Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1877-12-03

writing cost US moments lapour we
would hang up our pen, TO the detrl-
ment of our friends aud our publisher
in particular,
We will notice in our writings the
remarks of some of the persons viewing
the waters on Sunday, VIA young
man asked severa! ladies if they thought
that the water in itself really sweled.
Poor question for debate Young man.
A merchant asked another party if they
thought the water was unexpectedly
obnoxious to the diabolical dimensions
of the waters channel,
Responsibilities it. That's it. a
knowing gentleman observed that 1t
had been twenty-five years since we
had such high water, and he knew It
would be twenty five more before an
other similar flood
Then we all laughed ha ba!
Our friends all laughed boo hoo!
The darkeys laughed "a va
Your prophecy will not Go.
We will remark for the benefit OF
that gentleman, that the age OF proph-
ecy is past, and 10 reasonable man
should now venture 10 toretell aught
but what he is determined to bring
about himself He may then, if it pleas
es him, monopolize prediction aud be
honored by himself and perhaps some
nnfortunates in his own native place.
Andrew Jackson Williams, OF the sa-
BILE combination, had free ride down
the Potomac on the canal boat which
carried away the span of our bridge.
He, with his old craft, landed beyond
Harpcr's Ferry, upon the canal. He
says he prayed without ceasing.
This we know was another sad vista
ton of Providence to the people of
Harper's Ferry. Indeed We are in sym
patty with the mass Of them, and espe-
cially in love with few of them, as
"Quirk" well knows. We understand
that they suffered by the high water. A
few days before the food we no
ticed our friend, Mr. McGraw depos-
iting boat load of coal in his yard ia
cling the Shenandoah river. We are
satisfied he sustained considerable loss
not only in coal, but stabling, proven
der, DC. Mr.. Thomas Krwan also suf-
fered from the freshet. We will not
forget to notice the motherly hostess Of
"The Valley House" and her sympa-
thetic assistant, who were inconven-
fenced by the high waters, but thanks
to fate they are again OH old terra firma.
The water was i'll portion of MIR.
Green's Hotel, Mr.. McGraw's store and
dwelling, Giberts and Cavaliers drug
stores, Mrs. Crops boarding house, Mrs.
Decalonc's grocery store, Myers cloth
ing store, and very many other dwelling
houses. We understand that Mr.. Geo.
w. Green, of the Mountain View Hotel
contemplates building large and COM
modious Hotel upon the Loudoun side
Of the Shenandoah river, TO be used as
summer resort. We admire his enter
prise. REPORTER.
H9' Rev. j. l. :MlLLEK-At meet
ing Of the Young Mems Christian As
ISOLATION, of Stanton, Va, on Tuesday
night of last week, Rev. j. /. Miller,
Principal of the Stanton Female Semi
nary, and formerly Pastor of the Luther
an Church of Shepherdstown, delivered
an address upon the subject Of "Iuteg-
rity," from which we extract the follow
ing plain and wholesome truths, and
We hope that every young lady who
reads this article will profit by it,
"Another foe to integrity is the low
estimate placed upon purity Of prnci
pie and Of life, in the young and especi-
ally the young men. There are those
who not only countenance the idea, but
will contend that we ought not TO ex-
pect that the young men will fail to
''sow their wild oats" and that one
species Of this oats is the departure from
the path of purity. Yes, there are men
mature in lite, men who from their gen
eral character, family connections, stand
ing in society and even the church, we
ought to expect better things, are not
slow TO give currency to the most de-
grading, most demon aliziug declaration
that all young men are guilty Of this
form of immortality. A declaration which
the speaker, with all the earnestness of
his nature, pronounced an infamous
SANDER. And yet this opinion has
found such general currency that
la,,aS haya 20 fha onn11,
sion that if they were to wait till the
hand of man of pure principle and life
was offered them, they would not be
blessed with life partner ..
If this were true, said the speaker, l
would say to yon with all the intensity
of my nature, ive and die unblessed
with the love and companionship of a
husband, rather than wed moral and
often physica. 5oathsomeness. And
here l must be INDUCED with a remark
or two strictly german TO the subject,
but which from false nations of delicacy
are too often suppressed 1t is this
Though | have theilighest respect and
confidence in the integrity, the virtue of
woman as class, yet it has often been
matter of iuexpllcable mystery to me
that young girIs OF unsullied purity
themselves will conntenance, yea en-
courage, the attentions, welcome to
their parlors and tables young men
whom they can butknow are debauchees.
| My advice to every lady is, sbun such
characters as you would shuu the in
fected district Of the plague or associa-