The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-04-04


principle instilled into it's character.
In after life the child to manhood grown
will always feel q thrill of pleasure in
saying, Il planted that tree"
Did She Mistake the Bank:
A bevy of pretty young ladies were
passing along Main street yesterday
chatting gaily as young ladies will when
they get together. AS they passed the
LyLcnburg National Bank, one of them,
glanciDg through the front windows
with look Of interest, remarked:
This is the First National Bank"
We'll, what of it?" said another in a
tone OF complete indifference and with
out even looking ct tho bank. "There
arc no handsome young men in there"
Tho handsomest bookkeeper, who is a
very handsome young man indeed, fell
down In dead faint on hearing this
unaDpreciative remark, but quickly re-
vivtd at the suggest ton 0dvaLced by the
teller that the young ladies had evil
IDENTIFY mistaken the location OF the
bank and wero thinking and speaking
OF the First National while looking at
tho Lynchburg National. And buoyed
up by this comforting thought, the
young men looked at eack other COM
placently.
young ladies mistake the bank?
1t is vcey evidt mt that the above ref
erence is to the First National Bank OF
Roanoke. 1t is q peri, CO galaxy OF male
loneliness. Oh, ! wish I had Glove
MIKE
Stoned to Death.
Sunday was day for all Roanoke to
be out. 1t was an ideal Easter. But
there was one thing which was done
that moro than one man regrets. Hun.
dreds of people went TO Crystal S3ring.
There was little wild diver duck
'di dappers," some people call them;
it is grebe, realy-which had settled
| flight north. About fifty men and boys
immediately thirsted for its life and
began polling it with stones. Ii
must have had it's wing hurt, for it
merely dive at every store which came
nesr. The di Diaper can dive quicker
than any living animal. doubt If /.
can DO shot at $50 yards, so quick is its
moti,n, diving at the flash. A rifle
bullet will travel that distanco in onc.
third OF a second and the diver will gel
ont of the way But after a time the
little duck got tired AMI one out Of a
volley OF stones broke its leg. After
that itcould only swim in circle and
sill fighting pluckily for life, the
breath was finally knocked out of its
| poor, harasseG, harm less little bod ? AMI
it was dead.
Tho Shenandoah Club.
The Shenandoah Club has taken 6
large house on Tazewell street, the
third from Jefferson street. and will
| proceed to ut it up at once in fine and
substantial manner. The call is ou
now for the initiation fee and first dues
and Secretary II. II. Greider will prob
ably have several thousand dollars II
hand by April Is. Tho club, however
does not court publicity and will live il
its own home atmosphere. 1t starts
| out under the most encouraging aus
| pices.
| TheHollins Yell"
A section of TIE TINES attended the
entertainment at the Second Presby
terian Church last evening ami re
ported that notable feature was The
church d' coralions and called esLec;all,
to the green ind yellow colors OF the
table. presided over by the Holm,
young ladies. All that could be fou nj
out at late hour was that sample
copy of tho college yell was PINNED t
the coat of each gentleman present.
is as follows:
Ilobble, gobblc,
| RaZz.c. dLZze,
| Sz boom, In,
llOlins. Rollins
Ila, ha. la.