Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1883-12-01

now langulShlng at Fort Smelling,
under the ever watchful eyes of the
United States soldiers, will try to
/ fill his place by giving you few
/ items from the garden spot of Ber-
/ kelley county / shall not coniiae
myself 60 local matters, but will,
with your permission, claim the
right 10 criticize the action of our
public men, and the merits of pub
lie measures.
To commence with--the wheat,
the farmers hope and the nation s
wealth, has never looked better at
this season of the year. and farmers
can look forward in expectation of
a bountiful harvest But someone
has said that farmers live six months
on hope, six months on expectation,
and twelve months on hard labor.
Had he added that that they were
taxed on hope, taxed on expectation
and robbed of their labor, he would
have come as nigh the truth as a
man could come without chalk or
| pencil
1t afforded me a great deal Of
| pleasure TO read in the DarkesvilIe
items that our old friend and former
townsman, II. G.. Lyle, has pnt in IA
good supply of pork for old Virginia
| hospitality. He cannot be exceled,
and no one ever entering his domi-
Gil can leave it hungry,
Mrs. Molly NoIl spent day in. the
village this week, and her many
| friends regret her stay was SO short.
/ Mr.. Charles Lockhart was here
last week with his Magic Washing
| Machine. Charley offers to wash
\ against any other machine in the
/ county. We have known Charley
4 FOR q long time, and know him 10 be
y fair aud square dealer; bis motto
I Is: satisfaction given or money re-
/ turned. Any one wanting i ma
chine, will do well to Call On htm;
| he is a peg or two above deception.
| WAS amused the other day whilst
in yorktown. at two Of your citizens,
who got into a dispute about who
sold Joseph into Egypt. One said
his brothers, tho other one said that
1 they did not, and called upon us to
| decide We told them we hid pot
| read that chapter in the Bible since
we were good little Sunday school
scholar, but we remembered that his
/ brothers got twenty pieces of silver
for hin, aud went home aud told
tkeir father a lie, just as some men
do in this our day--tell lie for a
few dimes OF the filthy lucre Edi-
| tors are not included.
In the INDEYENDENT of Novem-
Der 18th, we read that the following
is a list of letters remaining in the
postoffice November 10th, and will
Oe sent to the dead letter office No
vember Gath, Benjamin Barnhart and
others; and in the INDEAENDENT
of November 24ih, we have another
entirely different list, which will be
sent to the dead letter Office N0vem-
Der 2ith. What we wish to know is,
What is l.s- use OF publishing list
~ letters IT, DC sent To the dead let
~, dice t,i;- saule day That the IN
DEPENDENT uaahes It's appearance
VIII the +. VI please rise and ex-
piain Wit fpe = hp cause MAS the ball
at Teller; Hal. or he Social at Wi
sone hall?
One OF Inc siyest weddings that we
have heard of lately WAS the mar
ri - OF M tlna cs Hnfn-r 10 Miss
Jennie kt,isra. Pa AID NJ. knew
nothing Of II; pdeed IL was so sly
that we art hot certain lilat tue Par
ties themse ives found 1t out until the
! next day. How y~f. We wish them
much happiness ana prosperity thro'
the journey II iir
Thanksgiving aay passed off as
usual. We proposed 20 one OF our
neighbors TO furnish the celery IL he
would furnish the 1urkey, and take
our THANKSGIVING d!aneg with him,
! bur he said he was too old 10 climb,
anc that turkeys r0Oss 90 high that
/ he would nave to decline our liberal
4 proposition, so we had 70 iall back
Oh 4n old aud venerable rooster, who
I had crowed IA the morning 10 wake
i the maiden ail forlOrn. whO MIXED
( tbs COW wish the crumpled horn.
/ M iat has become Ol the Shanghai
rooster We would ike TO hear
him flap his wings and crow again,
or is he dead cock in the pit and no
| fight in him
The first party OF the season occur
red at the residence of Mr.. David f.
I Horner, on Middle Greek. on Tues
day evening. His daughter, Miss
Lille, gave "a reception TO number
OF her young friends. After refresh
ments, they all engaged in the merry
mazes of the dance, and enjoyed
themselves as only youngsters can,
while the old folks looked happily on
and wished they were boys again,
when they sucked sweet cider thro'
a straw and 6shed in every rain.