Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1899-08-10

services were inaugurated and 1t mas
been fully determined to have churen
and q school house, as well al q sun
day school. The people have been
served by Rev. L. G. Barth. an lnteiil-
gent minister of the Presbyterian oe-
nomination, who has mission field IN
that locality and resides a short DIS
tance from the mines. He is taking
great interest in his work, and while
deliberate and methodical in his tenn
permen. and habits, he is none the less
effective IN the impression he
has made Already there is marked
Improvement in the moral tone OF the
camp. a more national and Uniform OBJ
servance of the Sabbath and the birth
of spirit Of religious fervor which mas
been absent heretofore. A Baptist
minister, Rev. w. B. Loving, Of Iron
Gate, also occasionally serves the peo-
pie, and if Methodist does not come
in to participate in the cultivation OF
this moral vineyard, it will be some
thing foreign to the itinerant SYSTEM
which is the important leverage py
which that denomination works ln the
byways and high ways of the world.
Mr.. Lightner is taking great interest
in the church work and the ladies OF
his family. Mrs. .Lightner, Mrs. Karr
and Mrs. Tinsley will prove important
factors in the Sunday school and will IN
other ways be helpful in this import
ant ph ase of the social and moral con-
dition of the people of that romantic
and attractive region, where nature IS
manifested in her most majestic and
impression forms and aspects. A church
for the colored people will doubtless
be erected, as they have no place OF
worship there and consequently strag-
gle off to neighborhood churches on
Sundays, much to their Inconvenience.
There are now at the camp about $50
men, a large majority colored and this
number is being increased daily. Tne
management is composed OF j. L.
Lightner, general managel; Capt. John
J. Stack, Jr. assistant to general mana
ger; D. A. Karr, chief clerk; ID. Nj.
Harman, assistant clerk; E. Shapely,
in charge of the commissary, with sew
eral assistants; Frank Cook, chemist
and DR.. Morris, of Clifton Forge,
physician.
The work on this property for the
past six months has been preliminary
and preparatory. The object has been,
not to see how much ore could be got
ten out for temporary show, but to ar
range the mines for continuous opera
tion during summer, as we'll as the
| winter when much of the open cut
| work is impracticable, as well as un-
profitable. This conception has been
faithfully and efficiently carried out,
and it will not be long before the plant
will be in full operation on large
scale, producing ore enough to make
the enterprise a pronounced success
and give the tangible assurance to the
owners that they have made no mis-
take in the purchase and their large
expenditure in getting the mines in
working condition.
Rich Patch is not without its diver
sions. Several accomplished musicians
occasionally meet at the managers
residence and invade the monotony ol
the surroundings by rendering II
sweetest harmony choice selections
from well known authors. The piano
the guitar, the mandolin, the banJt
and the flute blend their notes unde
skillful touches, producing a ICON
|, cord Of sweet sounds" that stir am
sweep over the emotions and spent
their cadences on the pure air which
stlrs the mountain foliage and Carrie
healing on it's wings. The towerin'
( mountains which environ the Vale
on either side, clothed in richest vegd
a ure and giving forth adelicious aroma
/ lend majesty and grandeur to the sui
g roundings, and the silvery moon. as
9 in jocund step, it creeps noislessly u
/ the eastern slope and tips the SUNNI
J. with a golden sheen is thing
u beauty and joy forever''-an entran'
I. ing scene that poetic fancy mlgf
vi weave into immortal numbers, perpe
IS uate in song OF story as the palpita
l. ing stars lend their scintillations
It augment the mellow beauty OF tt
8. Queen of Night as she courses her wi
,f through the vaulted blue, to curta
ID her rest behind the golden hues OF tt
1e western horizon. Sentiment and Sol
re mingle with gentle breezes that swe
down the rugged mountain and
of and nature unite their forces to Il
TO the soul from nature to natures GG
lis All harmony and all beauty are of
a vine origin in whatever form they
X pear and lessons of profit, can be eve
ed Cd from the ripping brook as it wei
n. it's tortuous way to the sea, as we'll
al from the rugged rocks which Gro
ke the mountain summit and called
u- first warmth of the morning sun 8
III the sweet notes that float out from
ad tuned instrument as it Is swayed by
mt skilled hand.
,ct A miniature company OF barn seol
on ers regaled the senses of the lima
tants few nights ago. A coal Ola
BILE darkey with threadbare Prince
200 bert coat dangling to his heels ant
ted creased stove pipe hat glis.enlng
ron the moon beam, crowning his ne
!, is with huge brass spectacles to EN- bel
My his eyes, appeared with astereopti
'ac- view of Christ with His people
pri- Mary resting over the infant Je
.ect The exhibition Of itself was interest,"
.bly but the manner of presenting 1t
,ar- grotesque and ludicrous. The Pill
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