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West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1883-05-02
Annual Report of Berkeley w.
CT. Z.
MAaT1NsBURG, March %.

The w. c. T. u, of Martinsburg,
was organized under the name of
Berkeley Union No. l, March 6,
1882, by Mrs. S. A. Martin, of Bal
timore, and the following officers
elected:
Mrs. e. F. Chambers, President /;
Mrs. Strailman, from the 1st M. E.
Church, Miss Sarah A. Lamar,
from the NJ. 4. Church, Mrs. Maicia
Brown from the Baptist Church, Mrs.
Palmer from the U. B. Church, and
Mrs. Rathman from the Lutheran
Church, Vice Presidents Mrs. Geo.
Knapp, Treasurer Mrs, Strailman,
Agent for "Our Union" and Fan
ME e. Westall, Recording and Cor
responding Secretary.
We have now 20 active and IS
honorary members.
For fourteen weeks after the
Union was organized we held re-
vival services every noon and night
the result of which was $40 con-
versions. We were assisted during
the year by Misses Jennie Smith
and Addie Sherman, Mrs. Martin,
of Baltimore, Mr.. and Mrs. Harris,
Of Mass, and others.
We have conducted meetings in
the country where they have no
pastors and have seen some happl-
ly converted. We were assisted in
these meetings by the Y. M. c. A.
Of this place,
We have prayer meetings now
every Tuesday and Friday nights.
Since the Union was organized we
have conducted 307 religious and
Il business meetings. We have
organized a Band of Hope with
lO4 scholars. We have established
"Reading Room" containing lit
erature of different kinds, which
IS opened to the public every day,
also Library consisting Of choice
reading matter, such as books, pa
pers, tracts, &c, which is also
opened to the public every Thurs
day from 80 a. m. to 10, p. m.
About two months ago a Libra
ry Committee was appointed and
since that time we have collected
about fifty dollars for the Library.
The Library was opened Nevem-
Der Is, 1882, since which time
nearly 700 books have been issued:
and we have distributed 1000
tracts through the town and coun-
try.
Our Union stands very well fl
nancially; whole amount received
during the year was $324.1o;
amount paid out, s231.94; remain
ing in bank, 1924.
The editors of the Independent
have been uery kind to US and have
given US a column in their paper
Tor temperance news. I will also
speak of the editors of the Herald,
(Messrs. Kelley & Goulden) who
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1883-05-02

It has pleased God to visit our
beloved editor with sore affiiction
and bereavement. During his tenn
porary absence from home her ven
Grated father, Rev. FL. Bannister,
DID,, whom she left on Tuesday last
in his wonted health, was stricken
with neuralgia of the heart, and on
Sunday morning ere the news of
his illness could reach her the fl
nal summons came.-Union Signal.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1883-05-02

CHURCH GoING.--A true lover of
the Church will not get up and
look out the first thing to see what
kind of a day it is going to be-;
but the habit of church-going will
be SO formed that he will not have
to decide the question anew every
Sunday morning. "He that OBJ
serveth the wind shall not SOW,
and he that regardeth tie clouds
shall not reap. hudson.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1883-05-02
Parkersburg W. G. T. Z.

pyesiGes,t-MRs. GEORGE LOOMS.
Wee Presidents
Mrs. S, T. Stapleton, Mrs. j. H. Spence,
Miss Annie Taylor, Mrs. ". B. Caswell,
Mrs. j.. " Logan Mrs. r. l.. Kendall.
Mrs. Ralph Covert, Mrs. Josephine Robb.
Recoreiiag .Secretdr7y-Mrs. O. G. Scofield.
Corresponding SecretdTy-M G. D. Mer-
rick.
Trcdsls7er-Mrs. R. A. Jones.
Petersburg Young Ladies' c. T. q.
Presideni-MIss CARRIE SCoFIELD.
Vice PresiGents-
Miss Bette Devol, Miss Eva " Johnson.
Miss Annie Ebert, Miss Lulu Gilbert.
iSuperinteadent-Mrs. H. X. Jones,
Secreta.y-Miss Flora Cooper
Tredstlrer-Miss Maud Kendall.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1883-05-02
West Varqinia w. C. T. Z.

