The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1875-09-20
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DEPOSITS OF silver OF extraordinary
richness ut Rifle river, Mich, are re-
ported.
A clergyman Mt Pittsheld, Conn.,, has
declined to marry couple because the
groom couldn't repeat the Loras
Prayer.
An exchange defines club to be M
organization effected by men for the
purpose Of paying dues and securing tho
privilege of buying liquor Mt n particular
bar.
The city court Of Louisville recently
decided that newspaper men have a rlShI
TO carry deadly weapons, II deemed
necessary for self.defence while IN tue
discharge Of journalistic duties. Susges-
tive.
The last We have heard from Ben
Butler, SAYS the Boston Ncscs, is his
reply to man who asked him what no
was going to do in the coming campaignf
"Tm going to see il tho l. fools
will let me Alone
In Nevada the Inv imposinga tax o:
s4O0 every three months On every gam
bling place has been susta ined by sll-
preme court decision. The effect, 1t IS
anticipated, will be to close the small
places and extend the business oi tho
large ones.
"What is ratio I" asked professor
Of student, who replied I" Ratio, sir
ratio is proportion" "And what ispro-
portion !" Is Proportion, sir why, pro.
portion is ratio" And pray, sir, what
arc both togethcri' Excuse me, Sir, 1
can answer but one at time
Bees have become so numerous and ag-
gressive in Brownsville, Texas, that en-
ergetic efforts have become necessary to
rid the place OF them. They took pos
session OF stores where sugar and molas-
ses were kept, stung everybody who
tried to drive them away, and stayed I'M
til smoked out.
A Pittstield (ATass.) paper tells OF
directory canvnsser who stuck his head
into Senator Dawes Office, the other
day, and asked: "What business IS
carried on here, sir" Tho Senator
looking up from his law book, replied:
Writing recommendations for Office,
and resumed his work.
In the Canary isles tho vine ran out,
and that was the end OF Canary wine.
Then they raised cochineal, and now tho
soil is exhausted for good qualities OF
that article. So they have tried tobnc-
co, and that will in future be their great
crop, and they will apparently produce
an article finer than ever before known.
Rosie Cotterman, aged ten, u little
German girl OF Bloomington, ILL.,; brave
ly stood in the way OF an infuriated COW
till she had put four or five smaller chill
lren over a fence. Her clothing was
almost all ripped from. her and she was
badly bruised, but the mayor and police
force, rs they descended from the lamp
posts and telegraph poles, were loud Ill
praise Of her courage.
As q proof OF the confidence OF wild
fowls, it may be well TO note that pho
tographer at Alexandria bay, OIL the st.
Lawrence river, this summer, photo
graphed n ruflled grouse on her nest,
placing the instrument within few feet
OF her. After her eggs had become
Matched some workmen proceeded to
build summer kitchen near the nest,
but took great care not to disturb her,
and in course OF time she became so
tame tint she declined to leave her
most.
The extent to which black silks are
weighted in the process OF dyeing is III
credible. "A silk dyer ;" writes to the
Scientific american, inclosng n skeln
of black silk, onc-half Of which, he says,
is silk, the other half being chiefly iron
added in the bath by chemical agents.
These silks will not wear well but rs
silk is sold ut retail by measure, and not
by the pound, unless adulteration adds
to tho length it is difficult to see who is
the gainer by this fraud. How arc we
to tell weighted silks 7
An amusing story is told Of Governor
Bagley, Of Michigan, who is good Sab
batarian. He was lately in Detroit on
Sunday, and, passing q billiard hall with
some friends, heard the balls clicking as
If it were week day. He politely in
quired of the proprietor if he made
practice OF keeping his hall open on
Sunday, aud wls astonished when the
man replied: "No, governor, not rs
general thing; but if you and your
purity wish to play n quiet game l guess
l can fix it for yon."
A. P. Rogers, OF Anoka, Mimi, writes
to the Pioneer Press in regard to the
history of William Morgan. He states
that his father was n missionary in the
wilderness Of northern Maine fromabout
1880 onward, and visited all the settle
ments in that district; that one day he
came upon cabin in the woods inhabit'
ed by solitary man; lie subsequently
often saw this man, whom he thought
he knew, and whom lie eventually recog-
nized rs Morgan. lie had known Nor
gan earlier in life. Morgan finding him.
self recognized left the neighborhood
secretly.
The schooner Wyoming, Of Glouccs.
ter, Mass., on trip to the banks was ut.
tackled by q swordtish in tho night. He
struck tho vessel with great force, and
succeeded in putting his sword through
one Of her planks some two feet, aud
after making fearful struggles to extri.
cate himself, broke his sword OF, leav'
ing it fast in the plauking. It is fortu-
nate that he did not succeed in drawing
out his sword, rs the aperture would IN.
tloubtcdly have made leak sufficient
To sink the vessel. As it was she leaked