Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1904-12-09
From Blue Grass Valley
Dec. 18th. 100.

The weather has been remarka
bly fine for the last week, with Il
few gentle showers to dampen the
ground but not enough to raise the
water which is about as low as it
usually gets this time Of year. If
the weather prophets don't all go
to lying on "Uncle SAM" we MAY
have a nice, open winter.
Judy, tie turkey king, has han
died about 10000 pounds and isn't
busted yet" lie surely made the
other merchants vince, bat the
farmers were just delighted, when
he rolled the bright coins into their
old jeans at l3c per pound or l5c
in trade.
A blind bride was lost sometime
ago in the Chapel woods by A. nj.
Colaw. Any one fudirg the same
will please return to owner or leave
at Crabbottom mills and receive a
liberal reward for their trouble.
Mr. VIM Chew is on the sick list.
Bro. H. D. Carver left the parish
from last Tuesday night and hasn't
been heard Of since.
Mr. George Smith was over on
this side last Saturday.
Mr. Ernest Colaw is now employ !
ed by a large lumber company do
ing business in Pocahontas, he
started for Marlinton last week.
Drs Jones and Rexrode were
called to the Allegheny last Satur-
day to perform ii dangerous opera
ton upon Willie 'Mullenax.
After receiving a letter from my
old friend Tom X. Newman, ac-
knowledging ''the error of his wav"
and saving that he was now doing
we'll but was a throughout Repub-
lican and voted the strait ticket,
nothing did our soul more good
than the hint that old Highland
might yet, get railroad out of
'giner snaps" and Confed'ate bills,
but we want her," and we want it
us bad as that sewing machine.
MIR Daniel Colaw and wife made
their Bro. Cyrus Colaw visit one
dav last week. They found our
good old uGcle reasonably hale and
hearty and in the best of spirits for
a man who has seen more than 81
summers. May he ever live here
and beyond the grave.
Our physicians instead of poll
ticians, report the arrival of three
more republican voters in this
last week. E. ID.
Sw ecker, A. N. Colaw, and Luther
Hammer are very much delighted,
while mothers and babies are all
doing well.
We know the Editor don't get
into all the scrapes or has all the
to himself but just hap
pens so with Correspondents. While
reading the interesting letter from
Mill Gap, we came to the last
paragraph which said, that IS H
Ralston of Crabbottom spent last
night in our midst looking after
his Green Hill Girl" We willing.
" apologize, because we don't
want our timer to go out OF the
business at once.
"Wise" has said many nice and
funny things of the good people of
this neighborhood and the county
in the last twenty years, and now
they have a chance to show their
by voting for him or
some other happy correspondent
who has done his best to please
every body and make his county pa
per interesting. There ought to
be- seven hundred paid up sub
scribers with about $500 votes.
The cid subscribers have four votes
and the new subscribers have six,
and all have chance to guess the
Of votes cast which entl-
ties you to one of the best Maya
zines free, for che year, and also a
nice piece about won in one of the
lomirg issues of the Recorder by
your humble correspondent. If
You have no ballot. send your guess
and name of your correspondent
Won wish to vote for, to the Editor
of this paper and he will DO the
rest.
We would like to see $500 votes
rast in this Contest, and ember
yonr votes must be in bv II p. n.
the 3lst Of December, 1904.
Resp ctfnlly,
.