Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1889-11-23
BEDINGTON NEWS.

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Miss Maria Marshall is on an ex-
tended visit TO friends and relatives
in Philadelphia.
Miss Marie McIntire, one of our
most accomplished young ladies, is
visiting In Pittsburg, Pa. Her So
journ there will probably extend
| through the winter.
Miss Bessie Ardinger leaves in a
few days for Williamsport, Md,
where she will make her home with
Ter aunt, and learn the dressmaking
business. & a S#k&&
Mrs. Chas. Dellinger, of William
sport, was the guest of Mrs. G. w.
Marshall last week.
Miss Fannie Nipe, visitor in our
midst for some time past, has return.
ed to her home in Vanclevesville.
Mr.. G. p. Snyder, of townsville,
Md, was the guest of his brother, d.
w. Sny der, last week.
Mr.. Calvin Tice. am informed, had
his wrist badly bruised few days
since by the kick of colt.
Mr.. Frank Dennis, extensively en-
gagged in the water cress business, l
am informed, has leased Southwood
Springs, near Vanclevesville and will
utilize the same for growing his cress-
eS.
Mr.. j. V. Quinn is, and has been
for some time past, engaged in your
city, selling off the Morgan & Gill
more stock. Friend Quinn is good
one, and knows what he is doing.
4Nipetown school should be proud
of its pedagogue, Mr.. E. V. Blake
more, of Okney Springs, Va. His
ability as teacher needs no betterre
commentator than comes from his
own home, in the person of Mr.. Nc
Gahee. who is boarding with Mr.. j.
II. Lyddan, and receiving instructions
from him.
Mr.. Ruth gave quite an interesting
Magic Lantern exhibition in the M.
E. Church, South, on Tuesday even
ing last.
Mr.. James Mayhem wears pleas
ant smile caused by the advent of a
new member to his fold. Congratu-
lations.
Death has come among us and
thinned our number down two. Those
who fell victims to His unerring call
were Mrs. Jacob Myers, and little
child of Mr.. and Mrs. G. w. Beard.
One was useful life ended, christ
ian mother laid to rest, triumph
over the ills, the anxieties, the vicis-
STUDIES. the turmoils and strife of this
world, passing over the Jordan of
life into the bright beyond, where
brightest hopes, the most sanguine
expectations and glorious anticipa-
tions may be realized. The other a
bud of life, falling helplessly before
the frost of death, ere cares and strife
had paid their visitations. Condo
lence to the bereaved.
Prof. j. S. Renner, of Shepherds
town, will give free lesson in vocal
music tonight in the church, intent
upon organizing a singing class.
1t is rumored that branch of the
Good Templars is to be organized
here. Good, let something be done
once, anyhow, for good.
The matrimonial fever is prevalent
in these parts, several weddings are
looked for in the near future.
All, yes, we are to have some hang
ing matches,-a hanging of two to-
gether. A multiplication ad honaiaena.
A crossing over the great gulf stream
separating single wretchedness from
married blessedness. or vice versa if
they make it. A siameseing some call
it. All can say is let the good work
go on, and accept congratulations
Though little Previous my BROTH
ers, you will make good brothers in
the brotherhood of benedIcts.
Since q certain young lady hereto
fore mentioned in this article has abb
scented herself from our midst, some
Of our young farmer boys have been
as restless as young bears. They cam
not imagine why she could not have
remained longer. They cannot con-
ceive why their season of bliss should
have been so short. An understand
ing cannot be arrived at as to whose
care and keeping she left her heart, if
any. / am inclined to think Denny
got there, boys. She is fond of
c(a)ress, you know. But, alas! now
she is SO far from We all.
And now will some Uncle Sans
Lords of all, arise and explain to us
where our rain is to come from next
year? These meteorologists get me
completely honplussed sometimes.
They tell us we have so much rain for
a certain length of time, that is GER
tain rain fall. More has already fall
en- than was allotted 'S9. But Uncle
Sans Signal Servive Bureau is not to
blame. Neither must his Lords of
Information be condemned. So we
will either have to blame it on some
universal mismanagement. Or per-
haps we can charge this old year 1889
NOTED for everything out of the gen.
eral order of thIngs) for stealing some
of the 1890 supply. But as to how
those swell heads, puffed up with a
scientifical meteorological, and (ifyou
will permit me to coin word, rain
Biological knowledge are to furnish
1890 with its full portion, / can't say.
Some people place as much confidence
in these men as if they were God
himself. They knews so much about
the nice weather we were to have at
the Inauguration of President Harri-
son, didn't they? TITS time, too, a
certain man can fOretell certain
things, but to say so much rain is to-
fall this year, ten or twenty days
hence we will have such and such
weather, and then cause it to come
true simply because they said it, is
like trying to make sheet of paper
with only one side. God rules such
things, not man, God knows, but he
has not special telegraph lines run
ming from his throne to Washington,
transmitting his intentions and divul-
ging his plans. Man proposes and
God disposes." Why did not they
send a telegram to Martinsburg on
the Both of May. and say that at such
an hour in the afternoon, a cyclone
would sweep through old Berkeley?
Simply because they didn't know.
That's the reason why. So it is with
most of them. If perchance some of
their predictions are fulfilled new faith
in them is placed. But SO ways the
world, man is prone to be led astray,
and to be deluded in many ways.
Where, oh where is all the flirting
literature /? Have they all become
scared at their shadows like the
ground hog, and sought their holes ?
/ was considerably interested in the
discussion and only regret that it was
SO soon over. Examine" says he
is ready for another hitch at the ques-
49,, No ;c curpricnd IN know how