Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1874-05-12

a Great Curiosity LAST week Mr. Henry
Kline, of Juniata township, brought to this
Office one Of the most remarkable curionities
We ever saw. This consisted of hens egg
having we'll developed snake inside the shell.
The egg was one that was fresh laid and full
size. When broken. Mr.. Kline noticed some-
thing mixed in the white which he thought
he would take out. He therefore lifted 1t up,
when he noticed it moved, and closer exam
lnatiou showed tongue dart out in the most
approved snake fashion, while the eye could
be plainly seen. So singular freak of ma
ture was worth particular notice, and SO he
placed the. egg and SNAKE. in glass and
brought it to this Office, where it was exams
ined by.a great number of persons, all of
whom expressed their establishment. The
snake was about two inches long and about
as thick. as turkey quill, and was almost coll
orless. The questions which naturally arise
are, how did it come there, and what would
have been the result had the egg been Matched?
SUPREME LODGE, K. OF p, OF TIE
WORLD This body met in session at Pitts
burg, Pa, on Tuesday, April 2lst. Repre-.
sentatives from nearly every Grand Jurisdic-
ton in the country present. The following
OLiSSAo "CAC euSuIR teElu
Fl. Clsy-Berry of Illinois, P S. c.; S. S.
Davis, of New Hampshire, S. c.; D. B.
Woodruff, of Georgia, s. v c.; o. Wood
house. of Connecticut, s, Prel"te; Joseph
DowdaIl, of Ohio, S. X. of R. & s j. i.
Stumph, of Indiana, S. NJ. of j. Hugh
Latham, of Virginia. S. NJ, at A. G. II.
Hoagso", of West Virsinia. s; I. G.; Wa.
IL. Hoys:on, of Tennessee, s, o. G.
After an Interesting and pleasant session,
the Supreme Lodge adjourned to meet in
Washington, D. c., on the third Tuesday in
May, 1873. Among the names of represen~
tatives present we observe that of John F.
Smith, Esq, of this county, Grand Banker.
GRAND ENcANp,IENr I o. o. F. OF WEST
N1EGIN1A.-Tho Grsnd Encampment of W.
Virginia convened in annual session in the
city of Wheeling, on Tuesday morning, April
2S'h. The following officers were present:
John f Smith. NJ W. p g.; d. S. Reptch,
r. w. C. S. W; II. ~ Uthman, r. w. G.
Scribe; Henry Seamon. K. w. &. Treasurer;
y. G. Hall. Il. w. G.. s. w; George Dren-
nan, ". G. Sentinel; and George Edwards,
Il. w. Grand Representative to Grand Lodge
OF the United States. Nineteen jsrcamp-
ments were represented. The Representative
to the GTan2 Lodge of the United States was
instructed to oppose the mergement of the
subordinate aud EncamPment branches y
resolution authorizing the use of street uri-
i"rms was ado. ted. The Encampmcnt will
hold it, next session in q heeliug in 1873.
ER"wN's CoNFEcrIox ERY.-The hand
some improvements TO the building of Mr.,
Gustav Brown nre now about completed. and
t. Appearance s. of tie mcst attractive chEr>
acter. The carpenter work Ey Mcssrs. Holmes
Il Rust, clustering: by Mr. G. +. GalIaher,
aud painting by MIR. Wu. Kimes, ara all cx-
ccurcd in tho r,nSt artistic manner. The new
store>rOom (u"w occupied t.y Mr. BROWN is
mast conveniently arranged, attractive in
style, and beautiful in finish. Altogether,
the entire building is an ornament to the
t1wn. ard cre,l'tabe alike to tie taste and
capacity of :he contractors and the sa.acity
ard business enterprise of the owner.
y VALUABLE MEDICIxE.-The attention
of cur renders is called to the advertisement
of DR.. Oetig & Pfoutzs Celebrated Tonic
Elixir and DR.. John OelIig's Anti. Bilious
Family Pills. to be found in our advertising
columns. These medicines bear the highest
Recommendations, and are for sale at the Drug
Stores Of G. Il. BelIer, Charlestovn and
Larper's Ferry. The propriesors will ac-
ceYt our thanks for bottle Of the Elixir,
which re shall give fair trial.
LEE MEMORIAL AssoCIATIoN-Am meet
ips, of this Association. as will be seen by no.
tice elsewhere, is called to he held ut Lee
Hall" On S"t"r|'Iy merit. the 10Th inst. at
II o'clock. y. NJ Let there be full at
tendance Vi members, aud all wishing to be-
come members cordially invited to attend
Any citizen of Jefferson county may become
member, with the consent of the Association.
The annual fee is Sl0O.
PUBLIC SALES. The attention of our read,
ers is directed to the following Public Sale
advertisements in this paper:
THesdGy Nay 12M.-Personal Property,
by Logan O$burp, Jr., D. S.
Fridoy, My 22d.-Personal Property,
by Logan Osburn, Jr., D, S.,
Thursday. Jn"c kh.-RoaI Estate, BY N.
S. White, Special Commissioner.
ES The course of the publishers of the
Martinsburg Statesman, in indulging in per-
sonaI remarks in regard to gentleman of
this town who refused to take their paper, We
opine, is not calculated to increase the popu-
larity of that journal. We have yet to learn
that publishers of newspapers have the right
to force their publications upon unwilling
subjects-be they hOtel-kecpers, or what not.