Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1876-02-18

CHG CLUB,
&C., SC, &C.
ICorresnopdepce of the Staunton INDICATOR.
WAYNEsBoRo, VA, Feb. 18th.
Our town has been very quiet recently,
and there has been nothing to break the ;
usual monotony of affairs, except the few
following items, which may prove interest
ing to some of your readers
Mr.. Thomas Clarke, an industrious young
carpenter, with family. attempted to com
NIT suicide. a few days since, by cutting his
throat with a razor. The attempt, how
ever, was a failure, and he is now doing
WELL Cause supposed to beill-health.
A young man named Ambrose MOTIFS,
a laborer upon the farm of Mr.. A. Bush,
met with a painful accident last week. He
slipped, and fell from wagon, loaded with
straw. upon a fork ,one of the tines passing
through his thigh Under Skilful medical
treatment. his wound is doing well.
The whipping post was introduced here
last week, for the first time for many years.
A colored youth, having stolen a watch
from Burns jewely store was appfehehd-
ed and taken before mayor Bruce VINO
promptly ordered him fifteen lasheS.
"A Hook and Ladder Co. has been organ
lied, and efficient officers elected. This is
something Waynesboro has needed for a
long time and there is no doubt it will prove
valuable should we be so unfortunate as to
have to contend with the fiery element.
Large quantities of stock OF all kinds are
being shipped to Richmond and Baltimore
from here. via the G. Il o. r. r. Some OF
them fine finest ever raised in this neigh
borhood.
A number of new buildings have been re-
Gently erected in our midst, and marked
improvements made. MI. j. A. Turk, hay
ing decided to make his home with us, is
busily engaged in improving the Plumb
property, recently purchased by him. Our
town can boast OF three OF as f1our1shlng
Sabbath Schools as can be found in the Val
ley, and the singing of one of them cannot
be surpassed. Il
Quite an interesting, as well as amusing
s. School meeting of the Presbyterian
Church took place last week. 1t seems the
school has quite Il handsome fund on hand,
realised from Fairs, collections by scholars,
&c. The propriety of using the money to
! wards the completion CT the church, pre-
pairing an additional room from the infant
| class, and charging the library, was long
| and carefully discussed. Some enthusiast
| tic persons were very DESTROYS that the fund
! should 90 towards purchasing a large CT
| gan for the church, but those who had been
mainly instrumental in collecting the sum
were not to be 'splayed upon" in that way,
and wisely suggested the improperly OF
| purchasing an organ for an unfinished build
9iag, when there was great doubt as to
| whether the building would be ready to re-
ceive it during the year. It was finally
agreed that the school should use its own
money for furthering its interests, which
was just, sensible and proper.
! Our dancing club had another pleasant
reunio ion last Thursday night, which was, if
posi- ole, more pleasant than any they have
| yet had.
| StauntOrl Arouse!
| If Staunton would not be false to its
ancient fame for enterprise and hospitality
it must be up and doing at once. IT'S
fifty years since that it gave according to
good and genial Judge Holmes) q striking
instance OF it's notable qualities and shi-
ming virtu es. That genial old jurist, we
have been told, was wont to tell in his own
| inimitable way how he rode into Staun-
| ton one baLny May morning in 1925, heard
| the town bell clang, and saw the people all
| crowding to the Court House, and learn
ed upon inquiry that the meeting was in
| honor of the expected arrival i'll the United
States of the nations favorite, General
LAFAYETTE. Willing to join in the prelilni-
ton, the Judge fastened to free himself OF
sulky and horse (for railroads were not ,and
! stages rar,1, neglected his fondly antici-
DATED brea kfast and fastened to the Court
House. B ut already some ardent patriot
had annou aced sthe object Of the meet
ing" the Inevitable committee had been
appointed, had retired, and had re-appear-
ed with it's clt-and dried inapronlptu report
and the first words that struck the astonisll-
Ell tympan,lm of the Judge were these:
s'Reso we'd, That when Gen. Lafayette lands
Il in America, he be earnestly and affection
ately requested to land ut Stdetat0n!" But
Staunton, Ii Ike the Duchess of Orleans, in
1915, was trop tar6. Too late! The Gen.
eral, unadvised of her gushing hospitality
willing in It's enthusia SIN to ignore topcgra
phy landed at the coldly cosm opolitar
New York.
And now we see that New Orleans in an
ticipation of the coming Of His serene I'm
becility, the Royal sau nterer, Don Pedro
Emperor of Brazil, h;as ''passed resolu
lions" inviting him ''to land" at the Ores
cent City, And so we come back to oul
motto that Staunton must look to hel
I laurels
Whilst we are on this subject we feel il
a necessity to tell Staunton that the world
has been losing sight of her for some years
past, and one OF her own sons none the
less dear that he has been adopted only
was made painfully aware of this melan
choly fact. It was at the foe t OF Courtland
ST., New York. that gallant John-(but
we give no more of his name, for echo would
mock us with more than ha.f of it) was
standing sentry over his baggage when one
of those blandly courteous officials, fol
which the North is famous, approached
him: ''Have your luggage checked, check
ed, sir. We have checks to every place OF
importance in the United STATES s'Then, y
said our stalWart friend, verg confidently,
*"Check my baggage to Staarato1a!''" Staau,-
@n!" said the official, with mingled surprise
a1ld contempt. 'sSTAUNToNi Never heard
OF that place in all my life!' Draw the
veil, for we are fainting!-G ordonsuiWe
| lYa.) Gazette.
| BEnCHER ON BOWEN At his prayer
meeting Friday night, Mr.. Beecher spoke
1mguch sadness, and finally he burst forth in
| Laundering tones, throwing into his words
aM the vehemence possible to him. He
said that if for the last fifteen years or
more Mr.. Bowen had been in possession of
| hese e;,cts, and never brought them before
| b ira CT before an officer of the church, he
| Tas guilty Of breaking his covenant with
| be church. and he ought to be expelled.
| L { he, the speaker, was what he was alleged
| tC. be. he should have been out of the
| cl lurcl long ago. AS for myself, | pro-
| ounce: the allegations false, and, with AL
tightly God before me, and the judgment
| d ay. + arraign him as a slanderer and a
Ii ar. Then, as he sat down, was enacted
| scene which has but twice before taken
p' ace in the Plymouth church lecture
I. 0m-clapping of hands, STAMPING OF feet
a ad men hallooing plaudits at their pastor,
W llile his wife bowed her head upon her
HI ,nds and wept bitterly for some moments