National Republican., 1875-11-18
HA1rxRs FIERY.
HAMPERS YERRY.
A City Gone to the Dogs-John Browns
ccv-Ix-Govsrner Wise, Mayor Anss and
the baltimore and Ohio Railroad.

ccv-Ix-Govsrnor Wise, Mayor Anss and
the baltimore and Ohio Railroad.
HARPER's FxRRr, Nov. II, 1876.
Harper's Ferry, 90 famous the world over for the
grandeur Of Its Landscape views, Is an American
city going to the dogs, and yet surrounded By Al
tho elements Of natural wealth. II has bean
going to the dogs fast ever since Old John Brown,
with one COW and sixteen crazy men, made II the
key to their future operations, and undertook the
invasion Of Virginia.
THAT COW,
I speak Of her with great respect, was remark
able feature In Old Johns forces. And ye. you
must remember how Virginia, from Bald Top
mountain to Accomae. went into state Of erup-
tion at the thought Of being invaded by 30 formid-
able an enemy. You must also remember how
very near Gov Henry A. Wise worked himself up
to the exploding point on that occasion, and that
II was for many months doubtful whether ne
That COW has been Q subject Of grave discussion
planned why John Brown made Harper's Ferry
the key Of his operations. He had been studying
Gen; scott on the importance Of this point as the
cluded q COW in his forces Will very likely never
be satisfactorily explained, although It has been
learned Yirginians. The most Important point
in dispute among them isivhether Old John In
tended tended to make the kindly animal perform the
furnishing lacteal auid for his crazy followers
You know what jolly good time they had mp
and shooting down others Of his forces, aud how
Slim Jim was made to suffer on that memorable
b nne Is
name Is
CAPTAIN zADocK BUTT,
and his name deserves to be handed down for the
beneht Of the future historian. The sun was ex-
actly fifteen minutes up on the morning John
self in the engine-house, as Captain Butt. shear
ing that something was NJ" came up from Boil
tiousiy down the bank Of the shensndosh, he
met Citizen Kreitzmiller, who had been captured
Just before daylight BY the invaders, and had
appetite WITH a cocktail. KreitSmiiier explained
the situation to Captain Butt. and while 50 doing
called bis attention 70 strange COW then fordng
larly her tail, erect. Captain Zadoek Butt says
he watched that cow ascend in great haste to the
After that he returned 10 Bolivar, called out his
men, and put muskets in their hands. He has
% shsnandosS was Old John BrownscoW, sS % snd that hat
she did good service on dairy farm in Loudoun
county for number Of years. That puts the cow
question at rest.
AFTER JOHN BROWN CANE THE WAR,
and after the war and John Brown came John
W. Garrett. hardly know which Of those three
has done most to bring ruin and distress to the
place. 10 use an y trisns% an John Brown ; y today
men in the world you may hang but won't die.
They had q jolly good time mp here hanging Old
the war begun than he got right up out Of his
con as full Of life and yigor ss any Of them, took
bis place At the head Of the troops and performed
Many persons here sincerely believe that John
Browns ghost hovers over the place, and Is fight
Of this once fourishing and happy town. The
more superstitious believe nothing good can come
Of the place If all the priests in Paradise were to
About three years ago q number Of well-dis-
posed persons, with more practical sense and less
nihcent idea Of making Hsrper's Ferry city,
1Ss. ss only way 9GS q OF ri e M
ginia assembled at Chsfisston, granted them q
charter, and the
CITY GOVERNMENT OF HARPER's FERRY
went into business with mayor and four common
councilman. The first mayor was one Daniel
hanss ~ oaS a mary a.
the most improved kind, and has nose for
everything. He would want to reform Paradise.
