Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1886-05-22
Bunker Hill.

/ our community.
The late rains have much improv-
ed all kinds of vegetation, crops, etc.,
while the business of corn planting
with the farmers will be thrown back
considerably, yet we cannot do with
out rain and must not complain. The
wheat and grass never promised bet
ter in this section of the county. and
as yet we have been so very fortu-
nate as to have no storms of hail to
beat the growing crops in the earth
and destroy them.
We learn with much regret that
cyclone struck the South end of
Berkeley county on Saturday last,
doing great damage to crops, unroof-
ing houses and destroying forest and
fruit trees. The storm did not seem
to be over 500 yards in width, we
are told, and the same storm contin-
ued through parts of Jefferson eoun-
ty. As far as we have heard, it had
its commencement in the neighbor-
hood of Welltown, Va.
The Rev. f. M. Woods. of your
city, entertained our people with u
chain of entertaining and very in
structive discourses on passages
from the old and new Testaments.
He preached from Monday until
Friday night inclusive. The Rev
| Gentleman delivered his sermons with
: uch pious feeling and zeal, handling
his subjects with great interest to his
hearers, as evinced by the great at
tention shown him. The attendance,
for country church, was large. We
had the pleasure of listening to him
part of the time, but was prevented
with much regret on my part from
attending during the whole Of his
services, and must say that, accord
ing to my feeble Judgment, few men
are better adapted to the holy call
ing Of minister than Rev. f. M.
Woods. Talmage does not elucidate
his subjects clearer than this man;
nor could a man make his explain
ations, arguments and illustrations
clearer than he, and at the same time
So plaia,sana III texts ~ simplilied
that every one who hears can undcr-
stand We hope he viii soon come
again and instruct our people.
The annual meeting Of the society
Of Friends or Quakers, Of the IIiXite
order, was held at Hopewell, Fred
erick county, Va, on Sunday last,
which we learn was largely attended.
The Quakers at very early period
of the history of the American colo
MES, emigrated to our country from
England, and met with serious and
formidable opposition, both from the
Established church and the Puritan
zeal spirit Of the people Of the colony
of Massachusetts. The feelings of
the people at that period Of time was
arrayed against the sect called Quak-
ers in such manner as to cause
them to enact laws very severe in
their nature, prohibiting them from
a PRONUNCIATION Of their religious doc.
trine among the people. From a
milder penalty imposed on them for
preaching Quakerism, the laws be-
came so severe that death or Danish
ment was the penalty for preaching
such principles of religion. In after
years, however, the American people
became more tolerant towards them,
and especially after the pacific spirit
of VIM. Penn manifested itself to-
wards the N. A. Savages, the coun-
try thereby making peaceful and
valuable acquisitions to it's territory.
From this time forward we read but
little of the antagonism of the people
to the doctrine of VIM. Penn, nor to
the peace and happiness of this pc
cular sect of people, until the time
of the Revolutionary war. s2r DO
we know that what we are about to
relate is matter of history, but
handed down to us by one Of their
own people. The sect called Quak-
ers believe that war and bloodshed
in country is unnecessary, and that
all differences and difficulties exist
ing between nations and countries
ought to be settled without a resort
to the arbitramentof the sword land
by the way we do not think they
are far wrong,) that being the case
then, they We're opposed to the Rev
olutionary war with the mother
country, which gave rise to serious
dissensions between the authorities
of the military and the Quake rs. We
presume that up to the time of the
Revolutionary wa few Quakers in
habited this region Of country, but
we learn from the source already al
luded TO that whilst Gen. Washing
ton was encamped around Philadel-
| mia the seot-of 0uakarr xvoo x,ar,y