Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-11-24

4 little three year old daug liter Of Mr..
William Dinges, of Page county, was
burned to death on Friday, of last week.
Mrs. Dinges left the unfortunate little
one and another child IN the house for
a very little time while she went after
wood, and returning found the child
dead.
Many farmers 90 not know that the
best quality of leather has no strength IN
It until it is oiled, but it is a fact. You
can tear good leather as easily as you can
a cotton rag If their is no oil in it. Keep
your harness well oiled and it will last
twice OF three times as long, Use good
oil, and you Will save money.
Mr.. Lem. II. Hoover, of near this place
caught five yellow suckers on Saturday
last that aggregated 133 pounds. The
largest one weighed 81 pounds. Mr..
Hoover is now waiting for certain Wood
stock fisherman to down him when he
will show his hand BY doing much better
than the above.
If we should have an alarm of fire after
midnight the wisdom of allowing the
street light f, burn all light in front of
the engine hoase will become painfully
apparent. Bat It vii then be too late
for that time and may cause delay
that will prove to be the most expensive
saving of a little coal oil on record.
Mr.. Benjamin Hottie, while making a
wedge on Wednesday, of last week, had
the misfortune to slide his thumb little
too far over the piece of wood and the
sharp edge of his Ratchet took off the
end so slick that Mr.. Hotel would hardly
have known it a t the time had be not
seen the piece of thumb hop eff without
asking lief or saying good-6y.
We believe the large majority of tie
people OF Shenandoah would like to see
the bounty on hawks restored, as they
are far more destructive than all the
wild cats tAat ever sqoalled in this
county. If the value of the chickens
and other poultry destroyed in one year
BY these savage birds of prey in Shenan
doah alone, could be asceytained it woull
appear almost incrediable.
Hon. James Mcdonald, who for nearly
half a century has been a conspicuous
figure in public life as an editor, Secre-
tary of the Commonwealth, and Adjutant-
General, died in Richmond Wednesday, OF
last week. General Mcdonald was born
near Lynchburg in 1874. Governor KEN
per appointed him Adjutant-General,
which ofice he filled continuously to the
time of bis death.
The SKY was overcast with leaden
clouds on Tuesday morning, and early in
the forenoon a light fall of sleet, or rath-
er fine hail commenced. This soon turn.
ed to a rapid fall of snow which cOntln-
ued until the ground was covered
probably to the depth of an inch, when
drilling rain set IN making the walk
Ing miserable and the weather about as
gloomy and depressing as it could well
/ be-
Lives of poor men oft remind us
honest mer won't stand no chance, the
more we work there grow behind us
bigger patches on our pants. Ga our
Pants, once new and glossy, now are
stripes of different hue, all because
subscribers liuger and won't pay US what
is dJe. Then let us he up and doing,
send 10 our mite, However small, or ben
the snow Of winter strikes us, we shall
have 70 pants at all"
Mr.. Frank MclntulfT, of PJwells Fort,
vas tried by our County Court last week
for disturbing a religious meeting, found
guilty and sentenced to twenty days in
Jail and fine of thirty-fve dollars, and
yet Mr. McInturff was not one whit worse
than number of boys of Woodstock
who cOngregate around the churches and
10 yestibnles and disturb the cOngrega-
tions. If all the guilty ones were in Jail,
Mr.. Wenger could not find room for them.
It would not surprise us if quite a number
of Woodstock boys were presented to the
next grand jury.
A man may use a wart On the back OF
his neck for collar button, ride on the
back coach of rail road tram to save the
interest on his money till the conductor
comes around; stop his watch nights tC
save the wear and tear, leave his,"i" or at
without dot or cross to save ink pasture
his mothers grave to save corn; but q
man of this kind is a gentleman and {
scholar compared to fellow who vii
take a newspaper two or three years ant
when asked to pay for it puts it in the
Office, and has it marked refused"
The annual report Of First Assistant
Postmaster General Jones recommend
that the experimental free delivery in
small towns and villages be discontinued
at the END OF the current year, the an
nual outlay Of 100000 not being
justified by the results of the experiment
which be regards as failure
We Woodstock people think FRS
Assistant P. NJ. General Jones is mistaken
about that thing. Nothing has contrib
uted more TO the harmony Of the hom
circle than the free delivery. Under tbs
old system many a family row was caus
e ed by the wife finding in her husband
) pocket letter which be positively declsr