The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1875-09-09
Odd Notes.

How did Queen Elizabeth take her pills p
In CIDER. ,-.t.tas. ..as sl
Cotton will be king at the south again this
fall. ..,.a LAR
Fourteen million postal cards were used In
July.
Speaking OF the Israelites, were they not to
the manor born?
Married tourists should avoid the ssTFn''
Mountain house. "a &
The extra sleep obtained by the use OF a
mosquito bar is so much net gain.
Moody, the Evangelist, wears striped stock
ings of lavender and red.
g Old Santa Anna is still as fond of cnck fights
as ever, but lie doesn't bet quite as high.
Boyton is writing for the English magazines.
That ought to keep 'em atloat.
People who go to the salt water 90 to tho
beach. Those who go to the mountains. 90 to
Beecher.
s.As between a cucumber and a Watermelon"
says a Western editor, give us brandy and
Water.'
They say that the Ticonderoga farmers havc
converted their church into cheese factory
Where's Moody?
No well-bred gentleman will spit on the car
pet of q lady's paror while there is a vase with
in reach Oh the mantle-piece.
Joaquin Miller is said to have immortalized
Miss Soldene, all except her mouth which he
omitted for want Of space.
TO sip the springs, drink at the bar, and
liquidate at the desk, is the hard routine of
those who tarry at the watering place resorts.
Chicago. during the year ending July ],
drank f5,000,000 glasses OF lager beer-cnough
to have put oat the great fire, il properly APP
piled. a a
Two entcrprising woman are about to START a
barber-shop i'll Titusville, Penn. BY hanging
out spare stocking Of the period they have
put mp first-class sign at 2 trihing expense.
A, Boston man didn't borrow lantern to
look all over the Common for cent because
Of the intrinsic value of one -penny-le
thought it was a two cent piece.
When freedom from her mountain Ieiohtun-
furled her standard to the air, her skirts. pin
ned back so very tight, made her appear ex-
ceedingy spare.
These are cooler nights, and most people
who sit on the piazza till late in the evening.
conclude that ids aboud tibe do ged Inside al
90 do bed.
Gen. Tom Thumb is making trip along tho
New England coast in II handsome yatch which
he OWNS. He landed at New Bedford last Sum
day and attracted considerable attention in tho
streets. ~
All the great hotels at Saratoga are arranged
with the ladies' parlor at one end and the bar
at the other. This is in order to drive the men
to eNtremites, no matter which horn of the Iii
lemma they Iray choose.
Anything white seen at the windows of the
Presidents cottage at Long Bl:. ch is taken
for the ''Sartoris baby,,'aand. al. the ladies in
sists upon it that the towel, or anything else
it happens to be, ''looks the image of his
papa"
K There is q present resident i'll Dublin great
niece Of the poet Goldsmith, Il very aged wo-
man (she is now S. years of age) suffering from,
il-health and extreme poverty, her whole
maintenance being weekly allowance OF four
shillings from 2 charitable fund
Thomas e..
Sllearman he L's-.-.5
Said he would represent II. w. B.
And Mrs. r. II. L.
In London; and the way he has done it
Makes every church-gong woman. shake her
bonnet.-Neao York San.
A man who had a spite against {. neighbor.
took advantage of the later's t.g8th and burial
to write On his tombstone with red chalk, the
following epitaph: aa
"Here lies his body. For his soul,
You'll have to search deeper hole!"
Aiken has colored debating society. The
following are the latest questions discussed
(which is the most beneficial, the horse or tho
cow?'' and (which is the most useful to the
white man, the negro or the North American
Indian?" After long and animated debate, tho
umpires-decded i'll favor Of thu negro and the
cow.
A shocking Illustration of the baby farming
business has been developed at Rochester. n.
Y. A woman admits that three our of four
babies brought to her for board died within
five weeks. She says ''they are taken from
their mothers so young they cannot be expect
ed to live.' A very poor excuse
John I. Taylor, grandson CT ex-PresiIent
Taylor and one OF General Sherman's staff off,
GERS during the war, has been held to bail in
$4,000 for robbing the mail while postmaster at
Labigne, Kansas.