Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1890-08-15

morning and evening. All persons, white
and colored. are cordially invited to l e
Drssent Good order will be preserved.
| Mr.. Charles Burner, ofthi0 place, while
on a mountain ridge, opposite town, kill
Oh a very large rattlesnake. The snake
was in coil ready to strike, while Mr..
Rrrner stood within few inches of it for
some 7ime before he was aware of his
dancer. A sudden move on his part
cansed the deadly reptile TO spring his
rattle. and also caused Charlie to increase
the distance between them in a very
short time. Aiming himself with stones
he soon finished the snake and secured
his rattles.
Mr.. Jacob Funk, ST., the well-known
Powelrs Fort bark man, called to see us
on Wednesday, and presented us with the
rattes Of a large snake he killed while it
was crossing the road in front of his team
that morning. Not finding rock or
stone handy Mr.. Funk pitched into the
snake with his wagon whip and soon had
bi, rattles. Mr.. Funk, as we'll as many
others who have been working in the
mountains, say that they have never
known snakes to be as plenty as this
season. This seems strange in view of the
great number that have been killed in the
past few years by the many bark and tie
men who have been working in the
mountains.
The Farmers Alliance Cooperative
Manufacturing Co, are preparing to show
the people generally their great plant at
Iron Gate, Va, and let them see for them
selves what the company propose to do
at that place In order to do this they
invite all alliance men and others to visit
Iron Gate Friday, August 22nd, at which
time the Inauguration of their new works
viii take place, as they will be COM
p'eted and in operation by that time.
They consist of a groupe of four immense
buildings comprising 26,700 square feet Of
flooring, filed with machinery for making
plows, wagons and other farming nipple.
meuts on a large scale. Excursion tickets
will be sold from all points on the c. 4 O..
r. r and all its branches, at four cents a
mile for the round trip. 1t Is to be hoped
that the same arrangements can be made
with the other roads.
DR.. Lincoln, of Lacey's Springs, Rock
ingham county, met with heavy loss on
Tuesday night In company with bis
wife he was driving home from CapOn
Springs with a double team, land reaching
this place concluded to stop over night
with his friend, Mr.. VIM. Supinger. The
horses were carefully stabbed and after a
pleasaut evening all retired tor the night.
I'm the morning one of MIR. Suplnger's
family went 10 the barn and discovered
that one of Dr. Lincoln's horses was dead.
A ha,ty examination showed that the.ani-
NAL. a valuable three year old Purdy, had
gotten ms leg across the halter and in his
struggles broke bis neck. The horse was
still quite warm, showing that his death
could only have occurred but short
time before finding him. The loss to DR..
Lincoln is heavy one, the colt being
very valuable and of great promise.
The readers )t this paper are requested
10 give careful attention to the advertise
ment I'm this issue. of valuable lots for sale
by the Harrisonbuig Land and Improve
mcnt Co, on August goth. The company
owns some OF the best and most yalua bic
land in that progressive yOdng city, and
those who are fortunate enough TO secure
one or more of these lots Will certainly
make biz money on their investment.
harrisouburg is one of the most solid, pro
yres,iye and rapidly growing towns IN
the State, and the lands of this company
must rapidly advance in value. No better
location for manufactures Of various
kinds can be found, as the discovery Of
minerals in abundance IN the near neigh
borhood Of the town, and OF anthracite
coal only ten or twelve miles distant,
must give an immense impetus to en-
terorises of various kinds Don't forget
tie great sale on August Goth. 1t may be
the opportunity Of life time.
Mr.. Frank Racey, well-knOwn citizen
of Cedar Creek Valley, about ten miles
north Of this place, met with a most dis
tresslng accident on Friday night, OF last
week. He was hauling a heavy load of
mill feed across the mountain, on the Mt
lOlive and Cedar Creek road, and at a
steep mp grade he went back to put a
chunk under the hind wheel AS the wagon
had commenced to move back. I'm
fortunately he slipped and fell, the wheel
Ion which there was a new and SHARP
edged tire passing over his leg below the
lknee, cutting and hanging the fest
terribly and crushing both bones so badly
that some of the pieces protruded through
1.-The flesh. As it was after night anC
some QIsldutt llOul luC HfoAboN NNS4'ANo
Mr.. Racey lay for a considerable time
before be was found by a man who
CHANGED to be passing over the road. HI
was taken to his home and DR.. Carte
called in. At first it was feared that i'm
mediate amputaton would be necessary
but it is now hoped that careful treat
ment may save the limb.
A country cemetery-the name almos
4 a synonym for gloom, sadness, depression
a neglected, weed grown, brier ridden
{ sodess, painless spot. The Chinese, darl
and ignorant as they are, give largely O
< their best and highest ground for crowd
ing away their teeming population. Blu
the most picturesque cemeteries in tn
D world are those of the Turks. Hearkel
We CIVILIZED people A simple stone q
, white is placed at every grave, cypress
planted. its odor supposed to neutraliz
anv noxious exhalatOns from the ground
and thus every cemetery becomes a forest
where by day hundreds Of turtle dove
are on the wing or perchlng on the trees