Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1909-02-26
H|CHLANDRFCORDER
LOCAL NEWS
PERSONAL Briefs OF People at Home
and Abroad
And the feet came back.

And the feet came back.
Note change in quotations by the
Monterey Milling Company.
Mr.. R. R. Ruff, of Lexington,
came in on the eastern hack-line
Monday evening.
The spring-like days of February
give Jack Frost some fresh nipping
in the days to follow.
Mr.. Grover Hevener, who holds a
position at Braucher, w. Va. spent
Saturday at Monterey.
Attorney Charles Curry, Of Staun-
ton, is at Monterey on legal bust
ness.
Several loads of Highland apples
have gone to the Staunton market
this week.
Mr.. John A. Whitelaw has been
confined to his room a part of this
week as a result of stepping on a
rusty nail.
In dealing with the negro fend
at Fincastle last Friday, Judge An
derson eclipsed Justice Johns
Court in the way of speedy justice.
Mike Corrigan, of Jackson's Riv-
er,has been adjudged insane and
is confined in the county jail pend
ing an application for admission to
the Western State hospital.
Mr.. W. A. Rexrode, of Crabbot-
tom, was in town Tuesday in spite
of the bad weather. He has a fine
sugar orchard, and reports 800
pounds of sugar and Is gallons OF
syrup to this date. This was made
during the present month.
As if tired of hearing comments
on her unnatural appearance and
docile nature, February worked
herself into a frenzy Wednesday
night, and bids fair to make a
bowling exit.
The very favorable news publish
ed last week as to Mr.. Sterrett' s
health was soon followed by word
that he had suffered a relapse, but
it proved to be only for a day, and
we are now informed that he is on
his way home.
Man is dust,
Dust settles;
Are you q man?
This is not original,
But some of my accounts are.
Chas. B. Fox, M. d.
All persons knowing themselves
indebted to the firm of E. B. White
law & Co. will please call and settle
at once as we wish to close up our
business.
We also wish to thank our pa.
irons for their liberal patronage OF
the past. Respectfully, ~
E. B. Whitelaw d Co.
Mrs. ]. NJ. Terry, of Jackson
River, one of the oldest residents
of the county, was able to come to
town last Monday, Her son, Mr.
II. II. Terry, accompanied her.
Teddy succeeded in holding the
California legislature in check un-
til the feet got home. Now, if Mr.
Taft can hold the lid down until we
get the big ditch done, if a scrap
must come, there is no denying
that the odds will be in our favor
When 70 have furs to sell DOM
forget that R. M. Trimble pays
highest market price.
Mr.. David Woods, of Arborvale
who came over to Monterey on &C
count of the illness of his sister, re
ports nearly all the land optlonet
in the burning" district nea
Green Bank.
Mr.. George Ryder, returning
from the Johns Hopkins Hospital
was met at Monterey Saturday b.
his step-father, Mr.. c. Z. Burns
of Valley Center.
A thunder storm of unusual Sc
verify for this season OF the year
visited Monterey Sunday afternoon
In fact, we have heard many sa,
That no such electrical storm wa
ever seen by them as early as Fen
ruary.
In speaking of Mr.. R. A. S. Wad
last week, we stated that ne lei
the county in early manhood, whe
we should have said "boyhood;;
We were also in error as to his OF
home, it being near Valley Cente
instead of Mill Gap.
Miss Mary Jones has been yer
i'll for more than a week at III
home of her parents. MIR. and Mr.
J. A. Jones, Monterey. For wv
or three days her condition was r