Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1867-03-23
VARIOUS ITEMS.


maids, ever ready, but never wanted
Rev. E. P. Walton is in Houston,
Texas, on his mission Of soliciting sub
sorp,ions 10 the Lee Endowment Fund
Of Washington College.
One editor in Georgia asks another if
he can bite the bottom Of frying pan
DOT without smulling his nose.
Grace Greenwood is in favor Of giving
the ballot TO every woman who owns
sewing machine or a wash iub.
A Washington correspondent relates
the following; While Banks was making
his speech in the House the other day. a
member not understanding The drIlI OF the
policy he was advocating, said 10 Thad.
Stevens "Wha does lie want 2" Want,
said Thsd. "why he wants brains"
One Of our exchanges has the following
paragraph "a clergy man has published
pamphlet, in which he informs the
world that the mysterious place called
"hel" is just four thousand miles down
from The surface Of the earth, and that the
least spark from it thrown into the ocean
would dry up all the waters, and sci the
world in blaze"
A very devout and pious deacon, who
sold coal, told his servant girl in early fall
TO hang a wet dish cloth out OF The win.
dow, and the first morning she found it
frozen to report to hin. A swapping Oc-
luber morning The cloth was found frozen;
the girl entered the breakfast room and re-
ported TO the deacon, who was just ready
to enter into family devoions; lie imme.
diaeIy replied, raising his eyes skyward:
Lord help the Poor must raise on coal
to- day. Let US pray"
The presiding mistress, at boarding
house hoped the tea was good Very
good, indeed was the general reply, bus
Jones, between truth and polleness, OBJ,
served 'lha, the lea was excellent. but the
water was smoky
Nike an is Il yourself that will be
after teIlin' me how they make ice cream!
In lroth can; don't they bake them in
cold ovens. TO be sure =
a gallant writer has recently recorded
his opinion 10 tie effect that the virtues
Of The laGies exceed lhe magnitude Of their
skirts, and that their faults are as small
as their bonnets. That chap ought 10 be
favoriIe With the women.
To CURE SORE EARS IN CATTLE -
Take one tablespoonful of lard, the same
amount of salt, sweet cream. .he came OF
SCOT out OF stove pipe, warm II thor
oughly and mix IL, then pot II into the
ear on The side which is affected. 1t is
sure cure.
II is said that ladies wko wear number
7 boots are opposed to The short dress
style. They come out Gst.fooed against
III.
SLEEP 1t is stated that portion Of a
raw onion eaten just before retiring to
rest will insure refreshing sleep TO per-
sons suffering with lungs overburdened
with oppressive and irritating matter.
IN one but the brave deserve the fair"
No, and none buI the brave can live with
some Of them.
A flying machine has been constructed
a, San Maieo, California. lis projectors
expec, 10 make the trip TO New York in
.wenly.iour hours.
Gen. Banks is pronounced the most
agreeable speaker on the floor of the
House. Mr.. Shellabsrger, of Ohio, is
characterized as The ablest.
At Wulenbtrg College, Springfield,
OHIO, the religious n'eres. among the
students has been so great that all study
was suspended.
CURE FOR Hoe CHoLERA.-Make a |
tea from May-apPle root, and for each
hundred hogs add one pound asssiGlids,
and make stiff slop with bran. For a
cure, feed once day; for preventive, Once
week. FMS has been fully tested By
large hog growers in the west and has
proved eflicacioUs.
When Mrs. Patlingion read in the !
newspaper thai jimmy Lind had fellow
feeling in her bosom. she exclaimed,
"Lor. me that's what had when was .
a gal -
a Memphis paper says the reason so
many marriages occur Immediately after
a grestwsr, is thai bachelors become SO
accustomed TO slriDe that hey learn 10
like it. and after the return Of peace they I
enlist in nstrImony as lhe next thing 10
war.
WoMAN.-In every situation woman
has more cause Of grief Ibsn man, and
snfers more han he. Man has hIs