Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-08-08
MIDDLEBROOK NEWS ITEMS.


protracted meeting at Dutch Hollow. y
There were. several conversions, and some
| joined the church.
Times are on the lookup around here.
Everything will soon resume the even tenor
of its way, and confidence reign in the breast
of every man. The late panic did good
deal of harm in this vicinity. The credit bus
mess is busted one good thing. We know
of one poor mechanic losing near three hun
bred dollars by crediting out his work.
With late Fall, corn may come out all
right Wheat is not turning out quite as well
as the farmers thought il would.
1t looks bad to see the single girls trying to
captivate the married men, and then it is bad
for the men to play off as SINGLE when they
have nice, patient. toiling wife; but such
things do occur.
The hog law is mo good'' here. Hogs run
at large and tear up gardens, &C., with impu-
nifty. Some one will have too much torn up
some of these nights; and pigge will be cast
into .'castle thunder" for damages. These
things will come by-aud-by and whoopie.
The Republicans here all rejoice over the
nomination of Hon. Jacob Yost for Congress.
Being a friend of Mr.. Yost, we admire him,
and are soray we cannot vote for him this
time We belong to the ''silenced brigade"
and then we never have failed to vote for
Harry, hollow, whenever he ran because
the Democrats have not undone in two years
what the Republicans did in twenty years;
there are some calamity howlers who lay all
the blame of the hard times on them and say
they will vote the Republican ticket, &c
There is Just enough of that kind OF "stufflng
in the hulk of Democracy to turn the tide: and
just as the party get in shape to do something
this stuffing falls out, and the party hulk
sinks beneath the waves of political oblivion.
The dirtiest sneak-thief that ever invaded
this country was the scoundrel that went to
Mr.. Thomas Lightners one night not long
ago. There must have been gang of the
rascals and had wagon, doubtless, for they
took twenty-one pieces of bacon, a couple of
large cans of lard, can of sausage, &c.-Just
cleaned the smoke-house. Then, not content
with that they seined his fish pond, and took
all his fish too. What pity he had no gun
styled inside Such characters are very dan
gerous to have in any community They
would burn buildings, assass1nate men, or do
anything that is low and mean.
There are several ladies residing around
this place. in the country little ways, who
go to great deal OF trouble and labor to raise
turkeys. This year we see fine droves of
them, nice, nearly grown, and we hear that
some one is low and dirty enough to knock
them over as they are roaming about so far
from home. The dirty thieves ought to go to
work. They are doubtless able to work, and
instead of sneaking around the fields knock
ing over working peoples turkeys and chick
ems, should go to work and get their living
honestly. Mrs. Hess, near here, has been
served that way by these festive thieves, and
now as she has big six-foot son-in-law some
of these thieves are going to be surprised some
of these times, and get their thieving hulk
filed with lead. So may it.be.
The worst time in the year for flies is here,
and every owner of horses, and they that
drive them should see to it that the brutal,
inhuman overcheck, and tight-reining is done
away with. A poor horse suffering from the
heat, and being driven hard, with his head
drawn up and left at the mercy of the flies
must suffer dreadfully. Just put yourself in
his place. This costs nothing, and you can
easily have nice horse by thus treating him
humanely and kindly.
Mrs Mamie Houston Smith and her daught
er visited the lady's mother last week near
Fairfield. The lady's aged mother is quite ill
of consumption, and has fingered in help
less state for over year. She is the wife of
J. Davis Fox, Esq.
A fellow who had been in the habit of going
from home when he wanted any mechanical
work done, and paying the cash for it, called
on one of our jolly mechanics last week and
asked for credit, stating that if he had the
money he would have gone to Staunton. All!
said he, they won't credit me there. No, said
the workman; and you don't get credit here.
He went away and remarked that people had
no accommodation about them any more
Why said he, my father never did pay a me-
chanic's bill in his life, and never heard so
much trout about it.
| If Coxey should happen along this way he
| could gather up a goodly number of recruits.
Some men are born tired, and put in a life
time getting rested up. The goods boxes
around the stores have done valiant service as
sitting places
Since the cry of hard times was raised, there
| have been two more stores added to our vii
lage, and all are selling something.
The quarterly meeting of the M. E. church,
for this circuit, was held last Saturday and
Sunday at Oakland Chapel near this place,
and was presided over by Rev. Lyttle-the
Presiding Elder of this district A good CROWD
attended all the services.
The farmers around and near this place will
have to fall back on wire or some other indie
structible fencing as the rail fences take I'M
to themselves legs and walk off-or at any
rate it goes all the same. 1t is better to work
than to loaf and then burn neighbors fence
Some people make great ''rout' about Others
walking out on Sunday to eat fruit. and a
the same time they walk out and take loa6
of rails off some working mans fence ant
carry them home and chop them up, even or
Sunday. Which is the worst?
The recent rains have set the farmers tt
blowing and there will be a large acreage
sown. r.
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