Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-07-24
LEONE LOCAL CHAT.

tiiS unS2nctlneQ state, and doubtless
feel as ifa few missionaries ought to
besent in that direction I have even
heard you intimate that it is easier to
locate the region where the descen-
dants of Annanias settled, than for the
young political blood hereto gather
their elders under their wing in har-
mony; but that is here, not there.
This kite story is the last and biggest
OF a no-name series of wonderful sto.
ries that will sooner or later and it
looks now as if it will be sooner bring
West Virginia into prominence such
as older and bigger States cannot af-
ford to invest in. But then this is a
mountain State, and expected to raise
some enormous cbestauts.
What want to say is that the con-
tagion is coming this way. What do
you think of some of the late fishing
party having been overturned in the
middle of the river and finding stones
there to stand on until boat reached
them. Query" Do stones grow on
the surface in the middle ofthe river?"
Try again, Frank. But seriously,
since Ned. Buntline has gone to meet
the results of his yellow back inspir-
ations, there is an opening for the
West Virginia story teller if he [of
course it is bel will declare himself,
with Gordon of police or hunters from
his native lair, to keep watch and
ward over him.
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The following Bostonic passages are
found in the " Long Rum" novel by
the late ex-presidentess: "The wes-
tern horizon gapes with crimson
wounds that drop their heavy ichor on
city spires and domes, and redden
city windows where the golden sun
beats thro' wounds thatare not stanch-
ed until Venus, throbbing great and
tender, rises to bind them with love-"
4 He felt the magnet
ism of this conjectural passion at his
side, and many wavelets of emotion
play upon him as they walk" 1t
looks as ifinnocuous dessuetude was a
family complaint of the Clevelands.
If the Long Run" could be stimula-
ted or braced up with little civil
service reform, it would sound health
Ter. Apparently, Miss Rose was wise
to announce that she " meant to ignore
the great critics." There is a great
deal in name, but scarcely enough |
to cover such wishy-washy transla-
ton of sentiment, even in this liberal
country.
A Hagerstown hotel clerk says he
can always tell Martinsburger from
an Eastern Shore tourist; the latter
says, twill you kindly direct me to
where the liquid refreshments are
kept ?" while the Martinsburg man
says, +" where's the bar kept at ?"
A little girl from the North who is
visiting in Martinsburg, gazed very
attentively at the colored cook one
day, and said, "what smoked you into
a colored lady ?n as the cook couldn't |
relieve her dignity by returning a
satisfactory reply she retorted with
" Oh. yous mighty mannerly wife
trash, ain you ?' "Yes," gravely
answered the little one, 81 call every
black woman L see colored people,"
The cook gave warning, and the little
one is no longer allowed to loiter in
the kitchen.
The jewellers in the region Of
Raleigh and Race Streets, west, in the |
vicinity of the G. V. Railroad Depot, |
ever and anon lift up their voices in
vigorous thanks to the corporation
for the elegantly paved walks, and
improved drainage. The former is
highly commended by the public in
Mantalinni style, when mud is plenty;
and as to sanitary measures, what
water works so effective as natural
overflow of surplus to wash over
pavements, and leave waves of debris |
to settle the question of high water
mark? Pavements farther down
town are afflicted in the same way
notably so on the corner of Maple |
Avenue and Burke St., where the
drainage is imperfect, and every
heavy rain makes a dumping ground
ofthe pavement. l have watched the
process with a great deal of interest,
from strickly personal reasons, not
unknown to housekeepers. The
drainage diagonally opposite has
been fixed; so ought this.
Mrs. Helen Fox, of Cornwall,
Penn, and Mrs. Laura Michigan, Of
York, Penna., daughters of Professor
VIM. Gerhardt, and Harry Gerhardt,
of Lebanon, Penna., are visiting at
the old homestead. The presence of
Mrs. Gibson, of Palestine, Texas, and
Mrs. Burkhardt, of this city, as well
as that Of Professor Louis, makes the
family reunion complete; a host of
bright little descendants inclusive.
Geo. w. Brown, the popular pho
tographer has sold out the business to
P. G. Cunningham. "Pat." is gent
ally known and we wish him success.
know temperance man in town
who let his buggy wheels get so dry
that the friction set the hubs on fire.
Perhaps it was punishment on him
for OBTAINING his adversaries in the