Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1878-08-02

successor, assisted by Minter, an able CO.
adjutor, both Of the craft, and at nome III
a dining room, and making everyone else
feel so. 10 complete the summary, MAJ.
Eakle is at his post, and Col. Peyton, the
genial proprietor, Is himself. Your read
ers need know nothing further to take IN
the situation, and if they have sold their
wheat, collected their bills and renewed
their notes, tell them to come on ana Sley
will b. warmly welcomed mere.
srAUNroN AT THE HELM.
A Stanton or Augusta man feels per-
fcctly at home here. AT nearly Every turn
he meets the familiar face OF otauh-
tonian OF an Augustian, III ONCE, Ioo'
where he Can help him, from the propile-
tor to tn, boot-black. After Col. Peyton,
one OF our thriftiest farmers, is Maj b.
+. Eakle, tile chief clerk, AN old Augusta
man. and W. IL. Williams, his assistant;
Eugene Peyton, the room clerk; }. M.
Fitz, the express agent, and L. D. WOOD
ward, his assistant; j. l. A. Irotter
| Co., hav, the Omnibus line; d. w. Allen,
chief of tine baggage bureau; ii. NJ Bell,
Jr, at the cigar stand; Nm. N. Kinney,
| detective; S. Ii. Hotchklss, on police;
Mrs. W. 3. Johnson, matro"; Miss Mary
Woodward, aJ the LADIES' pain re-
ceptlon room S. 4. M ller, i'll The
linen room; Joseph bedford, sup't
OF machinery, &c.; j. q. holle, !,
superintend, ut OF Lne lawn force; j. >.
Rom, night watcilmau, and about one
third OF the WALTERS about The establish
ment, 50 y III Sc, L! Aug ll5ta were TO ca
| in Ter forces, ana Withdraw ler suppoi t
the White would be u badly crippled
cuncern.
HOW SUNDAY PASSES.
This is not /. lad place for u good Sunday.
| Your correspondent rising carly for Il Walk
| to the spring, was struck with tile Sabbath
quiet that peryaded the place, not sound
Was heard but Tie voice of Capt. Arm
stropgs orderly, in The breakfast room
hearing tire roll Gail of his dusky compa-
| nv of walters, a peep inside showed good
| ly company which the West Augustus
might well envy as 10 numbers, the system
| in this room is odmirable After break
fast stroll around the grounds showed
that the quiet Was not as | had half sus-
pected two hours before. owing to the pop
ulation being still abed. The bar room
was POSITIVELY closeu," the billiard balls
| locked up, the ten pin alleys barred and
bolied anu i'll front of many cottages the
| denizanS We're seated reading their blbleS
| and Sunday newspapers, while others not
| so religiouSly inclined strolled discomfort
tedly bnt quietly about. One OF these dis
satisfied ones asked one OF the springs OIL
Gals with Wnom was talking, why
don't you keep these places Of amusement
| open on Sundays; it would pay?'' Said that
gentleman, 1.-The class OF people here
would not permit it, they are not that
sort.'' A distinguished divine, guest
here, remarked afterwards when this con-
1 ff6 IN hi 1,1sca
| "That gentlemen struck the key note OF
the whole matter, when he gave his reason.
It's public sentiment that controls these
things; when a religious sentiment does
not influence the people here To observe
the Lord S day, their good manners come IN
and secure the proper respect Tor The
day. The reverend gentleman express
ed himself as highly gratified at the moral
tone Of the large company and the deco
| ruus behavior OF all, both during public
worship ami afterwards. He, lit Was Rev.
| Dr. Bioadus, OF kentucky preached Ill
| tue bail room at II O'Clock to d large con-
gregation. The discourse on the subject
| Of n lcodemus' nj :,ht interview with the
| Sayicr WIS an admirable one and was
treated with a freshness and originality OF
| thought that compelled the closest aJLen-
| ton of his critical audience throughout.
| In the afternoon deputation on the part
| of the guests consisting If Judge Shetfey,
| Maj. H. M. Bell and Dr.: Norman, waited
| On DR.. b., and begged the favor OF another
discourse at night, which however he Was
compelled on account OF his health, re-
luctantly. to decline. So the afternoon
passed without incident and after supper
! many of the visitors assembled in groups
| in the large parlor aud after an hour or
two OF social enjoyment, dispersed at 10
o'clock for the night, and thus passes a
Sunday at the White.
| r. c. M.