The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1875-11-18
Travel is slim.


Christmas comes on Saturday this yeats
The Water Works are progressing finely.
Sausage and spafefibs are now In season.
Staunton can turnout the best livery in the
State.
| What would life be without an occasional
election.
The sporting Nlmrods are slayihg=@powdei
and shot.
Don't forget the stock sales at the Fail
grounds, tomorrow,
Next year will be leap year. You haven,
long to wait, girls.
Deer is said to be more abundant this fall than
for number Of years.
An interesting protracted meetings. now be-
ing held in the Methodist church.
Visions of cakes and firecrackers haunt the
dreams of the coming generation.
Saturday is shopping day for the school girls,
and gala day fer the corner loafers.
How about that new Fire Engines These
windy nights make fellow feel nervous.
Mr.. Mcdowell has opened new grocery
store on the corner of New and Main streets.
Don't tell a man with bran new baby in
the house that life is too shsrt to slip by unen'
joyed. ~! - =
| : The Fire Company has recently made large
additions to its active and contributing mem.
bership.
Several hunting parties started for the noun.
tains this week. They will, be gone two o.
three days.
I We'll bet Chat no woman who wears dfa.
mond can keep her hand in her muff five
consecutive minutes. ~.
/, In a short time we expect to devote two col
umns anda half. weekly to chronicling the
weight of the ':largest hogs"
The Fire Company Is shortly to give grand
ball at the American. The Germans. will also
give one at the Fame place.
The West Augusta Guard will shortly repro
duce .'Ireland as itis'' and comedy. OF course
they will have crowded houses.
Mr.. Minnick, pastor of the Lutheran church,
has commenced series Of prayer meetings at
the homes of his congregation.
| One of the severest tests of the Christian
character is to survey the quantity of boue in
the market basket and then not cuss.
The foundation for the addition to the Au
gusta National Bank has been made, and the
building is fast approaching completion.
No man will ever ascertain the number. Of
depositors in the Banking and Trust Company
until he attempts to collect little accounts,
Times are hard, but we notice no decrease in
/ the quantity of lard spread on the locks of a
certain young man ii, the regions round about.
A boy with single barrel shot gun on a
Saturday rabbit hunting expedition will have
about five comrades carrying the ammunition.
The big collection day will soon be here, now
is the time to have bill heads printed, and the
corner of Main and Augusta street. is the place.
Whose heart so cold, whose conscience SC
dull, whose sympathies so blunted, that they do
not pity the lonely bachelor, these cold wintry
nights !.
There are unavailable letters in the Post Of
flee at Lexington addressed to Mr.. V. G. Ham
iton, Staunton, Va, and Henry Wright, Moi
fett's Creek, Va.
| A Main street store clerk was surprised whilst
endeavoring to commit to memory the mar
riagc. service. Will somebody tell us what
such conduct portends? 50
For tho sake of blushing modcsty, young
| man, have your coat tails cut longer, OR else
use heavily bordered handkerchiets. 1t looks
suspicious to say the least. :''.
These long winter evenings can be profitably
employed. Ii you don't believe us, ask the
fellow who come out Of the back room the 9TH
er night with a pocket full of red chips.
When you meta young benedict of about a
years duration, rushing down street at twelve
O'Clock at night in search OF an NJ. D., there
will be an increase of labor for the next census
taker.
Moody and Sankey have applied for injunc-
ton to prevent outside sinners tom selling their
hymns. II they are to get out a patent on
their toll gates to heaven, they won't mcnspo-
lie the businessslong.
The cry for water, water, does not disturb
the people near the public hydrant, opposite
Mr. Trotter's, OIL Augusta street, The COM
plant is that there is too much water, and that
it is even flooding the yards of some of the
neighbors. The Water Committee had better
look after this.
No mother with proper regard for the COM
fort and happiness of her children should fail to
provide plenty of pockets for the little boys to
put their hands in this winter, likewise a gum
ball, and biscuit, a top, leather string, q
few nails, butterfly cravat, gravel shooter,
several cigar stumps, couple of door knobs,
Barlow knife, skate straps, and a few other OF
the necessities Of life.
PERsoNAL.-General r. D. Lilly, of this
city, is now soliciting subscriptions for the Lee
Monument. We notice that he has been very
successful in Danville. r..
We are gratified to be able to state chat Mr..
NJ. Harvey Effinger, Cashier of the National
Valley Bank Of Staunton. Iwho was stricken with
paralysis on Monday week, has greatly inn
proved, and it is hoped will speedily recover.
Judge Smith appointed last week James Ker,
J. II. Blacklcy, VIM. Z. Balthis. P. H. Trout
and F., NJ. Young, Commissioners to assess
damages on the land belonging to Rev. RI. H.
Philips, which is wanted by the city of