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The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1888-03-22
COMMISSIONERS SALE

ar OF A.
VALUABLE HOUSE AND LOT IN THE CITY
OF STAUNTON.
Bv virtue of a decree on a rule entered on the
10th of December, 1887, in the chancery cause
OF j. w. Abby VS.. J. Fred Effinger. &c. rendlng
in the Circuit Court of Augusta CO.. Va, we
will proceed On
Saturday.. the 24th day of MaTch. 1883.
in front OF the Court House of Augusta CO.. Va.
to offer for sale at Public Auction, that very
desirable house and lot situated on the north
east corner of Augusta street and on Academy
street in the city of stanton, Va.
This is a large and commodious brick dwell
ing. house, con taining rooms; is located nut
a few minutes walk from the various schools,
and would, on account of its location, make a
very desirable home for those who have emu
dren TO educate, or engage in business pursuits
TERMS. Cost of rule sale. and unpaid taxes
in hand the residue on credit OF SIX, Twelve
and eighteen months. the purchaser to execute
his six bonds in equal installments bearing in
terest from date of sale. and the title to be
tanned as ultimate security, and in case otsal
the purchaser will be required to pay the tax -
for 1888. ROBERT CRAM
ALE X. H. FULLY.
feb23-tt w. E. RAIG,
Commissioners.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1888-03-22

A fruilfu! thtme-the subject Of horti
culture.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1888-03-22

Having appeared in our village DaIhys
proph ! lasllc Fluid WAS used for dis nfec-
ting Ghp College buildings. The disease
never went eyond Il single cas- either in
the Cole ge OF elsewhere, where the Fluid
was ust - er Pres. G, Z. Price. auburn,
At
Da1b,s Fluid dispels all forms Of epide
mic diseases by destroying i)ie spores or
gel m poison that cause contagton
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1888-03-22
Rucklen,s ArEica Salye.

A Western blizzard is what one might
call with propriety ''howliDg success. y
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1888-03-22

Ground-hegs western land grahJers.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1888-03-22

fDaily except Sunday.
Trains on Buckingham railroad branch leave
Bremo Bluff for AKRON daily except Sunday at
$40 am. and 6:S5 pm. Returning. leave Akron
daily except Sunday at 635 a. M and 653 PM
Sleeping cars attached to trains Nos. 9and ID
between Lynchburg and Richmond.
Express trains connect at East Lexington
with B. & O. trains
Through Sleeper Clifton Forge to Huntington,
louisville and Cincinnati. Only ope change To
ST. Louis =.
CONNECTIONs.-At Clifton Forge with c. &
o. Ry. for the South. West and Northwest. AL
Lynchburg with the N. 4 W. Ry. for all points
South. Southeast and Southwest; v. NJ. Ry
for all points North and South. At Richmond
with Associated Railways for all POINTS in the
South, and r. F. & p r. r. for all points North,
At Lexington with the b. s. o. K. X making
close connection at Earper's Ferry to and from
and East. For further information apply to
r. H. PANNILL, Agent
j. r. MACMURDO. G.. p A., Richmond, Va.
noy24
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1888-03-22

Alabama has fourteen dailies.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1888-03-22
NOhId w ARD. DAILY.

No. makes close connection at Waynesboro
Junction with c. Il o. Ry. west bound trains
No. has Pullman Buffet Sleeper from
chattanooga to New York without change) via
Roanoke, Hagerstown and HARRISBURG
NO. makes through connection via Shenan-
dOah junction and b. & y. r. r. for Washing
ton and Baltimore, and at Hagerstown with W
M. Railroad for baltimore, and c. " Railroad
for Harrisburg, Philadelphia and New York
o. HOWARD ROVER
Gen. Pass. and Ticket Agent
baYtD W. FLlCKWIR, Roanoke, Va.
superintendent, Roanoke, va.
C. M. FUTTERERs Pass. Ags. Bagerstoyn Md.
aug '
DICHMOND & ALLEGHANY r. r.
Schedule of trains in effect Nov goth. 1857.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1888-03-22

VALUABLE HOUSE AND LOT IN THE CITY
OF STAUNTON.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1888-03-22
scarlet Foyer''

