Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-05-30
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ing. There were number of ministers pres
ent, also delegates. The community showed
its hospitality by entertaining them royalty.
A good deal of church business was transact
ed and all seemed to enjoy their trip to the
village.
The late good rains and sunshine, have put
a goodly smile upon the physiognomy of the
| farmers. !. It brought up the short oats, corn,
and grass, which, by the way, will not be so
bad after all. Corn has come up well and
! there is a fair acreage out The prospects for
a good crop are so far fiattering. An old and
sturdy farmer asked US the question the other
| day why it was that wheat was only so to so
cents per busheI, and when you go to the mills
for ofal it is II to 20 dollars per ton, about as
much as the wheat is worth-not far off any
how. There must be money in milling nova
days
We hear of good deal of wife beating in
these latter days. A little white-capping
would not be out of order in case of that
kind. A man who will stand up, vow to
| God and man, to love woman and cleave
to her, and who becomes them other of his chill
dren, and who stays up nights to keep his
supper warm and who keeps home as neat
and tidy for him as she can with the means
at her command, and then after all her pa
tient suffering, and smarting under various
mistreatments, will maliciously, wilfully, and
Icowardly knock her down with his fist or any
other weapon that comes handy, Oh, merci-
full God, what ought to be done with him.
Is it possible that in this land of enlighten-
ment, and religious privileges that there are
men of that stamp. Talk about the Heather,
sending our missionaries over among them
when we have worse at home. We should
take the beam from our own eyes first The
fact of the business is the writer is bad enough
but when he gets eowardly enough to strike
4 the dearest of all women to him. he will &C
off to the woods and hang himself up fol
buzzard bait The sef-respecting citizens OF
any community should see after such things
where the poor cowed women are afraid to
have the dirty brutes up for it before the law
Mrs. Alex. Harris, an aged lady near here
died last Tuesday. She had been patient
sufferer for many long years; she had moi
been able to leave the house for many years
The interment was at st. Johns Cemetery
The services were conducted by Rev. Ballet
J the pastor.
Il Large crowds of people have been attending
tie Lutheran conference at this place
All the merchants and mechanics of this
place have been forced to adopt the cash and
produce system. There is not much fun in
working and then when you call with youl
bill, have it disputed and have the party tell
. you, IF you can make anything go ahead, u
J &c. So when you get your just dues at the
time of service, you avoid these rascally tricks;
besides, the idea of poor man who has q
family to support, and who has no way tc
do it but by his daily labor, giving to Il
months credit, and then cheated out of hall
or more of that is preposterous, and great in
justice to ask it like some do. ~
The killing of Henry Weeks last week in
sures peace and quiet for a while at least in
South Bottom" He was bad, troublesome
fellow, and the officers were hunting him
nearly all the time.
The Political Ring of Augusta county i:
going to hear something drop some of these
days. 1t is the poor voter that elects the of
ficers, and they are getting tired Of being I'M
der Bosses. Everything shows ring influence
and the poor classes are not represented. Il
, depends on how much money man is worth
whether he has sense enough to sit on a jury
or be appointed to any place. Ii a man has
any political pull, he need not seek to buy
, favors, they will seek him, and the country is
on the eve of great change, and rings and
bosses must go.
Mr.. Jacob Weaver. aged about 80 years. dice
at his home near here last Saturday of Brights
disease, or something of that nature. He haC
been i'll for long time. The body was in
tered at st. Johns cemetery on Sunday.
} A little boy of John Glenn, has been ill fol
| some time, and is no better at this writing
The greatest wave of rascality, that evel
swept This country. has lately passed over
The honest people escaped the contagious eff
fects of it, but many fell victims to It's deadly
influence, and defrauded many poor men
There is a general complaint merchants, me
chanics, laborers all having lost by creditine
out their goods and labor. The result is 6
sweeping change from the old to new way
men who are poor, and have families to sup
port have gone in debt to give their custom
credit, and lose the greater part of it. Putting
their own obligations. -..-..,
!. Times are not hard. The banks all over the
land have more money than they have had
for years. Prospect for grand crop of every
kind is flattering; prices may go up again.
The farmers of the country have made more
money since the war, than they ever made in
their lives. They have bought more farms,
implements, fertilizers, carriages &C., than
ever before, and of course have made money.
So when prices for farm products are low once
in awhile no use to yell hard times and the
most ignorant excuse for the times is, that
Cleveland is President We need more schools
and enlightenment; we need foreign mission
aries among u.s. Any man of any intelligence
at all well know that the President has moth
ing to do with the price of wheat or whether
one man pays another an honest debt. Such
ignorance is painful in the extreme
1t is strange how some people take every
thing as applying to them that is written for
the various papers. If persons are not guilty,
they need rot apply it unto themselves, and
if they are, they just show to those around
them, that they are, by getting mad, and
make matters worse. Persons who want to
stay out of print, ought to behave. Law
breakers are sure to be advertised. SAGA
| We are glad to know that so many of the
readers of the SPECTATOR enjoy our letters,
written now and then, and we are glad TO
know that it has been the cause of some sub
scribers being added to the list The SPEcTA-
TOE is an honest, clean, welledited paper, and
deserves the support of every one who likes
such traits in paper. We hope it may excel
in the future, the record of the past and be-
come the foremost of all our county journals,
free from rings or cliques. R.
If you are melancholy or down with the