Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1882-09-02
SATURDAY, SEPT. 2, 1882.

Watermelons are beginning to turn
green.
Our farmers are very busy blowing
again.
The young man now ordereth more
moustache dye.
Mr.. Ludwig has moved to his new
property on East Main street.
The pretty girl purchaseth new
supply of lily white for the picnic.
E. o. Larrick enters as a new can
didate for the phosphate campaign.
The old folks baketh a large supply
of bread, cakes, &c., all for the picnic.
The band hath been practising dill
gently preparing for the coming pic
mic.
Mr.. ]. w. Rhodes and Mr.. J. s.
Larrick are advertising phosphate for
sale.
Mr.. Joseph Andrews has thoroughly
repaired the Valley pike in this vi
cinity.
The contract for painting ths M. E.
church will soon be awarded to the
lowest bidder.
We hope to have good delegations
to attend our picnic to-day from Ste
phens City and Strasburg.
Our butcher friend, Robt. A. Brown,
has been furnishing our citizens with
some extra nice beef of late.
The Young Mems Prayer Meeting
will be held at the school house next
Friday night for reorganization.
After the long dry spell, we had a
delightful, pouring rain in time to save
most of the corn crop. God never
forgetteth u.s.
A sensible man residing near this
place remarked the other day that he
took several newspapers, but the STAR
is his favorite.
The recent rains were too much for
our little stream, "the town rum
which overAowed and injured the
water-gap near the depot.
DR.. McCune, who resides near this
place, is preparing to move to Stras-
burg, so that his children can get the
benefit of a good school at that place.
A brother editor remarks that in
days gone by, when girl bound up
her forehead with cloth, it was at
once known that she was treating a
headache. Nowadays it proves that
she is nursing severe case of hair
crimps.
Archie Levitt, our colored barber,
seems to be driving big trade. A
tonsorial artist was something Middle
town needed for long time, and now
we think she has good one. He is
prepared to cut hair, shave down,
&C., in the latest styles and at the most
reasonable prices.
If you want to kill town the best
way to do it is to always speak of its
worst features, and if you want to
build it up, always speak Of the best
and most praiseworthy. We have a
beautiful, healthy town, rapidly be-
coming pushing. business place we
need not be backward in our praises
of it.
Our blue-eyed Myrtle" has been
busy preparing for the picnic, pur-
chasing powder, cologne, &c., and as
consequence we this week excuse
her for not furnishing a letter from
Meadow Mills. Perhaps next week
she will give an account of the picnic
Look out, boys, to whom you talk
sweet, if you do not want the fair
Myrtle to publish you.
The picnic ground has been rented
to Messrs. Williams, Hansell & Ed
monson, for the sale of refreshments
of all kinds. Prof. Wells, the cele-
brated ice cream man, will be on hand
assisting the above firm. The Profess
sor wants the public to know "dat he
kin make de CONCEALED Tactical fluid
jist as good as de next man." and
will always be found on his corner,
Senseney avenue, to serve the public.
Nearly every day bringsits accounts
of ,nen and women killed while walk
ing on the tracks, and even while using
them as lounging places It may be
useless work to point or print the
moral, but many people seem to need
. its application. 1t is to keep off the
track of the iron horse, unless you
must cross it-then stop, look, listen,
and if there is no near sign of danger,
get over and away from the track in
the quickest feasible way.
Alas for Middletown. She seems,
or rather portion of her people seem
to be opposed to good schools. In
stead of offering every inducement
for people to move here, they drive
them away, for who wants to remove
to or long remain in neighborhood