Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1870-11-05
Twilight ReVeries.

sky and pinned il with stsr.' To-
morrow brings another DAY, with new is
sues, heavy and crowded with cares.
Tomorrow work will be grsaler Than
io-dsy's. To-day, life is begun; TO-
nonow iip.T Yeas are developed 10
day ,hs conception is formed 10 Nor.
row, .hoRg and gigantic it burss ieHh
| into life. There 10 no "Iime Tor Nsno.
~ ard for esr," Within shs ,iil sham
beu Of ,he past. spectre dim hold, sway
over The records of lime, and lets 10 mes
senser into those silent halls.
Nov and then an image OF some old
land nsrk of boy hood days hI's before The
mind and 10 gone; now sad ihsh "a
| plssm of sunshine breaks through the
cold .,esrn heart, and appeals for renem-
! brance. Back through so many yesr,
stands ihe idols Of your youth which on.
| ly such moments as these can dare recall.
There stands the old school house upon the
hill,
All coated DER with snow,
Which afforded US a sliding place
Some twenty years ago.
| There by the spring upon an elm,
You know cut your name,
Your sweelheart's too, just beneath,
And you did mine l4e same.
Some cruel wretch has peaed The bark
IT'S dying sure but slow,
Just as she died whose name
We carved some twenty years ago.
Have We no line 10 wander in the
Church.ysrd where sleeps our boyish
idols no time to srew flowers upon The
stave. OF those We love ! no time for
! fond reflections Z
Who OF vs. would forge, the night We
deserted The army Of old bachelors" and
asd to The csnpof OUT enemy; when
we put ou, the camp ere shich ~a'. fec.
bly, simmerins on the banks Of the lone
river, and crossed over 10 the house
! where here ~.., light in the window
foru.l We who have ben cid tache'
lsrs knew vhai we'll discip.ined army Of
madens is led by shose dsunlless maids
of Orleans vs whs have fought so
long and vslanliy for the sacTed csC'e Of
single blessedness, know The Ere that,
beam. from their eyes the beauty that
en,dr,es their smiles The sl quence
which speaks from their lips. The
watch tower 10 still guarded, but our
picket. are de,.riIug hourly and new re.
| cEuits sre needed at The post.
Houseess. homeless. and hesriIsss
young men enlist in the cause maldsns
live such lives iba, your purity will speak
elosuen,ly in your behalf, aud then The
victory syeu".
wEppINo.-On Wednesday The l2Ih
! insuni, our town was thrown into quite
hulter Of excitement BY brilliant wedt-
ing at Grace Church. A large company
from the village and surrounding country
collected at The church shout o'clock
an hour l,lrr csrpe,, were laid from The
house ol Mr.. r. ]. Griffith. where the
bridal party had assembled, and brilliant
correse soon proceeded TO tie church,
con,isnns oi Or. E. &. BooIhe. Of Motto.
way county. and Miss Clara Thompson.
daughter Of John A. Thompson. E'q,
OF Jefferson county; and the following
couples IN sllendsnce Mr.. w. 4. Bur
pwyn. OF Baltimore, and Miss Mary
Thompson OF Jefferson; Col. JOHN Ii.
Guy, Of Richmond. and Miss Ludie
Bsuphman, of Frederick City. Md Mr..
Samuel n. Puiism, of Richmond, and
Miss Mollie Chew. Of Jefferson; Mr.. Jas.
NJ. Wise. of Richmond, and Miss Eliza
Greene, OF BeuyvIle Mr.. H. ID. Lewis
OF Clarke, and Miss SaIlis Chiplev. OF
Frederick: Mr.. Richard May, OF Slsun-
ton, and Miss Ada l,bell, OF Jefferson
Mr.. william wilson, OF Summit PoIn,,
and Mi.s Mamie Forest, oil, Chsrle.town;
Mr.. Wp. A.qullh, of Chsrleslo~n, and
Miss Mary Ransom, Of ChsiIe.lown; and
DR.. Pembroke Thompson, OF Jefferson,
snd Mis-. Fanny +. BouIhr. Of No,tawsy.
The party Was net at the chsncel by
Rev. Il. F. Martin. who performed ibe
msrrisge ceremony with impressive go.
lemnliy. The Rev. J.. r. Jones and
Rev. Henderson Svter. were present.
If we were even hr-t cousin TO the
renowned Jenkins We would describe The
dresses Of The ladies', but as we are not
we can only cay that there was oesUtl.
fol srray Of white dresses and wells. and
the wesrers lacked like a procession Of
angels Clarke Courier.