The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1877-04-14
Items of Interest.

house, plunging his knife into thebutter
dish.
Tint was n queer boy in Wayland,
ILL.,, WHO went info the house, got into
bed and fell asleep after seeing his
mother fall into well.
A Springfield congregation was amused
by Young woman who leaned her heal
lang1lishingly on n fellows shoulder and
ate candy throughout the service.
A woman in Oshkosh ground nearly
half OF n shirt through clothes wringer
before discovering that her baby was III
the shirt. It was MI awful strain on the
wringer.
Young lady Cwho is tired OF his COM
pany)-" You ain't bit nervous, arc
you, Mr.. Posti All my gentlemen ac-
quaintances start when the clock strikes
twelve"
There was d report current on the
streets that a prominent citizen had
beaten his wife. Upon investigation it
was found TINT lie had really beaten her
at game OF chess.
Chicago has seven hundred hackmen,
and il you ever go there you will Won
der how the. whole seven hundred chi
get hold OF your carpet bag and holler
into your left ear at once.
A Tennessecan took his first and Inst
ride on railroad train recently. Ho
stepped of when it was going forty miles
MI hour, surprising that such wNs the
custom, md was fatally injured.
~ make it principle not 10 lend
money" said n good man TO friend;
"but in your case | sacrifice principleto
interest" And when the latter found
he had charged twenty per cent. discount
he saiI lie thought ho did.
It was M IriOh pilot who, being asked
il he knew the rocks III the harb6r, re-
piled, with confidence: 81 do, yer hon.
or, livery wan nv them. That's wan,
he added, calmly, as the ship struck it,
filed aud sunk.
In tho police court of Nassau, New
Providence, the justice allows defendants
to 20 free until the time Tor their triNl,
Oh their personal recognizance. He
says that lie has never known one to fail
to return at the appointed time.
It must be cxasperRting to the enter
prising merchant who puts two or three
inches Of advertising in the papers head.
ell, "now is the time to top-dress your
lawns" to wake up the next morning
and find The lawns stop dressed" +" with
six inches Of snow.
Says the London Hornet: The filthy
habit OF painting the lips is again to bo
observed ut several of tho metropolitan
theaters. There is no language too
strong for its condemnation, no excuse
for it's continuance. il is1lgly, silly, III.
healthy and offensive.
William Bright, of Knox county, Ten.
nessec, heard noise in his smoke
house. He armed himself with q gun
and tired at the thief. The shriek of pain
that followed had familiar sound. The
thief was his SOD, who was seriously ii
not mortally wounded.
The property OF the Farrell brothers,
near Corilgton, Ky., has been levied on
to satisfy the bail bond for $1,000, OIL
which they were surct;es for the return
of Tom Allen 10 stand irinl for engaging
in tho prize fight with Joe Goss. Allen
deserted the young men who risked
their little fortune to save him from Il
few weeks confinementin Jail, aud fled to
Canada.
The fauatical Circassinns drill their
horses in their villages by curious and
brutal exercise. They spur md whip
them repeatedly through q crowd Of
shouting men armed with long sticks,
which are mercilessly used on the poor
brute until it stands the torture with
philosophy. The principle is to impress
the animal with n notion that the iron
will OF its master is beyond all its In
tural instincts Of fright and the bodily
pain.
"It's all very well," remarked red
nosed man in bad hat and an ulster of
the vintage Of '73; "it's all very well to
sNy let business revive; but what We
want, sir, is confidence, public conf.
dence, sir. Each of us must be willing
to bring ont our boarded dollars and put
them once more in circulation. Then
the skies will brighten; then-by the
way, I changed my vest this morning
lend me fifty cents, will you ?"
The State OF Delaware has Just passed
n law making it IL penal offense for any
railway engineer to abandon his engine
upon tho track in case Of a strike. The
Inv also forbitls, under penalty Of fine
and Imprisonment, railway employees
from refusing TO transport over their
own roads cars received from connecting
roads, and the coercion or bribery of
other employees to abandon the service
of the company.
William Delnhnnty, who murdered
his brothcr-in-law iOrty-four years ngO
in Stonecarty, Ireland, has made tnll
confession OF lis guilt. At tho tirnC of
the murder DelGhanty was arrested, hut
was discharged for lack Of evidence.
His demeanOr while making his comics.
sion was that OF q sincere penitcnt. He
sought no mercy ut the hands Of the All
thori,ics, and desired that the law should
be fulfilled in his case 10 the letter.
The funeral OF Chinaman, who wus
recently murdered III San Francisco,
seems to have been quite unique affAir.
The dead man held n keen.e(lged carver
in his hand, and a yellow flag, bearing
the word vengeance" covered tho
coffin. A mounted Chinanlnn rodG ut
cash corner of tic hearse, and All Qua
rode ahead to clenr the road. He sue
ceeled i'll running over white man, iu-
iuing him severely, aud getting himself
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