Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1879-11-14

A TWENTY-FIVE MILE TRIP TO SEE PIMA
FORE-TAI.K WITH Observation-Disclosures |
ABOUT THE RECENT POLITICAL |
FREsHET,
&C., &C., &C. |
(Reported for the Staunton VINDIcAToR.)
HARRIsONBURG, Nov. Z.
Bear With me Semproniousl shall not |
write you from here again shortly. A
great disaster has overtaken the popula-
ton of this devoted place. Those -
Till this blank with all the hard names
you can find in the dictionary and don't
you forget to say demagogues). Paul,
Moffett and Harrison have been elected to
the legislature. was going to say the
negroes did it but that won't account for a
thousand majority. 1 think they voted
mules, lamp posts, four-horse teams, every
thing in the county against us. I think
the majority has surprised the Re-Adpood-
lers themselves. remarked as much to
one OF them. eyes, he said sit did, a lit
tie. We hadn't counted up but nine hum
dred and eighty!' The cheek of these fell
lows is what aggravates me AZ much as
anything else.
''You seem to have had something of
freshet here" l remarked to McCeney as
he sat up my morning claret.
"Yes," said Nc. with alacrity, sit was
so deep that man couldn't climb upon a
hedge. l thought I'd drop a five in on
John getting beat and 1 did. When the
water commenced getting rather deep
looked around for hedge. While I was
hunting, fellow came up amt told me we
had sure thing IF it at Conra,is Store. So
hunted my fiv- dollar nan up. bet him
five on that and u gan to feel easy. If you'll
look at this sa Nc handing .ue the re-
turns over the ounter. ''you', see where
my ten dollars emit to- CoIrad's Store
was something less than 500 f.. Paul!
put the returns in my pocket and
walked round to see Joe Smith of the
commonwealth" He was sitting with
his feet cooked up on the vast. basket and
his eyes wide open, and you'd iardly be-
ieve it, but he denied knOwi. me .t
81 was down here before the election,'' 1
explained.
"What election?' asked Joe.
''The Rockingham election
"Where are you from 7" quired Joe
vacantly.
Augusta" lt-e.p.. e. .-
"Augusta!" unused joe. THAT'S the
county that went for the McCulloch set
Element, amt it?"
Ireplied with some pride that it was
SWELL" said Joe. 1.-THE best thing you
can do is to get back to Au usta. You
won't find anybody round here cheerful
enough to talk to you, or that wants to talk
to you either.''
But seriously don't see What our fell
lows down here have to grieve over except
defeat. Certainly it is not the tight they
made, for it was game one ;.t.d kept up
persistently to the last. Gen Roller and
Judge O 'Ferrall particularly observe praise
for the thoroughness and persistence of
their canvass, kept up with vigor to the
last moment. And the commonwealth
went under with her guns still firing. l
am glad to bear this testimony in print
for in other counties in the State they can
hardly understand the uphill work chat
these men had to do. Paul's popularity
lone and aside from the issues at stake
is huge boulder in the way of any oppo-
sition.
[ hear good deal here of DR.. Moffett,
for Speaker, and my old friend Harvey
Wartman, for Clerk of the II use. The
enthusiastic Readjusters don't seem to
UNI erstand that while they and we have
hauled the seine both ways. the dip net of
the Republican balance of power is likely
to have the say in dividing out the fish
Mark my words, that before the New Y ear
there will be good stock OF remorse all
round, and the atmosphere of Virginia
will be blue with curses!
l didn't come down here about politics.
l came down here to see ''Pinafore" PRO
longed and great silence at thi, announce
ment). You thought the abuse lavlshed
on me for my remarks on the Staunton
"Pinafore" would have cured me, but it
didn't, and am here in the same business.
may say in advance that the performance
was gratifying surprise to me. There were
many drawbacks, the chief one being the
hall, a very small and unattra, tive place,
residences and geEeral engaging appear
ance of the town. The stage is very small,
so small that when that accomplished and
gigantic marine Francisco went to change
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the whole Pinafore troupe chorus, orchestra
and all OF the Harrisonburg performers,
none of whom had been in an operetta be-
fore, Miss Lalla Thurmond TOOK me COM
pletely by surprise. The young lady to
whom Josephine" had been assigned gave
it up only four days before the performance
and Miss Thurmond took it. She las
handsome face, fine presence, fine
natural voice, though it is uiscuitivated
and knowledge of acting that was as
tonishing in novice. Her singing and
acting in the duet, Refrain, audacious
tar;' in the duet in she is an English
man, and in the quartette, "Oh, joy I!
Oh, rapturel" were all excellent 'sLittle
Buttercup." which was given by Miss B.
Points, was an even performance both as
to singing and acting, and subject to none
of the painful lapses to which amateurs
are liable. captain Corcoran' was ia
ken under adverse circumstances by Mr..
W. B. McChesney. Not being able to get |
a vocalist for the part, the lady managers
determ ned at least to secure good actor |
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most of the music, and his duet with
Little BuLtercup'' surprised his friends
by the excellence OF its execution Miss !