The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-08-21
liens Of Interest.

Fourteen newspapers arc supporting
tho greenback ticket. NJ
The trotting stallion Thomas Jeffer-
son has beon sold for S26, 900. s TlT y
The Danbury Neigs man says: "lf We
had nothing else to do We should like 10
be sick" fsrS9 = fyS5fl t5IsEfl
A man in New Orleans walks soslow
that his shadow frequently falls asleep
on the sidewalk. I I q : = ! s
One who knows says that the worst
behaved chillrcn in the, country arc
those at the watering places. ~ J. ''-..,-e-,,
They pretend to have a young lady in
ST. Louis SO kind.heasted and tIazy that
she will neaer beat an egg.
Tho city authorities Of Boston hayo
given notice that only one COW for every
5000 feet Of land can be kept III tue
city. '---- -
Il WIS rather personal of California
newspaper man to chroniclethepurchase
Of n mule by n brother editor as "a
remarkable instance Of self.possession.'
Says m Omaha obituary. "Hc was
q splendid penmnu, systematic book,
keeper and systematic drinker." IL
explains everything, il'QI-
The happiest life OF woman is per
haps attained when she adopts the opin.
ions Of q reasonably intelligent husband
and conscientiously thinks they are her
own. I'sHa ~ .|'-i "A -
A little girl was asked what was tho
meaning Of the word happy. She gave
pretty answer, saying: "lt Is 70 teel
rs if you wanted to give up your things
to your little sister" Lg1 5At't
There is nothing half so sad in life as
the spectacle OF an auctioneor. attempt
ing to sell S15, 900 worth Of goods to an
audience whose aggregate and tangible I:
assets foot up thirty cents. @,',1 ,. 49,
It is said that the subscription book
trade has fallen OF in late years, but
that tho profits to the authors from this
method Of sales is still more than by the :
usual manner Of publication.
A New York policeman arrested q boy
while in the act OF drinking milk from
milk cans under the stoops OF private
houses by means Of rubber tube insert
ed through tho iron grated door.
A Georgia theorist, who wishes to in-
crease the production OF corn IN tho
South, proposes tax OF $40 an acre on
every aero Of cotton more than i've
which may bc raised by any planter.
On ono OF the bodies found on Gus
tcr's battlefield, that Of u German sol
tlier named Ackerman, there were no
fewer than seventy.iivo wounds. AL tho
limbs had likewise been hacked Oh.
A man named Bodda turns up in Lon
don, who states in court that no " gets
his living by making claims on singers
who sing copyrighted songs IN pnolic,
and taking out summonses in tue names
Of the proprietors. s'
ACentennial Exhibition correspondent
tolls Of pills, in the Chinese pharmacen- s
tical display, which are the size OF mar
bles, neatly covered with wax, and other
wise decorated with Chinese characters
in gold and vermilion.
A young second warder OF New York,
who was thirsting two months ago for n
life OF romance and adventure among
the Black Hills, has experienced
change OF heart, and is now digging
clans for living at Fire island.
Church fairs work as follows Some
ladies' borrow money from their hus'
bands, buy materials and make up faucy
articles, which they give to tue fair.
Then they change places, borrow moro
money and buy the articles back again.
A married man from L'Ause. Mich,
Mt Waupaca, Wis, arranged with a
pretty Swede girl to eiope with him, and
gave her 5000 to purchase anouths. She
took the money, told the scamp's wife
s;,ont it, and went home and stayed d
there.
Sister" you know, Bobby,
, your eyes very inaamed; You can't 60
, ont with Tommy Brown till that speGk
: OF dust's out OF It'll" Bobby (anxionS
TO be ofl)-"I'm NIL right, | know it's
, ont now Earnestly; II think l heard
, it fall!" n Id
It is said that no QUO can remember
ever having seen living evergreen that
had been struck by lightning. i has,
, therefore, been suggested that build-
, ing well surrounded by such trees would
ho comparatively free from danger o.
being rent by lightning. Jl
An exchange says that while two Ohio
: tmmps were working to pay for their
dinners, the ether day, they were both
struck by Lightning and killed. 1t was
the first time tho lightning ever got
lick at tramp at work, aud it struck MS
il it was going to DO tho last.
a cocknOy at tho falls Of Niagara,
when asked how lie liked them, replied:
/ "They arc 'andsomo, quite go ; hut
, they don't quito answer my he1pecta'
!. tions besides, l got thoroughly vet
ted, and lost my at 1preier to look at
= 'en in an hengraviug, III 'ot weather.
and in tho 'ouse."
s Conversation between M EquiriDg
J. stranger and steamboat pilot "rhat
is Black mountain ?" "Yes, sir; high.
eat mountain above Like George"
"Any story or legend connected with
n that mountain I" Lots Of EN-. Two
d lovers went up that mountain onSe md
!, never came back again" " Indeed
:; Why, what became OF theml" "Went
II down on the other side."
+ The estimates for the Paris exposi-
:, ton OF 1878 have been made. They
= = provide for total expenditure OF 3d..
" 3lS, 600 francs. Tho receipts are eStl.
. mated at 10, 225, 900 francs, which will
3 lenya n deficit of somo l6, ,000, 600 francs