e even. @ " Of his gs.tiDs into s smother % I pIscs, @
would be sure to instruct MS satanic
Daniel spends so much Of his time attending to
other peoples business that he has none LEFT TO
genius. He can preach q little, teach school
little, speculate little, do anything BY httles,
and remains long at nothing. He has been
sutler and o preacher at the same time. II was
only natural that his administration Of the city
government Of Hsrper's Ferry should not be 0
success. The people Of Bolivar, on the hill, are
very aristocratic; toss their heads and look down
condescendingly on the people OF the Ferry under
the hill. Bolivar stubornly refused to be an
nexed or TO be included within the corporate
limits OF Mayor Ames' government. That was
bad for the committee on ways and means. As
ns PEBBLE 81 & nsa no S0% s ss
money enough 70 pay the mayor and four council
men their salaries.
Bow THIRE ARE MORE HOGS,
goats and dogs about Hsrper's Ferry than any
other her place know Of: The hogs hold possession
that you have to jump or drive over them. Asfor
goats, you can scent them in the atmosphere.
goals He got o resolution through the council
levytng 8 head-tax Of one dollar on each adult
citizen, my cents head on dogs, hogs and goats.
This was pronounced great outrage, on the hogs
particularly. Indeed, It was denounced as very
oppressive taxation all round, and many were the
. man, . day or two ago, leading two pigs and .
dog. "To tall you the honest truth. mistsr" !" said
he, in reply 20 my question as 70 where he was
going, 81 am emigrsting to Bolivar. Taxes Is so
onerus down here. Never had more nor three
dollars at any one time in my life. Darned II this
Sssss
dog. Hard on that ar dogi Them critters is
knife. That's why I'm emigrating 10 Bolivar
1t is needless to say that the city government Of
Harper's Ferry did not get any taxes out Of that
citizen.
THE GREAT BALTIMoR AND OHIO RAILROAD
passing through the corporate limits Of the city,
the mayor and council, with FREQ rides looming
DeOE ne NV 0p
when Mr.. Garrett sent all the way 20 Clarks-
burg and procured an injunction enioining the
Ames now made war on hogs and goats gen.
orally. He decreed that neither goats nor hogs
SHOULD &c at large Colonel s1, Cnsmeers an old
the defense Of the hogs, but not the goats. Tine
following election for mayor and councilmen was
hog OUT Ths canvass was . very spirited one,
out" carried the day, his friend, Colonel Ohambers
A decree was soon Issued banishing them from
Hsrper's Ferry was indignant over this. But
and took possession OF Maryland Heights, where
for yesr they might be seen scaling the cliffs in
their banishment from the top OF q preclpice.
Then the goats found q friend In one Captain
animal, and owned At least It a a. dozen % Of Il them. IN
Koonse offered himself as q candidate for next |
mayor, and pledged himself to see justice done
ify, and the goats were brought from their place
Of banishment in triumph.
GETTING TO AND FROM HARPKR,s FERRY
Is not q, easy matter just at this time. owing to
the peculiar arrangem ent OF the new schedule Of
Harper's Ferry altogether. took one OF ]. W. |
G.'s very fast trains ut $40 p. m, somewhat ap-
csSe Jump the trscF While being isTtsd lar around
one OF those shortc curves for which this road Is
peculiar. But It was not such fast train after |
all. We were one hour and forty minutes getting |
to the Point Of Rocks, forty-three miles. Here |
we had to leave this very f9st train and remain |
until i,lo. Then we had 70 take bobtail train,
which went backward and forward for more than
half an hour, and finally set Us down at the Ha-
gerstown idnction. where, after waiting several /
minutes more, we took another bobtail train and |
proceeded on, reaching Harper's Ferry at s;f2. |
Three hours and twenty-five minutes making /
ffty.six miles! In returning We made the same /
distance in three hours and forty-seyen minutes. |
Who Will dare say after this that mr.. Garrett L
does not run fast trainsf You cannot get away /
from Harper's Ferry OF q Sunday-not even on Il
one Of Mr.. q arrett's bobtail trains. A.
AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARcHITEcrs.
Meeting Of tho Members in Baltimore.
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