Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1876-10-17

uSeu Tor all tmc as historical museum
"A young poet of the realistic school
writes Time marches on with the slow,
measured tread OF man working by the day +"
- Apples arc so abundant in Connecticut
that farmers bring them in. aud finding they
cannot sell them leave them to be given
away.
= Rev. Joel Hubbard. aged eighty. five.
baptized recently, nesr RicevIle, in Pttsyl>
vau'a county, Va, Elijah Hunt, aged piae>
three.
- The iron Imitation of Palmetto tree in
Charleston has been reconstructed, aud wire
moss has been added, giving If u surprisingly
natural appearance.
- The graves of Cen Lee and Miss Agnes
Lee, in Memorial Chapel, Lexington, Va,
are ornameuted with fresh l0wers every morn
- Nine |McNIahOn has been presented, by a
friend, with watch so small that the hourSis#
only detected by small magnifying CLASH
The watch can be set in vest button.
- At an auction of miscellaneous articles
out of doors it began to sprinkle, when by
standcr advised the aucHOneer that ho had
better put up uuBEella as the next article
= When the lOcust<yswarmed in Central
China in mid August the manSlarins offered
prayers in the temples. The peasants gath>
cred them up>in baskets and fried them for
supper. 1a
= Rev. DR. Nuremberg, the author 'who
would not live always" AID asked not to
stay" reached his eighty irth year last Sat-
urday, and his friends gave him $50 600 as n
birthday present.
= Two Maine families had respectively
four daughters and one son, and fuur-snus aud
one daughter Nov, these. g,arrieti, - hrl,
tRdugh there Wtrc 1vG weddings, tffIfc were
only two mothers in-law.
- In Philadelphia, few days ago, two
men seized litfie son of Rev. Mr.. HUBBARD,
o' Winchester, Va, and attempted to make
off with him. Fortunately they wcrc OBJ
served by ONE WHO knew the child. and
made to give him up They were not arr
rested
- 1t is proposed to conclude the State dav
observanccs at the Centennial grounds with a
reunion OF all the Governors of the States and
Territories on the 10th of November, or upon
later day, at which the outgoing and in
coming Presidents Of the United States will
be present.
- The new tunnel being huis under tho
Thames is intended chiefly for the use Of about
5000 workmen who have to cross Mt that
point and who are often defined by fog that
stops the boats 1t will be an iron tube nine
feet in diameter, lighted with gas, thoroughly
ventilated, and only for ped, strians.
- Onc of the largest drove= of cattIs ever
seen in ary place was driven from Texas
few weeks ago from Capt Kings ranch,
Nueces county, to Kansas The herd num-
bercd 80. 900 horned cattle and was attended
i
0G0, and the herd brought $500 GEO
- The dn'kcy rider, Lewis, whom all pa
irons fold John Robinson : circus remember,
was arrested in ialeigh. North Carolina, the
other day, for attempting to pick the pocket
of n colored man and brother. Ilo was al
lowed to flush his part of the programme
under charge of policeman. before going to
trial.
= The assertion is made tha: there are p
900 deserted farms in New HAMPSHIRE. or
seven per cent of the whole number MaUy
haze been acquired by moneyed institutions
through foreclosure. Several ways for selling
them on long credit have been devised, com
bined with tine iutroduction of new industries
that would make payments easy by the prr-
chascrs.
"A youDS man was frequently cautioned
He promised to do so, and soou after received
a bonus to vote for MI Peck. His father,
astonished at his voting for a man whom he
deemed Objectionable, inquired the reason for
doing So Surely, father" said the snr,
"you told me to vote for measures. and if
Peck is not measure. don't know what is. )"
"A circus that traveIs in Texas has an
uncovered canvas enclosure. At Bracket; a
tree overhaugiug the ring was occupied by
men and boys: who thus saw the show free OF
cost. 4 performer feat included firing a re
vOlyeE on horseback and at the fr=t discharge
a spectator fell dead from the tree. there
upon the circn. men were mobhed, and es-
capped only by practical use of their skin in
| ho-semanship.
Capt Bates snd his wife, formerly Miss
Anna Swan. the giants whose marriage IN
London attracted much attention several wears
ago. have retired ircrn show life and bull, a
fitting residence near Rochester, y Y lie
is seven and a-haIf feet high. she is an inch
taller. and each weighs over four huudred
pounds. The rouDs OF their house are eighteen
feet high, and the doors twelve feet Their
bedstead is ten feet long
-"supp"sc. Belle" said poor but homes
Chicago youth to Prairie avenue gIrI ont
! day last week, suppose that Young mar
| loved you dear'y-very dearIy-but was afraic
tn ask you to marry him. because he was very
timid or ielt too poor. or some,hing-whn
/ would You think Of such case o. ..Thiuk ,
! answered the girl Immediately .'Whv. If h
t was poor, should think that he was doing
. jus, right in keeping still about it" Tn,
: question Vas dropped right there.