Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1880-04-09
An Augusta Man in the Upper Valley.

An Augusta Man in the Upper Valley.
RIDE THROUGH TIE COUNTRY-THE
wHEAT-AUGUsTA MEN ON THE ROUTE
-ENTERPRIsING TOWNSVILLE MIRA
Gle DOCTOR" MILLER, &C.
Correspondence of the Staunt0n VINDIcAToh.l
SALEM, ROANOKE, April 5th.-Havlng
strayed from my own little town OF Green
vile to this part Of the Valley, will en-
deavor, with your permission, to give you
some items from Roanoke. In passing up
the valley p Ike our attention was attracted
by the marked improvements of various
kinds that are being made along the route
and the magnificent fields Of rich green
wheat which, if not injured in any way.
will yield the most abundant harvest ever
reaped in the Valley; for there are thous-
ands of acres lying along the road. all OF
which is growing 6nely-but there seems
to be deadly enemy among it now in
the form Of the s'aphis'' witch is sucking
The life out of much of it.-EnOugh
alb Iut the wheat. and now we will try To
give some of our impressions imperfect
as they may be.
On arriving at Bonsacks, we met our
old friend, Capt. Jim Dull. who is running
stage line from here to FincaStle. He
is the same good-natured old soul he was
when in Augusta Tie next man we saw
from Augusta was Mr.. VIM. F0rrer. who
is salesman for MessrS. Bonsacks u Kiser,
and we are happy to say has not lost his
attachment for his native county. although
he has been absent for ten years. Here Is
located the celebrated Wooden Mills OF the
Bonsacks. it is now running a large force
of hands and is making excellent gonds.-
The Boiisacks control this place, for IT
IS Bonsack's store, BJnsack' 8 factory, Bon
sacks mill and ia fact nearly everything
about the town either belongs to Bon
sack or one of their relations. We men
tion these facts because the Bonsacks are
related to the Whitmores of Augusta, by
marriage, and are almost or at least one
half of Augusta, and it does US gOs,d to
see people from our own county flourish.
In passing from Bonsacks to Salem, we
stopped at the little town of Gishes, it is
new place. having run up in the last four
or five years. Here we met Mr.. Jones
who is merchandising and doing well, he
is from New Hope. After leaving Gishes
we journeyed on to Big Lick, the most
hourishing townof its SIZE in the Valley,
here no stone is left unturned that will
tend toward the advancement of BUSINESS
enterprise in any way. Here are four or
more wholesale tobacco factories, several
stores and other industries all which are
in fine condition. This is the great tobac-
CO market Of Floyd and Franklin and 9TH
or adjacent counties and it is remarka-
bic fact that the planters can get as good
prices here as they can in Lynchburg and
other cities. Here is also the Big Lick
News" newspaper that should have
place at every Preside in the county, and
must not forget to mention the magnlf-.
cent churches and the number of Them
that are here, for there are no less than
six. all nearly new, and before changing to
another locality allow me to lay stress on
the fact that the Big Lick voting precinct
the fortitude to cast a square vote on
the debt question last fall-for the pre-
cinct was carried by the Conservatives.
In passing North West from Big Lick
you pass through the richest section of the
county and perhaps the State, for here lies
about 10000 acres of the most fertile lands
in the valley and the soil seems inexhaus-
tible, for have been informed that the
same fields are cropped from season to sea-
son for years and every year yields a bet
ter crop. Here inded is land of plenty
these lands bring one hundred dollars per
acre when offered for sale. Bordering on
this fine section is the famous Botetourt
Springs and the Hollins Female Institute,
which is second only to the great female
schools of your city. and has num-
Der of scholars this winter from various
States, principally from the South. Near
here was where Col. Kelley committed sui
eide by drowning few weeks ago; his was
a remarkable case Of self-murder. having
been caused from receiving some Valen-
tines, one Of which had tie effect of I'M
balancing his mind and resulted as above
stated. Col. z. was very prominent Cit
izen in ante war times and was much re-
spected and beloved up to his death. He
left large family. Following close on
the heel of Col. Il g suicide, Mr.. VIM. Kyle
of the same neighborhood attempted to
take his life by taking laudanum few
days since, but was prevented by the in
tervention of friends and was upon exam.
ination adjudged lunatic and lodged IN
jail The trial of Hawley for the murder
of Hays some time last summer, will be
commenced on Tuesday here. There are
about one hundred and twenty-five wit
nesses subp9naed for the case and there is
a great deal of interest manifested as to
the result for it is said to have been a cold
blOoded affair.
been to see the Scott county DIR. (Miller)
and l have had the pleasure to talk with
two Of them; Capt. Board, who is (mark
this) crippled up by rheumatism, says he
had received great deal Of relief from
Mr.. Miller's laying on of hands, but is not
cured, and the other party was Mr.. Web
ster who suffered with chronic liver af-
lection, and essays he obtained relief but is
not entirely well, and also that Miller gave
him some s'black weed tea'' to drink.
give these statements as received from
these gentlemen, who are both very relia-
BILE, and allow you to draw your own con-
illusions as to the efficacy. A Rev. Mr..
Wertz, who had paralyzed tongue went
to see Mr.. M. some weeks since and at last
accounts was not expected to live, for he
had then been without food for 8 days,
having received no cure from Dr. Miller.
If any of the afflicted of Augusta contem
plate visiting DR.. M. would suggest to
them to wait little longer until greater
cures are done l have not heard Of a
single person being entirely cured by DR..
Miller.
DELTA.
In an article entitled "Sun Spots and
Epidemics" in the current number of the |
international Review" Mr.. E. w. Cush- |
ing advances the rather startling theory |
that tit is not improbable that the gather
Ing forces of cholera, plague and yellow !
maximum of solar energy, (which occurs |
in 1871 burst the feeble barriers |
with which civilization is trying to |
froip Thorn ond oraiu 1oco1uto rroof |