
with W. VI. Railroad for Baltimore. and c. V.
Railrnnd for Harrisburg, Philadelphia and
New York.
O. HOWARD ROVER
Gen. Pass. and Ticket Agent.
DAVID w. FLICKWlR. Roanoke. Wa.
supcr.ntendrnt, Roanoke, Va.
C. NJ. FUTTERER.
Pass. Agent, Hagcrstown. Md.
ADriI 10 1881
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1888-05-29

Window ShadesI Another big lot just re-
ceived at Beachley's, at Hagcrstown. Prices
lower than ever.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1888-05-29

Beachlcy & Son. at Hagerstown. are ex-
perienced merchants, and don't intend to be
Updersold.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1888-05-29

Parasols! New Spring Styles, just received,
at Beachley's, at Hagerstown.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1888-05-29

Run daily. All others daily EXCEPT Sunday
J. p. BOYD. Superintendent.
II. A. RIDDLE, !Gen1 Pass. Agent.
Nav I5 1888.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1888-05-29

1t pays to buy Carpets. Oil Cloths, Looking
Glasses &c, at Beachley It Sons, Hagerstown.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1888-05-29
MISCELLANEOUS.
Improved sunfish PIow
BEATS THE WORLD


TIME opening sales of our new and improved
IL SuNPIsH Prov were far beyond our most
eanguine expectation. and its praise has been
sounded far and wide for quality of work and
lightness of draft. Our business has not
been confined TO this and adjoining counties,
but we are receiving orders from abroad
Farmers are learning not to buy poor imple-
ment because it is cheap. but get the best and
gain in good crops. There are several good
points in our Pillow. which commend it above
all others. In the first place. it is made of the
very best material. and secondly. it is a
Wrought Pillow. and can he repaired by any
ordinary workman. and at less cost; thirdly.
It cuts off the land level below before COM
mencing to turn the furrow. thereby leaving
the ground to get the full benefit of a rainfall.
while other plows trough it out, leaving the
water to follow the trough. 1t can be adjusted
TO nicely to cut any desired width of fnrrow:
works easy with two or three horses. Try the
Plow We. don't give a Chrome with each
Pillow. butwe do give satisfaction. Our Three
horse Sunfish beats the world.
WERLICH tS WELLER.
Chailestowu, w. Va
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1888-05-29
POLITICAL.
Old Folks at Home.


Way down upon de Swanee ribber,
Far, far away,
Dere's wha my heart is turning ebber,
Dere's wba de old folks stay.
All up and down de whole creation
Sadly roam,
Still longing for dc old plantation,
And for de old folks at home.
CHORUS.
All de world am sad and dreary,
Ebrywhere I roam;
oh, darkeys, how my heart grows weary,
Far from de old folks at home!
All round de little farm WANDERED
When was young;
Den many happy days squandcr'd,
Many de songs sung.
When was playing wild my brudder,
Happy was I;
Oh. take me to my kind cd mudder!
Dere let me live and die.
CHORUS.
One little hut among de bushes.
One dat love,
Still sadly to my mem'ry rushes,
No matter where rove.
When will see de bees a-humming
All round de comb?
When will 1 hear de banjo cumming,
Down in my good old home?
CHORUS.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1888-05-29
important to Builders.

TNHE undersigned is giving his sole attention
l. to the
LUMBER BUSINESS,
at Roadside. Rockingham County. Virginia
and has facilities for filling orders of any ex-
tent and great variety. He commands forests
of growing timber of the very best quality. and
milling capacity to meet the most extravagant
demands of this section. Orders for Lumber for
Building Purposes,
cut in size and length TO meet the demands of
Builders or others. filed promptly upon terms
Virginia can compete successfully.
The subscriber has in former years supplied
very many persons in this section with Lumber.
and in returning thanks for past patronage, and
in soliciting the orders of old customers and
new. promises careful personal supervision,
SO that orders may be satisfactorily filled Ad-
dress, DIR s. P. FL. MILLER.
Roadside,
Rockingham Co..
Nov Ie, lS.S-y. Virginia.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1888-05-29

T IME Frnit, Hoarhonnd. Flax Seed and Tar
IL Drops, al JONES Pharmacy.
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INSURE YOUR LIFE IN THE
MARYLAND
Life Insurance Company.

Has paid to its policy-holGers or their c.
scntatives during the past swer.y- wo years.
ST.. 100000.
Every Death Claim has t'ccr proilpIly settled
without DELAY, 81 80. or o siPronisein any
case.
Attention is directed to the SEMI-ENDow-
MENT Policy issued by this Company. which
combines Life Policy for the protection of
the children when they are young with an in
restmcnt to be paid to The person. whose life
is insured. at the end of given number OF years.
This plan is offered rs providing. upon pecu-
liarly advantageous terms, the most valuable
features of Life Insurance.
The Policies are made for a limited term of
ycars.-l5. 20 or 25.-and AT the end of that
term. if death has not occurred, there Is paid
All Endowment n sum equal to onc-half the
face of the policy.
Dividends are declared upon these policies.
which may be applied as cash in reduction of
premium in the purchase of additions to
the amounts payable under the policies
which will thus be considerably increased.
tsss- The policy holder who cannot continue
his payments of premium is protected by dis
tinct provisions for paid-up policy To be
granted in the event az lapse. This Is usually
not the case with To-. ne i.nlicies.
NIMEOD TRUSSELL.
General Agent for JEFF. Co.
CharlcstOwn. Jan. 10. 1SSS-1y.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1888-05-29

.ft HVNNOs IuE FILTHY OH HIEu
At Troutville for Fincastle.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1888-05-29

Nov. 1, 1Ss7-1y.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-08-02
Along the Country Road.

