Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1883-02-10
Middletown Department.
NOM DE PLUME, EDITOR.
SATURDAY, FEB. 10, 1888.
Spring fever will soon be prevalent


the mails.
Wood wanted on subscription at the
STAR Office.
The trial of George w. Amiss be-
gan on Thursday last.
Take in time; see advertisement Of
Simmons Liver Regulator.
Sweetness long drawn out--a girl
about six feet high.
Don't dsspise thing because it's
little. A quart jug will hold more
than most men.
We now mail forty-three copies of
the STAR to Middletown, and our list
is daily receiving additions.
What is the difference between
spendthrft and feather bed? One
is always hard up and the other soft
down
A girl out in the pine hills is devel-
oping healthy beard around her rosy
mouth. She wont tell who she caught
it from.
We learn that Mr.. J. NJ Wilkinson
has purchased the old organ used in
the M. E. church. That congregation
will geta new one.
The South did not whip the North,
but it is evident from the increasing
pension lists that they pretty much
disa bled all her inhabitants.
The "new leaf gets turned over
so often by some that they ought to
have one made of cast iron to prevent
its wearing out before they can keep
it down.
Persons who go to church for the
purpose of r:diculing the dress and
manners of others would do more good
to themselves and the church by stay
ing away.
About half-past ten o'clock on Fri
day night some beautiful strains wert
waited this way on the evening breeze
1t proved to be serenade by the Elk.
celsior String Band.
Blessed is the farmer who taketE
and payeth for a newspaper, for ht
| will CLEAN grains of wisdom there
from, and will not fall victim to the
patent wagon tongue man.
The weather prophets are predict
ing an early spring and hot summer
We do not profess to know anything
about it, but are satisfied that it viii
be warmer next July than it is now.
1t is thought that the new FIVE cent
nickel. which will be larger in circum
| ference and thinner than the present
coin, can be made to take the place o.
the silver quarter in the contribution
basket.
The matrimonial market is quiet
Just now. However we know of two
or three couples who are prospecting
around town for a little house with
three or four rooms, which is rather
suggestive.
We offer the right hand of fellow
ship to our new Strasburg correspond
ent from this place, and can stand a
little Jaw" each week, albeit we
cannot lay claim to a msddlesome
nother-in-law.
One of our Middletown subscribers
some time ago gave US notice to stop
the STAR, but the other day he came
smilingly up to us and said, Tell Mr..
Gilmore to continue that paper" The
temperance column did it.
What excuse there can be for high
price of ice next summer, after such Il
winter as this, is one of those mystic
ries which ordinary people cannot
solve. But we suppose there will he
some way to get around it.
Technically speaking. it breaks a
dry goods clerk all up" to have the
proprietor come out in front of the
store where he is conversing with a
young lady friend and inquire whether
he shall bring the business out there
; for him to wrap up.
Boys. girls, if you want pack of
handsomely written cards, send rs, 30
or 35 cents to 20. G. O. La" Lebanon
Church, Va. He is one of the best
penmen in Virginia, and his work is
superior to anything We have ever
! seen in that line. Samples at this
Office.
: Why do not the young folks of this
village improve the winter evenings
> by having social gatherings" 1t
would be decided benefit to the cul-
ture and improvement of the young
We had the pleasure of attending one
the other evening, and had delight
full time.
, People with gray hair may conceal
. from the world the fact that they are
5 becoming aged and passing on to de-
5 cay, by the use of Halls Hair Re-