President Miss A. TAYLOR, Wheeling, W
Va.
Corresponding Secretdr9-Mrs. j. B. Thomp-
son, Grafton.
Recording Secretary-Mrs. S. S. H0oten
Grafton.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1883-05-02
Laurel Fork & Sand Hill Railroad.

w. Va. Transportation Co.. lessee.
VOLCANO, w. Va, May 81, 1880.
ON an after this date trains will run as
Ofollows:
No. leaves Volcano at o:l5am connecting
with Express mail West.
No. leaves Laurel Fork Junction at 10 liam
No. leaves Volcano at pm, connecting
with Express mail East.
Nc. leaves Laurel Fork June. at 8:l5pm.
Extra.-Monday mornings only. Leaves
Volcano att :i0am. Leaves l.. +. Junction At
S.25am
No. 2 win wait so minutes for delayed Ex-
press from the East.
No. 4 will wait hour for deayed Express
from the West.
NJ. c. c. CHURCH, Secretary.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1883-05-02
Cincinnati, Washington & Balti-
more Railroad.

IN effect March II, 1883. The Quickest
i Time and Fewest Changes, to all points
West and Northwest.
The popular line TO st. Louis Chicago. om--
aha and Kansas City.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1883-05-02
w. C. t. Z.
"FoR GoD AND HOME AND NATIVE
LAND"
National Woman's ChristGasa Temper
dnce Union.

.president-MIss FRANCES E WILLARD, of
r,tnois: with Miss ANNA GoRpoN, Private
secretary.
corresponding Secreta'y-Mrs. C. B. Buell., So
Bible House, N. Y.
according iSecretag9-Mrs. Mary A. Wood
bridge, Ravenna,
assistant Recording iSecretdry--M4's. l.. NJ. n.
S,evens, Stroudwater, Me.
Tyeasurer-Mrs. Esther Pugh, 1899 Walnut
street. Cincinnati, O.
!S,t.heyu Secreta1y-Mrs. G. L. Mcleod, 2S7
Nosher street, Baltimore, Md.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1883-05-02
LincoIn's 'Stcve-Pipe" Hat.

Capt. Oldroyd, of Springfield, Ill,
has a collection Of relics of ex-
President Lincoln, which ranges
from autograph letters to cooking
stoves, and consists of over two
thousand articles. The collection,
which the owner offers to give the
State, includes "stove-pipe" hat,
of which tie following is told:
The hat was worn by Lincoln on
the day of MS first nomination for
the Presidency. AS is well known,
when he saw the tide of the con-
vention was turning in his favor,
he fastened to Springfield.
The next forenoon he was out on
the common, playing a game of
baseball with the boys,-a game
of which he was very fond, and in
making Il hard run to catch a ball
he pitched head-foremost into one
of the players and shot his hat
down over his ears, completely
running it.
From the ball grounds he went
to his law office and from there
around to the office of The State
Journal, and while sitting in the
latter place the dispatch was re-
ceivel announcing his nomination.
When he was about to start
home the editor suggested that it
would never do for the young Re
publican party's candidate for the
Presidency to go on the street with
such a hat, and accordingly he
sent out and bought a new one,
leaving the old one at The Journal
Office.
There it was picked up and went
into Oldroyd's COLLECTION. The
chair in which he was sitting when
the news of his nomination was
received is also in the collection.
Senator Bayard started in life as
q clerk in Philadelphia hardware
store, Senator Beck began as farm
hand, Conger as lumber hand,
Davis. of West Virginia, as brake
man. Dawes as school teacher,
Fair as a bar tender, Farley as a
coach driver, German as Senate
mage, Jones, of Florida, as a carpen-
ter M'Dill as a department clerk,
Morrill, as a country store-keeper,
plumb as a printers apprentice,
SAWYER as a laborer, Sherman as
surveyor, and Vest as a reporter
Central Methodist.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1883-05-02
THE HOME FOLKS.

ur1ARITY HoLLENBAcK, Housekeeper.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1883-05-02
Cleveland Il Marietta Railroad
and Connections.

