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The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1875-01-04
Object TO the Smell.

In tie winter Of 1S67.6S, while the
writer WIS u resident of Nebraska City,
Nebraska, young man from Missouri
protested "negro hater"-was part
proprietor Of one Of the two livery.stables
Of which the town then boosted. One
cold winter evening he was approached
by squad Of colored citizens, and in
terrogated rs to the charge for four
horse sleigh md driver for party who
wanted to go toR dance some eight or
ten miles down the river. He did not
relish the idea Of acting in the capacity
OF driver himself, and, rs he Ind no hand
with whom 10 WIS willing to trust his
only available team, he endeavored to
"bluff them or by naming M exorbi-
tant sum, cash in hand, As the answer to
their query, aud was not little nom
plushd by the prompt "All right, sab.
Hab EN- ready at half past seven. Here's
Sour money" N
His preiudices fairly overcome by the
pleasant Utilization OF the money in his
hand, he drove the party TO their des-
tination, hitchel and blanketed his team,
and took his seat In the hotise to await
the "liour for retiring"
The room was not large, the company
was, and the roaring cottonwood fire
soon shot the mercury away up into the
nineties, and the heat most oppressive.
White human nature could stand il no
longer, and Just rs he had finally dc.
terminod to 60 out to the sleigh, and roll
himself up in his robes in self.defense,
our Jehu was approached by the master
Of ceremonies, and asked in very
pompous manner, "Wouldyou hab my
objections to 60 into dc oddGr room md
set by do flrc.placel Do ladies objects
to do smell Oh do boss on your close"
The alacrity with which he complied
was only cqualed by the gusto with which
he told tho Joke on himself, always add
ing, "served me right for driving dc
gemmen, any WY"
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1875-01-04
A Curious Suicide.

The old story ola room with number
OF windows, one OF which disappeared
every day, and the room gradually con-
tracted until it crushed It's occupant to
ito death, evidently haunted the brain Of
n despairing Partisan ieweler who re-
Gently committed suicide. The unlucky
Frenchman, inconsolable for the loss Of
his better.half, became subject to n spe-
cies of somnambulism. He was accus.
toned to wear gold necklet, one Of his
late wiie's fayorite ornaments, anil he
used to say to his friends that the neck
lot daily grew smaller, and that his wife
was thus painlessly killing him, much 10
his joy. The fact was that the sonnam-
bulist rose every night and went in his
sleep down to his instruments, knocked
off the link OF necltlet, and put on the
fastening again. Next morning he found
the collar smaller, and, having no recol.
lection OF what he had done, attributed
the event to supernatural influence.
This continued for some time, when the
necllet grew 80 small that, in fastening
it on, the hapless widower literally gar
roted himself to death. W
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1875-01-04

A FRIGHTENED sruDESr.-A Paris
medical student has Just died insane,
having become 80 in consequence OF an
event that happened in the dissccting
room. His subject had been placed in q
sitting posture while frozen, and its right
arm was kept above its head against
gravity by the icy condition Of tho It's.
sues, and rs he worked, lost in his labor,
this arm came down and the cold hand
struck the student on the check. II was
clear upon investigation tllat the hot FIRE
made for the student Ind thawed the tis.
sues, but the impression made upon his
mind was too deep to DO removed by a
rational explanation.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1875-01-04

PosrA1 cARps.-A libel suit in Lowell
involves the question Of how much
is given, in the eyes Of the law,
TO mRtter printed on postal card and
sent through the mil. The defendant
wrote letter to the plaintiff on q postal
card accusing him Of forgery, and his de-
tense is that, as the post.office clerks are
enjoined 10 secrecy, there was no more Of
a publication than Il the matter had been
sent in q sealed letter.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1875-01-04
Indls,pntnhle Evidence.


