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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-01-16
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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-01-16
For the SPECTATOR.
IN ANSWER TO IF. L. STATIONS LOVE
LETTER.

Dear Frank you will excuse me for this long
delay,
l did not receive your loving letter till the eve
of New Years day,
have read it over and over, and am inclin-
ed to say,
can't hear the song of the knocking bird, nor
smell the new mown hay.
My Memory is just as bright as it was in TWEEN
ty-nine,
When we roamed DER the hills and wales and
climbed the yellow pine.
o, the days, the good old days, the grand old
days that are gone,
When you and 1 skinned the milk and husked
the yellow corn.
Now when you write again, let this be under
stood,
NV love is just as sweet to me as when we
roamed the wood.
Ninety -four has come and gone, and ninety
five is in the dawn.
Goodbye old year, goodbye dear Frank,
P.S.-My thoughts go dankadank.
Yours,
E.H.S.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-01-16

A CHURLIsH PRIEST.-Rev Father
Stick, of Illinois, should be disciplined
His address to his Pensioners, pub
lished yesterday, indicates that the
Pope and Cardinals of the Catholic
Church can indicate to him some
onward movement. He is not the man
to have parish unless it be upon
some lightship anchored out in the
ocean in sole charge of himself and
himself the sole occupant. AS to MEM
bers of his church who get intoxicated
he says: Il wish they would get drunk
tonight and lay out doors and freeze
to DEATH" He wished that girls who
go to Enlightened balls and dances in
full dress, no dress at all, would be
ruined"
Clearly, this world is not big enough
for such priest. The Catholic church
is big, but it is scarcely big enough for
him.-Richmond State.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-01-16

1t is said that the Prussian Govern
ment has adopted boots and shoes with
aluminium pegs or nails for the
use of their infantry, which suggests a
number of new uses for this metal.
Shoe thread of very superior and al
most everlasting quality can be made
from it and there are already combs on
the market. Another use for alumni
ium is for the tops of umbrella ribs
and the wire and wheel by which they
are held in place. This metal, now be-
coming more abundant, is destined to
play a large part in the commerce of
the future.-NorfoK Landmarks
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-01-16
A Valuable Chest.

TACOMA, WASH.-'I have used your
simmons LIVER Regulator and can
conscientiously say it is the King of all
Liver Medicines l consider it a medi-
cine chest in itself.''-Geo. W. jackson.
Your druggist sells it in powder or
liquid; the powder to be taken dry, or
made into a tea.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-01-16

English SPAWN Liniment removes
all Hard, Soft or Calloused Jumps and
Blemishes from horses, Blood Spavins,
Curbs, Splints. Sweeney, Ring Bone,
STILES, Sprains, all Swollen Threats,
Coughs, etc. Save $50 by use of one
bottle Warranted the most wonder
full Cure ever known. Sold by W. NJ.
Allen, Druggist, Staunton. Va.
Dec 6, SO, ".
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-01-16

Frank Usher, son of Luke Usher of
Potsdam, n. Y, said to be one of the
wealthiest men in that section, com
mitted suicide by jumping into the
ocean from the steamship City of Biz
mingham off Hatteras, N. c., Sunday
week.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-01-16

The best thing to do when you make
a mistake is to make it teach you
something.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-01-16

How much we would have lost. had
God made the sun so that it could
never leave us in the dark.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-01-16

The man who repents on sick bed
from which he RECEIVERS, generally back
slides before he pays his doctors bill.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-01-16
VIRGINIA HOTEL RESTAURANT.
On First Floor-Entrance on New street.

