The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-03-06
Items OF Interest.

necessity KNOWS no INV
Spelling for tho drinks is tho popular
pastime in Virginia City saloons.
OF the I'LL newspapers issued in
Great Britain, sos are pennypapers.
The Mormops propose to have q CEN
tennial Of their own in Salt Lake City.
Tho sting of beo carries conviction
with it. 1t makes n man bce-leayer Mt
onco.
"Should old acquaintance be forgot"
Certainly not, il they behave them
selves.
II there is no good bankrupt law, how
can merchant expect to fail and make
money?
Centennial excursions to the United
States are advertised throughout Europe
at cheap rates.
What is that which every one wishes
for aud yet tries to get rid OFF, a splen-
did appetite.
A man thoroughly wrapped up in
himself is liable to feel warm unless he
is very thin.
There are 5000 Chinese boys in Cali
fornin who will be voters when they
become Of age.
A ship loaded with gifts received by
the Prince OF Wales in India is on its
way to England.
A woman dictates before marriage, in
order that she may have an appetite for
a1I,po;sa;np ofkeryrard
Some people cannot drive to happi-
ness with four horses, and others can
reach the goal on foot.
A man in Belmont, n. Y, shouted
"fre" so vigorously the other night
that he dislocated his jaw.
We suppose men have the right to
play the coquctte during leap year.
Let no iilty woman escape.
What is that which Adam never saw,
and never possessed, and yet gave to
each Of his children Parents.
A youuglady being advised to tGke ex-
ercise for her health. said she would run
the risk and jump at al offer.
a pair OF Japanese coolies will travel
from forty to sixty miles day and draw
full-grown man, in those two-wheeled
gigs they call "jynrickisha."
A Greenland IN. H. man has recover
ell sl,lOO from the town because his
horse SHE'D at all old log in tho road and
threw him ont OF the wagon, brcak'ng
his ankle.
Piper, tho convicted murderer OF Ma
bio Young, in Boston, has no appetite,
and part OF tho timu his hands are kept
fastened behind his back to prevent sell
destruction.
At 4 social hop i'll Anderson county
KY, recently, two gentlemen and two
ladies' were shot and killed. There IL
such thing, it will bc observed, as
being too sociablc.
"Make the vagaboud earn his meals,
says the Philadelphia american OF tho
tramp. Bless your heart, friend, you
don't know tho character Of the animal.
He'd rather go hungry any time.
There are 1G2 driving parks in tho
United States. The value of tho prop
erty held by these associations is cstI-
mated mt $1,000, 900 and that OF tho
horses entered in single year, $4,000
900.
When clergyman recently inquired
OF ccrtain lady il she was g ready t"
give up worldly pleasures, she answer
ed by asking il he was '' ready to give.
up chewing tobacco in the presence oL
ladies |"
4 tramp entered n schoolroom, near
Alton, Ill.,, tho other night, and made
himself comfortable By rcplenishing tho
iiro with school books. 1t il supposed
that he burned up between $l5 and $40
worth Of light literature.
A Justice Of the peace in Sheboygar,
Mich, married a couple, and for pay
took an order on the bridegroom neigh.
bor for /" load OF straw" and us hc
took too large q load the groom has sued
him to make him refund.
When man detects missing button
after getting on clean shirt, no one in
the house is aware OF the fact. He takes
of the shirt and puts on another, quiet
ly smiling all the while. Ho never,
never speaks Of it to soul.
Ezra Baker, OF Boston, made no will
for relatives and lawyers to fight over
but, Just before death, he gave his mil.
lion dollars worth OF property to his
only sou, the legal heir, and instructed
him how to distribute it.
British officers pride themselves upon
never wearing their uniforms except
when on duty. The Duke Of Cambridge
has Just directed young officer, who
got drunk and was noisy, to wear hls
uniform constantly for Que year.
When n man empties the pockets Of
his coat preparatory to laying it out for
repairs, there's nothing that makes his
conscience go upon his hind legs quick
or than the sight Of the letter his wife
gave him to mail two months ago.
Bad luck is simply a man with his
hands in his pockets and his pipe in his
mouth, looking on to sec how it will
come out. Good luck is man OF
pluck, with his sleeves rolled up and
working to mako it come out all right.
A young American lady who has en-;
joyed the rare privilegeof taking stroll
with tho poet Tcnnyson, incidentally
mentioned in n letter to friend that "it
seriously affected the romance OF the sit
uation when he paused during tho walk
to scratch his back against a gatepost. "
The unusual torture of freezing and
burning to death was the lot OF color
cd girl in Cumming, Wis. Her clothing
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