Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1874-04-18

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than stealing outright.
The Potomac was on f'swell last
week. a}J3a ~ eDft5
L. E. Etchison is now ip the city
purchasing his spring supply OF new
goods. ~
Red wheat sold at Georgetown on
Tuesday at s1.s6. u
Matters in police circles are very quiet
Forepsugh's great show is advertised
to be at Cumberland in May.
To stop advertising when the times
are dull is like tearing down Q dam
when the water is low.
A new -four mill, to be bnilt by the
Patrons of Husbapdry, is talked OF In
this county. 1ct
The white-wash artists are plying
their vocation with yigor.
Gardening has been postponed on
account of the weather.
J, F. Welshans, of the firm of Rick
ard & Welshans, has gone East to pur-
chase their new supply OF spring goods
Hair dye is poisonous. Keep the
scalp clean with soap water.
Give full weight and good measure.
That's real religion, as far as it goes.
Don't indulge in luxuries if there is
a mortgage on the house you cant call
Your own.
1t is vulgar in the extreme to make a
puddle of tobacco juice in public con-
veyance,
Never wear furs or any kind of wrap
pings close about the neck. Taking
them off will induce a cold.
Don't imagine that every young lady
who treats you pleasantly has ever
thought of marrying you. That's quite
another thing.
When the benediction is pronounced,
leave the church, and don't stop in the
aisles to gossip. Others, not as ohatty
as you are, wish to 60 home.
If you 90 in debt, don't 60 in the
country next Summer before you pay.
Grooers, butchers, coal-dealer, etc.,
reasonably expect their little bills SET
tied before you leave town.
The Bishop Meade Memorial Church
at White Post, Clarke county, Va,
only lacks $500 for its completion.
1t is said that the freeze last week
entirely destroyed the peach crop inthis
The man is fool who will try to do
as his neighbor does, when he cannot
afford it. =.
Poor Vanderbilt. He only controls
a hundred million dollars.
Love all, trust few, and wrong no
one.
Friendship, like iron, IS fragile If
too thin. ".
Never speak loud to one another I'M
less the house is on fire.
In case money gets to be drug this
spring We should like to become drug
gist.
An old hat, allied with earth, is nice
to grow window plants.
Old maids in Virginia are politely
called debated sisters.
A woman says she cannot pray; but
she will shoot the first man who sells
her husband liquor.
Vermont brags of young lady so
tall that her lover puts on his overcoat
when he climbs up to kias her.
When is a lady's hair like news !
When it is found in the morning paper,
An Indiana paper says girls should
be taught that God made them in His
own image, and that no amount OF tight
lacing will improve the modle.
An Iowa farmer who had been MARI
ed only six weeks, and has had to buy
a wig, offers to bet.that his wife can
whip a panther. 5 f....
1t is apparent to parent that great
many children get on the wrong track
because the switch is misplaced.
What with the Changers and the
Temperance crusade, the progressive
women are full of business these days.
Hoop la The capital invested in the
crinoline trade has dwindled down from
S2O,OOO,OOO to 100000!
The song of the ladies' temperance
bands-"Going through the rye"
If fiat irons are rough, rub them well
with salt, and it will make them smooth.
The married men OF Petersburg are
organizing a crusade against the MILL
merry establishments, and will commence
a series of prayers at the first opening,
A bore-The man who persists in
talking about himself when you wish to
talk about yourself.
Patrons of Idleness is the last name
for corner loafers.
The food in the Shenandoah river
last week was the greatest since 1870.
A great deal Of property was destroyed
and much damage done.
Joseph H. Sherrard was elected judge
for the town of Winchester, under q
new charter, q few days ago.
There are only thirty-eight lawyers
10 Wheeling-and still the people are
sot happy. "a .
~ MAYOR FOR ENTHUSIASTICALLY.
J.L. W. Baker, Druggist, of Martins