Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1877-03-06
PEN, INK AND SCISSORS.

- Dogs bea. dentisss-Thcy insert natural
teeth.
- Clergymeu, like brakemeu, do a good
deal Of coupling.
- The best kind of back door be!le-A
pretty maid servant.
What's the proper age for psrsou p
The parsonage, of course.
- If you would look "spruce" in your old
ago, don't "piuo" in your youth.
-O'er 4,000,0 900 sewing machines have
been sold since they were frst introduced in
1858.
- Russia has $40 monssteres and con-
ve"tS which enjoy annual income of nearly
81 100000
- The ST. Louis Times thinks compulsory
education will not be complete until every
man is obliged to take newspaper.
- Rev w. B WeiIuus. OF the Christian
Church. and a weil-knuwn temperance adVO
ote, died al Suffolk, Va 90 the 18th ultmo.
- The Virginia State Senate has PASSED
bill prohibiting city counciImrn from becom-
in L.. contractors or selling articles Ol any kind
to auy corporation.
- \ half pound Of powder in chestnut
log demOrahzed an Atlantis negro family the
other night. The wood vas borrowed with
out the owners consent.
- From July l TO December 81, 1876
eighty>ninc millions of postal cards were sold
in the Postoffces of the United States. or
fifteen millions more than for the same period
of 1878.
- Tho contractors on the narrow.gauge
railroad have commenced working near uar>
risonburg, Va. 1t is said the grading will
soon be completed aud the track laid to
Brllgewater.
- It is said that Mr.. Clinton Browniug
of Hancock county. this State, has invented
and patented a machine for making horse
shoes 1t is capable of making sixty horse
shoes per minute and is said to bo . perfect
success
When asked by young man who con-
templated emigration what ho thought Of
Texas as place of residence, old Ben Wade
flaw into furious rage and shouted 'If 1
owned Texas and hell, [ would not hestate to
rent Texas and live in ths other place"
A missionary tea party and fraterual re-
union of members of the NJ. Il. Church and
the " +. Church South will shortly take
place in Baltimore. at which Bishops Ames
and Kuvanaugh, Rcvs. Newman and Fowler
aud Gov. Vaucc, of n. c., are expected to
speak.
"A company Of antiquariaus has been
formed iu Switzerland for the purpose OF un
earthiDg the viilage of Plurs, in Graubundeu,
which was covered by fall of rocks in 1918.
entaiing tho loss of nearly 900 lives. A
rich bnoty is .ntcipatod from the shops, fac
tories, aud churches.
- Willie Brown, "boy orator." died re-
c0Dtiy (tniIfnruIn He vac Only aivht
yesrs old. His memory was SO remarkable
that he could recite long pieces after hearing
them read several times and he showed this
power when five years old. Spirituslists
claimed thst he was controlled by spirits.
Que of Forepsugh's elephants gave
birth to baby elephant few days ago-the
first elephant ever boro in America. 1t is
described as jolly, frsky, romping, bright
eyed, gray backed little elephant, no bigger
tn~n a dog. with = wsggrng tail, = veIvety
trunk. two big ears and four of the incest lit
tle elephant paws in the world.
"A safety stove that is expected not to
set FIRE TO the cars in case of accident. has
a, Ieugt" been invented. The stove stands
o. a water tank with perforated top. The
bed, plate is perforated with apertures which
arc closed by valves, which fit into the bed
plate like ordinary stove grjddle or cover ;
their own weight retains them in position
when the car is upright, ami they fall out
instantly when the car in upset. the water
rushing out instantly, submerging tie FIRE.
Bridgewater, in Rockingham county.
Va ia becoming quite manufacturing town
1t now has three Touring mills, two WnUleB
factories, three or four circular raw mIIl., n
fertilizer factory, two carriage factories, a
furniture factory, aud number of otheE
tradesmen's shops &c. A charter has just
bee granted incorporating The North River
Manufacturing Company at Bridgewa,sr. for
the purpose of manufacturing WOODEN goods.
fertilizers, agricultural implements, aud other
articles aud machinery.
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