Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1876-05-27
LETTER FROM LEETOWN.
LEErowN, ". Va.
MAY lJ, 1876.


Tennessee, has been visiting his friends
in this vicinity. and is looking unusually
well, if anything more robnst than when
he left here about year ago. lie
preached TO his old congregation at Mt.
Zion, two weeks ago Yesterday, taking
as his subjec;"The Pcrtec,iol of Christ.
The Church was crowded. and the SER
mon was good one. Nv r. is now
attending the Southern Baptist Conyen-
ton at Richmond, having been en- rOui,
20 that place when he stopped Will his
friends in this vicinity.
The Rev. Mr. Butler. of Connecticut,
preached at Mt Zion Yesterday. and |
have heard his discourse favorably spok-
en- of Mr.. Is. is taking walk TO Flor
ida where he is TO join colony from
his State, who have recently settled in
the Land OF Flowers.
Rev. Mr.. Gill preached yesterday CN-
ening TO quite large congregation, the
school house being crowded. Mr. u.
proposes to hold q wood meeting at
the Upper School house on the ith and
5th of June.
4 Union Sabbath School was organ
lied at the Brick Church on the 9th
inst, and quite a number OF scholars
have been enrolled. Mr.. Ephraim Wat
son and George ID. Johnson are the
Superintendents, and Mr.. J. W. Rob.
erts Treasurer.
The Mt. Zion Sunday School is in
fouriShiug condition, under the able
management of Mrssrs. David NJ Deck
and Ben njamm +. Boley, who have been
Superintendenls for some time.
The officers of Leetown Lodge No.
A., |. o. q. T., were Installed on the
first instant, for the present quarter, AMI
are as follows: Joseph Wagcley, w. {.
r., James Willis, w. V. i. John J.
Watson, 5. Charles ). Watson, a. :.
Snowden II. Watson, +. s George ".
Nicely. +. Joseph Baker, NJ; john II.
Wagcly, G. John III. Musgrovr, :. !;
Miss Lizzie Nicely, Il. III. : Miss Bet
tie Myers, l.. ii. :.
The Cold Water TemparS, our ju.
yenilc temperance organization, ara
working like beavers, 10 gather tho
Youths of the neighborhood into their
ranks, and Judging from the vim with
which they have started, they mean n
vigorous summer campaign. They have
chosen their officers for the summer and
they were installed on the jth instant,
by Henri c. Evans, Acting Sup,rinicn-
dent, assisted 10y Brother Joseph Baker
of Leelown Lodge, aud are as follows:
Henry : League, G. +. Miss Lizzie
Nicely, V. T.. james H. Nicely, ). !:
Cecil fl. Baker, a. :. Thos. {. Grove,
+. 5. Edward ID. Nicely, Treas. Miss
Georgiana Nicely, Chap. Ashby Nice
w, NJ. Miss Katie Balch, ID. N; Chas
L. Jones, G.. James w. Stridcr, ) {:
Miss Ida Davis, X. III. ). Miss Emily
Balch, l.. ii. >.
Our merchants, Messrs League & Co.
and Mr.. Charles NJ Watson, have both
opened their Spring goods, and are do
ing fair business.
The new store OF Mcssrs Evans &
Wagcly, at ilordce's Gap, appears TO br
doing lolcrably well Their enterprise
is for the present devoted TO the sale Of
groceries aud notions.
Leetown has but one article on cXh,-
bilion at the Centennial Exposition, that
is the painting Of the "lIaIt ct the Stone.
wall Brigade" painted by Mr. David
i. Henderson.
Mr.. Jacob V. Evans talked OF seEd.
ing his old rifle TO the Quaker City, bat
he didn't send it. The piece in question
is nearly one hundred years old, having
been made in Shephcrdsiown, by Philip
Sheetz and bearing the date February
23rd, 1888. Tradition says that the last
Indian killed by the whites in Berkeley
County, east o: the North Mountain,
was slain by shot from this same oldri.
fie, but we don't know of any papers 10
prove the statement.
Yours truly. TEMPLAR.