Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1870-11-01
NUMBER VII.
STANTON, FRYDAY MITE,

i--- -l-- alter thee Farf.
DEER WlFE-I arriv here Mundy AFTERNOON
at the 'Merriken,' KEEP by Ed. Cushin-u re-
colik he war little boy when we migrated to
sole Flu" | tel Pol, Stanton is pintedly
changed since we last seed it. 1t is a city now
counter the def and dumb and the lunatl4.---
Lots abildings has gon up and lots of Cne old
citizens two. A CRATE big hi brik house has
bin put up on the korner where Mob BrooF5
used to hand out your male. Mob is gone as
well as the ole biIdiu. The Post Offs is now
kept up on Augnsty street, what We use to cal
the Mackadmized rode Time and space tTood
fale me TO tel the strange things that nave
taken place. tel u ole gal, when J looked
roun for the ole residenters and could Mt fiGe
none; for the ole Ian marks and they want
thar; when seed the gas lite's and the CRATE
number of yung gals at the skules, and tfe bar
rooms aud the tigers which is even in the vim
ders, felt orfully solum and tolrahle ole-u
bet did-and | Good but xcame In the lang
wige of the poit
''Ill drink a cup of kindness yet
For ole lang sine"
So | stept>into the fust salune / cum to and
drunk it.
ID Tuesdy mornin [ pade quawter to ride
doun to the Far grouns In hak. | war hy
myself on the hine sect an Ort to hav seed
me rar bak | no would hav bin proGd of
my personal appearance. 1t war the same hak
which was used to haul niggers to the poles at
the Ralerode eleckshun, but tina did nt have
to pa nuthin. | nu it war the saim BY the
smell. | did Mt think much of the Far-thats
honest. L don't think any body did, unless 1t
war feller that got the niggers to strike
boarde with big wooden hammer at 10 cents
a llk. The niggers war licked as wei as the
board. Kunnel Baldln was ridln aroan tie
trak on a white hoss considerable. The Kun
mel is CRATE on notify case at the bar and rite
hard TO beat In perltlca canvas, but buro
people sa he made sum mistake in carryin or
these Fairs. Tha sed if thar war more att4n-
shun pade to bizness and less promenence given
to amuzements, the Fairs wood not come so
nigh unto izzle Tha believed that If thar
war more good stock and other sorts of agri-
cultural produxs and so forth to look at and
less ridin of tournaments and kckin-ups on
the green, the practiee farmers of the county
wood fele more interest In the consurn, Que
feller sed that the judges did Mt no much about
what they had to xamlne-xcept the hsker
judges which ar generally appinted from the
legle perfesshun. I'm a good judge of licker
misef evo- s-e -r .aIt Io.,
The Bloom did mt go up Tuesday, which wur
a crate Disappointment to menny who, fndin
nuthin else to look at, intended to look at the
Bloom Wednesday she went-but not very
far, and sune endid In smoke.
Thursday 1t rancd and the fellers couid'n ut
ride at the tournament. 1t war fine thils
for the hosses, but wanderful disappintment
to the Queen of Buty and the Mades of Honor
and the gallant Mites
| hav heard considerabel tawk on polltix
since [ arriv in the city. Folks general. is
doun or Harris u reckerleck Jno. Harris
.vho was at the law sohule when we lived here.
Well. he ar the radice nominee on the conser-
vativ ticket for Kongress. Tha do sa John is
a political trikster-always on the winuia side.
The Harris family ar crate for luk-sho. Sum
sa tha intends to vote fur Aron Shower H
ar a cuud radical and man of sum plinc; nle
John perliticle principles hev always couG58d
7-5 loaves and two fishes.
] mus now bring this effectionate correspon-
dence to a close. When | found out they
did Mt pay premiums at the Farr, | koncluded
not to enter the dried simmons Remember
me to all the children and tell Isaac not to for
git to fede the houn purp.
your affexionable Husburn.
SIMON SOCKS, of
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