Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1904-10-21
From Blue Grass Valley
Oct. 18th, 1904.

Flaherty and Alurrlll mas clostu
with the happy result of thirty
four professions and % accesslons
to the church.
We had most excellent preaching
by that grand old soldier OF the
Cross, Brother Flaherty, and every
christian seemed to be filled with
the Spirit and endned with power
from on High. Our oldest people
really think it was the most sue
cessful revival Of religion held IN
the Bottom for wears.
We surely had gloriously good
time praising God, which will long
he remembered by those who know
Jesus to be their personal Saviour.
Rev W N Wagner and wife of
Franklin were here Saturday and
Sunday, and the good parson
preached two excellent sermons,
Sunday for us ut New Church.
Brother W D Keiser, one of our
worthy blacksmiths OF Hamrden,
we are sorry to learn, has a slight
attack of fever. Mr. Milton Mar
shall will fill his place at the anvil
during his sickness.
Messrs. A. p. Arbogast and W l.
Chew and their wives, have gone
on visit to friends and relatives
in Elkins and other cities of W.
Va. Remember us to Brother Davis.
Miss Mary e Eagle, daughter of
our old friend, Squire Sam1 Gag lie
of Doe Hill has been employed by |
brother L D Folks to teach i'll his
family this winter. She surely /
will find a hearty welcome to our
hearts and homes.
Mr. Arthur Beverage and wife
and children Of FishersviIle, Au-
gusta county, are visiting Mrs.
Beverages parents, Mr. and Mrs &.
Winner Of this place.
DIR E J Jones, Albert Simmons
and your humble correspondent,
have been numbered 'mong the
sick for the last few weeks.
Mr. Norman Kramer is getting
along nicely with his new dwelling
house.
Messrs EIdridge Hinkle and E D
SWpckpr sold their yearling cattle
last week for $50 per head. Bro.
S. keeps his eye on the gobbler,
and not long since, while in the
Allegheny nights, he heard a small
tinkIing sound far up in the dim
blue sky, and looking upward and
westward he could family see i'll
the distance the long lost, belled,
buzzard making her way toward
Durbin, and we think, enquirng
for "IIero of Fishers HILL"
DIR S Cooper Rusmisel and
daughter of Buchannon, W. Va. |
are visiting the Doctors only living
aunt, Mrs DAVID Swecker and other
friends and relatives in the Bottom.
The Mutual telephone is now IN
operation from Hlnkle's to D, e.
Colaw's.
A successful bear hunt was in
augurated in the Allegheny noun
tains, October 9th by General Nor
vii High and II other men who
surrounded "old father Brain" and
after short but exciting chase
bagged their game.
He was about 20 years old and
had often been chased by uncle Joe
Hull aud boys, the Rexrodes, Ar
bogasts and many other parties,
but finally succeeded in getting
away, until he ran up in front Of
Earnest Barley and stopped just
long enough to hear the crack of
doom, and quickly received into
his mutton filled stomach nine
buck shot and sixty turkey shot,
then with a mighty leap forward
he grabbed a tree and tore the bark
from it's trunk, gave a ferocious,
death howl which scared the one
armed hero, "clean out Of his
boots" and fell back dead at his
feet.
BY actual count he has killed
over one hundred sheep, worth
from $400 to 1926, They possibly
had no stilliards thai would draw
the hams but it was supposed to
weigh from $50 to 700 pounds.
The hide after it was dressed and
shaved Of all meat and fat weighed
3Slbs. and measured from head to
tail s feet four inches and from toe
to toe just s feet. 1t actually COW
ers the whole gable END Of dere-
miah Winners house and is sup
posed to be worth from $50 to
800, The bear cut 4 inches Of
solid fat on the back and took nine
men 10 carry it only q short dis
tance. 1t is real J exciting to hear
the boys tell their story but as we
did rot receive any of the tender
loin we couldn't exactly vouch for
its ACCURACY in every PARTICULAR, but
hope it will be read and believed