Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1896-07-03
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fountains.
Editor Sentinel.

YOur corresponding, accompanied
by zone Of the necessary evils" d
brother drummer, having just fin
ished business trip in West Vir-
ginia, has decided to give you our
experience Of one week, hoping it
may be Of interest to at least some
of your readers.
After leaving the hospitable
home Of VIM. Fulk, where we
spent the night, our first days So
journ was Oh up Brooks Gap to
the store of Geo. Wittig, where,
after a genial chat and a generous
order to both OF us, we struck for
the gap in North Mountain, max
ing our objective point Peru, the
home Of that prince Of good fellows
J. W. Dasher, who, besides doing a
good mercantile business, is always
glad to see a drummer, especially
if he has time to spend a day fish
ing. (Right here let NE advise
Charley If he wants TO bring his
tackle away with him not to tack
le' Joe, for the best man always
keeps the rod, and Joe is hard TO
beat. / speak from experience.
After leaving Peru our course
took us on up the South Fork"
where night found US at the hos
pitable home of Mr. Peter Warn
STAFF. near Fort Seybert, presided
over by his kind sister and fair
niece. Uncle Peter IS one Of West |
Yirginia's most valued citizens and |
substantial men, he having been
for a number Of years member Of !
court" and having held at other
times number OF important coan-
ty positions. The OILY deplorable
thing about HIM is, he is an old I
bachelor and we think it q great
pity there are no little janior
to take his place among
5he rising generations.
Oar next night was spent at
Franklin, handsome little town
lestling ia among the hills Of
county, and filed with
Side-awake business men, foremost
lmong whom are Boggs. Bolton &
20. NJ. K. Bcggs s. Co., and Bow
nan & Mcclure.
Our next days trip took US by
}randywine, TIE home of mr.. II.
(. Trumbo, ex.sheriff Of Pondlr-
on county. with whom we bad the
pleasure Of dining, pleasure, in
iced, when entertained By such
hospitality as extended by him and
lis esnmable wife.
Night again found Us at Sugar
prove, where we sadly missed the
Milling, happy face Of our friend
Ohm Bowers, he having been
tricken down about two weeks be-
ore by that deadly foe. typhoid fa-
er. We can only extend TO his I
ereaved family our deepest SYM
athy; yet sadly realizing how emp
Y such expressions sound at 9 time :
{ such deep Bereavement.
From Sugar Grove our course
ook US across mountains and thro
erdant valleys aboundlng III rich
rass and fat cattle, through the Z
usy villages Of Doe Hill and Nc g
lowell to that lovely little town r
{ Monterey, Va, where We were Z
oubly blessed in being able to q
,end our first Sunday. It would Y
Ike the pen Of poet and the y
rush Of an artist to picture all Of
le beauties of this place and its
grounding hills and meadows;
ut, as | consider myself a better z.
ldge Of a good dinner and how
uch ought TO bepaid for it, than ?
painter or poet, | leave your
aders to picture for themselves
lie beauties Of this place. The 4
wn Is chock full Of live business =
en-, such as one would not expect Z
fnd so far away from the busy q
arts Of commerce. Foremost in =
trcantile circles stand Orndorf e
Whitelaw (Mr Orndorff being K
native Of Shenandoah county,, 4
B. Bishop and Dickinson s. -
imble, all wide-awake and well /
on the current topics Of the day. u
ere we spent a pleasant eyeninGi
til the craft, presided over by DR..
II. Trimble, who is not lacking T
any Of the old Virginia courte- e
IS. It was an evening well spent, - =,
Z we found a brother and friend q
every one, from the Tyler at {
g station to the fellow in the
ST." We think the highest trib-
2 that can be paid DR.. Isaac is to ~
, he had the good judgement to
ne to The Valley for his life COM
Mon, he having married one Of n
enandoah's fairest daughters. -
It was here we also met the edi-
Of the HIGHLAND RECORDER,
:. w. H. Matheny May he live
see his subscription list reach q
Lion. He richly deserves the
It things Of this life. b,
Last but not least Of the kind n,