Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1833-01-17
NO. 4.

mat me baDns bad not been published. and
Miss + was not q wife ia the eyes ~ the law.
tie consequently stole an interview with her
aud bad an explanation Of affairs. The
'.,hnur for retiring" had not Jet arrived, and
the groom began 20 be in the fgets about
his bride; she, was sent ior,i but could no
where be found. and go poor Pillgarlick was
leit to make the best of il Chase was in
siantly made; but the lovers were too feet
for then pursueFs. They reached Boston
and were lawfully wedded
Thus the mystery is explained-it 10. said
Ethey frequently laugh at the juke--a laugh
which mus, be greatly at the expense Of
MIR r.
apologize There is more IN the annexed
apologize from the New York American than
meets the eye We care not who wrote the
oclamation--General jackson fathers it,
and Il works him no dishonor - Proc jour.
EISBRIeHr. n German Naturalist, relates
some curious stories, and among others, q
laughablc one of an old hea kept Matching.
This was Effected by keeping up a supply Of
eggs, and removing the progeny as fast as
they LEFT the she'll. The old hen consequently
was in a constant state OF natural irrtahllity.
" lib feathers ruilied and Clicking on all oc~
casions--but her own astonishinent was nos
greater than that of the whole flock of domes-
tic birds about her al witnessing the variety
Of production OF her nest. Sometimes she
would bring forth duck, then turkey, then
one OF her own tribe, next IA young eagle an
owl. BOBBY or black hawk for the eggs
Of all those were from time 10 time placed in
her, nest. No wonder then. that the old hen
was in a state OF doubt; no wonder that alb
the birds OF the premises were equally pug.
xled tuching this old hens identity. Az
times they would surround her nest and wpn-
der "what would come next" IFS young
duck would waddle out. all the fiat footed
tribe would quack out and rejoice. il one Of
her own chickIngs presented itself. old Chan.
ticeer would mount the fence and crow most
lnstlly.. The next day, however, an owl or
A booty rolled, aud all looked blank goose,
duck and turkey - and they were contest and
Earring among them all One said the old
hen was not a hen, and they had all pretty
nearly agreed that il was high time TO break
up the nest; when, 10 aud behold. out sprsng
from the nest an eagle or u black bswkl lts
identity was not clearly understood. hut it
bore feather and flashed an eye that spoke
volumes at once: the cry OF "look out'' re-
sounded. through tae grounds. and caution
and anxiety prevailed The old hen rose in
public estimation, and all agreed, that If sha
did not lay the egg, she deserved great srsdia
for Matching il.
Proof that man ran be his o,Sn grand fathse-
There wss "a widow and her daughter.iBr
law, and man and his son The widow,
married his con, and the daughter the old
man. The widow Was. therefore. mother "a
her husbands father; and consequently,
grandmother TO her .onn husband. They
had son, TO whom she was great grandmo.
Their; now as the son Of a great grandmothec
must be either a great grandfather OF great
uncle. this boy was one or the other. He
was his own grandfather,
Z The Scoops son "A mechanic, passing n
long with his saw and axe IN his hand, sa~
pied a m4stersweep talking fan,iliarly to q
smart looking hoy. "Is that boy your sony',.
enquired the mechanic "Yes," replied tho
other, che is. "You don't surely intend
making sweep of that fine little fellow do
youp'. ."Ii he behaves himself wel,n teioin.
ed the father, 81 shall, bat If he Is not a good
boy, will bind hIm apprentice TO a carpen.
ter or some such trade"
Drying lee We have heard a good many.
stories Of the strange notions Of those who
have been bread b. climates "where snow
and ice are not known" when thew cone to
our, bleak domnions; yet we do not remembes
10 have heard better one than was related
10 our hearing day or Two since A ses
captain 10 this vicinity. brought home a sable
African, who had never before seen such q
thing as "solid water" The other morning
Sambo come in with large piece of ice, ex-
claiming. q. Massa, see what big piece Of
glass me found. SO you have, replied the
iacetious mariner, so you have Sanibo- but
it's wet--take It 10 the fire and dry il Dowa
went Sambo to the kitchen fire, but soon re-.
turned. with his eyes vastly dliated and great
astonishment otherwise Depicted on his coun-.
tensnce vociferafing, WHY. 'massa, such glass
! neber did see 1.-The more drles il, the more
il grows wet Lynn Messenger
= From The United States Telegraph. s,yep
GEN. GREEN: have a stove in nv cham.
Der, OF The common size. but Of new and
peculiar construction, which tlhave found,
by actual experiment, Will keep q FIRE burn.
ing, day and night, the whole year, round
with one cents worth of wood pei day, II
six dollars cord; and il will require. tonch-;
ing but twice 10 the twenty -four hours: y, hat
is, perhaps, still more remarkable, it will at
the same time, contribute very considerably
70 the inIldness Of the temperature Of a room
in the eeldestwealher ifany yankee in the
country tbinks he can beat this, he is ehat.
lenged to dose.
+ Yours with much respect,
4 q ISAAC ORR.
Washington, jar. 5, 1888 sas