Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1894-04-07
SNAP SHOTS.


Mrs Jennie Hewitt, nse Rnsslcr. and
her infant daughter, Of Wiliiamsport,
Md, spent portion of last week with
her parents on Liberty street, this city.
Mr.. D. We'll, the popular clothing mer-
chant, has our sympathy in the sal and
mysterious death of his SON.
Machinery for the manufacture OF rail
road frogs and switches has been intro
dnced in the boiler shop llere. The in
dustry is yet in its infancy, and at pres
ent it will afford employment to a very
small number of hands: possibly in the
future it may develop into something Of
more Importance. With first class
shops, machinery, and mechanics, there
is no reason why an extensive business
of various kinds, should not be conduct
ed here with success TO employer and
employe.
We learn the Odd Fellows of this city
have received and accepted an invitation
| from the membership of Charlestown to
be present with them, on the e6th, their
seventy anniversary, to participate
in making it a day Of pleasure and profit
to members and visitors Round trip
tickets will be issued at reduced rates to
all. 1t is expected that some very emf
nent speakers will be present and the oc-
casion is intended as review of the
growth and progress of the order from
from its introduction. 1t will be very
interesting.
footpads has been rapidly on the increase
We had concluded it was the advance
guard of Coxey's army. None of them
apply for work; that question has been.
repeated so often, and as many times re-
fused, that very few persons ask for it
any more. Grover is credited with free
ing them of that; if it is an honor to crush
to earth the laboring class, than he and
his lieutenants will meyer wear out the
laurels they have achieved. But if it is
wrong to Cypress the poor, as we are
taught, it might be well for them to mem
orize the parable of the rich man, who is
not held up as devout Christian and |
spotless patriot, but as an oppressor aud
tyrant. in whose footprints it is not ad !
yisable to follow, yet
IT'S easy enough to be pleasant,
When life flows along like song,
But no man worth while,
Is the one who will smile,
When everything goes dead wrong.
And what is it that has gone, or is GO
ing right? Echo answers, what? We
have often thought how truthful was the
language of Addison when he said,
How has kind Heay'n adorn'd this happy
land,
And scattered blessings with wasteful
handl
But what avail her unexhar sted stores,
Her blooming mountains, and her sunny
shores,
With all the gifts that heaven and earth
imparts,
The smiles of Nature and the charms of
Art,
While proud Oppression in her valley
reigns,
And Tyranny usurps her happy plains.
The poor inhabitants behold in vain,
The ripening fruit and the swelling grain.
Joyless, he sees the growing grapes and
wines,
And in the myrtles fragrant shade re-
pines.
We much prefer the man who in any
situation in life, is neither ashamed nor
afraid to discharge his duty, and, acting
lis proper part with tirmness and con
'tancy, true to the God whom he worships
md true to the faith which he processes
o believe, faithful to his friends, gener-
Jus to his enemies, warm with compass
lion to the unfortunate, selfdenying to
title private interests and pleasures, but
Jealous for public interests and happi-
less; magnanimous, without being proud; {
tumble, without being mean, and on
whose word we can entirely rely. Are {
hese the kind of men at the helm at
present? We think not, if we are per- t
nitted to judge from public expressions. {
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