Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1886-09-25
Bunker Hill.
SEPTEMBER 2lst, 1885,

space in your columns for brief |
confab with you and your many |
readers! receive the INDEPENDENT |
regularly every week, and its con-
tents are always devoured with avid
ity' 1t is one of our household pets
and is eagerly sought after, not only
by it's regular subscribers, but by
nearly every one, and whilst sell
dom resort to quotations, cannot
help but employ one from Shak
spear (o which just occurs to my
mind: along may it wave DER the
the land of the free, and home of the
brave. / do not aim to flatter nor by
any means to place the INDEPENDENT
at the bottom, when say that our
county can boast of the best local
papers published in the State, and
with the exception of the Vest Pr
qsnaa Democrat, the mildest in pol
itics.
Our local news is meagre, / mean
such as would interest the general
public. l deem it unnecessary to
occupy time and space with weather
statements, from the fact that such
as we have had is generally known,
and such as we will, have will be re-
ported in due season by the signal
corps of which am the chief for
this locality Farmers who were
tardy with their blowing on account
of the drought, have by the recent
rains, been able to resume work in
that line and are pushing ahead to
be ready for seeding. The delay in
the preparation of the ground, to-
gether with the ripening corn and
clover seed, fruit crop &C., does not
give the farmer much to play. Our
fruit crop is abundant, and we are
trying to utilize the surplus by max
ing cider. Mr.. John Lamon haserect-
ed an excellent press, very conve-
niently located, which is well pat
ronized, both by parties who have
apples and by those who have the
capacity to hold it-barrels being
scarce, it is quite an accommoda-
ton to Mr.. L. to have kind neigh
bors to aid him in getting it into a
safe repository. The bung and the
spigot are two very essential parts to
look after in vessel to hold cider,
as from its wiry nature it sometimes
assumes the character of an infant
earthquake. Our mechanics are all
full of work and stick close to bust.
ness. The merchants seem to be
selling plenty of goods ,notwithstand-
ing the great howl about the search
ty of money. The resident physi-
clan, DR.. G. w. Swimley, the only
professional man of which we can
boast, is doing a fair practice. The
Doctor is Virginian by birth, but
went to Ohio in early life, and re-
turned to his native heath last spring
to give us the benefit of his skill and
experience, which it has taken him
years of hard labor to acquire in the
laboratories Of the West. ! do not
think it interests people outside of
the neighborhood who our visitors
are, and another thing / don't think
it is any of their business, therefore,
I shall forbear to enumerate or peel
fy those who have visited us, besides
you have others who keep you well
booked up of all-from stray dog
to an organ grinder All that / have
to say about it is, that my visitors
are confned to class that needs the
protection, and depends upon the
liberality Of the Oyerseero of hepoor,
and there are so many of them they
oh n 10, kfa,1. =,
print in this connection. Last Sat-
urday must have been good day
for our Catholic friends Of Martins
burg to ride out, several carriage
loads-as many persons, perhaps, as
fifty in all, went whirling by the
poor house in the direction Of Win
chester, among whom was your jolly
and gentlemanly Jailor, Mr.. Dunn
ford. This is not the first time Of
late that / have seen him pass
through our town, and from the fact
of his beinga widower in good stand
ing, our suspicious will naturally be-
come little aroused. There is no
harm in it friend d., we all know
that important business often calls
you from home in different direc-
tions, and this may be one of the
directions that has more business
in it. / spent a fortnight in your
city short time ago, and was very
pleasantly associated with some of
our county officials, together with
some of your municipal officers. Bus
mess of an important nature kept me
closely confined during the day, but
at night ] had the pleasure.of attend
ing musical soirees, salvation army
tableaux. operas. oireuses. shows &c.