1901 81. ELMO, Ill, July s, 1874.
II. v. Pierce, n. d., Buffalo, N. Y.i--l wish
to add my testimony 70 the wonderful curative
properties Of your All. Ext, or Golden Medical
Discovery. llAye taken great interest in this
medicine since ! first used Il, wna badly
afflicted with dyspepsia, liver deranged and hn
almost perfect prOstrAtion Of tho nervous syn
TEN. So rapid and complete did the discovery
effect perfect cure that II seemed moro like
magic and perfect wonder to myself, and
since TINT time We have never been without
bottle Of the discovery and purgatvc Pellets
in tho house They arc solid, sound family
physician in tho house and ready ut all times to
~ to tie relief OF sickness without charge.
We have never had doctor In the house since
We first began tho use Of your pellets and
discovery. l have recommended the use Of
there medicines In several severe and compli-
Gated cases arising from, As thought, nn
impure state OF tie blood, and limo ono case
have they failed to more than accomplish all
they arc claimed to do. ! will only mention
ono Us remarkable enough ] could give you
dozens), Henry Roster, furniture dealer, Of
THIS place, who was one Of the most pitiful
objects ever seen, his face swollen out Of Bllape,
scales and Criptloils without. end extending to
tho body, which was completely covered with
blotclios and scales. Nothing that he took
seemed 10 effect II PARTICLE. finally induced
him to try few bottles OF the Golden Medical
Discovery, with daily use Of thepellets, assuring
him that Il would surely cure him. lie COM
menced lis use some six weeksBlnce, taking two
pellets each night for week, then ono each
night and the discovery as directed. The re-
suit Is, to-day Ills skin Is perfectly smooth and
tho scaly oruptlonH arc gone. He has taken
some seven or eight bottles In oil, and considers
himself cured. This case has baflled the skill
Of our host physicians. Mcssrs. Dlnlord Il
CO., druggists, Of this place, are selling largely
increases, aud they give perfect satisfaction in
every case. Respectively,
". II. oiA'rrtiS, ACT. Am. Exp %.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1875-01-04

Have the readers OF this paper, ever
used any Of PdrJonS Plrgdties Fili ! II not,
Wl,y notP They are the best family physic, be-
sides bcing the greatest anti-bllious remedy
there Is in this country, Com.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1875-01-04

II your horse is lame, sore or CALLED,
Won should use JohHSon's AHodyne LtHtpleIi;
wash the part with castillo soap and warm water
nib dryWiti clean cloth then apply tho NM
mont, NIB IN well with the hand. Com.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1875-01-04
WASHINGTON MATTERs.
Senate.

1 ENuNNts
Tho Senate adopted resolution lnstrncting
tho judiciary Committee 70 inquire into me
inrisliction Of tho Preaa-gAg law aud passed
dc Honse ill continuing In Office the Board OF
Audit Of tho District OF Columbia
ioipt resolution Wan presented making the
offices of President aud e-PTosident elective
AMI Inv tho poopln, the officers 70 bold their
niNcos six YEAR. A bill authorizing tho Preai-
acnt OF Tho United States TO issue temporarily
supplies Of food and diBusod army elothing SUM
Cont to prevent starvation and suffering 70
destitute and helpless parsons living on the
Western frontier who have bcon rendered 40
by die rayAgoa Of grAsshoppera during the past
summon, aud AppTopdAtng 100000 to carry
out the provisions Of the act
A hIli was introduced providing for the re-
dOtuption u mutilAted United States currency
by nc postmasters OF the several sitieA and
towns Oh the United States. Tho Senate bills
removing number Of political disabilities were
passed.
Tho Committee on.commerce reported favor
Ahly on the bill 70 constitute PAtchDgne, on the
south side Of Long Island, IN the State OF New
York, port OF delivery.
Mr.. Hurlbut, from the Railroad Committee
reported bill ehAFterinB dnpblo-track freight
railway company from tlde-Water on the At
lantic 10 the Missouri river, and to limit tho
ntes OF freight thereon. Ordered to b. printed
aud Tocommlttod.
House.
The House holiday was voted for December
23d TO January 9Th.
The Speaker announced tho appointment Of
the following committees. Select Committee
70 visit VlcIaburg, Miaa,-Messa. CongeE, Of
Mich, Hurlbart, Of Ill, Williams. Of Via,
Sheer, OF Penn, and 0'Brien, Of Nd. Select
Committee on Louisiana and tho Southern
Stntes-Mesaa. q. r. Hoar, Of MaAs., Wheeler,
Of n. Y, Frye, Of Ne, Foster, Of Ohio, Phelps,
Of n. j., Robinson, Of Ill, and Potter, OF N Y.
The Legislative appropriation bill was CON
sidered In the House, and during tho debate q
discussion arose In regard 10 tho Thanking priyi-
lego, Mesars. Kelley and Maynard speaking In
favor Of its restoration and Mr.. Garfield agGinat
It.
The House, in considering the Legislative
Appropriation bill, rejected motion 70 Increase
the clerical force Of the Bureau Of Education.
The House passed tho Legislative Appro-
prAton bill, after . heated discussion over the
allowance for the Department Of Justice.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1875-01-04

