Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1888-07-07
CORRESPONDENCE
HEDGEsvILLE.

Our town has number of WISH
tors to spend some time with us dur
h ing the month of July and August.
! They come principally from Balti
4 more and Washington.
There is no more pleasant place
4 TO pass over warm weather
n than Hedgesvllle. The elevated
n situation, pure mountain air,
4 and unexceied water, offer in
] ducements that few other places can,
Ebeside all the natural advantages,
Bthe hotel and boarding house accom-
amodations cannot be excelled. We
|Ehaye here some excellent business
Nmen. professional, mercantile and
i mechauieal, Revs. Mr.. Snapp Of the
I'M. f. Church, South, Smith Of the
M. +. Church. Gilmore of the Pres
bytellan Church, Leayell OF the
Episcopal Church, Horn of the u.
y. Church and Myers cold, ofthe
I'M. 4. Church. cold, constitute the
ministry.
Drs. Harris, Mitchell, Hanna,
Ross and Hess are our ply
sicians practing. DR.. M. S. Butler
lis our own druggist. He is clever
gentleman and keeps an excellent
line of goods, sparing no exertion
In his power to supply the wants Of
the public.
John II. Miller and j. S. Vermilyea
are dealers in general merchandise.
They were both to manor born, are
good business men and have many
! friends.
k I Our worthy Mayor, Lingamfelter.
Meals in groceries, stoves and tin
ware and is always ready to give his
customer a fair deal.
Mrs. NJ. f, Calf, Mrs NJ. L. Poisal,
Mrs. Apple and Miss Blanch Smaltz
ahd Sister keep up the Milliner and
Matchmaking departments, and
our own ladies after visiting them
and procuring outfits look TO be
q double refined sweetness.
Mr.. Ashman Jacques and Charles
Brown are engaged in the furniture
| and undertaking business.
Mr.. John w. Quinn looks after
the sales of our people.
VIM. Shaffer and Son are manufac
turcrs of wagons and .arming imple
ments.
Jacob Harrison & Son our mer-
Chant tailors, fair dealers and clever
gentlemen.
Geo. Apple and James Slaughter
are carpenters and builders, both
good workmen.
jacob Naylor keeps the memory
lof old vulcan green.
IN Henshaw & Nadenbousch, and
Mr.. Alex. Brown sheds blood that
the people may live.
I Thomas Morrow can repair more
jewelry and do more talking TO the
square inch than any man in town.
Charlie Colston is always ready to
give you plate of ice cream or a
dish of oyster in season.
Last but by no means least comes
our friend Mr.. Ben Geyer, the
accommodating livery man who will
give you horse trade IN less time
than you could wink with a gnat in
II your eye.
y | believe the political parties here
y&re well satisfied with the candidates
given them by their leaders. Mr..
4 Cleveland has made a good Presi-
ldent so far. Mr.. Harrison remains
i to be tried therefore, nothing can be
said as to the superior craftsmanship
in that capacity are above the other.
There is however one thing can be
said of Mr.. Harrison, no man in the
HUNTED States has better ancestry.
kThere is no necessity for discussing
Efhe men. 1t is the issues they rep
lresent that furnishes ground for dis
1 cussion. Every man should have his
! opinion and that opinion should not
hbes padlocked against expression.
1$be expression of honest conscien-
! fious opinion should receive respect,
| come from whom it may, yet there
are those who are ready to denounce
[ with the most intense hatred those
who differ with them on political or
Iother issues Some will 90 so far as
| kto traduce the character of their feI.
blow man in consequence of these
3differences. This however may be
attributed to two CAUSES, viz Want
of education, and the absolute dis
tinction of all the essential of true
manhood. Such men are snag to
ANY party to which they may belong.
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