The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-04-14


OF peanuts more profitable than either
wheat corn or Tobacco.
Only fifteen per cent. OF the land Of
Cuba is under the plow, yet her annual
exports reach ninety million dollars.
A st. Louis paper recommends m
ambitious debating society in That State
to decide (Which is the butt end OF q
goatP"
A man died in n New York town the
other day, and in his will left "that old
liar and tattler, the widow Jones, two
conts."
A Pittsburgh BRIDES dewry lately
consisted Of two barges OF coal, which
her father thinks ought to secure herre-
cepticn by the ton anywhere.
Contrary to what would naturally be
supposed, deep.sea telegraphs do not
"pay." Out OF more than 10 different
lines only five pay dividends.
There is II woman at Duluth who
weighs $50 pounds. At "a little distance
it is difficult to tell which is tho larger
of the two, tho town or the woman.
Asubstitute for ivory and boneyeneers
lias recently been discovered, made from
goat and sleeps bones, the leshing OF
deer skins, parchment parings, etc.
Tho Chicago Tribune, says that tho
Legislature OF Illinois was in session
eleven weeks when it had passed two
bills, one OF which was adopted to en-
able tho other one to go into effect
Ast. Paul Jury has brought in ver-
dict that husband and his wife have
each suffered cruel and inhuman treat
ment at tho hands Of the other, and that
consequently each is entitled to di-,
yorce.
Tho attendant in tho gentlemen's
dressing room where first class party
was given recently, nj New York, dis.
covered that almost every overcoat in
his charge had loaded revolver in the
pocket.
It is estimated that the strawberry
crop OF Long Island during tho coming
season will be at least 100, 900 quarts, or
nearly 4, 900 bushels. At MAttituck the
crop Is expected to be at least G0,OOO
quarts.
A big rufIian in Boston undertook
the other night, to bully q servant girl
left alone in house into getting him
dinner. Sho went for him with cary-
ing knife, and he went away rs hungry
ms he came.
A village paper, speaking OF the pres
ent depression OF its town, says 1t is
caused by lack Of unanimity, lack Of
sociability, lack OF home pride, distrust
of one another, and great desire for
braggart display.
Tho president Of Nashville street
railway responded to demand for fare
by saying, ~ own most OF this road"
and got this reply: "Wcll, you won't
own It long If YOU don't pay me your
fare; that's all I've got to say about it."
A winonn paper tells of snow.drift
between ST. Peter and New Ulm, Min
nesota, on which four hundred shovels
were engaged for days. The snow was
from 25 TO 80 feet deep, and tho cut
through the drift was twelve hundred
feet long.
New Hampshire Republicans and
Democrats alike seem to commend tho
graceful action OF Gov. Straw in ap-
pointing to seat on the State Bench
Hon. Ellery A. Hibbard, the defeated
Democratic candidate for reelection to
Congress.
After fifteen years experience, tho
Omaha publishers have come to tho
conclusion that the newspaper business
is legitimate one, and they have cut
off their dead-heads and given notice
that free pulling has also ceased, All
they ask is to pay and be paid like white
folks.
Mat. Tarpey, who was hanged by the
lynchers near Monterey, CAL, made q
will giving 81 200 to Nicholson, tho
husband OF his victim. Nicholson wit
messed the lynching, and Tarpey beg
ged his forgiveness, md asked him to
place his hands on his head as he knelt.
Nicholson granted tie request.
An outrageous case OF cruelty to ami
mails recently occurred at Somerset, Vt.
A man drove team OF horses through
the deep snow until they stopped from
exhaustion, then left them on the road
reeking with perspiration, and went TO
neighboring house for the night. In
tho morning he was so enraged at fnd-
ing one OF them dead, that ho termina-
tod the sufferings Of the other by stab
bing 1t with knife.
Troy has It's sensation. This time
youth who loved lady (s50, 900 WORTHY,
begIiled her into sleigh ride, and
sought the house OF clergyman, sew
eral miles from the city. He then first
declared his love, and told her she must
marry him. She fatty refused, and he
told her she might walk home. Tho
plucky girl started to do so, but the
foiled fortune.hunter relented, and chr
ricd her back r Troy. When in the
city, she slappeo, lis face, leaped from
the sleigh, and ral home. Names are
withheld for the lady's sake.
A Syracuse gentleman and his wife
left home, few days ngo, for M ex-
tended Southern tour, intending to
spend the spring months in Florida.
They got as far as New York, and in
visiting ono Of the theatres therethe gem
tleman was robbed Of his wallet con-
tanning the several hundred dollnis
with which he was to defray the ex-
penses OF the trip. In tho rear Of that
gentleman's Syracuse house may be
seen thoughtful man chopping wood
in his shirt sleeves, while q Bad.eyed .
woman within pats butter and sighs.
A collector who had recently been en-.
gagged by a prominent life insurance