South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1875-07-23
Odds and Ends.

a badger.
!! The richest barks Of coral. and the
most beautiful specimens in the world.
are to be found Off the coast OF Algeria.
The Russian nation il said 10 sneak
the most languages. and to speak them
the best,
"A portion of the City Hotel in
Lynchburg. Va. fell in few days since
and buried in the ruins several occu.
pants. Tho accident occurred about
/ clock In the morning, One of them
lady, was killed; the others were bad.
~ injured. and one child is missing.
The California Chinese cure tooth.
ache by applying q coal of fire to the pa.
! TENTS foot.
The great error of amateur fisher
men is to suppose that TO cat ch fish makes
| the enjoyment. This is bosh. One does
| not so out for fish. but Cor wet panta.
looms and oxygen.
HAY FEvER,-The season for hay fe
YER is at hand. In letter to his son.in.
law, Sir Henry Holland. the renowned
humorist, Sidney Smith says: am suf.
fering from an old complaint. hay fever
the membrane of my nose is in such n
state of irritation that light dust. contra.
dlctlon, an absurd remark, the sight of n
dissenter, anything, sets me sneezing.
and when begin to snecze ut twelve. /
uon leave off till two, and may be heard
mt Baunton when the wind sets that way
"a distance Of six miles. Turn Your
attention to this little curse. If con.
sumption is too powerful for physicians.
ut least they should not let themselves
he bailled by such little upstart disor.
der as hay fever.
-Mcssrs. Hottie and Danner raised
one hundred and five bushels of wheat
on three and half acres. an average Of
so bushels per acre. This is the best n.
verage reported up to this time Wo.d.
stock Herdhl.
MIR. /. llite Bird, i'm taking n census
OF school children. took census of the
town. The number of inhabitants is
nine hundred and sixty-seven.-B.
Intelligent farmers inform us that
the quality of the wheat raised in Rock.
ingham this year is equal to any raised
since the war, while the yield, generally
is a very good one.-Rockingldm Reg.
IMMENSE GoURD.-We saw the other
day at Rev. Joseph Holcombs. near
Melrose, in this county, very large
gourd, 1t measured feet, 4 inches in
| circumference, 2 feet 5 inches in depth.
and held a bushel by exact measurement
1t was the largest article in that line we
ever saw.-Ib.
1t is reported that an iron mountain
n q Il 4
miles long, oTe-and-a-halfm mile wide. and
l,2OO feet above the level of Lake Su.
perior.
"A millionaire ofGranville, Wiscon-
sin, has recently made a will. in which
he leaves $4,000 to any incorporated
town or village in Wisconsin that will
not tolerate brass band.
ATTACKED BY SwALLows.-A sinru.
lar incident occurred on Monday of last
week, at Johnstown, this county. Mas.
ter Renwick, n son Of Daniel Smiths
went to an oil school house where there
are large number OF swallows nests,
when the old swallows made n simuIta
noous attack upon him, dasIlne in his
face, clinging to his hair i'm such nun.
bers as to eclipse the terrors Of an ezra
ged swarm of bees. Some friends who
happened TO pass rescued the Young
man from his singular predicament. since
which time the locality has terror for
all small boys. who now give il n wide /
berth.-GUTeh, MI, Uerad.
TIE MINERAL EXcrrEMENT.--We fear
this sensation will turn out something
like the Black Hills excitement. Upon I
interviewing Mr.. Rees. whom VIC learn. /
ed had put the ore in the crucible
out OF which was melted the metal
Inc states that he did not see the stuG
put IN as reported, but coming MP wit. 1
messed the pouring out. Afterwards. /
however, he tried some Of the same ore
in the same way, and got mir. A man
named Durham, one or tho discoveries
put the first ore in the crucible. and
there is one pewter spoon less in some. /
body's family. II might be n silver and I
lead mine, but--"we want no pewter in 4
ourn."--Keyser TrtJ,0e.
"A German correspondent OF tbe
London Guardian notes that the Gar
has a black dog which is popularity sun.
posed 20 have keen scent for wouId.bo /
assassins. "a friend OF mine. DOING the .
cure here Ems bad taken his nsnaI
morning bath, and was passing along
the corridor Of the bath establishment
when the Emperor and his satellite ap.
poared as the other end, NY friend
drew back to let the Emperor pass. and
the act seems TO have aroused the doo's
suspicion. for he made n grab nj him.
which took effect at the rear Of his con.
and the animal bounded or
joyfully with n sample Of British cloth
IN his possession. The Emperor came
up and examined the rent. and smiled
and departed. lie offered 10 syllable
Of apology"
An chronological poet ia CoHeys.
VILE Kan. Is inspired TO the following:
Should millions into millions multiplied be,
With ten million times tea million more.