The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1869-01-25

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Fly the pleasure that will bite to-mor
row, ly,.- u,- .-t--
Always refuscthc advice that passion
4 gives. l.il, se h.aa l,m e'
Prose, says Mr., Emerson, is judged
by sentences, poetry by words, ...g' -a
y An Intliana paper urges that George
EFran,is Train isqntitled to the ''belt" as
tho champion winding of both hemis-
lpheres. .ar ss, l-Gx ,3 r.
The Virginia and Tennessee railroad
Issues frccpusses to delegates going to
and coming from tho Agricultural Con
yention ut Richmond. Y 1e"nl IN
Your own discomfort is that which
arms your troubles will sting, and you
nuke your burden heavy Iy struggling
under it. p .-s..j =, 49,, .ssI.
Weigh every step that you arc about to
take whenever passions become involved.
How often do things assume n different
aspect when they are fairly considered.
a Boston paper says: "Wca appre-
hcnd that pfoof-feadcrs are really the
only persons wlloread every word ofyo.
luminous public documents, aud they are
paid for doing it." w." % z
How often do we sigh for opporIupi-l
ties ofdoing good awhile we neglect the
openings Of Providence in little things
which would frequently lead tottl,c avr;
,complishmeut Of imporluu, usefulness.
gsNwliite g1rment appears worse will,
slight soi'ing Than do celorcd garments,
much soilcd; so little i,ultaiil Il good
man attracts mJre attention than grcu.
Offences in tad men. -,,,s
Whcn ybu sec u man on moonlight
night trying 10 convince his shadow that
it is improper to follow q gen;lrman. you
may bcsurc,it is high time for him to
join the temperance society. ane 4
a negro woman near Dresden, Ten.
nessce, lust week dug atI,olc near her her
cabin 9and placing her two children in it, /,
burned them up. She gave us II reason
that they would not obey her. Dreadful
warning to disobcditnt little nigs; 3 's
aHI
General Elsard II. S;ouglton, late Of
New York, died recently ut Boston. lie
is !ht same who was captured by Mostly
in 1868, and about whom P,c,ilcnt Ian.
cola is said,to have remarked: II don't.
.nindthc, Brigadicr--l canEuusc new
que any time; hut Id like to get those
horses Gack--siley cost $l25 apiece 's''
Tic Cincinnati. Cnmmc,riql, in noti.
eng tue verdict Of tl,ejury in Il slandcr
ease against the Chicago 1,nlme, termed,
the jury a ''pancl of jaelasscs." One Of
the jury sends word that il tile CDn,mer.l
ciai lnanwill only come close cnougl, tn
the jury he will be confirmed il his opin.
ion \ 'o p The extent Of 2 good kicking.
We are in dangcrat both ends, Il we
credit al weihcar. There are poisonous
shirt collars and poisonous stockings
about-of the latter, The striped sort are
the most dangcrmls. 'rhn s,ronges, mn ).
Of antiquity, llnrcules, was poisoned by
the sllir, Of Ncssus-+pcrl,aps -ll,c venom
lay III the collar. Possibly il was not
al arrow buta stocking that was fatal to.
Acl,illcs--ynncrab!c only in the heel
These Instances eonlirnl the proverb Of
Solonon-"Therc is nothing uew under
the sun." s,.pnr
Nor Gr,Lry, Drr DRuSK.-An cx,raof-
dinary matrimonial ,cvdtrrten,ps trans.
pircd III williamson connly, tennessee.
on Christmas hight. A denble wedding
occurred in tlie sa,iic house. aud the wed
ding festivities were celebrated in the
old fashioned style aud il, Tia, jo,faltI
way naturally prompted lyt Christmas
T,d tie bliss.ul event Which lnadG the twd
couples happy. About midnight botli
brides rc'irtd to resi-, aud III ,Inlf an hbu,
the newly made husbands followed snit.
BY some strange nislnp eael, gtnilcnan
found His way to tie wrong room, and
actually occupied the bridal couch tai
which lie Ind no claim. Strange asii
Inlay appear, tbe.,nislake wds not dlscov-
cred until DAYLIGHT, Wien one Of tie la-
dies sllricked her surprise after vigpr-
Gus fashion. A general hubbnb was ihr
result, aud at latest accon,ts the brides
were diseonso!ntc, partly on account Of
the scandal created. and partly from,
dreams otpossibiliiies in the dim pros pee.
live: All sorts Of scllclcs Of repnrtcn
were proposed. but it appears that no
tangible plan for thdoing this double
mistake was arrived ut. The above upl.
sodc actually transpircd as related.
Coop MANNERS. Every d household
should cultivate good maiiners. ThcJ
are Indispensable e.ci, 10 The young. a
cllurlish, rude dcppttment bespcaks a.
low, unfeeling mind no position. wealth
OF education tan make amends for It
Good manners are attractive and whining
they should be CAREFUL observed III
every family circle4 Parents sliould
never indulge, Themselves, in careless
manners OF coarse language. much less u