The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1885-09-10

TfiH PLACE. THE PEOPLE AND THE PLEAS
UREs JoTTINGs FROM THE COUNTRY
SURROUNDING.
Editorial Correspondence. j

Editorial Correspondence.
STRIBLING SPRINGS, Sept. Z, 1885.
This delightful summer resort has been
well patronized this season. The atten-
dance of visitors commenced early, and
has kept up at uniform number of be-
tween rs and 100 to the present time. a
more genial, refined, cultivated and agree
able gathering of people has never assem-
bled in the mountains of Virginia. The
absence of formality-the.s evidence OF
good breeding-converts the visitors into
something like large family, each one
seeking to contribute to the enjoyment Of
the other, and all animated by that fellow
feeling which makes the world akin
| There is preponderance of ladies and
children, and happier and brighter col
lection of both was never brought together
from distant sections of the country or
presented the bright side of humanity in
more prominent distinction. 1t is here
illustrated how much pleasure may be adj
ministered by each individual of COM
pany, whereall in unaffected naturalness,
are ambitious to reciprocate pleasant
greeting, speak a kind word and show q
sympathy which touches the better or
kindlier emotions of our nature. The in.
! evitable and ubiquitous grumbler, cyni
cally dyspeptic and naturally perverse, is
| happily absent Indeed the atmosphere
here would be unhealthy for him, and he
would be as much out of place as it is ira
l AT r ~, hn
company of Seraphim and Cherubim.-
| There is an exposure and blending of all
the nuer and nobler sensibilities, to consti-
tute IA fortress against the approach, much
| less the entrance, of the chronic fault
finder or the hypercritically nice. which
keeps the currents of pleasure in their
natural flow without rock or reef to
mar or disturb the placid surface. Lou
isiana and Mississippi are represented by
several charming families, rejecting their
sunny skies in their smiling faces, and
Virgniacomes in for a good representation
of the graces and attractions which have
made her social circles proverbially hospi-
table. Among them are two daughters of
the lamented Patrick Henry Aylett whose
tragic death at the capitol disaster some
years ago, bowed and saddened a whole
people. One with more to live for and
more to hope for, could not have been cut
down in the bloom of his manhood and
the flower of his brilliant intellect AS an
orator and writer he was almost with
out a peer. combining the rare versa
tilities and attractions of mind and per-
son, which make up the profound lawyer.
| the impressive statesman, the magnetic |
declaimer, discriminating critic and Incl |
sive assailant. No man Of his day had at |
his command richer fund of informa- |
tion and learning, and the rare gift to i'm |
part them to others, nor since his ''un-
timely taking off, has his equal, in all re-
spects, appeared upon the theatre of po- |
lemic encounter. But this is a diversion |
from the intended scope of these jottings, |
provoked by the revival of agreeable men,
cries of this gifted Virginian. in the |
presence of his stately and attractive |
daughters, who drew to him the af- |
fection and admiration of so many of the |
young men of the State, who watched his |
ascending star as it shone with increasing |
brilliancy and splendor, until, ere it |
reached its zenith, it rolled down its bril- |
liant pathway to the tomb-sudden, sad. |
dark, terrible in the manner and occasion. |
| 1t was only intended to mention the pleas |
ant and cultured company which marks the |
present season here, and that all the ap- |
I mi t,fn onfc
mensurate to the comfort, accommodation |
and qualification of the entire attendance |
! The social converse, the dance, the Gro
quet grounds, the walks and rides, the +.
improvised gaieties and jollities of the |
young, the bright and cherry faces, the |
excellent menu, the considerate atten-
ton OF the hOst-all make sum of enjoy |
ment, which is seldom met without some
disagreeable alloy, at a public resort of |
| this kind.
Within radius of three hundred Yards
| there are sulphur, chalybeate, alum and |
| freestone waters, and the amount of bene-
| fit they contribute to impaired health, |
from whatever cause, is incalculable, each |
partaking of the waters adapted to his or |
her condition. A short distance from |
here is the O'Connell Lithia Spring, which |
has afforded relief to some stubborn cases
of kidney trouble. The presence of these
Sc yeral waters indicates diversified min
erals in the surrounding hills, but in such |
confused and deranged condition as to |
defy an accurate geological location of |
them. 1t may be that to this very confu- |
sion is due the varied waters and their |
healing qualities. In no portion of the /
Virginia mountains is there such diver
sity OF waters, combining so many cura-
tive properties. 1t is a pharmacy of |
Nature, with the remedial agencies so |
nicely adjusted as to cause assimilation in
so gentle and certain way that the pana-
cea is furnished for almost any and every
condition Of the human system, impaired |
by the irregularities of work OF deranged
by the violation of the laws of health.
DR.. G. N. Kinney, the resident physi-
clan here, has been quite i'll for some days,
from the effect of acute rheumatism seiz-
ing upon constitution greatly impaired |
by general ill-health. He has been at
tended by DR.. j. T. Clarke, of Mt. Scion,
and at this writing is on the mend
Mr.. Driver, a mile from the Springs,
has commenced converting a large tract {
of oak timber into barrel slaves. In the
first effort to place the machinery, the en-
CINE fell over, and was so much broken as
to render it useless. An engine in the
neighborhOod was leased. and now the
mandatory is in successful, and it is
hoped, profitable operation. The slaves
will be marketed in the East.
No where in the Valley is farming COLI
Quoted with more taste and Judgment
than within radius of six miles of this
place. Fifteen years show a marked i'm
provement in the appearance of the lands,
the buildings and barns and in productive
ness. There are some as neat and aJtrac-
tive farms as one would see in a day.
ride anywhere, ard gratifying indication