The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1875-10-04
Items OF Interest.

Moonlight mechanics" is the Troy
Press latest name for burglars.
II makes great difference whether
glasses are used over or under the
nose.
"My husband" says n laly, lis tho
most even'tempered person III the world
he is always mad"
Thirty.Gve lives were lost OH New
Orleans steamers during the first half Of
this year, twcnty.onc by fire.
The youth becomes q man tho very
day he begins to feel uneasy at the idea
OF being dependent on another.
"The one thing" says JeNn Paul,
(Which lady most easily forgets is how
she looks-hence mirrors wc-e invented.
The too-sensitive chief Of police i'll
Portland resigned because n robber whom
he "wanted" not only eluded him, but
broke into and robbed his house.
A correspondent wants to know by
what authority We said that flies were of
the race Of Beelzebub. Doesn't every
body knew that Beelzebub is the father
OF fliesl
Lady-"well, Biddy, and how is the
toothache this moningt" Biddy-"1ts
yerself's the rale lady to think of poor
old Biddy; but sure, me lady, the pains
got SO dreadful used to me that 1 never
feel it now at all, at all1"
A Tennessee girl told n fellow she
would give him kiss il he would catch
her. She ran well till she got out Of
sight OF tho old folks, and then gave
in. This shows what Tennessee girl
will do when she's hard run.
Hezekiah Leland, who died in Angus
ta, was the hcshiest man in Maine. Ho
was thirty years old, and weighed three
hundred and fifty pounds. Tho coffin
iu which lie was buried was six feet long,
twenty inches deep, and thirty inches
wide.
Charles Dorr OF Orland, Me-, went to
Bangor to buy wedding suit. He re-
galcd himself on peaches md ale on his
wny home, from the effects Of which he
died the day set for his marriage, and
was buried in the clothes he bought for
his wedding.
Cider may be preserved sweet for
years, by putting it up in air-tight cans,
after the manner Of preserving fruit.
The liquor should be first settled and
rackcd of from the lrcgs, but fermenta-
ton should not be allowed to commence
before canning.
The other boys shouted, "boys be.
hind |" and it was astonishing how quick
the boy let go the tail gatc OF that bread
wagon and commenced making faces and
feeling for something in the seat OF his
brceches, MS the wagon went on without
him and the driver laughing.
"Finc cano you've got," said Crab.
apple to Shawneybaum. ayes. sir"
said Shawneybaum f.; ~ brought it from
Hengland." "What kind OF wood is it :"
said Crabapple. "Well, sir, it looks
like 'azel or iclkery, or You might take
it for helm; but, halter hall, it's only
hash!"
Kerosene flames are readily extiu-
guished by throwing cloth over them,
thus sitting them. But cloth is not al-
ways in tho kitchen, whero kerosene
accidents are most likely to occur.
Flour is recommended rs q substitute.
Thrown upon the flames, it quickly Gb-
sorbs tho fluid and deadens the flame.
The mule felt funny and playful, or
he wouldn't have upset the milk wagon,
kicked the cans full OF dust, split tho
milk all over the driver and gone homo
with the shafts and front axle.tree hang
ing to him. There is no true confidence
to be placed in mule. One may think
he's too lazy to kick and run, but he
knows more about himself than We do.
five knew the cares and crosses
Crowdins round our neShbor's way.
FIVE know the little losses
Sorely srievous DAY by day;
Would We then 30 often chldO him
For his lack OF thrift and gain,
Leaving on his heart shadow,
Leaving on our lives stain?
Excellent advice is given TO teachers
in the Brooklyn Journal Of Education
"If You cannot answer question point
edly and clearly when asked, soy so
think Of it until you can then, after
the lesson is recited, give the informa-
tion desired" Some teachers are afraid
to say frankly that they do not know
thing. Pupils soon find out their weak
ness.
A young man in Dallas, Texas, awoke
suddenly the other night to find n largo
snake in bed with him. For fcGr OF
provoking m attack. he lay still till
morning. when friend who came to
call him to breakfast killed the intruder.
Tie same room has been visited by
reptiles more than once before. In tho
spring three tarantulas were caught, and
about month ago n rattlesnaKe four
feet long was killed there.
The fashionable people OF Louisville,
Ky, habitually go to the theater only on
Friday nights. So fixed has this usage
become that on this evening OF every
week the house will not hold all who
come, and on others it is nearly empty.
This is not profitable custom for tho
manager, and during the coming season
he will endeavor to break it up by call
ing tho favored occasions "popular
nights for the people" and reducing tho
price OF admission.
During tho recen food on tho Wild.
cat river, in Indiana, resident OF Clin.
ton county awoke late one night to find
the ground floor OF his house entirely
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