South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1875-04-16

~ bh4 VI VIEW Il cTk Jfc1fof Tor adj
! vertising the sale of tho Virginia Peni-
tertiary. thirtyeight lines, thirty times,
amounts to St56.
Among the rulings" OF the United
States postofiice department are some
that read quecrly enough The postal
law does not exempt postmasters from
woraing ON thepublic roads" Ladies'
7 garters, in packages not exceeding l2
ounces, are subject TO q postage of two
/ cents for each two ounces. Packages
OF human hair not exceeding twelve
ounces in weight may be sent by mail
ut the rate OF two cents for each two
ounces" ~ husband has no right un.
der the postal law to control his wife,
I correspondence "Iloney-bees are not
! considered proper matter for transpor.
tstion by mall when q lady, holding
the position OF postmaster, marries and
changes hername, vacancy is created"
No comment can render this para
graph from an Iowa paper, more thrill
4 ing: "a couple in Pottawatomie coun.
I ty were married few days ago. but
when night came the happy groom abso-
/ luteiy refused to retire, and actually sat
/ up the entire night
/ -Whiio we hear reports from all sec
lions OF the State that the wheat is look.
! ing badly. we are glad to report that in
/ this section it ia looking we'll. There
has been considerable delay in prepar.
ing for the corn crop. Yet we have no
/ doubt our farmers will have their usual
acreagc.-jVooistock Herald, Aprl s.
A resident Of Milledgeyille, Geor.
| gia, who saw the recent whirlwind strike
the Oconee River says the water went
up, he thinks, hundred feet in the air.
and for q few moments the bottom of
the river whore the tornado passed was
laid bare, and the mud and soil was
blown into the tops of the trees.
The British Commissioners for the
Philadelphia Exhibition have sent cirou.
lars to 5000 persons ia Great Britain
who have taken part in exhibitions and
agricultural shows during the last seven
years, and also TO Chambers of Com.
merce and heads of municipalities
throughout the British Isles. The an.
swers already received indicate that Ire.
land and the north of England will be
represented at the Centennial Exhibi.
ton.
NINETEENTH CENTURY SUPERSTITION.
In the county Of Newton, eight miles
from Covington, three families reside
near together The first household con-
sists Of an oil maid and her widowed
mother; the second Of husband, wife
and two children; and the third of IN
old lady and son. So strongly has the
delusive idea implanted itself in the
minds OF the two latter families that Che
widow is witch and in league with the
evil powers, that they refuse to allow her
20 visit or borrow anything from their
houses. They say she had made witch
balls from hair gathered from the tail
OF trlcked COW, which, if rubbed against
! any article, will charm any one who
touches it. These people place horse.
! shoes over their beds and under their
! door-steps to kill the influence Of the
| Old womau's charms. They believe that
! she intends to bewitch the whole neigh
borhood and bring some plague upon its
! inhabitants. Silver bullets have been
nodded with which 10 shoot her in case
she intrudes upon the families at night
by creeping through the key-holes or
/ coming down the chimney, and silver
dimes have been nailod in the bottom of
the churn and well-bucllet to prevent r.
ny other evilinnGences.-C oUing,on Ca
Enterprise.
"A man named Thompson, living a
few miles out OF Fresno, Cal. is said 10
have lost q set OF false teeth very mys.
tcriously in 1865. and given them up as
stolen. About three years ago. % a 10.
| cal paper tells the story, he caught Sc
we're cold, and since then has been trOu.
bled with apainful cough. accompanied
I by frequent heinorrhage. and IL was fear.
ell that he was n victim OF consumption.
His physicians having pronounced his
case ineurable, be Travelled for SOME time
and finally settled down 10 die. A few
months since. however, IN one Of his
violent fits Of coughing, he elected from
his throot several pieces Of bony sub.
stance. The n7zt day some more were
thrown ont and then came 81 piece of
shiny lie medical advisors were
again summoned. md with their assist.
ane3 lie succeeded in relieving himself
or Che remaining fragments OF lis aes or
teeth, which 60 now appears be drew, h..
% his windpipc during sleep nearly
decade ago, anil has carried about with.
in him ever since.
Not long since. as Sch9harie n. y
o mouse clept into q beehive t. steal
honey. but vas caught ia Che act. and
slunE 70 dco'hby The irate bees. His de.
coJius body becoming offensive. and the
bees not being able 70 remove IL. they
set at wcrb anil sealed If w hernaticai.
u in wax envelope. 50 that not the