Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-07-22
EXCHANGE NOTES.

Winchester Times On Monday a big
mule on the farm of Mr.. Henry Rowland
of Clearspring, was noticed while out
in the field to be acting very qneerily,
and seemed to be biting at something on
the ground, and great agitation was no
ticed among the cows IN the same field.
Upon investigation II was noticed the
mule was kneelng on the body of a three
DAYS old calf, and had the carcass nearly
deyoured. The COWS tried to horn him
away when he first caught it, but he
kicked and paved them fercely, and,
while the calls mother bawled frantical-
", ate the calf almost entirely, except
the bones. II is said to be very rarely
that a mule dcyelopes taste for flesh,
but the above case is witnessed by Messrs.
Prather and Stanley, of that section.
Between Winchester and Middletown
(ou the Valley Turnplke)are three very
old tollgate keepers. Mrs. Lottie Hill
man, who is now about 80 years old, Mr..
David Watson and Mr.. Daniel Huff, both
of whom are over 80. Each of these
veteran collectors commanl the respect
of the travelling public.
Page Courier In digging the grave for
Peter C. Brubaker last week, at the old
Brubaker grave yard, west of the RIVER,
there was found few feet below the snr-
face a number of rare Indian relics and a
deer horn. History states that oil this
farm was the scene Of the last Indian
degradation in this connty.
Mr.. P. d. KILLER. a respected citiz' n OF
this county. who lives near Hamburg, re-
porte to this Office the action of an old
and fayorite hen born and bred on his
place. This hen, who never fails to DO
her duty IN the egg oil chicken Inc, is the
happy mother this year as usual OF
large brood of promising chicks. Not ex-
pecting the storm aud heavy rain fall
which suddenly broke last Monday upon
Mr.. KILLERS section of the county, this
motherly old hen had her family out in
the grass field near the house teaching
them how to scratch for Themselves
Alarmad by the sudden rain squall she
CLICKED her brood together ard under
took to shelter them all under her pre-
tecting wings, but like some mothers OF
more intelligence she discovered that she
had mere children than she could take
care of, and hence two little chirpeis
were left ont in the rain. When the
storm was over and she became aware OF
their dangerous condition she took them
one at time in her beak and gently
carried them to the kitchen stoye, whose
genial warmth speedily restored them to
life and sprightliness. Mr. Kibler will
exhibit this hen to all callers at the
moderate charge of Is cents apiece.
Mr.. VIM. +. Grayson, an old and we'll
known citizen of Page, and brother of
Elder B. F. Grayson, of this town, died
last Sunday evening at 3 o'clock, at his
home at the tollgate, near the top of the
MassanuttOn mountain. He was about
"a years Of age.
Mr. George Mitchell, known for nearly
half century to most of onr older peo-
ple as an honest, reliable and industrious
citizen of this county, died last Sunday
evening at o'clock, at the residence of
his son. Mr.. A. J. Mitchell, near Lnray.
Mr.. Mitchell was born in London, in
what year he did not know-but he al
ways said 1t was early IN this century
He was certainly more than so years old.
Mr.. c. NJ. Keyser has in his possession a
letter addressed to his father, the late
Peter Keyser, of this county, bearing
date May, 1923, nearly seventy years ago.
The letter was addressed to "Luray,
Shenandoah county, Va" there being no
post-oflice in the county north Of Luray
at that time.
Moorefeld Examiner: We have often
heard that cat would suck a sleeping
child's breath, but we never believed 1t.
However such thing has occurred quite
rece lily near here. A few days ago Mrs.
VIM. Frlddle entered a room where she
had left her baby asleep and found a cat
upon the bed with its mouth close to that
of the child, and chasing the cat away
she fcund the baby blue in the face and
apparently dead but after some moments
the child was resusctated.