Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-07-11
FROM LITTLE GEORGETOWN
To the Eds. Independent:

To the Eds. Independent:
/ notice that you have CORES
pondents who furnish your valua-
bic Weekly INDEPENDENT with
news from all parts of the county.
With your permission / propose
to write up events from time to
| time as they occur in this immedi-
| ate neighborhood, and viii try to
make it interesting, not only to
your large number of subscribers
here, but to the general public.
In your daily issue Of last Mon
day you stated that the storm of
Saturday evening, July 4,prevent-
ed the display OF fire works under
the auspices of the Baltimore Pyr-
otechnic. You were mistaken
The exhibition took place after
the storm passed over, and was a
grand affair, directing the appro-
baton and wonder of the natives.
That excellent gentleman, Mr.
George Coffroth, of Baltimore,
who usually spends the Ma
tional holiday in this place
and brings with him supply Of
fire works for the occasion, dserves
and receives the hearty thanks of
I our people for the pleasant enter
tainment which he purchases on
each recurrence of the glorious
Fourth
a fishing party of four gentle
men from Martinsburg, were out
here yesterday, on q fishing eXcur-
sion They were novices in the
art of impaling a minnow on a
barbed hook, and were indicted
into the mysteries by our worthy
viIlager, Eli Fleming, Esq, The
day was fearfully hot, and the
party went home with red noses.
| Lest some of their friends in town
might.suppose that it came of in
terviewGga demijohn too frequent
~, ii is proper to state that it was
entirely the result of the SUMS rays
drawn to a focus on their probos-
cises. Your correspondent was
much amazed at the unsuccessful
! efforts of one of the party TO pro-
cure "baits.n He concluded that
grasshoppers were better than
minnows for that purpose, and
went into Ropp's bottom" for the
purpose of capturing a few Of the
'jurnpers.' After tramping around
! in the h0t sun for some time he
scared up p yelioW-backed fellow,
and gave him chase. He pursued
| that poor orphan grasshopper, with
malice aforethought for half an
hour, without catching him When
almost worried out with the chase
and the heat, he was heard to re-
mark soto COc6, eff / only had
latham here ! would catch the
rascal; yes, or tie pony, either"
But that grasshopper still roams
in pastures green, and has no no
ton of being yanked off afnullen
stock or alder bush TO feed the vo-
racious NAV OF hungry bass. If
the gentleman referred to had
consulted some Of our small boys
on the art of catching grasshop-
pers, they would have told him to
put his hat over them.
The party lett in the evening
with large number Of bass, and
ii is reported that the Stats are off
several live boxes.
III had time / would like to
tell you how Mr.. Joseph F., of
this place, was frightened by a
mud turtle, which had been placed
4 in his room. Ii is said that his
hair stood on end like quilts on
the fretful porcuFine, when his
ewes first rested on the varmint,"
and he would have made
fearful run, but he was
"c0rnered" too closely to
get out If you wish to keep on
| the right side of him, my advice
is, never mention ''mud turtlen in
his presence.
The gardens and other vegeta
ton is suffering from the heat and
drouth. 1t is about the severest
we have ever experienced. Corn
cannot stand it much longer.
Our young merchant will leave
here tomorrow fora visit to his
home in Litchfield, Connecticut,
Whether he will take her along,
or goes to Connecticut to bring
her here, is as yet an unsolved
problem. More anon,
HARKAWAY
Archbishop Manning states that
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