South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1875-06-11

ported into this country from France G.
very year. but more this season than ey.
or. for the purpose of adding to wrcathcs
of artificial flowers for bonnet trimmings.
DIR. Henry rAnson and T. r. Wal.
lace. OF Dmwiddie county, Va, the for
mer a prominent citizen, have been ar.
rested on the charge of highway robbie
~, and have confessed their guilt.
The grand essentials to happiness
I'M this life arc something to do, some.
thing to love and something to hope for.
What men want, says Bulwer. is
not talent, il is purpose; in other words.
not the power to achieve, but the will
TO labor.
Success is full of promise till men
get it, and then it is last years nest,
from which the bird has flown.
The agricultural statistics OF Ire.
land for 1874 show an increase i'm the
quantities Of agricultural products. al
though a decrease in the acreage under
crops compared with 1873. The mum.
Der of emigrants who left Irish ports in
1874 was 74,779, decrease of 1928
when compared with 1879
First cousins were married in Otto.
wa county, Kanas. last week. When
the relationship was discovered the Judge
and minister waited on the parties, read
the law TO them, and informed them
that they must consider themselves un.
married.
When lIindoo priest is about to
baptize an infant be utters the following
beautiful sentiment: Little babe. thou
enterest the world weeping, while all
around thee smile; contrive so to live
that thou mayst depart in smiles while
all around thee weep"
"A correspondent at Keokuk June.
ton, ILL.,, mentions n wind grist milp'
which has been in successful operation
for seventeen months. 1t has three run
of burrs, and wind-wheel seventy feet
in diameter at cost of $4,000, includ-
ing complete furnishings for Touring.
CURIOUS LITIeATIoN.-Ac curious liti-
cation is going on in bloomington, Ill.
About thirty years ago, one Stephen
Griffith had some 800 head of cattle
and the same number OF hogs. Corn
was high, stock on the decline, and Ste.
phen, in deadly fear Of losing all his pro-
perty, entered into covenant with God
that If He would help him out Of the diff
ficulty he would make over all the prop
erty he might in future acquire, above
enough to support him, to the Lord
During his life he gave away almost ST.
100000 to various religious and chart
table institutions. When he died. at
the age of eighty. he was thought to be
insane, for he had previously conveyed
property valued at Sl50.000 to the Or.
phan Institute in Flat Rock. Ohio. the
Freedman's Aid Society, the Christian
Union, the American Bible Society, the
Tract, and the Church Extension Socie.
ty. These convcyances his heirs pro-
pose to set aside.
LoCK-JAw.-A few days since q little
daughter, about ten years of age, of Mr..
Robert Cochran, picked a wart on her
finger so as to make it bleed, which was
followed by an attack Of loclI.jaw. She
was in critical condition for several
days, but is now out of danger.-Staun.
ton indicator.
EGGs.-Eard boil one dozen eggs /:
slice them in thin rings. Have ready
n piateful Of grated bread crumbs. In
the bottom of large balling-dish place
layer of crumbs, then one of the eggs !:
cover with bits of butter and sprinkle
with pepper and salt. Continue thus
to blend these ingredients until the dish
is full; be sure, though. that the crumbs
cover the eggs upon the top. Over the
whole pour a large teacupful Of sweet
cream and brown nicely in a moderate
ly-heated oven.
A farmer, named Hite, living n short
distance from Morgantown. recently
caught an extraordinary owl with fish.
hook and line. baited with rabbit meat.
The bird measured five feet across its
back, from "tip TO tip
The Washington pa Eganiner
says that during the past few months
Mr. Robert Perrine OF Cross Creek sold
twenty head of two-year old ewes Mt $50
per head. and one-half interest in a stock
ram at $3.50.
"A remarkable case Of Somnambu.
ism occurred at Murfreesboro. Tenn.
a few evenings since. One Of the young
lady students OF the w. +. College du.
ring the night got up from her bed. threw
over herself loose wrapper. and start
ed down town. She went into his room
and laid down on lounge. Il greatly
surprised and frightened the colonel
though he knew something was wrong
and did not modest the sleeping beauty.
Soon the Rev w. g.. Starr was inform.
ed where the girl was, and went after
her. He took her back 20 the college
and carried her 20 the bedroom and en-
sconced her in bed and left the room
The young lady, on awakening next
morning knew nothing Of where she had
perambulated or anything about her
nocturnal Weldon Sentinel.
Here is a question for hair.split.
ters. a correspondent Of one Of the
metropolitan journals states that he re.
Gently prepared n package for the mail
aud on weighing it found that it requir.
Ell just seven postage stamps Of the three
cent denomination, but after putting on