South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1875-06-04

ing currants measuring one and three.
fourths inches in circumference.
All bachelors are not entirely lost
to the refinement of sentiment, for the
following toast was given by one of
them at public dinner The ladies,
sweet briars in the garden of life.''
THE fact is" said an elderly wife.
"a man doesn't know how to strengthen
up things. He does not know how TO
commence. II don't wonder" she re.
marked in conclusion, that when God
made Adam, he went right to work and
made woman TO tell him what to do.'
"A railroad train in Michigan broke
down, recently. and the passengers n.
lighted. Among them was an old Gen.
tleman who. to all up the time. wandered
Off to an adjacent house. There he on.
eoanterec an old fame OF his whom he
had not seen for years. Within few
days the couple were married.
Among the presents at a wooden
wedding in Allentown, Pa. the other
night, was an immense cake. This was
reserved for the last; and when thew
came TO cut it. they found il was only a
cheese box covered with iceing.
KILLING BEARs.-Polar bears are
caught In most cruel way by the Es.
quimaux hunters. They bend pieces of
stiff whalebone and freeze each into n
ball OF blubber; then they cntice the
Dear TO pursue them, dropping in his path
the frozen balls, which he stops to swal-
low. When the bludder-balls thaw with.
IN the poor beast, the whalebones spring
open and put an end to him.
HABIT.-'1 trust everything under
God,' said Lord Brougham, ito habit
upon which, in all ages, the lawgiver, as
we'll as the school-master, has mainly
placed his reliance; habit, which makes
everything easy, and casts all difficulties
upon the deviation from wonted course.
Make sobriety habit, and intemper.
ance will be hateful; make prudence a
habit, and reckless profligacy will be as
contrary to the nature Of the child, grown
or adult, as the most atrocious crimes
are to any of your lordships. Give n
child the habit OF sacredly regarding the
truth; of carefully respecting the prop.
erty Of others of scrupulousiy abstain.
ing from all acts of improvidence which
can involve him in distress, and he will
just as likely think Of rushing into an
element in which he cannot breathe, as
OF lying, or cheating, or swearing"
| "A curious instance of the conta.
giousness of fear was shown on a large
scale in Strauss's corset factory at New
Haven, Connecticut, few days ago. A
number of the girls employed began
talking about the frequency Of sudden
deaths. and became quite sober in their
conversation, when one OF them. more
lively than the rest, to change the SUBJ
ject, placed a small land turtle, which
she had found somewhere, upon the
| bench OF her neighbor, who, seeing 1t,
was so startled that she tainted away.
This circumstance, coupled with their
former conversation, had such an effect
upon the girls that, one after another.
they fell into deathlke stupor, until
seven of them were stretched upon the
| moor. One of the men, too, though evil
IDENTIFY struggling against the contagion.
also succumbed, and the foreman, be-
coming alarmed, sent all hands from the
room and shut down work for the day.
When going up stairs a gentleman
should always prece lie lady, but when
coming down he should allow her to
pass first.
That was practical sort OF chris.
tianity which the Rev. Mr.. Williams. an
old time minister at Dudley, Mass, is
said to have taught. 1t is related OF
him that when midway in his sermon on
/ a sultry Sunday, he heard the sound of
distant thunder, he glanced out of the
window once or twice, stopped preach
ing, and remarked: Brethren, observe
that our Brother Crosby is not prepared
for the rain. / think it our duty to help
our Brother Crosby get in his hay before
the shower" Stepping down from the
pulpit. he went with several Of the breth
rem to the bayfield,, and worked there
for half an hour. when the hay was hous.
ed. Then returning TO the church. he
! took mp the thread of his sermon where
he had left II, and preached right through
TO his "fifteenthly" and finally" with.
out an Bait. SIN.
We have been told by n man inst
from Montgomery county, Va. that a
large vein Of silver ore had been found
in Brush Mountain, in that county. near
blacksburg. specimenso Of which had been
tested, and found TO contain large per
cent. OF pure silver or the finest quality.
- FiHcaStlc Heraid.
"A fellow in Kentucky ran away
with farmers daughter and horse and
was hotly pursued. The farmer got
within close range, and Gourished re-
volver. Don't shoot, for heavens
sake J" shouted the lover. III won't"
was the reply. "cause I'm afeared I'll hit
the boss. Just leave Their boss and take
the GAL That compromise was accepted
by the young folks, who walked on TO
n preachers house, and the father rode
home on his horse.
The cows Of Attorney, according
to recent visitor % that island. are
MIXED three times a day. and the milk
- churned without skimming. They
are fed on grass and vraie, the latter
being seaweed, and are kept much OF