Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1877-07-18
For The Herald.)

VI w pun IL III pam oau oVAo0 A",A0ssSo,
that the game is scarce worth the
candle. That he is mere fledgling,
and has perhaps, for the first time used
the grey goose quill, in any such venture.
is most apparent from the crude style OF
composition, the ignorance of the con-
nection of sentences, or meaning OF
language, and like the child in its first
effort to blow bubbles, has strung to-
gether words and sentences without
meaning, with quotations from Burns,
and doggerel ad libituam, and has
laughed its self to sleep, doubtless, in
sublime complacency, at its smartness.
Were we DESTROYS Of criticising the
articles of X. 1. NJ. we would need
neither the profoundness nor subtllity
of Emerson as an ordinary school
education would be fully equal to the
occasion, at least sufficient to teach us
that it would be in better taste when
quoting world renowned poet such
as Robt. Burnes to Egive, the original.
K. l. Ms rendering not being in our
humble opinion quite equal to the
Authors let alone an improvement
1t is plainly apparent, the writer is not
to the ''manor boru," else greater
circumspection would have been used in
learning the early history of the institu-
ton about which his pen has been used
in SO fippant and wreckless manner.
1t is perfectly apparent. that the worthy
professors McInturff have not known
aught Of their doughty champion, ere
the appearance of the squib in question,
else they would have erased this
sentence, professors McGnturff have
raised this school from small and very
obscure beginning to its present state Of
excellency and to them all praise is
due" Had they seen or known oft,
any one acquainted with them, will
vouch for the truth which I.assert, that
they wouldsnot for one. moment, have
submitted to the imputation of building
their reputation on anothers founda-
ton. Who, permit me to ask, is that
other, Mr.. Editor? When I have drawn
his portraiture. I am sure 1 will not be
under the necessity like the Dutchman
in his fist effort at drawing Horse. to
write underneath, ''dis bees Won
Horse" Over forty years ago, the
individual in question, over whose head
have passed more than three score
winters. became citizen Of Shenan-
doah. His early education was that Of
the old field school, and in those days
it was meagre enough. By his own I'M
aided industry he eked out knowledge
of the classics, that would do credit. to
the four years curriculum Of the
modern college. He had a greater
or less experience as teacher in anti
war times, and besides discharging the
duties for some years Of an intelligent
also fitted himself TO enter the
pulpit, and has made himself prominent
and respected in the denominations
called Christians Or Diciples of Christ
where his remarkable success in organic
ing a number of churches is the best
measure Of his ability. When the roar of
cannon and rattle Of musketry had
ceased and the smoke had lifted forever
as we may hope, came from the beauti-
full surrounding, Of his adopted home and
its people awoke to find themselves
poor in the fullest acceptation of that
most expressive word. With houses
delapidated, and fences destroyed, and
lands trodden into the semblance ola
much used road, by the marching and
countermarching Of both armies for
four long years, with larders empty and
wardrobes scanty and thin, a sadness, a
and a gloom hung like a dark
pail over the present, with no future
for his friends and neighbors. What
did this large hearted man do? he did
not sit down and wiring his hands and
twirl his thumbs and grleve over the
lrretrievable past, but went to work and
encouraged all Of his acquaintance to
initiate his example. He began to
build new houses and churches and re-
pair old ones, and so improve his town
and its immediate surroundings. His
conduct inspired the respondent, gave
nerve to the timid, and straig htway the
the waste places soon began to "bloom
and blossom as the rose" AS the
stranger now for the first time ap-
proaches this, one of the oldest towns
in the Valley, apart from its most
unique and beautiful and varied
scenery and blended with almost every
foot Of its territory, is some incident O.
the war, that will make its soil classic
he is struck with the air of thrift ant
improvement and recuperation tina
meets his eye. Well, as soon as some
thing was done to improve the wardrobe
and replenish the larder, heads o
families remembered that the four year
of war had left the minds Of thei
children blank for all that period, ant
to whom did they look as with one
mind and one voice in such an emer
gency? The sequel will answer the
question. His public spirit and benev
olence responded adirmatively to tn
appeal. The question next asked, wa
where is building suitable il
character and size for such a want, an
when one, rude as barn, was found
and its portals opened, introoped nearl
sir score generous youths of both sexe
from the toddling urchin in his a. b. {
to the young man and maiden of twent
one and more years. In the impecr