Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1904-11-04
From Blue Grass Valley
Nov. LIST. 1904.

We had a considerable bllzzar(
last week and everybody tried tt
freeze to death in the sunshine, be
cause they had no wood for the graft
It blew off again and we are now
having delightful fall weather will
the exception of the long drought
which has cut The fall pasture shor
and added greatly to the length Of
the feeding season.
Our enterprising farmer, Walter
Newman has gone into the mer.
camille business, and really offers
to the public a beautiful and CHEAP
line of goods and groceries which
he has marked down to "bottom
prices." We wish him we'll and
hope he will have the patronage
and good will of all our people.
Col. H E Colaw and mother
spent several days last week visit
ing friends and relatives on Strait
Creek and around Monterey.
Prof. Kerr who taught the High
town school last winter has COM
menced his school in this pace
His wife we understand is teaching
The New Hampden school. Trey
have our best wishes and walmest
welcome.
Mr. VIM Hevener and wife have
moved back to the home mansion
where he accidentlv cut his foot
last week while splitting wood.
Vote for "Wise" in the contest
and get your "bonrets' made free.
We left out few items in our
last letter which would have said,
that II B Nicholas was at home
from the West. That Misses
Mamie and Bessie Sterret and Dir
Phil Sterrett were the welcome
guests of BRO. Wise" and that Mr.
and Mrs Sites of Kansas were
with friends a few days last week.
We enjoyed very much, reading
Bro. H. A. MurrilI's letter in the
Methodist last week on the timer
ant Preachers, and must really say
for lofty sentiment and graceful
periods AID weighty questions, it
will stand the test Of the critics,
and add new lustre to his graceful
pen. The 'parSon" has proven to
be the best convasser in the bounds
of the whole Baltimore Conference
and stands at the head of the list
with 40 subscribers to our church
paper. He and his charming wife
and children are now taking their
well earned vacation with relatives
and friends in Greenbrier county.
Possibly the parson will visit the
Exposition before returning.
1t is said that Mr. Arbogast ship
ped to Richmond last week the
finest car load of lambs That ever
left the Bottom, and received the
highest price ever paid Highland,
err in the memory Of man. 1t must
have made "Billy' feel good when
the buyers passed through the
sheep pens and looked happy.
The Newman, Simmons and Pot
ter lambs all averaged over 100
pounds and some weighed from 1870
to $40 pounds. If you don't be
lieve there is good money in sheep,
| will give you an illustration. Mr.
Jasper Simmons has IL ewes. He
sheared $1,000 worth of wool from
them this year and an average Of
more than $3.50 PEI head hereto
fore, raised % lambs and lost 3
more this year. They brought him
about IS per head as they weighed
over 100 pounds each, or Sll5 in
all. A clear profit of SIP after
deducting about 50 per head for
keeping them. He has averaged
over 500 clear profit each year off
of them ewes, which are now e and
years old-a grand total of $500
or 700.
MIR | Q Simmons and wife are
back from their recent trip to Bal
tim0re where Bro. Simmons bought
the largest and incest stock of
goods ever brought to this place.
As soon as the edition to his
store room is completed and Wise"
gets his sewing machine, he will
have the dress making and MILL
ner department in full blast.
We expected to speak Of our
roads and a few foot.logs that were
to be put mp last winter, but have
never been, still our letter is long
enough this time but We promise
you, "your moneys worth" in the
near future. Wise.