Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1875-12-04
Editorial Brevitfes.

The women of Wyoming beat John
]. Clarke out of political nomination
because he perpetually wore red neck
tie and walked bowlegged.
Didn't Kate Fields throw a pitcher
at a man in Cincinnati, who asked her
to be his social equal! Hay.
A Missouri woman aged seventy in
creased the population by one the other
day. It's something to ponder over.
A Cincinnati brewery has contracted
to furnish 10000 barrels of beer to the
Centennial visitors at Philadelphia.
Did You ever know country town
that hadn't the best brass band in the
Statei 1 9"
In Norway, the longest days are three
months; the morning papers are publish
ed quarterly.
The height of politeness-Running
against lamp post aud asking 1t 70
please excuse you. a
A cali has been issued for a meeting
of the Democratic State Executive Com
mittee, to be held in the city OF Wheel
ing on Wednesday, December 9Th 1873.
BENJAMIN Rontzahn, residing near
Haeerstown, raised $4,000 heado of cab
bage the past season, on which lie has
realized $500.
The first ten of our Presidents aver
aged seventy-eight years of life, yet
neither of the old men asked for third
chance.
The potato that took the blue ribbon
st the Salado (Texas) fair, measured
thirty-one inches around, and weighed
eleven pounds. 4
At Siam every man, woman, and
child is a smoker. Au infant was actu-
ally seen to leave the mothers breast
TO have a smoke. Doubtful
Mr.. Joseph ii. Taylor canal boat
man, and citizen of Williamsport,
died of small pox on his boat at Cum
berland, Md, on Tuesday last He
was about "a years of age and leaves a
wife aud one child to mourn bis loss.
]. Mortimer Kilgour, of Loudon
county, Va, recently SOLD tarky in
Washington city that weighed forty
five pounds, receiving $25 tor it.
We are reliably Informed that the
water will not be drawn off the CANA
until the 3Ist OF December, and that
navigation will be kept open until that
time unless a very heavy freeze closes
it.
Elijah +. Crout, prominent lawyer
of " est,ninster, Md, aged 55 years
fell dead while pleading at the bar last
week.
The Attorney General considers tina,
Ann Eliza Young violated the United
States statute iu marrying Brigham
and that she cannot avail herself OF hel
own wrong. That what we thought
Late accounts represent the condition
of Alexander Ii. Stevens health as such
that he will not be in Washington be
fore January, if at all this winter
Some young men are greedy enough
to wish it would thunder all the time
1t makes the girls curl down in their
laps, so cute like.
Figures wont lie, but cotton, whale
bone and old newspapers will make
them stretch the truth.
Make yourself an honest man, and
then you may be sure that there is one
rascal less in the world.
/ An historic flag, the one borne by
the Confederate steamer Shenandoah
during the war, is now on exhibition il
Richmond, Va. Long may l. wave.
Give boy market-basket of gro
ceries TO carry home ard he will swing
it across his spine, bend halt way to tn,
ground and groan with agony, but Civ.
him that weight of base ball bats and
he will skip along as merry as a potato
bug in ten-acrc lot.
AT the Moody and Sankey revival
services in Philadelphia, yesterday
prayers were offered for President
Grant. We reckon he needs them.
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