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Show Sometime ago a scheme that seemed visionary and impossible, was put on foot in Virginia. An organization was perfected and contributions asked to the woman's fund for the linuida tion of the state debt. Thf Indies soon showed themselves to be iu earnest earn-est in their labors to 6ve tuj houor and credit of the stale. Energy was j followed by enthusiasm, and contribu tions began to roll in encouragingly. A report of the gifts and promises furnishci interesting reading, as it tells that the Virginia ladies still possess pos-sess a Urge degree of that patriotic spirit that has been tbe pride of the r,nH r,!H cfafu (mm (!if hocinnina : "One lady sends a contribution with the declaration that she will make her Uat summer's bonnet do for thiB year. Another has two pigs and pro-po?es pro-po?es to give one. Another will give all ht-.r li'itter mo.iey from t'lis time I nlli, ami so uii." t:a b-irdly to be r-s.-jctetl ti:.it i:ir Virginia Udies will riomudi WAarJi faying ctTtbeenor-mo-is debt of tne state, but the patriotism displayed by ibem Bhould quiet the agitation about repudiation and induce the men to struggle still harder to maintain the honor of the commonwealth by meeting iW honest obligations. |