Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-04-19
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BUREAU SHENANDOAH HERALD,
Cor. Man St. d X. X. Ave,
ManrefloMn, April II, -. }


Cor. Man st. Il r. X. Ave,
Maurerlown, April II, 's9. ,
Mr.. Martin L. snarr is slowly i'm
proving.
Mr.. Rosser Crabill was in town last
Sunday aud Monday.
Miss Jennie Kopp has returned to Bal
timore to visit friends.
We have heard the blue birds OCCASION
ally, but as yet have seen no bareiooted
boys.
Snarr a. Cohman have been receiving
quite a lot of maple sugar, and the little
ones are happy.
The house cleaning brigade will soon
begin, and then for time mans peace
and happiness will be gone.
Dandellon has put in its appearance ana
for the past two Sundays some OF our
citizens have been gathering it for Mon
days dinner.
Mr.. S. l.. Totty, importing tailor, Of
Winchester, called on his sister, Mrs. A. o.
Shaver. last week He promised MS In
come again shortly with fishing rod and
tackle and spend several days in fishing
The valuable stallion owned by Mr..
Stickley, near Strasburg, had his foreleg
broken at the farm Of Mr.. Elias Saum last
week. DIR. Shaver was called in and APP
piled a plaster Paris bandage. At present
the horse is doing well.
Emma Saum, little daughter Of Dr.
Frank Saum, OF this place, swallowed a
penny in Sunday school last Sunday. We
hope this will not result in blood poison
ing as was the case with the young lady OF
Plttsburg short time ago.
DR.. d. L. Shaver returned home from
Richmond, Va. last Saturday, aud
while in the city he attended the Medi-
cal State Board. We are glad to report
that he brought a certificate with him.
He says the object seems to be to turn
down young doctors, the examination
being very lmpracticable.
We would be pleased to see our people
each put their muscles or purse to use in
paving the street of our quiet little vii
lage. How unpleasant it IS to step Oh
some of the small boards or slabs aud have
your pantaloons decorated with dirty
water and mud. We have a few Of these
boards and slabs Let us all set aside
day and put down good sidewalks.
There seems to he "blood upon the
moon" in the latitude of Strasburg and
Judging from the vindictive and among
nous attack in the Jrginian and Nec' OF
late issue upon the Strasburg cores
pondent of the SHENANDOAH HERALD
there may he blood on somebody's face
soon. The obnoxious article referred to
is being critic ised freely in our village
Persons of both parties are unit IN de-
nouncing the article as vile production
from the pen of one whose low funG
malice from whatever cause engendered
should have found expression - II e1'
pressed at all-not as an anonymous
communication, which stamps upon It the
fine Italian hand of the assassin but
above the writer's own signature.
The funeral of Joseph b. Bowman, son
of Mr.. John w. Bowman, who died at hi'
fathers home between SIX and seven
o'clock on Thursday morning, the llth
took place at two o'clock last Friday
afternoon from lions church, and wa
largely attended. Rev. Daniel Rhodes
pastor of the Christian church OBLIGATED
The remains we're inferred in the family
graveyard. The pail bearers were Blk o
his Young gentlemen friends and asso
ciates. Mr.Bowman was only twenty-five
years and few months old. His was The
eighth case Of typhoid fever in the family
in the past few months, all the rest o
which rec overed. lie was a consistent
member OF the Christian church and hi'
memory will long be cherished by hi
friends and acquaintance Of which h'
had many. But few weeks ago he wa
among us in the full flush OF manhood
and he seemed to hold within his grasI
more than the three score years and ter
allotted 10 man. No one would have
thought in tue same moment Of young
Bowman and death Yet almost without
warning he passed from strength to weak
ness, from life pulsating with yigor u
death and decay The physicians skin
the loving agonized degotion Of parent
and friends were alike powerless to resls
the approach Of the Grim Destroyer "h'
stole upon him 'as thief in the nighb
and again we have another striking warn
ing Of the fact that "no king nor na''o'
one moment can retard the appointed
boury We extend our sympathies to th'
parents in their loss Of a noble son. Peac
to his ashes.