Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1872-07-06
For The Register.
LETTER FROM CHARLESTOWN.
July 9, 1872.

foui Soiie spouuell L lnOtDy mas Deen
in somewhat the condition of the man
who tried his hand at making latin to
suit his circumstances sin swampum non
comeatibus," which being interpreted
means in tight place. The hot wea-
ther and rheumatic pains have been
very untavorable to composing, writing,
gathering ''pints," the busy work of
I'VE note -taker to send to an important
newspaper to be spread before an eager
public to be read and inwardly digested
Nothing has transpired or is transpir
ing In these parts of world wide inter
est. Now and then some thing turns
up to ruffie the surface. For instance
| heard not long ago Of some of the
weaker sex coming to certain town,
(guess which if you CAM and after par
taking of several of the refreshing and
stimulating beverages that are SO album
dant and fixed up in such tempting style
found themselves unintentionaliy in
an uncomfortable state. Let the cur
tain drop just here. The old chronic
topsrs with which all the world abounds,
who come to town don't say wmch,)
on business of course, can't resist the
tempting draughts of the season, iuleps,
slashes, and all the rest, for their name
is legion, become subjects of the clock
up" A bad fix.
Dull times we have The heated
term is upon us in its fury-business is
at a stand still-even the huge Metri-
politan moves slowly, hardly fast enough
to pay for its salt A calm always fol
| lows storm in nature-sO in business,
quiet, a rush. bet you, there has
been more harvest whisky sold in GER
tain place wot ofyou must find out
its name if you CAM than every thing
else in the shape of eatables in the same
length of time. Every wagon and We
hicle has its keg or demijohn to be fill
edit was sure shot After such
harvest, some can afford forest. have
heard of another kind of whisky. 1t is
called church whisky l don't know
what it means, unless it be, that it is
sold with the sanction of the church.
Now whether it is like the other can't
say-but rather guess it is-which
makes men play such tricks as make
the angels weep. Did you ever hear of
the saying, Stealing the livery of Hea-
ven to serve the devil in" If | were
commissioned to search the world over
to find ont somebody that that old saw
would suit, | think | would light down
upon member of church or profess
ing christian, dealing ont to his fellow
men 'liquid fire and distilled damna-
ton. Now if any body should say
that is designed for somebody, just say
it is for nobody in particular, but every
body in general it suits, and there is
enough of them IN the wide, wide
world.
The great, the exciting, the all-taked
Of event Of the past week was the change
in the Post-ofiice of Charlestown. 1t
came upon US like a thunder clap in a
clear sky, by way of the S"", mot the
bright day God but the Sun paper last
Tuesday, that Gideon Leisenrlng vice
Miss NJ w Johnson, was the appoin-
| tee. There have been many surmises
why the change. For it was general
ly supposed Miss Maggie was safe i'll
her place, having had it so loug, filled
it so well and foiled several strong eff
forts to supplant her before. Some
suppose it is partizan measure, polit
! ical move and therefore right. Gen.
Grant wanting all the active help he can
get in the coming election. Others
think it is, to say the least, ungallant
and unmanly to take the position from
a lady who is the stay and support of a
large family comparatively helpless
her successor being in lucrative bust
ness l would not think the place
would be bed of roses to the present
incumbent.
1t is generally conceded that honest
Horace Greeley will he the almostunan-
imous choice of the Baltimore Conven-
ton. Some of the old Bourbons don't
like it, and squirm considerably. They
vow they wont vote for him but guess
when it narrows down to Grant or
Greeley they will come in and vote for
the man of sense and heart, who has
proved himself friend of the South
since the war-signed Mr. Davis bond,
advocated universal amnesty-denounc-
ed carpet-bag rule and if elected will
play a good democratic role
The many candidates for Office are
waiting with confident expectation the
coming County Convention. Of course
as each office can be filled by one per
son only, some must be disappointed
1t is to be hoped that those who fail
in the nomination will submit graceful
" and not commit the farce of running
without wind or sail.
The mechanics are all busy-the doc
tors expect an active summer campaign
the preachers sweat freely these Sun
davs-spring chickens are looming up
no smoke houses are invaded-last
but not least little, the model editor,
senda big package of the Register to
the Charlestown Post-office every week
for his numerous subscribers.
| have thus given you the ''pints =
big and little, great and small, high and
low, as far as heard from. AS to the
nuitum in parro, which meant when
was a school boy, much in little,
that's my style. TIMOTHY.
Mr.. Osborne, of Jefferson county, on
! W edneSday Of last ueek proCure0 from