Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1875-08-20

having sneal1ed off Except one fellcW, wh
came up as bold as AnnaEias and swore
: hadn't had any dinner. We all looked lfo
him to be struck dead or arrested by DI
Kennerly, but he wasn't, though he de
served it. We found ont afterwards thil
he had had nice pound cake and cold tea
and fiat piece Of board to sit on to eat it
After dinner, a man can see heap o
things that he couldn't see before. Al
empty stomach mars the vision sadly. w,
began to see the girls, and above ever.
other girls, the TINKER girls. There wer,
some fifty Of them The fine faces; Skin
looking like wax-work, white teeth, rec
lips, and shy modest eyes, all shaded be
Meath their tidy sun bonnets. What would
Il belle at the springs give for the com
plexion Of these women, OF for their clear
healthy eyes, or for the inexpressible sense
Of purity of heart, that shows through
their faces. Our head man got enthusi.
astic over them, and he asked us to pu!
this in the paper: LET those who will
take the gaudy bellies Of the world, but, us
for me, give me q TINKER, or give me
DEATH" We put it iii though he forgot to
hand us the money. There were lots of
pretty girls there besides these, but we had
| like the TINKER style.
In the afternoon service we had a mis-
fortune. A minister led off with the hymn
"Over there,' but the congregation didn It
know the tune and he had to manage it by
himself. Seeing this, one of our fellows
tried to help him. He knew the tune and
his voice had the sweet sound of a saw
MILL 1t SO astonished Il mule tied near
us, that he laid his ears back and kicked
our man straight in the sb;te'K. He ttsln't
sing another note. About an hour after
wards he said il he knew the man that
J owned the mule he would have satisfaction,
but he knew and everybody knew it had
been all his own fault. Because there is
some singing that even a mule can t stand.
| 1t was very tiresome standing around
trying to hear Presiding Elder Thomas in
the afternoon and not able to sc near
enough to catch what he said. Some Of
us got so tired that we commenced look
ing at The lovely Tanker girls. 1t was u
style of beauty we had not seen before.
| We don't know any better relief than that
for IA tired man and we don't believe any
body else does either The day WAS a lit
| tie relieved by a collection taken up in a
hat They said 500 was to be raised.
The man wasn't doing very well when he
came to us and wasn't much better when
he got by. Our head joker remarked
solemnly as he dropped a ten cent note in
the hat, THAT, sir, is the last of a large
fortune,' and the man turned round and
said solemnly: 1.-THE Lord with bless you
for it." Our man shut up after that. He
began to realize he was among a serious
people.
Az evening came on we hitclled up and
getting the party together, started for
home AS we passed Dry Ridge House
DIR. Manley, of Staunton, was preaching
there and had large audience, though in
mile of camp meeting. A large portion
of them were Tunkers-the German Bap-
fists. These TINKER girls are the pref
but it strikes us we have said something
like that before in this article.
BUSINESS.
There were perhaps | 200 persons at the
Pleasant Grove camp meeting Sunday,
and large number IN succeeding days.
Besides Rev Dr. Martin, of Staunton,
Pres ding Elder Thomas, Rev. DR. Ros-
zeIi, Rev. Mr.. Fox, of the Iron Works,
NJ of ill
others have preached
The tent hoi5e.s Oh ttlffe eS ground ,se1e.
Messrs. A. Coiner,' Christiafl Eakle, Da-
vd Kerr, Levi Meyers, Tobaso Weller,
DR.. Samuel Kennerly, Rev. A. Weller,
Rev. Mr.. Jefferson, Rev. W. o. Ross, Rev.
Mr. Temple, and Miss Hamrick.
CITY CoUNcIL.-The City Council held
is forty-ninth OF fiftieth meeting this
month on Tuesday evening last, with
Messrs. Bagby. Bickle, Burke, Evans,
Funkhouser, German, Grattan, Kayser
and Witt present.
Water.-Complaints were made of the
Superintendent of Water Works, his
charges TO: repairs. the largeness of his
pay, and one Of the plugs. being out of OF
der the night of the fire. 1t was stated
that some change would be made in the
management of the Office.
The Valley Railroad Bonds. Mr.. Evans,
from the Finance Committee, reported
that they had signitied their readiness to
pay over the $4,000 of bonds of Staun-
toms remaining subscription on receiving
receipt for the $4,000 loaned by Mr..
paid out of the first payment of bonds, but
the company's counsel had said that they
were not instructed to give such a receipt.
Overseers of the Poor.-The election of
Overseers OF the Poor was brought up on
a notion to elect one instead of two, but
was put off. Mr.. German insisting that
before either Of the present Overseers were
turned out, a charge should be substan-
tiated against him, and he should have a
hearing.
After the transaction of some miscella-
neous business mentioned elsewhere, the
Council determined t., have only one ses-
sion a month hereafter.
ADJUSTMENTS Thursday night next
the Irish drama of ''Ireland as it is'' will
be. given by the West Augusta Guards
Dramatic Company at the town hall. 1t
has been well rehearsed
An application has been received from
Miss Fanny Prices Theatrical Company to
open the new Grange Hall, if completed
by the fair.
The Clara Wildman troupe opens at
Cincinnati on Monday night next, for two
weeks, that being the opening of their Fall
and Winter tour. Miss Wildman has paid