Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1877-08-31
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FRIDAY MORNING. AUG. 81. 1877.
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FRIDAY MORNING. AUG. 81. 1877.
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MONDAY IN sTAUNT0N.
COURT DAY-A LARGE CROWD-BUSINEsS
ACTIyE-RATIFICATIo MEETING-AR-
RESTS,
&C., &C., &C.
Last Monday was a busy day an unusu-
ally large representation of the sovereigns
from the country being present and trade
quite lively.
Fertilizer and machinery agents button
holed the unfortunate farmer at every cor
ner and on every step of the court house,
the indOmitabie guano men even invading
the sacred precincts of the law, where one
enterprising fellow had pinned submits
sive farmer to the wall while Judge Hen
dren was 'charging" the grand jury and
held the poor man there until he promised
to try half a ton of ''that very superior
home preparation, F." that would double his
crop of wheat, insure him Il good stand of
clover the first year and 10 tons Of hay per
acre for seven years hand running or no
pay, one-third ON a II months negotiable
note endorsed by "any FRIEND the balance
payabIy at The expiration of the seven years,
no interest, freight and and drayage thrown
in and keep your money at home ;" that
last was clincher. The big crop of wheat
put the farmers in a hopeful frame of mind
and they invested pretty freely in fertilf
zers. while drills, cider presses and red
wagons which were drawn up in front Of
the court house like a park of artillery,
were easily captured by the wheat men
from the country with their Fat pocket
! books. One business looking fellow after
working cog gearing, pushing slides, peep
ing in boxes, kicking wheels and reading
directions from A. M. till z. M, drove
off with a string of three red drills h1tched
behind his wag Oh, the sight Of the caval-
cade spreading the report all along the
| road that John Robinson's circus was 60
ing out to Arbor Hill.
The cement men, the glass cutter and
cards and ''mile of solid gold for % cts
all had crowd around them and speedily
bankrupted themselves, as they said their
| goods were worth ten times the prices
asked and they were sold off rapidly. Cush-
| ing, the premium auctioneer, carried q
| crowd, either to buy or laugh, wherever
! he went, his sales ranging from a $4,000
| farm to rusty meal sitter. AS the writer
| passed him, he was ''crying' some elegant
| silvery looking watches, a bidder asks iare
they all silver ?'' NO. says the honest
crier, eff you find any silver in them bring
'em back and I'll refund the money!
| Red-mouthed watermelons showed their
white teeth everywhere, and cantelope and
grape skins made the pavements as peril
Gus as sleet in winter. Innumerable chick
ems and ducks cackled from their moving
cages, and the embargo having been re-
moved by bulldozed council, wood and
produce wagons blocked every cross street.
The stores we're crowded with customers,
the court house green with voters, the
court house steps with candidates and the
balrooms with voters and candidates,
about half and half, the voters getting the
best of it. If altogether there is county
within the broad limits Of the State that
gets up a buster day than Augusta does
every 4th Monday, we don't know it and
there are not many of them we have not
seen spread themselves on court day.
| About II M. a committee of respectable
| nit 1a6 J,,I
| loan of the court house for
THE RATIFIC ALTON MEETING.
The judge SAID the respectable citizens
were such bad boys the last time he let
them in, and came SO near tearing down
the house, that he didn't think he could
trust them again. Finally, on the COM
mittee giving bond and security for good
behavior, the judge relented, and at about
two O'Clock the bell summoned the crowd
to discuss the convention nominees and
platform.
The meeting was called to order by Capt.
Jas. Bumgardner, Chairman Of the County
Elk. Committee. Col. David S. Bell was
called to the chair, and Mr.. VIM. A. Bur-
nett and the editors of the conservative
papers of the city made secretaries.
Gen. Echols, after explaining the object
Of the meeting, offered the following re-
solution:
RESOLVED: That this meeting Of the con-
servatlves OF Augusta county heartily ap-
prove and endorse the nominations made
by the late State Convention assembled at
Richmond, and the platform adopted by
that body.
Gen. Echols then said that as member
of that great convention, and reporting to
those who had sent him there he could
say that the nomination was one upon
which all good men of the party could
unite and the platform solid one on which
all could and would stand. That it was
claimed in that convention that in 100
years, during which time the State had 40
governors. the rich and populous section
OF the Shenandoah Valley had not had one,
while all the country west of the Blue
Ridge had only given the State seven. The
convention had responded to the demand
Of the Valley, and had selected a man from
among us, in whose nomination Virginia,
while honoring him, had honored herself
Col. Holiday and Augustus own son.
Gent Jas. A. Walker, would receive the
earnest support of the party in Augusta
and in every county in the State. The
sad paD i'm the ticket made by the death of