The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1869-04-26


.mnch lies in laughtcr-the cipher key
'whercwith we deciphcr the whole man
Some men wear an everlasting barren
shipper; in the smile of other. lies a cold
glitter Of ice; the fswest are able to
laugh what may be called laughing, but
only sniffand litter from the threat out.
ward, or at best produce some husky
cachination, as if they were laughing
through wool. The man who cannot
laughis not only fit for treason, stratagem
and spells, but his whole life is already q
treason and stratagem.
Cu1LDRgN's "SoclAL."-On Thursday
evening last cllildren's party and dance
was given at the residence of John Bran
non Esq. Quite large number Of the
(1ear) little cmbyro creatures were
present, and It'll but doing them justice
to say that they looked sweet and danced
chnrmingly. Under the management and
tntclagc of Mr.. D, NJ. Bailey, every figure
was carried out with degree of correct
ness seldom attained by our older and
more experienced dancers. We congrat-
ulstc them. As danclsts they are a sue
cess. The party was a very agreeable
onc-thc festivities going on with unabatcd
zcst until after II r. NJ.
Hon. MATTHEW. W. HAHnlsoX.-A
loil quill-drivcr is "doing" tho West Vir-
ginia Legislature III "pcn-skctchcs, "
for the intensely loil Parkersbur- Tunes.
OF the member from this county,. he says;
-"Nlatthcw ". Harrison, Of Lewis
County, is lawyer by profession, and
to the manor born lie is man not
much given to speech, but close obscr-
yer OF all that passes. When he speaks,
lie does 50 with some hesitation, not col
lccting his thoughts readily, but he is a
man of clear ideas and good disccrnmcnt.
In political sentiment he is a Demo-
crat, but not extreme, and is willing to
accord to others the same right to act in
'depcnlcntly that he claims for Himself.
s man he is honorable and Straight
forward. and his intercourse with others
is that Of a courteous gentleman Upon
the Capitol question he was for Weston
MI the time. but, whether he proposed to
persuade the Legislature to locate there,
and then keep them there upon physi-
cinn's certificate, | am not prepared to
Judge.
ArrotSrEp.-Wc learn that Doctor
David s. iPiuncll, Of the State Of Buck
harmon, has been appointed Consul al
Melbourne, Australia, rice Colonel Geo
II. Latham, removed. Now we have nc
special love for Colonel Latham. and q
feeling Of profound contempt for the
doctor" but we mention the fact to
bring before our readers the beauties Of
latfcr.day loilty. Colonel Latham WIS a
soldier, and no doubt did all lis ability
and courage would allow him to do for
the cause in which he was engaged,
Doctor l'innell has always been known
as man destitute Of characler-bank-
rupt III pocket and in intellect
spongsr in every sense Of the word, and a
man avoided by every one laying even
the smallest claims 10 responsibility.
Now, latham is removed, and the Will
ONE "pcllcr Of pills. pukns and pare.
goric," takes his place. The men who
carried muskcisin the Union army will
undoubtedly appreciate this. Truly, the
,ncn who bore the brunt Of the battle arc
rcaping their reward.
Let us have peace '5a#.'
az BAs BLeu."-We have received
the following infection from some fair
damsel, who is evidently suffering from a
yirulcnt attack Of the cacoethcs scriJenli.
As a "pomc," it almost equals tho "Farc,
we'll to West Va.," published in Tmx
DnMocRAr few weeks ago. 1t is our
private opinion that when man or NO.
man begins to write poetry, they arc
about as near the verge Of insanity as
they can possibly get without falling
over; and this production evinccs very
dangerous leaning towards the building
across the river. We would recommend
the wash tub as cure. AS there il NJ
nanre accompanying the the document, We
have no hesitation in giving the "pome'
10 the public rerb'Ein:
HAPPY THRICE HAPPY
Fer TIE DEMoCRAT.