Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1873-02-25

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chaste and snow white steple of the
village church, cut in clear relief up
on its richly Swallowed side, my mind
and fancy, revert to its lovely sum-
init, and next / find myself wander
ing along the dells and about the
highlands of everlasting peace above.
Good old Pearisburg. may she con-
tinue with her crystal springs, to wash
its feet. and to wipe them with
the tresses of her sweet
river breezes. until like Mary,
she shall be crowned with the ever
lasting blessings of heaven. I need
not say that | like the people of
Giles. Probably it matters but little
to them or to the reader. but | desire
to place them on the limited record
of the Ne,1s. as brave, progressive
and honorable people. The County
Of Giles gave the writer mother
In the grandeur of its mountains, and
the roar of its waters, she drew her
earliest inspirations. Walking
among its shadows, and gazing up
on the mighty curves of its topo-
graphical wonders. she grew to wO-
manhood, and drawing from such
sources her ideal character, can
imagine she heard in its sylvan music,
and saw in the CLEAN of its summer
sunshine, the commandments and al
tars Of heaven. There are in Pearls
burg, the rocks on which our ancestors
sat their busy feet, the walls which
were standing when they we're not.
l find my friend A. l.. Frye
of the Gazette, snugly ensconced in
his new Office on Main Street. He
publishes a good paper and strikes
at error with no unsteady hand
Lucky man I There are within his
household ministering spirits who
visit and comfort the sick and sor-
rowing, and if he were not more tn an
a "good fellow" il could be account
ted for without an argument.
Col. A. G. Pendleton has sold to
Judge Strother his old Fort Branch
homestead, and the Judge. not being
superstitious, has removed thereto On
this very windy Friday.
The river has been very high, so
much so that boats have been swept
away, cables broken, the mails stop
ped and other inconvenience have
resulted.
With regard to the alarm about
small pox' / wish could say it had
proven no more. As yet it is con-
fined to the family of Mr.. X. Sku-
mate, a mile south of HHeterstown,
which, like Bristol. sits upon the
State line. Mrs. Hobbs, his daugh-
ter. has caught the disease from her
child. which is now recovering. and
her sister has died of it. Her brother,
who left Kansas with her stopped on
his return. in Fayette county, W. Va,
and there died Of it. while the family
came on to this county. Mr.. Shu-
mate himself now has it. 1t is i'm
possible to learn the strict truth, as
you very well know. in Bristol, that
truth itself seems to catch the small
pox in its malignant form and cannot
then travel worth a cent. But / am
convinced that when Miss Shumate
died it was almost impossible to have
her buried. Even those who had once
had the disease we're afraid they
would be cut off from all intercourse
with their neighbors, if they should
aid in the burial. l am of the opin-
ion there will not be any spread of
the disease beyond the family already
involved. DR.. Hale stays IN house
near the family and does not leave
the farm at all.
1t is now showing furiously.