Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1896-04-30
HiIIsboro. Pocahonta. County. Items.

Hhlsboro. Pocahontas County. Items.
Last week and the week before we
had warmer weather than we can ever
remember of in April, the thcrmome-
ter registering SO degrees.
At this season of the year quite q
number OF our people can be found
with broom and brush cleaning off
their house yards and flower beds
We never see any one cleaning off a
yard but that we think of our grave.
yards. Throughout this county, and
especially in the Little Levels, the
graves of those who have passed away
have been most sadly neglected. The
gates and fences are down, cattle and
horses roam over them at will, and
brush, briars and weeds grow in wild
pro1uSlon. When we think of our
loved ones who have passed away
memory calls to mind many a bright
picture. and our hearts have often sad
dened and our eyes often filled with
tears at thoughts of the sweet ties and
associations sundered by the rude hand
of death. Yet in the very face of these
dear remembrances we have forgotten
to keep their graves green. When WIS.,
iting the burial grounds of our dear
fathers, mothers, wives, brothers and
sisters, the sad scene that cOnfrOnts us
in the shape Of disordered graves and
broken tombstOucs is enough to make
us blush with shame, 1t has been said
that death has no terrOrs for the chris
tian, but we think were we diving with
every hope of glorious Immortality
the thought of being laid away in the
dreary wastes of our burial grounds
would fill us with terror. In the name
OF high heaven cannot something be
done to arouse the people to a sense of
their duty to the dead |? Surely there
is no one in this community but what
would give 25C, soc, or 81 toward a sub.
scription TO fix up our gravcyards. IT
is matter that deeply concerns nearly
all of us, and should be attended to al
once.
Mr.. Geo. Undcrhill, u marble expert
OF Vermont, was here last week exam
ming the great marble deposits on the
lands OF Capt. w. l.. Mcneil and 9th.
ers. He pronounced it the finest in the
United States-superior to that of Ten
nessee, Vermont or Georgia-and I'M
limited IN quantity. He placed an ap-
proXimate value on it of $500, OOO.-
The owners of the marble rs well as
the people Of the Little Levels are
highly elated over this valuable discov-
cry, and hope that it will prove an i'm
portant factor in the future develop
ment of this section of country.
On last Friday, the oath during a
thunder storm, a dormer window on
the roof OF Mr.. Abram Hayes s house
was struck by lightning, which broke
to pieces five panes of glass and passed
downward through the house splinter
ing the partitions and tearing off two
door facings. No further damage was
done, the family in a distant part of
the house not receiving the slightest
shock.
Our weather prophets inform us that
on the 18th Of May we will have frost
and cold weather, giving as their rea-
son the change to new moon on that
date with the sign in the neck, which
they regard as an infallible sign of cold
weather.
Hard times cut no figure in the mat
market Of this county. On
the 22nd Mr.. Adam Young and Miss |
Fannie Peck were united in marriage,
and on the day following Mr.. Daniel
Law and Miss Rose Kelley, of Bath |
county, were married at the residence
Of }. w. Kelley. We extend our con-
to the happy couples.
The Rev. J. IL. Dill, the new pastor
for the M. K. Church, South, has ar
rived, and preached us a very interest
ing sermon last Sunday. We welcome
him in our midst, and hope that all of
his relations with us may be of most
pleasant character.
The football teams of MarlintOn and
composed Of small boys,
played match game here on last Sat
urday, which resulted in victory for
the Marlinton boys, the score standing
l to- O. JENKINS.
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