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Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-11-04
Hedgesville Hlems.

Our village is unusually dull.
The Democrats and Republicans
have each held meetings here this
week.
Farmers say the wheat is growing
finely, and that the season could not
be better.
The sudden death of Mr.. Newton
Lingamfelter caused a shadow of
sadness to fall OH our community.
Most of our people who went to the
Centennial last week have returned,
and, of course, all are very highly
pleased.
The warm weather has caused our
citizens to throw open their doors,
and the ladies to promenade rs if it
were summer time.
REPORTER
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A WOnlan's Work.

To see woman drive tack is
something worth observing. She
will first proceed to fill her mouth
with material, then take one, stick
it in the offending carpet and firm
ly clutching the hammer in her
right hand, prepare to come down
on the innocent tack. But-alas /!
for female calculation !-she mis-
ses it,and pounds her finger in
stead! The hammer is dropped,
and the injured member is instant
ly thrust into the feminine mouth.
The offspring, who is upsetting
the tacks, is slapped, and other
means are found to relieve the
feelings, when business is proceed
ed with again, and the tack again
stuck in its place. This time the
hammer hits it, but knocks it on
one side-a "low being given side
ways to straighten it, which
knocks the Joint clear off,another
one is tried and after a succession
of Championships on the fin
ger, sometimes on the fioor,and oc-
casionally on the tack-it is finally
driven in: And so the operation
is repeated until the carpet is
down, and a disheveled female
with red fingers, red face, and in
famed temper, stands looking at
her work, and congratulates her.
self on having finished it at last;
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-11-04

The California grangers think they
have solved the problem of shipping
fruit from the Pacific coast. Here
tofore fruit has been shipped to some
extent to New York from Califor-
mia, but owing to the decay EN- route
the business has not proved very
profitable. They have just tried the
experiment of a refrigerator car with
great success, and now predict that
next year they will be able to place
California peaches, plums and april
cots in the New York market early
in June, pears in July and grapes in
August. They intend also to ship
large quantities of oranges and lem
ons from the lower counties, and
they think that New York will even
look to California for her spring
lambs.
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Thanksgiving Day Pr0cIa
nation by tire President.
WAsHINGToN. Oct 2f.
" IENG IUlSs NJtts -Us
BIZ the President of the United States
e A

By the President of the United States
Of America-A Proclamation.
From year to year we have been
accustomed to pause in our daily
pursuits and set apart time TO of
fer our thanks to Almighty God
for the special blessings He has
vouchsafed TO us, with our prayers
for continuance thereof.
We have at this time equal rea-
son to be thankful for His contin.
ued protection and for the many
material blessings which His
bounty has bestowed. In addition
to these favors accorded to us as
individuals, we have ESPECIAL occa-
sion TO express our hearty thanks
to Almighty God that by His
providence and guidance our Gov
eminent, established a century ago
has been enabled to flu fill the pur-
pose of its founders in Offering
asylum 10 the people of every race,
securing civil and religious liberty
to all within its borders, and met
ing out to every individual alike
justice and equality before the
law. 1t is, moreover, especially
our duty to offer our humble pray
ers to the Father of all mercies for
continuance of His divine favor
10 us as nation and as individ-
uals
BY reason of all these consider
ations /, Ulysses s. Grant, Presi-
dent Of the United States, do rec
ommend to the people of the
United StBtes 10 devote the 30th
day of November next to the ex-
preston of their thanks and pray
ers to Almighty God, and laying
aside their daily avocations and
all secular occupations, to assem-
BILE in their respective places of
worship and observe such day as
a day of thanksgiving and rest.
In witness whereof, [ have here
unto set my hand. and caused the
seal of the United States to be af-
fixed.
Done in the city OF Washington
this twenty-sixth day of October.
in the year of our Lord, one thou
sand eight hundred and seventy
six, and of the Independence of
the United States of America the
one hundred and first.
Seal. u. S. GRANT.
By the President:
HAMILTON FISH, Sec'y Of State
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Little Georgetown Items.

