Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-12-22
BLACKsBURG QUIET.
Nearly All the students Have Gone
Home.

Nearly All the students Have Gone
Home.
BLACKSBURG. VA, December 2l.-
Special THE departure of the students
has left our little town very quiet. in
deed. The holidays being so long. nearly
the whole body OF the students went
home. Usually. whether in the summer
or at Christmas, perhaps. fifty or sixty
remain At present there are only about
twenty here. Many OF the Professors,
too, have gone away for n respite from
their duties Colonel Shanks and family
Will spend the greater part Of the Holt
days in Salem. He proposes, however.
TO give himself some genuine sport. His
reputation as Nimrod and a disciple
OF lsaak Walton is widely known. Du-
ring the holidays he VIII go over into
Craig. and take an old-fashioned deer
hunt.
Colonel William NJ. Patton. OF the De-
partment OF Civil Engineering, has left
for his home, in Lexington. where he
will remain until the opening Of the
session.
Professor and Mrs. Samuel r. Pritchard
are now in Atlanta, but will soon so 10
their old home. in South Carolina.
A great many Of the younger instruc-
tors and professors are away. some in
Atlanta, and others at their homes.
The weather has been so charming that
one finds entertainment, and some COM
pensation FOR the extreme loneliness In
out-of-door exercises. Now IS the most
pleasant time of the year for tennis
playing. The courts are In fine condition,
and the weather just cool enough TO be
bracing
Then for the long winter evenings dupli-
cate whist is a never failing source Of
entertainment
Mr.. Charles l. Wade. the newlyelected
treasurer of the college. was over here
this week, getting his books and accounts
IN shape Mr.. Wade was already well
known TO the faculty and employees Of
the Institution, and no election of the
boards could have been more agreeable.
Professor Robert c. Price left on Friday
night for Charlottesville, where he, with
Mrs. Price. will remain until January lst.
He has been detained here quite week
by press OF work in the assaying de-
partment
THE ICE HARVEST
Fine ice was cut again this week. and
there is every reason 10 believe that we
shall have an abundant harvest this win
ter.
Mr. Yoder. an industrious and es-
had charge OF the college laundry for
the past three years. left this week for
Chicago, where he has secured employ
ment in business. Mrs. YOder Will go
with er child TO Roanoke and visit rela-
tives there. following Mr.. Yoder TO Chi
cago later.
There is now a good, steady trade. and
business Of all sorts IS looking up. The
farmers are in better condition than they
filed with plenty: their barn and poul-
try yards are alive with poultry. hogs.
and cattle. and they are paying out OF
debt. Consequently. one hears very lit
tie grumbling and fault-finding. Free
silver is never mentioned. and politics
Is eschewed utterly.
The whole OF our section IS profound
ly interested in the Virginia Agricultural
and Mechanical College. 1t gives our
sons a kind Of education which they can
get nowhere else in the State and. at
the same time, at cost that puts IL
within reach Of almost all. We expect
from the Legislature this winter recogni-
ton in the shape OF a handsome appro-
priation. Students are knocking at the
doors Of the college, and cannot be adj
mitted because OF lack Of room in bar
racks and lecture-rooms.
a PATENT
Mr.. Boykin, a pharmacist OF our town.
has recently received from the United
States Government a patent for a most
| ingenius paper-fle The beauty about II
is that It does not tear the paper 10 be
/ filed, but cuts a clear, smooth surface,
and, at the same time. it is so arranged
that any paper on il may be turned to
| in a moments time
Mrs. DR.. Kent Black has been visit
ing friends IN Pulaski the past week
DR.. W. J. McElvath has moved into
! his new house, on Mountain Lake ave-
nue.
! Mr.. William Lybrook. a nephew OF the
famous member OF the Big -Four, has
moved from Giles county. where ne was
recently engaged in merchandising. TO
Blacksburg.
| Mr.. J. II Johnston, an influential citi-
zen Of the county. has gone 10 the
plne-woods region OF Georgia Mr.. John
ston has been IN very poor health for
some time and went 10 Georgia BY ad-
vice Of friends.
MONTGOMERY HAY.
The hay grown in Montgomery county
has made for itself so great a reputa-
ton in the northern and eastern mar
kets that the supply falls far short Of the
demand. Christiansburg Depot is per-
haps the largest shipping point for hay
! along the line OF the Norfolk and West
ern railroad. Mr.. c. M. Surface, who
lives in the southern end Of the county.
in what may be termed the prairie sec
ton. ships yearly thousands OF tons.
The superintendent OF the Western d.
vision Of the Norfolk and Western, in a
conversation with your correspondent re-
Gently, told him that November was the
/ best freight month the road had had for
several wears