OH Il ISt riooi Oh New street,
Nice newly furnished rooms, private 70
ladies and gentlemen and connected with tn
Ladies Entrance and Front Restaurant Din
ing Room. Nice Oysters served in any style
desired. The best service-Low charges.
nov 2l-1y J. G. SCHEFFER, Prop'r.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-01-16

The Governor has appointed Mr..
Allan r. Hanckel, formerly of Char
lottesville, Judge of the Corporation
Court of the city of Norfolk.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-01-16

People who have a good opinion of
themselves will tell you that the devil
is not such a bad fellow.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-01-16

The Sabbath is not rightly observed
in the home where the children hate
to see Sunday come.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-01-16

The man who knows that his house
is built on sand never likes to hear it
thunder
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-01-16

Some people never think it worth
while to get religion 10 the hands and
feet
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-01-16

The man who would have done SO
ana SO if he had been there, never gets
there.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-01-16

If your prayers get too far apart, the
devil will get between your soul and
God.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-01-16

There is no such thing as the joy of
the Lord in the heart in which there is
no faith.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-01-16

"Give and it shall be given unto
you" is a promise that shows how
anxious God is to make us all rich.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-01-16

1t is the religion that shines at home
against which the devil fights the
hardest.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-01-16

The devil leads the man who is not
living for some good object.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-01-16

1t may be that the woman who gave
the two mites never had very much to
say in the church
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-01-16

Keep the devil away from the chill
dren, and he will soon be driven out of
the world.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-01-16

NITY CONsTABLE's oFFICE.-I have
" opened an office at No. 10 North New
Street, and am prepared to give attention to
any business placed in my hands. l can be
found at my lice any hour, when not engaged
in outside work pertaining to the duties of the
Office.
JOHNA. NOON,
Constable for the City of Staunton Va.
july 11-Jf
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-01-16

A fool will build a house without
windows, and then blame God because
he has to live in the dark.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-01-16

Every time a bad man throws mud
at good man he hits himself in the
face.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-01-16

A lie is often told without saying a
word, by putting the rotten apples in
the bottom OF the basket.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-01-16

The established church of Scotland
(Presbyterian) has announced COM
petitive examinations for theological
professorships.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-01-16

One symptom of backsliding is a
lack of thankfullness.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-01-16

God will not smile upon the man
who is frowning upon his brother.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-01-16

One trouble with the church is that
there are too many babes in it from
five to six feet high.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-01-16

Religion pure and undefiled never
works by the mouth.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-01-16

1t always helps the devil for Chris
tian to doubt the promises of God.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-01-16
N : s :: W NorfO|k.HestsrnRR
SCHEDULE IN EFFECT NOV, IS, 1894.
LEAVE BASIC, VA, DAILY.
NORTH BOUND.

No. d. (VeStibuled Limited) has Pullman
sleeper from Basic to Washington. New York
without change, via Shenandoah Junction
and B. & q. Railroad
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-01-16

People who make crooked paths
never get in earnest.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-01-16

1t takes more courage to endure
than it does to act.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-01-16

A NEw-YEAR'S GIFT--The Philadel-
phia Record says
"On the list day of January. 1895, the
American people will treat themselves
to new years gift ia the shape of a
substantial reduction of duties on their
woolens. On blankets, f1annels, shawls,
cloths, women's and children's dress
goods, wool hats, carpets, druggets,
rugs. knit wear, hosiery and under
wetr-ol all descriptit ms of wooden
goods, in fact-the reductions range
from 80 to 70 per cent The Mckinley
tariff i'll its atrociFy imposes duties as
high as 100 per cent and upward OF
articles that are necessary for the com
fort and health of the people For ex
ample, the Mckinley duties on wo
mems and chiidren's dress goods run
up from So IT, 100 per cent On WOODEN
cloths the duties run still higher. The
druggets that cover the floors of many
of the pOcr are taxed IS per cent. Ga
some wooden fabrics the Mckinley
duties ara practically prohibitory."
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-01-16

Law wears iron shoes, and don't care
where it steps.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-01-16
july 4-1yr

NOTICE.
I WANT every man and woman in the United
States interested in the Opium and Whisky
habits to have one of my books on these dis.
eases. Address b. NJ. Woolley, Atlanta, Ga.
Box 1872, and one will be sent you free.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-01-16