In cold weather the best collar you
chi, wear d the Rlmwood. Il makes the neck
warmer, while II fits 80 nicely you do not feel
Il around your neck. Another advantage ~ II
keeps clean longer than any other COLLAR
Com. sN
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1875-01-04

New Jersey has the premium peniten.
tary. Last year II made clear profit
Of SI6,23I out Of its States prison labor.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1875-01-04

DR.. j. Walkers California Vim
Pgar Bitters are a purely Vegetable
preparation, made chiefly from the ma
live herbs found on the lower ranges Of
tie Sierra Nevada mountains Of Califor-
MIA, the medicinal properties Of which
are extracted thereffom without the use
Of Alcohol. The question Is almost
daily asked, "what Is the cause Of the
unparalleled success Of VINEGAR BrT-
TERsf7 Our answer Is, that they remove
the cause Of disease, and the patient re-
covers lis health. They are the great
blood purifier and q lief giving principle,
o perfect Renoyator and lnyigorator
Of the system. Never before in the
history Of the world has q medicfue beon
compounded possessing the remarkable
qualities OF vISRoAR BlTTtRs In healing tho
Iick Of every disease man Ia holr To-. They
are gentle Purgatiye as well as a Tonic,
relieving Congestion or Inflammation Of
tho Liver and Visceral Organs in Bilious
Diseases
The properties of DIR. wAIKgR's
yisEoAR BITTERs are Aperient, Dlaphoretic,
CarrninAtive, Nutritious, Laxative, Diuretic,
Sedatiye, CounterIrritant Sudorifc, Atera-
tive, and Anti Bilious. .tr
T.. II. MCDONALD & CO.,
DruegiSta and Gen. Agta. san Francisco. California,
and cor. Of Washington aud Charlton Sta n. Y.
Sold by all Druggists and DFhisrs.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1875-01-04
OyE AEE,s E Sis.s assst: Posi-
THE PIANO HARP
Cabinet Organ.


new and bsautiiai musical Instrument improve.
meat upon tho Cabinet orsan-belnk eomblaAtloa OF
the planoiorte and organ. To complete FiVpoetaNs
Doable Reed Organ added Piano Harp, the tones d
which an between those Of the pAnoios and harp II
haa piAnoiOrts Ae,iou played b. the same kerr with
the organ and may be used sppatel OF with one Ill
The stops Of The organ II not liable to gs eu Of order
and does not require tuning Having thoroughly tested
this beautiful improvement, We oder Il with great conf.
dsaee TO the public, Price otplANo,liARP CABINET
ORGAN, being AFiyEocTAM DoupIE REED onolS,
SI1 sroPs, with vo1 HuNlNA. AUTOMATIC swriL,
KNEESwIIL md Piano Ham, thIsa and half oetayes
10 Eogant Upright Resonant Case eao Circulars iit,.
MASON & HAmLlN ORGAN CO.,
20 Unlau squire, New York, 1854 Tremuni
st., IostonI so & Sc Adams ST., ChIrhas.
nnen A NIoSTHzASsnl. ysaIsa ,s!sty
.UA0O clAAA Particulars sent tfee Ahdfuis
- WORTH 4 Co. ~ Louis, No.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1875-01-04
JOIN A. BAssETT,
Moses s. BEACH,
II. W. STEELE, J
JoHN MATTHEWS,
RHUDEN Bull,

The Board Of Managers unanimously
approved tho report, and recommended
for this machine Me Cold Medal Of the
Institute.
The Board Of Direction unanimously
approved this recommendation, and
awarded tho Gold Medal to Wheeler &
Wilson, the only gold medal awarded for
a sewing.mactine by the American In.
stitute for many years,
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1875-01-04
WHEELER & WILSON'S NEW no. 9
SEWING MACHINE.
American Institute, New Yors--.Iudge's Re-
port, Nov. ~, 1874.

GESTlRMEN-After full aud impartial
examination of tie articles described,
the undersigned judges mike the follow
ing
Connecticut western news., 1875-07-16
A Terrible Scene.

