South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1876-06-23
South 9raneh antellisenrer.
ROMNEY. FRIDAY, JUNE Is, 1876.
vLast year 1871 British vessels


never heard from, over 100 OF them sail
ing from British & British colonial ports.
V1tis stated that Kansas now leads
in the culture of castor beans, and her
last years crop was not less than $780,.
600. Grasshoppcrs refused to eat the
leaves of this plant.
VThree masked men broke into tho
house Of Samuel Abrahams, q wealthy
farmer, near MELVILLE, Pa, on Tuesday
night Of last week. placed halter a.
round his neck and threatened to hang
him if he did not deliver up his money.
After cruelty torturing him and his wife
by burning their feet, the miscrennts
fed, taking with them Sos in money
and horse and buggy.
WIfyou happen to fall into company
where the talk runs into obscenity, scan.
dial, folly or vice of any kind, you had
better pass for morose or unsocial, a.
mong people whose good opinion is not
worth having, than shock your own con.
science by joining in conversation which
you must disapprove Of.
EV Prof Swing still sticks to it that
lace has ruined more persons than wine.
We don't believe it; but there are a
good many women who get very tight
on corset lace.
~ They do things very queerly in
Canada. For instance Mr.. Justice Mac.
kay in the Superior Court Mt Montreal
last week, fined the Prothonotary $40
for being five minutes late at the open.
ing of the Court. Eight dollars mi
ute is high pay even for prothonotary.
lV A great grandson Of John Jacob
Astor drives coach in New York city.
tVThe girls of Fulton county, Hi.
nois, had a sheep shearing match tho o.
Their day, and the winner sheared thir-
teen sheep in two hours.
tV Planets govern not the soul nor
guide the desiinies of men; but triAes
lighter than straw are levers in building
up our characters.
IL A fire. proof house las been erect.
cd in Sunderland, England. 1t was
built OF concrete, made Of cement and
wire, and the walls, ceilings, floors and
doors we're covered with it. One room
was filed with tar.barrels, wood, etc.
and set on fire. The combustibles burn.
cd Themselves out without damage to
the house.
tS'There are prodigious quantities
of coal in China, but not one coal.mine.
An attempt is, however, about to be
made to work the coal on proper princi.
pies, as the Chinese government have or.
ranged for the purchase in England of
the necessary plant" which is to be EN-.
ployed in district about 40 miles to the
west Of Pekin. Should coal mining prove
successful, it will in all probability lead
to the smelling of the iron ore, Of which
China has also prodigious quantities.
MAKE HAY WHILE THE Sun SHINES.
Sir Walter Scott, in n narrative of
his personal history. gives the following
sutton lift should ever fall to the
'o',f youth TO peruse these pages, let
such "aders remember that it is with the
oeepes'-egret that I recoIlect in my
'n"nhoou u opportunities Of learning
which l negi~ted in my youth; that
through every TT of my literary ca.
reer l have felt pin he'd md hammered
10y my own ignorance and would this
moment give half Of 10 reputation
have had the good fortunt,o ocor;ro -
by so doing 1 could rest th ror,o;n;ro
part upon sound foundation r. ,oo-n
ing and science"
~ Mr.. Vim. Fox, Of Charleston. u
nawha county, this State, has SOW =,
gave birth, few days ago, 10 a lite
Of eighteen pigs.
tV Don't groan Owe dull times nor
feel dsronsolated abon the fntnre-
Keep n cheerful countena,ce. speak en-
couragingly to your ncighbOs, and pay
your debts rs fast as you can. To lock
up moaey and refuse TO pay billswhen
due is, TO use n mild expression, a,erv
foolish proceeding, and tends more tim
anything else to keep up the general di
trust, which is one Of the great causes
Of tho present business staguation. lie
every one pay his debts rs fast as h
can. that Is the only way to make mo
ney circulate and business revive.
IVA rival OF Blind Tom has bee
found ut Blount Springs, Alabama, i
the person Of James Harden, colore
boy from Baltimore. lie plays the gu
tar and sings the most difficult must
exceptionally we'll, and is also somethin
Of composer. He has received no II
struction, but is most emphatically
b natural born musician.
tELet those who are appointed 3