The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1885-10-08

Reported for tho vIRGINIAS.l


Reported for the vIRGISIAS.l
Mr.. John Slabach. formerly of Pennsyl-
vania, having sold his farm near Fishers
vile, contemplates returning to his native
State in November.
Chas. A. Arnall has bought the farm Of
Mr.. SAINT Steele-1s0 acres at 1--WE hear)
$50 per acre.
There is quite an excitement in Fishers
vile over the low prices at which goods
are sold there. There are four stores in
the village and things are booming. Mr..
S. W. Patterson, whose store is in the
east end of the village, is quoting staples
at and below Staunton prices. He is de-
termined not to be undersold, and those
who know him best know that he means
ssbusiness when he takes notion.
The article written by your correspond
ent week or two ago, in which was set
forth the advantages that would accrue
both to the travelling public and the G. &
o. r. r., by the introduction of certain
changes of schedule, &C., has met with
hearty approval from all quarters. In a
few days petition win be forwarded to
headquarters at Richmond, asking the
management to arrange the schedule SO as
that the local freight train may run west
ward reaching Staunton at about 8 a.
M, and eastward, leaving that point
SO as to give the people the advantage of a
day in the city. The arrangement can be
made by putting an extra engine OH to
work at Staunton and Waynesboro and by
allowing the crew that brings the train
from Clifton Forge to Staunton to lie off
there and do the shifting for the next trip
east, letting the crew found in Staunton
take the train on toward its destination.
Railroad men are an accomplishing, over
worked set of people. They fail Of getting
half the credit or sympathy they are en-
titled to. Think OF these poor way-frelght
men. They are aroused from their hunks
at Clifton Forge at 4:30 a. m. They 60 to
work at once. All day long they are draw
ing brakes, changing switches and lifting
the heaviest kind CT freight. All their
meals must be eaten while on the run and
there must be poor satisfaction in a meal
when the eater is expecting momentarily
to be called by the whistle to the brakes.
They reach Charlottesville, the end of
their division, at IL O'Clock at night.
Their train is disposed of and then they
seek few hours repose to be called up
again before the peep of day. While it is
not our purpose to pick quarrel with the
corporation that employs them, we are
free to say that everything considered, the
crews of the way-freight, from the con-
ductors to the front brakemen, don't get
one-half compensation for the labor they
perform. Let US hope that either they
may be relieved of some of their labor or
that more wages be paid them. In justice
to them, we must say that not soul
them has limited word of COM
plant to your correspondent but he has
picked his information up by personal OBJ
servation. A society for the prevention
of cruelty to railroad men is in order.
Our Agricultural Fair has grown to be.
under its present management, the pride
of our people. Year after year has it kept
abreast with the times, until this year it
seems as though Col. A. w. Hartman, the
president, and Capt. G. Julian Pratt, the
secretary, bid fair to boom it ahead of the
age. There will be an increased patronage
this season for all the railroads running
into Staunton offer the lowest rates, even
going so far as to sell tickets good for the
round trip over their routes, with fair
ticket coupon attached, thus making the
cost of the ride and entrance to the fair
grounds mere song. Rockbridge, ALLIE
ghany, Bath, Highland and Rockingham
will pour their hundreds into Staunton
during the fair season. An examination
of the pamphlet issued by the Association
will convince any man of intelligence that
even older associations are far behind the
B. A. F. organization. Let rs all go to
the Fair.
The hog cholera is beginning to abate
slowly.
Jos. Miller's little girl BERTHE has been
quite sick. She is now better.
Your correspondent will bet treat that
Robt. Henderson s little girl, Carrie Duke,
will take the prize at the baby show.
We have had good rain and farmers
are smiling.
Republicans are looking very cheerful
since Brown Aliens speech on Court day
and Jno. s. Wise's on Saturday. You may
expect to hear things boom in this county
on election day. Wise made several Re-
publicans out of the material he found on
hand Saturday, and heard one person
who heard Allen, say that he needed no
further argument to cause him to forever
denounce Democracy.