Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1886-06-19

silk, silver urns and plates. old-time
clothing and handsome hand-carved
furniture. Refreshments were serv-
ed and viands set out for the boys.
We never met a more courtly and
hospitable gentleman than Mr.. De
Negro, and the old homestead and
the comfort and beauty are well-be-
slowed.
From this house we departed very
respectfully, and took our way to the
lonely cemetery in the suburbs of the
city to witness the trimming of q
fence. The hedge here was very
straggly, and was selected simply for
that reason, as some of the Clarke
county delegates doubted the rapid
ty of the cutting, as stated in circu-
lars. But it only took few minutes
to prove that even that estimate was
low one. The trimmer in three
minutes had trimmed two rods of the
fence, on both sides. He has trim
med 538 rods in day, moving to
three separate fences. In order to
test the thing, Messrs. Fiery, Thorn
as, Buxton and myself took the knife
and succeeded as well as the regular
trimmer. The cutting is very easily
done, and every one Of us were aston
ished at the rapidity of the process.
The doubling Thomass' (by nature,
not by name, in the crowd, believed
firmly, and determined to put in the
fence as soon as they arrived home.
We advise the farmers in Berkeley
to purchase this fence. 1t is the best
ever erected, and we are a firm advo-
cate of the new idea, though at first
we were outspoken in our denuncia-
ton of it. There is no going back
on what we actually see, and the fence
is one of the prettiest and most dur
able ever erected in this country. At
least the Frederick county farmers
aud people think SO. We asked one
gentleman at the hotel how to get
the snakes out of field hedged in
by these fences, and he replied !:
"Throw the bottle over the fence.
At / o'clock we reached the hotel,
slightly fatigued with our long ride
and immensely hungry. But the ex-
cellent dinner soon satiated the crav
ings of the inner man. We never
saw man eat like friend Buxton.
He ordered calf, cleaned up three
bread plates, and then said he felt
hungry. We explained to the land
lord that we would pay double for
him. His face lit up with Joy at this.
Uncle Jack Thomas was the object of
all eyes. His burly, giant form com
mands respect and admiration, and
when he finished his lemonade, the
bartender, "a puny, weak little fell
low,) was afraid to charge him any
thing. Rohrbaugh, (the tall bean
pole of Strineville,) also attracted
considerable attention, and distin
guished himself at the dinner table
But we give the cake to the Clarke
county boys for big eaters Judge
Dulin and Brothers Mccormick and
Thomas just cut a whole swath down
their side OF the table, and when the
ice-cream, strawberries and cake came
in, the entire delegation were there
to stay. A jollier, or more friendly
set of gentlemen we never met-true
Virginians every one! After dinner
we all enjoyed the comforts and quiet
of Hon. Joe Bakers rooms, where we
were handsomely entertained by him
and his genial brother. Mr.. Baker is
one of Frederick's wide-awake bust
ness men; is President of two banks,
director in the Hedge Co., and owns
the lime ,kilns near Martinsburg.
But time and space will not permit
detail of the many pleasantries and
enjoyments of the trip, nor allow
description of the beautiful city, or
the numerous geninl acquaintance
we found. Suffice to say, that every
one edjoyed himself, and proftted by
the trip, and all now loud in praising
the adaptibility and usefulness of the
new hedge fence. The Shenandoah
Hedge Company has our thanks for
the pleasure extended, and we only
trust our wide-awake, enterprising
farmers will look to their own inter-
est by buying and planting this cheap
and nice fence. We left the Martins
burg and Virginia boys at 4 o'clock
to catch the Baltimore train. No
doubt they reached home safe and
sound. Many pleasant memories will
live of the trip to the beautiful city Of
Frederick, and cluster around the
many pleasant acquaintances there
formed. GRANT PIrzER.