The weather is warm and spring.
like.
The fishermen have tied up their
boats for the winter.
Apple butter "bees" are over, and
the "husking'' frolic will soon be in
order.
A large lot of wheat and corn is
still being shipped by boat from this
point.
The school teacher has returned
from the Centennial, and the child
rem are at their books again.
The protracted meeting in the
church here was we'll attended. 1t
did not close last week, as your prin-
tiers made us say in the ''items.n
Mr.. Fisher, worthy old gentle
man, who lived about two miles from
here, near the mouth of Back creek,
died last week. His remains were
taken to Martinsburg and shipped
from thence on the cars to his
former home in Maryland.
INGOMAR.
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Drunkenness.

have heard the wall of children
for bread, and have seen the babe
pulling at breasts as dry as if the
starved mother was dead. have
known a father to turn step.
daughter into the street at night,
bidding the sobbing girl, who
doomed into Womanhood, 10 earn
her bread there as others were do
ing. have bent over the foul
pallet of dying lad, to hear him
whisper that his father and moth
er, who were sitting half drunk by
the fireside, had pulled the blan-
kets off his body to sell for drink.
l have seen the children blanched
like plants growing in a cellar
for weeks they never breathe O
mouthful of fresh air-for the want
of rags to cover their naKedness;
and they lived in continual terror
of a drunken father or mother
coming home to beat them. / do
not recollect ever seeing mother
in the wrecked dwellings hand
ling her infant, or hearing the lit
tie iufant crow or laugh. These
are some of drinks doings, but no.
body can know the misery L suf-
fered amid those scenes of wrech-
edness, woe, want and sin.-Dr.
Guthrie.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-11-04
THE WoMAN'S COMPASS.
BY TARPLEY STARR.

By the twilight fire alone I'm sitting,
Musing away and knitting, knitting;
The tick Of the needles, the tick of the
clock,
Are all hear as / knit and rock.
| weave no thread Of the golden sort,
Spun from the poets Keeling thought
No thread of the wild electric wire
That springs to the clouds and flashes
fire:
TR
But yet tits thread the fates have spun
For the woman's life to turn here upon:
The wheel of her being goes round and
round,
And these are the bands with which It's
bound.
'Tis a thread that ties her to human
care,
a web for the mortal wear and tear,
For the busy feet that go their way
On the dusty paths OF life's every day
When her restless, proud, and painting
soul
Would spurn the letters of meek control.
And fly away on forbidden track,
Here is the needle to hold her back
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Extremes Meet.
Scientific american.

Eggs can be cooked by extreme
cold as well as by extreme heat
Butter can be made like ivory, SO
that it can be burned. We may by
the agency of this solidify many
of the other liquid substances, and
indeed, many of the gaseous, but
more intense degree of cold is
used when we use laughing gas.
This laughing gas, which is very
heavy, is carbonIc acid. When
squeezed forcibly by the pump it
becomes as beautiful and pellucid
as carbonic acid, and if allowed to
remain produces more intense
degree of cold. We can, however,
show the liquid. We have a glass
lamp, and place over this lamp a
platina dish, we place some of this
mixture of solid carbonic acid in
the middle of it, introduce the
mercury and we should find that
the mercury would freeze, show
ing that we have a cold at least 40
degrees below zero. We used to
make an experiment such as melt
ing lead intensely hot, and then
then ladling it from one vessel to
another; for if, in view of this,
you take quantity ofmelted iron
you can plunge your arm into it
with impunity, and workmen
have been able to walk on a bed
of melted iron. Take a poker and
put it on hot coal fire, get it very
hot and you may lift it or wipe it
on the tongue with impunity. We
may have it so hot that the vapor
actually protects us.
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Falling Water EIems.

Hunters are bagging plenty of
game.
The county roads are in excellent
condition.
Butter and eggs are in demand at
good prices.
Some few people hereabouts are
talking Of going to the Centennial.
The bass fishists are thinking of
getting out their tackles this warm
weather.
Both political parties held meet
ings here this week, attended by glee
clubs.
Mrs. Kate s. Powell will sell her
personal property on the 18th, with
the Intention of disseminating farm
ing. PAT.
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Proverbs Of the Billings
FAMILY,

Don't swap with your relations
unless you can afford to give them
the big end of the trade,
Don't take yer terbecker box
out in kompany.
Say how are ye! tn everybody
Kultivate modesty, but mind
and keep a good stock of impi-
dence on hand.
BE charitable. The sent pieces
was made on purpose.
If a man fatters you, you kan
kankulate he is a roge or you
a fule.
Keep both ize open don't see
MORN half you motifs.
Don't NORTH the flesh too much;
'tWant the sores on Lazarus that
sent him tew heaven.
If yer itch fur fame, go enter q
grave yard and scratch yerself on
tune stone.
Beggars don't have to advertise,
or runawa dogs.
lis long lane unaG never turns
and It's good mill that always
does.
Young man be more anxious
about the pedigree yur going to
leave than about the wun some
body is going to leave yu.
Nature is nature. You kant al
ter the krook of a dogs tail much
und preserve the length of it tew.
l wud say to all the young men
'go in,' and to all the old fellers,
KUN OUT
About as sure a way to get rich
as emmy | no of is to get inter debt
for hundred thousand dollars and
then go to work to pay oph the
debt.
Philosophers tell us that the
world revolves on its axes, and
Josh Billings that full half the
folks on the arth think they are
the axes.
n. B.-These proverbs hev stood
for more'n a hundred Yeas, and
hain't gin out yet.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-11-04

