Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-06-24
HedgesvilIe Items.

residence on Park Row.
J. II. Miller is papering and paint
ing his dwelling.
DIR. McC. is exercising about seven
more or less, borrowed horses-em-
bracing all %colors, from white to
brown.
Mr.. M. Poisal has weatherbJarded
his dwelling, and Samuel Grabil is
doing likewise. DR.. Harley has had
the Robinson property newly wealth
erboarded and neatly painted.
Our Sargent is in a strait betwixt
| two-he has levied on divers stock of
| tobacco for this years corporation
taxes due from our merchants /; and
yet the council is not happya and wish
to wherefore"
Mr.. Roney, of Tomahawk, agreed
| to "Uncle Jake's" price 10 cts.) for
| the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES style" OF
cutting his hair, but to whom the
fleece would properly belong was a
| question they were unable to settle,
and Roney still swelters under the
load.
We notice amongst the improve
ments of our town, the jovial
| Hull has had his hair cut a la
| snapper and his residence painted.
| Henry has an eye to improvement
and contemplated painting his
business house, but found his old
friend Mussetter when he should
| cometo his own would know his own
| not.
Capt. John T. Miller has erected
an addition to his already attractive
| home, and has made addition to his
excellent collection of fruit trees.
Upon the whole our town with it's
numerous young shade-trees recent
ly transplanted, and the excellent
supervisor of it's streets, Uncle Mike.
presents by far the neatest and most
attractive appearance it has for
| years.
The ex-Mayor and Notary Public,
| found time, we understand ,(nOtwith-
standing the press of business, and
his contemplated holiday tour) to
attend in the capacity of attorney,
the stormy meeting OF the Council
on Monday night to consider the
Sergeants levies and propriety of al
lowing a corporation boss to sell fire
| works !; but the ex-Mayor had not
an opportunity to air the rhetoric.
The farmers are busy grinding
scythes killing mutton and watering
| the harvest whiskies-while the
housewife is seeding the cherries,
stemming theIcurrants and preparing
other cholera morbus mixtures, and
the Drs. have exhausted large stocks
of "calomel and Jalops"-tOning
up the system of the hands, and
are buying in another stock to
| cure up the numerous cases of "wa-
| ter -brash" and other effects of
| crooked benzine after the harvest is
over.
Amongst the most pleasing occur
| rences of our village for sometime
| was the examination and closing ex-
| e~rcises of Mt. Pleasant school(taught
by Miss Harley,) which took place in
the presence of the Board of Educa-
ton and a large number OF patrons.
The premiums awarded were pre-
sented by Mr.. III. Hull president of
| the Board of Education,) with APP
/ propriate and touchingly eloquent
remarks. To much cannot be said
in commentator of the proficiencyof
| Miss Harley's instruction and man
| agement of her school. Let us have
| all such teachers, and public schools
| must grow even more prosperous and
| appreciative.
A worthy citizen of our village,
who is engaged in buying sheep for
| the eastern market, returned from
| the city last Friday, whittier he had
been with a a load of stock. He
arrived at Martinsburg on the 7:25
p. M. train and started to come home
on horseback that night. When he
reached a point on the road near
Tabb's crossing he heard a man call
to him to "hold up" The idea took
possession of his mind that the party
thinking he had in his possession the
money for the car load of sheep,
meant to rob him. Instead of "hold-
ing up" he put whip to his horse and
rode with lightning speed to the
nearest farm house. His excited
calls awoke the old farmer, and sup
posing that murder was being COM
mitted, rushed out m ~diShdbile with
a club in his hand, followed by his
wife carrying a fiat iron. They found
the stock dealer at the door trembling
like an aspen leaf, who nervously re.
counted his exciting adventure and
John Gilpin race. He was sure some
one had meant to rob him, and but
for his timely and rapid flight would
have caught him. The old farmer.
who is a man of nerve tried to assure
him that he was unnecessarily fright
ened, and that there was no danger.
He did not succeed. The stock mer-
chant remarked that he would not go
home that night for any considera-
ton. So the farmer invited him to