The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1892-03-24
Augusta County News.


i John McLannahan, one of the olde
: citizens of this county, died at his hon
= near Barterbrook, after brief Hines
. The announcement of the death of NJ
e McLannahan caused no little surpris
throughout the community, as it ha
been but few days since he was NOV
ing among his neighbors and attendin
: to business in health and strength, a.
though beyond seventy years Of age
We are unable at this writing to Civ
5 the particulars as to the cause of th
! death of Mr.. McLannahan but iron
what we could learn he was stricken
with paralysis on Friday and never raj
lied Mr.. McLannahan, so we learn
served in both the Mexican and the lat
Civil war. He was buried from Tinlk
ling Springs church on Monday fore
noon.
We have just learned of the death O
Mr.. Edward Terrell which occurred or
Saturday night, at the residence of his
father in Waynesboro. For over IL yeal
Mr.. Terrell suffered from complication
OF diseases, but seemed, about two
months ago, to have started on a fail
way to recovery, and his friends, from
week to week, noticed with pleasure, the
signs of returning health, but it appears
that week or two ago he contracted a
severe cold from the effects of which he
had partially recovered when seized
again-this time with fatal results, as
his weakened constitution could not
withstand the repeated assaults in such
rapid succession. His funeral was an
nounced to have taken place on Monday
forenoon. Mr.. Terrell was aged about
forty-two and was much esteemed by
those who knew him for his many sterl-
ing qualities.
! Mr.. George Kritzer, the octogenarian,
who met with the very painful accident
three weeks ago, was, when last heard
from by us, doing far better than could
have been hoped for, when the nature
of his hurt, together with his age are
considered. The fracture being of that
bone that unites the leg to the frame is
out of the reach of treatment and ren>
ders it next to impossible for the patient
to be made easy while lying down, while
there is no motion of the body that does
not cause the greatest pain. We met
his son. John K. on Tuesday of last
week who gave us the above informa-
ton.
We were forced to the conclusion by
the weather of the last ten days to give
the groundehog credit of being both a
prophet and the son of a propl t. 1t is
seldom that as fully developed blizzard
ever strikes these parts as the one your
correspondent had the honor of meeting
on last Thursday between Fishersville
and Staunton. On that occasion, as we
drove along at slow trot there sudden
ly appeared in front of us and about the
fourth of a mile away, what appeared
to be a veritable wall of snow, SO dense
that no object 10 feet away could have
been by any possibility distinguished
by sight. Before one could count six,
the storm was upon us and SO great was
the down-pour that in an instant every
white. To one who stood and saw the
snow-storm as it came rushing from the
west, it had the appearance of vast
white curtain let down from the clouds
and driving forward with increditable
speed. 1t was grand spectacle. Had
the downfall taken place on frozen
ground there would have been at least
four inches of snow in the hour it lasted,
as it was, the ground was bare again in
few hours after the storm had passed,
the sun was shining with warmth and
brightness and the blue birds and robins
were making their presence known by
their cheerful warblings. The Their
mometer hardly knew what to do with it
self On that day as at sunrise there was
the promise OF as bright a spring day as
ever delighted man, and before shutdown
there had been change to freezing with
all the other wintry Accomplishments,
and back again to nearly summer tenn
perature. and Thursday has not been
the only day in which the weather has
been on a regular spree, for on Sunday,
at $50 with a bright sun and calm atmos
phere, while at 3 p. m. the mercury had
dropped to 800, the sky was overcast
with deep snow-laden clouds and the
wind bowling at % to 80 miles per hour
from the north east-a real old fashioned
to-de-aUdr March,
DIR. A. J. Burkholder, eldest son of
our high esteemed and progressive fell
low citizen, P. T. Burkholder has re-
turned from New York Veterinary Col
lege fully equipped for the practice OF
his most useful profession. Dr. A. J.
| Burkholder is young man of whom
his community is justly proud, and he is
destined to cut his name high on the
pillar of fame, for he enters the profess
sion, not only with the finest natural in
telligence to which by the hardest study
has been added such information as only
our excellent veterinary schools can inns
part, but he brings with him natural
love for this particula calling, with in
dustry, patience, quickness of percep-
ton and all other qualifications that
combine to make the emiuently success
full practitioner. How rapidly we are
getting out of the old-time ruts may be
seen when we hear of such gifted young
gentlemen as A. J. Burkholder entering
the profession of veterinary surgery-a
profession, the Importance of which can
Dot be overestilnated. Already DR.. B.
has his hands full and is going night and
day. We, with all who knew him, bid
him God-speed and abundant success.
Rev. John W. Wolfe, who for four
years has so acceptably discharged his
duties as minister and pastor on Angus
ia Methodist circuit will preach for the
last time as pastor at Fishersville on
next Sabbath. Mr.. Wolfe has perform
ed a most faithful part by those who be
long to his charge, and no pastor ever
left a people more sincerely beloved and
honored than is he. Were it not that