ANTIDoTEs. TO PoIsoN.-A speedy
emetic after swallowing any poison is
to instantly drink a glass OF cold water
into which a heaping teaspoonful Of
common salt and one of gre und mus
tard has been stirred. When it has
acted swallow the whites of two raw
eggs. Ii you have taken corrosive
sublimate take half dozen raw eggs
besides the emetic. Ii laudanum a
cup of very strong coffee. If arsenic,
first the emetic, then half a cup of
sweet oil or melted lard.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-01-16

WILL SPOKEN OF.--A certain Nine.
Cress swell died in Bridewell, and be
queathed f10 to have a sermon preach
ed in which nothing but what was we'll
OF her should be said The sermon is
said to have been written by the Duke
of Buckingham. and was as follows
"All | shall say of her is this She
was born we'll. married well, lived well
and died well. For she was born at
Shadwell, married at Cresswell she
lived at Clerkenwell, and died at
Bridewell.' "-LOndOn Tit Bits.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-01-16
A Friend In Need is Friend Indeed.

a Friend In Need is Friend Indeed"
A friend advised M to try Ely's
Cream Balm and after using it six
weeks | LeiieYe myself cured of ca
tarrh 1t is most valuable remedy
Joseph Stewart, 624 Grand Avenue,
Brooklyn, N. Y.
NV son was aft icted with cata RIB, |
induced him TO try Ely's Cream Balm
and the disagreeabIe catarrhal smell
all lift him He APPEARS as well as
any oue.-J c. Oimetead ArcoIa, Ill
Price of Cream Balm is fifty cents.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-01-16
NJ, Cincinnati & st.
F.Fr v; ,No'o' Louis Special
Dally. No. l Daily.

Additional local trains leave Staunton as
follows: Except Sunday-1:54 p. M, arrives
Clifton Forge 415 p. m.
*7:31 d. M. arrives Goshen, $50 p. m.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1895-11-22

Thanksgiving has mellowed and become
q true home festival, an occasion of family
reunion and friendly greeting. Absent
children come home from long distances
to sit around the family table once year
Near relatives and old friends join the
gathering, and the young people, their en-
thusiasm stirred by the turkey and pump
kin pies, enter into the games and frolics
with a zest that belongs to no other day OF
the whole year. One who Is not thankful
on that day must be unhappy indeed. But
Ii need not be wholly jubilee for our
selves. AS far as possible, within the scope
of our means and influence we should try
to make it a day of real thanksgiving and
happiness for others less fortunately stu
ated. BY abundant kindness, love, chart
ty, generosity and hospitality, then, no
less than by feasting, let us demonstrate
the joyful gratitude we feel in our own
hearts and thus render to our loving Fa-
Their above the best of all Thanksgiving
offerings. Christian Herald.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1895-11-22

To fulfill the chief end of its being there
must be too much to eat at tho Thanks
giving dinner. That, too, Is one of the
traditions of the day. All the decorations
Of the table must carry out the idea of
plenty, the heaped up fruits, apples, pears.
grapes, oranges, mandarins, bananas, that
form the centerpiece; we'll filed dishes of
bonbons, sailed almonds and olives, the
vases Of flowers that mingle their perfume
with the odors which steam from the high
piled plates of the guests. A couple of
small pumpkins, followed out, lined with
paper and filled with nuts and raisins,
will remind the fasters of what might 9th
erwise be overlooked in these degenerate
days-that the festival Is of New England
origin. The same fact may be further sug-
gested by serving the sorbet In pumpkin
shaped paper cases and by q toast In sweet
cider to the pilgrim fathers-who would,
by the way, have been nightly shocked
could they have foreseen the lavishness of
the banquet. Exchange
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1895-11-22
rHAs -sclvINc DAVE eRoLIck.
suggsstiosss For IN Entertainment In the
Style of Ne Oiden Tyne.

