Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1881-09-24
Press Comments ON the F'resf-
dents I'd cath.

The Philadelphia Times says: sit is
not the time nor would ii lie fitting here
to attempt an analysis of the career of the
dead President. His life-work has yet TO
be summed up. His taking off will mark
an epOc in the history of the republic.
lie was not cut down in the hot breath of
civil war. His life was not passed in hos
tilities that breed implacable enemies, nor
were his ways those that uprear blood
thirsty foes. Cut off before his due time,
in the very bloom of manhood, he will be
pathetic reminder of the vanity of hu-
man greatness so long as the cruel story
stands in the books Of time. The nation
has lost greater and more beloved sons,
warriors and statesmen, but iC is doubtful
if, with the exception of Lincoln, any fig
ure passed from our national life around
whose memory will cling more tender ira
dtions of unmerited suffering and cruel
DEATH
The Philadelphia Press says: ''The
great President fails, but the cause and
the work go on. The people sorrow, but
they do not tremble. Their grief is for
the loss OF one they loved; their doubt
touches the full maintenance of his high
standards, but they have no fear for the
security and honor Of the country"
The Philadelphia Ledger says: ''It is a
hard parting, Il bitter loss to this ration
far deeper than grief for the official, for
the chief;ain. 1t is personal sorrow III
every heart. Was it needed-this sacri-
tice-to point out yet some present danger
to the republic? The providences of Al
mighty law are past searching out, but
there yet remains of the murdered Prcsi-
dent his unfinished work. The nation
will demand that this is carried out"
SIGNS IN TIE HEAvEN-PERILoUs
TINES AnEAD-Some of the colored
people Of the city are much exercised
over vision an old colored woman
named Norton, living on North Union
street, has been favored with, and
which has been declared TO be an omen
OF troublous times. Old Mrs. Norton
has passed her three score and ten
years, and never in her life has she
been permitted to look upon such a
magnificent scene as that she saw on
Sunday nigh, last. She says size was
sitting in her door, on The night named,
'musing," when suddenly the sky be-
came Illuminated with a strange light;
then from out of the east came men, in
shining array, marching, ike soldiers,
two and three abreast, followed by
chaliots of fire, attached to which were
horses of.fre, like those seen by Elisha,
when on the barks Of the Jordan EiIjah
was taken from him in whirlwiud.
Like Elisha, too, the old woman, when
she beheld the men, and the chariots
and horses, was constrained TO CXclalm,
"The chariot Of Israel and the horsemen
thereof" When told by the reporter
that she was dreaming, she declared
with emphasis that she was not, and
said that she not only saw the strange
and beautiful heavenly scene herself,
but that she called some of her neigh
bors, who also witnessed the celestial
army, which was travelling directly
West. The husband OF the Old woman
who is shoemaker, corroborates his
wife's story, and says he viewed the
grand army from fishing shore down
the river. The affair has been, aud still
is being discussed among the colored
people, men ana women, around Inc
wharves, and those who believe the re-
port of the old woman confidently ex-
pect some wonderful thing to happen.
Some contend the sign, taken i'll con
nection with the two comets that
have made their appearance in the sky,
and the large, brilliant meteor which
passed over this city, going north,
lew nights ago, is token of war and
perilous times in the near future; others
believe the manifestation is presage
of the coming of the Son of Man, and
quote from the Bible, TO substantiate
their theory, the following: For as
the lightning ctmeth out OF the East
and shincth even unto the HeSt; so
shall also the coming of the Son OF
Man be.-.Aiermdria Gazette.