South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1875-09-17
Odds and Ends.


used in July.
Large quantities Of wild pigeons
are in the vicinity Of Oakland. Md.
Tennessee has been State seven.
ty-ninc years, and the western section
has never produced United States
Senator.
The Sugar and Molasses crop Of
Louisiana last year was one OF the lar.
gest on record ll6.S67 hogsheads OF
sugar and li,5l6,S2S gallons of molass-
es, and this years crop is expected 10
exceed il. a similar report is made of
this years rice crop. which is estimated
at l0i,963 barrels, and cotton will pro-
badly do as we'll
MIR. Bumpass, Tennessee farmer.
was struck by lightning one day last
week, while plonghing. 4 cloud coin.
pletely encompassed him. and it was
dark rs midnight. Then light skexe
the brightness of the sun, the Thunder
pealed and he became unconscious. On
returning to consciousness he found that
his horse was gone. the plough shivered
into atoms, and himself weak and pow
erless. His left shoulder was bruised
and paralyzed, his left hip bleeding, and
the sole of his left foot shorn of its flesh.
and the foot itself perfect wreck.
"A father, fearing an earthquake i'm
the region of his home, sent his two sors
to distant friends until the peril
should be over. A few weeks after. the
father received this letter from his
friend: "Please take your boys home
and send down the earthquake"
Holmes remarks on the wonderful
provisions of nature. There is not even
left narrow crevice under flat rock
without thin black bug prepared by
Providence to fill it. IL is the same
way when vacancies occur in official 20.
sitions.
Most men like to see themselves
in print; ladies prefer TO see themselves
in silks and vclvets.
In recently published life ofJohn
Howard Payne, author of the song.
"IIomc, Sweet Home" he says that he
first heard the song, in Italy. peasant
girl being the singer. The melody
struck his fancy. and entering into con-
versation with the girl, he asked her for
the name of the song. She did not
know; but Payne, being something of
musician, requested her to repeat the
air, which she did, while he dotted down
the notes rs we'll as he could The
plaintivc air continued to run i'm his
head' till finally he wrote the words Of
"llomc, Sweet Home" to suit it, sent
both to q competent musician, and they
were fitted TO each other. The poem.
rs originally written. contained only two
stanzas. The author subsequently made
material changes in these two stanzas,
and added two more.
Mushrooms and toadstools are very
confusing objects in fields 1t is impor-
tant to know the difference between
them, but it takes years to find out. and
authorities differ. The only sure test is
to eat one. If you live, it is mush.
room. yon die, it is toadstool.
On one Of the railrods in Nevada.
it has been found necessary to shorten
the rails. rs the suns heat, expanding
them, caused them to spread.
In New York City, last week. IA
inch wall. sixty.five feet In height and
sixty in length, was moved eighteen
inches. by means of screwjacks. without
disturbing brick. The weight of the
wall exceeded 270 tons.
TIE BIGGEST SNAKE SToRY YET.-l
Some time ago Mr.. Robert Williams,
near this place, heard one OF his wife's
ducks making noise "A if something
was after IL ; he got out of bed and went TO
where she was, but could not see or hear
anything. He went the second time.
but with the same result. He told his
wife he guessed the ducks had gone era. |
w. Next morning he went to where the
old duck was sitting upon her eggs, un-
der n brush pile, and, imagine his as
constituent, when he saw n large black !
snake coiled up under the duck. His
snakeship having swallowed twelve
eggs. Mr. Williams cut his head off.
cut it open, took tie eggs out and pla.
ced them under the duck, and eleven Of
that dozen eggs Matched. Mr.. Williams's
word is rs good rs his bond.-O.gen. ". ]
g., Necs.
A WoNDERFUL NEoRo.-It would
seem improbable If not impossible for
such 70 he the case, but n reliable gen.
tleman informs us that there is n negro
ut Blacksburg. (as will attest hundred
citizcns,) who drinks at pleasure a pint
and half Of Kerosene oil, and will, in
addition TO this wonderfully foolish per.
Torrance. cat at the same time. the heads
from box Of matches. This, we are
told, produces an Intoxicating effect up.
on the darkey, who usually INDUCES in
the delightful pastime every Saturday
evening. the effects Of the unwholcsome
draught remaining upon him until the
Monday following. Our informant saw
the negro do this. who will also allow
person TO drive n pin at will into the
flesh OF his arm or leg Wwhecile I'm.
teTprise.
A number Of Cinnamon went into
their cemetery at Antioch, California.
to offer up burnt sacrifice 20 their gods.
Their burnt ofrcriucr 6seurroI ,,,,.o.,.... I