Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1906-03-02

storm of Tuesday and came in on
the Staunton hack-line for a short
stay with his family.
Mr. Arch Revercomb. of the Bull
pasture, was visitor to the village
Tuesday and Wednesday.
DR. | H Trimhle has been mum
bered with the sick, and confined
to his room for more than week
His father and uncle, Mrssrs John
and James TrimbIe. have also been
i'll, but all are 81 mewhat improved.
Messrs Paul end Claw Gum, after
a pleasant visit of several weeks to
their old home near Meadow Dale,
left Wednesday morning, the form
er for Colorado and the latter for
Montana, their adopted homes.
Mr. John Smith and wife. of Doe
Hill, attended the funeral of Mrs
Amanda Campbell Sunday morn
ing, remaining on the western side
until Monday.
Miss E C KYLE, who has been a
teacher in the Monterey school dur
ing the session Just closed. return.
ed to her home in Bath county
Monday.
Miss Edna Hunt, who has been
teaching in the family of Mr. O A
Stephenson, Meadow Dale, has re-
turned to her home at Chatham,
Va.
Mr. G \ Dixon and ladv, of Trim
BILE, were visitors to Monterey
Sunday and Monday.
Arie Ervine is again in charge
of V b Bishops four ln-hand, max.
ing trip to Barlow this week.
Rev Mr. Becrv, on Sunday evening
organized Il junior league at the
Methodist church. 1t will hold
M 'ptings every fourth Sunday, at
which time the pastor will be pres
ent
Miss Mary, daughter of H Il
SIaven, Meadow Dale, is i'll of
pneumonia. The attack is not
severe one. however, so far, and the
patient is doing we'll.
DR. Fox was called to Crab Run
Wednesday to see Mrs d Z Raj
stOn.
Miss Jeanette Humphreys, who
has been visiting Misses Phoebe
and Mabel Jones, left Thursday
for her home in Charlottesville.
She Was accompanied by little Miss
Evelyne Jones.
Some Of the propertv-owners
seem loath TO part with the beau.
tiful snow" or at least have failed
to remove it from their sidewalk.
We hear no little complaint about
this, and it ought not to be so.
MANY of our citizens comply
promptly with the requirements OF
tins town ordinance. and it IS
pity than anv should wait to be re
minded Of their duty.
WANTED-Distl;ct Managers to
post signs, advertise and distribute
samples. Salary $500 weekly,
$500 per dav for expenses. State
age aud present employ ment. Ideal
Shear Co., 80 Randolph Street,
Chicago. liz Am
There need be no longer any riv-
airy between Hicks and the ground
hog, for this winter has pr W."
both to be humbugs of the first
order. His hog-ShIp is not III it at
all, because the elements, during
the past four weeks, have had no re-
g ri for his pronounced edict. As
FIR the storm prophet" he has
perhaps made one hit, for, no doubt,
by dint of much guessing and in
genious wording, he will claim
Tuesdays storm as IA score for him.
This too, in spite of the fact that
January ana February have been
the most remarkable in the history
of a century, yet this famous
weather wizard gave not the slight
est intimation thereof. Surely this
will be sufficient to dethrone Hicks
and place him in the same rank
with the ground hog! Since we
have both in a hole, let US bury
them so deep that their prophetic
utterances may never again be re-
peated by people who lay claim to
intelligence