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Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1895-02-01


ost against Tucker" is the
sitfe of so page pamphlet re-
ceived by us which is the
answer of Hon. H. St. Geo. Tucker
to notice of contest for his seat
in the saith Congress, by Jacot
Yost. Mr.. Tucker goes over she
ground step by step and each point
shows that it has been carefully
studied. His answer closes With
the following words: 81 appea'
to the law and to the evidence. b.
A+that I'm ready to stand or fall"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1895-02-01
Valuable CrabbOttOm Farm for
Sale

will offer for sale, privately,
my property in Crabbottom High
land Co. Va, lying between New
Hampden and Crabbottom Mills
consisting of about fifty acres OF
fine farming and grazing land.
Upon this land is good dwelling
house Of fye-rooms and all neces-
sarg out-buiidings also a good Tan
yard and Farmhouse in good work
iug ,rder, AID al The equipments
Of lie tahl,ing business Il Il maj
should vish them 0ith The proper
r.
Gbis property Will be sold o.
reasonable terms. Call on tr ad-
ress, i. fl;I~afer.
+. / tom. 30. Crab6otton, Va
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1895-02-01
THEPAPEp CFTEE FECFLT,
TCp TIE PEOPLE AND WITH
TIE PEOPLE.
Honest ia Motive.
Fearless III Expression,
Sound in Principle
IJsswerv;sg Ia Its Ai!egiancS To
Right Theories and
Right Practices.

The San publishes all the sews
all the time, bat it does not allow
It's columns to be degraded by I'm
lean, immoral orpurcly sensation
.! matter.
Editorially, The SIM is the con-
sistent and unchsngng champion
and defender Of popular rights and
interests against political machines
md monopo'ies Of every character
Independent in ali things. extreme
ia none. Il is for good laws, good
government and coed order.
By mail Fifty Cents month
Six Dollars i year.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1895-02-01
J. Notice.

II you have anything to sell at
auction it viii pay you to get ex-
perienced Auctioneers. We will at
tend all the courts Of Highland and
Pocahontas counties and through
out Va. and ". Va.
Sweskcr& SwcCker.
New Iiampden Va, and Dupmore
". Va.
June 9Th t. {.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1895-02-01
Down the Ci1esape axe.

Dear RECORDER: Some time
ago we gave an account of our trip
through the mountains Of West Va,
and Maryland promising sometime
in the future to tell you Of our
trip down the Chesapeake:
In the early morning of Aug.
nth, after a hasty breakfast we
hurried to the wharf where the
Emma JIes YVES waiting tho
hlur for her to Start on her seini
~e"kl} trip down The Fay.
!; was almost time to start end
every taing was bury and confus-
,o:. n fr-v minutes the ve@ael
@as ioozon 4 from her mooring~
mi we were A2s5ins out upon ihe
water.
As our home is several hundred
miles inland, the experience va
altogether new and novel, and We
took an active interest in every
thing that was going on.
As we were passing out from
tee city we came in fail view If
old historic, Fort McIienry. l.
was still early in tie morning and
the "misis" had not long be Il
,ifled from the water and city al d
in our imagination we could al
most see the British men-of-war
coating down The Bay willie The
dear old flag trluniphautIy waved
over the fort. There nay be some
Of your re. ,ders who DO not know
tie history Of the Star Spangled
Banner. It vas written by Francis
;. kew, Of Baltimore who was {
prisoner on one OF the Englisl.
yesycls on the night &c Sept. 10
1914. On the morning Of the H.
he watched anxiously for the light
OF day to see if the flag Was still
there" and when he saw it Sill
Heating over the fort in his joy be
wrote the lines that have since be
come 50 noted, on The back Of an
old letter
But back to Our trip. We pass
ed number Of quser looking
things and en- inquirlng weYe il.
formed they were floats. We ais
passed several lighthouses. 4 bouf
the middle Of the forenoon We csm;
in sight Of Arnarolis OF to th'
: right.
Soon after dinner The shores
came closer together and We were
told nc were in the rivers. Thes'
rivers are simply arms Of tn
Bay. We soon hagen stopping q
=, the different what's along The raaF'
and were mu,h iatcres5e, il watch
Ing The crowds who come 10 meet
friends 81 to take passage on th'
boa5. We wers however more in
: seyestqd in The loading and unload
. ing The freight. Is soon IS thi
freight intended for each whar
vas carried Of the loading com
menced. The freight agent woul'
toas great baskets Of peaches G
tomatoes to colored men wht
would Gextrousiy catch them am
. placing them either on thai
; shoulders or heads carry then
, into tae vessel. Great quantitie
of watermeilons were brought OF
: board either to sell to the passen
gers or to be shipped to Baltimore
The inevitable vender Of edible
was on hand az soon as the boa
4 stopped and the plank was throws
o Dut.
! About four o'clock full hou
after schedule time we reached on
destination and found our friend
waiting us.-Cornersville, Ed. jar
25, 1895.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1895-02-01
His Sharp Answer.