An appeal from decision of con-
siderable interest to railway travel
ers was heard in the New York ST.
preme Court on Friday. In Novem-
Der, 1871, one Jason Weeks arrived
in New York by the New York, New
Haven and Hartford railroad, being
left in an unattended car, was robbed
by three desperadoes Of some $4,000
in government bonds and other secu-
rites. In suit against the compa-
ny he recovered a verdict for the full
amount, the judge holding that the
company was bound to exercise a
reasonable amount Of diligence in
protecting their passengers from rob-
berry.
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Fire i'm Mississippi.

MEMPHIS, Nov 2-The fire at
Grenada, Miss, yesterday morning
originated in the grocery store of L..
Myersburg, on Green street. There
was strong wind blowing at the
time, causing the flames to spread
over a row of small frame buildings
and destroyed in their course Miss
Hufington's millinery store, n. G.
Snyder's bank and George Goolo-
days grocery store, after which it
crossed the street and consumed the
marble corner, w. &. McLean's law
Office and residence and the Repub-
lican newspaper office. The total
loss exceeds $35, 900, with only about
81 500 insurance.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-11-04
RedingfOn Items.

The low price of corn is not en-
couraging to the farmer.
The woods are nearly bare Of
leaves.
Delightful weather, and the wheat
coming on finely.
The corn has dried out nicely and
farmers are busy gathering it.
Travel from this station on the G..
Y. Il. r.. has been quite lively since
the low Centennial rates.
Farmers are taking advantage of
the fine weather TO do some fall
blowing FARMER.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-11-04

How diminutive the terms Of pub
lie lecturers twenty years ago appear
in comparison with the $500 or $500
per night now paid many of this
class. Twenty years ago Oliver
Wendell Holmes wrote that his terms
for lecture when he staid over night
were SIS and expenses paid. The
offer Of similar sum to our lectur-
ers now would be regar ded as a joke
or an insult.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-11-04
German Day tat the Centen.
mi9I,

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. Mot
withstanding to-day had been an
nounced as the German-American
day at the exhibition grounds there
was no special demonstration of any
kind.
The attendance however is
quite full, the cash admissions at
/ O'Clock beil & 100000.
AT II O'Clock the marble bust of
Bishop Allen, of the African M. e.
Church, was unveiled, without cere-
mony,in the presence ofseyeral hun
dred cOl0red people.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-11-04

Chromos are getting too common
TO be given away as prizes for GER
tain purchases. The New York bar
bers are just now doing bit of sharp
competition, and i'll many shops the
price of a shave is but five cents, with
q ''good cigar" thrown in. Others
charge the same price and offer their
customers five cent glass of beer in
addition. Such generous souls would
seem to be shaving themselves as
well as their patrons.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-11-04

AT no other season of the year
are coughs and colds SO prevalent
ms at the present time, and every
sufferer should check his complaint
at once by using DR. Bulls Cough
Syrup, and thus prevent it from
leading to serious lung affections.
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DO not pride yourself upon your
wealth. for riches have wings; if
there is anything upon which you
have a right to be proud it is your
good conduct and your readiness
TO extends it.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-11-04

Hog Latin is the favorite language
in Cincinnati, and porkosophy their
pet word.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-11-04

There are about 364Spublic libra
ries in the United States, with H..
276,964 volumes.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-11-04

How is it they don't have a pigeon
hole for matrimonial bonds in the
stock exchange market?
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-11-04

There arecomplaints that the sup
ply Of white fish in Lake Erie is be-
ing exhausted.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-11-04

The Duchess Of Edinburgh wears
imitation lace on her Worth dress
ing gowns.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-11-04

Senator Withers, of Virginia, has
entirely lost the sight of his right
eye.
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1t has been showing in the Georgia
Mountain.
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It's about time Vanderbilt should
be dead again.
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In all cases, except where taken from
he carriers, the money must accom-
pany the order for papers.
Remittances may be made at our
risk bgExpress Charges prepaid), reg
istered letter, post Office money order,
draft, Address
INDEPENDENT PRINTING Co.,
Martinsburg, w. Va.
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The Wheeling Register, no doubt
unintentionally, does great injustice
to SenatorWililey in discrediting the
statement he made in his speech at
the Opera House, in when he set
forth certain amendment which he
had offered to the proposition of
Mr.. Faulkner, now a part of our
State constitution. Mr.. Wiley did
offer such an amendment to the
proposition of Mr.. Faulkner, and it
will so appear, not on page 1917 of The
journal, but on page ia. Whilst
doing this act of justice to Mr.. Will
ley, it is due to the members who
voted against Mr.. Willey's amend
ment, and to Mr.. Faulkner particu.
larly, who opposed the amendment to
his own proposition, that it was re-
Jected upon the ground that it was
not relevant or german to the prop
osition sought to be amended, and
would have constituted a most
bungling and inappropriate provision
Ill our State constitution.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-11-04

