Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1883-02-03
BUNKER HILL LETTER.
Special Correspondence INDEPENDENT.
JANUARY 80. 1888.

which the INDEPENDENT is look
ed FOR on Saturday evenings,
would be but "A reiteration Of what
| with other correspondents have
repeatedly stated Its columns
always teeming with the latest
news, its editorials ably penned
and independent Of any party
cliques, uninfuenced by any mer-
cenary motives or unawed by any
contemporary II is acknowledged
to be the best advertising medium,
scrupulously neat in style, and
cOn5cientiously moderate in It's
charges; it is ably sustained by
correspondence from a distance
together with its historical
sketches, entities it to place
among the literary journals of the
day, and commends itself TO every
community and every family /; its
extensive circulation is an evil
dence cf its superior merits. Long
may she wave!
/ notice the Winchester Times
advertises for man to do for them
what Mr.. Faulkner is doing for
Us, viz : to give historical sketches
of Frederick county. If Mr.. Times
will just be patient our man will
supply their need. Frederick
county has no history only or re-
cent date, SO by the time Mr.. F.
gets through he will get it all, land
have 1t correctly. His biographi-
cal sketches will be confined to
those who did their work well,
and who have passed off the stage
of action and not of those who still
survive and who may yet swing
from the gibbet. Mr.. F. has served
US long and faithful in our nation
al assemblagt lis a learned scholar
and an able lawyer, and is in pos
session of the biographies of all
the noted men antedating the time
of the establishment of Berkeley,
to the presenl date. He has ample
material to give us d complete his
tory which would be eagerly
sought after by Berkeley's sons
and daughters. l hope now that
the wheels of time has carried him
beyond the period of his youth,
when man don't care to bother
his brain with the knotty points
OF law, that he may retire to his
sanctum and leave that testimony
of his greatness aud usefulness as
well as of our ancestors which will
be cherished by our posterity.
From the exploits our mission
airy to Onio, Dave StucGey, is do
ing, | thiuk we had better call
him home | am afraid he will
ge; hurt, or hurt somebody /; this
wrestling business is a mere pre-
Jude to prize-tighting. l would
have no objections to him taking
a crack or two, only. that if he
should get licked, it would not
look well upon our pugalistic rec
ords. besides | don't want it said
that we sent out prlze-fighter for
a missionary, upon the whole,
think we had better call meet
ing and either send him out among
the Go Boys" or call him
home.
The dropping spirits of our
youngsters are beginning to loom
up little. There is talk now of
having series of pastimes, sucn
as charades, tableaux, readings
and social gatherings. which may
be interspered with chop when
the opportunity offer. l an very
fond OF attending hops" myself,
but it is One-sided business with
me. | most always have to go
without an invitation, and / gen
orally have to do more hopping
than is agreeable, to keep out OF |
the way Of the irate host. The |
last one | attended | made some |
additional features to the Old tim
hop-I skipped, and jumped,and |
| finally came down to dead run,
dlstaucing my purSuer and land
Ing at my own door some what eX
hausted by the exercise. | can't
think my amendments were look
ed upon very favorably, as no one
engaged in it but Mr.. H and
myself. l hope, however, some.
thing will break up this monoto-
nous calm. I'd rather see a dog
tigh than nothing at all. A few
days ago we did have little Incl
dent, which created a little merri-
ment and at the same time excl
ted sympathy and disgust. 1t sp-
pearsthat instinct prompted poor
harmless rabbit to take upits win
ter quarters in my garden, lit must
have known that l would not
hurt iU, but in an unguarded mo-
ment it exposed itself to the view
of merciless crew, and but for
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