South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1875-07-16

RoMNEY, FRIDAY, JULY I6. 1878.


Hon. c. j. Faulkner will please
accept our thanks for q bound copy OF
the Report Of the Commissioner Of Ag-
riculture for 1873.
Iva Rattlesnake was killed a few
days ago, on the farm OF Foreman In.
skeep, Esq. on the Branch. short dis.
lance below this place, having 4 rattlcs.
PERsoNAL.-Our town was honored by
the arrival in the person Of Ex.Gov. Da.
vid S. Walker, of Tallahassee, Florida,
on Tuesday last. The Governor. n gen.
tleman. highly intellectual and agreeable
in manners, soon made aoquaintances-
yet, many were the surmises of the oh.
ject of his visit here. Yesterday morn.
ing, however. his mission was developed,
rs VIII be seen by the hymenial notice
In another column, the Church on the
occasion being filed by friends of the
lady and Governor. The bride has been
residing in this section year or two,
highly accomplished and a great favor
lite in our community.
To Mr.. James Mcdonald, Sr., who re.
sides on Piney Mountain i'm this County
was SO unfortunate, as to be thrown
from his horse on Friday the 9th inst.
and painfully injured. DIR. Snyder who
was called to the case informs us, that
Mr., Mcdonald though very much and
painfully hurt, is not seriously injured.
IVA good number is Ballou's Maga-
zine for August. It's contents are Just
what the people want during the hot
seaaon, for no magazine in the country
has such variety of stories, sketches
and poetry, and all by popular authors,
who are noted for their literary ability.
Thousands of people are made happy by
reading Ballou's Magazine, and we
should like to see many more in the
same pleasant condition Each number
contains thrilling sea story. Publish
cd by Themes & Talbot, So Bromfeld
Street, Boston.
Sun STROKES AND PREVENTIVE
about year ago l saw in newspa-
per an account of n case of sunstrolIe.
written by the party himself. After
suffering long time from the attack.
and having to q considerable degree re-
covered, he experienced suffering even
from the rays of the moon. This led
him TO the reflection that it was not al
together the heat of the sun that produ.
ced prostration. After much research
he discovered that the injury came from
the chemical ray and not from the heat
ray. He was guided TO this by obscrv-
ing the fact that photograph could not
he taken through n hollow glass. Ac.
cordingly, he lined his hat with two H.
nings-one of orange yellow to arrest
the chemical ray, and one of green to
arrest the heat ray. Thus prepared, he
went where the rays OF the sun were
most intense with perfect impunity. 1t
IS well known that the negro is seldom
sun-struck. The color of his skin over
the skull being Of the orange yellow, may
assist in accounting for the fact. |
practicod upon this suggestion an last
summer, and lined my hat with green
and yellow paper. and had confidence @.
nough in the theory to neglect nv um.
brclla, which had never done before -
l mentioned it to many, who tried it al.
so, and in many cases that came under
my observation, they uniformly assert
cd that the oppressive heat Of the sun
upon the head was much relievcd."-
Erchange.
~ Mr.. Nicholas Biser. the youth
whose head was so badly fractured on
the 1th ultimo, ana who was the subject