Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1882-08-26
HERE AND HEREABOUT.

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The poor mans summer resort-a
palm leaf fan.
Adams & McCarty are selling Gran
ulated Sugar at 10 cents.
Fresh Watermelons and Cantaloupes
to-day Saturday at Adams & Nc
Cartys.
Green apples, with forty pounds of
stomach ache to the square inch, are
making things lively for the physi-
clans.
The new parsonage being built by
the United Brethren is nearly COM
pleted, and presents a neat and cozy
appearance.
See advertisement of I. H. Canter,
in which he offers for rent valuable
farm. He will also sell some desirable
personal property.
We are again under obligations to
Captain w. E. FARMLAND, who is at
present sojourning in Georgia for late
Oou'H0AH PePOio'
Our friend Jacob Lemley has Just
rec eived lot Of new brick which are
to be used in putting down new
pavement in front of his pretty resi-
dence
A Stephens City young lady told us
the other day that she thinks it better
4o 10 ,oI bn
has to live poor, than to die an old
bachelor.
G. F. Mayors is selling best gran
ulated Sugar at l0c.; best Cut Loaf
at l0c. A splendid Sugar Syrup at
Soc, and all other goods at equally
low rates.
A Middletown subscriber informs
us that some of the residents there
find the STAR so interesting that they
don't borrow but actually purloin it
from their neighbors.
Don't fail to read Mr. Sam'l. Cline S
letter in another column. Mr.. Cline
is an GA T. Frederick county farmer.
He uses King Phosphate and raises
wheat weighing 81 pounds to the mea-
sured bushel
1t looks to an outsider as if Mort
Dean had converted his tinshop into
an apiary. The busy little bees are
buzzing around there by the thousand.
Mort. should adopt the beehive as
his trade mark.
"Uncl4 George, what is King?''
"a king!' Eyes, sir" "Why, a
king is monarch-a supreme ruler.
4" Then Steele & Brother Phosphate
has the right name, for it rules al
others in this section"
We find it impossible to keep track
of the many who are daily leaving
our town for camp meetings, picnics
&C., at other points. Mayhap there
will something take place in Stephens
City some of these days, and if such
should prove to be the case we vii.
issue an extra.
A young man of Stephens City got
three cent pair of socks ruined by
getting his feet on our writing table
the other day. We have quit using
pens and ink now, lest like disaster
should again occur. We use nothing
but eight or ten pairs of scissors, and
have placed them points up.
Attention is requested to the adver-
tisement of the re-opening of Mrs
Magruder's school. This lady has
heretofore had remarkable success as
a teacher in our midst, and the pros
poets are that she will have large at
tendance during the next term. APP
plications should be sent in early.
We have received this weeks num-
Der of Golden Days, a publication ad-
mirably adapted to the wants of our
young folks. 1t is published by JAS
Elverson, Philadelphia, and should be
visitor in every household in the
land Let one of our young folks gel
up club. Specimens at this office.
Good health is maintained and nour
ished by proper attention to the re-
quirements of the body, and the avoid
ance of excuses. 1t is wasted or des
troyed by overtaxing the mind with
study, anxiety, evil habits, intemper-
ance or vicious indulgences. Keep
the body and brain well balanced by
freely using that friend of temperance
and good health, Browns Iron Bitters
thus will you live to good old age
free from all disease and suffering.
Oul friend G. F. Mayors, one o.
Stephens City $ most active and pub
lic-spirited citizens, has come to the
sage conclusion that the new NJ. E
Church will not be properly finished
until it is enclosed with an iron rail.
ing and substantial brick pavement
laid down in front. His head is level
and we are glad to see that he has
taken it upon himself to carry out an
object 50 praiseworthy and desirable
He is endeavoring to raise the amount
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