The Philadelphia Press says the
election of Hayes will guarantee us
"a stable currency" We have heard
of greenbacks, gold and silver, but
never of ga stable currency" before.
AS the editor of the Press OCCASION
ally writes Chinese, and some of his
employees as often find a difficulty in
translating it, we take it for granted
that he meant staple instead of "sta-
ble'' when ne wrote his views on
Hayes and the currency.
The New York herald., 1876-03-05
WRECKED NEAR ABSECOM LIGE

LOSS OF THE SCHOONER W. II. JONES.
The coasting schooner w. II. Jones, Captain Wilson,
was wrecked the New Jersey coast last Thursday
morning during heavy snow storm.
The vessel left Jones' Landing, the James River,
last Monday, the 2Sth ulL She heavily laden with
pine wood having board about 800 cords and was
bound for New York. After leaving the Chesapeake
Bay she had pleasant weather and fair winds until the
afternoon of Wednesday, the LIST inst when a heavy
head wind out IRON the northeast driving before
IT binding storm OF snow and sleeL The vessel was
now little north of Cape May, and the captain, think
ing he could weather tho gale, refused to put back.
Taxing in all his light sail and double reedng the
nsar ,h,c 1ngs s tho craft ahored hsaS,I curing
the major portion OF her deck load was swept
board With the approach OF night the storm increased
in violence until II blew, 10 use the expression Of
Of the sailors, great guns "
Finding himself rapidly drifting upon treacherous
lee shore the skipper cndcavored beat windward
but found himself unable TO make any material head,
way against such terrible gale Giving up the idea OF
getting further of shore, Captain Wilson finally let 80
both his anchors and determined TO weather the Storm
since other alternative was left him. About two
o'clock the following Thursday morning, the schooner
sprung aeak and began making water with marvellous
rapidity Wave after burst against her bulwarks
and her decks, washing away everything movable
At length the cables parted aud Il at became
dent TO every soul on board that SWIM for the shore
inevitable. The schooner was now perfectly help
less and drfod rapidly toward the beach, IL only
question OF time, tor no human agency could avert
the impending doom. With a tremendous crash she
hurled against the beach, and each succeeding
wave ed her up II she had been built OF cork and
then threw her further and further inshore Both
masts quickly went By the board and In falling OF
them Knocked two OF the crew overheard boat was
lowered, and the remainder OF the crew, three In
number pulled out and rescued their compan-
IONS who were in an almost dying condition
When near the mainland tho boat was
swampcd but the water being but -four feet ve deep
all hands got shore. rousing 1rc was built in tho
woods hard by, and around this the unhappy sailors
clustered and dried their clothing.
II about three o'clock When tho schooner struck
the shore, and the advent Of daylight they found
themselves a few miles north OF Absecom Light Thrco
Of tho crow arrived this city yesterday afternoon,
much the worse Tor wear. The captain and one sailor
went TO BALTIMORE
The ". H. Jones was built and owned by Charles ii.
Jones, OF Jones' Landing James River She was two
years and n half old, and valued at 5000. Her
cargo was worth in New York $4,000. The vessel is a
total wreck.
The New York herald., 1876-03-05
SUICIDE OF A SAXON.

HE BLOWS HIS DRAINS OUT BECAUSE "MY GOOD
NAME WAS DAMAGED.
james Wilson aud Michael Lambert, Newark boys,
yesterday discovered In Brs Woods in the Twelfth
ward OF Newark, the dead body OF Carl walz native
OF schlcnsingcn, Saxony who had committed suicide
BY blowing his brains out Deceased was young man
Of between twenty hye and thirty, Of respectable
appearance and connections lie lived az No ~ Com
mcrciai street, Newark, with Mrs Kalpfc aud came
10 this country some four or hvo years ago. letter
found on tho body written by the deceased, aud
setting forth that he shot himself because his good
damaged by parties In such way
TO prevent him from getting anything TO eat
lie desires that OF the manner OF his death shall
be carefully concealed from his mother, who livos In
Saxony, and that his brother August also there shall
take care OF his debts and effects. He has another
brother living Newark That his relatives are worth
something II shown by tho fact that he has had
mitianccs from them ranging from several hundred 20
thousand dollars at time. The evidence OF suicide
being clear no inquest VIII be held