Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1912-01-25
LITTLE LOCALS.

advanced in price. There is very little
wheat left in Jefferson county, nearly all
of it having been sold.
Cliff City Lodge, Shield of Honor, will
issue you an insurance certificate, on
monthly payments at low rates-an easy
way 10 carry insurance for young men in
moderate circumstances. For full partic-
ulars, apply to local secretary d. L. Rentch.
The other day, very early in the morn
ing, some person threw lump OF coal
through the glass over the front door of
the house OF the Misses Markell, in this
place, breaking hole through it. his
was SHABBY trick and Its perpetrator
should not 60 unpublished.
James Flanagan, ofthe Bakerton neigh
borhood, thinks that he Can beat the rec
ord Tor weights of young hogs. A few
days ago he killed SIX Duroc ard Poland
china hogs months and II days old that
weighed respectively l37, l40, 1863, ll8,
l2S and l5l pounds.
Congressman Carlin, of Virginia, has
introduced resolution INTO the House OF
Representatives 10 have engineers inves-
rgale The cost OF making the Potomac river
navlgable between Washington ana Cum
Uerland. Won't II be nice 10 90 from
ohepherdStown 10 Washington by steam
ooal?
The Shepherdsiown Chapter of the U.
d. c. had d special meeting last Friday,
The anniversary OF the birth OF General
Lee. The members of the chapter were
very agreeaoly entertained by MRS. II.
Y. Marlen, al whose home the meeting
was held, and the affair was very en-
loyd0le social event.
]. Edward Barnhart, who has been in
the b. q y. Railroad service and who
was recently located at MartlnS0urg as
clerk TO the foreman OF the shops there,
has received desirable promotion. He
mas been appointed TO clerical place in
The b. & y. central building IN Baltimore,
and has entered upon his duties. He is
IN the maintenance OF way department.
Rumors are revived that the B. & o.
cutoff by way OF ShepherdStown will soon
oe built. Our information is, however,
that The corps OF engineers now located
al Harper's Ferry are there to work on
The proposed third track between Engle's
and Brunswick and to get line around
the mountain opposite Harper's Ferry.
The weather has been fine this week,
and is in pleasing contrast with the severe
weather OF the previous month. Monaay
and Tuesday were mild and sunny, and
most of the snow and Ice has melted, al
though the ice has not yet left the river.
Yesterday north wind brought cooler
weather, but the air is crisp and bracing.
The Shepherd College basketball team
will have game Saturday of this week
IN the gymnasium here with the team
from the Maryland School for Mutes at
TICuCIllh. OdilS SdlISd dt - " SiOSh, |
admission Is cents. The mutes have |
strong team, and though they make no
noise about it, they put up great fight.
1t will be an interesting game.
Prominent officials OF the b. & o. Rail-
road were inspecting this section OF the |
inc on Tuesday We haven't heard OF
any action being taken toward building a |
new station at Shenandoah Junction.
which is demanded by every consideration |
Tor the health and comfort OF passengers |
and employees. II is strange that both |
the b. & 0. and the N. & w. roads stand |
Tor a condition that is disgrace to both.
Bill and CHS Lemen are saving up
money to buy phonograph and SELF
plying piano, which they will put in their
COW Stable as help to the milk business.
Their reason for doing so is the following |
i II which they read in the daily papers
of Tuesday: 81. Gilbert Hitchcock, an up |
tD-iate farmer and dairyman near Mil
waukee, has discovered that the use OF |
cheap phonograph has increased the pro-
ducing value of his herd Of 10 blooded
cows two quarts each a day. AS the |
milk sells to the exclusive set at IL cents |
a quart. this ma >eS his music worth 81 ,OOO |
wear to the farm. He tried the expert |
nent on the theory that music at milking |
time would make the cows less inclined
to be nervous He was right. Bossy, |
under the soothing influence, yielded all
the milk she possessed. Waltz music |
proved the most satisfactory from the |
COW standpoint. Ragtime agitated rather |
than Quoted the bovine nerves.
The pioneers in all progressive move
ments in agriculture, Major E. H. McDon-
aid and son have ordered a machine to |
oulverize limestone for use as soil fer
tilizer on their farm four miles north OF
Charles Town. Limestone from lodges
onthe farm will be quarrledand put through
The machines which is arock crusher with |
dn attachment for grinding the stone to
powed. After being ground the limestone
will be hauled to the fields in lime-spread-
ing machines and strewn on the ground. |
A gasoline engine will furnish power for |
the crusher. Agricultural experts declare
that pulverized limestone is better fer
tillzer than lime. Practical experience in
other sections of the country has shown
this to be the case. If it can be shown
that the cost OF reducing limestone is such
as to make the operation practicable, the
movement inaugurated by the Messrs.
Mcdonald portends great possibilities for
agriculture in Jefferson county. where the