Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-04-07
LITTLE LOCALS.


Easter one week from Sunday.
Tear another leaf off the calender.
March went out like the proverbial lamb.
Pepper and salt clothes are seasonable.
Come off, is the message to the storm
door.
And now comes April, all smiles and
tears"
Everything on wheels is being used in
moving.
The days ofthe ice cream soda are not
far hence.
The ice man is getting ready to be
naughty again.
Moving has been in earnest and many
vans are busy.
Eggs are plentiful and are selling at
reasonable prices.
The smokeless cigarette would be an
improvement.
People are beginning to take things for
that tired feeling.
Two prisoners broke jail at Lexington,
but were recaptured
The saur kraut dealer is reaching the
bottom Of the barrel,
The glorious Easter bonnet casts its
roseat shadow before.
Sunday was ali fools day it was
celebrated extensively.
Happiness does not depend on mon ey,
but it certainly prospers on 1t.
Il feel rather rocky this morning" re-
marked the infant in the cradle.
April showers may bring May flowers,
but they spoil spring bonnets.
The man who doesn't pay his taxes is
scarcely a credit to his country.
A queer sight to see robins and black
birds hopping around in snow.
The cook usually strikes for higher
wages when she needs the dough.
The April fool joke again reminds US
that the foolkillers work IS not complete.
Many man has lost lot of money
through the hole in the top of his pocket.
Shippensburg will tax telegraph, tele-
phone and electric light poles 50 cents per
year.
DR.. Virginia McCune is moving from
West King street to corner John and RAJ
leigh.
When people marry a second time,
their hearts pass through Cupid's repair
shop.
The small boy INDUCED in the proverb
ial April Fools day pranSs in, defiance OF
Sunday.
The new store room of B.C,Nan Metre
has been reprinted ard furnished with
electric lights.
Two men pulled the tongue out of a
live horse in Pennsylvania and were fined
$40 and costs.
The Hagerstown banks are bitterly OPP
posed to a trust company Whlchls proJec-
ed for that city.
A mob at Houston, Va. attempted to
lynch Emanuel Morton, negro, VINO kill
ed white man.
Based on the registration OF Votes,iiag-
erstown has population OF 10000, which
is likely too much.
Too often when Cupid registers mar
rage vows he falls into the modern habit
and uses the cash register.
And now it is the Ribbon Trust. This
will be hard on the persons who carry off
the honors at the county fair.
The United States, although the farth-
est away, was the first to have its exhibit
ready for the Paris Exposition.
Christian Science is growing fast, They
now possess .3o4 churches 10000 members
and IL, 600 in the active ministry.
Mr.. C. I. Thomas has moved his cabinet
making shop from 3o4 w. Martin St. tc
Church St. next to Felker's store.
After April IS Franklin county, Pa will
nav no more bounties for the scaiPs Of
wolves, wild cats, foxes and minks.
The TWO children of Mrs, Chas. Hob
dav. who is here visiting her parents, MIR
and Mrs. ]. F. Roberts, are very ILL.,
A new coat Of paint is being given tc
the front of the building on Queen street
owned by Messrs. VIM. and John a
Wilen.