The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1885-10-01
Spring Hill Items.
4 reported for the V1aerNIAN. J

The dry weather that we have had for
the past two months has dried up all the
small streams springs, wells and cisterns
have failed, and Middle river, a never
failing stream, is very low, causing the
millers great annoyance in stopping their
mills so often on account Of the scarcity
| of water. Farmers cannot seed, many Of
them are not through plowlng and the
ground is dry some depth grass has dried
up !; feeding stock has already commenced
with some.
DR.. W. 2. Sheets, v. s., has been kept
busy administering to- the sick hogs Of our
community for some time. The dreaded
disease seems to take its course regardless
of drugs given. The DIR. pronounces it
lung fever instead Of hog cholera, as some
hogs recover and in cholera they do not.
This complaint is still spreading in this
community rapidly.
Our Band boys are busy preparing the
ground for the tournament on the Cd, to-
| morrow. They expect about one thousand
present on that day. The Mount Sidney
Band will be on hand to furnish music :;
also a string band to furnish music for the
ball. This will take place on a large stage
erected for the purpose. where all can be
accommodated who wish to indulge in the
fantastic hop.
j. Hartman Slower and wife passed
through our town on Saturday last.
Rev. c. z. Dyche and family are visit
ing their parents at Berkeley Springs, Va.
Miss Ella KILLER, from Middlebrook, is
visiting friends here.
The U. B. pulpit will be filled on next |
Sabbath at oclock by Rev. Horn.
Mr.. Minor Hamrick, of your town,
spent Sabbath with his mother Of town.
Mrs. Lucy Clinedinst of Dayton, has
been on a visit to her father of our town.
Mi J. w. Fisher has been confined to
his room for some days with bilious
attack
Mr.. J. w. Read, from Jackson's river,
spent Sunday at his sisters, Mrs. D.
Fisher, on his way home from Baltimore,
where he has been for goods.
Everybody is having his or her picture
taken now at J. T. Ewing's portable pho
tograph gallery. He remains with us
this week only.
Their were nine persons baptized by
the Dunkers on Sunday last in the river at
Hulyey's Mill, near here.
Our School Board are making arrange
ments to build a. new house at this place.
This is q move in the right direction.
Hope the one man power will not interfere
in this undertaking as it has interferred
in the appointment of a justice at this
place. Three petitions have gone in from
here for three different men signed by the
bone and sinew of this voting place, and
by some means OF other they have failed
to be recognized by the appointing power. ]
If the poor men Of our county, the voters
will look at these little towns !;
such as Spring Hill, Mt. Scion, Parnassus,
Mt Sidney and all other one-horse places, /
they will see that it is only certain class
that can be appointed to Office, and these
cannot be appointed unless the one man, !
the boss, is consulted and if he says no,
your doom is fixed. If he says yes, you
are all 0. x. But you can't be appointed :
to anything from a roadmaster to a reve-
nue. position unless you go to your voting
precinct and see the boss. and you will {
find him there every time. And if he !
should not be at home just go the next {
little town and get their boss, he viii do 5
the desired work for you. This we have
seen in the last few months to occur in
the change Of our P. M. Mt. Scion boss s
to this. Democrats who talk about
Billie Malone being our boss, and swear y
that they would not belong to party that !
had boss, have forgotten that they have
one at every polling place in the county and
when the Sd Of November comes around
do not vote your sentiments, but get up
soon and go to the polls and your boss will
be there; he will tell you what and how
and when and who you shall pull to the
polls, what you shall tell them about the
party, Bill Malone and the
niger. Talk about boss, it is time to let
vote as they may think best.
Every man has right to use his own
Judgment in the matter. and a man. that
will let another pull him up as we have
seen it once or twice, to the polls, ought !
not to be allowed to vote, and if these Q
little bosses that you find at these little
towns would attend to their own business
At their own towns, they would do much
better, and some of them would not be
defeated when they run for Office. Re- e
member that North river township is a !
arge thing to carry in ones vest pocket. q
GU can count on one Republican vote G
,he Sd of November if we can get to the |
polls without being pulled. b
REPUBLICAN.
South River Items.