Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1884-09-20
THE MARTINSBURG HERALD,
GERARDST0WE.


The change in temperature which
takes a man from an 0yerc0at to shirt
sleeves in one days time is not very
conducive to health.
The sigh of the candidate is 20 that
the election were over"
Messrs. Stuckey, Smith and Hen
shaw are among those who have been
looking after their fences in this
section during the last week. Our
prospective law makers are looking
for temperance material, and are per-
fectly willing to use the narrow plank
of the moderate man or the barb-Wlre
material of the prohibitionlst.
A good rain would increase the at
tendance of the fair. Our people say
it is too dusty to attend. Perhaps if
we had rain it would be too muddy.
There is no accounting for taste."
The sick of the community are inn
proving but slowly. Mrs. Aiken who
was very dangerously i'll, is some
thing better. Charley West gets bet
ter and worse. Mr.. Sam'l McKown
has been added to the list but is inn
proving now. We had slight at
tack ourselves, but a dose of the
ssCompound Cathartic's as Mary
Beau would say, set us 0. K. again.
Mrs. Susan Brady is having an adj
dition made to her house. which gives.
her much more room, and comfort
too, when completed. Mr.. Geo. N.
Grim is the carpenter, and Charley
Wolfes has completed the tin roof.
Among the exhibitors at the fair
from this community are Zeph Nor
gan, who has fine colt there. RObt.
Ayrshire the same, and Miss Laura
Griffith who has on exhibition beau
tiful " crazy patch work quilt. The
quilt is a beauty and its name correct.
Mr.. G. T. Hollis has removed into
his new dwelling, which is a comfor-
table home, and credit to our village.
Just eight weeks from its commence
ment he occupies it. Not much hur-
ny for some places but big things for
our Rip Van Wrinkle town. Will
Rowland was the carpenter and John
Thompson the plasterer, who did the
work.
Mr.. Charles Custer of your city was
here yesterday looking up school.
They are all taken on the East side
of the mountain, and when the west
ern side is mentioned the teachers all
shake their heads; and just there they
make mistake, for the people west
of the mountains are just as hospita-
BILE and leetle bit more so than those
on this side, and their children are
just as we'll behaved. And none of
the people over there are SO high-ton-
ed yet as to turn up their noses at pub
lie schools-institutio in which it is
to be hoped the children can learn at
least as much as those who simulate
a dislike for them.
Win some one please answer this
query. What is the difference, in
reality, not in law, between man who
deliberately contracts debtwhich he
never intends to pay and man who
deliberately steals the same amount
of goods? The question is suggested
by the action Of an individual who,
the other day with the money in his
hand, refused to pay bill and boast
fully asserted "you can't make it,"
and yet he owns the same amount
of property he did when he contract
ed the debt.
Among the visitors to the Grand
Lodge of Good Templars from this
place was Miss Bessie Hollis, whom
we neglected to mention last week
They have all returned much pleased
with their trip.
Mrs. Maggie Morgan is visiting her
Aunt, Mrs. Samuel Campbell, who
resides in Romney.
Mrs. ID. M. H. Carter, of Baltimore,
is visiting the family of DR.. J. p. Car
ter.
Mr.. S. G. Cooper and wife, former
ly of this place, now of Winchester,
were in town on Monday.
Mr.. James Aiken. of Ohio, is at his
fathers, Mr.. Jno. Aiken, called here
by the serious illness of his mother.
The barn of Col. Frank Silvers,
near Geradstown, caught fire from an
engine Thursday evening and burned
down, with or 10 tons hay, 80 BUSH
els clover seed, straw rick, fences, &c.
Heavy loss.
The barn of Samuel Merrickle, near
Summit Point, with contents of hay
and wheat. also burned down-set
fire by little boy.
Mrs. Lizzie Johnson, of Leetown, is
Miss Sallie Wiley left on Thursday
to visit her aunts who reside in Balti-
more.
The public school at this place will
open on Monday, the 22nd, with Mr..
G. w. McKnown as the jolly old
pedagogue."
The Sunday school of the NJ. E.
Church at Pitzer's Chapel, will picnic
in the grove at that place on Saturday
the Goth.
Mr.. Lewis w. Sendamore teaches
the Morgan School; Miss Ambrose
the Aiken and Miss Sallie Stuckey
the Pitzer or Ridge School. AS to
the other schools we have not been
able to learn how or by whom they
have been supplied.
visiting relatives here during the sum-
mer left for her home in Louisville,
KY, on Monday.
Mr.. Chas. S. Grim has disposed of
the property occupied by Mr.. E. ST.
bole. Mrs. j. w. Snapp is the pur-
chaser. Possession given 1st of April,
1885.
When a man does a good thing and
has good article for sale everybody
ought to know it. Mr.. Robt. Cum
ningham, at Bryarly's Mill, near
Darksville, has improved the machin-
cry of the mill and is turning out first
class fiour,-a barrel for bushels of
wheat. Mr.. G. is a strictly honest
miller. and deserves the patronage of
the people.
Mrs. Bell, from near Paris, Virgin
ia, is visiting her sister, Mrs. Susan
Brady.
The waters are getting very low
and rain is badly needed. X.
Emma J. Buser, has gone on visit
to McKeesport, Pa, to her brother.