GEORGE CHRISTIAN.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-12-05

STILL another experiment is given, in
addition to the many previously on rec
ord, showing the feeding value of ST.
lage fodder as compared to the same
preserved in dry state. To ascertain
the value of grass cut and made into hay,
against that made into ensilage, expert
ments were tried at Woburn, England.
Twelve Hereford bullocks were used in
making the trials, which were allowed
three pounds of linseed meal and five
pounds of corn meal, in addition to the
ensilage and water, versus all the hay
and water they wanted Over period
of eighty-four days, the silage-fed bull
locks showed an almost equal increase
of weight of los pounds as against
LOG pounds made by those on hay.
Another curious fact is, that the amount
of hay and water and silage and water
taken by each set of bullocks is almost
identical-the bullocks fed on hay con-
sumed as much extra water as made up
for the amount of moisture contained
in the succulent silage.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-12-05
Gifts.

The season is now at hand when girls
and women are planning fancy work for
Christmas gifts. While it is desirable
to make our homes as attractive as pos
sible, do not waste time or money on
articles that little use or exposure to
the light will render worthless. Our
grandmothers prided themselves on
many kinds of fancy work that now ap-
pear unqualifiedly ugly to our eyes.
Therefore it is we'll to ask before begin
ming piece of work, Has this any in
trinsic beauty? Is it really worth the
trouble l must bestow upon it, or can l
expend my resources to better advan-
tage? The writer was impressed re-
Gently by the intellectual poverty of the
women in a certain locality. Nearly
all of them were adopts in crazy work,
in outline embroidery, and in several
forms of crochet edging. Yet their
knowledge of literature did not extend
beyond cheap story papers. They knew
little of history, nothing of the natural
sciences, were not interested in Scott
or Dickens, and considered George
Eliot dull. The price of a standard
book is often less than the material for
tidy that may fade within three weeks,
and the time spent in reading the one
would scarcely equal what is given to
making the other.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-12-05

THE NeW England Homestead thus
endorses the conference method of in
struction at farmers institutes, Just
being introduced by the Board of Agri
culture: {" The dairy conference idea is
an expansion of the farmers institute
that can only be commended. 1t is an
object lesson in dairying that instructs
far more than the spoken or written
word. The making of butter before an
audience of dairymen, with full oppor-
tunity to discuss every phase of the
process, is far more suggestive and
brings out more practical points than is
otherwise possible. Maine is to try the
dairy conference this winter, and in
New York this idea will be quite ex-
tensively applied"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-12-05

CoTToN-sEED meal is largely used in
homemade composts at the South. In
addition to its average of Z per cent of
nitrogen, equivalent to 81 per cent of
ammonia, it contains about 2 per cent
of potash and 3 to 81 per cent of phos-
phoric acid. A formula made up of
700 pounds of cotton-seed meal, 100
pounds of acid phosphate and 200
pounds of kainit, gives an analysis of
about $50 per cent of available phos-
phoric acid, nitrogen 2.45 per cent
equivalent to 2.97 per cent ammonia)
and potash 10 per cent. This formula
was first recommended by Director
Stubs of the Louisiana experiment
station especially for cotton, and is now
in general use.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-12-05
Why the Primrose Blooms at Night.

Our evening primrose does not bloom
in the dark hours for mere sentiment
or moonshine, but from motive which
lies much nearer her heart. From the
first moment of her wooing welcome
she listens for murmuriDg wings, and
awaits that supreme fulfillment antici-
pated from her infant bud. For il
will almost invariably be found that
those blossoms which open in the twi-
light have adapted themselves to the
crepuscular moths and other nocturnal
insects. This finds striking illustra-
ton in the instances of many long
tabular-shaped night blooming flowers,
like the honeysuckle and various or
chids, whose nectar is beyond the reach
of any insect except the night-fying
hawk-moth. 1t is true that in other
less deep nocturnal flowers the sweets
could be reached by butterflies or bees
during the day if the blossoms remained
open, but the night murmurers receive
the first fresh invitation, which, if met,
will leave but wilted, half-hearted
blossom to greet the slipper of the
sunshine. This beautiful expectancy
of the flower determines the limit of
its bloom. Thus, in the event of rain
or other causes preventive of insect
visits, the evening primrose will remain
open for the butterflies during the fol-
lowing day, when otherwise it would
have dropped perceptibly, and extended
but a listless welcome. l have seen
this fact strikingly illustrated in a spray
of mountain-laurel, whose blossoms
fingered in expectancy nearly a week
in my parlor, when the flowers on the
parent shrub in the woods had fallen
several days before, their mission hav-
ing been fulfilled. In the house, speci-
mems of the radiating stamens remained
in their pockets in the side of the bios
som cup, and seemed to brace the cor
ola upon its receptacle. These sta
mems are naturally dependent upon in
sect agency for their release, and the
consequent discharge of pollen, and 1
noticed that when this operation was
artificially consummated the flower cup
soon dropped off or withered.-W.
Hamilton Gibson, IN Harper's Maga-
zine for December.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-12-05
Recipes.

