Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1884-10-10

LETTER FROM DUFFIEI.Ds.
prrrlrLps, October Z, 1884.


a "a DuFFIELDs, October z, 1854.
Editors Register.-A letter from our viii
lage may be of interest to some Of your
readers, therefore have concluded to
write. Our little town was. the scene of
considerable excitement last Saturday,
the occasion beilrg thefraising Of Cleve-
land and Hendricks; pole As pole-raising
is.the order of the Gay, Duffieids deter
mined not 20 be behind the times. We
have a Cleveland and Hendricks Club
here, and already the fruits Of their labor
is manifest. After the raising Of the pole
the meeting was addressed by several
speakers, among them Hon. ID. b. Lucas,
who handled the subject in hand in
mastery way, giving the political record
of the candidate Of the party of great
moral ideas, and contrasting with great
force the political characters of Maxwell
and Wilson, referring to Wilson rs one of
our own county's sons, Il se!f-made man
and deserving the high honor to which lie
aspires. Let every true Democrat come
out OIL the 18th and cast his vote for the
Democratic nominees. The eyes of our
sister counties are upon US. Let us give
a majority of which we need not be
ashamed, and show by our acts that we
are not for sale, and that we will not yield
to corrupting Influences. Like men let
us stand shoulder to shoulder, and in the
face of the advancing foe marshal our
hosts that our banner, Cleveland and
Hendricks and Wilson and Wilson, shall
wave triumphant DER us. Our State
being an October State, our sister States
are watching us with eager eyes. Let us
not deceive them. Let the, sons of our
little State remember their motto, "Mon-
tana Sempcr Liber," and show to the
whole Union that nountaineers will in
deed be free.
/ notice correspondent from Kear-
neysville to the Martinsburg Herald, over
the signature of "Mary Beau" boasts that
the Republicans are carrying the war into
Africa, and have bearded the lion In his
den and the Douglas in his hall. You
remember what was said Of the heather
Chinee, "For ways that are dark and
tricks that are vain, the heather Chinee
is peculiar" So say we of the Republican
party, their ways are dark and tricks that
are vain, their deeds as dark as their
dusky associates. In this communication
"Mary" invites the editor Of the Herald
to visit old Jefferson after the election to
witness the new Keely motor carrying
you, Messrs. Editcrs, and the Free Press
man, with pain somewhere just forget,
together with w. L. and ID. B. and others
on trip up Salt river TO help you eat
your roast cow We answer after. the
election OH the 14th Of October this windy
correspondent, old "Mary," and the editor
of the Herald, will need new Edison
electric light of one thousand candle
power to find Republican in this coun-
ty. They will either have changed the
name Of the party or fled to parts un-
known. If, however, lie should by acct
ucllI tIlS pONC l
discover one, instead of eating roast cow
he will find him eating boiled crow. Oh,
shame, where is thy blush, AMI is it pos
sible there are those in our midst who
will attempt to bolster up party so rot
ten and so corrupt?
Our village shows some Improvement.
We have now n new depot agent and tele-
graph operator, Mr.. j. c. Burns having
been appointed to the position. Mr.. b. is
q clever gentleman, and will no doubt
make friends. The Baltimore and Ohio
Company are filling up with cinder, max
ing the place in and around the station
very solid. Mr.. Barnhart has in position
Il new Fairbanks scale near his new ware
house, and will have every facility for
handling grain, coal, fertilizers, SC. Our
townsman, Mr.. AdisOn Engle, having
moved from our midst, Mr.. l.. jeff Shirly
now occupies the cottage vacated by him.
More anon,