Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1866-03-17
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WIYcHEsTER, March ~, 1865.


ing wiihslood the desnls,On Of long
war and the destruction OF seven pitched
battles Immediately around II, II still sur
wives. One BY one to waste places are
being restored, and rharred ruins are Civ
ing way to temporary bu, servlceabIe
houses of business. Churches are being
REPAIRED, stores tenpened, toundrles re-
built, dwellings relurnished, fences re.
placed, and trade of all kinds revived.
Winchester has more merchants, more
saloons, for liquor and billiards, more
barber shops, more preachers (ior Me
Me,hcdIsis have two sets, each claiming
exclusive jurisdiction IN The matter Of
christianity, although The one that wants
The people to go to Heaven by way Of
Boston, has but few followers, more
doctors a class OF gentlemen who are IN
"a towering rage al the universal health OF
the community and who will listen with
laudable attention 10 any one who under
takes TO prove that the cholera must make
us a visit next summer and more law
yers THAT eslimabIe portion Of shls com
munitv, to whom are confded The scales
Of temporal Justice and for whose especial
benefit the Stay Law was not passed
than ever before. Towns are like peopl~
they are sometimes very hard 10 kISI
And although Winchester has been badly
crippled she is young ye, and will GER
tainly on, grow all her injuries. The
chief town of rich valley, she must
grow as il RECEIVERS and strengthen with
its strength. People who own this soil
which has been in great measure y
ing waste since The beginning OF the war
see the vast importance OF making II
productive and valuable as soon as posi-
BILE. They know that the basis OF our
rrosperllv is ia active agriculture. Con-
sequenily those who can, are renting
their farms and those no cannot are en-.
Geayoring to sell. Foreign capital is
coming in 20 purchase and already three
agricultural houses are opened ~ nur
Gown 10 furnish the necessary nipple.
mems of culture 10 those who buy land
ar to those who do not wish to sell.
ne people Of the valley sra slow in
adopting 9 new system Of ieb0r, sIih0ug'.
'hey must see mat II Is necessary OF our
sl'ua'lon. he negroes ale, WIN some
eSrep''"ns' worthless ana worse 'h''
worthless They are lying about The
streets. day and night. aud as yet he
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'ha' iIeeuom anu INDUSTRY ale hcoh'iS.,
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