The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1875-03-15
Gbe gemptrat.
Items Of Interest.

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Old time rocls-Rocking the cra-
die.
How to signal bark-Pull a dsg's
tail.
A good excuse for borrowers-Its
Lent.
Benjamin franklin wus printer, and
he said: my son, deal only with men
who advertise"
A young man has sued his barber for
cutting of his mustache. The barber
says hO didn't Sec it.
Gentlemen who talk incorrectly are
tho ones who make the largest fuss il
they are not reported correctly.
Samuel W. Allen of Nevnda is believed
to be tho greatest herdsman in tho world.
His ranch is eighty miles long, aud he
owns 225,O00 head Of cattle.
The Sultan Of Turkey is in the enjoy
ment Of M income of ten millions OF
dollars year, and his entertainments Nre
fabulous for their splendor, variety and
quantity.
The man WHO predicted mild and
open winter, because tho hair on squir-
rels tails were not Us thick MS usuNl, had
his ears frozen four inches deep the other
morning.
The other day the town clerk of Fair,
port, ILL.,, advertised that "all persons
not having licensed dogs must call on tho
undersigned within thirty days and oh.
tain one"
The commerce of Francc is passing
beyond any period in its history. The
exports and imports Of 1874 amounted
to over 81 500, 900, 900, largely exceeding
amy former year.
Since tho suspension Of specie pay-
ments in 1862, tho StAteo Massachusetts
has paid for premium on gold to meet
its liabilities up to January l, 1876, the
sum Of 3, 2,0l7, ,7G3.G7.
Mrs. Jepson, who lectures in and
around Boston, was born deaf and dumb.
From girlhoOd she has gradually acquired
the faculty of hearing and speaking, till-
til now there aro only few letters which
shG cannot utter distinctly.
Seldom in tho national history Inns
there kecn no general release Of old
stngcrs from the cares Of public life. OF
the twenty-five Legislatures III Which
elections have been held, only four haYo
returned the present Senators.
Tho hunting for Indians skulls and
thigh-bones OH the plains is reported to
DO very profitable business, The skulls
Nre worth Sl.95 for combs, and the thigh
Of the red man makes knife.hmdles that
aro equal to ivory in appearance.
A French traveller arrived in Paris tho
other day from the Cape Of Good Hope,
bringing with him diamond largcr mud
more beautiful than tho cele6rated Re-
gents diamond. II in Of the prlrest
water, and is worth more than 81, 400, 900.
It was found in nn old abandoned mino
called tho Devils Table.
1t is said TINT kerosene and nts have
no affection for each other. The lterO.
scne is not particularly sensitive, but tho
ruts arc, aud refuse to live in the Bamo
cellar or shed where kerosene is kept. a
great quantity Of kerosene is not ncces.
sary, rs they only require stealy Odor
Of It for brief season to bO looking up
another boarding-house.
David Crockett, after returning homo
from his first trip to New York, gave his
backwools audience his idea Of tho first
gentleman IN the metropolis: "Phlip
Hone is tho most gentlemanly man in
New York, boys, and I'll tell you how 1
know it. When he asks You to drink hc
don't hand you glass-ho puts the de.
cGntor Oh the table, aud walks OF to the
window and looks ont until you havo
finished"
Gibbs, Of HOlona, Colombo, is Il muir
lerer whohas escaped conviction through
a legal mibble. Thirty vigilAntes sur
rounded his house in the night and com
manded him to como out to be hung Ho
refused. They set fire to tho house.
When the flames had grown too close for
longer stay inside, Gibbs sprang sud-
denly out OF window with revolver i'll
each band, and began firing rapidly ut
his R9sailants. Three Of them were
killed, two wounded, and tho rest fled,
leaving coil of rope beLind them.