Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1908-12-25

If Old Santa kill body
Will it be-because?
With a 22-inch snow at Rich
.mond and Is at Staunton, our little
mountain zone don't appear so ex-
elusively frigid after all.
Mr.. and Mrs. N. B. Woods and
Mrs. "Doc" Herold, of Meadow
Dale, were among the numerous
shoppers in town on Tuesday.
AS the exercises at the Methodist
church Tuesday night promise to
be about the only diversion OF the
season, we may look for an ample
turnout.
A glance at the published report
of the football game at Mill Gap
will readily convince any one that
the Frost team is too Sharp" to
be easily defeated.
Misses Josephine and Janet
Stephenson, and Messrs. Boyd and
William Stephenson are attending
a house party given by Miss Louise
Hale at Rodgersville, Tenn.
Having shut down for some
/ needed repairs, there will be no
/ grinding done until about Wednes-
! day, December Goth.
& MONTEREY MILLING COMPANY.
Mr.. S. w. Crummett went to
4 Staunton Tuesday to meet MS
sons. Richard and Berlin, students
of the Blacksburg school, who are
coming home for the holidays.
All who want textbooks ex-
changed will please call on or be-
fore Jan. 1, 1909. After that time
they will not be exchanged.
Y. B. BISHOP Co.
Believing that all danger was
\ passed, the quarantine at W: d.
j Matthew's was raised on Tuesday,
after a thorough fumigation OF the
premises.
The town has been thronged with
Christmas shoppers all week. The
merchants are busy men, the sale
of seasonable goods being last
and furious"
There is a mistaken idea of Gel
ebrating Christmas which is not
only dissertation, and morally
wrong, but also results in big
head and very often a sore head.
Start right at the beginning the
.of the year and take your home
paper. Many excellent and popu-
lar Stories will be published the
coming year. All for 81.
8 Mr.. N. E. Young, Miss Maud
Noble, Mr.. Paul Slaven and wife
were passengers on the east-bound
mail hack Saturday morning, the
former going TO his home at Shaws-
vile, Va, the three latter to Wash
ington.
At the Forthcoming festival
meeting of Highland Lodge, No
10, A. F. & A. M, to be held or
Monday night, a splendid crayor
portrait of the late Capt. Matheny
will be presented to the Lodge by
committee appointed and having
the matter in hand.
The bazaar and oyster suppe
given by the ladies of the Presby
terian church Friday evening wa
very well patronized and proved
success. We have not learned tn
result in a financial way, but it wa
doubtless satisfactory.
Mr.. j. A. Whitelaw's residence
on the hill near Masonic Hall, wa
the first to be supplied from tn
water line. 1t is carried from tn
main line in a three-quarter pipe
and with ample force to reach tn
building at all points and put up
formidable fight in case of fire.
If, by a single sweep of vision
good St. Nick could take in tn
make-ups, their figures and propol
tions, of the countless hundred
who represent and personate hir
during the coming days, the dock
cts of all tribunals, from Justice
bench to Supreme Court, would b
filled with damage suits.
Postmaster, H. M. Slaven, he
in his hands letter addressed t
"Santa Claus, North Pole" Viii
at this season Of the year, wesom'
times conclude that the pole is ne
far away, Uncle Sam has PROVE
ed no mail service or rate of pos
age. hence the missive will have
90 to the dead letter office.
FOR SALE ! OF 8 good staci
of hay, can feed on ground.
good man on the place can be ma
to do the feeding. Anyone int
ested address the Recorder Offc'
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