Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1885-08-18
KabIetown Letter.

Gle grass udS SGaFGeu 10 grow anu GuS
corn crop will be helped
Our people return their sincere
thanks to Mr.: Jas. w. Butt for post
poning the tin roofing of the county
until after the fine rains.
Work upon the new scbool-house
here is progressing finely. Mr.. Geo.
w. Mock has completed the founda-
ton, and Mr.. j. w. Blessings force
of hands are as busy as Majors with
the woodwork.
Misses Ida KabIe and Cora Yates
visited friendsin BerryvilIe last week.
Miss Rebecca Rissler, of Berkeley
county, is visiting frie6ds and rela-
tives here.
The venerable and venerated Mrs.
McFaden, of Baltimore, 83 years of
age, is the guest of her esteemed
friend Mrs. Geo. L. RissIcr. Mrs.
McF.'s visits here are always hailed
with delight by amultitude of friends.
Our village was honored with a visit
from two former residents the first
of the week-Hall and Val. Wilson,
Esqs. They were the guests of Mr..
B. f. Yates while here.
Mr.. Jas. II. Conklyn has quite a
curiosity in tie shape of what is sup
posed to be an Indian weapon. It is
stone, shaped like a tomahawk. Mr..
G. found it in an open space in the
woods lea his house. If it could
speak, no doubt it could tell us of
many interesting incidents in the life
of the red braves that once inhabited
our fair land. Who knows what great
chief has used it?
A lady near this place has q jet
black hen that Matched a brood of
white chickens, and refuses to let any
dark chickens come near her. Also
another hen that insists upon laying
in a box on the front porch. This
hen has laid three clutches and is now
setting the third time this summer.
We are glad to note from your
Ripon correspondent, that The Hilbert
Bros. are in a fix to fix all the fixes
that are out of fix. We must con-
graduate the good people of Ripon
upon having such competent and eff
ficicnt workmen in their midst. We
know that they will have everything
in the best of "fix." Sorry the toads
are so impudent as to try to take a
cigar out of a mans mouth. Surely
the smokers about Ripon must be
quite Juvenile, or else the toads are
the champion jumpers from Toadville.
We always thought Ripon had a pleas
ing and attractive appearance, but we
don't see any resemblance to Wash
ington city. Oh, no! that's just a
little " too too UTTER" for anything.
The Rev. w. G.. Eggleston is an
nounced to preach here on Sunday
morning, August 3Oth, at IL O'Clock.
This is hailed with delight by our en-
tire community. Our older people
have pleasant recollcctions of hearing
fine sermons from this eminent divine
in the long ago, when lie used to
preach at this place, and they expect
to hear a grand sermon on this occa
sion. We predict for him q crowded
house.
1t is with sincere regret that We
chronicle the death of the oldest and
one of the most highly esteemed and
rcyercd ladies in our midst, Mrs.
Elizabeth Kablc, which occurred at
her home in this place, on Wedncs-
day, the 18th inst, at noon, in her
Slth year. Thus another link that
bound us to the beginning of the pres
ent century has been broken. sELikc
a shock of corn that is ripe and ready
for the garner" this cstimable lady
and sainted mother has passed from
life into eternity, full of good deeds.
"Her children rise up and call her
blessed" Though her body has
passed from IL sight, the memory of
her still fingers, and is embalmed in
the hearts of the people among whom
she lived and moved during all the
years of her long and useful life
The sympathics of this community go
out to this afflicted family, for while
the loss is deeply felt by the neigh
borhood, it is at her own ~hearthstone
the loss is the keenest and deepest; it
is there that a vacant chair is a forci-
BILE reminder of q departed mother.
Six children survive this aged mother,
who mourn an irreparable Ioss-NIrs.
DR.. Hartman, West Chester, Pa. {;
Mrs. Sarah He1ebower, Tennessee {;
Mrs. John E. Massey, Virginia; Capt.
VIM. II. Kable, Staunton and Messrs.
John and Chas. II. Kahle, of Kable-
town. Although Mrs. Kable had
reached such an advanced age, she
was a lady of remarkable energy and
vitality. Her old age was beautiful,
and it was her pleasure and gratiica-
ton, afew days previous to her death,
whilst her faculties were unclouded,
to have the society and tender admin
istrations of all her children except
one. The esteem in which she was
held was fully attcstcd by the large
number of people who attended her
funeral on Friday morning, quite a
number of whom followed her remains
to their last resting place in Edge
Hill Cemetery, Charlestown. Several
beautiful floral offerings adorned the
casket, tokens of love and affection
from her friends. Rev. Mr.. Broad
dus, pastor of the Berryville Baptist
Church, conducted the services. He
preached an excellent and feeling dis
course from the words, "To die is
gain" His portrayal of the reward
that awaits the christian after death,
wac booufifuI iD6oo5 Ar, rIJ'