The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1891-07-16
Hill Country of Judea Items.

Some of our people went to Staunton
to hear Rev. Sam Jones and they say he
gets there sure enough.
DIR. s. H, Bell our family physician,
| lost an infant son last week from hemor-
rhage. 1t was inferred at Messy Creek.
| John G. Erwin, who has been engaged
in business at Petersburg, w. Va, has
sold his store and come home to stay for
| the present.
| Mrs. Lavina Echard, wife of Philip
! Echard. deceased, celebrated her 18th
birthday on the 4th, she having been
born July the 4th, 1916.
The young people of Long Glade gave
a very good entertainment not long since
at the school house, which was gotten
/ up by Messrs. G.. A. Picker, John B.
LowInan and John Driver.
Major j. H. Erwin. of the Glade. who
has been suffering for over two years
from severe stroke of paralysis is not
improving any, but mentally is ailing
very much at this time.
Mr.. William H. Tutwier, of Center
vile, has bought of j. W. f. Allemong
the J. w. Click farm of 100 acres, we'll
improved, on the river below Bridgewa>
ter Consideration S43 per acre.
Mr.. Charles s. Erwin, our neighbor,
had the finest lot of lambs we have seen.
They weighed some of them over 100
| pounds, aud averaged nearly eight doll
lars per head of old sheep, lambs and
| wool.
! There is a disease among the swine now
here that is called the fever but it acts
more like the grip or fever. Mrs Echard
and Levi Whitmer, ESQ.,, have lost sew
eral, also S. c. Neff and Others It is fatal
in most cases.
Messrs. Michael Holler and John s.
Landes have rebuilt the store-house at
Roman, and have now a good two story
frame house, and Mr.. Noah Simmons has
opened out a new store, and we hope our
friend Noah will do good business.
The good people of the chill country
are just now getting through harvesting
one of the best crops of wheat that we
have seen since coming to Augusta coun-,
ty eleven years ago. The corn and grass
are looking fine, also the fruit prospect
is very good.
Mrs. Martha Dickson, wife OF Matthew
Dickson. of Bridgewater, died not long
since and was buried at st. Michaels
church. Rev. Mr.. Buck. of the Lutheran
church, officiating on the sad occasion.
| The deceased Was in her Goth year and
had dropsy with heart trouble.
The Slate Hill Farmers Alliance at it's
last meeting in June elected the follow
ing officers for one year: John L. Hunter,
President; J E. Sheets, Vices President;
S. H. Good, Secretary, and Jacob Swift
ger, Treasurer. They will be installed at
next meeting, the last Saturday in July.
Your correspondent anticipates pleas
ant ramble through the hills and nouns
tains OF West Virginia some time in Oc-
tober near the time of meeting of the
Presbytery at Chenille in Gilmer coun-
ty, w. Va, AS there is to be reunion
of a dozen brothers and sisters at the ole
homestead where our aged parents re
J side, while we are scattered over Virgin,
la, West Virginia and Ohio, and are al
married and settled down, but one broth
! err who is in Richie county, w. Va. w,
r hope the reunion will be complete ant
highly enjoyed by every member of tn
, family. Our home OR place of meeting i
near Roanoke, Lewis county, ten mile
Q above Weston on the Westfork river.
n July 9Th, 1891. P.B. w.
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