Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1878-10-11

display OF preserves, pickles and cameo
fruit. so varieties, also assortment of cake
Mrs. A. A. Sproul, a handsome collection
OF pickles and preserves, 20 varieties; Mrs
S. Frank, canned fruit; Mrs. A. M. Bow
man, several varieties of choice pickles
Mrs. Menifee, large variety of peas; Johi
IL. Parkins, collection of apples; VIM. F
Smith. barrel of -four manufactured OF
Monday at his new mill at Greenville
the mill was finished on Saturday, tn,
flour took the first premium; Lipscomb 4
Somerville, pretty case Of silverware ant
fine china.
MILITARY PARADE.
| On Wednesday the Staunton Artillery
commanded by Capt. 4. II. Fultz, march
ed to the Fair ground in line with
The old soldiers of Company E., LIST Va
cavalry, the latter coming for reunion
The survivors of the old company created
deep interest, many carrying the old sa
bers used during the war. One member
Mn G. w. Bateman, was mounted OIL an
old steed that he had ridden in the war.
Company had organized with the fol
lowing list of officers and privates:
Capt. T. w. McClung; 1st It., Silas H.
Walker; I'd It., Elijah Koiner; Elk. 1t,
W. A. Hanger; Sgt, E. G.. Fishburne; Cor
porals, F. NJ. Bell, W. A. Freed; Privates,
Jno. Leonard, G. G. Miller. g. L. Swink, J.
er, S. II. McCue, P. D. Koiner, Jno. NJ.
| Hanger, VIM. Wallace, s. H Alexander
VIM. Harner, r. S. Bell, Frank McClung
e. 3. Crawford, Geo. LaYman, W. B. Pat
.son, Jno. 7. Shields, Geo. W. Bateman,
J. c. McClung, G. s. Roller. G. A Roller.
r. W. Mcffett. J. P. Hamilton, J. Mop.
! Crawford, JAS Weed, M. V. Palmer, Jno
McClannatan, Sam'l Yount, NJ L. Leon
ard, Sam Kerr, John S. Kerr, James T.
Kerr. After parading on the grounds the
company met and reorganized. under reso-
| lut;ons which appointed a reunion every
two years, as follows:
| Resolved, That Company f LIST Va. Cavalry. C. s.
A., be and hereby is permanently leorganZed that
none be admitted to membership except those whose
names appear on the original rolls with the excep
| ton OF our sons as hereinafter provided.
Resolved That our sons be requested to perpetuate
this organization and our memories, by replacing US
river and answer to our names at the roll call in
| the Great Hereafter.
| Resolved That we meet every two years at time
| and place to be designated by order OF our COM
manding officer.
Resolved, That in perpetuating this company Of
old comrades in arms. whenever any office shall be
vacated by death OF otherwise, the next in rank
shall succeed to the vacancy and so on to the low
est and this shall be filled by election from the rank
and file OF this company at its next meeting, pro
vided majority of the members then living in this
/ county are present at the meeting.
hot oh 1r
given to D. W. Drake, the gallant Serg't
Major of the old LIST Regiment, which we're
given with will. Mr.. G. S. Roller being
called upon made snort and appropriate
address, which was well received. Thanks
were returned to DIR. Ham Fultz, for pro-
viding transportation for baggage, and to
the Stonewal Band for its escort. Three
old horses were present, which entered
service with the company in April 6l-
Arthur" aged q, ridden by Capt. Nc
Chung; Rabbit" aged %, ridden by W.
Writ McCue, and 'Peter," aged %, ridden
10y Geo. w. Bateman.
When the company left home for Har-
per's Ferry in April, 1861, the following
was its roll of officers and men: Captain,
VIM. Patrick; 1st 1t. L. W. McClung;
End It., J. M. Hanger; Sd It., W. B.
Gallaher; 4th It., N. W. BATHS; Orderly
Sergeant, ". A. Hanger; End Sergeant, J.
D. Mcorman; Sd, J. e. McClung; 4th, G.
s. Patterson; lst Corporal, S. II. Walker
I'd, W. C. Berry; Sd, Cyrus Mowry; 4th, J.
7. Kennerley; Ensign, V. r. Guy; Musi
clan, G. W. Freed; Q. NJ, N. H. Hanger;
Privates, R. S. Bell, d. z. Bell, G. W.
Bateman G. NJ. Coffman. w. B. Crawford,
T. w. Crawford, w n. Croft, Elias Conner,
Jno. Davis, L. w. Davis, A. N. Dollhouse,
G. G, Dalhouse, Jno. Estill, W. W. Finley,
VIM. Guy, W. F. Harner,. J. P. Hamilton,
J. H. Hanger, J. E. Irvine, ZacR Johnson,
Julian Johnson, Henry Kennedy, W. A.
Keiser, D. NJ. Kerr, S. II. Kerr, Jno. S.
Kerr, G. W. Layman, J. H. Leonard, j.
| f. Leonard, Henry Miller, w. D. McCaus
| lane, &C. w. McCue. w. w. McCue, Mar
| tin Palmer, Henry RAIDER anG D. G. Turk.
The following members lined about two
weeks after the command left home, and
while it was at Harpers Ferry: W. IL. Ii.
| Austin, Charles Conner, q. III. Coiner,
| Alexander Conner, B. T. Cochran, e. G.
Fishburn, W. L. Hunter, james McComb.
W. E. Sheets, Ben. Walker and S. L..
| Wampler.
| THE ADDRESS OF JUDGE ALLEN.
On Wednesday, Hon. II. G. Allen, spea-
the annual adde's 1t was strong, prac
| tical and based On common sense. His
picture of the difference between work and
labor should he reprinted everywhere. He
said
The farmer of thoroughly improved
and cultivated farm when he bitches his
team Of fat and well ired for Ii rses to his
imp owed plow prepares for work. When
he begins to pillow spirit If contentment
pervadeS him. AS he watches the rich
creamy sill slide over the mouldboard, he
feel he will be rev .rd. Tor his work. His
ueiphbor who is the owner of d large tract
of badly farmed land, bitches his poor team
| to a lickety, rusty pillow; he goes out to IL j.
Dor. and he is dragged along between the
plow handles over rocks and among weeds
and hriars. He realizes the full force of
the primal sentence: Cur ed is the ground
for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat OF it
all the days of thy life.''
He urged upon his hearers lIe lmpor-
lance of dividing t!.eir land into small
farms by selling or renting and gave this
| practical illustration !:
In Botetourt county, I was instrument
tai shortly after the war in selling large
farm containing some 1900 acres to Penn
sylyanan. 1t was good body OF lime
stone land, lying some three miles east or
Fincastle. The owner. before it was sold
to the Pennsylvanian, never made any
firing and became very much involved.
The Pennsylvania when he got possession.
set to work and divided the tract in sever