Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1880-08-14
Arden.

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Arden.
We have made several attempts
TO send you some items from Ar
den since harvest, but have al
ways been driven from our paper
and pencil by the mill dam flies.
! They tickle my nose and get In my
eyes. We have fought the pale
faces. the Utes and Modocs. but
| the flies are the most determined
devils of them all. You may
drive them off, and the they will
return, and with renewed energy
attack you again. We have called
on Jack Frost for. reinforcement,
and when he arrives we will ex-i
terminate the whole race. s10
A feeling Of sorrow and regret
pervaded our neighborhood ion
last Monday morning. caused by
the announcement of the death OF
Captain Daniel Stuckey, " 10 died
Sunday evening, August 1st, at 6
O'Clock We have Known him for
near forty years, and know him
to have been an honest and up
right citizen, and that his place
will be hard to fill. He was one
of our best farmers, using his
means for the Improvement Of
his farm, giving employment to
mechanic and laborer, and the loss
OF man OF that kind Is felt by
the whole community. He has
been a great sufferer for more than
a year, and onimy last visit to his
house he told me that at times his
pain was so great that he was will
liDg for his disease to terminate
one way or the other. In his
death we have been taught anoth-
er lesson Of how vain are all
things here below, how false but
yet how fair. His funeral sermon
was preached at the house by Rev.
M. l. Cutler. He took for his
text "that it Is appointed for all
men once to die, after death the
ljudgment.n He preached very
able sermon, but passed no eulogy,
upon the deceased. He had not
known him when living and
could say nothing about him
When he closed the Rev: Mr.. Will
son offered up prayer, AFTER
| which the members OF Tuscarora
Grange took charge Of the corpse
and conveyed 1t to the hearse,
| when a large number OF relatives
and friends followed IL to'the Gem
etery to pay the last tribute OF res
pect to one whose face has been
familiar to US all, but will be seen
no more among men.
Since our last letter to you, the
three political parties have held
conventions and nominated can
didates for President of the Uni
ted States. The first was the Re-
publicans at Chicago, and after six
days laborious work brought forth
James A. Garfield. We are not
personally acquainted with Mr.
Garfield, but learn. from very re-
liable source, the public neWspa-
pers, that he was n very active
member of Congress In pocketing
the five thousand dollar salary
grab; that he was a stakeholder in
the Credit Mobilier swindIe; that
he is good advocate to get con.
tracts for pavements when he gets
half the profits, and last though
not least, we learn from private
source that your fellow towns
man, w. III. III. Flick, was good
little Sunday school pupil of his,
who never went fishing on Sun
day or robed a farmers orchard or
melon patch. Ii the above is a
specimen of the Kind OF work Mr..
Garfield can do, we think that he
Is not fit and proper person to
take charge of the White HhoHe.
The second call themselves Green
hackers, but some people say that
their heads are greener than their
backs, held their convention In
the same city, and after harmo-
NOUS session of two days nomina-
ted Gen. James B. Weaver, of
Iowa, for President. We had the
pleasure while he was in your
city of seeing and hearing the