The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1875-06-17
Ice cream saloons flourishing.

Strawberries are getting scarce.
Visitors are journeying Springsward.
The hay crop will be short. Oats ditto.
Rawley Springs opened week before last.
Slight showers the latter part OF last week.
Spring chickens are going at fifteen cents Q
nibble.
There was magnificent singing at the Meth
odist church Oh Sunday.
A number of strangers are in the city attend-
ing the commandments.
Trenary has been furnishing beautiful bo-
Duets for the commandments.
John NJ. Henderson, formerly of this county'
died in Roanoke on the LIST inst.
Granger Stock sales tomorrow. Some fine
stock will be offered.
A strawberry festival and picnic will be CIV
en- at Bethel Church tomorrow.
Modern MISUNDERSTANDING other peoples
troubles with complacency.
The new five cent foreign postage stamp will
soon be ready and will bear the portrait OF
President Taylor.
If the ctlain-gang persists in keeping the
crossings as clean as new pin, there Will be a
dimnuton in the sale of striped hose.
Staunten expects every man to do his duty,
all will therefore assemble at the depot to give
the school girls parting benedlctlon.
looming events cast their shadows before, y
may be said of some Of the new spring hats, as
they appear church-going on Sunday mornings.
The Fishing party to North River Gap, re-
turned on Sunday. They succeeded in catch
ing about two hundred trout and few SOUR
rels.
G. WIS. little fable has been eclpsed by the
bow who told his father that he had destroyed
the last potato bug in the garden, and then in
nocently asked for five cents to buy fish hooks.
The Changers held picnic at Broadhead,
near Greenville, Oh last Saturday, and speech
es were made by Messrs. J. Brown Allen, NJ.
II. Mccormick and Col. II. Williams.
1t is pleasant to contemplate the pioqs atten-
ton given to the minister by the young
man who occupies a front pew in crowded
church whilst an old lady stands in the aisle
( looking for a seat,
I He came in and stopped his paper. That
evening he went home and found that his moth
er-in-law had arrived with fourteen handbook
es and the intention Of spending the summer.
Retribution follows swift.
One Of the most beautiful illustrations Of
s.patience on a mon ument,'' hight have been
observed on Saturday night contentedly occupy.
ing a corner curb-stone and calmly waiting fol
the barber to yell out ''next."
A crusty old bachelor affirlns that it affords
the average female more solid satisfaction te
know that her dress is the tightest in town
than was experienced by Christopher Column
bus on discovering the sea weed.
A Gallows-town father surprised his sixteen
year cid daughter aud q Main street grocery
clerk acting a tableau. She was playing Win
ter and he Spring, and the tableau was calico
''Winter lingering in the lap of SPRING"
Juveniles will meander into the sitting room
late in the evening, shiverins with cold an(
declare that the bathing is jolly, butjust sugges
the idea of washing their feet before going tc
cover the temperature Of the atmosphere.
| The maddest man was seen on Monday with g
carpet sack in each hand. rushing down Angus
ia street through long line Of baby carriages
He arrived at the depot just in time to see thu
train passing around three degree curve, ant
if his pious wish had been granted, the infan
cherubs would now inhabt that region of per
petual summer where refrigerators are I'M
known.
The Waterloo IN. " Evening Register
comes to us in deep mourning and announces
its own demise. Disease patronage paid in
promises. The Register was one of the With
est, spicyest, newsyest and best gotten up pa.
pers on our list and people that wouldn't sup.
port it, deserve to have the whole potato bug
population upon them and their obituary no
tees performed by the poet of the Philadelphia
Ledger. The Weekly is still as bright anC
cheering as ever and bears the departure Of its
chatty offspring with remarkable complacency
PRESENTATION. J. R. Tucker, S. M. Will
liams, S. FL. Letcher and W. A. Anderson,
Esqs., Of Lexington, were in town last week
! Col. Boliver Christian and bride were in the
city on Sunday.
w. F. cambridge, Esq, late assistant .engin-
eer of the Valley Railroad, has gone into part
nership with Messrs. Shanahan and O;Conner
in a contract on the Cincinnati Southern Rail
road.
Jno. Paul and W. B. Compton, Esqrs., O.
the Harrisonburg bar, were in town on Satur
day.
Julian F. Ward, Of Winchester, now on the
Cincinnati Southern Railroad, spent severa
| days in the city last week. He was summoned
as a witness in the Valley Railroad suit
Hon, N. K. Trout will spend portion OF the
summer at Orkney.
Maj. P. H. Woodward Of this city, viii! have
charge of the Rockbridge Baths during the
coming season.
Hon. Jno. F. Lewis, Of Rockingham was il
town on Monday.
Hon. VIM. Mines, jr., of the Shenandoah
Iron Works, and Moses Walton, Esq, O.
Woodstock, Trustees of the Wesleyan Female
Institute, are attending the commencement
exercises of that excellent college.
I'D. Price, Esq, of Harrisonburg, was ir
the city Monday.
R. G. Bickle, Esq. left on Wednesday NOR
ming for a recreative and pleasure trip to Cobb's
| Island