Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-06-26

1t has been some time since
| saw anything IN your valuable paper
from thls part OF West Virginia IL Is
very seasonable through this part OF toe
Allegheuies, though this is principally =
lumber and coal region. "A big lot OF cual
aud coke being shipped daily from along
this llue with equally as mach lumner
rhere are four henlOck bark peelIugs
near Davis which employ frOm 40 to 1870
men each tor at least 60 days, VI E Others
are scattered along the line from kius
t. Piedmont. Inc saw mills are running
o good time as far as | have been along
the w. Va C,ntTsl K K.
There are great M ~ Va Icy b).s
working in the ozark prolings, and II
seems that ms do not like hArl work,
while othsrs thluk they do not get
enough money. SJme say their beds are
tho hard aud 10 rainy weather get wet
aud swell up TO such montroui size they
cannot lay on them without getting wet
Geo. eatherhohz, Ezra Hambletop,
Jos. Hotel, Noah Polk, Jack DOdsoE,
ID Edward X. an, The last being u
famous Old time apple jack silllrr who
III rde such god driuS thai his old
friends, mouths and el es water hen they
II eet MIR. RS all, thinking he has a set up
~ his pocket, all say they are going
b ok TO the Old Dominion to make hs'
claiming they eau as easily eat hay as the
usef STEAK taken from between the horns
of the w. Va, beaYes II any of the
friends in good old Shenandoah with to
know the whereabouts of the boys-we
will tell them.
The Helsley boys are in the far west
peelng bak. Chas. Dc,llng-r is cooking
flr MI. L. T. Veach where be gives the
BOYS their corn sJewed boiled or on the
cob. Mir. $. w. Dcllinger Is here, and Is
uice boy, but cau't get girl IN tins
state. They say Samuel won't do There
IL ". II. Mumaw, the man that goes TO
town, com back AMI sue eggs, goes 20
Ted with bis shoes on ana loaded Win
No. ! 1 cOrks, gets up 10 tue morning eats
his breakfast aud fOrgets 20 Wash his
f.ce, and only remembers after going tao
miles from camp Then be returns, takes
wash, gets to work ar9 O'clock aud
only makes three tourth- of a day. Next
morning he was up and washed IN time
for breakfast
Mr.. Chas. E.tep, f,om Ccnicville, cut
bis toe very badly. Some OF the boys
sad the reason il bled 80 little WAS be-
cause the climate did not suit Mr.. Gstep $
blood. Next CONES Mr.. Wood Rldenour.
the good old water melon man, also a lr
class clown. He said ho wOuld rather
1--we one week in Virginia tLaa one hun
cred ysars in the Valley Of the high
Alleshenies. No Will DOnalan, the at
| tive IN ,u is also here, AID wants to see
bis grand old family home.
Nj Ed Mooney slipped from a log that
measured Is feet In circumference. Poor
elbow, bow sorry We felt that he ala not
have foundation enough to Walk on log
Of that size. Some OF the boys thonghi
il adyisAble to swamp ROAD lniO the
place here Mr. Mooney lay unconscious
until lot OF water was poured over MS
face.
MIR. Thomas Hotel. the great tale
I -r. is all o. X. tie l. lis more than e
knows and guesses at the rest. Inc girls
all say he is ali right.
Tbn1e has only been three nights since
the writer has been here.
On the 18th Of the 9th JOhl llelsely
WAS closing up hole IN his shoe. SAM.
Flrgans SAYS lie " wishes from the bot ON
o, bis Eealt he had listened to bis dear
old mott er, then be would lie 10 the
beadtful Valley instead of the blues OF
the mountains.
Lite Joe lely says Thomas. Dsvi-,
and oil tie other places should 20 10
VeacIes can p No. 277, II they want 10
See awful dirty face. Yet they have
mirror, small piece OF soap and lot 81
water. but it is up and 90 from sun up Il
% l. NO n a. I n
dN. Mr Veach IS nj man aud go
boss, lie hardly ,veI cones ont to 1's b.,
servants at work, whilst Aaron aid
Emory are equally as good. We have
hickory beef to rat aud all the other
delicacies of the season ard section
This is not sl0r nor vacant lot, Du'
TO tell our dear old ones at hone what
nice zee We have for our p esent b me-
Youis uuly,
Davis Pest.