Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1875-03-27
Editorial Breyiffes.

"A fOUGHkEEfofb pqtSub ioeciy 80
ced q croupy yoppgster to make quite
hearty meal of buckwheat cakes and
s.maple molasses, but the latter prov
ed TO be nice syrup of squills. The boy
said he thought something allied the
molasses the very minute lis father
told him to eat all he wanted.
The Salem .Aduocats advises farmers
not to allow quails to be killed on their
farms, adding that gentleman In whom
we have implicit confidence informs
us that these birds live on chinch
bugs" The craws of many which he
opened he found to be filled with these
destructive little bugs.
Perhaps we ought not to mention
such things, says the Courier Journal, but
its hard to keep from thinking how diff
ferent the history of this country might
have been if U. s. Grant and Ben. But
Ter and Henry Ward Beecher had been
born girls.
The rage for ending female names in
the FRENCH sic" has come to dIsas-
trous conclusion in Oregon. A farm.
er named AXE christeped his eldest girl
Bell. She, adopting the style OF the
Mollies, Susies and Matties of the region,
got some cards printed "Bellie," and
now appears to distracted world as
Miss Belle AXE.
A Brazilian lady is creating a great
sensation in Paris. She has yellow
carriage, and the wheel hubs are OF sol
id gold. The servants connected with
the turnout number four-two in the
box and two in the rumble. The har-
ness is gold tipped, and the horses are
thoroughbreds.
"Calamities never come singly," or
words to that effect, is an old proverb,
and fully verified in these days. First,
We have the Beecher business, then the
grassphoppers in Kansas, then the
Democratic victories last fall, then the
civil rights bill, and now an increased
tax on whiskey and tobacco. What is
this country coming TOT
"I1l grandmother you, you internal
scoundrel is the remark that Mrs.
Morse made to Tilton ON one occasion,
according to Bessie Turner. Whatev-
err else may or may not be proven by
this trial, It is clear that Theodore had
bad case of mother-in-law.
On Monday night last the gauge OF
the North Carolina railroad for ninety
miles was cha nged between II o'clock
and daylight, to correspond with the
guage of the Atlanta air line. This
opens through line from New Orleans
to New York, and no change OF cars
between New Orleans and Richmond.
DR.. Leonidas Rosser, the great Vir'
GINA revivalist, is preaching at Raleigh,
n. c., with marked success.
Jesse Fouks, the murderer of the
Herndon family, was hanged at Brents,
vile Friday. The crime was commit
ted on the 4th of December last. FOuks
killed jeremiah Herndon and Mrs
Hcrndon and colored boy who lived
in the house, the motive being both re-
venge and robbery. He made full
confession before he died, and even de-
clined respite that was offered him.
The clerks office of the County OF
Weston was entered on Wednesday
night of last week, and robbed of many
important papers connected with civil
causes, some deeds of real estate, and
all of the indictments against criminal
offenders.
Robert S. Harnsberger, of Augusta
county, sold last week thirty-ive head
of cattle to purchaser for the New
York market at SOL per head. he
also sold to a Richmond purchaser
eight cattle at $40 per head, and eight
sheep at $3.50 per head. AT such
prices stock raising in Virginia ought
to pay.