The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1889-05-30

Reported for the VIRGINIAN ]

corn. Many fields have been washed. ard
they present II furruwed and scarr. d con
ditiou. Much of the corn dill not coma
mp well, and hence considerable repahting
had To be done. Where there was a good
stand secured. it IS looking very we'll
Grass looks luxurious and the, lfay crop
will he a heavy one.-CInNer is i'll head
ard within the nj xt ten da, the click Of
the mower will be heard. Wheat is look
ing well aud has headed ont. finely. Should
the wet weat her continue. much of it will
lodge. On the whole. the outlook for an
abundant harry, st, is a COOL one. w hat
amount Of net ret urls MiiL ,rtSIlI to, the
farmer is a. problem that the simple rule
of thrs will not solve. w The, conditions
of the problem depend npon so many ext
gencirs and outward circumstances At
present orr mllers are only paving from
81 to IS cents per bnshri..o They are rap
idly grinding out stock on hand, SO as 10
close down a week or two, before the new
crop comes in. 80 =, ...,...,,....
Un.iLlhe, day before the election, little
or no lnterrstNwas maMifested' in it. ~ Sud
denly some were aroused and Courier.
were Disqualification a ticket that was
wont TO he voted on The coming day. Who
were the movers. in This. Your correspon
dent has not been informed. Inquiry has
been made, Int no one seems 10 know.
Kicking, is. vigorous and vehement all
! 4 3t,,..
ANOTHER pioloGnces It va contemplate
trick" From the lone of Il e remarks
that we hear on all sides the last of the
matter has not been heard from. There
are two many elections anyhow. Tfe
people are tired Of them.
Mr.. Kinney. who purchased fifty acres
Of wood land from Mr.. Frank Koiner q
few weeks before his death. has already
gotten out a large number of ties and. a
Quantity of tan. bark. Arrangements. have
been made and switch will be put in about
three fonrths of mile east Of Fishersville,
on Col. McCune's place. Mr.. MeCune has
also extended to Mr.. Kinney the right to
construct a .double.track wagon road TO
his land. An ore bank has been opent d.
with very favorable outlook as we under
stand. The property is in sight of Rover's
cosy dwelling. and as he has time aud time
again called the attention of your readers
to the existence of ore in the locality, We
accord to him the privilege of. more ex
tended notice. Some of the dry bones are
teginning to show signs of termination.
1t must be SO, and like the Qnakers when
the spirit moves one.it passes on until the
whole assembly is vsbly moved. Untold
advantages lie dormant here, and we
ing for the time when those who possess
means Will awake to their true Interest
and develop what lies. at their own
doors. Along comes the southern mail,
and a glowing account is given of some
project or wildcat scheme where money
can be made by the cart-load, as it were.
and straightway some rush off to secure
the coveted prize. just row the Wachlta
Valley in Texas seems to be the coming
Eldorado, Messrs. S. H. HUNT ard Jack.
Palmer have been Gut there, and the glow.
ing accounts given sound like d tale from.
the Arabian Knights. We do not doubt
thetruthfulness of these gentlemen. They
are men of undnubted yeracily. What
We want is that the truth may be known
concerning this section. WHICH we. verify
believe will be shown to b. the grandt st
within the next score of years between the
lakes and the Gulf of Mexico.
Years ago. there lived near Greenville an
old hunter that procured his entire living
by the Use of his flint lock rife. Not an
ounce of lead did he purchase for two
score or more of years that he spent hunts
ing OVER the spurs and ranges of the South
Mountain. Where did he obtain it? In
one Of the spurs along the range of his
fatorite hunting. So pure was it that it
wac Immediately moulded into bullets for
use in his rife. Poor man he has gone
from the hunt here, and the secret of the
lead That he used died with him. We had
the above statement from Mr.. Henry
Shutz. of Greenville. Mr.. S, further
stated that from the knowledge that he
had of the course the old hunter pursued
when on his way for fresh supply OF lead
that he could probably find it,
And just here We would say, Chat par
ties to look after the minerals along the
back of Greenville, can do no
better than procure the services of Mr..
Henry Shnltz as a guide He knows the
whole range-from Back creek to the
isock bridge line and be, ana. With mans
ganese. iron, building stone of various
kinds, number of OGRE and porcelain
clays, sand as white AS the driven snow
of which CRYSTALLINE glass can be made,
lead and probably silver ores known to exist
along the South river and the gontigAoua
range of mount aims, there is no reason
why this district may not become as ia.
nous as the one around pittshArg The
ball must roll. and as it twirls about here
and there. after Whilo it Will become
larger and larger, so that now, though the
eyes are dims they cannot help seeing.
=" THOMAS.
The Black iron ore bank. near Vesuvius,
on the Shelton tract. is being worked by |