Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-07-31
PARNASSUS.

Mrs. COnnell and daughter, OF MI Sluney
are the guests of Mrs. Gilbert. Mrs. Connell
visited her sister, Mrs. Driver, at Panacea, and
then returned to the parsonage.
Miss Pinkie Fauver, formerly of this place,
now of Staunton, is visiting in Charlottes-
vile.
Miss Mary Whitmore, of BeaIeton, Fauquier
Co., has arrived at Staunton, and is the guest
of Mrs. William Hedrick She is a niece of
Mr.. J. Addison Whitmore, of this COM
munity.
Mr. and Mrs James E. Irvine, of Charlottes-
vile, who have been visiting at Mr.. Irvine
fathers on Long Glade, are now in the West
View vicinity at Mr.. Ster1ett's brother to
Mrs. Irvine
Mr.. A. S. Bowers, and Mr.. and Mrs. VIII
liam D. Hupman, of Mt. Sidney, are guests at
Stribing Springs.
Miss Mamie Hite of Staunton, daughter of
DR.. S. P Hite, is guest at Stribling Springs,
snd Mr. and Mrs. W. Arthur Wilson, of Cali
fornia.
Mrs. Henry Higley, of Illinois, is the guest
of Mrs. Huffer in the Slower vicinity.
Mr.. Wade Hedrick has returned to his
home in Staunton.
Mrs. Pete Sandy is dangerously ill. She
was thought to be dying yesterday. Her
mother, Mrs. NJ. C. Driver, is very low with
dropsy at Panacea. She cannot possibly live
over few days.
Two of Mr.. Paxtons children and two of
Mr.. Helmick's are quite ill with typhoid
fever. They reside near Stribling Springs.
Miss Lucie Shiflet is preparing to enter the
Musical Normal in Bridgewater the first of
August.
Mr.. James Floyd is at work in his new shop
on Church street. As times are hard and Mr..
Floyd has no rent to pay now, the prices in
his line will be far more moderate than they
have ever been, and he is prepared to do good
work, and there shall be no just cause
complaint in that direction. Fresh water and
fine apples will always be on hand for his
customers, without money and without.
price,"
Misses Capitola and Lucie Harlow are visit
| ing their grand parents at West Augusta.
Rev. DR.. Karicofe, of Ohio, will preach at
Parnassus Church next Sunday at seven
| o'clock P NJ. 1t is said that DR.. Karicofe is a
| very fine preacher, and large congregation
will be present next Sunday evening to listen
to this able divine.
Mr.. Lee Knowles, of Staunton, who is a
guest at Panacea, was in the choir at Parnas-
sus Church last Sunday. He is very fine
singer.
quarterly meeting will be held at this
place the twenty fourth of August.
Mr.. ]. A. Fauver, with his family, attended
church at Parnassus last Sunday. There were
others there from Panacea.
Another son of Mr.. Atkins, the mail carrier,
was stricken with fever last week. Only two
members of the family are left to visit upon
the others.
Mrs. DR.. James Hedrick, of Fauquier coun-
ty, and her little son, c Cleveland are guests at
the old HON estead-the residence of her broth
err J. Addison Whitmore. Mrs. Hedrick is
the youngest and only surviving daughter of
the late Samuel Whitmore
Mrs. Luther Whitmore, of Richmond, will
arrive at Mr.. R. L. Borum's Thursday. Her
husband is brother to Mrs Borum.
Mr.. and Mrs Ed. Bolen, of Mt Scion, and |
their daughter, Miss Elmira, and Miss Mary
Lou Eubank have taken up quarters at
Woodell Springs.
Miss Lula Moher, of West Va. is visiting
her uncle, Mr.. John Mohler
Mr.. Samuel Webb of Mt Solon is employ
ed on the C. and W. Railroad, which has
reached Dayton, and which, it is thought, !
will come up Messy creek. Great applause
Miss Ida Stonebock is the guest of the Mise
Reader of Bridgewater.
Rev. Kyle Gilbert preached at Parnassus
church last Sunday morning from the % chap. /
q n. Il
the sermon which was good, was beautiful
poetical flight.
All the cottages at Stribling Springs are oc-
cupied and there are many guests at Panacea.
DR.. and Mrs. Homer Henkel, of Staunton,
attended Union church last Sunday, and were
entertained at the pastorium.
Mr.. J. A. Fauver and family spent last Mon
day visiting relatives in this community.
A lawn party will be held upon Union
church grounds on the 14th of August. The
objective point of these active enterprising
lady-workers, who operate with vigor in all
church matters, is to secure means to make
additions and Improvements in and about the
manse. Everybody is invited and no one will
be disappointed who accepts the invitation.
Please remember that the evening of the 18th |
will be one of the most enjoyable occasions
our community has known for years, to all |
who attend the lawn party. Gentlemen, bring
your wives your mothers, your sisters your
aunts, your cousins, your sweethearts, and
last, but not least bring full pocketbooks and
make investments in a bank that will return
to you hundred fold. A motion is being
acted upon to procure the services of the |
Stenewall Band. We suppose this grand, in
comparable musical body will be present
An unknown man was killed by the train
at Manassas on the twenty third inst.
The twenty first was the thirty-fourth an
niversary of the first battle fought there
where Gen. Jackson first received the name of |
''Stonewall."
There are people in this community who
will be at Assembly Park, Harrisonburg, Au-
gust 18th to hear DR.. 7. De Witt Talmage.
A party from this place will go to the
mountain for whortleberries tomorrow.
Misses Capitola and Lucie Harlow will visit |
Greenville the last of this week. They will |
be the guests of Miss Ethel Wheeler.
Rumpus presents his compliments to Mrs |
M. E. S. with the assurance that he is filling |
the place of his predecessor.
"Tis sweet to hear the watchdog's honest bark, |
Bay deep mouthd welcome as we draw near |
home,
Ills sweet to know there is an eye will mark
Our coming, and look brighter when we
come"
BROKEN WING.
Complimentary to Col. il. Peyron.
The Clinton county (Ohio) Democrat of the
18th inst, in acknowledging the receipt of the
Memoirs of John Howe Peyton," published
by his son Col. ]. L. Peyton, says
"We are indebted to Col j. L. Peyton, of
Staunton, Va, for a copy of the ''Memoirs of
John Howe Peyton," father of Colonel Pey-
ton and the late Mrs. w. B. Telfair 1t is a
volume of three hundred pages, printed for
private circulation and compiled by Col. Pey-
ton. who is also the author of s'The History
of Augusta county, which. in an early day,