Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1906-09-14

Mr. Cliff Matheny is placing a
new metal fence in front OF his
dwelling on South Spruce.
Merchants. V.B Bishop and ID G
Lunsford, are in the North making
their fall purchases.
Squirrels are more abundant this
season than for many years and
hunting the frisky little CRITTERS
is fine sport for the local Nimrods.
This is good season, while mon
ey is plentiful, to look up the lit.
tie slip on the Recorder and see if
your subscription is in arrear. 1t
is small matter but important to
your home paper.
Mr. Evans Trimble, son of Rev.
w S Trlmble. left on Wednesday
of last week for Missouri where he
entered the Westminster College.
| will be at the Commercial Ho-
tel every Saturday for 30 days pre-
pared to test eyes and furnish spec.
tacles at reasonable prices.
LIT Charles Wachob.
WANTED-Good girl or woman
for general housework in family of
two. Good paw to the right per-
son. Girl can 60 to school it she
desires. Clifton Matheny
DIR O J Campbell will 60 to Crab
bottom next Tuesday to remain the
rest of the week. Any one wish
ing dental work should call during
the time.
Frequent showers this week have
retarded the belatei hay-making.
Tn some instances farmers have had
t, leave off this work in order to
care for their crop of corn, now
ripe.
A graphophone concert will be
held in Hotel Monterey, Friday IA.
Two of the largest and finest make
of graphophones will furnish the
music for the occasion. A large
number of new selections will be
on hand. The entertainment will
be for the benefit of the Monterey
baseball team which is a little be.
hind in finances. A small adj
mittance price will be charged. At
ter the entertainment refreshment
will be served.
The corps of engineers have been
in camp on O. Wilson's land since
Friday last. Tliey have been work.
ing this week in the Vanderpool
Gap and along the mountain south
of town. The line run by them is
much higher up on the mountain
than any other survey made
through the Gap at Vanderpool.
We give space on outside of this
issue to an article by Littell Nc
Chung, describing "a Highland re.
union. The article was copied
from a magazine by one Of the
readers of the Recorder and sent US
for publication. Nothing was said
as to the date of the magazine, but
the presumption is that it was a
hack numb Der" as no reunions
have recently been held. The
writer takes no Objectionable license
in his descriptive efforts, excerpts,
in his reference to the 'iriest moon
shine" Perhaps he meant to say
''farest moonshine." so we will not
resent the implied SANDER Oh our
quiet little county.
Last Friday in Marlinton looked
like moving day for a Dig brewery.
The beer, whiskey and wine cartur-
ed in the raids in upper Pocahontas
was brought here in big refriger-
ator car, and two wagons were kept
busy all day transferring it to the
county Jail. This with the twelve
prisoners confined in the county
bastile. makes pretty big house
full for jailor Eskridge to look at
ter.
j. B. Slaven who has been visit
ing his three sons here for the past
three months, returned to his home
at Monterey this week. He was
accompanied by Mrs. R. B. Slayen
and her two children, who will
spend sometime visiting relatives
in Highland. m essenger.