In effect Sunday, Nov. 10Th, 1882.
Morning journal and courier., 1883-05-16
snowshoe1ng i'm Colorado.

lCorreEponGence Boston Iran8cr1pt.I
 As much interest has been aroused in snow-
 sheeing and other winter sports by accounts of them as praetised in Canada, it may be interesting to know how snowshoeing is done in Colorado. In the mining districts, which, of course are situated in the mountains, all
 most the only means of travelling from place to place in the winter is on snowshoes, ex- cepting between the more important towns, and they are indispensable in going to and from the mines. The snowshoe in general
 use here is the long Norwegian shoe, although the Canadian or webbed shoe is used by some; but it is of the Norwegian shoe shall speak. The snowshoe is a long piece of soft wood, seven or eight feet long, though sometimes more and about four inches wide, and curved up at the front end by steaming. In the center is the place for the foot. made generally of two pieces of leather, ,one tackled to each side of the shoe and laced together over it in the same manner as a common shoe is laced. A few inches back of the leather Q piece of wood about an inch square is nailed transversely across the shoe to keep the heel from slipping forward. A long pole is used as support and guide, especially in sliding down hill. The shoes are, of course, smooth, especially on the bottom or sole, and are
 often greased with tallow to make them slide more easily. Now for the use of the shoes.
 They are laid on the ground side by side, and the snowshoer steps upon them, slipping his toes into the feathers, and then, without
 raising the feet. except slightly at the heel,
 he slides one foot forward, then the other,
 much as in walking. It is rather a peculiar motion, and when seen for the first time has rather an unearthly look. The depth to which the shoes sink in the snow varies, of . course, with it's lightness. In 8 very light snow they may sink several inches, and with
 crust on the snow they will not sink at all. The miners generally wear heavy arctics over their boots, which are always leather, or else they wrap canvas over sacks around them, tying them tightly with string over the feet and around the ankle.
Morning journal and courier., 1883-05-16
SIMPLE.

A housekeeper asks "What is the simp-
 lest way to keep jelly from holding on top ?" Shut small boy up in the pantry for Q few minutes.
 Professor in Latin-'sMr. K., will you
 please scan some ?'' Student-''Professor, I don't think I can; I have not skun anything for long time. Exchange
 A young lady being told at recent fire to stand back or else the hose would be turned on her, replied, 70, I don't care, they are striped on both sides, any way. ay."-Columbia Spectator.
 A fine language-t'Procrastin ees to put
 of, eh? I see. Tres bien! Then the man
 who ees drunk you procrastinate from the
 cars. Ver' seenfple, Ver' fine langnage."-
 Boston Transcript.
 A Rockford. Ala, girl gets up in her sleep and goes out in her back yard and chops wood. According to 8 local paper her father leaves the axe handy.
 Menial, rushing in-'tO, Mir. Conkling, Governor Sprague is dead !" Conkling- 'tAhl So much for Governor Sprague i' Menial-sIt's the horse Governor Sprague, | your honor !" Conkling-"O, methought It the asst l"
 AScotch parson said somewhat sarcastical- l Iy of hard thinker that be had put an enc l my in his mouth to steal away his brains, but 1 that the enemy, after thorough and pro | tracted search, returned without anything = Boston Globe.
 Rev. Mr. Stocking, when on his wedding journey one summer, was invited to occupy 8 l certain pulpit at Wappinger's Falls. The i gentleman, being very short of stature, was l dubbed, ssHalf-hose, by the ladies of the congregation, who, when he gave out his
 text, ssShe hath done what she could,' smil- 1 ingly accepted his apology in behalf of his
 wife for not haviug paired herself better. l The boys were calling names and disputing
Morning journal and courier., 1883-05-16
They Went to the Matinee. TFrouo fba ProvidAnca Jo11rpaJ

She is only about years old and reside 1 on street of Broadway. On Wednesda 1 last her mother sent her with kerosene cal l to obtain oil at the corner grocery. On tn
 way she met one of her boy playmates anc asked him if he did not want to go to tn, matinee, and the response was prompt ''Yes." Come along then," said she. The
 two went to one of the theatres and she
 bought two front seat tickets, rendering ir
 payment $5 bill The little girl dragged
 the oil can, her escort evidently lacking chiv.
 alric courtesy. They enjoyed the perform
 atce greatly. After it was over, the girl
 carrying the can, led the way to Tillinghast's s
 saloon, where she ordered ice cream and two
 chickens. The attendant tried to persuade the child that one chicken was sufficient, but she was firm in demanding two. saying: '.We want enough to eat." A chicken ~as fur the ice cream t-s the boy stopped at the ehinken. The young miss settled the bill and the two trudged homeward, she carrying the can which she had filled before reaching home To the questions of her mother as to where she had been, she gave evasive answers and said nothing of her escapade Not so of the lad, however; he went home and related hls adventures. He told what fine time he what they nsa 6ad eaEsRe. EEaere A AthsY bsd been and to test the truth of the matter, took him to her neighbours house, where the children were faced. The girl was indignant and with tears in her eyes snapped out: "When take you to another matinee let me know It." The boy sheepishly hid himself behind his mother, while the girl was led off to bed
Morning journal and courier., 1883-05-16

