Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-09-18
Pithy Paragraphs

$4,000 Jam Fair Grounds"-Head-
line in Harrisonburg Daily News-Rec-
ord. Not in the spirit of knocking,
but really we do not understand why
a little crowd of 1000 would inspire
such citation in the big county OF
Rockingham, with it's hustling city
of 5000. Shenandoah County Fair
had 5000 the opening day, with a
peak crowd of 10000 on Thursday,
and even on the last night 5000 were
on the grounds. If 1000 would jam
the Rockingham Fair Grounds the
Shenandoah crowd couldn't be
squeezed into it with cider press.
If only 1000 would go to our fair on
any day we would consider it an abb
solute failure. No use talking, the
| fair held at Woodstock is not only
the premier exhibition in the Valley
but it draws sure enough crowds.
I Did you know that in proportion
to population Woodstock bought few
er park acres than any county seat
where the campaign to secure the
Shenandoah Park has been put on?
1t is a fact that those most directly
benefited showed the least interest,
and those who could well afford to in
vest little in the biggest proposition
ever presented to Virginia are cal
1lous, Indifferent and porcine. Natur-
ally there is no hesitation on the part
of the population to share in the pros
perity through tourist travel if some
body else pays the costs of bringing
it here The same old story of the
colored blacksmith who when dissolv-
ing partnership posted on the door
this sign: de co-partnership here
tofore resisting 'twixt me and Nose
Skinner am hereby resolved. Dem
dat owe de firm will settle wild me
and dem de firm owes will settle wid
Nose" See the point?
\ A Hagerstown lady, with her hus-
band and two other motorists visited
Winchester Tuesday failure to OBJ
serve traffic regulations led to their
arrest. At the police station, two
pints of liquor were found in the
stockings of one of the females. just
why an intelligent woman, in the
light of modern dress, would imagine
that two pint bottles could be con-
cealed in her hosiery is beyond our
ken. Leg draperies these days hard.
ly conceal varicose veins, and most
any old cop would note a protuber-
ance made by flask. In the days
preceding the universal calf show ii
was the wont of the feminine to carry
the purse between garters and ankles
but since the upward trend of the
skirt these animated safety zones
have been abandoned Probably the
Hagerstown lady imagined that the
Winchester police would diagnose the
leg knots as tumors. Anyhow. it cost
her husband S6S.
Salem. Virginia, has over 5000 in.
habitants. Being suburban to Roam.
oke, automobile traffic is exception.
ally heavy. Few or no accidents oc-
eur in the college town, and no traf-
fic officers are visible. Why? AT
intersecting streets, and on the
streets which have not the right-of.
way, there is a sign, stop" And
believe me, the cars do stop before
crossing. If automobiles in Wood.
stock were required to stop at cross
streets there would be little or NO
danger to pedestrians and less to au-
tomobilists. If Salem can regulate
hundreds of cars daily with inexpen-
sive signs, why couldn't Woodstock
do likewise? This would stop the
;, speeding at street intersections and
possibly save lives. If only the speed.
er would get hurt, it wouldn't mat.
ter much, but it is wrong to subject
careful drivers to the jeopardy occa.
stoned by the demoniacal driving OF
morons, jackasses and reckless auto.
lists!