Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1872-06-01
For The Register.
LETTER FROM CHARLESTOWN.
MAY %. 1872.
NAY Is, 1872.

VIZ On two occasions because OF MS
spicy illusions, the ''Register' was put
in high demand in Charlestown-sought
after aud read with much relish, not
withstanding the publication of our two
weeklies OF SO great prestige. One was,
when the Church and its functionarles
were touched up little because OF their
shortcomings on Temperance. The
other was oflater date, when that noun
tain barbecue was 50 graphically Por-
trayed. \ candidate, who was likely
there, procured the Register, and on
reading the piece declared 1t would
make him three hundred votes. think
he is put under great obligations and
by ali means should subscribe to your
paper. Another good that Timothy
may be said to be instrumental IN &C,
complishing is, to have aroused and
brought before the public, the racy pen
of your Dufield's correspondent. 1t is
admitted that reading Timothys last
stirred up the latent fire. His start is
well made. May that feid prove rich
one from which to Gull for the Register.
SO you will please score me all right,
You can report through the columns
of the Register on the authority Of
Timothy, that the County Seat is en-.
loving a high degree of quiet and good
order Our worthy Mayor has proved
himself prominently to be the right
man in the right place" Whatever
fears may have existed Of his wanting i'll
any way for the position, they were
needless. The universal verdict is he
is a faithful officer, doing his duty re
eardless Of favor or frown. The often
der under his rulings is sure to drop his
mite into the treasury. though 1t may
not be so commendable as the widow 5
of old. \ faithful officer is worthy OF all
praise. Our Town Sergeant, Mr. Rob
erston, is a wide-a- wake man, ever on
the aler, in his beat, the corporate limits
and il would be well to letevery body
know who comes to CharlestOwn on
business or pleasure, who may feel at
liberty to indulge too freely and get
i02-henCy, that he will be after them
with a sharp stick,-go they must to
the "tombS, from whence they cant
emerge until they pay the uttermoSt
farthing'
AZ in;imatcd in my last the Board OF
Supervisors have licensed six citizcnS,ln
their judgment Of good-moral character,
to ply the vocation Of selling liquor.
These gentlemen will doubtless com
pare tayorably with like number who
may be engaged in the trafiicanywhere.
We may certainly conclude TIE business
will be carried on "decentiy and IL or
der. Why not ? For enc is Church
member Another is pew-holde- and
the presumption is sits in it on Sunday.
Another is a doughty bachelor, who in
admiration of the fair seX,will sell guar
dcdly. and to his praise it is said, no
man need apply at his bar who is prone
to unhmJer or who may be in hnlber
state by an oyorcharge. He stoutly
denies all such. The others have re-
straints upon them and withall are pru-
dent gentlemen, and we trust will not
abuse their privileges. SO on the whole
with such resume, We can compare
notes with any Of our sister towns, and
have a margin in our favor.
That the Register is appreciated as
one Of the papers Of the County from
the number Of names Of gentleman ad-
ycrtised in it who wish Office. \ Coun-
ty Convention will assuredly meet and
settle upon one for each Office of good
character and fitness. [ don't think
the man who will bolt the Convention
would stand any chance. The necessity
Of the case demands strict adherence to
conventional decision. it will be well
for the Convention to look to the habits
of those who seek its endorsement.
The individual who is IN habitual drum
kard | take it, has no show at all. The
Convention will hardly stulify itself by
putting forward such q character. |
presume the Temperance men of the
County, (and they are lotto be despised
in numbcrS,) will readily discriminate
between liquor lover, seller and adyo-
cate and the opposite Of such. Other
things being equal, where this vice ex-
lists, it is sufficient on strictly temper
ance principles to vitiate the claims of
the party and | would not hesitate to
make it. | would regard it serious
objection to a candidate who would
tamper with voters and seek to influence
and gain them by dram and liquor treats.
The matter il a serious one, severe
draw back to the purity of the ballot
box in the past and the Legislature did
a wise thing when it passed law to
close all drinking houses on election
days and thus seek to avert the evil
We are seeking to blow afresh upon
the cmbcrs of the Temperance organ
ization With us and infuse into it renew
cd life. Hence the Rev. Mr.. Wade is
advertised to lecture before the Council
tonight. lie has been an extensive
worker in the cause in the past and may
his zeal and eloqucnce start anew the
energies of the friends of Temperance,
and arouse the slumbering sympathies
Of It's passive well wishcrS to a more ac-
tive ami earnest cooperation
The McthodistS here have determined
10 put upon their old sanctuary some
twelve or fifteen hundred dollars worth
Of Improvement. This is Il manifest
necessity and it is to be hoped a work
so commemorate will be pushed forward
briskly to a successful completion. If
Uncle Sam would pay his just debts he