The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1877-03-10
Items OF Interest.

We aro told of grass in Colombo that
is 80 short You must lather it before you
can NOV.
Fifty Illinois cities have increased one
hundred and twenty per cent in valua-
ton in ten years.
Mrs. Parhngton says that Ike has
bought horse 80 spirituous that he al
ways goes of in dccanter.
Caroline Lambert, of Omaha, lived TO
DO hundred years old, and was then
burned to death in kerosene accident.
Blue glass windows are recommended
to cure all kinds OF panes, and the lights
are said to be particularly fine for the
livers.
The State tnx in Maine is only third
Of n cent on n dollar OF assessed valua-
ton, or about sixth OF one per cent. on
real value.
A domestic scene-"I haven't mother
word to sAy, wife II never dispute with
FOOLS" "So, husband /; you arc very
sure to agree with Them"
Two young women cowhided man in
tho street in Lexington, Ind, and he,
lapsing from politeness, nearly killed one
Of his assailants with club.
AnArorn man sent his boydown town
with pnir Of boots, giving him instruc-
tions to have them half-soled. Shortly
the boy returned with the one boot and
dime. The pair Of boots were half
sold.
A Baltimore inventor is ruined. He
invented kind Of mir cushion for
women's bustles, put MI his money into
their manufacture, and now change in
fashion has left the stock vnlueless on
his hands. m..i .t
Another warning-A Cincinnati man
recently received from plumber
m exorbitant bill Of $500. He
sued tic plumber and recovered s., 900
on account Of the bad way in which the
work wns done.
A young man in Ansonia who mistook
n hottie Of varnish for hair oil, conclud-
ed tint dancing WIS n frivolous entertain
ment, md keep nway from q masquerade
ball. But when inqnisitiye friends asked
why he stayed away, he told IN nnvaT-
nished tale.
When man without cash or credit at
tempts to leave q hotel, and lowers his
valise ont OF a back window by means Of
rope, it makes charity seem cold TO
hear the voice of the landlord below,
yelling up: "All right. I've got the
valise; let go the rope. ..-E
In Worcester, England, farm laborer
was fined S12 and costs by n petty ses-
sions court for having refused to obey
the lawful commands Of his employer.
He Ind been working fourteen hours,
and the "lnwful request" WIS that he
should continue and load three wagons
more.
A country editor received the follow.
ing: "Dear Sir: 1 have looked care
fully and patiently over your paper for
months for tho death Of some individual
l was acquainted with, but as yet not q
single sonl care any thing about has
dropped off; you will please to have my
namc erased. -,
He hud been in the habit Of making
very frequent calls on very agreeable
lady of lis acquaintance, and, on enter
ing her parlor one evening he sGid:
"Wcll, Miss Sims, here am again, you
see, us regular NJ the fever and auge."
"Oh, no." said she, very demurely,
tlat comes only every other day"
A gentleman in San Francisco, whose
Chinese cook left him, was unable to re-
tain any Of the numerous "Johns for
over tlay, until he induced one Of them
to explain that some apparently mcan-
ingless strips Of red paper on the kitchen
wall contained the Chinese inscription:
"Boss woman long time tongue. Muchce
jaw, iaw." e.. ~
Gen. Pleasonton's blue glass theory is
assailcd by the Scientific american.
His idea tint electricity is generated by
the passage of Light through the glass is
declared to bo absurd. Nor have colored
rays my beneficial effect on life, the re-
verse rather being tho truth, as pure,
white light is best. The only good TINT
cRn possibly come Of blue glass is i'll lis
use rs slade for decreasing the inten-
sity OF solar light.