Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1892-11-16
Thanksgiving Day.

await, rn, Il call, tul only the appointment
of day when il may have II common ex-
preston He has stayed the pcStilence ut
our door; He has given Us more love Tor
the free civil institutions, in the creation OF
which Ills directing providence wa> so con-
spicuous; He has awakened deep rever-
ence rnr law; He has wilencl our philan-
thrnpy by call to succor the distress in
other lands He has blessed or schools
and is bringing forward patriotic and
God fearing generation 10 execute His great
and benevolent designs for our country
He has given u great increases in material
wealth and wide diffusion oi cunienimcnt
and comfort in the homes of our people ;
He has given His grace to the sorrowing
Wherefore, /, Benjamin Harrison, Presi
dent of the United States. do call upon all
people TO observe. ~ we have been wont,
Thursday, The 24th day of This month Of No
vember, a. day of Thanksgiving to God
for Ills mercie., aud of suPplicatlon for
Hi- continued care aud grace.
In testimony whereof, | have hereunlo
set my hand and caused the seal of the
United States 10 he Affixed
Dcne AT the city of y ashiugton this 4th
day of November, 1892, and sf the indepen
dence of the United States tie one hun
dreth and seventeenth
BENJAMIN HARRISON.
BY the President,s
JOHN w. FOSTER, Secretary Of State.
The skipper of a canal boat on the llli-
nois q Michigan canal recently decided,
after mature deIiberation and careful con
sideraiion, to marry his cook, a smart, ener
getic. and not wholly bsd-ooking Celt, who
had been tried and faithful servant to him
for quite a number of his perilous trips on
the storm-lashcd canal
So he spoke to her about the matter one
day, and after securing her coy consent, he
ordered the boat to be tied up at Joliet,
and, being practical skipper, skipped up
the street after parson.
The nuptial knot was soon tied, and then
the canal boatman said:
"Well, Meindy, we are married for
keeps now. We are hirched for life and
must pull together. I'm a little short
handed to day, and, as that lead mule has
got saddle gals on his back, you ji,t take
the tow-path and lead him down to Lock
port, and I'll steer and kinder ruminate on
some plan 10 give you work on the boat
without going ashore in the mud I've got
a powerful sight more respect for You now
you're my wife, Me!ndy."
Through passenger service was Inaugural
ted Sunday week over The Ohio river exten.
sion of the Norfolk aad Western Railroad
and with this important step the railroad
takes its place among the great trunk lines
of the country, having fine road of it.
own all the way from Columbus Ohio, ia
tidewater at Norfolk. Va, a distance OF
7O7 miles The extension just opened is
100 miles, beginning at Kyle, W. Va, and
extending to Coal Grove. Ohio, and forms a
connecting link between the Scioto Valley
Railroad, which the company secured con
troll of some time ago, aud the main line
which has been in operation for IA long time.
Some of the November Century contents
The first chapters Of Sweet Bells Out OF
Tune" by Mrs Burton Harrison, author oi
"The Angiomaniacs :" Thanksgiving sto
ry by Hezekiah Butterworth an unfnish-
ed sketch of Francis Parkman, James Rus
sell Lowcll's last literary work; To Gipsy-
land" Ito be coptinued,) 10y Elizabeth
Robins Pennell; Some Exposition Uses oil
Sunday" by Bishop Potter
The frontispiece of the November 81
Nicholas is beautiful engraving, "Au-
tumn," from painting by Mauve. Two
serial stories are begun: Polly Oliver'-
Problem" by Kate Douglas Wiggin, and
"The White Cave" by VIM. 0. Stoddard.-
Among other contents are "a Giant in
Fragments "Winter at the Zoo," Our
Neighbor John" From Reveille to Taps,
etc. Beautifully illustrated
4 contentious chHrch member in West
ern town recently attempted to have hi
pastor disciplined for using the slang phrase
"not in it" in the pulpit. But the bottom
Dropped out OF his charge when the clergy
man produced the manuscript of his ser
mon and read this sentence from it: 'In q
word, my Christian hearers, the ark was =
miniature world; there was no form of life
that was not in it."
A cave was discovered about six miles
east OF HarrisOnburg, near the village oi
KeeseItown, Saturday evening. 1t has not
been fully explored yet. but it is said to ri
val the Llray caverns in siz. ald groltos
and beauty 1t is situated on the land oi
Augustin Armen;roui and vas discovered
while blasting for rock Twenty four
rooms have been found without the aid OF
pick or shovel
During the hunting season from Octo
Der 18th, 1892, to January 10th, lS93,-the
Norfolk and Western Railroad Company
will iake free i'm hargace cars- when accom-.