Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-10-23
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protracted protest because of its dis
reputable condition. Would have
been fixed long ago, but. Never
mind the butts now, but 'twixt our
selves and the pet canary do not CEN
sure the Board of Supervisors I'M
less you know the inside story of /
the delay. The action of the Board /
at its last meeting shows its good
intentions. OF course, there is a
pretty hot place reserved for the I'M
regenerate which is paved with good
intentions, but rest assured the Court
House paving will be more tangi-
BILE Lots of narrow-minded folks do
not appreciate the fact that the pro-
! gressiveness of a county is judged
by the County Seat, and that the
county buildings are monuments to
mediocrity or evidences of pro-
gressive and thrifty citizenship. The
4 improvement of the grounds around
the Court House will be of inestima-
/ BILE benefit to the entire county.
chardist on a limited scale, is fond
/ of minee meat. He likes it, though,
when the raisins, suet, beef and
other ingredients have been thor
oughly soaked in that disappearing
distillate which gave pies their pung
ency. He is no believer in the in
sipidness which cider gives the
pastry He tells the story of having
made it known that in his orchard
were thirty-fye barrels of apples
which would be snapped for brandy
for mince meat flavor Many re-
sponses came-some even brought
samples of the almost extinguished
elixir. He marvelled that so many
stills were in operation and when one
man told him that the many who
came to trade brandy for his apples
were but few of the manufacturers
in one section of the county, the
business man woke up. And so. un-
less his dream materializes through
moonshine channels, the minee piec
will be messed up with Volstead
cider
The gloom in Woodstock attend
ant upon Washington's loss of the
world series was as thick as the
Pittsburgh mud which engulfed the
contending teams as they battled for
supremacy, and the long end of the
players purse. Peckinpaugh's err
ors were taken as personal affronts
by local rooters and the mighty
Johnson's failure to deliver the
goods was attributed to the senility
of the speed king by the same folks
the dean of pitchers. Indeed, some
of the iconoclasts figuratively spat
upon the broken pieces of their idol.
And such is fame. The winner stands
upon a perilous pedestal and one
failure is enough TO unloose the
walls of anathema by his one-time
worshippers However, the final
game will be played around the store
stoves, in front of soft drink foun-
tains and wherever zealots congre
gate until Christmas, and out of the
wreck of their hopes Woodstock fans
may yet find a panaeea for the
wounds which Walter caused One
thing sure, it won't worry W. John
son, whatever their final conclusions.
A student of psychology would
learn much by loaang around the
Circuit Clerks Office for time and
watching the love bitten heroes APP
plying for marital diplomas. No
two men approach the market place
for misery or happiness alike. The
youthful gambler with a girls flu
ture usually is hesitant, self-consci-
Gus and timorous. He looks around
cautiously and suspieiously, sidles up
to the clerks desk and whispers his
wishes. Sometimes he forgets the
Christian name of the future Il
wilter," and more often he cannot
remember whether her pas name is
Isaac or Obadiah. Responsive to the
suggestions of the clerk, the neces-
sary information is finally furnished,
and he backs away with the coveted
contract, looking just as happy as
he might have looked with a tooth
ache. With the widower, it is differ
emit He ambles up with the assur-
ance that his experience has fore
STALLED any chance of his ticket be-
ing a blank in life's lottery, and he
plarks down his two dollars with an
air dsvoid of anxiety for the future.
tGimme license" says he. What
sort?" says the clerk DOG, hunt
ing or marriage?" Marriage" he
responds, and he answers the neces-
sary questions like high school girl
going thru the first multiplication Ia
BILE. Well, practice makes perfect,
and some of them come back three
and four times to get permit for
a partner.
Hot Ziggity! Civilization is
Doomed. Doomed. mind you, and
the poor soul who has recently
bought a twenty payment life insur-
ance policy will be caught in the