Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-04-01
PARNASSUS,

berts sister, Mrs. Hiner, resides; on Friday the
! 9th, they reached Doe Hill miles beyond
q Mcdowell, the home of Mrs. Jones, Mrs. Gil
8 berts mother.
Misses Blanche and Alice Gilbert are spend
ing the time with their friends in this COM
munity. 1t is supposed Mr.. Gilbert will be
|, returned to this county.
Il MIR. Jno. T. Bird, of Williamsville, Bath
> county, has been making extensive stock pur-
), chases in our county.
Nature has dressed up several times in white,
forcing the season." you see
u A new road has been opened and is nearing
compietion from Moscow to Long Glade,
= Messrs. J. A. Riddel. H. B. Altman, c. A. Rus
misell, contractors
Mr.. J. A. Hinkle and Dr. Thornton, of w.
Va, are drumming the Mt Scion country for
aoatmut lumber. They have quite large guam
tity of logs now ready for shipment. These
gentlemen board with Mrs. Hall.
Col. r. II. Buckner, who has been ill for
some time, is improving and his friends ex-
pect to see him on the streets SOON
Mr.. and Mrs. s. W. Lauck, of Harrisonburg,
lspentSunday, the 22nd. at Capt. James H.
Iodd's in Mt. Scion, and in the evening went
to Mr. Rankin Todd's, where they spent the
; night The lamented Miss Emma Todd was
the first wife of Mr. Lauck
Little Ruth Cleveland, youngest daughter of
Mr.. James Floyd of this place, celebrated her
birthday Sunday the 26th.
Il We have learned through those who attend
ed the o. B. Conference at Broadway that the
most pathetic part of the session was the res
ignatlon of the Presiding Elder, the Rev. John
W. Howe. His appropriate and touching re-
marks melted his audience into tears which
spoke more eloquently than ten thousand
tongues could have spoken of the regrets
which hung around his withdrawal from ac-
Five work in the ministry, and his retirement
to the superannuated list Thou hast been
faithful in a few things'' and after the rising
and setting of a few more suns 81 will make
thee ruler over many things''
Mr.. Henry Hanna, of Mt Scion, who was
badly burned in the great barr, fire, while try
ing to save his horses from death, is now ex-
periencing but little pain from the burns
Rev. A. s. Hammack, of Churchviie, has
been appointed by conference, pastor of the
T. B. Church at Harrisonburg. Mr.. Ham,
mack is considered an able preacher, and
eloquent speaker
Mrs. Jennie Beard, Postmistress and mer- !
chant in our village, proposes building in the
near future, store house and residence COM
bned, upon her land adjoining the suburbs. |
1t is said Mr.. John Bryan, of Stannton, will !
in few days become. the purchaser of prop
erty here known as ''Wright's Hill," and that |
| his mother will occupy it.
Mr.. G. T. Donaghe was in Churchville on
Wednesday the 18th.
Many of our people attended the Staunton
Court Monday the 23rd. Some of them had
luck going. luck in the horse market, and luck
! returning otis better to be born lucky than
| rich"
Master Scott Randolph has recovered from
a recent sudden and very severe illness.
The Young Peoples Literary Society of
Messy Creek, held meeting at the residence
of Mrs. A. G. Paul. of Mt Solon last Friday
evening.
Many of the Mt. Scion people were invited,
and the meeting was crowned with much
pleasure and success +
Mr. Harvey Shiplet and his brother-in-law,
Mr. Charlie Keller. of this community, who
went some months ago to the Lone Star State
are prospecting for beyond::their expectations
and their agricultural yield this season will
be very bountiful.
Miss Mamie Byers will go to the Normal at
Waynesboro, if she doesn't go before i,
They are saying in the blossom that his lord
ship has been nipped-
But not single feather from his soaring
Wrlngs is clipped,
And we're most a,Cful certain that he never
can be whipped.
Dr. ) Keezel, of Mt. Scion, is recovering
from very violent attack of grip. DR.. !
Clarke is the physician in charge. However, ,
Dr. K proposed making his Cuban speech on
the evening of the 9th, sick or we'll.
Mr. Glen Ruckman, of Long Glade passed ]
through our village on the Goth, with hun ,
route to Pocahontas county i
Mr. and Mrs N Fillmore RusmiselI of Nor
ganstown, N. c., will arrive at Moscow, Mr.
Rusmiselrs boyhood home, in the near future. |
Mr. NJ Rogers, of Moscow, will move this
week to Mr. A P Dudleys in the Messy Creek
section. 9
Mr.. H B Altman, of Sangersville, is ill., a
Mr. Will Miller, of Stribling Springs, is very :
much in the bell line. He is furnishing and :
adjusting electric bells for everybody that I
wishes to invest in such a convenience
Mr. Douglass, the Dorcas merchant Mr. VIM . .
Floyd, of this community, and Mr. H Silling, G
our village merchant, are among the many c
who have been belled.
Mr. George E Wilson, of this village. is an /,
other link added to the chain of dentistry. He !
successfully extracted troublesome molar for t
MIR James Berkeley of this community, on l
Thursday the 10Th. +
Mrs III Jones is much worse at this writ c
ing and DR.. Henkel of Staunton, has again C
been summoned to her bedside. =
Mr. w Lambert last week purchased the i
Sandy farm. near Moscow for seventeen dollars |
and half per acre. The farm consists of one I
hundred and twenty one and half acres. +
Mr. John Carson's saw mill was set last week t
in the woods of MrssSamuel Forrer at Messy P
Creek
Mr. John Fairburn, of this community, spent .
last week in Spring HILL the home of his sis a
ter, Mrs Ami Defenbaugh.
Mr. Joseph A Whitmore sold green apples in u
Staunton Monday the 23rd, at 70 cts per busheI. b
On Saturday. the 28th, Mr. James Wilson, of e
this village, received rs cts per bushel for his 9
apples. c
we retu Will uucu surprise III the Argus q
Tuesday evening the oath, the notice of Miss .
kittie Burgess's death. Z
Mr. VIM Marshall of Long Glade, passed '
through our village on Saturday 28th. a
Mr. Asa Clark, of::Middle River, was in Par !!
nassus Saturday, the 18th.
Mr. d NJ Keller bought good horse in Staun- C
ton Monday. the 28th, for $50.
Master Wallace Keller son of Mr. Jerome =
Keller, is under medical treatment lie
AS the little girls and boys don't know, we Il
take pleasure in telling them-that next Sun Il
day is Easter and they can watch mother G
close, and the eggs closer. a
Hide 'em in the NOW and the old straw stack. I,
And color 'em purple, yellow and black. Z
And eat and eat and eat by the scOIe
And eat till you can't eat any more p