Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1909-05-07
HICHLANDRECORDER
LOCAL NEWS
{ointed Paragraphs Brief News
Notes People at Home and
Abroad.
days winter garb wasn't becom-

fish tales are long.
How about the organization of
hat fire company?
The angler need not be reminded
hat this is the open season.
Contractor Hale has "cut dirt
on his church contract.
Andy Pufinberger has moved
into the Carver house.
Mrs. Josiah Wilson. an esteemed
lady of Strait Creek, has been very
i'll for two weeks or more.
Highland is slow to put on her
summer dress, but when she does,
She captiyates all corners.
Mrs. Frank Wilson, of Charles
ton, w. Va, is visiting her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. G. p. Jones.
Miss Lucy Wilson left Monday
morning for a protracted stay at
her former home at Wilma, on the
Cowpasture.
Fire bugs and careless house
keepers will please take notice that
the nozzles sent along with the
town hose, proved to be mlssfit
and will have to be exchanged.
There will be called communi-
cation of Highland Lodge held on
Friday night, May 18th, for work
and instruction. ] Lunsford, W NJ
WANTED-A girl for general house
work settled woman preferred.
Address Wilderness" Deerheld,
Va.
DR.. NJ. B. Campbell and wife and
Mrs. Samuel Dever and daughter,
all of the Mill Gap community, were
among the shoppers in town this
week.
Messrs. F. G. Mauzy and c. C.,
Arbogast, of Durbin and Keyser,
w. Va, respectively, spent Sunday
at Monterey.
Master Berlin Crummett, of this
place, has accepted place with his
uncle. Mr.. G. F. Crummett, who
runs a bakery at Marlinton.
Mr.. Lloyd Sulienberger, who re-
Gently sold the stock farm at Van
derpool, has rented and now occu-
pies the J. C. Matheny property In
Monterey.
If it should turn out that some
of the apples have escaped this
weeks freeze, they will never have
a closer squeeze until they reach
the cider press.
Miss Elizabeth Kerr, after visit
of several weeks to the home OF
her sister, Mrs. w. F. Jones, at
,Wier, returned Wednesday to hel
home at Waynesboro.
Paul Brown, the village black
smith, has moved from the Hlnel
shop on Mill street to his old home
stand on east Main.
A band of gypsies were encamp
ed over Sunday near the coloret
church east of town. They moved
in the direction of Durbin Monday
morning.
Two of our townsmen, Messrs
/. A. Carichoff and S. W. Crum
NETT. have this week been confined
to their rooms on account OF illness
1t is said that a large number o
voters have failed to comply Will
the poll-tax provision as to date o
payment, and hence will have M
voice in the Forthcoming prlmar.
or fall elections.
Mrs. NJ. X. Fleisher, who is L
feeble health, left Wednesday morn
ing for Washington to consult
|, specialist
Mrs. Phoebe Priest, of Circleville
w. Va, spent Tuesday night wit
her cousin. Mrs. C. T. Fleisher.
Dr. Adam Fleisher, of Doe Hill
was called to Monterey Tuesda
evening to see his little nephew
Youngest child Of Mrs. {. M, LunS
ford, now quite i'll.
A number of Monterey citizen
are ATTENDING a called meeting G
Lexington Presbytery in session g
Staunton.
AS q result of bad feeling, grow
ing out of divorce proceeding, L
A. Kingan, well-known ]eWelf
of Stanton, attempted TO shoe
his former bosom friend, }, +
Wehn. charging him With havlI
a'ienated his wife's affections. II
bullet went wild and no one WI
hurt. Kingan gave bond for h
appearance at the May term OF Il
corporation court.
The friends of Mr.. c. B Bors
of Culpeper county, whose rece1
serious illness was supposed to
partial paralysis, are pleased
learn that his physicians now a
tribute it to ptomaine poisonln
the result of eating big meal
fish. The attack followed the me