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South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1879-07-25

HAVING bad an experience OF ihir,r 90,
as workman In repairing Wnss
Clocks and Jewelry. ! can assure the publ 4,
this community tina, ,eel fully compel, j,
do all work entrusted 20 nay care In va
mauiike and satisfactory manner. essi
found during business honrs ut ny ohon r. ,
upper room OF the Maloney house We, e..
the town.
As ! expect 20 locate permanently ~ RI
pey, aLd cAu do good work, my cAs-rss I,
be moderate in sccOrdaLce with What IS r,e.-
ed To- he done, and will endeovoT 30 She ...l
TO please those who favor me with ihsi, paas
ngc. old Gold and Silver GAv1 ia gt .il
for work. or made into new pins rings ,h,r
&c, To order. ! vii. call at the resiene,
persons 40 town hHving Ciooks 20 fersir,a
their movements, and retirn them 10 yJO.
der. All work warranted.
Masonic & Odd fellows Badge.
Made to order IsS- Orders from Hiss.
promptly attended TO.
CHARLES c. LEWIS
Romney, Feb. 10. 1877.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1879-07-25
n o TIC e.
POOR CLAIMS & COUNTY CLAIMS.

DFHE Board OF Overssers OF the Poor Of Famp-
i shire County, will meet at The Poor.house,
Oh Tuesday, the 10th day Of July next.
All persons having Chains against the Over
seers Of the Poor, or for supplies or services to
paupers, net present them the and there pro
perly verified sad proven, for allowance.
All other claims which should be paid ont O.
the County Levy, may be filed in the Clerk
Office Of the County Cour, before the 18th day
OF August.
c. S. WHITE, Clerk.
June a. 1873
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1879-07-25
ID. Russell & Bro.
Located permanently IN Romney.

HAVING just returned from the East with
County TO al
We eboughto Goods
benefit Cash. bushes
6 m The eas money
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1879-07-25
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South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1879-07-25

\ London spondent soys tho
Prince Of Wales is a living proof that 10
amount Of tobacco can eufecble either
mind or body" All, yes but the prince
buys his tobacco. T. is only begged to-
bacco that skaters the mind, wcakens
the constitution, and sends Young mon
60 an early grave.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1879-07-25

Inc Best ana Cheapest News, Literary aud Com
mercal Newspaper Published.
A FlRST-CLASS FAMILY JOURNAL
For the Farmer, Merchant Manufacturer & tho
Public generally, in town or country
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1879-07-25

The Whoauand, California, Recorder
- responsible for the following unfeath.
cred yarn. 4 woman near sheridan 81.
lowed s,mo Vi her chickens TO eat rum
cherries They became intoxicated and
apparently died Then she pluckcd
them and iaij them away. But ,ho next
morning thcy had recovered, all Uut
l..r 'ca,uc and wcr. walking on .n
a.,seol uniform.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1879-07-25

The BLUE AND THE GKAY.-The ABB
ingdon Standard has the following:
Two OF the Illicit distllers tried at this
:orm OF the United States Court we're
soldiers IN the war One, Joe Lewis by
name. noted moonshinor, Of y. c..
was in the Confederate army the 9th
CT, Henry Widner. Of this county. vas q
Union soldier. While in prison, awaiting
their trial, they INDUCED in many bitter
political discussions over the "unplcas-
ness Col. J.C. Summers vas employed
as counsel in both cases when the sen.
tcncc was being passed Widncr request
ed the Colonel 20 call the attention of the
judge 10 tho fact that lie had been a true
K faithful Union soldier, which was done.
The judge replied that "for that reason
be SHOULD have been better citizen, %
and sentenced him 20 the penitentiarv
for ono year Lewis got or with ono
month .n jn.
Turning TO Lewis, Wilner said, 81
ion't see Why he senime 20 the pcnIlcn
larry and not you"
That was because you was ID
Yankee, replied Lewis, and hc oughtcr
hung you fort All around joined in 8
good laugh
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1879-07-25

An Illinois man, writing to the clerk
Of the Supreme Court Of the State for
q license to practice law, said az you
have two sizes send me the largest one"
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1879-07-25
Look at our Prices.

