Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1876-11-18
LETTER FROM LEETOWN.

ton has come and gone, aud IN spite Oh
80 h'vona,s and acknowledgements
has trumphed over might, and we can
AGAIN hold up our heads aaong Tue
Nations of the earth and say I'VE are
f.oa nsoole." Columbia can again be
d noiIod r. by that proud title which was
49, hy the blood of our toretathers,
. "T land of liberty" An oppressed
and downtrodden people have risen, and
in thunder tones have cried out for Re
form. and thank God their cry has not
been in vain. To-day, If ever,the South,
and not only the South, but friends Of
truth and right everywhere, ought to
cry out in the words of that sweet sin
ger of Israel, "Break forth into JOY,
sing together we waste places of Jerusa-
lem tor the Lord hath comtorted His
people. He hath redeemed Jerusalem,
Yes, the dawn of a brighter day is break
inc, and the clouds which have so iong
dsrkened our sky, are already begin
ming to scatter before the golden oea,ns
of truth aud right Let us nope lnaI
better time is coming yet, VINE" pua
country will again shine forth III a" ne'
former glory, when shall rate s"p'e't'
Wien mere shall be no North, no SOUTH
hnt one united band Of brothers stri',
inv ~ snpport the right without regard
to party OF race a. var, o,;a,lv
=, our new yreoiuct at Grld'ron Acaue-
'nr There was a general turning out
ntho,b narties, but the Reform party
oarqed the precinct by 80 majority, there
49, ia votes cast for Tiidcn, and Go
for Hayes.
Everything is quiet now about our
little Burg, No news and no excite
ment, Ii. 5. League d Bro. have just
completed their new and commodlous
store room, and it makes quite an im-
movement in the looks of Main Street.
Mr.. III. S. League is now in Baltimore
purchasing large stock OF goods which
ne will otter in the new store, the hrSt
OF the coming week.
The centennial Opera Troupe, OF
Kearneysville, gave a concert IN the
Good Templars Hall, on Saturday E'ght
last. Owing to the inclemency OF the
weather, the attendance was small, out
all seemed satisfied, and we think that
tho entertainment did credit to the am
ateur performers.
We attended Mt. Zion Church last
Sabbath, and had the pleasure of listen
into an eloquent sermon by the Pas-
Tor. Rev. \. 4. Rogers, from Roman
VIII CHAPTER, verse. Mr. Rogers
will commeuce series of meetings at
that Churcn ON next Sabbath evening,
continuing through the week. ,
The Young men of this nelghb"rhood
have organized y. NJ {. A., at the
brick Church, with the following Off
GERS ID. W. Hannah, Pres t. (; Il. b.
Garrett, Cor Sec; Jas. NJ. Nicely, Zee
See; Thos. Homer, Treas
We see in the last Register that CAR
gus" has recovered from the effects OF
lis raw turnips and has uncOrked the
yials of his wrath upon our devoted
head And this modern, inrinclbIe,
-.,emulary' ~ Achilles, has not spared
even the venerable sage OF the Free
Press" Oh, Argus. this was The "un-
L;udest cut of all. Bro. llalneS, OF the
Spirit. aud your humble servant are
Young yet, and might have survived I'M
der your terrible anger, but was 1t not
crnei TO rsnt YOUR spleen upon the aged
Free Press. On, most exemplary lux
sinner! Argus has arrived at the wise
conclusion that because the SPIRIT and
Free Press both noticed his most re-
narlsble etfusion, there must be some
thing in it after all. \ clear and logic
al way of reasoning, certainly. That
because everybody calls him a"conSum-
mate fool" he certainly mast be a wise
man. Argus copies our letter in regard
TO our trip to the Centennial, and crit
cises it by calling 1t 'clrcus like de-
scrip,ion." Ii he will take the trouble
to read that letter, he will find that we
said we did not intend to write de-
scription, but only to jot down our lm-
pressions of the city. But if We had,
will some kind friend, more intelligent
than Memo, be kind enough to tell us
what kind OF a description is
-'circus-lke description 2 We did not
say that we were surprised at the Reg
lister publishing such nonsense as Ar
gus letter. That was the Free Press,
but Argus in his wrath has charged 1t
apon us, and says he is surprised at Its
publishing such nonsense as our letter,
IL may have been nonsense, but we
would like for somebody with more
brains than Argus has, to pass that sen
tcnce upon it. He says that he has just
returned from picturesque Maryland,
He did not say from what part, but we
presume from the tone Of his letter that
ne has been rusticating at Mount Hope
for some time, at the State Lunatic Asy
lum. We have all confidence in the
Doctors at that place, but we think that
they sent Argus away too soon the
cure is not quite complete. We think
also that if Argus could extract some of
the sap from his Uranium, to boil his
turnips in, he would not suffer so much
with his digestive organs, and his
dreams might become mora pleasant.
No danger of exhausring the supply Ell
Their, for Judging from your letter you
will have plenty, not only TO boil your
.:. -; L,t 70 ,yash The dishes also