West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-02-08
WAITS AND WHIMS.

A DEALER in eXtracts-the dentist.
Chicago Tribune
HAPPY is the man who can sit all day
behind n barroom stove, looking for
work
CINCINNAT1 grocers publish the names
and residences of customers who do not
pay their debts.
ToAps and frogs were originally intro
duced into the Sandwich Islands To cN-
terminate cockroaches.
"SrRlKE for the green graves of your
sires, aud see If they have been moved, is
the advice of the Freeport (Ill.) Herald.
In England the number of insolven-
cies i'm 1877 is set down at not less than
5000 greater than that of last year.
RoBERT BONNER has nine horses with
records under 2:30. His chief purpose
in owning them is TO prevent other per-
sons from doing 40.
The Syracuse Journal rcvivcs the
Don't -kiss-our.children" excitement.
Children often take disease by being
kissed by outsiders.
THE vain man u, after all, the hap
piest. While the rest of us are trying
TO please others he is perfectly satisfied
if he only pleases himself.
THE disesteem and contempt Of others
is inseparable from pride. IL liz hardly
possible for us to Ovcrvalue ourselves
but by undertaking others.
Mr. MOODY, criticsing the self-con-
ccit Of many reformed drunkards and
others once said You might as well bo
full OF rum M full of cgotism."
New YORK had sixty-one business
Iui In, ~
casioned by extravaganza in the kitchen
and love of dress in the parlor."
The editor Of the Philadelphia Times
says red-headed girls are the prettiest,
and we believe that 40 far as Philadel-
phia goes they arc Buffalo Erpress.
IT takes the man who wants the office
to see the corruption there is in official
circles The more he sees it, the more
anxious he seems to be to get into it..
In 1878 Lewiston, Maine, manufac-
tured ninety thousand miles of yard-wide
goods, and Auburn, her sister city, made
over three and one-quarter million pairs
Of shoes.
MANY people are afraid TO bo natural
for fear they will be called common, but
the truth IL, we are never 80 strong, nor
so interesting, IA when we are perfectly
natural.
IF the oi ,ntal custom Of branding
the fOreheads Of liars with a hot iron
was in vogue now, banged hair would
become more fashionable than ever
Stamford AdrOcote.
Mis- Sue Ientmeyer, Of Lebanon,
laughed 80 heartily at n man who had
been knocked over by n cow that she
dislocated her jaw, and was compelled TO
walk home with her mouth wide open.
WHEN Morris wrote "An Earthly
Paradise" he probably never thought
Of KirkwoOd, H.. and yet that happy
town has one thousand four hundred
inhabitants, and not single (or mar
ried) lawyer
Two lively young women Of ST. Paul,
Mimi, drove COW down one of the
most crowded streets on n wager. The
young man who was rash enough to
make the bet has 10 pay for twenty-five
yards Of silk for dresses.
EVERY man should have home. He
feels better for knowing there is some
thing he has a claim 70, and patriotism
is born ut home. No nan was ever pat
riotic enough TO shoulder musket in
defense Of his boarding house.
BLEsr be- the man and gen 'rous his reward,
Who I'm the morning dawn b. seen
with broom and shovel working fast and hard.
IN haste 10 get his Sidewalk clean.
But hanged be ho aud blasted be his name,
who when the ice upon his sidewalk flashes,
/ Remains 90 lost TO deCenCy and shame,
A. not TO order, " scatter here my ashes"
The attempt TO force upon the unwill-
| ing stomach Of the general public al
| legged delicacies in the form Of canned
| fshballs, chowder, and baked beans has
/ come 10 grief by the failure Of Boston
| canning establishment, whose debts are
/ estimated at $4,000.
/ SERVANTS dress in a style 30 much
| like the bon-ton, that they are wondering
/ whether they cannot adopt some other
\ color, such as prunc, garnet, brown,
/ navy blue, bottle green or wine color
and thus avoid the danger Of being mis-
taken for persons Of the working class
A TEMPORARY assistant probably a
stranger i'm those parts-in Lexington
/ (Ky.J grocery went to the whisky bar
rel when a customer called for quart
Of vinegar, and there WAS quite run on
that clerk for vinegar till the store
keeper suspected that something was
wrong.