WALNUT CAKE.-One cup of butter;
one of sugar; two and one-fourth cups
flour; half cup of milk; one cup of
chopped and stoned raisins; one cup
of walnut meats, chopped; two eggs;
one heaping tea-spoonful baking
powder. Frost and sprinkle cocoanut
grated over the top.
POTATO CAKEs.-Put two pounds of
boiled potatoes into basin-any re-
naming from the previous day will an
swer the purpose quite as we'll as fresh
cooked ones-and beat them to per-
fectly smooth mass; add two ounces of
warmed butter, teaspOonful of salt, a
good seasoning of pepper, two table
spoonfuls of finely chopped onion, one
of minced parsley and two well beaten
eggs. Mix the ingredients thoroughly,
and form the preparation into small
round cakes, about three-quarters of an
inch thick. Brush these lightly over
with beaten egg, sprinkle them thickly
with finely grated cheese, and fry in
plenty of boiling fat until sufficiently
Drowned Drain carefully from the fat
and serve crisp and dry, tastefully
arranged on napkin.
SAvoRY RICE CAKES. Boil break
fastcupful of the finest rice in plenty of
milk or white stock. When the liquid
is absorbed and the rice swollen out to
the full, turn it out into basin and
add to it an ounce of butter, two we'll
beaten eggs, one tablespoonful of
finely minced boiled onion and two
tablespoonful of grated cheese-a
piece which has become too hard and
dry for serving plain will do very nicely
for this purpose. Mix these well,
and season rather highly with salt
and pepper, then allow the mixture
to get quite cold. Thus far the dish
can be prepared the previous night.
Cut the rice next morning into small
square cakes about three inches each
way, and three-quarters of an inch in
thickness. Egg and bread crumb them
in the usual manner, fry them in boil
ing fat, drain carefully, and serve very
hot
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-12-05
Warm Winter Underwear.

There seems to be no doubt that there
is finally rebellion among customers
against the cotton and wool underwear
that has been so long offered us, under
the name of merino. This underwear
has been one of the shams which peo-
Pile have patiently endured, partly be-
cause there was nothing better offered
and partly because of the careless laun-
dress, who by native processes of her
own, uniformly and promptly shrunk
all wool goods past wearing limits.
Manufacturers of the ribbed wool and
wooden silk or silk underwear, and
of sanitary underwear, make garments
which are of fine wool, are dainty to
look at and comfortable to wear and
which are now fitting to the figure by
their elasticity. These garments leave
no heavy creases and add no apparent
size to the figure. The choicest of
these is the silk underwear, which in
good qualify begins at about So the
vest. When more warmth is re-
quired, silk and wool or pure wool
are used. The sanitary underwear,
which is imported, is made with fell
seams and is not so comfortable for this
reason as ribbed wool, although the
beautiful white and natural colored
stockinet of which it is made may be
purchased by the yard and made up at
home with a softer seam. As the seams
come only on the shoulder and in some
other places and not under the arms,
they are not seriously Objectionable to
to every one. Very careful instructions
are issued by the manufacturers for the
washing of these all-wool and silk
goods, and if these are followed this
underwear will come out of the laun-
dress hands uninjured. While there
are few people who are so extreme as
to insist on wooden pocket handker-
chiefs and wooden towels as some of
the more fanatical advocates of wool
do, there are also few intelligent peo-
pie who do not believe that wooden
or silk undergarment is more whole
some and comfortable clothing and that
they are not essential to health in win
ter and summer. To be wholesome
and comfortable, this article should be
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-12-05
COttOn.Seed Meal for Butter.