ter written by Mr.. Trotter, mail
contractor, to the Post Office De-
partment. A correspondent writ
ing from this place to the itch
mond DISPATCH and a slight cor
rectlon by the Stanton Daily
News enabled US to reproduce tllat
wonderful letter, which we feel
sure will entertain our readers. II
as follows;
"Eycry locality has hal its 'c"l4
winter, It's dry summer, ~ 'o'n'
fhcr local event from whIch T.
cc!on time, and last Sunday vii
.ng be remembered AZ The e =
unlay.' and TIE accompanying
SHOW srtrn as one unusually
severe. But while SUNDAY. January
10, 1898, may justly claim the Dis
tlnrtion above referred to, there Is
y, record in the Postofiicc Depart
nrnt at Washington report which
he snow squalls Of succeeding
generations viii ever find a "stdn-
ner' to overcome in the furry for
~re-emincnce, and James Trotter.
lie reporter, stands separate ana
lone as the author of the most
cheeky, unique, original and con
gincing document ever received by
he postofdce Departmental faei
,learly conceded by Tie authorities
themselves, since The letter wa
framed, and it has hung ever since
1850 in a conspicuous place i'll one
f TIE department rooms.
At Tie time, perhaps, ore Of the
longest mail routes in the Souti
ras from Stanton to Parkersburg
y. Va, ever The Staunton an'
Petersburg turnpike, a distance
# 252 lniles, and James Trottel
vas The contractor, driving the old
fashioned stage coach, with Ii
four horses, and having su!licien
relays, which enabled him to mak'
Two trips week. The tremenaou
$40 wdrifts on Cheat Mountain il
1850 vii! never be forgotten. Th'
tops of trees IS and SO feet tai
were just vlsible in some Of TIE deeI
hollows aud even or the a1jaceo
farms and lives stock passed owe
fences from field to field, eatii''
thc tops of Of fruiS trees. down t
the level OF the sn16' crG@t.
The mail service on Trotter
line was OF course at a st;tHdssll -
fact that was duly reported bu
the authorities. falling to reali2
the extent Of The bIocla!c, con
tinucd TO annoy him about HI
failure to cross tie mountain
Finally, We are told, THAI, in i +.
Of passion, and 9Th tie hore o
putting a stop to the gooaiAG
which were so Calling to him, b
wrote The following letter, whict
as already stated, is Oh record, neat
" framed, in The department q
Washington.
If you were to knock out tn
gable end Of hi and turn it loss
on Cheat Mountain it won
generate steam enough IN 81
months to open up the snow drift
"The Monterey correspondent
misQuotes the letter. The follow
ing is a verbatim ct literatum cop
: of Mr.. Trotter's letter taken fror
= duplicate of the terse an
+ vigorous official correspondence
which Tom Hurk had framed al
hung up in his Office.
"PoStmaster. General,
Washington, d. c.
Sir: If the gable end c
HI should blow out shd rain fir
,, and smoke and melted lava fc
forty days and nights, it wo1l
not melt the snow enough 0
= Cheat Mountain so az to get you
id mail OFT On time IF
NnvS
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1895-02-01
For Sale 400 Acres Of land.


Lying four miles North East Of
Millboro Springs, part under good
cultivation, all we'll adapted for
grass, and in a good section for
ftuit. Two small dwelling houses
good barn and stable. Close to
school, church, post-offce' store
aud mill. Any one wanting a
good place at low price should adj
dress; w. H. McClung,
Bath Alum,
JanfS4t. Bath Co. Va.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1895-02-01

IN an 90 ar
IN sill 40 Rl"
protested a mem
Der Of the family
that had long
been afflicted
with . ease Of
cons u N ption n.
Reference W Os
had to DR.. Fen
ner's Golden Re-
lief. Doubt had
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1895-02-01
A Case in Point.

