Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1912-03-01
r. F. D. No. 2 & 3

X. E. Ds NOe 4 & .
W. F. Clark and daughter, Miss
Hester visited the formers son, Mr..
Joe Clark oyer last Sundsy of near
Mt. Jackson.
Will Richard sold good milk
COW for $42. so to E. Haun.
Any one wanting corr crushed
should call on Russell Ryman. AS
he has one of the best up to-date
crushers and promises perfect salts
faction to all of his customers.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. E. CARRIER gave
birthday dinner last Sunday in honor
of their brother, Raymond CARRIER. A
dozen or more of Raymond's friends
were present and enjoyed the dinner
with him. The day was most pleasant
ly spent by all.
Messrs. Robert and Jacob Ki2p left
Thursday for Illinois where they have
secured employment as farm hands
The writer wishes them much success
in their new Western territory.
While Miss Hester Clark, daughter
of Mr.. Lorenzo Clark, was on her way
home from visit to her sister last
Sunday evening. her horse became
frie htened at the store at St. Luke by
window being raised which had a
loose broken glass in it. The horse
ran some two hundred yards at full
speed before she lost her balance and
fell off. She received several gashes
and bruises about her face and body
which was of harmful nature. She
was fortunate to escape some fatal
injuries or even being killed as she
fell among rock.
Edward, son of Mr. Frank Dysart,
has pneumonia. DR.. Smoot is attend
ing him.
A band of Gypseys passed through
this section last Sunday evening.
They stopped at ST. Luke and made
as if though they were going to pitch
their tents. But those in authority
changed their minds and they quietly
passed on. They were travelling east
ward.
Robert Richard sold his driving
horse to John Richard for less than
! 5000 90.
On last Wednesday night Mr.. Harry
Haun departed this life at his home
two and half miles West o. Wood
! stock. 1t was generally known that
| the deceased was i'll with typhoid
fever, his death came as shock to
his friends.
Harry was a kind hearted and &C.
| missed by his many friends. He is
| vol NV his u;fo fathar ,oDthac
and a number of brothers and sisters.
| L. Butt. of Woodstock, in the Mt.
Vernon School House Sunday morn
ing and his body was laid to rest in
the home graveyard by undertaken
Mr.. Joseph Ryman.
In conclusion want to say few
| words about my trip to Moorefield
last week accompanied by my friend
MIR. G. E. CARRIER, our merchant at
St, Luke. [ saw many things that in
terested me on that trip out will not
ask for space to tell of them all
In the first place l want to say that
the people of West Virginia, show a
disposition to treat strangers with
more hospitality than the people of
Virginia, and this is not in cases due
to their financial circumstances.
Whilst West Virginia has plenty of
| well to do people and some aristO-
cratic folks, still there are hundreds
of people living IN West Virginia
hills who have only a few acres of
! land on which to maintain their fam
lilies. and very plain house to live
in. Yet they are willing to share with
st,aa N fhoir NE of 1uinn Ard
apparently they seem to be getting
| more out of life than some who have
| hundreds of acres of land and fine
houses tic live in. Why is this? Sim
ply because they possess that one great
| thing -contentment which is the only
thing that will bring true happiness
to any one.
The only fault l find with the West
Virginia people is that they have their
| miles too long.
Moorefeld is nice little town of
about 1000 inhabitants. 1t has two
-four mills, one steam, mill, and one
water power fed by the South Branch.
1t las two as well equipped up to date
drug stores as you will see in most
any large city. Their post office is
superior to some in our Shenandoah
Valley. 1t has two hote' S, one large
town hall, several churches and a
number of nice residences Their new
court house is about completed which
is a very hs ndsome and costly brick
building, besides they have a tannery
| that gives daily employment to some
40 or so men. During our short stay
in West Virginia we stopped at the
hos pital home of Mr.. and Mrs. Milton
Vetter who live 2 miles East of town
on the South Fork. There we were re-
ceived with hearty welcome and
| treated with much courtesy, and was
| most pleasantly entertained in various
ways. Mr.. Vetter who is an agent
for the Edison Graphophone Co. fur
nished US with plenty of good music
from selection of some 4 or 5 hun
| dred records. 1t was there | had the
p.easue of listening to the finest vio-
linist in America Albert Stalding
| which was certainly fine. When we
arrived at Mr. Vetter's to our sur
prise we found Mr.. Budd Golladay
stopping there for few days "on a
dear hunt"
One of the most pleasant features
! of this trip to me was that l had some
one with me to bear my expenses which
made me feel perfectly contented. AL
| though Charlie was more or less rest
less. He got home sick and imagined
| that his store burnt and his chicken
house robbed and even thought some
one had eloped with his eighteen year
old wife. But when we reached home
| and he found every thing alright, he
was himself again and said he had a
pleasant trip, but would never take
trip with sam to West Virginia again
unless he would pay his own expenses.