Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1884-02-23
I. IL. STRlDER,
President of County Court.
q LETTER E9RoM TEMPLAR

February IL, loo4.
Dear Regisie3-I feel constrained to in
dtc Il few lines for The REGISTER, some
! thing that | have not been guilty of for
several months, and now | have nothing
! of particular interest whereof to write,
hut will do the best that can.
Political matters have not yet got
warmed up" for the campaign of 1881,
and although have not heard of any OF
our Back Creek citizens being mentioned
for sheriff or any other important Office,
yet we have plenty of patriots who are
willing to sacrifice personal feelings for
the public good, and would consent to
hold almost any rcmunerative office to
accommodate the public. Occasionally
we hear a umor of Hon. NJ. 5. Grantham
being probable candidate before the
Democratic Statc Convention for the po-
Si.ion of Auditor. Just here we will say
that Mr.. G.. would honor the position,
and if nominated would get good many
Republican votes in the Eastern Pam
Handle.
After long spell of winter we now
have it almost like spring, with the birds
singing, the sun shining, and the mud
about foot deep, more or less; in some
places less, but in others Il foot won't
reach hard pan, and we go iloundering
along the roads rs best we can. Some
persons talk as if our late cold snap was
unprecedented in the memory Of the old
est inhabitant. So far this winter we have
had only thirty inches of snow, and it
staid only fifty-iiyc days. About dozen
years ago, when | WAS teaching at the Old
"Gridiron Academy" in Jefferson county,
we had one hundred and twelve inches of
snow during the winter, and it stayed
more than one hundred days. That beats
this winter, you bet.
Ganotown has been favored the past
year with very good preacher in the
person of Rev. II. S. Hilton, who has done
good work on the circuit illedgcsvillc
circuiD, and has brought up all the inter-
ests of the work. The general collections
have about doubled, and the collections
for missions, which had never before
passed five dollars at this place, amounted
to Twenty-Five dollars this year. Mr.. Hill
ton wisely appointed five ladies' to gather
in this collection, and they did their work
well. Mrs. ii. &. Evans was the most
successful collector, she having gathered
in 1886.
am engaged at my old occupation,
teaching, having charge of the school at
this place. | have an enrolment of fifty
four, but cannot make rs high an average
attendance as certain "school marin"
lust east of the mountain, who, with an
enrolment of fifty, reported an average
attendance for the month of eighty-tive.
Our school here, however, is better at
tended than it has been for two or three
years.
:. L. Dodd, Esq, our efficient county
superintendent Of schools, recently visited
the schools in this part Of tho county, and
gave them Il thorough inspection, which,
no doubt, did them good. Mr.. Dodd made
Il good impression both as al officer and 4
gen tleman while with us.
Mr.. David Slonalicr has recently located
his steam saw-mill here, and is turning
out lumber ut lively rate. 1t is some
time since we have been greeted by the
shrill sound of the steam whistle, but now
it is an every day sound.
Moving" has already "broken out, -"
and promises to be pretty extensive in this
bailiwick. Mr.. Charles G.. Hopkins, who
is probably known to some of your read
ers, moved the other day, locating on the
farm of Mr.. VIM. ID. Slonaker, half a mile
west OF Ganotown.
There was some little excitement here
Friday over the news that Il valuable
horse was stolen Thursday night from the
stable of Mr.. b. NJ. Kitchen, at Shanghai.
| understand that Mr.. X. has offered a re-
ward of fifty dollars for the capture Of
the thief and the return of the horse. /
hope that both may be found.
TEMPLAR.