| have fed cotton-seed more or less
for five years and think it a great but
reproducing food. But have found
that one to two quarts per day fed to
each COW in connection with other grain
will invariably cause young calves or
pigs that eat the skim-milk to scour.
They cease when l discontinue the
meal. think ration disturbing the
stomach in such manner at such a dis
lance from the feeding cannot be pro-
ductive of good to the COW, or condu-
Give to the health of persons using the
milk or butter made from it; therefore
| have discontinued its use. am con-
WINGED that cotton-seed is worth much
more than corn for making beef, but is
it healthy for the animal or the con-
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-12-05

THOSE familiar with the history of
the breeds of cattle which have been
kept in this state during the past fifty
years, will remember when, much less
than that number of years ago, even,
the Shorthorn was very popular and
the Jersey was despised and ridiculed.
The Shorthorn was claimed as the best
general purpose breed "-the cows
were good mixers, and the oxen were
good workers; but the little tender, de-
spised Jersey was good for nothing.
To-day the Jersey holds high and in
disputable rank as the best butter and
family cow the world ever saw; while
the Shorthorn is kept in fewer numbers
throughout New England than any
other breed.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-12-05

A LARGE part of the Arc ostook
potato crop was taken to the starch
factories directly from the field, thus
leaving less potatoes in first hands
than has been the case the last two
years. Twenty-Five cents has been the
ruling price at the factories. We hear
complaints of rot in some cases where
stored in cellars. The plentiful crop
in the country at large must prevent
any extreme prices during the coming
winter. The crop over the line in the
Provinces, and on Prince Edward
Island, is also large and of the highest
quality, and is only held back from our
markets by prices here which leave too
narrow net price to the producers.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-12-05

sumers of the meat2 l do not know
what constitutes high feeding, but there
is wide difference among farmers in
the amount and quality of feed for
cows. Probably all think they are CIV
ing generous rations. For instance,
one who went to see the famous Jersey
Queen of Barnet reported only com
mon farmers fare" another gave the
amount of feed, which was about three
times the amount given by the best
feeders in this section and five or six
times that of average farmers.-A. ID.
arms, Washington County, W.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-12-05

ANIMALS that are kept wholly for
growth and market value when in con-
dition for market must be kept growing
continually or there is loss in feeding.
If pig is gaining pound per day the
food will not have to be doubled to
make him gain two pounds per day; for
the support of the system will take no
more in one case than in the other.
The labor, food and risk of loss are
greatly reduced by shortening the time
of bringing animals to salable
condition.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-12-05

SCRUB THoRoUGHBREDs.- ex-
change asks: :" Is there no way to
stop breeders from raising calves from
pedigreed cows that are not worth their
keep from an economical point of
view?" No way that we can see, I'M
less it be way to get more sense into
the heads of the buyers. A native
scrub may often, by good care and
feed, be made profitable; but thor
oughbred" scrub is the most worthless
property on earth.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-12-05

HoLyoKE, Mass, November 2S, 1887.
Enclosed l send you another order for the
Prolific Poultry Food, which continues TO
give satisfaction. Before we took hold of
your food we had never sold dozen of any
kind of egg food in as many years, and your
books will show that we have sold consid-
cradle Prolific" considering he adver-
Using that has been done for it. l know it
is good thing or l should not take the
trouble to sell it. James X. Morrell, sec
rotary of the Western Massachusetts, Poul-
try Association. l.. b. Lord, Proprietor,
Burlington, VT. Sold in Montpelier by
Marvin & Sherburne.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-12-05

BUCKLIN's ARNICA SALvE.-The
best salve in the world for cuts, bruises,
sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores,
letter, chapped hands, chilblains, corns
and all skin eruptions, and positively
cures piles, or no pay required. 1t is
guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction,
or money refunded. Price twenty-five
cents per box. Sold by all druggists.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-12-05

porous and elastic, and it is exactly
such garments that manufacturers of
the new styles of underwear provide,
and for these reasons they have at once
become popular with sensible and fash
ionable people Good Housekeeping.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-12-05
farm ano Garoem.

