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

PRETTY girls at the n. OF L. ialr.
- sen. FAULKNER at Court House
tonight.
FEIDT and Pitzer speak at Broad
lane tonight.
CHEsTSuTs bring $3.50 per bdshel,
and shellbarks S1.00.
ruth" is pleasant, forcible wrl-
ter. and deserves kind notice.
VISITING cards are giltless of much
ornamentation now.
The month of October has been
doing little else but wind up the bus
mess of summer.
1T is generally the case that the
swearing on tho street is done In the
absence of the police. Nevertheless,
the law makes such an offense pun
ishable with fine.
Local news-dog fights, cat sere-
nades, apple butter billings" marri-
ages. deaths, engagements, personals
anything that is interesting, we
want.
THE American flag can now be
plainly seen, waving from the Harri-
SON & Morton pole at Fairview.
Beautiful flag, grand leaders--how
we'll they blend.
ONCE hunting possessed charms for
us. After three pilgrimages through
wood and field, we must now lament
our ugliness and strange misfortune.
The sport no longer leads us through
briar patches and swamps-rabbits
are cheap and shoes are costly.
We regret that Mr.. John Farrin,
ST., received severe injuries in the
overturning of the buggy, last week.
His condition is improved, and we
earnestly hope he may be himself by
this time Judge Flick is about him.
self, looking quite natural and hale.
Some of the office holders in Ber-
kelley county, are the men who
are taking the most prominent part
in politics. Flag bearers in process
sions, and blackboard figurersin the
rural districts. Civil service reforms
backward. It's fight for self, but
some other "self'' will get there, just
the same.
A HARRISON PoTATo.-Just drop
in the INDEPENDENT office and see the
boss potato. 1t weighs SIG lbs,
and is IN the shape OF man. 1t was
grown by our genial friend Richard
Wood, Of Hedgesville District. He
saws it is Ben Harrison potato,
because it is of the best variety, and
homegrown.
"SpEAKINa AT Court HousE.--Mr.
u. S. G. Pitzer, of Martinsburg, will
address the people, regardless of par
ty, at the Court House, Morgantown,
Wednesday evening, Oct. 3lst, at 7
O'Clock. Let us give Mr.. Pitzer a
rousing reception. He is a young,
active, aggressive speaker. Nor
gantoaon Post.
SUNDAY SCHOOL ANNIVERSARY
The M. f. Sunday School held it's
anniversary meeting on last Sunday
night. Three pillows of fall roses,
geraniums, and dahlias, decked the
railing about the altar and in the
centre Of the pulpit, to the rear,
stood large cross of ivy and ever
green. The school entered, lead by
Miss Emma Berry, teacher of the in
FAINT class, and the exercises opened
with singing by the school. This
was followed with prayer by Rev. f
f. Edwards. Then came beautiful
solo and chorus. Master Howard
Edwards delivered in pert manner
the address of welcome. Little Flos-
sic Smiths solo, was very nicely rem
dered. Master Raymond Snyder
followed in brief recitation, and
said it well. One of the incest fea-
lures of the program, was the Duet
by pretty little Misses Mamie and
Edith Dyche. They have sweet
voices and pretty faces. The dia-
logue by three small children, Misses
Frisky, Brady and Bowers, was in
teresting. The "Ingathering," by
number, of little one, was a novel
feature of the exercises. Each one
repeated passage of scripture, and
hung tares, corn, grapes, wheat,
vines, grass, figs and fruit on the
cross. Rev. Edwards delivered a
brief and terse address, saying that
the audience had "been having ser
mons by little children" The exer-
cises closed by the appearance of
seven girls and seven boys, with
large letter on their bosom, the whole
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