Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1883-09-15
BUNKER HfhL LETTER.
Special Correspondence Independent.

Special Correspondence Independent.
BUNKER HUI, Sept. 13lh 1883.
II am almost sorry that controll-
ing circumstances forbid me. ex-
tending my experiences among NE
mountains. Suffice to say that the
trip was one of pleasure but not
quite SO much Of profit as we an
ticipated. On Thursday the 29th
of August we left many newly
made acquaintance in Petersburg
and struck 'sover tho hills to the
poor house, Among those we met
were DIR. Joe Kuykendall and Jno
Cunningham and lady, whose hos
pitality will not soon be forgotten.
We took Moorefeld in our route
where we met our old friends Capt
J. B. Gilkeson, James w. Nc
Whorter and James Wilson, the
two first named being residents of
Bunker Hill in ante bellum days,
and the latter Of Hedgesville.
They greeted us with open arms
and desired to be kindly remem-
be-ed to their old friends in Berk-
e'ey. The Moorefeld valley is a
fertile spot and although our own
beautiful valley is clothed with all
that heart could wish, the people
up there seem to have a super
abundance Of good bottom land
and big corn and plenty Of nice
cattle to eat it. Upon my arrival
home I was rejoiced to find that /
had not been forgotten. My fam
lily and friends recognized me after
SO long a time; I suppose by the
we'll known wort on my nose which
always predominates, and my ia
vorite glass eye which has been Of
so much service to me through
life. But what was still more
gratifying was the knowledge that
some kinder friend than all had re-
membered me with one of the lar
gest, sweetest, redest, heaviest and
longest watermelon ever brought
to Bunker Hill. Let the donor
know that there Is q crown of ros-
es awaiting him, and whilst his
slumbers shall be swetened by my
prayers and those who enjoyed it,
there is by far a richer reward
laid up for him in the "Sweet bye
and bye
Well, we are at present enjoy
ing a drorth which withers
the visages of some of our rosiest
bellies and most robust bachelors
but I am glad to say has no per-
ceptible effect upon the widowers
nor doctors. Agents as q general
thing stand it tolerably well; this
depends entirely upon what kind
of fertilizers they use. Parks
stands the testall; using his goods
are bound to go through this dry
spell unwithered. The preachers
are all in fine order and seem to
improve on dry provender, but
then we take good care of them,
and give them plenty of such as
we have. Whilst a drouth is con-
sidered one of the most destruc-
tive things that befalls the farmer
and miller at certain seasons, / do
think it has been o God-send to
some of our farmers this year in
the way of clover seed. If the
rains had continued throughout
the season, the straw would have
been equal to the hay crop which
was prodigious, and the probabili-
ty is that it would not have filed,
Mr.. VIM. Kilmer is now threshing
his, and it is averaging d to 3 blu
to the acre. His crop will aggre-
gato 1876 bushels. / hovc ncvor
known any farmer in the county
to raise SO much, which is an EVIL
dence that our lands are in fair
condition and our farmers know
how to work them. But ! do not
pretend to say that oil the good
farmers live up here, because we
have some very poor ones and
there are some very good ones in
other parts Of the county.
I have heard you had anoth or
circus show in your town q short
time ago, but orr neighborhood
was SO poorly represented that !
am not appraised of the successes it
had. l must however inform you
o. the GAUGE of tho absence of our
people. They did not stay away
because they were opposed to