The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1875-05-24

May, 1875, has FIVE Saturdays, FIVE
Sundays and fye Mondays. 81,
"oh, my dear wife," said John
Henry, as he paid the milliner's bill.
Whom first We love, you know, we seldom we'd.
limo nles.us all. And life, indeed, Ia not
Tho thing wS planned II out ere hopOwas dead;
And then, We women cannot choose our lot.
Massachusetts, has another inebrinte
asylum. Bad men agree TO furnish the
inebriates as fast as good build the
asylums. a.
Hydrate Of chloral as stimulant is
taking the place OF opium, hasheesh,
ETC., in England, and To- some extent In
this country. It kills in about three
years on m average.
There is monastery in Turkey inhab'
tied by twenty-three monks, who have
not seen woman since infancy, and ono
OF them tells On interviewer that he can
form no idea what q woman Is like
A promising young tinancter has Just
been expelled from the Paris Bourse.
He was only twenty-five years Of Age,
but he made up for his extreme youth
by having a deficit Of 100000 francs.
A fiye.year.old girl had her hair cut
few days ago, and was seen digging q
hole in the garden, and on being asked
what she was doing, said II am plant,
ing this hair 10 make little child grow"
Advices from the Persian gulf state
that intense cold las prevailed there.
Seven persons had died OF exposure near
Bassorah. All the roads were blocked
with snow, and rendered impossible for
traffic.
An Atchison Kan.) girl ate four
pounds OF wedding cake in order that
She might dream Of her future husband.
And now she says that money wouldn't
hire her to marry the man she saw In
that dream. pzlp
They have introduced German into
the public schools Of Baltimore. One
German stood in tho door and said to the
teacher: "If dot poy Hans comes home
nit some more plisters on his hans l
shall raise dunder !"
An important company has been form
cd in England TO import live cattle from
iTexas to,{hat country, with capital Of
f25, COO, 600. They will take ! 900 head
at n load, and load the returning ships
with immigrants at low rates OF fare.
We don't take much stock in contll-
drums generally, but the fellow who got
this up deserves silver medal: Why is
newspaper like toothbrtishi Because
every ono should have one OF his own,
and not be borrowing his neighbor's.
The lady sophomores Of Ann Arbor
College haze the freshmen terribly. Ono
Young fellow is confined to his bed in
Consequence Of an injury received by
being grabbed OF by one Of those girls
as he was passing through dark hall.
Tho Toledo Bladc clears It's throat
and calmly remarks that many men will
patiently sit for hours, waiting for m
adversary to mako move on checker
board, who will fly into o passion Il COM
pelled to whit ten minutes for their din
ner.
states that since the beginning Of the
I3eecher trial cases Of eye diseases haye
been unusually frequent, and in every
case which came under his knowledge,
the patient Ind been sitting up nights
reading tho trial reports.
Now, my son." said q father to his
tllree-year.older, stake this castof'oii,
or out YOU 90 through the window"
HBoo.hoo.hoo," said tho little man,
after applying the point OF the spoon for
n moment to his lips. "Me cant tako
| Il. papa. Fo' me out do winner T.
This question was lately put to Q can;
didate for position In the English ciyil
seryice GWhat is the distance Of the
ann rom tle earthf" The reply made
was tl,at ho couldn't tell the exact differ
ence, , Int he didn't thirlk 1t was near
enongh to interfere with his duties as
post. office clerk.
Prof, Baird is to have m entire build
inc nj tl,o Centennial devoted exclusively
10 an exhibition Of fish and fish culture;
He will exhibit upward Of six hundred
master casts Of food fishes peculiar TO
the coast Of America. The display WI
also include models Of every descrlpson a.'1
Of fishing.stnack boats, setnes, nets, III, t.iu
ali the paraphernalia used IN the catcn-
Ing, caring for and curing Of fish.
In Detroit q servant girl who had 90
c1rsd rs % a place, was called before the mis-
tress. who said "Now, Hattie, my
husband Is little eccentric, and he my
come home and upset the table, or KICK ,t
over the stove. II he does, you mustn't
INV ANYTHING to the neighbors, as he
means we'll" When the girl left next
ilay. the eccentric husband was trying to
mt his wife through window lbecatise
| she run him in debt for apair OF shoes.
A little fellow Just big enough TO talk,
and not big enough to know much, was
found in the street yesterday weeping
bitterly. A kind.hoArted gentleman,
stopped and endeavored TO find out
where he lived. The youth could not
tai The name Of his iather, mother or
ANYBODY else, until, as q last resort, tbs
interlocutor asked him where he got MS
candy, when he frightened up and I'M
hesitatingly designated his confectioner,
who identified the lost boy and took HIM
home.
A Boston lady while in Paris, two
years ago, sent letter 10 her sweet.
heart, ship captain, addressing It 70 e
st. Helena. II missed the wanderer anu
followed him about the world, finally re-
turtline 10 Paris, where the captains
banker forwarded it to Boston, u
reached him ono evening as he WIS
Lonncing a six-weeks,.Old baby OH his
knee, le having married the writer OF
tho letter year ago. That letter
ss,,tjt,t hnva foilowed him more persist