The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1877-03-24
Items Of Interest.

Do not forget that while You fold your
hands time folds not mp his wings. "
Lamp wicks should bo changed fre.
qucntlY il n clear, bright flame is de-
sired. 'a'i, ag47'.'. tzH .'- "
# persons would tnke more trouble
about living they would bc less troubled
when dying. .s 7n'ms ''' lg0r r.. .
To scold people when they make con-
fessions is the way to keep them from
confessing again. : aa-l : ...
1 The blue glass treatment is ridiculel
| by the Medical and Surgical Jommai.
rs SILLY mania. sm
The condition Of the British coal trade
grows worse. The Oldest man in the
trade cannot remember n time 50 bOd
! They say it is dangerous 10 so into the
water after hearty meal. But who cS-
poets to fnd n hearty meal III the water?
4 Nearly 5000 persons worm ont n liv-
ing in silk manufacture in the State Of
New Jersey. There arc $40, 600, 600 i'll
it. -' = .zJ rlf G1.=. .I--
Some lIygienic writer says: Let your
children eat all the salt they want.
Bless you, it isn't salt they want-it's
sugar. .....-..i.-...l.....
| The hop crop OF Maine for 1876 is es-
timated at 100000 pounds, vAlucd Mt
100000. Three-fourths Of the crop was
rnised in Oxford county. '''
Somebody in St. Paul, on the wny
home from the DOCTORS office, dropped
the following prescription: "Blue glnss,
one part; faith, ten parts" 77a +, ..sE
A young man having complained that
young lnly had sAt upon his hat, Le
was told TINT lie ought to know better
tllan to hold his Init il, his Imp. .r....
1t is thought that tho time will yet
come when members Of the choir will DO
expected to behave during divine ser
vice Just MS well MS other folks. .
No trouble topay board in Mississippi.
The Handsboro Democrat says "Saw
logs are legal tender here" Split wood,
of course, is fractional currency. JlnG
Bayar,l Taylor says: "It is witlcr.
ing commentary upon our modern CO.'S
tune that no sculptor has dared, or ever
will dare, to model n statue wearing a
stove-pipe hat" yIg.,..1 (, ...,rs4. d
Revenge is, like n boomerang. Al
though for time il flies in the direction
in which it is hurled, it takes sudden
curvc, and returning, hits your own
J. head the heaviest blow Of all. 20, ..ss
20 Elder Evans, theleadcr Of the Lebanon
Shakers, has started graveyard on2a
new plan. The graves are to be twenty
feet apart, with II tree planted over each,
so that in time there will be handsome
grove. .l.
A bill introduced into the Legislature
of Delaware cnNcts that where bride and
groom, or the bride only, are resi-
dents Of tho State, md leave the State
for the purpose Of being married beyond
its limits, they shall be guilty ofa lnisdc.
lncInor. .. ,... ....
Your hand, Mr.. Hayes, and please re-
member, sir, thHt We carried Il torch for
YOU three separate times last fall, nt
great personal sacrifice: Without being
presumptuous, sir, a custom house would
be deemed n sufficient reward for this
tritling rvice.-Elrchange.g a..
The best solnce for the desponding
patriot now may be expressed i'll the
words Of tho mighty DMiiel Webster ::
"FGll0w-citizens, yOu have n waterfall
hundred md fifty feet high. No peo-
pie with waterfall hundred md fifty
feet high ever lost their liberties"
A lady, whose cook went to n wake,
was given notice by hera fortnight after
ward that she wAs going to be married.
"Who to ?" asked the mistress. Please,
mRm, to the husband Of the corpse" "
"Why, does. he love youl" ''Oh, yes,
mam; he sud I was the light Of the
funeral. '''
In the United States, where n whisky
shop, n blacksmith's shop, grocery and
two or three residences, constitute many
city, it is strLngc to read that the Eng
lish are only now talking Of elevating
tho great port OF Liverpool 10 civic dig.
nifty. Yet such is the fact, Liverpool is
only town. ....g .,.-...
~ came out Of tie accident, sail he,
"and who 10 yon think was the first per-
son I metz" "Who, but That same eter-
nal prize packHgcpClllCr who Ind bored
me for six hundred miles on tho trsin,
nnd-Nemcsis, where nrt thou 2-he wis
the only one aboard who wasn't hurt
somcwayH H-r ..-.
Brigham Young, Jr., is organizing in
SAlt Lake City company Of 800 Nor
mon families, which will rololizc in So
nora, Mexico. The Mexican authorities
have promised perfect religious tolera-
tion, md large grants Of land. a renlez.
Yous of the cOlOnistsp will be established
Mt st. George, Utah, and the march to
the new land will be taken up on the
; teuth Of April. r. - '
:, Smifkns always meant to be very po-
lite, and nmong tho conventional rules
beaten into him WIS the one about
"present company excepted. At n
gathering Of young Beacon Killers, the
other evening, alluSion was mGde to the
acknowledged good looks Of Boston
girls. Yas," said Sniildns, "it is
ah-undoubtedly twew that Bahston
; labdies are bootiiul,n and he turned
smirkingly to his lady listeners, "pwes'
. Ont compnhny exccpted-ah." ..
Germany sends annually into the fur
market about 100, 900 fox skins, Of which
80, 900 come from Bavaria and q, 900
; lfrom Prussia. 0fother skins, her aver
. age annual produce Is 90, 900 pine mnr.
: tens, GO, 900 stone martens, $50, 900 pole.
9 cats, 5000 offers, 5000 badgers, and
\ 600, 900 hare skins, which last are used