on Larned street, wheyl gentleman halted and said to the eldest. tsBoy, this isn't be- ginning life right" 'eHe sassed me fust! D But he 1s the SID allest. How it sounded for you to twlt him with his father in the peni- tentiary. He has gone away crushed and de- graded.'' "Wen, I'm sorry" replied the boy, after moments thought, land I puess I'll run after him and tell him my father is in the workhousel That'n kind O take his lonesome feelin' away."-Detroit Free Press
 JOHN sNIrH'a MOVING. She was waking called him early. and he growled but Twas duty that he dreaded and he vany sought to
 shfrk; She boss and he gas servant and the track was Time was moving SO were mortals for the twentieth
 time or more. From the upper story window he threw out a china Carried down the stairs mattress with slow and Threw it on the baby's cradle which was smathed
 into wreck. oVerset the bowling carman, nearly broke the little
 baby's neck, Then the furniture loaded tand the owner load And the driver cursed until the atmosphere Then they logged along to Jersey, when the stars
 were glowing bright;
 band he was tight. Midnight comes the floor is filtered as cyclone had There amid the May-day wreckags wife and husband
 restless lie; 'If you're waking call early, call early, wifey,
 dear, Rhat le9s fer just ct peesant isa quart of lsz~r Day is dawning, babe is yswniDg and they rub their
 sleepy eyes; Rents rising dearaRt huHNaud and fiR tima for
 us to rise; This is just fortisth moving 'tis sad and dole full day; Others may enjoy the season; but confound the
 month of May"
 A. Tennya Son, in New York Journal.
Morning journal and courier., 1883-05-16
Wednesday, May 16. 1883.
SEARCH OF A PLArFonM.

IN SEARCH OF A PLATFORM.
 When party claims that it ought to be intrusted with power and that those in pow CT should be turned out there ought not to be much doubt about it's principles. They claim. Nothing can be more amusing than the persistent effort that is being made to discover what the principles of the Democrat ic party are, or, rather, what they are going to be in the next presidential election. A mum Der of leading Democrats have been inter viewed with not very satisfactory results They seem to be agreed that the Democracy is going to win, but are rather troubled about the principles on which the victory is to be gained It appears to be tacitly understood that the party is to have principles of some sort, but the interviews elicit advice as to what they ought to be rather than as to what they are to be. MT. Charles A. Dana, however, who has a habit of forcibly stating things as they are, seems, so to speak, to have struck oil He was interviewed the other day by reporter apparently in search of the missing principles. The first question put was, what will be the issues in the con- AAB P1cS4ucALAd1 campaign NIT. Dan2 SalQ he supposed the principal issue would be the turning out of the Republican party. So far as we can judge by the remainder of the interview he did not appear to be cer- tain that there would be any other.
 The principal issue as defined by MT. Dana has the merit of frankness. With it the De- mocracy might go into the campaign upon a platform creditable alike for it's brevity and it's truth. It could consist of single plank and might read something like this {: Re- solved, That the Republican party ought to be turned out of power and the Democratic party put in. This platform would be easily understood, and would not be open to those charges of equivooation and ambiguity to which the past literary efforts of the party have been subject, and would contain all the clements of harmony left in the Democratic ranks. We are pretty sure that our sugges- tion will not be appreciated, and that the De- mocracy will compose platform much long, CT and much less to the point, but we feel morally certain that the plank suggested. above will be found to contain the gist of whatever they adopt
Morning journal and courier., 1883-05-16
Classical LeG1sIntors.

Harrisburg Despatch to Philadelphia Tirnos.l l. A story of richness is going the rounds about those Democratic statesmen from Phil adelphia, Representatives Crawford and Maekin: Sponsler, the constitutional orator of the House, was making speech yesterday on the revenue commission bill to regulate the assessment of mercantile taxes, and closed with the quotation ''Vox populi, vox Dei. D Crawford and Mackin had both been listen ing with great admiration to Sponsler's rounded delivery, and Maokin, turning aside, cried to Crawford, ''Al, wasn't that 8 fine climax ?" ''Oh, it was grand !'' replied the eleventh ward member. Mackin eyed Craw- ford suspiciously for a moment, and then offered to bet ten dollars that he did not know what he said. ''I'l take that" said Crawford ''of course I know what he said It was 'Wox populi. wox Dei,' and it means My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken mel'" Maokin plunged his hand into his pocket and meekly said ''There's the tenner, Al; didn't know you were such good Latin scholar '
Morning journal and courier., 1883-05-16
A New View of Jefferson Davis.

