Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-01-15
MT. CLIFTON, FOREST and CABIN
HILL ITEMS.

We awoke last Saturday morning to
welcome the first snow for the winter, and
tho boys are giving us the music OF their
sleighbells from morning until midnight.
Our people are beginning to fill their
ice houses, which some of our old prophets
said would be empty this year as We were
TO have no snow.
We have been informed the trains are
snowbound at both ends Of the railroad,
consequently the mail has not come to us
since Friday the Railroad Company hav'
ing changed the schedule Of the trains
which carry this mail. Our carrier leaves
Mt. Jackson before tho southbOund train
arrives, and one mail lays in Mt. jackson
one day. Instead Of getting the HERALD
on Friday, we get 1t on Saturday evening
Mr.. Moses Getg, OF the Forest vicinity,
will kill his large hog this week. This
hog is to weigh between six and seven
hundred pounds, and ham of 1t is to be
sent to President Cleveland.
Mr.. Thomas KerliD, Of the same neigh
borhood, has completed very large and
well-arraDged dwelling house.
Mr.. r. W. Robey, of Edinburg, is teach
ing very interesting school at Kerins
school house.
Mr.. Luther Bowers is preparing to build
a dwelling in the same neighborhood' MI
Bowers il teacher, and is now teaching
his third session at Millcrs school house
Job Jordan will butcher his beef Tues
day. There ia something remarkable
about this COW. Job traded a favorlte
COW valued at $1,000 for this one. Job
thought he had ten dollars in the trade
until he seated himself beside his new COW
70 milk-one motion Of her foot upset the
nail and prostrated Job. He cravled up
however, and left soon after, returning
with bushel Of corn, swore be would be
revenged. Job has fed until he figures
the value of his first favorite COW at minus
$500
Three Clifton boys, Blotchy, Jake, and
Dan, are using their hest efforts to start
mustAches.
Mr.. wysong is spending considerable
time in scheafertown, ostensibly for the
purpose Of taking orders for lime.
Mr.. Noah Coffman. of Cabin Hill, has
completed his new dwelling.
Mr. George Mumaw and Mrs. Isabella
podson have also built handsome dwell
ings, near Cabin Hill, during the last
summer.
Mr.. Eugene Coffman Is spending bis
second year In Columbus, Ohio, as stu
dent In a college Of that city. Eugene is
a hard student, and will leave college an
educated man in every sense OF the word
Mr.. F. Ryman is attending HoenshePs
Normal College, at Middletown, Va.
Cabin Hill takes the lead in educating
her boys.
Rev. Mr.. Holt has closed q very inter
esting revival at Cabin Hill.
We sec some democratic editors coming
out in open opposition to free books for
our schools. We thought these gentlemen
had endorsed the platform upon which
Fitz Lee was elected Governor. We are
fearful we shall have no schools II they
continue to misgovern as they have since
1880.
Mr.. Frank Dellnger, near Clifton, is con-
fined to bis bed from humps. Mrs. Eras-
mus Dellinger, who has been quite low
from pneumoDia, Is eonvslescing.
Mr.. r. A. White viii leave for Jackson
Vile, ILL.,, this week. Instead ofsaying in
our last weeks items that J. II. Osborne
had married the only daughter Of a
wealthy banker, we should have said
daughter of wealthy farmer and stock
raiser. MEMO.