Caicoes cents Coonades from 2 so
$lCo
o
lowest 6gures
Thanking
he aI
Coffee and wanted
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1879-07-25

& Ill forms of Kidney aud Urinary diseases,
"A Pains in the Back, Sides, and Lons arc
Dosi Il vel " cnred nv
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1879-07-25

The osi Popular Scientific Paper in the World.
Only SO 20 Year, including Postage. Week
ly. 81 Numbers year. 1000 book pages.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1879-07-25
WIT AND HUMOR

a subscriber in the country takes
his pen in hand 20 let US know that the
other evening he pas sed young couple
IN buggy. the young man sitting or
the girls lap. aud che singing Baby
Mine lie thinks the song Was very
appropriate under the circumstances.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1879-07-25
BALTIMORE WEEKLY SUN

June 81, 1878.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1879-07-25

81 Park Row. New York
Branch Ofbce.co r nth sta, Washing ton, D q
Nov. %, iS7s.-3t.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-09-03

You will sometimes meet with persons
whose greatest pride is to state that they
detest reading; they cannot understand
the enjoyment others derive from books.
attended school twelve years, yet
learned more of the worlds history
through my fondness for reading than
did in all my school days. When l find
standard works ruthlessly torn by gno-
rant persons words fail to express my in
dignation against such an act of barbarism
Not being of a poetical turn of mind, in
reading l prefer prose to poetry, but can
also appreciate the latter when written
by our great authors. With me not only
reading, but study has many charms, and
it is my greatest delight to master those
intricacies (whether problem in algebra
Or the translation Of phrase in foreign
language) which at first appeared utter
chaos. Cicero defines study as the vol
untary and vigorous application Of the
mind to any subject. Generally, wher
children leave school, they pack thei
books in remote corner as relics of thu
past, very few having the moral couragt
to continue their studies; yet to many oi
them leading an aimless life, it Nigh
prove balm when least expected. Fo
my part | prefer an evening passed a
home with pleasant book than attend
ing balls. parties and theaters.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-09-03
How to Cook a Husband.

The first thing to be done is to catch
him. Having done so, the mode of cook
ing him so as to make good dish is as
follows: Many good husband is spoiled
in the cooking Some women keep them
constantly in hot water, while others
freeze them with conjugal GOODNESS; some
smother them with hatred and con-
tention, and still others keep them in
pickle all their lives. These women al.
ways serve them up with tongue sauce,
Now it is not to be supposed that hus.
bands will be tender and good if treated
this way, but they are, on the contrary,
very delicious when managed as follows:
Get a large jar, called the jar of careful
ness (Which all good housewives have on
handy place your husband in it, and place
him near the fire of conjugal love; let the
fire be pretty hot, especially let it be clear
above all, let the heat be constant; cover
him over with affection; garnish him over
with the spice of pleasantly; and if you
add kisses and other confections, let them
be accompanied with a sufficient portion
of secrecy, mixed with prudence and
moderation.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-09-03
The Queen Of All.

Honor the dear old mother Time has
scattered the snowy fakes on her brow,
powed deep burrows on her cheeks, but
is she not sweet and beautiful now? The
lips are thin and shrunken, but those
are the lips which have kissed many a
hot tear from the childish cheeks, and
they are the sweetest lips in all the
world The eve is dim, vet it glows with
the soft radiance of holy love which can
never fade. All, yes, she is a dear old
mother. The sands of life are nearly
run out but feeble as she is, she will 60
farther and reach dqgn lower for you
than any other upon earth. You cannot
walk into midnight where she cannot
see you; you cannot enter prison whose
bars will keep her out; you can never
mount a scafold too high for her to reach
that she may kiss and bless you in evil
dence Of her deathless love. When the
world shall despise and forsake you,
when it leaves you by the wayside to die
unnoticed, the dear old mother will gath
er you in her feeble arms and carry you
home and tell you of all your virtues un-
til you almost forget that your soul is dis,
figured by vices. Love her tenderly and
cheer her declining years with holy de-
yOtiOn
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-09-03
Sermon Writing
(Philadelnhia Rulletin

The ablest English and American
preachers Of all denominations print
their choicest sermons, SO that it has be.
come quite possible for clergyman who
wants to borrow to get an article of the
finest quality, urging the accepted doc
trines of his sect, every Sunday in the
year. A fraudulent use of this material
in the pulpit is an otfense of the most
shocking description, and when it is dis
covered it brings with it disgrace that is
properly overwhelming. But why should
the authorship not be boldly confessed,
and the act be sanctioned? The congre.
cation might think that the preacher was
not earning his money; but experience
shows that under present circumstances
he does not, in nine cases out Of ten, get
what he earns. Preaching is the most
important, but not the only important
part of clerical work; and often it hap
pens that the men who are effective in the
pulpit are inefficient out of it. The pool
preachers, not infrequently, are the bes
pastors; and quite likely some of then
would do pastoral work more vigorousl,
if they were relieved Of the necessity oi
the weekly grind of sermon writing.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-09-03
The Kind of Religion We Want.