Sufficiently In advance to allow your
friends time for preparation s'ad ont In
vitations 90 ye olden TYNE Thank living
daye frolick, and intimate therein that
appropriate costuming, ia strict simplicity,
Is expected. The young women should
wear print gowns and aprons aud add the
slight touch necessary To turn the prevail
ing tone Ut hairdressing back one leaf
farther In quaintness. The men must
copy I'm dress Brother Jonathan 3 portraits.
Have merely violin, the fiddle of early
days, for music and dance gay country
dances-the quadrille, Dan Tucker, Vir-
ginia reel, and SO on, with calling of.
The brighter the people that can be
brought together and the better the acting
of the parts the greater the success of the
entertainment of course.
Cover the drawing room carpet with
crash, not only To assist dancing, but also
to give an impression of bare floor primi-
tiveness. Move away or cover up all elab-
crate bric-a-brac and sumptuous furni-
ture. Decorate with cornstalks, cedar
boughs, pumpkins and strings of red pep
pers. A barrel or two Of bright apples
standing about would also add to the gem
eral effectiveness In a conspicuous posi-
ton place "a table holding tray of mo-
lasses and large plain white pitc her of
sweet cider for the guests occasional re-
freshment. Ii there Is an open fireplace I'm
the room, popping corn there might prove
pleasant change from the dancing, the
operation forming pivot upon which to
hang amusing old time stories and 'sing-
In schulz" songs, both in solo and chorus.
All this intersperse with the eating of
popcorn and apples and the drinking of
cider.
Rollicking dancing should end the even
ing whatever the other diversions intro
duced may have been. And the old time
''groaning board" must be spread in the
dining room with early day fayorite dishes
roast turkey and little pig served whole,
baked beans and brown bread, Indian
pudding hot biscuits and rusks, cucumber
and mango pickles, pot cheese, apple but
ter, danson preserves, fruit and pound
cake and doughnuts, coffee with rich
cream and glasses of milk.
These hints followed in barest outline
will make novel and pleasing entertain
ment. But each extra effort in detail will
tell just SO much In the general attractive
ness Of the result. Every touch of realism
in the hostess arrangements, every quaint
bit of phraseoiOgy or manner IN the guests,
will add greatly to the charm Of the event.
-Philadelphia Times.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1895-11-22
Share Your Joy with Oshsrs.

The pilgrim colonists shared the first
Thanksgiving feast with Massasoit and
his 90 Indians. We should invite to ours
not only those near and dear to- us, but
some of those others who would eat 1t In
solitude if we did not remember them. To
many minds this will seem an almost un-
justifiable sacrifice of the coziness Of the
family party. The blessedness of giving
and of giving something more than of our
material substance will compensate for it,
Those who have never known what 1t is
to be alone in the world or even tempo
rarily divided from their own kindred can
pot conceive what it is to the solitary ones
TO be welcomed into q home. A far more
substantial benefit would not give 1.-THE
of the pleasure that is felt when its doors
unclose to them-Exchange.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1895-11-22
Chestnut StumBG.

The best chestnut stuffing, according to
an eminent French authority, Is made for
one turkey according to the following pro-
PORTIONS Chop good sized Bermuda on
ion very fine and brown 1t I'm q quarter of
pound Of butter. Add to this the well
cleaned liver of the turkey chopped like
the onion and mix with half q pound of
bread that has been soaked An milk or
beef gravy and squeezed almost dry Of all
liquid. The remaining ingredients arc a
half pound Of sausage meat, o handful OF
minced parsley, the yolks os raw eggs.
salt and white pepper to taste, table
spoonful Of thyme, Of sage and then ths
chestnuts. The nuts, q pound Of them,
need first to be roasted until their shells
may be taken of, then boiled in just
enough water to cover them, with little
salt, tablespoonful of sugar and one of
butter. When tender, these must be mix
ed with the stuffing. The chestnut filling
Is more highly to be recommended than
any more elaborate preparations with truf-
fles, though these latter can be used with
taste in Harding the handsome roast, add
ing thereby ornament and much flavor
To do this the skin about the breastbone
Is slit at intervals of half an inch and the
truffles thrust partly under and into thu
fesh.-New York Sun.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1895-11-22

