Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-05-15
NOTES AND COMMENTS.

Garden vegetables are making their
appearance,
The health of our city folks is i'm
proving. Not many on the sick list
at present.
Just how much those beautiful
moonlight nights are appreciated and
enjoyed is difficult to express.
Painting with the whitewash brush
has certainly become contagious.
Judging from the numerous persons
engaged in the good and healthy
work. Well, it benefits the lime
manufacturers, the brush makers,
and all others interested in the lovely
sight, and the healthfulness produced
by the application of plenty of lime
Of which we can produce the best aud
purest vet known, the rock being 98
per cent lime.
The municipal election is not Great
ing much excitement; it has become
a difficult matter to secure good men
to serve, owing to the exceedingly
small salary, together with the i'm
mense amount of criticism and abuse
heaped upon councilmen. No matter
how we'll he may have performed his
duty or how much economy he may
have used in the distribution of the
public finances, the, II knew it, and
81 told you sos" and the corner
loafer, will condemn every act, let it
be good or worthless. Grumbliug
with some has become so chronic that
we are constrained to believe it is a
part of their nature and they could
not survive without it.
Rumor is again afoat in reference
to the actions of the B. & O. railroad
officials regarding the removal of the
machine department from this city.
We regret these rumors and despise
the calamities that follow in their
wake, the disappointment in pursuit.
When we look around us on the world
we everywhere behold busy multi
tude intent on the prosecution of var
ious designs which their wants or
desires have suggested, We behold
them employing every method which
ingenuity can devise. Some, the pa
thence of industry; some, the boldness
of enterprise; others, the dexterity OF
strategem, i'll order to compass their
ends in this incessant stir and activity.
What is the fruit? How small is the
number of the successful? The race is
not always to the swift, nor the bat
tie to the strong, nor riches to men oil
understanding. The humiliation oil
the mighty and the fall of ambition
from its towering height little concern
the bulk of manhood. Neither the
moderation of our views, nor the
justice of our pretension can insure
success. Time and chance happen to
all. Unfortunately to the worthy they
are obliged to struggle with the I'M
deserving and both are frequently
overborne alike by the current. So
in the removal of the division from
this city its cost possibly to all parties
was far in excess of its profit, and the
end thereof is not yet.
Often after many years of toll and
expense in trying to upbuild and
make prosperous place of village
or town it becomes failure and its
population decreases rather than in
creases, but the time, labor and money
spent is hopelessly lost, and the in
clination to continue fighting the
pillows of misfortune are weakened,
and the desire is more to brood over
the past than to brighten up for the
future.
There has been and is yet consider
able revenue going out of this city
into the hands of the railroad COM
pany; their troubles in court are few,
they use the street crossings as best
suits their convenience and the citi-
zens do not murmur, 1t is wrong to
constantly and continuously keep up
this excitement by which the employee
knoweth not what an hour may bring.
He sometimes feels as the old darkie
preacher told his congregation while
preaching a sermon on the uncertainty
of life. He said; Brethren look out
for yourselves; death is in the land; be
prepared; you are here today and gone
day before yesterday" While we all
hope for the best, we will not forget
the old adage, which says; "The pig
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