Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1911-09-21
LITTLE LOCALS.

son. Mother and child are doing well.
Rev. and Mrs. H. c. Haithcox announce
the engagement Of their daughter, Eva, to
Mr.. Charles g. Moler, the wedding to
take place October 18th.
Hill Top House, Harper's Ferry, W..
Va, win be open through the winter
months and will serve parties on short
notice. Phone 43. T. S. Lovett.
We apologize to Our readers this week
for our limited amount of reading matter.
Our advertisers are insistent just now,
and we give them more space than us
ual. We think that we can do better
next week.
VIM. r. Deck has the largest and most
prolific tomato vine in town, so far as re-
ported. II is volunteer plant that he
has trained up until it is now about nine
feet high. II has upon il 81 tomatoes of
various sizes, some of which are very
large and luscious.
John c. Reinhart has sold TO Mr.. Mitch
ell, of Baltimore, for $500, his cele-
brated Llewellyn Setter dog, "Blue Ridge
Count" Mr.. Remnant says that Count"
was the best gentleman's hunting dog he
has ever owned, being a natural retriev-
er, staunch at point and extremely
stylish in action.
The Shenandoah Valley Orchard Com
pany, of Charles Town, has been charter
ed, to plant and cultivate orchards near
Charles Town, in Jefferson county. Au-
thorized capital $4,000. The incorpora-
tors are c. L. Robinson, of Winchester,
Frank B. Robinson, Evelyn Blanche Rob-
inson, Thomas r. Moore and S. ]. C..
Moore, of Charles Town.
With clues supplied by chad check"
man under arrest in Lynchburg, Va, pos
tai inspectors few day ago found bag
of stolen mail under culvert near Shen-
andoah Junction. It had been stolen the
night of August 18th during the transfer
of mail from the N. & w. to the B. & o.
Railroad at Shenandoah Junction, and
contained about 1000 letters sent out
from Norfolk and other southern points.
A man named Henderson, now in Jail in
Lynchburg, is believed to be the person
who stole the pouch, as he had passed a
number of checks that were known to
have been in letters in the missing bag.
Our friend VIM. H. Johnson, who lives
on the road to Terrapin Neck, was driv-
ing toward home the other day, when he
saw big blackSnake lying across the
road. He had heard that snake can be
easily killed with whip or switch mot
the kind that ladies wear on their heads =,
so he got out OF his buggy and flicked
the reptile couple OF times with the lash
of his whip. Sure enough, it seemed to
paralyZe the snake, and it was then easily
killed by crushing its head. Mr.. John
son says that this is really good way to
kill snakes, but he advises the use Of
whips with good, long handle.
The annual banquet TO the stockholders
and members of the advisory boards Of
the Hagerstown fair was feld last Satur-
day afternoon in the main exhibition hall
on the fair grounds, and was enjoyed by
about 600 persons. Among the guests
from Jefferson county were DIS. Rentch,
c. D. Wysong, E. T. Licklider, E. Rush
Turner, H. L. Snyder, w. T. McQuilkin,
N. T. Snyder, N. R. Roberts, |. w. Viii
liams, Geo. w. Haines and ]. T. Camp
bell. The president of the fair associa-
ton, DR.. J. Mop. Scott, presided and
made the address of welcome, and after
the repast had been disposed of acted as
POSTMASTER. Each county represented
at the banquet had speaker, H. L. Sny-
corresponding for Jefferson county. The
big fair will be held October 10th to 18th,
and many novel attractions will be pre-
scented.
Last Thursday was George Frazier day
in Shepherdstown, and incidentally the
colored BaptistS held their annual parade
and picnic in the Ringgold grove. George
was chief marshall, and he never appear
ed to better advantage. For several
weeks he had practiced fancy steps on
DR.. Meyers's bay mare and livened her
up with liberal doses of powders, until
by Thursday she was ready to waltz or
two-step with any horse in the country
in Circuses or out of them. AT the head
of the band rode Mr.. Frazier, resplendent
in white high hat, decorated with ribbons
and gorgeous colored sash, holding a
fancy baton in one hand as he guided
with the other the gingery Steed that
pirouetted so gracefully from one side OF
the street to the other. The procession
was small one, consisting of the mar
shall, the Martinsburg colored band and
one buS-load of children, but when one
gazed on Mr.. Frazier and the imposing
way in which he handled himself and
his noble steed, it was realized that no
other attraction was needed. The hours
in the grove passed all too slowly until it
was time for the return parade to town,
but finally about six o'clock the strains OF
a quick-step were heard in the distance
and the procession came into view, aug
mented by the marching hosts ofthe Most
Noble Order of the Sons of Jehoshophat.
Everybody rushed to the front doors and
windows to see the enhancing sight. If
George had been gallant in the morning,
he was elegant at this time. He was the
admired of all beholders. the glittering
star of the constellation, the golden lining
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