Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1882-06-17
BUNKER HILL.

My budget of news is so pie.
thoric this week, that | scarcely
know when or how To commence
Were / to communicate all the
items which lie before me in man
uscript you would have no room
for more important matter. l am
requested by a large number oil
our citizens to express their graf
ification at the result of your re-
cent municipal election. We all
naturally feel an interest in the
affairs of our county city, and want
our best and most efficient men
always TO the front Whilst |
have no right to say q word in
disparagement of Mr.. Frazier, the
defeated candidate for the Mayor
atty, / feel justifiable in saying
that Mr.. Logan has right to feel
proud of his popularity at home,
and the satisfaction expressed in
all parts of the county. There Is
no use in trying to conceal our
vanity when such fiatteriDg
expressions of the people over
whelm us, although we may re-
ceive il with listless indiffer-
ence, it is bound to crop out some
where if it is only in peaceful
slumbers and tranquility of mind.
/ am more than pleased at the re-
suit, myself, not only on account
OF the interest | feel in Mr.. Logan
as a personal friend, but also for
the efficient manner in which he
has discharged the duties imposed
upon him for two successive
terms.
School commandments, Sunday
School picnics, strawberry festivals
and other rejuvinations appear to
be the order of the day now. A
grand musical and literary enter
tainment was given at Fountain
Head Seminary, Clarke county,
last week. at which Bunker Hill
and vicinity was largely and ably
represented. One of the visitors
to this gay and festive occasion
gives the following descriptive
account: "a company consist
ing of six couples visited this SEM
mary, which is under the auspices
of Miss Pierce, on June End, and
were delightfully."- entertained by
the first commencement exercises
of this promising school. Scarce
ly had we started from our homes,
when a strong southern gale
warned us that our journey was
TO be interspersed with a shower,
which would have cooled the ar
dor of a less determined set. But
being buoyed up by the treat that
awaited us, we braved the storm
and soon reached our destination.
The church, in which the exer-
cises were held, was decorated
and trimmed suitable to the occa-
sion and to the admiration of all
psesent, with notices here and
there, arranged artistically and
correspondingly to the occasion.
The young ladies, robed in spot.
less white, emblamatic of the pur.
ity of their souls, and other beau
tifying embellishments, such as
puffs, frizzes and bangs, presented
a very attractive appearance as
they marched up the aisle to an
appropriate tune rendered by the
musical instructor of the occasion
Every thing passed off leasantly
during the evening, and the
marked attention paid by an APP
preciative audience, was sufficient
evidence that 1t was success.
Great credit is due to the trainers
of those young minds, both in the
literary and musical departments,
for no little time is required to
prepare set of students for an ex-
hibition of this kind, who may
acGuit themselves with honor and
reflect credit on their teachers. No
regrets are, however, entertained,
for every thing must have q be-
ginning, and in that beginning |
is blocked out future. My |
agreeable companion almost made |
me neglect to observe the face OF
the country on our journey, but /
did not forget to notice that the
crops look quite as promising in
that portion of the mother State,
as they do in our little branch of
her family. After basking awhile
in the elysian fields of intoxicat-
ing pleasures, meath the bewitch-
ing smiles of Clarke's fairest
daughters, we took up the line of
march for our homes, but not per-
haps, without al incident which
is not surprising. Cupid's bow
was placed in skillful hands, his
darts flew hither and thither and
/ suspect that some OF cur party
carried an arrow home, whether
as relic of the festive occasion or
whether its barbs become fastened |