Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1922-01-19
NOTES BY OBSERVER.

:, has an interesting 81 ,ho
II n.;n'naIIy oI owned by James Glenn, VINO
S..e,bt .. il from Lord Fairfax. IL passed
s Sus Glenn to the elder John Ruse;
irvn. . home il was for number OF
SnOs' lame, w. McGarry bought II
!sa.' yea: prse and then sold l2S acres east
iiUn ~ nmhiic nad to Ne son I. Snyder,
OF .na mS YIN c. Moler bought the home
s.,"| ., ;rclutinc the house and other
sn;I5ings, of $50 acres. moler SOLO 10
CC A Felker. who in turn sold 1t TO mr.
y. S,..nsr ~ hut before Horner occupied 1t
n. A. nIsce finally passed into the pos
,,ion W. Of Gilbert Hendricks, Mr.
rster's son-in-law, who now owns aho
.ccrnies the fine old home:
'Tq ~. cider Glenn built the mansion
.,',.c @ mn this farm, large and sub
nyT ',ontisI brick dwelling with hne Dig
'noms It occupies commanding pos
Go ;,on m the ridge. overlooking the love
"V =, eyranse of the Shenandoah Valley,
n,;,b -; the Blue Ridge Mountains in the
sistance @ Mr.. Glenn built the mansion
Nth an eve TO comfort and beauty both.
Neo- the house is an excellent spring
- water. Many years ago Mr.. Glenn,s
J,nphter died, causing him and his
wife great sorrow, and they buried
her in the yard in front of the house
Wr Glenn was the father OF the late
Can't lanes W. Glenn. for many years
4 rrominent resident of Jefferson coun
~ Nelson T. SNYDER, whose father
owned an adjoining farm. recalls that
when he was a little boy before the
Civil War one of the frequent visitors
10 Glenn Burnie," as the place was
ca led, was a bright and vivacious girl
from Martinshurg, Belle Boyd. She
was the life of any gathering in whicl.
she took part and the young people Of
the neightorhood admired her greatly
Later she became the famous Belle
Bovd. Confederate SOY, who rendere'
splendid service TO the Southern Con-
iederacy, and about whom many STIR
ring stories have been told.
Twenty years ago, or more, on
winters morning such as we are having
these DAYS, from every house in town
would be seen curling up into the fros-
y air from each chimney column of
wood smoke. 1t gave sort of home
look 10 the town. You don't see so
much of it days. Wood is scarce
and coal is high in price, so most folks
get their breakfasts on coal oil stoves
Had you missed the smoke?
Inc starlingS are still with US. One
or two OF them have found the berries
on the vines at Observers home and
get their daily meals there. They are
pretty olrds at close range, with their
cnahgeao!e co.orng, but they are no
popular. They have no friendship for
'ne English Sparrows. though both
were imported frpm the same country
patriots. VIII
m 1t is vel to feed the birds during the
w!ner. The red-bird, the Carolina
s.n' S.en' inc nuthatch, the junco and
Su.. Su..r winter birds like cracked nuts
nasua'e' n ami they just love a piece of
get at it, 'Ny Saii
sro ''e 6ols and -. ma / grand time
,N-.''' ~ 'N 'Hr past week. None O,
~ n, ''' ..T ave been using tn,
"-.... ... H' H"css : reet-the al
in " VII en- was famous coast
tgrr,.-- arS ago. The b
h ~ '5ed to toss the sled.
m difficulty OF
m n Of the paper
81 INTO the river, gave
Experiences 90 Spect are no
CT dentist rath
81, had no dentist
an .r. , ",Ie last summer
O. ."- 'adscS a great deal of in
in, 10. lotn!ng of suffer
town 'IComTend Shepherds
e. SJo! w. zen: S.. Or Gibson, who work.
III, ..,e - acceptabl" TO the neonIe n
,,s inS s,,f $ on id exceei;ngly we'll. max
foT,,,or @ or n msclf a comfortable littI.
wife ..',5 n5 m ten winning a charmin,
MOI. nor ",el me-, 'a was ready to retire Wha,
e h0red for?