1t is best for the average farmer to have
but one kind of chicks. They can then
have unlimited range, and there will be
no expensive yards to keep up, and you
will always know that your birds are
pure. Birds can't remain healthy unless
they are allowed plenty of room to roam
and hunt the early worm.
President Chamberlain, of the Iowa
Agricultural college, does not believe in
permanent pastures, preferring a regular
rotation of crops, with clover and timothy
meadow for two years of the rotation
The land, under rotation, is in better
heart, and you get more grass, relatively.
During the hot summer months the
Douglas mixture placed in the drinking
vessels-one ounce of mixture to one gal.
lon of water, placed in vessels to run at
willis the best tonic that can be given
chickens.
An English farmer says: my twenty
FIVE years experimentation with potash
on Norfolk soils warrants me in advising
it's application to roots, in preference to
any crop in the ordinary rotation.
An able bodied toad of industrious hab-
its will make way with and digest his
own weight of insects during twenty four
hours. If you be of an insecticidal turn
of mind turn out by daylight and watch
the toads getting breakfast. 1t is enter
tanning.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-08-02

and shooting from their long trunks
great streams of water. Keeper Fender
CAST stimulated the sport by casting two
inflated bladders into the pool, with which
the elephants sported for long time,
catching them and throwing them at each
others heads. When the keeper thought
that the fun had continued long enough he
prodded the unwilling beasts out with a
long pole. Then he threw score of inflated
bladders on the brick pavement sur
rounding the pool, which the elephants
pounded with their feet until all of them
had been exploded, proceeding in which
they appeared to see almost as much sport
as in their bath.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-08-02
Canes in Chickens,

Wright, who is a good authority on
poultry, thinks gapes infectious, or at
least epidemic. Unless, perhaps, thus
communicated by others, it's occurrence
is caused by foul water, exposure to wet,
and want of nourishing food The actual
symptoms exhibited are a number of
small worms in the windpipe and gasp
ing for breath If taken early it will be
sufficient to put little camphor in the
drinking water or little turpentine may
be given daily in meal In bad cases the
worms must be removed by introducing a
loop of horse hair into the trachea and
turning it round during the withdrawal,
repeating the operation till the worms are
extracted. A feather stripped almost to
the top may be used instead of the horse
hair Small pellets of camphor are some
times given, and the feather may be dip
ped in turpentine diluted with three
parts water. When young chickens are
kept in clean coops and out of the early
morning dew and rains, they are not often
troubled with gapes.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-08-02
SCAB IN POTATOES.
Opinions Expressed by Scientists and Pr,
gressive Farmers.


The two principal desires of the potato
grower are, of course, quality and guam
tity, and if only one may be realized the
former has the preference. Potatoes
without disease are, or ought to be, the
great aim in this day of rot, blight and
scabby tubers. Of late years not only
learned scientists, but progressive farm
ers, have endeavored to discover the cause
and preventive for scab in potatoes.
Some of our ablest authorities, tnclud-
ing DR.. J. B, Lawes, of England; E. s.
Carman, editor of The Rural New Yorker;
Dr. f. M. Hexamer, DR., Henry Stewart
and Professor Goeesman, after extensive
and repeated experiments, have become
convinced of the efficacy of special COM
mercial fertilizers for the potato. Mr.
Carman, who believes that wire worms
are at least one cause of scabby potatoes,
says whether the wire worm dislikes
potato chemical fertilizers or whether
these do not furnish the shelter which
the worm prefers, we do not pretend to
say. We do say that in all of our tests
the potatoes grown with farm manure
have invariably been more injured with
wire worms than those grown with fertil
izers"
The feeling very generally prevails that
manure, especially fresh manure, is pro
life cause, in many soils, of potato scab,
and ought to be avoided for this crop. In
general, it is claimed that potatoes grown
on chemical fertilizers are more free from
rot scab and blight, and are smoother,
more uniform and of better quality than
those grown on unfermented stable ma
nure
In word, experience has proven that
organic manures tend to promote scab
and rot in potatoes The organic sub
stance seems to afford soil peculiarly
adapted to the development of fungi and
insects, which in time attack the pota-
toes On the other hand, results favor
the belief that commercial fertilizers
made from minerals and properly treated
animal products are comparatively free
from fungi, and that such fertilizers tend
to prevent or destroy any chance fungus
growth in the potato itself
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-08-02
A Greek Wedding in Arkansas.

From the Atlanta Constitution.
While upon a recent visit to Little
Rock, Ark, Mrs. Luella Steele with essed a
most beautiful and unique wedding at one
of the fashionable Episcopal churches of
that city. There we're ten bridesmaids
beautiful young girls attired in Grecian
costumes, which consisted of some soft
white material, gracefully draped over the
figure and confined to the waist by silk
cord and tassels. The huir was arranged
in Greek knot crossed over by bands of
white velvet. They entered the church,
one in each aisle, following each other in
turn, and formed semicrcle around the
altar. Then came the bride, unattended,
and attired in the usual fashion, slowly
and gracefully, with dropping eyes, keep
ing step to the wedding march which was
being sung by the choir. At the altar
she was met by the groom and minister,
each emerging from opposite sides of the
vestry. The whole effect was beautiful
and impressive.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-08-02

The Llano Estacado, or Staked Plains
is SO called because it is very large body
of elevated prairie land or plain, lsyir
along the east side of the Pecos river in
western Texas, several hundred miles
long and about seventy five miles wide
and elevated about 5000 feet above the
sea level. The surface being smooth
prairie, early travellers and explorers
marked their line of march with stakes as
guide for future journeys over the same
route. Hence the Mexicans called the
plains the ''Llano Estacado" Gland staked,
meaning the staked plains.