Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1873-06-07
Editorial Brevities.

Many of our farmers are replantlnG
their corn, owing to the destruction o
the cut-wOrm.
The fine little rain we received OF
Wednesday night has frightened vi
growing things wonderfully.
Moving time has commenced, anc
the grass crap will be good.
Ice is selling at half cent per pound
in Martinsburg, and juleps are plentiful
Very scace here.
The fly has made its appearance ii
the wheat in Berkeley county, and is
proving very destructive.
The floral decoration of the Confeder-
ate graves at Charlestown,wiI takeplace
to-day.
The first picnic of tie season came of
near Halltown on Saturday last. y
considerable assemblage,we understand,
was present.
On last Thursday night, as engine
No 225, was entering cut west OF Doe
Gully Tunnel, on the b. IL O. Railroad,
it ran over Jonathan McAtie, an en-
ployee, completely seyering his head
from the body.
The best way to get just the right
tangle in the hair is TO fill it full of corn
meal and let the chickens scratch it out.
The best way to muzzle a dog is to
press the muzzc against the left ear
then pull the trigger
Early garden stuff is coming up fine
", owing to the warm sun and the hen
next door,
A young lady over in Maryland has
'luittened' = gay young chap for spelling
June with q.
Stacked lime scattered around your
hen4yards and coops will greatly pro
mote the health of your chickens.
The ladies do theiI hair up so high
now that they have to stand Oh some
thing to put on their hats.
The census of Cumberland, Md, has
Just been completed. The population
of the city is II, 325; and is now the sec
ond city in the State.
a woman named Wade shoes horses
at TT. Scott, Kansas, while her husband
/ plays billiards around the corner. Go
West, young man-go, get married, and
be happy.
The Richmond Wing believes West
Virginia to be the richest district of the
same area on the globe. Right.
Three old boots, a gaiter, and de
moralized hoop skirt in front Of ahouse,
indicate that the family have removed.
If your grandmother has high tor
toise shell comb lying around loose, get
possession of it, stick it in your back
hair, and you will rejoice in 'the latest
styles.
Gov. Walker, of Virginia, is said to
be the handsomest man in the United
States.
There are forty lawyers residing in
the city OF Charleston, this State.
Brick Pomeroy's Democrat has sus-
pended publication after sinking about
$250,000.
An old farmer says, that after awhile
all YOU will have to do will be to plant
your potatoes on Monday and dig new
ones on Saturdays, as each new variety
IS from two to ten days earlier than all
others.
If any of our lady readers are annoyed
by the worms that sometimes invest
flower pots, they can get rid of them by
putting an ounce of ammonia into gal
lon of warm water and watering the
plants with it once week.
An ardent lover was told by the father
of the Incompatible, that he could give
his daughter to no one that could not
offer house on the boulevard and an
equipage. The man is looking for a
situation as a clerk in Savings Bank.
An unfortunate calf has been born in
Indiana without a tail, and is as yet all
unconscious Of the horrors Of "fy-time.
a young lady in the interior wants to
90 to California to get married, because
she has been told that in that country
the men crock the cradle
Mr.. Hamilton Powers, late of the An
tietam House,in lIagerstown,h has rented
the Dill House in Frederick, and will
open it about the middle OF June.
Uagerstown has a new secret order
They call themselves Knights Of the
Mystic Chain.
Treasurer Spinner received $40 last
week from a resident of Lewisburg, Pa,
for the conscience fund. Hurry up !!
There ought to be good deal more on
the way by this time
Col. James McGrew, father of Hon.
J. G. McGrew, late member of Congress
from the ID district of this State, died
at his residence near Bradonville, Pres
ton county. on Monday of last week, in
the 95th year Of his age.
The Australians never sue for a di-
vorcc When Il husband gets discour-
aged, he takes his wife to the brow Of a
cliff to view the gorgeous sunset, and
OVER SIZE rors.
According to Ziitles Hundred Year
Almanack, the present Summer will be
a cool one, because the moon is the rul-
ing planet.
Grape vines throughout the country
present sickly appearance generally,
they have been injured by the excessive
cold of the past Winter The crop prom
Uses to be short. but nevertheless, Con.