South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1836-01-16
Miscellaneous.

Miscellaneous.
To one couple unhappy merely on ac-
count of their limited circumstances, ten
are wretched from other causes.
Those who feel most deeply, are most
given to disguise their feelings; and de-
rision is never so sgonizing as when il
bounces on the wanderlngs Of misguided
eensibility.
REPUTATION. Popularity, FAME
z putation is bubble upon the rapid
stream of time: popularity, splash in
the great pool Of oblivion: fame itself
but full bladder, or at best balloon.
There is no sacrifice in declining them,
for in escaping these, you escape the
never fail to follow in their train.
The Bitter BIT.-Not many years
since, country merchant who was in
the habit Of visiting this city several
times in the course Of the year, to pur-
chase goods on his way home stop
ped at public house, not thousand
miles from here, and being out Of
health, called for cup ofiea and some
toast, for which he was charged most
enormous price. He payed the de.
mand, but determined TO have salts
faction for the extortion. He had at
Siis time tesmster in bis employ
who was capable Of eating more than
any other three men in the state, and
he concluded that if he should dine at
the tavern at the common price, it
would about make the account even.
Acsor dinghy Jehu being led into the
secret, stopped at the tavern on the
next trip, and bareaiAed for dinner,
for which he was TO pay rs cents. The
usual quantity Of food was placed up
on the table, but in few minutes a
call was made for more-the call was
repeated, until all the cooked meat in
the house was disposed Of. Boniface
then produced whole cheese and q
large loaf of bread and thinking it
time to get rid of bis customer, turn
ed his horses heads from the door, set
them off at a smart trot and then COM
municated the fact to his patron, who
smelling rat, received the Intelligence
very coolly,took the cheese in one hand
and the loaf of bread in the other, and
comforted Boniface with the assurance
that he thought he could catch 'em.-
Boston Post.
Before we quilted Tranjore, wit.
messed one of those awful acts of super
stitious devotion so common in this
country. I was riding rather early in
the morning, upon the banks of the
Cavery, when saw group of some
half dozen persons descend to the riv'
Ms brink. The water was here ma
ny feet deep. Stopping my horse 10
see what was going on, observed one
of the group preparing to plunge into
the stream. . The victim was a
man somewhat past the meridian Of
life, but, nevertheless, apparently in
vigorous health. He stood upon the
bank Of the stream, and on either side
of him was a Brahmin who fastened a
large earthenware jar upon his shoul-
Gers. After this was done, the man
made several prostrations, and entered
the river. He slipped off the bank,
where the depth was considerable, but
Nle jars prevented him from sinking
The Brahmins folded their arms and
looked silently on. They attempted
neither TO save him from destruction
nor to expedite his death. He re-
manned for some time floating, as If ir
prayer. The surface ofthe water wa.
untuhied, except where il was disturb.
Gu ny Inc motions of his body, anl
seemed an apt emblem of that apathy
with which those ministers Of san,
culinary religion looked upon a act Q
detestable suicide. The man mad,
several efforts to fill the Jars. using III,
most deliberate exerlions to accom-
plish his abominable sacrifice. Find