A superstitious traveller over the
Chesapeake & Ohio railroad, sends
the Cincinnati Enquirer the follow
ing case Of the "unlucky thirteen.
The best illustration of the effects
of the number 10 that | ever saw,
said c. r. Morton, at the Burnet,
was on the Chesapeake and Ohio
Railroad few daysago. The train
left New York ut 5;l3, Washington
at 1I:13, and Clifton Forge at C:l3.
At that place 10 men were IN the
smoking car, among whom was one
whose thirteenth wedding anniver-
sarv fell on that day, and the train
boy started through with 10 maya
zines under his arm. That combl-
nation settled it, and three engines
broke down before Huntington
was reached. When The train
finally reached Cincinnati it was
6 hours and 13 minutes late. Had
not the man with the thirteenth
wedding anniversary left the car at
Huntington, and the boy sold one
of his magazines, | don't believe
the train would have ever reached
it's destination"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1895-02-01
/ T'8V Facts.

Arrme.ly-i.as been found which
ruyy4 chronic diseases: nos in every
cuse. bat IN large percentage OF
hem. AID in .ases too far gon"
FOR care. It ad'oriis relief and often
qrolou.s life. many VINO nave
gpen given oy4r br physicians have
osea prevailed, upon by friends to
try this remedy. the Compound
Oxygen Treati0ento Of Drs. Starkey
:, baien. Of Philadelphia, and are
nnw living to testify to lis curative
powers. It has beer successful in
curing many cases Of catarrh ma
larial fever, haY Fever, asthma
bronchitis, neuralgia. nerYnas pros
bration, and other chronic diseases.
In these diseases physicians have
had little success, as The name they
have giy9n 10 this class Of disorders
indicates, but Compound Oxygen
has worked wonders.
There is only one genuine Con-
pound Oxygen, and any substance
made elsewhere or ny others than
Drs. Starkey and palen, is spurious.
Avoid limitations.
II you wish to learn more Of this
wonderful remedy, send for our
book of 200 pages, sent free, with
numerous testimonials and records
of surprising cures.
1ys. $taybtu & s%altN.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1895-02-01

Subscribe for the RECORDER, $3.50
per. year.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1895-02-01

Entered at the Monterey postofFce as
second class matter.
Monterey Va, Friday, Feb, l. 1879
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1895-02-01

II Washington. D. ..
Sir: If the gable end Of
HI should blow out shd rain fire
and smoke and melted lava for
forty days and nights, it woqld
not melt the snow enough on
Cheat Mountain so az to get your
id mail OFT On time ."~-E1
News.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-02-14

A British butcher never. never VIII
be enslaved! He has put on the smock
of war and whetted his knife and
cleaver OF the steel. Sir Albert Is. Rol-
lit. president of the London Chamber
Of Commerce. has volunteered to lead
him. and the ever-amuSing London
Telegraph has called upon the patriotic
impulse to rise lin the breast of every
meat eater in the kingdom" against
the Chicago ~slaughterer. The way OF It
is this: Before the C~hicaGoanS seeking
Il new field for conquest invaded Brit
ain the British butcher was accus
toned to buy his beef reeking from
the Slaughter-hOuSc. The beef Shrank
when it was hung and to compensate
the butcher he vas allowed Il rebate.
When the Americans entered they
were forced to accept this custom. al
though by the time their beef arrived
in England ii had shrunk AS much as
it could shrink. No soone had they
become firmly intrenchcd than they de-
cided no to allow the reduction; the
result is Il patriotic oar from the Brit
ish butcher, an attempt to boycOit
American beef and the establishment
of great shops for the sale of American
beef exclusively. one cannot turn Il
corner in London NowadayS without
confronting OF the familiar anne
of Swift. Norris or Armour. The mad
denin9 aspect of the situation to the
patriotic English butcher is that he is
unable t. laise the loyalty of the 'Brlt-
tai notion the British may cling to re-
garding colonial advance and the honor
of the British flag and its supremacy
on the sea they have none regarding
the staple foundations without whicp
empire is a shallow dream. They will
not have their beer taxed: they will buy
their beef where they can buy it cheap
| est and best. They flock to the Amer.
lean shops. and so sure are the Chi.
cagoanS of their field that at the first
mention of a boycott they announced
that they would not sell beef to any
shop thai would o display a sign to
the effect that American beef was sold
there. The man who sells the best 1T
the lowest price in any market is the
man who wins the trade. The Chicago
| packers can underSell the world. At
the same time we should not fail to re-
cord our naughty defiance, to the Brit
iSh butcher. We bid him do his worst.
The American eagle and the Texas
steer. one and inseparable. now an9
forever.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-02-14