We want religion that softens the step
and turns the voice to melody and fills
the ese with sunshine, and checks the
impatient exclamation and harsh rebuke
religion that is polite, deferential to
superiors, considerate to friends;a a relig-
ion that goes into the family and keeps
the husband from being cross when din
ner is late, and keeps the wife from fret
ting when the husband tracks the newly
washed floors with his muddy boots, and
makes the husband mindful of the scrap
er and the door-mat; keeps the mthoer
patient when the baby is cross, and
amuses the children as we'll as instructs
them; cares for the servants besides pay.
ing them promptly. projects the honey
moon into the harvest moon, and makes
the happy home linne the Eastern fig tree,
bearing on Its Bosom at once the beauty
of the tender blossom and the glory Of
the ripening fruit We want religion
that shall interpose between the ruts and
the gulles and rocks of the highway and
the sensitive souls that are travelling
over them.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-09-03
How Women Should Walk.
WCman's Tribune.

The custom is now everywhere preva-
lent for pedestrians to take the right side
of the walk. The practice avoids much
confusion, particularly on frequent walks
The rule has been so thoroughly estab-
lished that any person found violating it
is set down as an ignoramus. People
now take the right side as regular as they
do when driving or the road. This be-
ing so common sense suggests that ladies
should always walk at the right side OF
gentlemen when going in couples. If
they do that, ladies will never be lostled
when meeting other persons-the gentle.
man thus being always on the side OF
contact with people coming from opposite
directions. Gentlemen should abandon
the habit of walking half around them
at every corner. The old custom of Civ
ing the lady the inside Of the walk, when
walking with her, has no redeeming fea
ture. The lady's comfort and protection
are best insured by walking at the gentle
mans right side at all times.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-09-03
The Social Tonic
Lady's Journal,)

One of the most excellent ways of
keeping the mind from growing rusty, in
the midst of daily drudgery, is to some
times go out from all sight and sound of
it, if only for one half hour. Now, fifty
women who read this, say instantly: ~
can not get away from it, my cares tie
me to my home" So the late pope used
to call himself "a prisoner in Rome" and
possibly in time began to believe it as
fully as his people did all over the earth.
Surely twenty-five of the fifty women
might go out if they would not blind
themselves to their privileges, and would
thus open their eyes to see their opportu-
mites. Little children are the greatest
home anchors, but even here the older
ones may be taught to take good care of
the little ones, or little one may be
dressed and taken along, 10 its great de.
light and real advantage. When it is
work alone that hindcrs, try anu conutnse
and lop off excrescences and to save time
for your own good. When brain, as we'll
as hands, seem overburdened, you must
take time for rest and change, or you may
soon have more idle time than you like.
Said a working woman to me one after
noon, as she sat in my house: "When |
have been working hard, as have to-day,
nothing rests me so much as to dress and
run out for little call. The walk re-
freshes, and the few minutes'chat cnlivens
my spirits so that go back feeling a
great deal better" 1t is this social medi.
cine that many want, far more than any
drugs, to give tone and cheer TO the whole
system. 1t is tonic easv to rake, and
may impart a lite pene1t to others as
"e1' a. yne's self
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-09-03
Felt That Way Himself
Boston Transcript

"a soft answer turneth away wrath"
and so sometimes does little good-na-
tured railery. Some people, be it known,
always wake up in good humor, some in
bad humor and some in "middling" hum
or. Causeur has neighbor who is
blessed with daughter and son, the
latter some years the younger, a little fel-
low who often says bright thing with.
out knowing it. The other day his sister
had been enjoying an afternoon nap, and
woke up just as supper was ready. She
came to the table, and having occasion to
reprove her brother for some breach of
table etiquette-older sisters are grea,
sticklers for etiquette-spoke rather more
harshly than the occasion warranted. In
stead Of resenting the reproof the boy
looked up and said sympathetically, "Beer
asleep, haven't you'" "Yes," answered
the sister. Thought So" continued he
81 often feel that way when | wake up
That boy has learned to "roune
the corners" already; he'll find it a usefu
accomplishment when he begins his bat
/ tie with the world.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-09-03

On most Saturday afternoons in the last
year of the first decade of the present
country, two boys, aged respectively nine
and five, might have been seen playing in
the grounds of Bloomsbury Square, Lon
don. The boys, both natives of the
square, offered the most complete contrast
to each other in appearance. The young
er, whose head was profuse with long,
black glossy ringlets, was child of rare
Jewish type of beauty, and full of life and
activity. The other was grave in de.
meanor, wore his hair close cut, and walk.
ed and talked and moved in a way which
in young people is called "old- fashioned VI
He was of pure English race and Puritan.
ical family.
The names of the children denoted
these differences as much as their ap.
pearances' The one was Benjamin DIS.
raeli, the other John Newman. Sixty.
eight years have passed since then, and
much has happened in the meantime
but nothing more wonderful than tha,
the handsome little Jew boy should be-
come Christian and prime minister Of
Protestant England, and the Puritan lad a
Catholic and cardinal of the Holy Roman
church.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-09-03
Re Brief.

