Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-07-31
Pithy Paragraphs

tuuS materially 10 the eHOFl 10 Dedu-
tify the center of the town, is the
newly painted home of Mrs. Eliza
beth Gearing. Don't know just who
selected the color scheme, but it is
exceptionally good, and there is an
air of restfulness and harmony ere
ated which adds to the charm of the
locality. Here's hoping that the
town will have a veritable epidemic
of Plaintiffs CON buildings, of course) 4
and that the slosh of the painters
brush will make music for the COM
munity's progressiveness.
The several hundred rural letter
carriers attending the convention in
Woodstock were entertained without
discomfort to the visitors and with
out taxing the resources of the town.
Another thing. they enjoyed them.
selves. OF course, the Valley was a
revelation to most of them. There
were expressions galore of their ap-
probation of Woodstock hospitality.
There were commendatory remarks
about the county. They were salts
fed SO were we. Shows, too, that
the town can do in entertaining con-
ventions. BY the way, you should
drop into the newly remodelled ho
tel. George E. Mccormick is doing
good job of it, He handled the
. big end of the convention, too.
Did you notice in the news where
a lady travelled from Spain to Paris
to have her ballot validated for the
Virginia primary? Interesting when
you think of the number of Virgin
ians who will not walk around the
corner to cast a vote on issues in
which they are vitality interested.
Then this same outfit of stay-at-
are as they are, and wonder why
corrections are not made in the civic
cosmos The right of suffrage if
properly exercised and conscientious
ly adhered to is the biggest boon of
a free people. Be interested enough
in your local, state and national gov
eminent TO vote. Vote your senti-
ments. but vote A reminder-the
Democrats are having primary on
! August 4 If you are eligible. vote.
:, And. say-vote for Harry Byrd
Remember the story of the fracti-
Gus army mule whose gyrations en-
- tangled him in the riders stirrup
: Remember what the rider said, Look
here, mule; if you're goin to get on,
: I'm going to get off" Not particu-
larly using a jackass to point out a
lack of harmony in a community
:, activities, but honest to goodness!
: Woodstock has lots of good folks
= who are "goin to get off" when a
little mulishness is INDUCED in
civic success and while oftimes it is
uncomfortable to stay in the saddle
+. with a jackass, yet stay there just
the same, and maybe the long-eared
: occupant will get tired and get off.
The town has done so much through
=, cooperative effort, and can do so
much more, that this is not time
for unseemly dissension nor unkind
IT criticism. Visitors have marvelled at
our forward strides and we are still
-'striding" Let's have more doxol-
ogy and less music from the anvil
J. Not exactly maintaining jungle
l. on west Court Street, particularly
V that section from the depot to the
# postofIice Would suggest though that
V sufferers from hay fever use a
q clothes pin on the nasal adornment
S while negotiating the weed patch
+ Fine place to start the "ker-choos. ="
To save such unnecessary irritation
d of the olfactory outfit, it might be
0 well to start at the corner of Court
|. and Muhlenburg and start a scythe
: toward the sunset, Certainly would
/ improve things, and even at the high
b price of labor, shouldn't cost over
a six-bits. Strangers could then see
/. what a good street it is, without peep
n ing under the posies and wriggling
= through the weeds.
e N. B. (meaning Not Bad)-The
D proof of this paragraph was scarcely
read before, 10 and behold, man
with a scythe moved depotward past
the Herald office. And, patient read
er, the weeds were cut Call it coin
cidence, telepathy, auto suggestion.
e or whatever you may, but within the
| hour after this pithy was perpetrated
4 the jungle disappeared
I chorus
An alarm of fire at two o'clock
; Sunday morning brought to Court
} Street hundreds of the towns citi-
zens within a few minutes after the
first tap of the bell The fire was
} in the room formerly occupied by
} 'Nabby" Boyer, and now the home
of the Underselling Store. The
origin was a mystery and the dam
age slight. Scantily CARRIED citizens
and citizenesses milled around in the
wee sma" hours while firemen
fought a way through smoke to To-
cate the blaze-and eyerybodv seem-i