women. Mrs. 'arrie Clyde Holly. IN.
subject of onillustration: Mrs. Char,
CresSingham nd Mrs. Frances Kloc,
were returned the Assembly. whilo
Mrs. An@cnetttM. Peavey WAS elected
superintendent of public instruction
rhe three leg latorS are from ,h.
East. Mrs. kloo being Il native of New
England and IL others being natives
of New York Sltc.
Mrs. Holly VS. born in New York
City in 1866 andhaS been a resident Of
Colorado about tive years. Previous
to her removal tthc West she look an
active part in fwthering the question
Of woman Suffrae and was associated
in this work With Lille Devareauy
Blake and oth"rSprOminent in the suf.
frage movement n this State. She is
I: lady of kindly impulses, liberal etu.
cation and force f character. OF the
public questions # the day she has
made intelligent study and the Colora.
do Assembly will W. the better for her
Judgment upon public policies. Thus
far the three women legislators of Col.
uradO have demon trated their ability
20 serve aS accept bly, as their male
associates.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-02-14

pain producing complaints, and had
tried various remedies without effect
ing a cure. About Il month ago he was
attacked simultaneously with both OF
his old enemies. Unable to bear the
aifiiction, he went into his yard. picked
up a small stick, and approaching q
bee hive, stirred up the little honey
makers AS they came angrily forth ID
search of their tormentor the man
placed his cheek against the hole in the
hive where they had their exit. He
was Stung in half a dozen places. Al.
though the pain was almost uncndu"a-
Die. he changed his position AMI allow
ed them 10 sting him on the other side
OF the face. He has not suffered from
his old aflictiUn since, and h believes
ms recovery is due to the treatment he
subjected himself TO.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-02-14

The career of Mr.. William Cook, Of
Oklahoma, makes gay reading. Thwart-
ed in love. he gathered a band of dare
devils around him and took to the
mountains. Thence he descended at
intervals upon the plain and robbed
trains. banks and government paymas-
tiers. His army" grew with his sue
cess. He perfected an organization
which levied toll on Il great territory.
His death was reported a number of
times. Each time it turned out that
it was not William. but the other ma
who died. To find this illuStriouS ca
e brought to Il sudden close by Il
commonplace deputy marshal. to read
of William '%throwing up his hands
like ii tcnderfoot," is painful. 1t re-
calls the unseemly departure hence OF
Mr.. Kipling'S border desperate who
persisted under the weight of the ter
ror stricken babu. No doubt we shall
hear of William later. arraigned before
the hanging judge at Fort Smith and
dispatched in a bunch of half breeds
and squaw men. SO passes the little
glory Of the world.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-02-14

William Garrett, Of Joliet. having
asserted in IA recent lecture that wire
nails are so cheap that if a carpenter
drops one it is cheaper for him to use
another than to stop and pick it up. the
Iron Age tests his assertion by figures.
The carpenters time being worth 30
cents an hour. the dropped nail would
cost him 0.OS3 of a cen if he took ten
seconds picking 1t up. ~Sixpenny nails
cost 1.5J cents per pound OF 200, there
fore each nail costs 0.0O11. At this
rate the carpenter could better afford
to let the nail lie than TO spend even
one second recovering it. All of which
is interesting as a study in comparative
cheapness. but not of any particular
economic opportunities. indeed, 1t
should occur to some thrifty employer
of labor that if carpenters pay is so
high that they can better afford to
waste nails than waste time he will re-
duce the pay.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-02-14

tened on the inside. During the reign
of Charles H., of England. few ladies
visited the thpater unmaSked.
Hoops. which were an extension Of
the padded or false hip" of the tif-
tcenth century. did not come into very
general use until toward The close of
the seventeenth century. \ paper of a
little later period speaks of IA chair
maker, lone William Jingle. who con
trivcd Il chair six yards and a half in
circumference. with Il stool in the CEN
ter Of it; said vehicle being SO contriv
ed as to receive the passenger by opn"l-
ing in two in the middle and closing
when she is seated" The same Jingle
Invented a coach for the reception Of
one lady only. who is to be let in ut the
top" and the paper continues. 'thp said
coach has been tried by !; lady'S WON
an. in II of these full petticoat,
Choops) who was let down from Il bal
cony and drawn up again by pullry> Ia
the great satisfaction Of all who bnhrld
the sight"
one Of our illustrations represents
IN AlSatian I'rcnch) belle of 1927. 'fnc
most singular feature OF this beauty is
the couture, which consists of AN rnor-
nous three-cornercd edilcr of satin.
lace and jewels. stretching out II either
side far beyond the width of the figure
and standing up in a poinl in from.
Two of our illustrations, that of Sir
William Russell and that of Lord ii low
ard of E~tlingham, deal with the sine ot
Elizabeth. In the representation #
Sir William Russell the immense "urr
worn very generally at that sine iS
shown. \ railcr against the Nari,f,s
of those days says: "There is a cnrtq;p
liquid matter which They call starch
wherein the devil had learned them tc
wash and dive their ruiiS. when bciur
dry will then stand stiff and inGoNinlr
about their neckS." Imagine Il British
lord OF to-day dressed like Lord How.
ard of ElliuGham.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-02-14

