The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-07-24
Facts and FancIcs.

Facts and Fancles.
Mere matter of form-Fitting dress.
An old miser starved to death in M
Albany barn with 1884, in his pocket.
An Illinois gentleman has taken gold
medal for raising !, 900 varieties OF apples
There are 1858 collegiate institutions i'll
the United States, eighteen being in Now
England.
The Lutherans in the United States
number 1900 ministers, 1851 churches,
and nearly 100000 COMMITMENTS.
A down.east editor says that since tho
recent rain the farmers "are smiling
like nav shingles on patched roof.
The Indiana State Medical Association,
at a recent meeting, expelled one Of its
members because he advertised his pro-
fession.
A boy in Lancaster, Pa, in sliding
down pole, caught gold ring he had
on his finger in spike aud the whole
skin, nail and all, came off the finger in-
tact.
A strong mind is more easily Impress
ed than |. weak one you shall not us
readily convince fool thatSnu are Il
philosopher, rs philosopher that you
are fool
In the vestry Of the Notre Dame. at
Paris, they exhibit portion Of tho
yertebrn OF the neck Of the Archbishop
who was shot in 1913, with the bullet
still fixed in it.
There is now in the State Of Massl-
chusetts one mile Of railroad to every
five miles Of area. A similar ratio for
The whole country would give m nggrc'
gate Of more that GOO, 900 miles Of line.
A Bainbridge sercnader who mourn.
fully warbled sim lonely tonight, love,
without thee" had his loneliness allevi-
ated by number Of dogs, who made it
lively enough for him for the balance OF
the night.
1t q comfoFt.to be criticized. Few
things please the writer better. Censurc
Is better than Indifference. When man
finds that woman will not love him, the
next best thing is to get her to quarrel
with him:
The Kansas City (lIissouri) Journal
saws tlint about 800, 900 head OF cattle
will he received in the western markets
this season from Texas. Already 2S7, 900
head have been received by the Kansas
Pacific Railroad.
An Indiana artist was recently fined 81
for sprinkling Scotch snuff on the nous
tachc Of a sleeping lawyer. tits said the
force expended by that lawyer in sneez-
ing would have sufficed to have run
windmill for week.
The Indian substitute for tobacco is
the bark Of red. willow. 1t is scraped
fine and dried. When smoked it pro-
duces no sickness or headache, and the
Indians OF Wisconsin who use 1t turn
from tobacco with disgust.
A Young man in Ohio hung his vest,
the pocket OF which contained sixty
dollars in greenbacks, near brush heap,
which he afterwards set fire to. He was
next day enquiring whether tue govern
ment would make good his loss.
A gentleman on getting soda, was
retiring from the store without the usual
little ceremony which follows that oper-
alton. "Recollect, sir" said the polite
proprietor, " il you lose your pocket
book, you didn't pull it out here" =
A local paper asserts that the dogs OF
Calhoun, Ga, have become so habituat-
ed to having tinware attached to their
tails that whenever one OF them secs \
tin kettle lying in the road he backs up
to It and waits for somebody to tie 1t ond
A correspondent OF the Bangor Wig
writes that horse and COW hnl
pitched battle Sunday in field. The
COW hooked the horse, making wound
four inches in length the horse kicked
the COW in the head, instantly killing
her.
The Janesville Recorder says that mis-.
chieyous boys attending the schools fill
their pockets with locusts, and, at given
signal, each boy taps on his pocket
causing the locusts to give forth their
deafening, doleful cry, as II forty chill.
dren had been whipped.
A ALouisiana paper, in apologzing for
the editor being drunk, says there are
so many rhttlc buhheh tntIe tuht ht hha
to keep "tightn to keep from seing
poisoned from their bites. He don't be-
iieve that tincture Of iodine will cure
bite, no matter what the doctors say.
The following speech is attributed toa
member OF the Legislature Of Pennsylya-
nia AZ known womin, Mr.. Speaker
say Il with no disrespect; know'um;
/ have had heap to do with'um.
They'rs useful clase and-nnd yet with
the best of 'um yon ,aay have trouble.
A faithful old dog who had run with
Louisville fire company for years, and
always madeita part Of his duty to keep
people from standing on the hose at fires,
rlell victim the other day TO misplaced
confidence In a policeman and picceOf
poisoned liver. The engine company
turned ont and gave the old fellow alig
funeral; but they did not enjoy II half so
much as they would II the funeral had
been the policeman's.
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