Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1894-08-14
From a W. VI. Tuskahoe
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SFAfARDsFI1IE, v A., AUG. 9Th ~.
Ediior spi,ff Of Je6sysoa Tho writer, With
two OF his little daughters, Virginia aud Jes-
sic, left his place of business At Leetown on
Thursday morning, July s6th, for the purpose
OF visiting many friends and relatives at sten-
audoah, Elston and stanardsvilie, Va
Mr. F. d. Campbell, with his swift steed,
drove us to the N. & ". depot ut Charles
Town, and at s;42 a. II. the iron horse, No 8,
came pulling ard blowing as though it really
felt tie no. sun rays of the July sun. and
when the courteous and polite conductor CONE
manded "all aboard" VIC swiftly left Charles
Town in a dream Of forgetfnlness and the
writer's mind was called to notice some old IA
miliar scenes along tile line After passing
Front Royal we noticed the cornfe.ds. pas
lures and gardens showed signs of dry wealth
er, and the crops very much cut by the drouth-
we soon came to the old town OF Luray. the
home of many good people, and had 10 notice
that Lurny like many of the booming towns of
the past shows signs of disappointment, and
no doubt many q pocket book was emptied Of
its contents to invest in the boom tn the For-
row and embarrassment of many The writer
next notices Stanley, another booming town,
which seems to be In sympathy with her sister
towns along the line. Then comes shenan-
nd stand, no rcd hot iron Is pouring forth
from the furnace US It did when the writer
was last here. The sound OF the mighty ham
mer has never been heard in the rolling mile.
These two enterprises alone mean an invest
ment of hundreds of thousands of dollars and
no outcome, and the stiffness of them means
hundreds of men out Of employment Never
theleEs. Shenandoah Is holding her own. The
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tile N. & W. r. r. gives work to many labor
ers, and while there is no exciting boom there
the people wear smile of hope aud are look
forward to file starting of the furnace. Tile
writer spent several pleasant days at the
pleasant home of his brothcr-in-law, w. II.
Kennedy. 1 do not wish, nor can forget
Elkton, last but not lea.t of the booming
towns. EIkton is situated six miles south of
shenegdoah and Is on tue old turnpike Ocar
Conrad's ttorc) leading from Harri.onburg to
GordOnsville, and NO doubt familiar to many
Confederate soldiers. Elktou Is q nice town
and Inns one of the finest aud beat managed
hotels on the N. & W. The far-famed Bear
Lithia and Kite Lithia Springs are located here
and III any people Wilt tl.is place to he made
fat Iy drinking this water. Elkton is holding
her own. Sue can truly boast of many
good business men. The writer spent many
years Of his life there, and has known those
good people for nearly quarter of century.
One of the grandest aud most successful en-
terpriscs there is the big tanncry owned and
run by j. R. Cover. Sir. Cover scatters thoms-
ands of dollars yearly among the laborIng
classes.
Now Mr. Editor, do not wish to tire you.
bnt must say u word concerning my pleasant
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Ridge into GFnone county CTHrkahoe)- The
writer stopped wish his sister, Mrs. .. T. Bur-
ner, md wonld shy That her husband, ''Joc
Tom," Is the same big man, he is also big
worker and big eater, and can clean mp fried
chicken before can down the back. he is
n thrifty, energetic farmer, and has fine crop
of corn and nice drove of fat steers. On
Wednesday, the SOth of July, Mr.. Burner COM
fortably placed the writer, his daughters and
Miss sallie Kennedy In a nice two-horsc hack,
dra wn by two of his best horses, and drove us
to Mrs. l.. N. Kennedy. the mother of the
writer's wife,in Green County Va, we crossed
the old swift run gap. over rocks sufficient to
cause ono good nights sleep. The roads are
very rough, lad to note the difference in orr
Jefferson county roads. compared with these.
/ never saw finer corn than 1 saw growing in
much improved in the past two years: along
the foot of the mountain new buildings have
been erected. new enterprise in the way of
n lar &c stove factory has been opened mp, and
business generally has bcon very much revived
The writer noticed an old time horse power
machine threshing near the mountain, the
yield of wheat il aUout four bushels per acre.
| Corn is fine. fruit scarce.
We arrived at the home of Mrs Kennedy
about 5 o'clock p. ". aud after spending
many days in old Green and dcvonring many
chickens, seeing many dear friends and ex-
changing many old time jokes, we left that
county on the 9Th for Elkton. We hre now
on our way homeward and with good luck
will return to Lcctown Friday. the 10th to
again mngle with my dear family aud to re-
sumo my old post in the store with my pard
J. W. s.
II. DUNAwAY, or panapar & stridcr.
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