stand out, whereupon,' says an Old
authority, "When Il certain prisoner
was accused for wearing such breeches
contrary to law he began to excuse
himself of the otfense and endeavorcd
by little and little to discharge himself
of that which he did yea with them:
he drew out of his brooches a pair of
sheets, Il brush. Il glass. Il combe AMI
night caps, with other things of use,
saying, Your Worships may under
stand that because | have no safer
storehouSe these pockets do serve me
for Il rOome TO keep my goods in and
though it be a straight prison yet it is
a store house big enough for them. for
] have many things more yet of value
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-02-14

For the present things will probably
go on as they have been going. There
is slight fear Of revolution. The saving
feature of the situation is the absence
of any imam on horseback" The hour
may have come, but not the man. \
Bourbon restoration, with the present
pretender for king. is not To be dreamed
of. Where Paris failed, Orleans will
not succeed. For Il year a wave of VA
%poleoniSIn has dclugcd France But
there is no BOnaparte u ride 10 ON
pire on its crest. The Napoleonit lc-
gend lives: the NapoleOaic dynasty is
worse than dead. Nor is there amy new
man to seize the opportunity. not even
the socialists are yet 4 snail minority.
the republic seems Secure Yet ii Is Il
security based on the weakness of its
foes rather than upon the strength of
its friends. Six months ago the Re.
Dublicans had the faircSt of prospects.
They had q large ana for The
first time apparently stable ma
iOrity. and they were backed
by the tremendous popular feeling
aroused by the murder of President
Carnot. They have no improved their
opportunity. They have l"t been profit
servants of the nation. And to
day they must pay the penalty Of their
unfaithfulness-thcy and all France.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-02-14

A%enophon opens his disquisition on
mounds by an enumeration of all the de-
fectS, physical and moral. which 3
hound should not possess. wherein it is
easy to recognize all the failings which
are still among us. Lpggy hounds.
Wcedy hounds. llai-Siied hounds. fat
rooted hounds, understood hounds,
headStr"ng hounds, flaShy hounds. sui
Ky hounds. jewellers. babblcrS. skirters-
AL are faithfully portrayed and uncom-
promlsingly condemned. Hounds
WIN such faults as these. whether due
To nature or bad training. are of little
worth; they are enough To- disgust even
i truly Keen Sportsman"
A good hound should have Il light,
small SinrWI head, Il long. round. tlcX-
plt neck. broad chest, free shoulders.
straight, round, Wiry f~orelegs. straight
NI''N' round sides. muscular loins, full
''alihS' but not too full; his thighs
should be firm. compact and we'll let
Town. ms feet round, and his stern
Tong. straight and tapering. Such is
Noll"phonS description of Il good
H"uilu' II seems to us not amiSS for the
'ourih century before our cra.-Mac.
inlllln'S MAGAZINE.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-02-14

When Oftenbach was at Ems, at the
tlood-tide Of his popularity. he was pre-
scented to old Emperor William. Il
know you are Il foreigner by naturali-
zation." said the Kaiser. but Germany
is proud of you. nevertheless; for, if I
am not mistaken. YOU We're born in
Bonn" no, sire was Otfenbach's
answer. Il am from Cologne: the other
man was born i'll Bonn" The other
man" was Beethoven.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-02-14

The mcaneSt man in the country has
discovered and put himself on eXhibi-
ton. He attached. for a small debt, the
body of Il stranger at Crescent City,
Fla and the friends of the unfortu-
nate dead had to forward the money
before the corpse was shipped TO them.
This is the first liendish crime that has
been reported from the South in some
time to the account Of which the words
''There is talk of lynching the wretch"
have not been added.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-02-14

EIS--aiscrS should keep an eye or h
South. or. at least, on South Carolina.
The planters in that State are being
turned away from cotton TO hogs, WHICH
means smaller purchases of meat. or
none ut all. from other parts. A lead
ing journal. to stimulate the hog pro-
duet. has been offering II prize to he
South CarOlinian who can show the
best hog-raiSing record. and w hogs
are exhibited that grew at the rate OF
~ and 422 pounds per month, anf
weigh i6S and 591 pounds.