Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1895-05-29
PAR NASSUS.

visits of candidates to this place.
Messrs VIM. H. Norman and VIM. F.
Whitmore acre in oar village, and we certainly
noted them, and it was altogether unintention-
al that their names did not appear in the Par
nassus letter.
| Mrs. P. II. Silling of Staunton and her son
Wade, quite a promising young man, have
concluded pleasant sojourn among kindred
friends in this section.
Rev. Kyle Gilbert went to Greenbrier coun
ty, last week, by invitation to assist the Rev
Mr.. Homan at a revival meeting. and will re
turn next Thursday. Mr. Holman is son-in
law of Mr.. Martin S. Whitmore and we'll
known here. having once been the junior
preacher at this point.
| Sammie Whitmore has sold one of his fine
oxen.
Misses Wilson and Keister left last Saturday
| for Highland county.
Mr.. Norman of Richmond, is the guest oil
Mr.. Bruce Whitmore IT'S said that Mr. Nor
| man is brilliant and witty conversationalist
Messrs B. Anderson and J. w. Higgs are
| erecting a very substantial wire fence around
Bunker Hill,' which belongs to Mr. A. A
Crawford
J. H. Whitmore. Familiarity known in oul
community as Johnnie, has completed the
course at the Staunton Business College, and
procured situation. No discount on Johnnie
The storm that had formed on the official
horizon is over, and the successful candidates
are pleased and gratifed, and the defeated
ones are quietly acquiescing, and realizing
that the failure of one man is the opportunity
of another
How many difficulties are to be overcome;
how many obstacles to be surmounted; how
many formidable barriers upon our pathway
to bar us from the goal for which we are striv-
ing.
"Disappointments sink the heart of man into
pensiveness, but the renewal of hope gives
consolation"
Some excitement and considerable apprehen-
sion prevail in our locality and DR.. Kinney
has been kept busy vaccinating applicants.
Sunshine and 6ddlesticks! No, we haven't
even an inadequate conception OF the COLOR :"
but in our mental rainbow green is the hue of
critics, who are non compos naentis.
Unfortunately, our caNigraphy sometimes
conflicts with our meaning. Judas's OWN
place.
Querulous and fastidious friends of ourn,
''rise and come again.
Mr.. C. S. and,Miss Lille Dovel, of Indiana.
rick.
Rev. Mr.. See and wife are expected at this
place the last of this week.
Rev. Mr.. Booker preached at Union church
last Sunday am. Text-John, 9TH chapter lat
ter clause 46th verse-"Never man spake like
this man"
The congregation was quite large, and the
err, and we are sorry it was not our pleasure to
hear him.
The garden-plants, like Pride" have had
two seasons-"a forward spring and an early
fall, and when their nocturnal robes ''of
many colors' are DOTTED at the first peep of
Aurora they remind one of coquettes whose
reign is over.
What about the month of Mary2
Slower must be under restriction of some
kind. Is it vaccination or quarantine?
Is it we or the Sunday school class that caused
them tie hibernate?
PuNcTUALITY is the soul of order, and order is
the essence Of peacei
Mr. j. F. Bird of Williamsville Bath county
died on the Dist inst, at the home of DR.. ] w.
Wallace. He was son-in-law of Hon. John
T. Byrd, and the Democratic candidate TO r
Treasurer of that county.
Editor.W H. W. Moran has moved to Ma
nassas, and established paper there. The name
of this new paper is Manassas Journal" The
first issue appeared last Friday. Mr.. Moran
was the editor of the Enterprise, Hamilton,
Va, and is quite an addition to Manassas,
which will revel in a new sensation.
The Epworth League met last Sunday at
p. N. The meeting was an interesting one,
and the attendance large.
Mr. William Dunlap of Spring Hill, who has
just returned from the Land of Flowers, was
in the audience, also his brother, Mr.. B. Dun
lap. Mrs. Martin Whitmore's guests, Mrs. Nc
Neil and Miss Myers, are in Rockingham for
a short visit
broken WING.