Correspondence of the Detroit Free PresA
 Mr. Davis is 73 years of age, and his health is not of the best. It is evident that his life of vicissitude is drawing to 8 close, and as one realizes it he cannot but admire the phys ical and mental machinery which has stood the strain of so much labor. Tall, with al- most snow white hair and whiskers, blue eyes, face wrinkling with age, voice as soft and kind as a mother's-such was the picture of the man who for four years held the des- tinies of 8 continent in his iron grip. In the zenith of his power he may have appeared naughty and imperious to some, but not to the generality A kinder face have never met, and though there is something in the voice to warn one that it's owner has held place and power, one is soon charmed with its kindness and touch of pathos. He asked me about my southern trip-where I had been, whom had met and what opinion l had formed of the sentiment of the masses and when I answered that the North and South seemed more closely united to-day than at any period in our history, he ex- pressed deep gratifcation.. "It Is grand and progressive country" he said, land the better the people understand each other the better for our future as a country. He asked me regarding the sentiment ot the North, and believe answered truly when told him that rancOr and bitterness had died out of the hearts of all but demagogues and maIevolent politicians. That is right,
 
 event will sever the growing cordial rela tions." By and by we drifted into the sub ject of war. It was MT. Davis who gave Gen. Mcclellan his first upward steps, and it was Mir. Davis who appointed Gen. Meade to the lake survey, and was sharply criticised for his selection. He believed that McClel- lan's campaign against Richmond, had he been permitted to carry it out as planned, and received the hearty support of the War department, must have resulted disastreasly to the Confederates 'I knew Mcclellan, Meade, Humphrey, and nearly all tho federal generals, ? said Mir. Davis, ''and many et them were my proteges, Although they were fighting my armies, could not resist feeling of pride in seeing so many of the young men had helped advance winniag fame and proving all that had Leea predict ed" I asked him to name the best federal general, and he replied ''rhere were two Mcclellan and Meade. Mcclellan was a grand engineer and great general; Meade was a steady fighter. and his movements were more of an enigma to Lee than those Of any other.federal !general."
Morning journal and courier., 1883-05-16
An Internal Revenue Officer Saved

Editor of Boston HeFGld.
 DEAR s1R-During my term of service in the Inter nal Revenue Department the United States, at the time my office in this city, WAS afflicted with attack of Kidney and st times suffered intensely. received the medical advice of some of our best physicians for long time without being benefited by their prescriptions. Being discouraged by failure of the doctors to help ma. and being urged to Hunts Remedy by friend who had tested merits, although reluctant to try patent medicine, was finally induced to try the Remedy, and procured two bottles of it and commenced talk ing it faithfully eord1ng to the directions. Before had taken it three days the excruciatine pains in my back had disappeared and before had used two bottles I was entirely cured. Whenever from over exertion violent cold the pains in my kidneys return, few doses of Hunts Remedy quick ly effects 8 cure.
 Before closing beg to mention the remarkable cure of a friend of mine In New York city, to whom recommended this valuable medicine. He was suf- fering severely from an attack which WAS pro nounced by his physician decided of Bright's Disease of the Kidneys. obtained two bottles Of Hunts Remedy for him and he commenced taking 1t, and began to fmpruys zt once and was speedily re- stored health and he attributes the saving of his Ife under the blessing Of amercful Providence, to Hunts Remedy.
 ecomnasnded Hum, Hernedy WAS suffering severely from kidney liseazes and was entirely cured Of 1t after using this medicine only short pe- riod. a ltes--s<
 Feeling deeply sra4efrl great beneats expe- rieneed by my fEiends myself from the use of Hunts Remedy, fesf3s to bSmy duty. as well as a great privilege to furnish you this voluntary and unsolicited statement of facts for the information of your large numhar Of readers, many of whom are un doubtedIy suffering from this widely spreading scourge, and believe that 1t Is the best medicine now known. and that it will all cases of kidney disease that can be cured.
 shall be pleased to confer with anyone who may desire an interview regarding the statements herein contained.
 RICHMOND HENsHAw,
Morning journal and courier., 1883-05-16

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