Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-10-07
Arden Items.

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the ground can be got ready, and
unless it is too wet to seed next
Tuesday we are of the opinion that
voters will not turn out as they
should. Some farmers think that
seed time and harvest is of more i'm
portance to them than who is to be
Governor of the State or Sheriff of
Berkeley county for the next four
years.
Two young men, Mr.. Chenowith
and Thomas Gregory, were trying
the speed of their horses one day
last week, when the latter was
thrown from his horse against Mr..
John Sencindiver's fence with such
force as 10 break two of his palings.
He was knocked speeches. for
awhile, but escaped with a few
bruises about the face and hand. 1t
has taugat him lesson that may be
of benefit to him in the future.
Aunt Jemmina' is great aunt
she is. We had thought her late tilt
with the parson, in which she came
out second best, would have had the
effect of making her little careful
about pitching into other people.
But not so. She goes for "Sitting
Bull" with a view of SHINING him
or taking his horns off, and then Of
fers piece of friendly advice. All
right, Aunt, we accept the apology /;
We were not in the least
disgruntled. The OK that gored
'sStanding Bull's'' relative didn't
hurt us. We are not of the tribe
that would trade our birth-right for
a mess of pottage. Our motto is,
"Neither seek nor decline an Office"
Now Aunt, let us give you little
advice Don't lay down with the
dogs, for you know how you get up /;
and if man calls you fool don't
ask him to prove it. That's all.
We are satisfied that Aunt Jemima
has been wrongly informed about
the name of the little stranger at
Arden. His name is E Boyd Sencin-
diver. Hayes and Sencindiver are
like oil and Water-they don't mix.
Rumor has it Aunt Jemima won't
vote a whole ticket, without scratch
or blemish. Aunt, take little of
your own medicine you want to adj
minister to Sitting Bull
standing Bull' has our sympathy;
perhaps it would have been better to
say congratulations, for it is our
opinion somebody is going to be hurt
next Tuesday, and it might have
been his near and dear relative.
Politics are not as lively up here as
before the nominations. The cause
is, we are like q jug handle, all on
one side, and nobody to fuss with.
The west end of Arden will poll 100
votes for Tilden. You can bet on
that.
Some of the readers of the INDE-
PENDENT think it leans too much
on one side, and that it wouldn't
take much to Hayes it over.
SITTING BULL.
Those 'Esome readers must be
rather wooden-headed if they cannot
distinguish between matter furnish
ed and paid for as advertisements,
and that furnished by the editors,
and for which only they are respon-
sible. The advertisements of several
patent medicines are published in
our columns and paid for, in which
it is claimed that the medicines will
surely cure variety of diseases.
These same wooder-heads might
just as well hold the editors respon-
sible for the truthfulness of these pa
tent medicine advertisements. The
Democratic Committee can have all
the privileges accorded to the Repub-
lican Committee if they choose to
pay for it. 1t is simply a matter of
business. If any of the readers of
the INDEPENDENT don't want to
read the Republican columns let
them skip it over. "You pays your
money and you takes you choice. y
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