The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1891-09-17
Augusta Items.

r,a nav, f.o,,se,of Mrs. Fifer is under roof and
on its beauJifui Site viii add greatly TO Inc az
fractions of Fishefsvlle.
Georsa Custard brick layer, fell IN en- epliep,
tic Dc from a scaflold III Basic CITY rev GAYS
ago ana was severely nurt, ne ieii . ie90 40
clear striking Tat Oh the pacK-
the tnir,i quarterly meeting for Ausus1a St-
! cult NJ, 4 Ihurch, win be held next SATURDAY IN
the Church at Fshersville Rev. MI "a uAlei
F. f., win De present during the meeslis.
BY the removal OF Mrs. L. G. Dawes anu ialni-
" from Jfjs district TO near Parnassus WneIe
they bought the Fauber farm we iose ana rAt-
nassus gains a family of excellent people
Nrand Mrs Dasher of Allegheny were VlsiJlng
Their daugntar Mrs G. w. e. Karnes, near flsI-
ersville They were accompanied oy GLeid syn t
and returned to Allegheny on iuesaaS INC oo'i
An Ice cream festival .was held at ilnkllng
Spring last Tuesday night, but on account OF ohe
threatening weather and the aarEness ol . .la9
night, there was not q rall turh ouu % p "'S
Mr. Robt Hite wife and daughter. OF Vesn-
vus, spent several days with relatives neaf FISH.
preacher ard filed the pulpit Of Mr.. Wolfe Sun
day. The congregation were pleasea WIN mr.
Hites sermon.
The SUNDAY school festival at Christians Creek
on Friday night last, was most declueuly eH-
Joyabie affair and great success. me a,ainn5
tons. Guthries, Wilson's ana others IN thtG sec
tion know how to make success OF everything
they take i'll hand.
We learn that Alliance people are castlng
about in the expectation OF sending representa-
hives from their organization on as members Oh
the next LEGISLATURE Should they decide to do
SO, they will shake the political parties as they
now exist in this county clear out OF Uher ooots.
Marx it.
Your correspondent had the pleasure q few
days ago of seeing the finest collection of sea-
shells he ever saw togetneT Iiese sneis we're were
N. G.. on die GU il of that State and sent to
Virginia fru-a1 Ihere are smells OF all sizes
from the nlicloseopical baby OF the Cone, up TO
the full grown specimen Of the same species or
shell-fisfi. besides hundreds OF others.
Mr.. Isaac Moon. OF whose Illness we wrote last
week. died on the }rd at P. M, and was buried
on the day following in the Fishersville ceme-
terry.
Mr.. Moon had reached full four score years of
age, and up to within o year ago was considered
remarkably active, both physically and mental
~. He was gentleman Of wonderful mental
vigor and had acquired an excellent education
His Kindness and affability won for him large
circle of friends, and in the village and neigh
borhood of Fishersville he was a favorite and
welcome companion. He leaves widow, four
grown daughters and one son, Mr.. Ed Moon of
the d. ID. u b. Institution. The family have the
sympathy OF the community.
-Four years ago A. S. Lara planted, on the farm
he bought Of the Shumate heirs near Fishers
vile, an orchard of 1900 apple and peach trees
There were those who laughed at the idea of an
orchard OF that size, imagining that it would be
white elephant But the wisdom Of Mr.. lis
venture has become apparent to the most skep
tical, for in two years from planting the peach
trees bore paying crop, while now-the fourth
year from planting-there is an enormous crop
both of apples and peaches. The orchard and
farm are under the direction of Mr.. P. II. Roch,
Mr.. Lara's brother-in-iaw, and for six weeks
peaches on the market where they have aver
aged him $l50 per bushe
Mr.; Roch handed your correspondent dozen
peaches OF the Elbertha variety, Which were
GROWN on trees only one year old They were
the finest specimens ever saw outside Of New
Jersey or Maryland. On the same farm has been
planted a pear orchard Of tive acres. This is on
ly two years old but is already bearing. There
are now nearly four thousand trees Of different
kinds of fruit on bir. Lara's farm and more
thrifty orchards cannot be found anywhere.
This Valley is destined to be in. the near future
or the raising rpOlDn2
in the whole country; and Fishersville will be
the leading section. Tor in that particular iocali
ty are to be found all the conditions of soil &c,
that go to make 1t peculiarly a fruit growing
country.