Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1901-08-30
OVER IN HIGHLAND.
What Five Years Have Done for Monterey
Many New BuiIdings-Grass and Corn
Crops Unsurpassed Cattle and
Who have them-Methodist Conference
mellow ell Monterey Freight Train.

mellow ell Monterey Freight Train.
Monterey, Aug. 26.-lt is five year
since wrote you from this little "glad
in the mountains. From the eleva
ton of Jack Mountain as you lool
down upon the pretty little town Q
Montery, glistening in the morning
sup, as it nestles among the greel
trees and verdant meadows, it remind
one of pearl in setting of emeralds
There are few prettler sights that res
the eye of the traveller and he WOuit
fain linger and admire while his hors,
blows after the 6 mile pull OF tn
mountain. Five years have mad
many chances. The place has grow
and improved greatly, the first notable
change being the handsome moderI
Methodist church, not far off on thu
opposite side of the street is the larg'
three story tin roof building of thu
Monterey Milling Company, built re
Gently and fitted up with modern rol
Ter process machinery, costing. $o,0o'
and having capacity OF 70 barrels
a day. under the successful manage
ment of Joseph Jones & Son. Mex
we notice another large white building
containing the new store of Trimble y
Lunsford and the new Highland Coun
ty bank. On Main street are also tt
be seen among the new buildings thu
postoffice, owned by Fl. M. Slavin, th'
postmaster, a model country office II
equipment and management, so says
the government inspector. Also the
residence of Mrs. Ella E. Fleisher
next door to Mr.. o. Wilson's cosy
home among the whispering pines, the
large handsome residence not yet com
pleted of John M. Colaw, the author
of the already famous arithm etic, Jos
s. Gibson's residence. clerk at Bishops
big store; John A. Whitelaw's hand
some home near the Masonic building
and A. g. Suddarth IS new house. Their
on Spencer street for quite a distance
south of the Presbyterian manse and
the residence of the old veteran soldier
and clerk Capt. j. G. Matheney, is a
long row of neat and some very hand
some residences. running out into the
country. owned by VIM. Buzzard, q.
w. Trimble. Joshua Lunsford. L. Q.
Karichoff, Luther Dickinson, James
Trimble, VIM. Hiner, Dr. Oscar
Campbell, On the opposite side of the
street Luther Beverage and K. f. Gil
lett; also opposite the manse OF Rev.
John Ruff is the well stocked, neatly
kept drug store of DR.. Kenton Harper
Trimble, namesake of the founder
and editor of the Staunton SPECTATOR,
Capt. KentOn Harper. 1t is a curious
fact that while the immediate name.
sakes of Capt. Harper are growing few
in Augusta county, DIR. K. III. Trimble
has 33 namesakes in Highland among
the children called KentOn Harper.
which testifies to his popularity as a
physician among the mothers OF the
community.
Going outside of the progressive and
substantial town, l find that the corn
cropls a splendid one, and Mr.. L. II.
Stevenson, the oldest citizen of Mon
terey in point of residence, having
lived here for So years, says there is
the finest crop OF grass and hay In
the county he ever saw. That means
fine cattle and many of them, and beet
buyers will find on almost every farm
a lot of nice round fellows waiting fol
a quick trip to the northern market
and across the seas to the long purse
beef eaters of England. AS near as
can ascertain the beef cattle to be
found among leading graziers are as
follows: L. a. Stevenson, 1872; E. A.
Dudley. so; Mrs. VIM. Hevener and
son, 900; Geo. W. and J. W. Hevener,
ITO; G. P. Jones, 50; j. A. Jones, so
John Trimble and son, IS; David Co
law and brother Cyrus, 70; w. W.
Stephenson, So; H. H. Terry, 65; E. Fl.
McClintic and brothers. 65; L. M. Nc.
Chung, 1876; d. V. Ruckman, 200; n
A. Gum, 80; Peter Gum, 20; 0. A.
Stevenson. 80; s. A. Porter, rs; s. W.
Sterrett, 30; z. II. Stevenson, 30; G.
T. Fleisher, %; FL. H. Sibert, 35; Jno
d. and Mark Simmons, rs; l.. Fl. Ham
mer, 55; Wagner Bros. 55, and Chas
Slavin, rs. So it Is evident that there
are at least 1000 beef cattle in High
land ready for market, which at from
4 so to 80 per 100 will bring large
sum of money into the county anC
ought to make things pretty easy here
A large number of lambs have beer
driven out of the county and many
are still going, but the price is moi
very satisfactory to the grazier thii
season.
| found busy and well ATTENDED
meeting of the Methodist District Con
ference going on at Monterey. Th'
people turned out in large numbers
filling the large church night ant
morning every day. Revs. Isaac W
Canter and z. W Jeffries, of your city
preached and delighted their audien
ces. The visitors could not say too
much in praise of the open handed hos
pitality of the people of all denomi
nations.
| found the county court in session
only one criminal case to try, and tina
said to be the first in Is months. 4
negro bog, VIM. Minor, of Mcdowell
stole suit of clothes from anothe
boy, Fred Wright. The funny part 0
the trial was the prisoner clinched hi
own case by wearing the stolen clothe
into court. When Wright was asked
where is your suit of clothes p He ha'
only to say, Thar they are, dat DO
got 'em on now The jury gave hin
years, but Judge Chalkley thinks o
sending him to a reformatory, whicl
would make his confinement years a
he would have to stay till be was q.
AS I drove by the residence of MI
! Devericks at the western foot of Sher
andoah mountain, saw the broker
buggy shafts of Rev. l. W. Canter an
Mr.. J. A. Fauver hanging on hi
fence and those gentlemen putin
another pair, borrowed from Mr.. Dev
ericks, to their buggy. They had me
fast cow and fast bicyclist comm
down on them as they made tur
climbing the mountain. The resul
was the horse turned back suddenly
snapped the shaft and came very nea
tumbllng the gentlemen down til
mountain side many feet. The escap
from serious accident was very nal
row one.
! l spent Friday night in Mcdowell
1t raiped-poured all night, 10 hours
but in the snug large rooms of Mr.. .
B. Bradshaw's hostelry and sitting b
side his loaded table it mattered br
little what the wild wind and raj
were saying outside. It was strane
though that such storm should hav
lasted so long there while only IS mile
away in Staunton the dust was not lai'