Huntington advertiser. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1874-1921, 1874-09-10
Variatiss Of All Kinds


Pay down, and you will never be
dunned to pay up.
| The figure 8 is said to be like a
peacock because it is 0 without its
tail.
| When does farmer work mira
Gle? When he turns o horse to
grass.
i Indiana's product of hogs this year
will be about 80, 900 less than last
year.
Spinal Meningitis is reported to be
prevalent among the cattle in and
around Newtown. Connecticut.
In Suffolk County, Mass, justice
of the peace has been sent to the
house of Industry for drunkenness.
Chicago has young rich lady who
has a mania for buying dogs. She
has invested 81 900 in them so far.
On a weather-beaten sign in East
Broadway is the following legend:
"Footcd and secondhand boots made
10 order"
1t was the mother of the present
Governor-General of Canada who
wrote the well known ballad, la
ment of the Irish Emigrant.'
An old farmer on being informed
the other day that one of his neigh
bors owed him a grudge, he growled
out, mo matter, he never pays any
thing"
According to the Wheatland
Hickory County, Missouri Mirror,
hot winds prevail in that locality.
and bake green corn efectually, and
even apples on the trees.
Advertising has created many a
new business, revived many a dull
business, rescued many a failing bu
siness, and preserved many large
business, and it insures success in any
business.
A little boy having broken his
rocking horse the day it was pnr-
chased, his mamma began to scold,
when he silenced her by inquiring;
"What is the use ola horse till it's
broker"
1t is proposed to start a daily
morning paper in the heart OF the
Black Hills. 1t will be called the
Scalp, and it is confidently expected
that all the indians, without regard
to party, will take it.
The latest fancy article from Ber.
lin is an opera glass which holds ones
handkerchief, gloves, reserved seat
checks and smelling bottle, and
which is withall so compact that it
can be put in ones pocket.
The celebrated trotter Goldsmith
Maid was shod in Springfield the
other day, and the nails from her old
shoes were carefully preserved tor
watch chains by those who happened
to be around on the occasion.
A "Big Indian strayed away
from his camp and got lost. lnqui-
ring the way back, he was asked if
he was lost. "No," said he, disdain-
fully. "Indian no lost; wigwam
lost" Striking his breast, he ex-
claimed, "Indian here!"
Among other things which Judge
Hughes, of the United States District
Court, Alexandria. Va, has done
may be mentioned a recent order
prohibiting the summoning of any
man upon a jury in his court who
cannot read and write.
The "Tom Collins" joke, which
has Just reached the Pacific coast,
has already caused a tragedy there.
A mining boss in California, while in
search of the myth, who had accused
him of robbery, accidentally shot
himself while about to pull the trigger
on "Tom."
The passengers on the Long Island
Railway must occasionally be dreary
lot. Being detained on the road
few nights ago, they amused them
selves by getting up vote on the
Presidential question. George Fran
els Train polled 2; Vic. Woodruff
|; Tom Collins, /.
Franklin County, Mass, has a her
nit by the name Of John Smith, who
wears red and white to indicate that
he has been crossed in love. As he
is the owner of seven cats and finds a
ready sale for his photographs, he Is
about as happy as an average mar
ried man.
The Newark and South Orange
Horse Railway Company, in New
Jersey, has been fined $50 for cruelty
to animals in overcrowding its cars.
The animals referred to, however,
are the horses. not the passengers,
whose sufferings are beneath the
consideration OF law.
Free riding in freight cars seems
to be pretty perilous business for
those indalging in it. The latest
case on record is that Of a boy who
was confined for three days without
food or water, and who when taken
out of the freight car in which he
had stole his ride, was in a dying
condition.
The "taper stick says a Liver
pool paper, is the latest novelty for
pious pilgrims in France. To all
appearances it consists of an ordina-
ry walking stick, but on unscrewing
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