Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-01-04
sTRAsBURG ITEMS.

Let others sing Of apple jack,
And twist their brains all ont of whack,
To have a good time once year.
BY drinking kegs of lager beer.
Not so with us, tic rot our style,
This glorious season to reyile,
With roasted goose, and cranberry sauce,
Wen shout the praise OF Santa Claus.
Mr.. Z. Redfsrn and family, Of Mines,
Page county, spent the holidays at the
old homestead on Pleasant Hill, in this
place.
The public school, OF our town. opened
again on Wednesday, January 2nd, Pref
Tsvenner in charge, with the full corps Of
Instructors In all the departments.
The bone merchant will do a rushing
business when he strikes Strasburg. The
turkey csrcssses strewn in and around
this town during the holiday season just
past may cause him to erect bone mill
here.
Our town was thronged with visitors
during holiday week, and nearly every
family entertained friends and relatives
from different portions Of the country, and
the good cheer dispensed was something
phenomenal.
1t never rains, but 1t pours in Strasburg.
During the holidays three different
churches gave Christmas celebrations in
their respective churches on the nights Of
December oath, 25th and Goth, alternately.
On these same nights the Templar exhibi-
tion was going on in Academy Hall. The
Mite Society oyster supper was held in
Mr.. s. II. Sonner's store room every night
during last week Also on the night Of
Dec. 9th the Masons held an oyster sup
per in their hall. Besides these there
were lots and lots Of private parties, and
sociables, together with masquerades, and
last but not least in numbers aud ugli-
ness, the bell-snickles, every night. For
the latter, thank God, the holidays are
past.
New Years Day, like Christmas,
dawned bright, clear and warm in this
place. There was but little demonstration
in the way Of shooting, or fire works, not
near so much as there was on Christmas
Day. Everybody seemed happy and in a
good humor, and with a feeling Of deter
mnation to make the year, just entered
upon, one Of the best in their history.
The majority Of our pc ople went to work
with a will, casting behind them the
faults and foibles, the sunshine and the
shadows Of the old year, and with fresh
inspiration born Of past experience and
augmented by the present happy and
propitiOus surroundings. Hail gladly the
New Year, and as Rip Van Wrinkle,
would say, "Here's to your good health,
your fsmly's good health, and may you
all live long and prosper.
The exhibition gwen IN the Academy
Hall by the l. o. G.. T. did not pass of as
smoothly as was expected, owing Gas the
Tsmplars allege, and substantiated by a
large body of our citizens) to the treach-
cry Of the trustee of the Academy building
in permitting rival band, or troupe OF
players, hastily gotten up, TO infringe
upon the time and place promised by
him months previous to the Templars.-
This of course came very near precipita-
ting a conflict between the Templars and
the trustee, and also between them and
what Is left of the stras5urg Cornet Band,
which after vainly trying to impede or ruin
the Republican torch light procession
here on the night of Nov. 20th, only sue
eeeded in running themselves as a band.
Discom fited and beaten they turned their
spleen to obstruct OF ruin the exhibition
long advertised OF the /. o. g. I. to be
given on the nights above mentioned
By getting permission of the trustee for
the use of the hall, in which to reheArse,
the Templars at the same time using the
hall daily and nightly for their rehearsals,
trimming and fixing up the stage and
getting ready for their performance,
strange to say, and to the utter astonish-
ment Of every lover of fair play, the
trustee gave permission to this most I'M
precedented and wholly unwarranted pro-
csedngs, by aiding this disgruntled band,
to oppose, injure, and if possible, ruin the
entertainment of the Good Templars. This
strange action upon the part of the trus-
tee and these wonderful musical patriots,
who refused to play for a torch light pro
cession on the frivolous excuse heretofore
mentioned in these columns, had it's re-
ward, for although yielding to the de-
mands of the trustee, the Templars al
though under many disadvantages, car
ried out their advertisement and gave
three splendid exhibitions, sssd uchly
merited the Success so generously bestow-
ed upon chem by fair minded and appre-
ciative public, who gave them good
audience every night. Their plays were
frst-class IN every particular, and in
strict accord with the advanced require
ments Of the age. and the whole rendered
in a manner commsndable to the per
formers and highly gratifying to the Gull
tlvated taste of the large audience
present nightly.