Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-08-01

rods. Now, persuadingly, could you
drop me 10 a little notice p
At a recent prayer meeting Of colored
people at Erie, the deccncy and good or
der Of the meeting was diturbed by a
negro named Brown, whose prayers in
public were only incoherent rawlings, the
pastor inquired: " What fool niggar's
dat prayin down dar nea' de do'?' A
dozen people replied with one voice !:
1t am Brudder Brown. sab, Den"
replied the pastor, "Brudder Brown sub
side, and let some one pray OATS better
'quainted wild de Lord"
A SON Of the Emerald Isle who has
been here but short time, says the
Austin Rereille, was directed, the other
day, by the engineer of one Of the hoist
ing-works on Lander Hill, to go down
and see if the pump was running
When he returned to the surface he in
formed the engineer that the pump was
not running. "Are yon sure ?" asked
the engineer. ''oure is it !" replied the
man: faith it's in the identical same
place it was in this merning. and devil a
fut has it moved since.''
During the progress Of legal inves-
tigation in the Police Court yesterday,
says the San Francisco Call, a witness
waa called and shown watch, after
which he was asked whose watch it was.
"Well. gentlemen" said the witness"
"this watch was mine before it was taxi
en- from nae; since then it has been in the
j hands of thief and several policemen
SO I'm sure can't tell who hasa righf
to lay claim Of ownership 10 it.'
! The proposed new Constitution of
/ Michigan does not make it lawful for
man to kin a sewing-machine peddler
or lightning rod man However, the
citizens find SORT Of satisfaction in the
reflection that it says nothing against
keeping ferocious bull dog tied with n
weak chain, and noinry in the lard
would convict you II the dog happened
TO get loose about the time one Of these
came around.
No sooner does the Colorodo Beetle
become extinct than it is succeeded by
"varmint" more destructive and more
impossible to exterminate. The new
pest is an insect about four eigths oil an
inch long. of a brownish gray color. It
can fly like q wasp, or run with aston
ishing rapidity, and in point of vora-
sciousness and the CELEBRITY with which it,
does its work of destruction, leafs its
predecessor, the Colorado bug, all hol-
low,
Jonathan Walker, an old time Abo
litionist, who had his hand branded rs.
S." for protecting runaway slaves, is
now living in Detroit. He is seventy
seven years old, and supports himself by
cultivating fruit farm. He was born
in Massachusetts,. and sutered early into
The plans OF Lundy and other Abolition
lists for the liberation Of slaves. He was
arrested while on vessel which was
taking several runaway slaves to colo
ny ut the mouth of the Rio Grandc, and
having been convicted Of slave stealing,
the letters signifying that olfense were
burned into bis hand The sentence was
executed AZ Pensacola ny the Marshal,
Ebenezer Dorr, . native Of Rhode Island
Stokes has comparatively an easy
time Al Sing Sing. He wears the prison
garb. is locked up in his cell at night,
and. II course. does not 60 outside OF
the prison walls, Besides this, he is
scarcsly more confined than an ordinary
clerk III New York mercantile house.
His hair, cut short when he entered the
prison, is drifting away from the l'eni-
Tertiary style, and his beard is allowed
70 grew. He was, for while, in the
hospital, where he had his quarters night
and day. Tie is now IN the buekle de.
partmsnt here he is clerk. and ipsnves !
himself good book keeper. He says be
has not been in az good health for years
A lady remarked To popular divine
that his sermons were little too long,
lsDDn't you think so Pm ssJnst d little.rs
g All. dear Ill adam, I" replied the divine, !
Fl nnf afraid you don'tlfke the sicnersd
MIX 0fthe w6rad.n Yes, I de- said
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