The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1877-06-09
Items OF Interest.

HOwttO take life easy-Ec careless with coal
oil.
A difficult lock to rick-oNC from bald
head.
lie New York street cars carry l65,O0o,OOo
passengers year.
WHY Is the letter "s" like lamb? Bccau
tits the beginning Of sheep.
A Boston dog atc sixty shinslc nails, aud, OF
course, isas dead rs door naIl.
Oriental alwi+dom-DclUrG Turk gets married
lie asks all good men to pray for HIM.
When Is dog most like human being ?
| When he il between man and boy.
When IL candle like tombstone? When
woman puts it ont for her late husband.
A worn ont parent hasnamed her first baby
McBeth, because he his "murdcred Sleep.
Why il a young lady OF seventeen brief sum 3.
mers like the sultAn's AsiAttc posSeSstons-eh
Because she is 4 she minor.
In Prussia, among 5000, 900 births, thor0
were scvcukv.nine cases Of four at birth and
one case Of five at birth.
Two men travelling on foot through the Rim.
conadA valley, Cal, April so, ate some wild
parsley and died in mn hour.
A trunk has remained twenty-five years in
the depot at Bridgeport Conn.,, patiently wait
ing for its owner to reclaim ii.
Whyis an old II ans farm In Texas like
the focus OF sun glass? Because it is the
place where tho sons raise meat.
San Francisco has grand Chinese orchestra,
whose music resembles agigAnttc cat fight dur
ing tho progress OF thunder storm.
Strawberry short cakc this year contains
good deal OF cake, aS usual, and is drcadfally
short Of strawberries. Hence its name.
AStilwaukee man who had beon unable to
ret work for long time was 10 overcome with
Joy when he rot situation that he died.
AZ have turned many woman's head,
boaSted young nObleman Of France. 1cs,
air" replied Tsllcyrand, "away from you"
Mrs. Nillv Page, OF Durksvillc, Ky.,, is ono
hundred and two years old. She has twenty
two -grcat-grandclildren, SHd innnmera-
bic "intermelintes."
In some parts Of tho world tho days are four
months long, and when lively boy Of SIX years
accompanies his parents to church for the first
time, lc thinks he has struck one Of those days
sure.
\ dog with tin pan attached to his tail Is
rarely willing TO depend on tho slow process OF
evolution for progress. lie will usually take
tho middle Of the rONd and spread himself, no
matter what happens to science or TO tho
basin.
a pretty girl whose Christian namc is Anna,
took cigar from young gentleman who had
not pluck enough to ray he wished to marry
her, twirled Il playfnlly beneath his nose, aud
looking arrhly at him, popped the question
thus "Have Anna|
4 boy five years Of age having stolen can
Of milk, his mother took him to task with
moral sunSion, md wound up her discourse by
exclaiming: "What In the world WerO you
going to do with the milk :" ~ was going TO
Steal dog to drink It. was tlCcrushing reply.
Said Que fellow to another! at l was as fat
footed M YOU arr l would not bc afraid OF
slipping on the pavement" "Ycs," was the
response, "SOmo people are dat on one Cnd,
and 4Ome on the other" And tho tlrSt chap
looked Thoughtful, and went on down tho street.
"JesSic. what was JOe's arm doing round
your waist When you were at tho frUnt gate
last night?" asked prccOciouS Aberdeen. boy
OF hlS sister. His arm wasn't round my
waist / won belt from him, aud lie was
taking my measure" replied the indignant
young lady.
"SInry. do not approve of your entertain
ing YOUR sweetheart III tho kitchen, Fnid Indy
TO her servant. "Wcll, ma'an, Its very kind
OF You to mention It hut he's from the co,Ir-
try, yOtl zee, a'am, and lin afraid he's to0
shy and orkard In his manners, mRAT, for you
to like him to come mp Into the parlor, replied
Mary.
AgoOd story Is told Of Berkeley Craven and
Lord Alvluly, when MI Incident happened to
their carriage. The former getting out to
thrash tho inotlnau, saw he was an old fellow,
and said: "iour age protects YOU whllo
Alvanly, who had advanced toward the poStil-
Hon viii tho same intention, seeing ho WAS MI
athletic young fellow, turned TO him, saying in
his wagglsh way: "Your youth protects you"