The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1884-04-24
Mt. Sidney Items.
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|, On Friday, the Rev. VIM. o. Ross of
the M. E. church, South, and late OF.
Lafayette circuit, Montgomery county,
Va, called at our town on the way to his
new charge at Hedgesville, Berkeley cir
cult, w. Va At night he preached for
us. His discourse was upon the christlan's
hope, based upon Ephesians, LIST chapter
and 18th verse; 1t was certainly the grand
est and most comprehensive sermon ever
preached in our town within the memory
of the present generation. Strange. indeed,
| it is to us that the Rev. Ross has been
| kept back so much i'll his church. lie Is
undoubtedly one OF, the great men OF the
! M. e. church, but has none of that elbow
| ing and crowding nature about him that
! brings into prominence little men. The
| Rev. Ross is one of the most erudite men
| that we have ever known. He iS pro-
found linguist, atheologian, taptyslclan,
and philosopher. He is liberal in his views
as are al great minds. Dogmas do not
bias him. His mind does not run in the
old. soAgy theological srut. 1t scars Ike
the eagle. His thoughtsrun through space
like lightning. IIeis but comparatively q
young man, and we believe is destined to
do a great work. He is II native OF our
town and the only living child of James
Ross. decd. by his wife Mary Curry,
sister ct r.. A. Curry, Esq. of this county.
Last week, Mrs. Sam uel Harper received
and opened out her new stock OF goods.
She is selling goods and buying produce
at Stanton prices. Mrs. Harper is GER
tainly very remarkable woman About
six years ago she began merchandising at
this place with a small capital !; by her ex-.
traordinary management she has main;
i tanned her family and soincreased her cap
/ ital that she can afford the fullest store
/ that we have ever had iii our town. Mrs.
| HI. is a prodigy Of industry. She attends
4 to her store entirely herself. Besides She
4 manages liea home and sees to her children.
She is Il model example of diligence and
prudence in business. An example that
should make many strong, healthy man
4 bltlsb for his own shame. Every one
within reach should encourage this noble
4 woman. Young men of Virginia, if this
! woman can thus make her way to success
VA hat can You do! You can make a life a
,ssu,,cess if you only th3ughtfully economic
FINE. and money. Disdain to look for a
pl ace. Remember that You can but fill
theipla, zee which you have made for yourself.
Pla ces Are precarious besides, they ruin
young man and disqualify him effectually
for attending to his own business. Above
all otl,er yeople regular place hunters ale
the NEST contelnptible.
b1 Saturday, Prof. S, Fl. Roller returned
frol n fI,e State Educational Convention,
he'll Mt Richmond during last week. Prof.
r.. Kas Que of the Vice Presidents. We
tho aght when he left home for the Con-
ven ian that he could hardly stand the
trip owing to his recent affection. In
a s imilar condition hardly anyone else
wo, lid have undertaken it. Prof. r. is q
you ing man on strong will and great in
dus try, which at no distant day will make
him one of the first men Of Virginia.
@ n last Thursday, Mr.. Edward Dudley,
of Horse shoe, Middle River, and one of
the veal thiest farmers of Augusta, re-
turned from taking his large lot OF cattle
to bis ex tensive grazing farms in West
Vir yinia. 'f,sa5i '
Col. Nathaniel Kerr, the oldest member
of the Augusta church congregation, was
at his place of worship on Sunday for the
first time for some weeks. He says that
we need 'tol * for no more cold weather for
swallows ha We put in their appearance.
- COLLIN.