Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1896-06-20
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
Harvest is drawing near.

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| Harvest is drawing near.
Grass and corn are Improving rapid
lily.
During recent visit to Williams
port, Md, we were surprised TO see so
much life and activity manifested
There appeared to be from rs to 100
persons engaged in preparing the
street for the crossties and rails for
the extension of the Hagerstown
street railway, which will extend as
far as the Canal As there are no
parks, no pleasure resorts, it is just
query whether this mile extension
of Street Railway line will compen-
safe the projectors or not. Some OF
the merchants are of the opinion trade
with them at Williamsport will be in
jured, as the stores at Hagerstown I'M
doubtedly have a superior selection of
goods, and as transportation will be
cheap, numbers of persons may be in
duced to spend their money where
they get the most for it. In our per-
ordinations about this village where
more than thirty years past we
spent so many lonesome hours, sepa-
rated by warfare from family and
friends, we noticed a great majority Of
the inhabitants at that time are now
quietly reposing in the little cemetery
on the hill overlooking the, at inter
walls, turbulent waters of the historic
Potomac. While it made us sad to see
all that remains of them (the monu-
ments and head marks over the grassy
inounds), while the beautiful blooming
flowers would seem to say, we love
you still, the present generation has
inherited that hospitable disposition
from their ancestors, which is calcu-
lated to captivate stranger on sight
We were very anxious to pay our re
spects to the editors of the Transcript
and Leader, but our friends kept us
going until we became not too full for
utterance, but ossibly too much IA
tigued to be interesting Suffice it to
say the time was passed pleasantly
and the evening train on the c. v.
Railroad was due entirely too soon for
all of us, but as some of us are persons
Of leisure now, we may repeat the visit
early in the future.
There appeared to be some difficulty
between two persons on Saturday
night on one of the unfrequented
streets of our city and from appear
ance the only mode Of settlement was
by blows. How strange men act when
intoxicated. 1t is said when drunk |
Frenchman wants to dance, Ger
man to sing, Spaniard to gamble,
an Italian to boast, an Euglishman to
eat, and an Irishman to fight, but
there are some of our people here who
want to do all of the above and do it
quick.
We had the pleasure last Sabbath
Of listening to very interesting and
instructive sermon preached by Rev.
]. F. Prettyman, at the M. L. church, |
South, in the interest Of Odd Fellow
ship. He is very fluent speaker
and handles his subject elegantly
There was quite a number of the
members Of the order present, and all
appeared to be well pleased with the
sermon.
The great command of the noble |
order is to visit the sick, relieve the
distressed, bury the dead, and educate
the orphan. This special characteris-
tic of the practice of friendship.
prompted by Love and upheld by
Truth, inheres solely in Odd Fellow
ship. Whatever others may do, the
orders mission is to enable brethren
to assist each other, by mutual coun-
sci, and united financial effort, in the
multiplied struggles and trials com
mon to human existence. According
to the latest reports there are o41, 900
Odd Fellows, and o2I, 900 Free Ma
sons in the United States and Canada.
j
What an army What colossal pro-
portions assumed The record, glori-
GUS as it is in Odd Fellowship, does
not represent all the order has done,
or is doing. To know this the inner
life must be investigated, the night
ly ministrations, followed through
the thousands and tens Of thousands
Of quiet channels, The silent watches
beside the sick, distressed, and dying,
while stars their sleepless vigils
keep, is only portion Of The duties
of true and noble Odd Fellow.
We learn there is another boom
started u p in our city, although diff
ferent from those we have had. This
time It is wedding boom. We
hope success and prosperity will
crown the efforts Of the contracting
parties. Let the good work go on.
We heard Of one lady. who in apply
ing for divorce. asserted that her
hubby was so jealous that he slept
with razor, revolver, a Ratchet. a.
shot gun, and corn knife about his
bed and yet he wondered why his