Long visits, long stories, long essays
long exhortations, and long prayers, sell
dom profit those who have to do with
them. Life is short. Time is short.
Moments are precious. Learn to con-
dense, abridge, and intensity. We can
bear things that are dull, if they are only
short, We can endure many an ache and
ill if it is over soon, while even pleasure
grows insipid, and pain intolerable, if they
are protected beyond the limits OF reason
and convenience. Learn to be short
Lop off branches; stick to the main fact
in your case. If. you pray, ask for what
YOU think you will receive, and get
through--if you speak, tell your message
and hold your peace, boil down two SEN
tences into one, and three words into two
Always, when practicable, avoid lengthi
ness-learn to be short. .-
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-09-03
England's Dependence ON America.
Mondon letter.

In almost every street there are one or
two purely American stores. The latest
addition to them is candy store in the
Strand, and hope that some American
dentists will follow to repair the ravages
which the candies are pretty sure to make
upon the teeth. A large place in Oxford
street has been taken for the sale of
American beef although it is my belief
that every butcher sells it, charging for it
the price of English beef Ask any
salesman in Covent Garden market how
the supply of apples is likely to be this
year and he will answer: 1T all depends
on America"
Pretty nearly two-thirds Of the grain
we eat comes from your shores. Cut us
off from the rest of the world for month
or two or even less and half the popula-
ton would have to starve. Our supplies
of the necessaries of life have to come
from foreign countries. There is no ma
ton in the world and there never has been
one which had to depend so largely for its
food upon other nations. 1t is state OF
affairs for the English people to rejoice
in' The wise men and philosophers say
that it is and regard it as an unerring sign
Of prosperity. Time, which tests most
things, will test this theory also.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-09-03
Men Who Make the World Better.
Providence JOurnal

81 havn't been in these ere parts" OBJ
served a grizzly old gentleman at our
shoulder in car I24 ''for nigh on to twenty
year til now, and love to ride up and
down in these ere cars to see if can set
my eyes on the face of an old friend. 1t
does me good to see human faces, for
believe there is something good behind
EN-. Pm forty-niner. remember the
time when was five thousand miles from
home, straight as the crow flies, without a
red cent | was hungry, thirsty, tired,
miserable and moneyless. Hello said a
voice; Hello back said l, and then a
young fellow came down the land, and he
said, Old boss, how are yer Hearty,
said I, and dead broke
Then the young fellow plunged his
hand into his pocket and drew out as
much as three hundred dollars in bright
gold. Help YOURSELF he said, and turned
his head away. Il knew you when saw
you only dusty speck on the road. You
gave me drink and got me doctor
when | was threatened with the tremens,
and there is nothing in the world too good
for YOU l love to live my life over,
continued the old Californian, "because
see the noble in human nature all along
the line. Let 'em say what they please,
there is such thing as principle among
men, and there are lots of us that try TO
live up to it." AS the car stopped on a
switch, he stepped off and stretched him
self under an elm, beaming upon the
world at large approvingly over his gold
bowed spectacles.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-09-03
Individuality.
Sunday Afternoon }

Yes, in human lives there is the sepa.
rate thread of every individuality, to be
traced in its own distinctness from the
beginning to the end, and having its es-
pecial place in the great pattern of earth
ly existence.
Blessed are they who keen-eyed, patient,
and swift of hand, stand by the tangled
web Of circumstances, striving to trace
the Masters original design, to make the
tapestry perfect in its minutest parts.
Overlooking none, esteeming all, seeing
that nothing that comes from Gods hand
is superfluous or made without intent,
they follow the separate line of each of
the varied threads, and guide each to its
own particular place. Perhaps when all
the work is done, when the web is woven
to the end, some small thing that many
would have despised, or broken, or cast
aside, or hidden Cut of sight shall be
found to be thread Of gold or of scarlet,
or just the edge of shadow needed to
make the line Of beauty vivid and COM
plete