Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1859-02-17
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~ S"mop'ous manner Next wesk ve
will publish tn. Platform
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our friend aud sotsuporsry Of the Msr-
ssatovn Ssa,, Marshall N DrSr, whose
sPpssr.nes 10 our county ve short tine
$50 noticed upon bsnsss,, which i, Vas NOT
eur on 'sess TO know, bot which Ne CO lesla.
sed vss soosvhst oesn,ef,d With the region
Of his vest watch fob, gi,ss fsv items in
reference to our county, &c That our
readers may IN isrstsnd the accuracy Of his
dslines,iou, aud learn the estimate Of strsu
gers upon our COUNTY, 20 isstr the follow.
ing
We lately spent several days 10 J.fer.
son County, Nnsi.is We have more than
once bsf,rs spoken Of the Virgins" ho.pi.
t.hty Oi sss people OF jcifsrs u, and Oh 'bis
Wis" there, our favorable impressions we're
most fully confirmed We were st Charles
town, the Couoty seat, st January Court -
On that day, Mr.. Jams, Who formerly kept
the United States Hotel at Mar iusburg,
opened the Ssppinston Hotel. Mr. ijsms
made good begiuniDg on that day, aud 20
sincerely hope that be will coutiIu. TO re-
eei'e tue patronage Of the Jefferson County
folks. MIR. lj.ms 10 fret elias. Landlord.
lie s 90 excel nj provider, keeps attentive
aud ooiisiog servants, aud uses every effort
. ~ make guests feel at home.
There i.a large Carriage and Coach Fac
tory At Cbsrlesiowu. il 10 owned by Mr..
"siis . Hawks, enc Of the present. msm-
bers Of the House Of Delegates from that
Nj l.
bu'iuess man, aud plain uu.ssuuiug xsu
uemsn We learn that the people there
strongly insist upon bis acceptance Of . n
10 House IT Delegates sgsiu, but that he de-
ehbes They esnpot tie more vor,b,ly rep
resulted than by Mr. Hawks Such msn
( are mSn after our own heart" They are
tue Salt Of the Earth
We had tue pleasure Of calling on our
Brethren, Dir. bsllsLer. Of the Free
/ Its.s aud Ar. u, Besil Of the "Spiri, F"
We found both OF them at home, aud both
much improved in Psrsonal spp-,rsnoe. par.
neuiariy, ~ slson." We consider him, ~
Editors are in the main, = pe,f.e, model Of
msnhood, aud, ss "a thing Of beauty is Joy
forever We hope that Galiaber m,y live
forever We found the Country N-v,p..
per business pretty much the same thias y
las one OF our particular frisuas would say
10 Jefferson IS any place else. A kind OF
up hill businsss-A bed Of tborus With q
faded rose here aud there, which has Loot il.
swe-tosss loig ego BY being pluckei by
some fortunate obs-all work or little or no
pay Why Won't somebody appreciate the to |.
eni OF We ceountry editors. Loid pubic meet
iug. and make Us 10 particular q present. Of
service OF wooden bowls for our cats to
lick their milk from, in appreciation Of our
eminent services IN behalf Of the Democracy
IN particular aud ourself ia general D.
Wouldn't 70 make 'em I sIeeoh IL would
be worth more than dozen bowls to hear US
make speech. Nesrr such funny peak.
or. But ue are certainly off the track lust
nov. Let rs see We Can say any bow
| .tbst the papers 10 Jefsrsou ara a, ore ,1ten.
sn'siy circulated than the papers here
There srybody that considers himself
..ayboty takes both papers, Demoers, aud
An -ricau. Here Il is hard work to get an
body o take your paper and when they do,
th.y co. sidey IL . great favor &c you for
them to tax, it without paying for il. Nov,
re.oll.e,. q. are jus, talking about some
folks in psr,isul.'r, net everybody in gsn.r'
al. We notice m, ,tbsr way by which the
Jefferson papers arr better Pa.roeIsd
than ours Every body .sdVert''''' All the
Mechanics in town aud eo>'ntry, every "a.
minisirator, every emigrabt, &c pa" 30
sdvsriissuen, IN the paper an. ges some
bills printed, instesd Of bsuog AfeW
hleroshphical ost-tracss," 90 . piece
OF Tiltoo Indigo blue cap paper, vit.' lux
looking like death on . pale horse . nd
The "kings English" badly murdered,
stuck up 81 s'me eros, roads on big re-
oak, telling people Of public oetion' aud
"mebny ortber srteskettlts two TITUS to
mensbuu But here We ere TunnIng ell
over the country IL seems i'm ossiblo for
Us TO keep within the bounds Of Jefferson
County, let alone ChsIlestown .
They bsvs one Blessing ct Chsrl.stown
and that 10 Fried Oysters, better than can
be got coy other place ~ the uor,i. Ii.ny
one doubts our word, let them jus, 10 TO
Fred Blessing aud taste for themselves
Here We are rot one fourth through our
description Of Cbsrle,toun, aud ue hear he
"ubistle' Of the Winchester cars bound i'm
mediately or sooner 20 IIatpers Terry -
We van ed to give some further description
OF Charlestoun. but cant do IL nov Here
We sre aboard Of the ears ADD. bound 20 stop
writing, for who should b. aboard but that
N'N'"N uA'eHrI Nels1n, MaJ obin'
500 iorm"rly. Of the Martinsburg RcDA5I
eaH, sud BenjSn'io Lucas. late Of tue
Morgsntoun 1,iegIaDA. Therefore We
are compelled TO "bsug up the 6iIls sud
the bow to tslk 20 our old friends. We did
u.ni 20 take iiarPers Ferry 10 tbi. pen snd
ink sketch, but these coufound-d cars ruu
80 sou that before We could reseh IIrr
Psrs Ferry, the boys q our Office would say
set out '-Thsr,fors &c are compelled TO
defer our remarks on Ilarpers Ferry till