A writer who witnessed the terrible disaster on the Long Island Southern railroad, by which eleven persons were killed and many seriously injured, says: One man, whose name l did not ascer- tain, was crushed between the two plat forms. He begged piteously to be re- leased, and with axes one or two farmers commenced to cut him out; but as the jar of the blows seemed to hurt him he begged them to desist and asked for water. Water was furnished him, and while the dipper was at his lips his head fell back. He was dead. After all those who could be removed were taken out of the ruins I had little to look around and inquire as to the accident, ]; ;s cause, dead bodies I saw laid beside the track, and they, having been caught between the platforms, were t. rribly mangled.
 Another eye witness of the scene says: A most narrowing sight was presented. The mutilated bodies of the dead and dying lay scattered around the track on both sides. Groans and cries for help were heard on every hand from the wounded, many of whom were still in the field, although considerable num- Der had been removed to cottages. We all set to work as rapidly as possible re- lieving the wants of the suffering and extricating from the debris the bodies of the dead. I saw several men cutting away at the debris in a strenuous effort to extricate the engineer, who was close ly wedged between the locomotives. believe he was dead when they succeed ed in getting h1m out. The coal tender, whom I recognized, was badly lacerated about the arms and face. He was re- moved, still breathing, to cottage a good distance from the track, but he died very shortly after his arrival there. In all I counted ten bodies strewn around the track or embedded in the ruins. The position of the train was suggestive of frightful loss of life. The two locomotives were all smashed up, and the baggage car and coal tender of one train had telescoped into the for ward cars of the other
Connecticut western news., 1875-07-16

vices. Nine jurors were irrevocably committed tons, according to the list given below, and the twelve had been so divided nearly all the time since they went out. For MT. Beecher : Griffin B. Halstead, Henry Thyer, George Hull. Christopher Filter, A. R. Case, Edward Whelan, John F. Taylor, Chester Carpenter, John McMurn. For MT. Hilton Samuel Flate, Wm H. Davis, Wm. T. Jeffrey.
 Another of those awful disasters, which seem more terrible when they come in seasons of pleasure, took place July 9th. The collision was upon the Rockaway branch of the South ern railroad of Long Island, and was the most appalling that has happened in the neighbor- hood of New York for years. A train of six cars left Williamsburgh for Rockaway, and when at short distance beyond Lawrence station collided with another train on its way to Valley Stream. These six cars were crowded by nearly five hundred people in search of pleasure, and the engines approaching, each at 8 speed of ten miles an hour, came together with fearful force. The cars were telescoped and scene of gayety and joy was instantly re- placed by one of panic and horror and death Eleven persons were killed without 8 minutes warning, and twenty-seven wounded, some of them, no doubt fatally. The only marvel is that the loss of life is not greater. The pas sengers, usual, were packed into the cars and many were compelled to stand on the plat forms The Americans in London held 8 banquet in the Crystal Palace on the fourth of July. .... Mss Lizzie Ihling, niece of Prof. John Wise, made balloon ascension from Philadelphia, and when about five thousand feet up the balloon burst, the gas pouring out in such quantities as to cause the lady to fall into the basket in an insensible condition. The arachute arrangement of the balloon saved the wreck from falling with great velocity, and Miss Ihlipg was only badly injured by her fall
 when the spectators expected her to be dashed to pieces " Ground was broken at Atlanta Ga., in the presence of an immense throng for the Atlanta cotton factory. =. Messrs. Moody and Sankey are to undertake revival meetings in Paris The members of the diplomatic body and Portuguese digntaries of high rank waited on MT. Moran, the United States Minis ter to Portugal, and congratulated him on tho anniversary of American independence.
Connecticut western news., 1875-07-16
Crime the Result of AutOmatism.

