The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1875-06-28
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Items Of Interest.

Why is q pig the most provident Of
animals9 Because he always carries o
spare rib or two about him.
Kansas teacher-"where does all Of
our grain product go tot" Boy-"1t
goes into the hopper" chopper
What hopperp "Grasshopper," tri-
umphantly shoutsthe lad,,
In Rome n law has been passed con-
demning persons guilty Of blaspheming
God, Christ or the Virgin and saints in
the streets to months imprisonment
for the first oflense and six months for
the second.
At Abilene, Kansas, is o wheat field
containing one thousand three hundred
acres covered with wheat in excellent
condition. The crop has been contract
cd for at s1.25 per bushel, and will prob.
ably bring 10000.
"Now where't my summer pants I"
yells the impatient husband, after q
fruitless hunt from cellar to attic; and
his wife timidly points to a pair Of
china Samuels on the mantelpiece and
meekly murmurs, "they were 50
cheap"
The report Of the secretary Of tho
American iron and steel association
shows that the falling off in tho con'
sumption OF iron in this country for tho
year 1874, rs compared with that Of
1873, was about 500, 900 tons, while tho
production was much greater than was
anticipated.
During sanitary survey recently in
Lincolnshire q man was found, 0gol
ninety.fiye years, who had been in tho
habit Of drinking n gallon Of beer be-
fore breakfast, another during the day,
aud few extra pints at night TO top of
with, and who had never been Ill a day
in his life.
This year the southern counties Of
California sent to San francisco $780,
900 oranges, 1000 lemons, and $4,000
lines. The consumption Of California
is about 10, 100000 orangesa q year, and
100000 are brought from Mexico and
the POcifc isles. p.A
Deaf and dumb mon don't stand much
show in Texas, anyhow. Recently,
while ono Of them was feeling in his
pocket for slnte pencil wherewith to
communicate his wants, q native shot
him in tho hand, on the suppositon that
he was getting out weapon.
Alady who loved Bulwer entered o
bookstore just rs ono Of the clerks had
t;lled large mt. .tI wish TO SEQ
what will Ee done with iti'" she said
to a boy behind tho counter. "Well,"
said the boy, "if you'll step to the
window, you will probably see him sling
1t into the back lot"
The man who drops poker because
the handle is warm, aud then carelessly
picksit up pagain by the end that is red
hot, generally gets about as much sym
pathy as the man who rushes to tho
newspaper office TO hive an explanation
published, aud finds when the correction
comes out that it's ten times US bad as
the original.
(. A Paris paper tells Of lady who Is IN
Producing a new era into furniture fasll-
ion. She Is having all her chairs, sofas,
and carriages stuffed with aromatic
herbs, which emit IN agreeable perfume,
and not too powerful, around the mir.
This fashion, II appears, Is Of Eastern
extraction, and is prevalent throughout
tho greater part Of Asia.
a shopkeeper purchased Of m Irish
woman q quantity OF butter, the Jumps
OF which, intended as pounds, he
weighed in the balance and found want.
ing. "Shure ISIS your own fault II
they arc light said Biddy, in reply to
the complaints Of the buyer, /" it's your
own fault, sir, for wasn't it with pound
Of your own soap bought here myself
that / weighed them With" Tho shop.
ket per had nothing more to say on TINT
subject. N ~
an old maid her age: "Thirty.onee,"
she replied. "ohol" calculated tho
questioner, increduously. fare you
married. /" "No, sir" she said.
W WAhal" was the second exclamation,
accompanied by o knowing leer. The
aged maiden glanced over his shoulder
into the book, saw that he Ind put her
down as fity.one, and IN instant later
he had more scratches and less hair than
when lo entered. r.1
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