Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-01-25
|NeARLY 4 HUNDRED
YEARS AGO,
From the Shenandoah HERALD
Aug, 1923.
A MONSTER.

ldI&c snake, whose uedQ Was clC-
vated about three feet from the
ground, and whose jaws were ex-
tended, in the act of bearing to
its den, young fam, which i'll
had caught few minutes before.
The snake in thickness exceeded
that of common mans thigh,
but its length could not well bel
ascertained.
Persons doubling the correct
ness of this statement, by calling
at our Office, may learn the names
of the persons, who are willing
to make affidavit to the fact.
OBITUARY.
Died a few days ago. at the
plantations in Charles County,
Maryland, Col. WILSON SMooT,
in the 46th year of his age-and
at the same place, a short time
before, MISS ELEANOR M.
BRANDT, an engaging young
lady of seventeen, the former an
uncle, the latter a cousin Of the
senior editor of this paper.
SINGULAR OCCURRENCE.
On Thursday evening last,
Mrs. Motley, the wife of Joseph
r. Motley, living two mil from
town, when on the margin of
the river, discovered a large lien
hawk. huttering near the ground.
Ion her going near, to ascertain
the cause Of the singular behav-
Jour of the bird, she discovered
that it was held fast by one of
its feet, in the mouth of snap
Iping turtle. After killing the
hawk, she found that the turtle
was bent upon still retaining cap
Tive its enemy, land not until 1t was
drought to the house a distaace
lof a half mile from the spot it
was discovered, could means be
adopted to rellnquish it's prey.
/ There is but little doubt that
1.-THE hawk had intended to cap
Iture the turtle and the result oil
1.-THE attack may be considered a
Igood moral to nations as we'll as
individuals, who without ref1ec.
ltion, rush upon an object and re-
fport their rashness when a re-
peal is impracticable-Q. is
there a possibility of forwarding
this story to the royal tents Of
the Duke OF Angolerne ?-Ths
|. lScottish Chief learned patience
and perseverance, from spider
land why may not the French
General learn prudence from the
Ifate of his fellow invader-the
hawk ? (Why not now forward
lit to the Kaiser p
/ PUBLIC SALE.
i Pursuant to a decree of the
'tSuperior Court of Chancery,
holden at Winchester. pronounc.
ed at April term, 1928, in the
Isuit where in the Trustees of the
Hate Bank of the United States
were plaintiffs, and William Ok
ley, William Davidson, Isaac
IHollingsworth and others are
defendants, l shall on the 4tll
Monday of September next, (be.
lug the first day of the Supreme
tCourt of law of Shenandoah
County sell at auction, for cash,
lon the premises in the town of
Woodstock, very
! VALUABLE LOT
lin the said town of Woodstock,
known in the plan of said town
Iby the number 16, on which
There is
| LARGE STONE HOUSE,
being the property formerly own
ed by Philip Williams, Esqr.,
and lately owned by Davidson
and Hollingsworth. Trustees, for
the creditors of Samuel Croud-
son & Co.
The sale will begin at the front
door of said house. about three
O'Clock, P. M and a conveyance
will be made by the subscriber
Ito the purchaser on receiving
the purchase money.
DAN'L LEE, Com.
Aug. 27th-t DIS
A GREAT TRAVELLER.
Mr.. William Bawcutt, the
veteran mail carrier, on the route
from Winchester to Stanton
has been contractor for thirty
four years. His indefatigable
'exertions to do justice to his con-
tract, determined him from the
commencement, to perform tie
route personally every week, in
order to see that everything on
the line was properly at
tended to. With but few inter-
missions. he has adhered to the
plan laid down for hiS oovsrr