South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1882-12-15
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RoMNEY. FRIDAY. DEC IS. 1882.
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RoRsRr rooNB,. OF Georgia, is thrift.
" amt is one OF The richest men in the
south. ALIxANDEa II. STEPHENS used
To say that q, school Toombs was look
ed upon ~ big. dull. awkwar, hoy.
who WOULD never amount To much
But MIR. Stephens would add. sWhen
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we always found that Bob Too,uos hat
all the marbles. knives, etc., which had
belonged To the rest of the schoolnoys,
As Canada has abolished postage on
newspapers. is IL not about time for this
Government % follow suit. There would
he more consistency in having postage
removed from newspapers than to have
= reduction" mate in letter postage, as
he service which the press render the
Government is worthy Of some higher
remuneration than it receives. THIS
act would he small on the part of I'm
Gle Sam, yet it would he highly appre.
c,ated by the Plcss.-Er.
| The latcst trick on farmers is worked
IN this way: Two regues watch the
papers for estray notices. When one
10 published one OF them goes off to tax e
- look at the animal Or couse. on APP
plication. the unsuspec.ing farmer shows
b beast. and the fello" decides that
t is not his, and then lie returns to his
| partner rnd describes the animal To him
n'nutcIy No 2voes t. tie farmer. md
after proving nv his thorough de.crip-
! 'io0 that he is the owner of the animal
lays he caunot take it away. and offer.
4" sell II alta bargain. The farmer huys
and IN few days the righ:iyl owner
comes alo"g and claims the snilrsl AMI
# course the farmer is out 80 much.
TRuru.-The slanderer, says An
exch"r.e, the tale.hearer AMI the eos-
| siper, sre the ineanest aud most dcspi
cable of Cots creatures. They create
''is>ens:ons, make troubles and heart
aches wherever they gs aud suspic,ons
once set aaoat b, these tale -mongers
spread like the wind and do their dirty
work for their dirty authors too tho
roughly. We h-Destly think that if an
euictic WAS thrown into hell, that The
last devils thrown up would be ange ID
OF light in comparison wi; b III It Janus
faced snake IN the grass, the slanderer
lie enters into the family circlo aud
drops his poisoned words ,here. that
make coldress smons those therein
He mass friends false, and low rs cue
mics, and as he iyCks back at the woe
aud destruction he has ma le he will
chuckle with fendlsh delight. These
!iends IN the social world go often un-
der The glise of fri N lship, or enYelop.
ed with tho cloak OF religion. and with
mock modesty that would do credit
10 trained devil of purgatory. They
SOW thei polsoHcd seeds her. anil here
ani set The fires OF Ipistrust, rage, envy
and Jealousy in fuil blHst. Same on
such p'vple, who s.oop 80 low as te
Dias tile fair name of follow being
They gam nothing Ivy iheir rernicIous
doings, bu. only shoy their own deprav-
eel character and the depth TO which
they nave Hen. No MN is gentle
man, no woasn lady, who is tsle-
nearer, sIandtrer. ., u gos,ipcr
PERSONALLY TO MEN ONLY
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