The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1883-06-07
Hill Country of Judea Items.
lReported for the vIRG1N1AN.l

| Crops. Prospects are now not so en-
couraging to farmers as at the writing 0
our lastreport. Glover has been severel
injured by cold and drought, and wheat
particularly on upland, is beginning t.
suffer. Corn came up unusually badly
consequently has required great deal o
replanting, which is both tiresome ant
diseouraging. But according to old farm
ers, Il dry March, an eXuberant locus
bloom, and an irregular stand of corn from
first planting, are signs of.a prolific corr
crop. If there is anything in these Sign
they who are extensively engaged in corr
culture have bright prospects before them
In our last report a portion of orr M. $
was misconstrued. We did not say that
1.-TWO or three years ago nearly two thirds
OF the land was directly under the pillow
Now there are few ungrassed fields to bt
found i'll the Valley This would signify
that our farmers had turned their almost
entire attention to grazing and hay raising
which is certainly not the case, for there
is now, unquestionably, more land directly
under the plow in the Valley than was
ever heretofore. What we did say was az
follows: A few years ago nearly two-thirds
of the land, not directly under the pillow
was out of grass, but now there are few
ungrassed fields to be found i'll the Valley
Roads. AT present the most important
item of the Hill Country is the interest
awakened with reference to the Importance
of good roads. Nor is there, we believe
a section in Virginia in which such inter
est is Of greater consequence. The Hill
Country is one Of the most productive
sections of Augusta, and has decidedly the
worst roads. Instead of the road being
graded around the hills or along the hol-
lows they nearly all run directly over the
highest hills In the days OF our ancestors
such roads could with little Inconvenience
be made out with when production was
small and packsaddles were chiefly used
for transportation. But this is the era of
steam power and electricity. Property is
now valued according to its accessibility
to market. To be up with the times we
must have markets rs near to our doors as
possible lnthe wonderful tide Of progress
characteristic of to-day no county can
long maintain its wealth without good
roads To haul our fertilizers and to
market our produce, costs us ,|udeans al
farm work For our special benefit a di-
rect road should be made from Mt. Scion
to Fort Defiance. 1t could be graded so
as not to exceed A. at any point, and would
try This would give us easy access to the
Valley r. Il. and to BoWling's Mills where
we could always procure Staunton prices
for our grains. Besides this two other
roads intersecting this should be made.
One from Burktown to Hulvy's Mills, and
another along Crann's Greek. These roads
if opened up and properly located would
add at least twenty per cent to the value
of the Hill Country.
Ma1riaqe.-On Thursday, the oath ult.,
Mr.. Howard w. Young was married ut the
Messy Greek Manse by the Rev. Mr.. Railey,
to Miss Mollie Ochletree, youngest dangh-
ter of Peachy Ochletree of Stony Branch,
Hill Country Of Judea.
Personal. Mr. Cyrus Brown is suffering
severely with neuralgia and sore throat.
Mrs. Daniel Craun who has been an in
valid for sometime, is rapidly recovering
her usual health.
Mr.. D. B. Landes, who had his foot se-
verely mashed few weeks ago, is now
able to get about without his erutches.
Our neighbor, the Rev. Samuel 7. Mil
ler, has recently had u hydraulic ram
placed in his spring, which through pipes
throws the water up to his house and into
the feeding room of his fine barn.
Miss BERTHE Calhoun, the accomplished
daughter of J.. G. Calhoun, of Naked
Creek who has been living for several
years with her grandfather, Mr. A. Burket.
of w. Va, has recently returned to her
fathers.
Mr.. Newton Landes, who began mer
chandising at CenteIyille sometime during
last March, is doing a fine business.
Mr.. Joseph N. Craun expects in a few
days to change his residence from Craum's
creek to Gambill's run, near Spring Hill.
Mr.. T.. X. Reid, second son of John K.
Reid, is suffering greatly with heart af-
lection.
Mrs. Sarah Foley, wife Of Samuel Foley,
died on Thursday lost. For years she had
been a great sufferer with rheumatism,
which ultimately affected her heart and
caused her DEATH She died in the Lord
and has gone to home free from sorrow
and pain.
We return onr sincere thanks to the
Hon. John Paul for valuable political doe
umentS. AGRICOLA.
THE VISIT OF TIE FIFTH REGIMENT.
We clip the following from the Albany,
N. ", Daily Press and Knickerbocker, dated
May 80. Mr.. Buckley, referred to, is q
son-in-law of Mr.. Isaac IIenkle, of this
place, and accompanied the Fifth Regi-
ment on their recent visit to Niagara:
We had a very pleasant call, yesterday,
from Mr.. VIM. Buckley, of Staunton, Va,
who is ON his way home from the visit Of the
Fifth Virginia regiment of veterans, Maj
j. w. Newton, commanding, to the TWEEN
ty-eighth New York veterans. at Niagara
Falls, last Wednesday. The occasion of the
visit of the Virginians was to return flag