Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1884-03-11
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TO THE HEAD OF ''sALT RIvER,''
they were inclined to extract as much com
, fort from the situation as possible, an,
hence the God-send to them in having ;
day or two to frOlic.
But to the count; there is this Inter
nal Revenue official, and more of him pres
emily, the young man-who is connected
with the University teat-and his bosom
friend referred to-who has hankered eve
SO much for one. And it is proper to add
that we were greatly perplexed, in his case
as we saw much of him, to decide, was il
the failure to make the connection with the
teat, or to secure some ons to pour out his
coffee and darn his stockings, that as a uer5
young man, has made him prematurely
gray, Or both combined. Then there is
ROckingham's big representative claw
who, besides the weighty responsibility OF
his great county on his shoulders, with its
three prominent citizens that came home a
little while ago, from Richmond, with lit
4 tie fieain each ear, has on his own shoulders
big load of honor to carry. Is he not a
lineal descendant-a few generations re-
moved, and bears the same name of the
Lord of the Hi'ls," The founder sc.
Then also there rests ON his shoulders the
responsibility Of personating Uncle Sam
Id his highest court-in one midst. Well,
he belongs under our enumeration Then
too is I'D. No. g." the young man, mixed
up in the first hnnt-impulsive, energetic
and excitable-as he only wanted 80 minutes
| in that race, ''to bag the fox'' Then there
are the three members of the Nelson delega-
| ton, were of that party, and it is our duty
as truthful historian to add, that two
| members of that very fortunate or unfortu-
| nate family, as the future alone will decide,
near Fishersville, Mr.. Jno. Ed. and Hugh
I'll. were deeply, intimately, prominently
mixed up in it. They turn out to have been
| the right-hand men ofthe Internal Revenue
official in making all preliminary arrange
ments.
Yet there was prominent point in our
Internal Revenue official in your town yet
to note.
Many of my readers, when the hint is
thrown out, who will revert in memory to
one OF the mountain counties in northern
New YOrk-west of the Adirondacks. In
a lonely, secluded, retired spot in one of
them. we regret that we cau't fix the name,
an humble grave may be found, that is a
sort OF Mecca to those of the Wendell Phil
lips, Sumner, Stanton stripe-sincere, de-
vout. fanatical-whilst strict surveillance
IS kept, and it is under lock and key, yet is
no armed soldier, with lonely vigils, guard
ing it, as in the case of Guiteau's 8 victim. as
the family is poor. There lie
THE REMAINS OF OLD JOHN BROWN.
Our projector-of this grand feasco-is no
other than the son Of our old friend-very
many in your town will call to mind, for
near four years the Provost of the town.
He it was that acquired national reputa-
tion, that we may say is reflected to some
extent upon this of his son-because of the
fact
THAT HE HUNG JOHN BROWN.
Now, reader, sum up, if you please, the
combined influence Of these re -adjusters,
and compare them with our two humble
funder-frientts, whose fortune or misfor-
tune it was, to own the two noted CANNES,
"North and Taylor" Let us for moment
see who they are. The traveller from your
town, ever that road of historic fame-so
grandiloquently described year or two ago,
as having been projected from it to Gooch.
I land, by the "Lord of the Hills" but in
humble parlance has been better known as
the Stauuton and Scottsville road Midway
from Fishersville to Waynesboro', two
white houses arrest the travellers eye. The
one on the left, is tenanted by one of our
| funder friends-we will, or perhaps have
| already designated him as Farmer or ssF.
No. l" He was to the manor born-aud
went thro' the four years conflict, with the
reputation of good soldier-as a member
of the First Va. Cavalry. He is the owner
| of the now famous dog NORTH
Nearly opposite to him, and something
farther from this road, to the right, is his
friend, Funder, or "Farmer No g." He
first saw the light among the ''Blue-stock-
inss" of Old Briery, in Charlotte, as famed
in Eastern Virginia, as the old Opequon, in
! Frederick, Or the ''Old Stone'' in Augusta.
He too was good soldier all thro' to Ap
| pon,attox, as member of the Charlotte
Cavalry. He is the owner of the dog ''Tay-
lor,o now of countrywide reputation.
Well, on the evening of the 2lst the clans
began to assemble, and Albemarle, Nelson
and Rockingham were to the fore. Know
ing that on all previous occasions the COM
pany was expected to rendezvous in the
vicinity Of DR.. Addison NJ Dold's, we pen
ned this paragraph on Thurday night, in
anticipation Of getting off notice to you,
early the next day, feeling assured there
were many Oh the qai uios for the result.
"As matter, of course, ali expect that
DR.. Addison M. Dold will furni sh the game.
We can't explain it, but for many--very
many years, there has been
A SYMPATHY BETWEEN THE DOCTOR AND
| ''REYNARD,"
and the latter has cast his lot with the Doc
tor for well nigh on to half century past,
aud SO far as we are able to judge, has had
a carte blanche from him, to multiply and
replenish, and to have ON hand full supply,
| fnr J1ct oh,
seems also to have been this further under
| standing, that each was to supply his re-
spective table, with poultry, all together
outside the Doctors premises, as the latter
has for many years, been as innocent of
geese, ducks and turkeys, as Uncle Ned's
pericranium of har.''
You may believe, gentle reader, when the
cavalcade of sixty-five men met in the vii
lage of Fishersville, on Friday morning, the
22d February, followed by from 35 to 90
dogs, their fine horses were a subject of re-
mark. The Indifferent horse was the ex-
ception, yet we must be excused for partic
ularizing the fine dun-dappled mare Of of.
No. 1, +" and the fine brown mare Of ellie
Insurance." as it will be our province to no
tice her and her rider presently.
''F. No. 1 and g." on discovering that DR..
Dold was slighted, and Fishersvile become
the point of rendezvous, at once determin-
ed not to open their mouths, but to give the
other party a corte-blanche to do as they
pleased. Indeed, it would have been a
work of supererogation, as they we're not
consulted, yet all disinterested observers
noticed all had been cut and dried, and in a
few moments Mr.. Hugh Fl. cried out,
| ''BOYs LET Us CO."
when the entire crowd struck out, passing
up the street towards StauntOn.
Sighting the Doctor so manifestly, be-
came subject of comment among the look
ers on, and one and another reason was
suggested as to why it was done, but the
universal conclusion arrived at was that
NORTH AND TAYLOR MUST BE TAKEN TO
| PASTURES NEW.
The company found their way to point
known as the ''Cottage fields" and thirty
years ago it was part OF the late Maj. Moses
McCue's farm. The crowd was 50 large it
was soon discovered all hope of much fun or
enjoyment of the chase, was very questlona-
BILE. Approaching the hills of Christians
Greek on the South side, "F. No. ~ said,
''Gentlemen, we will find no foxes follow