Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1865-08-19
Shall we or shall we Not ,

sell Improve our wv" "
c,,me, indifference 10 its temporal pros
periy, aud yield ourselves once more 10
a lethargic sleep? For four years not .
hou.e has been built and scarcely shin
ole has been put on, but now different
r.el,ng seems 10 be maniiesIng iIsel ana
our ciIizeus are repairing their houses
and giving them "new coat OF pain.
This is commendable. but We wsn' more.
There sre many vacant lots IN and around
Town .ha, are beautiful sites fer buildings
and handsome dwellings should be put up
to supply the great and increasing demand
for .,houses 10 rent" We have heard OF
great many applications for dwellings,
from persons at distance, but there Is MOI
vacant one in The place.
Our town offers many Inducements to
strangers 10 come here and settle. II has
not suffered from the ravages OF var as
others in Virginia have done, and is IN
thriving condition and business prospects
improving.
We have five mercantile houses, all DO
ing a good business, and number OF
Slddleries and Shoe
Stores. There are FIVE Churches, VIZ ::
Episcopal, Methodist, Presbyterian Lu-
theran and German Reform, and Ihe pull
pits are all filed with able clergymen.
We have also several Schools aid great
attention is now gIven TO the education Of
youth.
The Town Hall, now approaching It's
completion is al ornamental building and
we learn will be used as the Court House
of the County, through the benevoIence
of its protector and proprietor, tie liberal
minded and bcnvficenl r. d. Shepherd,
Esq.
The town being easy Of access, many,
very many, from The cities spend their
summer. here and We may add by way oil
parenihe Sis, that tue hospitality and kind
ness Of our citizens and the beauty and
elegance Of the ladies has given II rePu'
talon far and wide. No better invest
meat of capital could be made than to put
10 handsome and convenient dwellings on
the many vacant sites that now deIraci
from the appearance o. The place, for The
rent Of these would bring an income great.
er Than The Interest on the money. Per
sons in the cities, who desire summer
residences, and Others seeking investment.
would do well 10 visit our town and OBJ
serve the advantages il offers.
There is a sufficient water-power for
large manufacturing establishments and
the remains Of a large wooden factory is
slill standing, an eye sore 10 the place
and singular commentary upon The en-
ergies and spirits Of the enterPrising re-
nown OF our American people. In years
that were, The goods manufactured al,whaI
was then known as Prices factory, were
well known and eagerly sought after all
over The country, North and South, and
WHY can we not have the same thing a.
gain 7 Some OF our en,erprslng friends
in the North, could not do better than to
invest their surplus capital in reeslobIiSh-
ing this factory and building Others. The
Shenandoah Valley i' well known for lis
producliyeness and for its fine stock and
in few years il will have recuPeraieJ
sufficiently TO supply all demands upon It
and its convenience 10 The market Will
bring lis trade this way and offer new M
ducements 10 the people OF this region 10 do
all they can 10 attract The custom OF thai
fertile country and its tributaries, with
which the border counties viii. ~ a shOrl
time, be intimately connected by a con.
linuous line Of railway. We know that
our citizens would willingly 60 10 work
and do all and more than we have men.
toned, bot they have no sPare capital. md
it is for that reason, that foreign capital Is
invited. We need capital and we need la
bour, white lsbour, and both will find 1t
advantageous to their interests To come 10
this region and gather the fruits Of their
investments and Iabours ~ Ihe lowor