Inquiries communications in relation to agri-
cultural subjects may be addressed to DR. T. II.
HosKiNs, Newport, OF to A. MEssER, Rochester, Vt.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-12-05

SOME people plant beans between
their corn hills, thinking they make a
profit, but it does not pay. l have eX-
perimented, and obtained one-third
less on land so treated than on that adj
joining, not planted to double CROP
Burton DimOn, Franklin County, W.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-12-05

EVERY person sees the dark side of
his own business, which is more or less
concealed from the public, and sees
only the bright side of other callings.
If young men could see other occupa-
tions as they really are they would be
more ready to take to agricultural pur-
suits.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-12-05
Gbe Duusebolo.

Contributions to this department may be sent
either TO DIR. T. II. HosKiNs, Newport Vt, or d.
rectly to THB wATCHMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-12-05
Heart Failure.

Heart troubles are brought on by Indges-
ton, Constipation, and sluggish action of
the system.
Mr. w. II. Sawyer, prominent citizen of
Northern Maine, gives the following high
testimonial.
Five different physicians said l had
heart disease and could not be cured. From
February to September, 49, ] did not do a
days work. / commenced taking BELLS
SARSAPARILLA, in twenty days l went
to work and have not lost a day since. My
feelings are that it saved my life. My
trouble began with my stomach. BELLS
SARSAPARILLA is wonderful for stom-
ach troubles.
Sold Everywhere at soc per Bottle.
A. NJ Robinson, Jr, Apothecary. Bangor, Me.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-12-05

IT was a Brooklyn man who refused to
use Florida water for fear of catching yell
low fever.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1888-06-15
Household Hints.

A good cement for mending
q stove that has a crack in il
may be made by mixing silicate
Of potash of soluble glass with
wood ashes. This cement will
not bear moisture.
Mahogany should be washed
with warm water and fine soap;
an application of beeswax and
sweet oil upon a soft cloth, aud
cloth, polished with chamois,
gives a rich finish.
Al new divice for a brooch is
in the shape of a gold or silver
shield studded with diamonds.
The brooch at.the back is en-
bellished by q number of i'm
plements of warfare-a spear,
AK, arrow, sword, and rifle
in solid metal matching the
shield.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1888-06-15
A WARNING.

The modes Of deaths approach are
various, and statistics show conclusively
that more persons die from diseases Of
the Throat and Lungs than any other
It is probable that everyone, without ex-
ception, receives vast numbers of Tuber-
Gle Germs into the system and where
these germs fall upon suitable soil they
start into life and develop, at first slowly
as is shown by slight tickling sensa
ton In the throat and IL allowed to con.
llnue their ravages they extend to the
lungs producing Consumption and to the
head, causing Catarrh. Now ell this is
dangerous and IL allowed to proceed will
In time cause death. At the onset you
must act with promptness; allowing cold
70 60 without attention is dangerous and
may lose you your life. AS soon as you
feel that something Is wrong with your
Throat. Lungs or Nostrils, obtain a. bot
te Of Boschee's German Syrup. It will
tive you immediate relief.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1888-06-15

To be rich is not to have
wealth, it is only to have
enough.
Progress could never take
place il custom was strictly
followed.
Patient Flooding often ac-
complishes more than inactive
genius.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1888-06-15

Ladies arc invited to examine my large
stock of new and beautiful designs of
Paper Hangings for halls, dining rooms
parlors and bed chambers. EDGAR Hut
TON. No. Q Francis street.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1888-06-15

of Course U want-whasDon't o want ?
u want TO rent q house,
II want situation,
u want servant.
u want 10 soil something,
u want TO buy horse.
u want 70 ind something lost,
u want to rent q room.
want q houeokeeper.
" want Q bookkeeper.
u want the people 70 know you have the
cheapest goods In town.
" want TO know how to have your want
grati1ed. and we'll tell you.
Advertise I'm THE CAPITAL want column and
you viii see how soon your wants will be
supplied.