The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1877-02-03
Items OF Interest.

The man who thought frieuds should
be informed OF their faults is now de-
void Of friends.
4 general reduction in the wages Of
agricultural laborers lias been made i'll
most parts Of England since the close ot
the antl,mnal season.
r. X. Beecher, Of Elmira, refused
pass from the president Of II rtilrOad re-
Gently because the president WINS not
sole owner Of tho road.
Isaac Frictllantler, the wheat king OF
Sun Fnlncisco, sold frUm his farm last year
Is, 600 tons Of wheat for S6lS, 900 III gold.
He is certainly in iloluish-ing conh-
tion.
The leaves Of coffee are now used Ia
make bcveaSe not much different
from ten. Tho now drink finds favor i'll
London, MIL Inns been introduced i'll
Boston.
A man in New Orleans Mtlvertises that
he will give tuition in law, religion and
journalism, fitting anybody to become
IN able lawyer, clergyman Or editor iii
one year.
It was MI old but good thing snil by
French pangrapher lately to the effect
that lie liHtCS girl when she is trying to
be woman and woman when slc is
trying to bc II girl.
II is stated TINT several species Of ca.
nary seed are now used us food for RICE
horses on account Of the l0rgc proper
ton Of Mltritive matter which such seed
contains, 1lnmixetl with any Obiectiona-
bic substances.
The postal oilicials believe that the
government is swindle1 in the nggrc.
cute to large ninnunt by the waslling
md second llse OF stamps. To check
the practice new tliree.cent stamp, 20
made rs to show any attempt to etfhce
the canceling mark, is soon to lie is-
sued.
Scene Oh steamer Of the - line:
Passcnger-"Can YOU tell me, sir, how
many miles we've come from Now York,
uud whether we've crossed tho Gulf
Stream yet, and"- Captain" Nfndnm,
I mlvise you to nsk the cook" Passen-
ger" Excuse Inc, sir, [ supposed l WIS
addressing Tint person."
An old gentleman, wishing to be ut his
tnSe ull horseback, took. his horse to Il
riding master TO he taught TO nmblc.
Two or three trials were male upon the
animal without partial success. "Come,
sir, 10 you call this au mnble?" slid the
owner. "SO, sir" replied the eQurS-
tri,m; 81 call it preamble"
The Fort Worth CrexnO Standard
s,Iys the slaughter Of buiIalOes is i'm.
mrnse. On MI average one thousand
will approximate closely to thr number
killed each day during the pleasant days
Of the mnting season, fifteen hundred
llen being on the nnge engaged in kill
ing Mld preserving the hides anil meat.
The pruverh that "it:s MI i'll wind
that blows nobody good" Inns received II
striking vertiration i'll the caso OF
Georgia planter, whose cotton crop, four
hundred bales, was detained on its why
to market hy It low stage of water on the
Chattah0Oclee river until the price atl.
vanccd 80 that 10 realized $500 more
thau he would have received had his cot
ton been carried through in the usual
| time.
The tOtul shipments Of petroleum
from the Pennsylvania oil regions dur
ing 1876 amounted To 10, 600. 900 barrels.
In january the price WIS $l.47 per bar
rel; in March it llatl reached s.; in Au-
gust it taveragetl $3.50. Crude oil isnow
selling ut $500 per barrel at the wells,
and refined oil ut s12.GO per barrel ut the
Scnloarl, netting the rehuer profit Of
80 per barrel
Two men sentenced to death in Cata-
lOnia, Spain, were lately subjected to the
garrote. The first was executed, but
owing to some peculinrity in the neck OF
the other, the Instrument did not press
the locality intended. After repeated
triaIs by the Cxecutioncr, resulting in
horrible aSouies to the condemned, the
latter WIS rrcommittcd to prison. lnfor-
m0tiOn Of the event having been, i'll the
meantime, tclcgraphel to King Alpllol-
un La rcn0ittpl tho mans sentence.