The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-09-14

Indiaua's product OF hogs this year
will be 150, 900 less than last year.
"big Indian" strpyed away from
his camp and got lost. Inquiring the
way back, he was asked II he was lost.
"No," said he, disdaintullS " Indian
no lost wigwam lostl" Striking his
breast, he exclaimed, Indian here y
Near Clyde, ILL.,, recently, four
year-old girl wandered into wheat
Held and went TO sleep with both arms
over her eyes to shield them from the
sun. A reaper passing over the spot
took OF both the poor Little Creatures
arms.
Chautdayotne, who had been hidden
away In Paris ever aimee the Commune,
went out with his family to pass Sun
day on the grass. He was nabbed BY o
yigilant gendarme and carried on 70
hard labor for life. He thought he had
been forgotten.
A Boston paper estimates that the
Beecher.Tilton scandal has cost in
types, kilograms, correspondents, and
lawyers, five hundred thousand dollars.
Probably. But who is TO calculate the
estimate OF the m ischief u has done to
the morals Of the community
A rustic couple, newly married,
marehet, into o drug store, and called
for soda water. The obliging clerk in
ouired what syrun they would have In
Il when The swain, deliberately leaning
over the counter, replied, stranger,
money is no object to me put sugar
Tere Haute Express When young
Mr.. Spitzer left home for college he
took leave Of his mother in this manner: :
"Mother, I will write often aud think
Of you constantly" When he returned
two years later, he remarked to the
anxious parent: "Deah mothay,
eweet You once moahp" Imagine the
feelings OF q fond mother.
At a meeting in London 10 receive o
report from The missionaries sent 70
discover the tribes Of Israel, Lord H
was asked to take the chair. .! take,"
he replied, "a greet interest in your
researches, gentlemen. The fact is, !
have borrowed money from oil She jews
now known, and II you can find new
set l shall feel very much obliged"
The sensation at Saratoga OF present
consists Of two gentlemen from New
York who are fast friends. The beau
tlful wife Of one is divorced and is mar
ried 10 the other, and yet the men have
never broken with each other. The
case Is one that has been known oil and
talked about in New York for years,
though the marriage only took place pr,se
about o month or six weeks seo. Ihe
bride is resplendent with diamonds ana
magnihcenee.
The suicide OF Matte Smith, Of
Chesuncook, Mass, might form the
basis OF first.class tragedy. She was
Of peighbor's visiting, when Q young
man with whom she had been ac-
anainted but short time passed the
house. She went to the door and called
him to come back, but he did not com.
ply with her request, whereupon she
started TO oyertake him, but failing 70
do 90, drew pocket knife and plunged
the blade into her throat.
The plans Of the railway which is to
ascend Mount vesuyius are now com.
plete. The route will be 16.1 miles In
length. The grades are twenty and
thirty.fye per cent, and the road ter.
inmates at few feet OF the crater.
There will be one station, protected by
sort OF break.laya, which will divert
the flow, in case OF eruption, from the
building and rails. The road 10 so laid
out as TO be naturally sheltered Of every
point, except for distance OF about
sixty feet,