The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-10-02
Items of Interest.

IL WIS said Of certain ludgc that no
was 80 reserved in his manners that one
anuld never suspect thut he hnd any.
That was a neat sntire Of RabelAis,
nn ostentatious charity: ~ owe muclI;
I have nothing; l give the rest to tho
poor"
A city young man who read Now is
the time for husking bees" chased q
bee fifteen minutes to ascertain what
kind OF husk it had on.
4 noted desperate who was killed
the other day ont West is said to have
caused the violent death OF 10 less than
two hundred human beings.
The Boston Methodist ministers
voted fort7 to eight, "that We hereby
disapprOve OF the policy Of holding
camp meetings on the Sabbath"
A writer in Bldckwood's Magazine
says that the moon hasno more effect on
o weather than red herriugs have Oh
tho government Of Switzerland.
Cotton pickors in Georgia are now
paid forty cents per hundred, without
rations; in Mississippi and Arkansas,
sixty cents, or fifty cents and rations.
Between May and August II there
were shipped from tho various fish
cries on the Columbia river, Oregon,
to San Francisco, 105, 800 cases OF sal
mon.
A man, in his hurry to assist fainting
Indy. cot n bottle OF mucilage instead
OF camphor, and hathed her face with it.
She was good deal stuck up with his
attention.
Colorcd persons, who havo heretofore
been considered exempt from the at
tacks Of yellow fever, form large pro.
portion OF fatal cases in the epidemic in
Savannah.
About 10000 persons in the United
States arc constantly employed in pro.
ducing sawed lumber, and 1886, 900
laths, 1895. 100000 shingles, and
12, ,75O. 900, 900 feet Of lumber arc manu-
factured annually.
A hree.year.old boy in West Wards
boro, Vt, wandered into n field re-
Gently, where he met and played with
two wild bears. Tho beasts did him no
harm, though they had been killing
sheep in the region.
A post mortem examination OF tho
body OF German who died recently at
PlainGcld, n. H., revealed the fact that
tho principal internal organs were in n
reversed position, the heart on the right
sidc and the liver on the left.
While party OF Chinese miners were
building dam across the Monolumne
in California, two Of them were drowned,
aud the rest Immediately abandoned
the claim, although it was n rich one,
for they felt that tho spot was cursed.
"Whercver you find many men, you
find many minds" exclaimed n public
speaker. "'Tain't so, by jingo!" To-
spordcd ono of the auditors. "If you'd
only ask this whole crowd out to take
drink, you'd find 'em all OF ono
mind"
An Englishman, regrettirg tho pres
ent usclessness OF Mount Vesuyius, sug
gests that tho crater bo converted into a
receptacle for dead bodies, and proposes
the formation Of q company which will
run funeral trains from different parts
Of Europe to tho volcano.
Some one says: Learn this lesson
NJ ono cares about tho size OF your
feet except yourself therefore bc COM
Portable" But n young man who is
going to sec n girl who has All eccentric
father cares more about the size OF her
pireut's foot than he does about his
own.
Few persons net familiar with geo.
graphy will believe that tho Pacific
ocean boundary OF the United States
has 4 greater extent Of coast line than
the Atlantic line. Tho aggregate OF our
shore line on tho Pacific is 12, T34 miles,
while on the Atlantic it is II, $50 miles,
and on tho gulf Of Mexico, 6,slS miles.
OF 5000 letters received at the dead
letter ollice in Washington daily, fnlly
one-half cannot DO returned TO the
writer's or persons addressed, because
tho letters themselves do not contain
any clew to the names OF tho places
from which they aro sent, the nnmes OF
the writer's or those OF the parties ad-
dressed.
A teacher asked ore Of his pupils
who sat on the extrenl end OF tie bench,
whero tho sun struck with fall force
NIL the afternoon, what business he'd
Ike to follow when he grew up TO be
mau. "Wcll," said the Ind, " father
wants mo to be n lawyer, but I guess il
pso to sit in tho sun all my life, I'd
rather drive MI ice cart.
Tho Eric railway furnishes section
masters with blanks to fill out in case of
accident, so that the utmost accuracy
may be had in following up the case.
A COW was recently killed, and tho ccc-
tion master in filling up the blank came
to the words "Whnt disposition. !"
After chewing his pencil while lie
wrote "Mild and gentle"
A Providence boy went to n birthday
party, and describes it rs follows First,
We all had some bread and butter ; then
we had somo lemouaie, cold enough to
freeze us then We had pieco OF birth
day cake then We had lots OF ice cream /;
and then we all had tho stomachache /;
then We all lay down, and tho big girls
gave us some peppermint; then We Nll
went out to play"
A gentleman OF Arbroath recently
beat his wife after his champage. In
the morning he forgot all about the
quarrel, and called to his wife jean,
gle me some water" SAY, will I, guide
man." Rising and seeing his wife's
face in such state, he said: "Lord
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