Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1922-05-18
~ ANCIENT REGISTER.

An ANCIENT REGISTER.
o friend D. c. Gallaher, of
O-,.s,,r w ". Va, has sent TO the
Oll,.'' ,opy of the Shepherdstown
s:.tsr sl.al q; September IS, lS5S-nearly
Nss's-s aro. He writes us as fol-
bvs. ..,,I,. ove- sone old
m IL which nv mother had preserV
lsG'.5o like all of her family, always
-. o., interest in ShepherdStown and
.c~e .,.- Of wnom were born there, |
.,~s across 4 copy of the Register
i,ted September 18th, 1883, which |
- enclosing TO you. know of no
-, - more entitled 10 il or TO whom il
v'onII rive me more pleasure to give
!, han YOU Those old days of Faulk-
".r and Boteler. political antagonists,
",ho like two polished Damascus swords
we're 50 often crossed in the arena OF
cublic debate That poem, too, by
fpotomac." whose ripping waters flow
=. sveetlv as the lines of the local poet,
Is rretty and amusing as well. BY be-
oiIring with the initial letter in the
srst line and the second letter in the
second line and the third in the third
line and so on we have the name of
Lille Parran whom you, perhaps, are
loo Young. but some OF us are not,
10 recall as one of the beautiful girls,
for whom even to this day Shepherds
town IS famed.
Thepoem referred to by Mr.. Gallaher
IS As follows:
The Triumph of Beauty over Eloquence,
at the Celebration, in Shepherds
town, September 2, 1883.
Listening, | stood, by Boteler's elo-
quence enchained,
His master mind, the mastery DER my
own obtained,
Filling my soul with the impassioned
all absorbing fire,
His lofty genius, brilliant flights Of
classic mind inspire,
Binding in chains. wrought bv his
Heaven descended power,
Each sense of Soul-proud monarch of
III intellectual hour
But To- peerless being burst on nv
enraptured sight,
As bright and fair as morn's first rosy
tinted rays of light;
| owned her pOwer-the magic spell
OF eloquence was broke,
My ears heard not although the match
less, gifted Boteler spoke
VlTginia's fairest daughters from Vir-
ginia'S noblest son,
All trumphartly, a victory DER nv
heaTt and mind had won
POTOMAC.
certain letter, aScertained by rule,
ifom each line, will reveal her name.
Wonder who this accomplished poet
could have been. His genius and his
'4'ehl place him above the ordinary.
IN ms same issue we note some
interesting news items. Mr., Isaac
Chaphne on Thursday shot an Owl that
measured four feet from tip to tin of
n' wings. On Saturday night eight
VI zen negro men ran away from their
masters in Jefferson county. Seven
were captured near Chambersbure. Pa.
c"l "vre G taken to Jail inCharlestown.
teFick county, Md, was entered by
burglars, who carried off an iron safe
.Lo.'aIn.ng $500. A few days later
;.'e ~. >aie was found in the canal. with
us contents intact. The sunnosition
:. ,."' '.e thieves intended to convey
Il away .a boat, but the boat unsc,
calE cal ,neE lost iheir plunder. A. B,
cameron presented the editor with a
peach tha, weighed within 'o' sr,otioa wn.ti d
m circumference. That slang was not
s,,''.rg ,bo r,,. n I'D those days is proven b.,
n.., o h-,'or Li't.c's comment: "Some
po"EI, po mat T. II. Towner, ESQ LEFT
Sm Son-; ".TSday last for Hannibal, Mis-,
us. IJ1.., 70 practice law with NJ R;char+
I'aIr'N Two railroad accidents aro