Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1893-10-07
ERASMUS EFFUSlONS.

these mortal frames of ours to the
same doom to which it carries the
months and years which serve us as
the hour-glass of our existence As
the grains Of sand drop, one by one,
the glass is soon empty and the ma.
chine-y stops, never to go again.
Hence the necessity of embracing
the opportunities we have and pre-.
pairing for the ordeal we must pass
through when our probationary terms
expires and we are called upon to
render our account. In the language
Of DR.. Watt, the poet and philoposo-
pher,
"The moment we begin to live
We all begin to die
And it is sad thing to sit in soil
tude and let our minds revert to the
emptiness of life, and see what we
are and what we might have been. 1t
is enough to make us almost regret
that we have lived when we see that
we foiled all the good intents and
purposes of this life and can leave no
evidence Of gratitude to this world for
its pleasure nor to the Great Creator
for blessings with which he has so
eminently endowed us. But l do not
intend to sermonize We have
enough of it-from the Pulpit, from
the Bench, from Legislative Hall,
from educational sources, from field
and forest, from old Dame Nature s
wide domain, and with it all, the
spirit of self will assist itself and we
meekly bow to the allurements of this
world
Since my last waif was heralded,
have been waiting and watching, as
Micawber says, for something to
turn up" but nothing of startling
nature has yet developed itself.
OF course there are natural events,
such as marriages and deaths. A
very pretty wedding at the Presby-
terrain Church last week, but as my
card did not come in time | am unable
to give any account of it. " 1t is all
over now" and the Worlds Fair is
the beneficiary, as the result.
| fully intended to make an ex-
hibit of my own impudence and
ignorance at the greatest and grand
est and most expensive pauperized
huinbug the world ever knew, but near
ly everyone else has gone or is going
and | have concluded to rest satisfied
with what they describe, l have the
first person to see yet who brought
home more money than they took
with them, but many who had a
budget full of experience and repent
ance. Forepaugh's show is good
enough for ME.
l hope 10 see a very vigorous revival
of business soon and especially in this
community.
Farmers have been fortunate to get
their fall crops in, in good time and
in very nice condition. The mer-
chants of your city and other localities
are replenishing their stock. The
builders are having splendid weather
for the promotion of their work, and
in fact everything looks favorable at
this time for the prosperity of the
country.
The work on the public building
has been somewhat retarded by the
delay in getting brick, such as is re-
quired for the corners. The con-
tractor, Mr.. Jack, however, thinks he
will have it under roof this fall.
Everything looks very nice and arts
tic in design, except the lettering in
front " CovRT HovsE.' Which may
be all right, but such a character as
that to represent a "u" is not in
any alphabet in our language, and l
can't see the necessity of disturbing
the ashes of the dead languages Il
manufacture something we can dc
better without, Suppose you call the
attention OF our Senator to that ant
see if he can't have it repealed. Blu
if it takes as long to repeal that as i
does the Sherman bill better let i
alone. We can have it deciphere(
and the house finished before they
could get down to work.
Miss Maggie Blue has been depu
tised to take charge of the Bunke
Hill school until Miss Maggi
Mendenhall's brother RECEIVERS, 81
that she can resume her duties.
Misses Hattie L.ockhart and Id
Blue are visiting friends in Bunker Hill
and vicinity.
Mrs. John Gardner and son wer
the guests of Mrs. Charles Lockhai
last week.
Your city has been literally patron
lied from this section the last week
nearly everybody was there except th
patriarch, Jno. w. Lamou. | expec
the nursery occupied his attention. a
l saw his wife OH the train going tt
ward Martinsburg.
| Thank you, Lot" for your taft,
| am glad to shake hands with 20
across the fence and be recognized b
my superior in intellect and exper
/ ence. If you throw stones at ME,
am not afraid of your killing me unle:
you stand with your back to me. /
good to the urchins and some one
them some day may step into Il
! Presidential chair, and say :" Lot W;
my first teacher and you say 9 +
I was my pupil How proud you "
J feel ERAsaus.