Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1871-07-29
Editorial BreYities.

An exchange says 1T is not good
taste for young men to stay after ten
o'clock when visiting young ladies.
Our devil says he never noticed any
difference in the taste after ten o'clock.
He says its good any time.
Husband, | must have some change
today Well, stay at home and take
care ofthe children; that will be change
enough.
1t is funny to see a boarding school
miss afraid of COW, Notwithstanding
she did all the milking at home few
months previous.
Common salt is recommended for the
determination Of ants.
AT Covington, Ga, when a man gets
drunk his head is shaved by the author
tiles. Most of the citizens wear wigs.
The Secretary of the German and
Swedish Immigration Aid Society in
Savannah, GA, gives notice that Euro
pean immigrants can now be brought
directly to the port Of Savannah at $50
each, gold passage money
The West Virginia State Convention
of Universaists will meet at Fork Ridge
Church, Marshall county, on the 9TH
of August a grove meeting will be
held on Sunday at which Rev. VIM. "
Van Denmark, Of Pittsburgh, Pa, will
preach.
Squirrels are so great nuisance in
California that a bounty Of 10 cents per
head is paid for their destruction. Mr.
Frank Tracy has killed and trapped TO-,
600 in one season, for which he got
$1,000 bounty. He sent the skins to
Paris, where they sold at ID cents each,
swelling his receipts to s2,5OO for his
captures.
The Board of Supervisors of Hardy
county submit to the people of that
county on the Path of August, the day
of the Convention election, a PROPOSE
ton to subscribe two hundred and fifty
thousand dollars to the capital stock Of
the Washington and Ohio railroad. The
road passes through the county dis
tance of forty five miles.
James or jim Sims, colored fiddler,
is one of the district judges in Georgia
by Gov. Bullock's appointment. When
he comes to hold court, the court-hous-
es are found to belocked andthe officers
gone fishing
The first mile of the great race for the
Saratoga cup, Friday, r.ade by Longfel-
low in l:4O is the fastest time ever re
corded.
An Indiana man took laudanum, re
marking that he had an engagement
with General Jackson at four O'Clock.
Active exercise on the part of stOm-
ach-pump caused the engagement to be
broken.
The Piedmont Virginian says -
1--WE are sorry to hear that the wheat
in the vicinity of Orange Court House
is yielding so badly from the straw.
From what we can hear, the average
throughout the county will hardly e,-
ceed five bushels to one seeded.
An lllllOls THAI II diI dHSlHS liNh
farm near Geneva in that State, on
which he expects to keep eighteen thou
sand hens of the choicest breeds.
The ladies car of the Mail Train went
through the bridge over Hsrpeth river,
on the Nashville and Northwestern r. |
r., and killed fifteen persons, few |
nights since.
A man in Ohio lately endeavored to
illustrate how Mr.. Vallandigham came |
to his death Using loaded weapon !
he shot himself and died almost instant
ly.
A Washington Undertaken demanded |
payment for coffin in advance, and not
being gratifed, rolled the body out of |
the coffin and bore away his property. |
An old lady from temperance vii
lage, lately attended party in town,
where, of course, champagne was served
and prevailed upon to take glass She
drank two, when, smacking her lips, she
exclaimed, 'Well, it might be a wicked
drink, but it is good"