Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1871-11-28

Stauntor Spettator,
Tuesday, November 2S, 1871.
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The next annual meeting of the Stockholders
Of the Chesapeake s. Ohio Railroad Will be held
in Richmond on the 18th day of December.
During the past month there has been an IN
teresting revival going on IN the Lutheran con-
o,racation of Mt Tabor Church in this county.
Mrs. Mary NJ Gale, near Middlebrook in this
county, raised radish which weighed eleven
pounds.
From the notices in the newspapers OF the
State we infer that this must have been good
year for hogs, turnips and beets.
We are pleased to announce that there has
been a temperance society organized under very
favorable auspices. at the Catholic Church in
Staunton, under the name of ''St. Peters Total
Abstinence Society of Staunton." The follow
ing officers were elected for one year
Rev. Father McVerry, 1870; President;
W. 81. German, ....... list wee q
Nell " Brlen, ......... ....AhU
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CoURTs.-Y Yesterday being the first day of the
November term of the County Coust for this
county, many persons were in town-more than
usually attend on such occasions.
Tn resuect to the numbers present, it was like
Court-day in Rockingham but unlike such occa-
sions in Rockingham, there was no disorder Of
any kind.
The Circuit Court for this county, which has
been in session since the first day of this month,
will. we suppose, adjourn to-day. Much busl-
moss hes heen transacted in this Court during
this term.
LIST OF PATENTs.-The following patents
were issued from the U. S. Patent Office to citi-
zens of Virginia for the week ending Nov. 2lst,
1871. and reported for the Spectator by ALExAN
DER & MASON, Solicitors of Patents, COS Seventh
street, Washington, d. c.:
Railway Car Brake Israel Townsend, Cape
vile
Horse Hay Rake-L Il. Crockett, Wythe
county. o. NM
Traveller for Cart and Dray-William B. Nc
Clure, Alexandria.
WATCHED AND CANED.-Mr. n. ii. Hotch-
kiss was in our city last week, having just re-
turned from Greensboro, North Carolina, with
.er he had gone in the interests of the Richmond
81 York River Railroad Company, for which he
is the energetic and efficient general agent and
where he was presented by Mr.. Robert Fl. Al
bright, one Of the Editors and Proprietors of the
Greensboro IN. o. Patriot with nice silver
headed cane bearing the insignia of the Knights
Of Pythias. This handsome gift was presented
as q token of friendship, typical of such as ex-
listed between Damon and Pythias. Hotchkiss
should be upon his guard and mind with care
his n and as, for his conduct was the subject
of vigilance in New York and of punishment (O
in the "Old North State"-in the former of
WHICH. he was aeatc7ted by the Editorial Excur-
sion party and in the latter, he was ca'sed by one
of the Editors of the Greensboro Patriot.
LABoR.-''Labor," says the Rev. DR.. Now
man Hall, ''as mighty magician. walks forth
into a region uninhabited and waste; ne looks
earnestly on the scene quiet in its desolatlon;
then waving his wonder working wand, those
drearv valleys smile with golden harvests-those
barren mountain slopes are clothed with foliage
the furnace blazes-the anvil rings-the busy
wheels whirl round-the town appears-the mart
a,f commerce, the hall Of science, the temple OF
religion rear high their lofty fronts-a forest OF
rnasts, gay with varied pennons rises from the
Larbor-the quays are crowded with commercial
>,js. the peaceful spois which enrich both him
qceives and him who yields-representa-
Ssr of regions make it their resort-scl-
Che elements of earth and heaven IN
80 + awa,zing, cloths its strength with
I.. 1..o~a4,,uo new born, redoubles and
o,,,9o.,o+o. &c ,,ra, 'se-civization smiles-llb-
49, ;. o.1ad bnnoori " feioices-piety exults,
for the voice of industry ana giAui1as - 80
on every hand; and who, 100
results, will deny that there % mig
1rs4,z,r, Cpow a CORES pondent furnishes
us with the following account Of a useluA 'no"'
which. we suspect, is descendant OF one u WIG
sThree Black Crows" Mr.. John Snyoer' NV
ing near Stribling Springs, owns crow, nno1U
emphatically rarG aris IN terris. AHho"sn
the crow is despised by saint and sinner 1t seems
he has some useful and redeeming traits Inc
said crow is self-constituted superintendent u
the culinary department of his masters mousse
hold, and when the dogs invade the premises
the crow soon clears the kitchen OF all the ca
nine species He destroys every frog about MT
Snyders well; allows mouse no chance for ms
life; drives away hawks from the poultry, ana
bids fair to act as the best squirrel dog IN the
country. W it'll his Argus eyes he readily spies
the squirrel either upon the fence or on trees
and with natural antipathy to the whole SPUR
rel tribe his shrill keen note, is readily detect
I'D by his owner, accompanied by rapid darts up
ana down, and the owner is thus led to the game
The m, ost remarkable feature about the habits OF
the crow - that he invariably keeps five or SIX
DAVIS, rat,ons ahead Of time, well concealed per-
hans with an distinctive fear that when Phil
Sheridan is tbr ,ugh with shooting down I'M
armed and helpless people end has stopped put
ting ont fires in the West, he might accidentally
come along down this Valley again and call up
on his feathered brethren As in time past 10 pro-
vide rations to carry along as they passed over
the Valley.
A pretty clever crow that ard II the OaSp@tc"
man or friend Southall, of the Enquirer, aouDts
the truth of the above. we can produce the pest
testimony in the county to prove 1t.
TEMPERANCE MEETING.--Under the auspices
of Stan uton Council, No. AZ, Friends OF lem