Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1871-03-11
For the Regisfer.

baFIsn" OF The burg Of hepherdsiown. a
small space in column of your paper.
| am 10th 10 confess bsrbsrism, bu, the
FREE Press saye its so, and many persons
will believe it, as they don'i know that
Editors enormous capacity for manufac.
turing stories. Last week the following
appeared in lhel paper:
"Our neighborlng burg. Shepherds
town, is, ne fear, relap.ing into state
Of incivili,y--if no, absolute bsrbarlsm. as
is shown by The fact that private citizen
from this part Of tie county can scarcely
ride quietly through lis streets without
having pack Of ssvages a, his horse s
heels. barking and yelping like so many
angry ours"
Now this story is an invention OF the
fertile brain Of the Munchsusen Of the
Free Press. and bears distinctly ,ha,
"uade marx" Of long. lean giraffe. 1t
cannot be possible Mr.. Editor, in this lat
ter half Of the 10Th Century. thai We here
in Shepherdsiown, but step as it were
from the enlightened element OF Chorles.
town. with the advantage OF an occasional
seen, OF her moral atmospheric, having
had so many OF her enlightened repTesen-
slives. who have from time 10 Time, dom
iciled in our burg, the expense Of the
Counly-and a history OF her mor5ilty on
our criminal docket say it is. strange
indeed Ina, under these circumstances and
influences, we are relspsing into "sbso.
Lutte bsrbsrism." Why is it Is il be-
cause we have the jail here This can.
no, be, for Charles,own had i, once, and
ste was more moral then than now. Per
hsps il is caused by ,he Gemora'zing ef-
feet OF a radical Court, and ihis was the
reason why, once on time. tina! special
meeting was held in Charles,own TO OPP
puse the holding Of radical cour, al that
place. The legal dead weight or dead
beat" who made a recent murderous RAID
on our "savsges" was President Of that
meeting, and II the Editor OF The Free
Press will enquire he will. have no
doubt. give him all The particulars, tho
moro correct, hope than hi, Reporter
gave OF that "unmerciul pommeiing."
which lie Free Press says Green the un-
di.msyed gave MessIs. Van Swearingen
and Stubbs, 4 short time since. l. this
a wililul ialsehood Or had The report
er Of the "Olt Family" been reveIng
with the ssvsee,, and perhaps had par'a-
| ken Of too much "fIe water" and IN the
, excitemen, Of The melee thought Stubbs
was pommeled. when in truth II WAS
Green. Green's weapon, were o. the
wrong material, and tho he may have
been "undrsmsyeG, Stubs with Truth
and it is mighty squelch-
ed" him ss completely as Ferguson
'squelcheJ" The ~ Outh from Jefferson,
during The la'e session Of our Legislature.
Assure the public that the "piiva'e
ciliz n" wasnI HE least injured by the
"ssvsgcs, tho iii. miraculous that ne
escaped. as he was here during the big
"yelping," and The ssvsges were on The
war p.,h," and were very bsrbarou'.
Spotted Tail, regrets The occurrence very
much, and s.ks tina, Missionary Society
be organized a, Chsrestoen, with head
quarters a, the Free Press Office, and
thai several hundred copies Of tha, paper
be sent US, as il i'll have a considerable
moral tendency. It's also advisable that
lie Board send out lobbyist, 10 oor nex'
Legislature, TO use any and all Teans. 10
secure liule special. favorable IeglsIa-
ton" even to the neglect Of hlS business
After this it would DO well 10 send ihe
Editor Of lhe Free Press as Missionary
who could read US column or two from
that paper. 9iler which our late represen-
lat,ve-he was 100 late for the supper
can exrlain 10 u, the use o. those Spring
field rifles ,ha, he maIe Tor The Yankee
army during his voluntary exile iTom his
invaded home. |, would also be ve'y
pood if The missionaries would bring
! several ca.es Of champagne Love. U.s.
born & Co.. will present them with The
liquors. as this liquor firm highly apPre-
cia,es the drinking qualities OF not lie "
! Of the Jenlzens OF Charlesto"n. Afler
the champagne We will have grand
"wsr dance" in The Courthouse yard,
, big MUM"
p. S 1t is ADMIRABLE that the Mission
sries brng alorg roodIy number O
those ",ombs,ones." as our "curs" have
the "Court House Phobia." and The Sc.
Nor Editor OF the "Old Family" nigh
get bit, and is he bite proves fatal, he
will need stone. We also assure bin
The honor OF parade Of the old veterans
Al 49,.
with both foreign and Jomes'ic foes.