Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1888-10-27

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AuTuMN..is on regular old spree.
At all events, he is painting the
woods red.
THE oyster has at least one advan-
tage over the chestnut. There's no
worm in it.
THE great bell in the steeple of
the Catholic Church rang out its
first notes of invitation on Sunday.
Now is the time to gather autumn
leaves. The woods are gorgeous in
their livery of crimson and russell
and gold.
OUR prices on Clothing and Furnish
ing Goods can't fall; they can't unless
they fall up, for they are down to the
ground at BRAFMAN's
PEOPLE afflicted with insomnia are
constantly trying to find cure for
it. The best cure for sleeplessness
is sleep.
TURKEYS and smaller game report
ed plentiful about Berkeley Springs.
An exodus of our sportsmen will soon
be swarming in that neighborhood.
WHEN it comes to house cleaning
the sensible house wife will husband
all her strength in the most approx
ed manner.
DoN'r forget the pole raising at
the Mcdowell lime.kiln next We'd
nesday afternoon. Prominent speak.
ers will attend.
THERE are two voting places in Ar
den District, Grange Hall and Fair
view. The voting place in Opequon
District has been changed to Swan
Pond.
Mr.. FRANK EICHELBERGER has been
appointed mail agent on the B. &
O. Mr.. Peyton Kramer takes his
place in the post-office. Both have
our congratulations.
JUSTICE has come down so from
her high estate in this country that
we may soon expect to see her sit
ting by the wayside, bearing on her
breast the legend-"Help the Blind. !"
THE gold colored ounces on the
pretty, round, glossy leaved trees,
are quite good substitute for the
orange trees of the South now, es-.
pecially if you have never seen the
orange trees.
/ HAVE 200 cloth bound books, in
Guiding books in history, biography,
poetry, fiction, &C., which will be
closed out at the uniform price of
IS cents. Former price, so and 75c.
M. S. BuRDETTE.
TURKEYS hate November and De-
cember. But mention Thanksgiving
and Christmas, and their feathers
will fall. They suggest death, and
that is enough to make feathers fall.
ONE more issue of the INDEPENDENT
before the election. The conflict is
nearing completion, and soon the fag-
ged forces will rest in - defeat or
victory.
THOUSANDS of blackbirds went chat
tering southwark on Sunday morn
ing last. They are afraid the bon
fires of Republican victory will scorch
their wings if they don't soon get
away.
Mr.. NIT: FOREMAN, one of our
most deserving young men. has been
promoted to higher office, by the
q. S. Express Company, and is now
located at Cumberland. We wish
him success.
WE think the county roads can be
kept in order cheaper and better, by
doing away with the law that re-
quires every land owner to work two
or three days on them, and paying
reliable working-men instead. If this
is not sufficient, a direct tax of so
cents per head would be cheaper and
more effective.
Now Hagerstown man has dis
covered that when stars are most
scintillating storms are sure to come.
That kind of weather prophecy works
two ways. The brighter and more
numerous the stars a man sees on
entering his house at a. M, wrong
end foremost, the more enthusiastic
will be the domestic storm that will
follow
WHY are not the streets scraped ?
Cold weather will soon set in, with
driving November winds, and then,
while people are rubbing the dust off
their clothes and out of their eyes,
the town authorities will be consign-