The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1875-08-09

OSltlou VI .Suuuty CupeEiutcuueus'
Igain thanking my personal friends
Or their efforts in my behalf. and the
ublic for the uniform kindness with
Nhich have been treated during tho
Avass, I remain,
\ Very Respectfully,
MAJOR 7. SMITH.
Zig Ski" Greek, august 1.
Y IT is said that when the skies
fallve shall catch larks. Well, the
skics,ave been falling all summer, and
We We only caught drcuchol fields
and towned crops. Every farmer is
posses Of a dozen frog.ponds or more.
But u IS are scarce.
EiGRAssnoppERs have ceased to
confnei eir attention SO exclusively to
the Wes but have commenced their
depredatns in the East. 10 some
portiousRf Massachusetts, they are
doing ssus damage, and a. Mans,
field thci havo appeared in countless
swarms. Tasta,iug the gardens, and
partly dessyins the grass crops.
TT u SYSTEMS TESTED AT a
FvSEEAL-t,ircrsal Try.AN rs Uni.
rersal SarcfE.-Eiitor Democrat -
I have read Vi establishment the Flu.
neral Scrmoug Rev. G. W. Barrett
for | never bowed that to be proper
place to discusicnominational differ.
enccs, much Lotto SANDER a neighbor.
Permit the, theFore, to re.express my
establishment thany christian minis.
terri should, at aro ofsuch ineypres-
sible sorrow, usaanierous means for
sectarian ends. 10 says-"thcrc is
the Universal Sat All system. This
system teaches It God will finally
save all meu, irrc,ctise oftheir moral
character" This q false assertion,
and eau prove notl e unless there is
better reason for than hlnlihoOel.
Indeed, all that he rs abou, tho Uni.
vcrsal Save. All syst, as his ill.timcd
irony terms it, is esi,ially ridiculous,
and he has attemptc,othiug farther.
Will he attempt NOR | think not.
Surely. such ludicrs distortions Of
doctrine, though usttl with volumes
Of breath that mlshlrift a cobweb
round tho world, can y fIl tue mind
with diverted wonaient, aud tie
heart with unatfcc,cdity. On the
other hand. old, feebls,Eriuklcd aad
to,tcring "Try.to.SalA lp system
dashcs against commos cnso in one
direction, and against Q and the Bi.
bic in another. So iuesisteu. is it
with itself that when paa motion it
looks like cart load ,oosc glass.
Doubtless close examtiou would
lead the friends of Mr.. Bett to blush
for his situation, aud ma it uucom.
Portable to be retained. Csequently.
as 4 "Fohtgc4r." We cict him to
be content WITH ush.scking-a
kind of warfare whose veins nature
aud practice have socmiugt dapted to
his use. j. N. ENlru.
Weston. august 9
Eg- The HlcnEsr pcsTi rr,cE IN
THE SrArg.-We no,ice than post.
Office has been established iaocahon :
tas county, called ".rop Of Albany"
on the route from Monterey touttons.
vile, with ". S. Wilmo.h, post.
master. Mos, people in i State
know that We have some "ril smart
elevations Of territory, but I sum-
nit of Allegheny mountain is thout
doubt the highest; and the he 10
question is situated upon tho ,hest
point on the mountain. 1. is on pot,
too, that must forever be regaT US
holy ground. The oil camp grtl of
the Confederate army-their fohnd
breast works-the little shantiescd
as winter quarters, during tho m.
orable winter preceding tho les
fought there. are still visible. Sd.
ing in the embrasures of the tortssd
looking west, the eye grasps o W
unequallcd in this State. Far as the
can reach, mountain ranges greet b
vision; and looking over the 70.
and rocky sides Of Cheat mount
Rich mountain, and other huge ulol
.nents of natures power, come beh
you. Looking east, you gaze up
the territory Of Virginia, and Shen'
! doah mountain rises in lentgrandeI
There is no more beautiful spot, to
mind Of the artist, in this or the
State. Every foot Of the ground v
fought over time aud again; and I
little mounds Of earth, deuo,ing
soldiers grave-the shattered t7'
and messy Notifications, tell q spI
that brought mourning into mt
homes, both North and South.
this mountain many a Lewis county |
shivered and suffered asthe keen bl !
Of winter were hurled against By
while scores Of gallant Georgians 4
from the effects Of tho bitter cold.
around you is eousecratcd groa|
Looking east over the battlefield
Mcdowell, west, to the valley Of
Greenbrier, the slopes Of Cheat, .