Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1877-04-13

& Co.. and VIM. B. Alexander Il Sons.
l.. Go, have good water power, and
manufacture, in addition to furniture,
a large quantity of sash, doors and blinds.
TIE Alexander's fine furniture has al
ready a reputation in the Valley surpassed
by none, and they have contributed to the
furnishing of some of the most elegant es~
adjustments in Stanton and elsewhere.
Then we have two wheelwrights: Shack
leford q 20. and Thos. HarlOwe. 5. Dc Co.
make the very best buggies, carriages and
cheaper than any in the market.
Mr.. L. r. K. Huff is the Waynesboro
photographer, and there are five black
smiths Shack,eford & Co., r. T. Way,
Jackson & Baldwin, Alexander and Dons
& Anderson.
Two house painters: J. J. Wilton, Thos
K. Durboro; two milliners: Miss S. j..
Mann and Mrs Ann Fitch; two saddlers:
Jno. Long, Jr., and Saml A. Ferguson;
two silversmitEs: Geo. w. Griner and
Joseph Burn.
Three physicians: Drs. w. J. Jones; J..
S. Myers and J. P. Killian; one dentist:
Dr. W. A. Jones; one tailor: JnO. Taylor.
and a large Touring and plaster mill
Messrs. Smith & Patterson--with Il capaci-
ty of SO barrels of -four, and 20 tons of plas-
ter, per day, and u business equal to any
in the Valley of Virginia.
At every corner the writer is asked,
CHOW is Uncle Abe Lynn, and what is
William doing now? There's the house
the old gentleman lived in pointing to a
good brick mansion on Main street, for
forty years. Waynesboro lost one of its
best and most popular citizens when the
old man moved to Stau uton. Everybody
knew him and everybody liked him. Thus
tn1I, Dfo old
friend and his enterprising son. Many are
the wishes for long life and prosperity to
both They also claim that Stanton owes
them for some of her best citizens, among
whom are the Richardson's, MorrisSonS,
| Lynns, Alexanders, Wayts, Baylors, ShaWs,
Guys, McCues and others your correspon-
dent cannot call to mind at this hasty
writing.
In the educ ational line, there is a large
public school of 100 scholars, Mr.. M. w.
Quarles Principal, another colored school
with so scholars, L. w. Davis and Miss
Amanda Burrows teachers, and private
school by Miss Bette Bruce.
The visitor hears many stories of
the flush times of Waynesboro' during
the nine years when the Blue Ridge
tunnel was making, and hundreds OF thou
sands were spent in and around the town.
There was popnlous settlement of thou
sand Irishmen at the tunnel, and their
sprees, wakes and rows kept things lively
In the neighborhood. Some of our most
enterprising and worthy citizen foreign
ers earned their first American dollar, and
got their s'start'' at the Blue Ridge Tunnel
A great many of the warm hearted Irish
were economical with their earnings, and
worked night and day to get money to
bring oyer their wives and children from
the could" country. Mr.. VIM. Withrow
Jr. was their chosen emigrant agent. His
kind heart and. well known probity made
him very popular, and no less than $4,000
was transmitted by him to Ireland and
England for that purpose. In some in
stances the friends were dead or gone, but
he got the money back in every instance,
and strange to say never lost dollar OF
that large sum, nor made a dollar. It was
a labor of love which many more selfish
men would have made source of profit
Waynesboro' is the emporium Of fer
tile and highly cultivated section of Au
gusta county. There is large area in
wheat, and it is looking finely; some Of it
is knee high now, and a rabbit could hide
in many of the fields, and without some
disaster to the crop there will he bonnte-
Gus harvest. Z. G. NJ.