Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1875-12-25

Dec. 18th. 1873

Dec. 18th, 1875.
Rev. Frank Beale, of Westmorelsnd
County, Virginia, preached three ser.
mons at Mt. Zion last week, on Sab
bath morning, Monday aud Wednesday
evenings. The. attendance was thin,
owing to the inclement weather The
last sermon was from the text "Behold
| stand at the door, and knock" etc,
Rev. Ill. 90, and was considered the
best of the series. Mr.. B. is quite a
young man and gives promise of becom-
ing auseful preacher. l believe that
the "churcL" at Mt. Zion las ext nded
a call to the reverend gentleman above
named, to become their pastor, and it is
thought that the "call" will be accepted
/ learn that the preacher in charge of
Jefferson Circuit M. Z. Church, South,
has made "Wiltshire's School-housa" one
of his regular appointments, and has al
ready begun series Of meetings at that
point.
Dora aged about eight years, daugh-
ter of MIR. Elias Higgs, residing on the
"Mill Farm" OF Mr.. Eugene Baker, had
a narrow escape from burning TO death,
last Monday; her dress caught fire, from
fire in an open fireplace, near which
she was standing. Providentialiy her
mother was near at hand, and soon ex-
tinguished the flames. The little girl
was not injured, but Mrs. H. got her
hands badly burned. -,
The same day, we learn, that "LiIy,"
about FIVE years old, daughter of Mr..
Casper E. johnson, was severely scalded
about the feet, by upsetting pot OF
boiling water; she is now in a fair way
t. CT well.
"Butchering" has been going on live
ly hereabouts, and some fine lots of
hogs have been slaughtered. Perhaps
the finest lot that will be put up in this
vicinity, was killed by Mr.. Philip Hen
ry. who slaughtered "a, aggregating
5l96 pounds, averaging PIG l-2, the
heaviest marking SOC pounds.
Mr.. Poffcnberger, of Bridgeport, Nd,
has been collecting turkeys in this vicin.
i:y, and yesterday he drove away a
flock of two hundred and eighty-one.
Turkeys have been sold at nine cents
er pound gross. The turkey crop of
this "destrick" was above the average,
the development of those valuable birds
was greatly aided by the abundance Of
grasshoppers lying around loose last
summer, proving those choppers" to
have been disguised blessings.
In my last letter to the Register, the
types make me say in speaking of the
accident to Miss Ida Wagely, that the
STICK "passed through the ball, but,
providentially did not penetrate the
hail. etc. Just read it passing through
the lid but &c. No one would think
of Intentionally writing such contra
dic,iOn Of terms.
Dec %, 1875.
William Smith, a colored man in the
employ of David I. Jones, Esq, fell
from the "sadde-horse" of his team
while returning from Martinsburg, last
Saturday afternoon. His foot caught
III lne stirIup, anu 1e WAS uiaSEeu
distance of about four hundred yards,
when the saddle irth broke, and reieas-
ed him from his perilous position. MIR.
VIM. Mclntyre, of Smithfeld, and my
self, were returning from Martinsburg
in tn. evening, and about four miles
south of town, we found him lying in
the road, in an insensible condition.
We procured help and assisted in con-
veying him to the residence of Benz.
Boley, Esq, where he was cared for
until next day, when he was taken home.
DR.. Jas. Logic attended to his injuries,
and found that he was considerably
bruised from dragging upon the ground,
and he had received a severe cut upon
his arm, where he had been troddcn
up, By one of the horses, but no bones
were broken, and no Internal injuries
sustained. Altogether it was narrow
escape from sudden and violent death
We learn that he is slowly improving
and that there is prospect of his ulti-
mate recovery. Yours truly,
TEMPLAR.