Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-07-25
MIDDLEBROoK NEWS ITEMS.

| We suffered from drouth which Taste
about weeks, and were all made glad by
rain on Saturday night and Sunday. TIL
grass, and all of the vegetable variety wer
nearly burned up. Corn is going to be Gu
short.
EWhat is the use for people to go 10 miles t.
get mechanical work done, when they can ge
better right here at home. Every good citizel
ought to encourage home mechanics and es
pecially those who have wives and chill
dren to support, otherwise you break dow
your own neighborhood by driving out tn
working men, There is pressure beinl
brought to bear ON same men around here
with view to forcing them to vote contrar,
to their convictions of conscience. This won
work and there is no use talking. Harr,
Tucker is sure to be the nominee, and no maj
is as popular here as he is, and he is sure t.
carry this precinct contrary to the expecta
tons of some who are little ''sore.n Som'
people get sore when they cannot have thel
way in everything, and that kind have littl,
or no influence, and are not much of loss t.
any body, either as patrons, politicians, O
anything else
| Mr.. John Richard Fauver has started hi
big threshing outfit with the addition of ;
| new box" costing, $4,000 He is an enter
prising young man and has the best outfit W.
have seen, and the people are giving him tht
work, too The machine reminds one of {
nice sewing machine when running He haul:
everything himself with his big traction en-
CINE and is the boss thresher of these dig
gings.
| The telephone line, of which d. S. Condor
was the leading cause of erection, il
completed, and everything ready except the
battery, and that has not arrived yet at thi:
writing. Mr. Condor showed what convent
| ences could be had by little 'get-up" anC
go-ahead Now we can talk to people ir
| Staunton.
A little child of VIM. Arehart, Jr., died last
Saturday night
| Mrs. George Fauver died at her home neal
the county infrmary last week. The remains
| were inferred at Waynesboro, Va.
| Mr. Samuel Bowers, one of our most esteem
ed citizens, whose health was bad, is again
looking like his former self.
II prOtTdCteu uleeIluS ~ Ill progress Ill
Clutch Hollow church, miles south of this
place, and it is said with great surprise that
some good will result from it. Rev. Hanna
of the NJ f. Church held it.
Our community has several young ladies,
who enjoy the esteem and highest respect OF
every one. Every tongue speaks words of
praise for them and it never cost them cent,
Why, politeness does it. No matter who they
meet or how blackened they are with the
dust of honest toll or how ragged their cloth
ing. they are sure to greet them pleasantly,
and with smile, that cheers ones dropping
spirit All say, All! they are well raised.
They are wealthy too. Then there are other
girls who are poor, and who lie in bed until
poor old mother gets the meals ready and
does all the house work and who strive to ap-
pear aristocratic, &C., for it is allappearances,
and no reality. When they meet laboring
man they run to the opposite side of the road
and are unable to see him or speak to him.
That is the class, that one rejoices at when the
day comes that they have to go to work, and
that class very seldom marry anything worth
the notice. if they marry at all. The old man
always has them to support. Politeness and
cheerfulness that cost nothing but small eff
fort, are priceless gems. Yea, they are more
to be desired than fine gold. Try it. girls.
Learn to cook good meal. You will have it
to do before you die, so learn now, and assist
poor old mother with the house-work. The
idea of poor girl growing up to womanhood,
and have the face to say, I don't know how
to make bread or cook or sew,'' &c. Why,
she should be ashamed to acknowledge her
laZiness, and incapacity for performing the
ordinary duties of every day life. Every giri
should learn to cook. No matter how rich
she may be, she ought to add the great art of
good cooking to her educational attainments.
If she knows not how to cook a meal, she is
not worth marrying, and she ought to die an
old maid.
The drought cut the blackberry crop short
around here. There were several fields, that
belonged to individuals and on which they
pay the taxes, &c, that had berries in, and
some people went there without permission,
and proceeded to gather them, when the own
er wanted them for family use. They were
requested politely to leave the fruit as the
owner wanted it. They had as well gone to
his granary and taken grain. No difference
SO far as ownership goes Some left when
told, but some, more strong headed, stayed in
a defiant way and took nearly all the proprie-
tor had, besides abusing and calling the own
er many bad names. Such things are wrong,
and do not reflect any credit upon the persons
engaged in it.