The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1884-01-31
Mt. Sidney Items.


Scarlet fever.-We reported two weeks
ago, that our schools, viii Oh had been ad-
journed on account of scarlet fever and
diphtheria, amongst the pupils, had re-
opened on the 14th inst, but the maladies
seemed to have gathered fresh vigor and
begun their work of death anew. Three
other deaths have occurred. A further
adjournment was deemed necessary
Hence we have had no school for about a
month. The dan ger IS now supposed to be
past, and the schools were reopened again
on Monday the 2Sth inst.
Thus have our teachers been thrown out
of employment, and compelled to pay
board with nothing coming in to pay with :;
consuming the little they might have been
able to save from their meagre salaries.
1t seems to us that considering the ex-
ceedingly small salaries paid our public
school teachers, that in cases of this kind,
our boards of education ought to allow
them half pay, or at least enough to pay
their board. In our humble opinion, the
system of grinding down the teachers
salaries to the minimum, is a penny wise
and pound foolish policy, and initiates
greatly against the efficiency of the schools.
Personal, &'c.-We regret to learn that
Mr.. John Peters, of this vicinity, a worthy
man and an employee of the Valley r. r.,
is in a critical condition with rheumatism
John j. Davis, esq.,, a native of Augusta
county, and member of old Company E,
for the first year of the war, now citizen
of Fauquier county. recently paid his sis
ter, Mrs. Geo. M. Woods, of Willow Spout,
and other relatives and friends of the
county a flying visit. He is hale and
hearty, and seems to be well pleased with
Tuckahoe. He has the management of
large farm near Fauquier White Sulphur
Springs.
Our popular and most excellent County
Superintendent of Schools, Prof. III. S.
Roller. has been suffering for several days
with large boil or carbuncle on his neck,
but notwithstanding the great annoyance
it has occasioned, he has kept steadily on
his round of visits to the schools. The
Prof. ''has been there" himself, and knows
exactly how to advise. and sympathize with
the teachers in their innumerable trials.
Messrs. Newton Click, of Colorado, and
B. F. Click, of Arizona Ter.-sons of Dan
iel Click, esq.,, former resident of this
vicinity, are visiting relatives and friends
in the neighborhood. They left Virginia
seven years ago, have enjoyed good health,
and been quite succesfulin business. They
speak very highly of the possibilities of the
great West. Will return to their adopted
homes in five or six weeks.
Our roads have been very icy for the last
two weeks, and our blacksmiths have had
all they could do roughing horses.
Notwithstanding the very short corn
crop Of the last season, number of our
farmers are feeding cattle. Some of them
have sold for future delivery at quite sat-
isfactory figures.
Accidents. many friends of Mrs.
Paulina Goladay, the popular toll gatherer
at Willow Spout. will regret to learn that
she slipped and fell on the ice, while re-
turning from a visit to her son, on last
Sunday evening, and sprained her wrist
very severely, from which she is suffering
very great Inconvenience. Mrs. Goladay
has been in the employ of the Valley Pike
for many years, and is probably the most
popular gate-keeper on the road.
We learn that Mr.. G. P. Ocheltree, an
old gentleman living near Andes Shop
just west of us, had his foot badly crushed
a few days since, by his horse slipping on
the ice and falling on it. w.