Thanksgiving has been called the Amer
lean Christmas, but 1t is of quite different
origin and purpose. 1t is not religious
festival connected with any incident in
the history of the church, although there
are appropriate religious observances, but
1t is a day of Thanksgiving for successful
year, for bountiful crops and general pros
perity 1t comes when all the harvests
have been garnered, when the farmer can
return thanks that he had done so well,
and that there is enough for him and his
family and all those dependent on him
through the winter. In the early days Of
the pilgrims, from whom we borrowed the
holiday, this was not always the case, and
many were the winters when Thanksgiv-
ing day could not be celebrated, when the
people went hungry and when famine and
disease stalked through the land.-New
Orleans Times-D Democrat.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1895-11-22

Thanksgiving, unlike Christmas, is not
especially the children's day. 1t Is a time
for the reunion OF families, In which, of
course, the children are included, but they
do not occupy the chief place, as at their
own festival. But we all desire to make
the special holidays bright spots In the
lives OF the children. The peculiar features
of each should be emphasized so that al
they come round In after years they will
bring with them something of the old
childish joyousness, which no lapse of time
can wholly deprive them of IL they havs
been surcharged with 1t in early life
Ladies' Home Journal.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1895-11-22
Early Thanksgiving Days.
The first recorded Thanksgiving W
the Hebrew feast of the tabernanlas

The first recorded Thanksgiving was
the Hebrew feast of the tabernacles.
There have been but two English
Thanksgiving in this~century One was
on Feb. %, 1872 for the recovery of the
Prince of Wales from illness; the other,
June 21, 1887, for the queens jubilee.
The New England Thanksgiving dates
from 1888, when the Massachusetts, Bay
colony set apart day for Thanksgiving.
The first national Thanksgiving procla-
nations were by congress during the Rev
olutionary war.
The first great American Thanksgiving
day was In 1884 for the declaration Of
peace. There was one more national
Thanksgiving in 1889, and no other till
1862, when President Lincoln issued ma
tional proclamation for day of Thanks.
giving. Since that time the president has
issued an annual proclamation. - ST.
Louis Post Dispatch.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1895-11-22
A THANKSGIVING OF the PAST.

An old time. rambling farmhouse. set
Far back among the trees,
A broad walk leading up 90 10.
A door which opes with ease.
A snow barred couple lust inside,
To rresp your willing h.E,d,
A merry welcome FROM a large
And ever grow ing band.
The slow and solemn service, led
BY fathers trembling voice,
And hymns which stir the soul and mako
Tho weary heart rejoice,
Tho festsl board round which we meet
In joyous, happy throng.
The stories Of the year just past.
The jest and laugh and song.
The glorious old fireplace, filed
With cracking, glowing flame,
The roasted apples, cider. nuts
Do others taste the samef-
The quiet nook upon the stairs.
With only room for two.
The downcast eyes, the sweet, soft voice
That opened heav N To you
Did ever modern Thanksgiving
Contain such Joy and blissy
Can theater or football game
Bring happiness like thisg
Kansas City Times.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1895-11-22

Ii we go back to the days of Queen Eliz-
abeth, only a short time previous to the
Plymouth thanksgiving cooked in the
woods, we shall find some curious dishes
in vogue. There was picked grouse, with
cloves and ginger; soused turkey, boiled
In white wine and vinegar and soaked for
a month; pear puddings," containing no
pears, but made of cold fowl chopped up
with flour, currants, eggs, cream, etc, and
then fashioned into the form - pears and
baked. Among the dclicac:Ss of the age
can be enumerated omelets of mallow
stalks, cheese made of ounces hartshorn
jelly, stalks of tulips cooked like pears,
apple strip and candied fruits. -Christian
Work