Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1873-06-21
For The Register.
LETTER FROM LEETOWN.
June 10th, 1873

A shade OF sadness was thrown over
this community on last Saturday, by the
announcement that our fellow citizen,
Mr.. George r. Watson,son Of Ephraim
Watson, Esq, had met violent death.
The particulars of the sad affair as We
have gathered them from the sorrowing
relatives, are as follows
Mr.. Watson has been employed for
some time by the Halltown Paper Com
pany, as a teamster, and at the time OF
his death was engaged in hauling straw
from Loudoun County, Virginia. On
Thursday last lie was ''hitching up his
team about noon, at Loyettsville, when
one of the mules became frightened and
in the struggle threw Mr.. Watson to
the ground, its feet striking him VIC
lently in the stomach, the blows being
repeated before he could be rescued. He
received the best medical attendance
available, but his injuries were too Sc
we're for human skill, and he fingered
until about 10 o'clock on Friday morn
ing, when death came to his relief, and
mercifnlly ended his sufferings. His
remains were cared for by the kind
strangers around him, and under the
direction of Mr. Strider, of Halltown,
were prepared for burial, and forwarded
to the sOrrow-stricken family, where
they arrived on Saturday.
Yesterday morning large concQurse
of relatives and friends gathered at his
paternal home to perform the last sad
rites paid to departed humanity. He
was buried at the Cemetery in Smith
field, the funeral services being perform
ed by the Rev. Mr.. Maxwell, of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, South.
This sudden death is another warning
to be added to the already long list of
warnings to us,to be prepared for death
for we know not the day nor the hour
in which the Son of Man shall appear.
May we profit by these many reminders
of what an uncertain tenure We hold
upon life, and watch and pray so that
whenever the messenger shall call for
u.s. be il in the misty morning, at the
noon-tide, in the twilight gray" or ut
the midnight hour, he may find us fully
prepared to depart, and be ''forever at
rest"
We pause to drop upon the newly
made grave, tear, and to whisper Re
quiescat in pace, and wait for to meet
him in the Morning of the Resurrection.
The Rev. Mr.. Maxwell has constitut
ed Leetown one of his regular appoint
ments, preaching IN Nicely's Hall on
each alternate Wednesday evening. He
preached his first sermon at this place
on the 4th instant. 1t was plain,prac-
tical discourse, founded upon the words
of ST. Paul
"For am not ashamed of the Gospel
of Christ, for it is the power of God,
unto the salvation of all them that be-
lieve; to the Jew first, and also to the
Gentle"
A Union Sabbath School has been
established in Leetown, and now num-
bers about seventy scholars. 1t meets
each Sabbath morning at haif-past eight
o'clock, in Nicely's Hall, and promises
to be the means OF doing much good.
The ladies of Mount Zion Church,
gave Strawberry Festival, OH Friday
evening last, at their Church; the object
being to raise funds to replenish the
stock of books in their Sunday School
Library.
The entertainment was well patron
lied, and all passed off pleasantly, the
ladies being unwearying in their atten-
tons to their guests, and their endeav
ors were right well rewarded, the affair
realizing lUenfy-one dollars, netL
Very truly yours,
TEMPLAR