The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-01-15
zWHEELING WEST VA, Observation-Disclosures
QUEsTIONs Am 1TSIT5I;..iiI,g
From Noah's NJ Z. ZspIes and Ne
se'sger of this week We take the folIoy

From Noah's N. r Times and sses.
se'tger Of this week we take the follow.
ing questions and answers:
QUEsTIoN-Is IL proper to sav n y,oo,,
or wooden spoon -. :, e'Uu s
.s-s ,sNt a wooden spoon" Is the
~ Iteel ex pression. Adjecttyes win
Sas seEIiilnatlon. "en'' for the most taIt
3esnotei ne me material ofanytbing is nj sGis-
They were formerly more I nuI6srS1s "a .ISs
sll,,i nan Lhey{afe now. "Ceder.n, y Uston-
en- silYer.n, y were in, use. NNvS v-a
SEINE nouns ceder, stone, silver iaS
eettyes. "A wood sp0onn wonId''
tnStelore lbe grammRtical., Quite, az
inueh as silver spoon; but the atiieetive
" m93oens.. q belongs 10 the Language,
anu Hls - more elegant. ~ ~ sls =, 2 - =
7QpEsTIoH-uam told that syer,,tt,iy,,
I eat and drink is adplterated, and ithRf
no matter how OttenII NAV chanpe ISv
sDaker, my grocer, 6c., 1 will stil1 hSxs
70 deYour drugs, ,.iflnoE poison. IlSnow
mat mat TINS is the current talk: hut "A n
NJ tnt, t.s 1.Wit believe what you say. on
,AEswER-No- dodge has as vet baen
qlscoVered for producing sham rneat,
joints ) chops and steaks must need !, ~
LnIe Lne real lthln&-though too often mn.
I,Mno1esome enough, rom the state ri
ttts y 9eiere they are killed -ff
SI4sS-NSas99Ai eASJ uO not ule z natural death,
a As 20 oisausages, whoever chooses 10 ea (
them, must make mp his mind To ~
them as they come. Neither b. =thsre
any meddHng with the inside or an CO.,
Or = potato-thOngh, to be sureT f6ss
former may be half matched, and the
lauN iatler pIack and watery. But let him
season his meat with pickles und vine
gaLs ana ne may lay his account for, a
ihouicum OF sulphuric aclCi:' and even
IN his cheese he is not unlikely to he
treated TO carbonate of lime. From
nrst to last he is yictimized bv the In
genutty. of traffic. saif
2UEsTIoN-"Pray TELL me what ra-
all constitutes a polsonY' we have
GOT mp q dispute on this question, and
would like you to decide It," -
.tANsIyER-Wec cannot decide! nthors
writing on the special subject OF poil
sons have often tried to answer tbat
question, and rs often failed. Shall
we agree to call everything a n0ison
which taken into the stomach, Z tuses
death ? Such adehnition, If accented .
excludes sfrom the category of poisons
tne BosJesman's barbed arrow; these
pents dead = secretion; all aud every
agent that may kill by penetrating the
SKIN, orby entering the system through
me lungs. Tawen,s viotim, according
10 this way Of viewing the case, was
not polsonedi neither was Pope OLE
nlent Ru.I III the statement be true
That he died from the effects of inhaiine
the tumes of poisoned torch carried
oetore him in q procession! So we give
1t up. >We cannot decide.
QUEsTIoN.=There is a dispute be.
tween myself aud friend (who prides
himself on his iisuperior knowiedeel
that there was no proposition from
New York, or from Alexander Hamil-
tom that the State was to Join the Union
In toto and forever at the time the Com
stitution was adopted. Decide for us.
AHswER.-New York hesitated to
ratity the Constitution of 1857. Her
people, through their delegates in Com
vention, did not like the idea of strip
ping themselves of the sovereignty
which they had enjoyed under the Ar
ttoles OF Confederation. In consequence
of this hesitation, Alexander Hamilton
wrote to james Madison asking his
advice, and inquiring Gn substancel
whether inihis opinion The rati ficatio
of the Cons stitutiOn.by New York com.
mitted. the State sdnconditionallyt to the
new government. Mr.. Madison isfepiy
was TO the effect that New York, ifIsbe
ratified the Constitution, must do so
Sin toto wholly and ,f0reVer.'' There
being no conditions or reservations.
the Convention acceded on the 28th Of
July, 1888.