Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1880-06-12

Every dweller in this land OF prolific
soil and delightful climate who, owning
a bit of ground, and has not taken some
steps to beautiiy it 10y the culture OF
trees and flowers, is detraudiug himself
and the country.
Value the friendship of him who
stands by you in the storm; swarms OF
insects will surround yoa in the sun
shine.
He who does rot look out for him
self knows not the world. He who does
not look into himself knows not men.
Our own hands are Heavens favor
ite instruments tor supplying us with
the necessaries and luxuries of lite
What q beautiful lesson is taught in
those whose of Sterne: 80 quickly
sometimes has the wheel OF fortune turn
cd around that many man has lived
10 enjoy the benefit of that charity
which his OWN piety projected.
Love, undying, solid love, whose
root is virtue, can no more die than viz
tue itself
Reason and virtue alone can bestow
liberty.
A man without enemies il like bread
without yeast, he rever rises.
The expression, "they say, hasblack
eneG enough characters 10 make al
army OF saints.
The difference between one man and
another is not so much in talent as in
energy.
He that has never known adversely is
but half acquainted with others or with
himself
\ sailor finds less flaws in the wind
than prejudice does in the human char
acter
4 fine and honorable old age is the
childhood of Immortality.
Every man who has decision Of char
acter will have enemies.
Guinea fowls will keep all bugs and
insects OF every description off garden
vines. They will not scratch like other
fowls or harm the most delicate plants.
Pear blight has in several instances
been arrested in affected trees by sy-
ringing them with solution of potash,
and it has proved a preventive when
applied TO the healthy trees.
A slow mixer makes COW impatient
which causes her to hold up her milk.
The strippings are the richest part, and
if the COW is MIXED quietly as well as
quickly there will be more as well as
richer milk.
To cure gals on tho shoulders Of
horses: At morning, noon and night
wash the shoulders well with water and
apply thoroughly with feather six
drachms of iodine dissolved in half
! pint OF alcohol.
A good way TO get rid of rats is 10
put pounded potash in their holes. Tho
potash gets into their coats and irritates
their skin, and the rats desert the place.
To prevent their dying in their holes
and becoming offensive, poison them by
mixing half pound of bafytes with
quarter OF pound of lard. ltproduces
great thirst, the rats leave their holes 10
drink and are unable 10 return.
Roup in poultry is only fatal disease
when, like many others, 1t is neglected
till past all remedy. If when first at.
tackled, mixture OF cayenne pepper and
lard, about the size of bean, be given
to the fowl about thrice a day, euro
will be effected in few days.
A good way to keep hens free from
lice while setting is TO pat two or three
tobacco leaves in their nests, which will
! drive out the vermin if infested with
them. Another is to sprinkle sulphur
through their feathers Or in their nests.
Some horrid brute has discovered that
! the difference between woman and an
umbrella ia that there are times when
you can shut up an umbrella
The proper time for girl 10 marry is
after she bad counted up her cash and
found that she can support herself in
case her husband turns politician.
a philosopher asserts that the reason
why ladies teeth decay sooner than gen
! temens is because OF the friction Of the
tongue and the sweetness OF the lips.
When the dentists OF this country can
discover a way 10 pull teeth without
making a man wish he bad been born n
hen, life will have twice as much bright
ness.
Men are naturally perverse. A jury
that had been out all night got word
that every body expected they'd disagree
and they brought in a verdict IN two
minutes.
No, George Augustus-'trousseau" is
not French for trousers. Itis the French
for more things than you could learn the
names Of 10 month. Get married aud
you will know more about il.
If there is anything in this world more
abundant aud less satisfactory than prom.
ises we have yet to learn what it IL.
A young man fell dead while walking
with Rochester girl, and the maidens
Of that city have tried to keep the mat
ter quiet.
The annual amount OF pin money re-
quired by married woman depends on
whether she used diamond pins or roll
ing pins.
When you feel pity for the poor, you
do not make the most appropriate ges-
ture by putting our hand upon your
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