The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1875-05-03
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Items of Interest.

A Terre Haute babe, crawling around
the floor, had an ear bit of by pig.
It is said 10 require higher art to con-
yoy delicate compliment than to utter
q biting sarcasm.
A veteran shopkeeper says that, al
though his clerks are very laxative
during the day, they are always ready to
shut up at night. l as,ftlai
Theywondered at the short collection
in o Missouri church, and investigated to
find that ono Of the collectors had tar in
the top Of his hat.
The inhabitants Of the Nicobar Islands,
In the Bay Of Bengal, are the only per-
sons who had front seats at tho total
eclipse Of the sun.
The most curious freak OF ono Of tho
recent cyclones in Georgia was tho driv-
ing Of q hickory treo two feet in diameter
four feet deeper into the ground.
Somebody sent to lady in London an
Easter egg which contained an African
scorpion, by which interesting insect the
lady was bitten SO that she will probably
die. .I
The greatest feat in eating ever re.
corded Is told OF man who commenced
by boiling door, after which he threw
up window, and swallowed u whole
story. li..
The saddest thing in life Is tho specta-
Gle afforded by a young person who has
burnt all her hair off her forehead with
a hot slate pencil, and cannot afford to
buy row Of curls.
The cavaliers, during the protectorate,
were accustomed in their libations to
put crum Of bread into glass Of wine,
and before they drank 1t, say: "God
send this Crumwell down."
No Irishman ever made greater bull
than the English lawyer who drew up M
indictment charging that the prisoner
killed man with o certain wooden in
strument called an iron pestle. !,
Epitaphs were discussed before fellow
Of twenty five, who thought theywere too
complicated, and gave the following as
what he would like to have on his tomb:
+" JOHN THOMPSON, 1950.1950."
Mrs. j.. J. Astor recently sent $3.50 to
a children's aid society, to pay tho fares
Of iifty.nine homeless boys to the West.
The little fellows started, after being
comfortably clothed and well fed, under
one OF tho agents Of the society.
Tho Naragansett Indians at ollarles-
town, R. l., held their annual town
meeting few days ago. The method
Of election consists in placing the two
candidates some distance apart, after
which the members Of tho tribe divide
with the two men, and those in the ma
iority arc declared successful.
| A physician OF sayloryille, In, who
was made the victim OF first Of April
hoax, by receiving o summons from o
fictitious patient and travelling consid-
erable distance In haste to answer II,
turned the tables on the jester by send
ing in TO him a bill for professional ser
vices, and compelling payment, with
costs, by process Of law. ~
| A smart young Bostonian offers to
wager q considerable amount on his
spelling. He says you can give him any
word in the English language, in COM
mon use, or obsolete, technical, or other
wise, and he will spelli correctly the
first time. Almost any smart New
Yorker can do the same. q It I" is not o
difficult word to tackle orthographically.
Arsenic out West is considered as n
remedy for hog cholera, and carelessness
in using the poison frequently produces
distressing accidents. Recently at Camp
Chase, Ohio, mother aud ten children
nearly lost their lives by eating bread in
which arsenic, purchased as q medicine
for stock, had become mixed. Tho
drug was left lying loose on a,slielf In
the pantry. 9iI ei'l " t9.st fl
There Is not drinking saloon in
lHutchins, Iowa. There used to be four,
but tho widow Of man who froze to
death after getting drunk in them sued
the proprietors, and gained q verdict oi
S2,s0O against each. The liquor busi'
ness Is becoming Improbable in 1owa
since tho passage OF the civil damage
law. A similar law exists in New York,
but Is seldom enforced. ual
! A convict in the neutrality-suspicious.
who has been regarded as q dumb idiot
for the two years during which he has
suffered incarceration there, succeeded
In eyading The vigilance OF his keepers
! the other evening, stole suit Of clothes
and some money, and escaped! When
he was recaptured q few hours aiterward
, he lad, in some singular manner, re-
, covered both his speech and his reason.
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