A striking analysis of the mental status of the criminal classes, which seems to occupy middle ground be- tween the theory of morbid impulse of Dr. Hammond and Professor Huxley's ideas as to the automatism of all animals. has recently been made by Dr. Despine and confirmed by Dr. Thomson, resi- dent surgeon of the general prison for Scotland.
 Dr. Despine arrives, after thorough search of court records, prison statistics, habits of individuals, and of all other possible and available sources of in formation, at belief in the entire alb sence of 8 moral sense in the criminal class. He says that free will, which in the normal man is only controlled by a sense of duty, in the criminal has nc such counterbalance, this sense being wanting. His acts are therefore men tally automatic, the result of the strong est instinct, appetite or passion prevail ing at the time. Although intellectually cognlzant of the moral standard of SO ciety, the criminal yields to natural pas sion or appetite, unrestrained and unre preached by any feeling of impropriety Hence the remarkable saaeg .troid seen ir hardened offenders under the most try ing circumstances, and the superficial character of any apparent reformation ol conversion.
Connecticut western news., 1875-07-16
The Patrons of Husbandry.

The executive committee of the United States Nationl Grange adopted the re- port of the subcommittee to whom had been referred the subject of international exchange between the cooperative soci- cities of Great Britain and the Patrons of Husbandry of the United States. The report is as follows:
 First-That we have been impressed with the earnest desire of our subordin- ate granges and the members of every section of the Union for active co-opera- tion in business enterprises as expressed by the efforts in this direction, and by appeals to this executive committee for 8 systematic and uniform plan for such organizations, and with our obliga- tions to secure and submit such 8 clause for adoption.
 Second-That we would willingly and cordially grasp the hand offered to us by our brethren across the Atlantic, and pledge to them our readiness to cooperate with them in all laudable efforts to se- cure for productive industry its just rewards, to restore honest dealing in all commercial transactions, and to advance the moral, intellectual, and material in terests of the masses of the people.
 Thlrd-That having examined the de- tails ot the plan of the cooperative soci- cites of Great Britain, as presented by their deputation to us, popularly known as the |" Rochdale plan, and it's wonder full success, we heartily recommend it to the careful consideration of our State and subordinate granges, and to the members of our order, and advise such action on the part of the executive com mittees of the several States as may be necessary to the organization and opera tion of such cooperative associations within our order.
 To this end we recommend the ap- pointment of a acommittee to secure from MT. Thomas D. Morrall, of the English deputatlon, now present, such rules, regulations, articles of association, pamphlets, and other writings as may be deemed necessary to place the de- sired information ill this connection be- fore the members of our order, and that said committee be authorized to have printed so much of said information and in such amounts as they may deem ad- visable, to be distributed to the execu- tive committees of the State Grange ;, with circular letters communicating the action of this executive committee here in, and such other instructions as may be desired.
Connecticut western news., 1875-07-16
A Terrible Tornado.

The Detroit Free Press describes some of the startling incidents attending the destructive tornado which swept over that city recently, as report by tele- graph: It's track was perhaps one hun drcd and fifty feet wide, and within that limit nothing could resist it's tremendous force. Houses were taken up high in ar, shaken into fragments, and in many instances scattered over territory a mile in length. Indeed, flying pieces of tim Der were seen whirling aloft and flying about fully two miles from the place where the work of demolition began. Where one moment stood row of sub stantial houses, the next witnessed a scene of devastation impossible to re- alize, with scarcely vestige'of the build lngs In sight, so utterly were they swept off the face of the earth. Everywhere were heard the cries of the wounded, whose bleeding and mutilated bodies were pitiful to look upon. A boy was caught up and carried into the topmost branches of 8 tall elm and he fell dead to the ground, distance of fifty feet. A little babe, seven months old, was found dead in the street. A widow had gone up town to visit her father, and when she returned her house was nowhere to be found. It had been cared bodily at least two hundred feet, torn to atoms and scattered far and wide. Two horses were carried over a barn and flung to the earth dead, and numerous smaller do- nestle animals were made to perform some most astonishing gyrations. Incl dent upon incident, illustrating the pc culiar action of the storm cloud, are re- lated, and over fifty persons are reported eriously, if not fatally injured.
Connecticut western news., 1875-07-16
How They do It.

It appears by somewhat remarkable statute of Massachusetts that a town is compelled to maintain person thrown upon it by accident for thirty days after it has given notice to the town in which he has 8 legal settlement; and if he is within that time taken in charge by the latter, the former shall receive one dol lar per week, if he is allowed to remain a day over that time the town in which he has his legal settlement must pay "what is just and reasonable" If he dies on the hands of the town aiding him, then also, ''what is just and req, sonable may be covered by it; by this remarkable statute, if it treats its en- forced guest so tenderly and humanely that he recovers, then it is confined to it's prescribed one dollar 8 week,