The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-02-09
Items OF Interest.

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A horse out west drinks whisky.'
he probably findsno difficulty in break
ing into de.canter.
It's generally believed that Sharkey
paid 81, 900 TO secure his escape, and
that he Is now in Europe,
A subscriber TO Troy paper paid up
the other day after being in arrear for
twenty-one straight years.
The Schenectady Star is going to
publish the names Of the married men
Of that town who get drunk.
II is calculated that one out Of every
four panes OF plates glass shipped from
Europe are broken before they reach
the windows.
Railroad cross-ties are the circulating
medium in some portion Of Kentucky,
aud are taken In exchange for dry
goods at fifty cents apiece.
The editor Of the Logansport Sun
CLAIMS TO weigh more than any other
craftsman"i In America. BE cant pass
through a common door unless he turns
edgewise. .,
Andrew jackson was accused Of bad
spelling, but John Randolph defended
him by declaring that "a man must
be fool who could not spell awOrd more
ways than one"
One can Judge something Of the pa.
tience OF Hoosiers 'front.' the statement Of
an Indiana paper that twenty men
handled over thirty.aye cords OF wood
TO get at q rabit, which escaped after
all.
A tradesmau advertises anti.breach
OF promise ink, and says that writing
with this ink disappears before one
month, thus avoiding the system OF
ridicule to which old and young prom
ise breakers are now exposed.
A depot for the sale OF dairy pro-
duce has been established in San Fran
cisco by authority Of the California
State Grange. The object is to bring
the consumer and producer together,
and 10 do away with the middleman al
together. t
Some thirty or forty county treasurers
in Ohio recently found that their books
won't balance by large amounts, the
same thing seems 10 be happening in
nearly all the States. Honesty an in
tegrity are rapidly becoming so odious
in this country that we begin TO fear We
shall soon have TO go abroad to keep
from being tarred and feathered.
A strange use has been made OF fish
scales In the manufacture OF waterproof
material designed for dental plates, but
capable OF being made into waterproof
cloth and other useful articles. The
fish scales are dissolved aud combined
with certain flbrous and adhesive sub
stances. The material may be highly
polished and colered to any desired
tint. o., 't
An editor in small town in Illinois,
who attended IN apple.paring, became
imbued with the whirl OF society, and
this Is how IL affected him: We are in
tho midst Of tho season for parties,
dancing, mirth and festfyity. The
rosined hair OF the horse travels merri-
ly over the intestines Of tho agile cat,
eyoking music TO which the impatient
feet trip gayly upon the floor.
A preacher OF Knox county, KY, in
forms the public, through the Barbours-
vile Mountain Echo, why he left the
Gospel field" After preaching six
years, averaging one sermon day, or
2,196 sermons, and converting 1,122
persons, he says that he received S797
for all his work, being small fraction
over thirty.six cents q sermon, and
about seyenty.seven cents sinner. As
Mr.. Micawber said of the commission
on Goals, the pay was "not remunera-
tive" but still 2, 1856 sermons and 1,122
conversions are not TO be made light uf.
On the 18th Of October last the Mich
igan Fish Commissioners received from
the United States Commissioners n lot
Of Sacramento river salmon ova, est-
mated at $4,000 in number. The day
following the arrival the oya were
placed In the hatchery near Jackson.
Fully nine.tenths Of the eggs proved TO
be good, and during the holiday week
the young salmon were placed In the
head.waters OF the st. Joseph, Kalama-
zoo, and Grand rivers, and in numerous
streams in the southern part OF the
State. Their growth Is something won
derful. When placed in the rivers they
were about two inches long, and Of good
proportion they nearly double In size
every two weeks, and in about three
years will weigh from ten TO fifteen
pounds. .a.t