The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1869-06-14

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T. Demonstration. j. Nj. Bsnnett,
fully alive to the dangers Of the ".i;ua-
ton" is having a large por,ico put up Al
his residence, Uncle Tom ANGEL, who
is dung the work, does up the thing il,
good style. hsd4fa4. .an1.7i 7t9'waf
How IS Tuls, FOR illou?-A few days
ago, We were caught by a young male
friend of tender years, complaining Of the
extreme scarcity of the "unconsiderel
TRIES necessarysto make our local page
interesting. With a degree of generosity
which brought our heart right up into the
Ionic orifcc which adorns our counter.
ancc, he sware a great, sworc that be
would relieve US from our difficulties, or
perish nobly in the attempt. Alarmed ut
his rashness, we cndeavored to show hin,
the tremendous obstacles in the path he
was about to traverse; we tried our
"leyel best to stop him; we fTaG Ind.
.-,, Sized whole pints Of briny tears, al,l,rrr,
49,. And wiped them with our sleeve H..
but al 70 no purpose, Tearing Ihimsel,
fron our fond embrace, lie rushed franti-
cally to the desk, his eyes in the fine
phrenzy Of composition rolling. lie
made strange motions. We left. We re-
turned in two hours. Our friend had
fain'edi in the midst.ofa huge pile of pa.
per; andhis hat was floating in nam.
moth lake of ink. The following, found
by his side told the melancholy story: ~
!'';OuR gTowS Everything loo = looks
beautiful about town-the streets are be.
ing cleaned up--the merchants are
bringing on a full Stock of Spring goods
apd'the stores are filling up rapidly and
everything is lovely and the goose hangs
high. ~ 45asfs lGas 4.f ID 1aq14- ~.
I'VE Immediately applied tho usual res
,orativcs, and our young friend is now
convalescent. '!''H 5'' ' '
JuLy ,tru, 1869. This year, tie grea
birthday Of the nation" steals in upon
US on Sunday, and calls upon our pay
triotism on the holy Sabbath. We don't
hear Of our. citizens ''cnthusing'Gt to any
remarkable degree; nor are we informed
ofany great preparations for an cbuil-
ton Of loilty: In fact, "alrs quiet" on
the 9Th ofJuly question; so We must fain
conclude that on this 4ih, as has been the
case on several past ones, the memories Of
the day will DC tittingly brought to mind
BY the '1hongltl tthlFpssa forS eight years past
our naton-once the pride, but now the
contempt of thclworld, has been gradual
y sinking into tyranny and dcspotism
uhequalcd BY the most troublous times Of
l77p-7G-the liberties Of the people have
w. p'sN upe' ""' Wv. u'" '' W. W."
bccilcno occupies the position once fll-
Cd by the noble Washington, Better
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s'''"' vu's',''s '"'o "'ou'"''s' u'u We
seV'', 'u' 4n'''s " ,e'af" WI u Us 'or
' '". Va" Wy, = VI" y, "'ppy Wy !" yo' ere
'" "n up "au o'sU9 " ''c 1''VH'fi
soNe'"'''""e't y t"p asc.N a1ois - E5l71s
A CHANCE FOR FARSswoETu.-One
day last week, Squire NIcWhorter, of
Jane Lew, was the recipient Of present,
all to himsclf, ola truly remarkable spec.
linen Of the genus pork. And thereby
hangs Il tale. Our Jane Lew reporter
"spun the yarn" and. lest our readers
should think the story was manufactured
from whole cloth, we add our testimony
to lis veraciIy, thus putting an end to all
doubts rs to the truth Of tho narrative
or tale-er stcry--or yari,--ohc Of whom
itiscer,ainly which. Well, to''nakc
long tale IL brief narrative, We will say