South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1882-09-29
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business promptly, and bore not
business man with long visits Tho
most tender-hearted man we ever saw
was a shoemaker, who always shut his
eves'and whistled when he ran his
awl into asole...... The new comet can
now be seen, 1t is said, at five O'clock
IN the morning. near where the sun
rises 1.-The Richmond State saws
Peter Carter (colored) was stopped i'm
the midst OF his few remarks the 9th
er day, when he told his Malone in
terrupter that he would see him later
and settle 1t according To the Code. -
Bully COR Peter! Sultpetre! 49,. Hogs
that run IN the orchard picking up the
windlalls, and, occasionally, good an
pies, never have the hog cholera.
which Is another proof of the value of
the fruit diet. The ONLY Jewel
which will not decay is knowledge.
10y don't Know how it is said
Jack Dumbthump, everybody is for
ever quoting that ignorance is bliss
and yet I'm not happy. That's be
cause you've got just sense enough to
know what a fool you are, commits
erately replied sarcastic neighbor.
- Women are never so blind that
they, can't see the make up Of a bon
net passing fifty feet away No
more touching compliment could be
paid than that of the child who had
overheard a conversation at the table
OH the qualities Of wife. AS he
stopped over 10 kiss his mother he re.
marked Mamma, when l get big
I'm going to marry lady just 'zac,ly
like you. - Prosperity's right hand
is industry, and her left hand is fru,
gality......We learn from the VIM
chester news of Friday last, that on
the 10th inst, lizzie, a little daugh,
ter OF Jonathan Mason, deed, aged
nine years, living IN the western part
OF that county, one mile from Rock
Enon Springs was burned 10 death by
coal oil She was trying to kindle
the lire by pouring the oil in n stove
when the can exploded, and in a mo-
ment her clothing WAS ablazc. She
was burned so badly that she lived
only five hours "A material suppos-
ed TO be decomposed coral is being
used for buildings in Fiji. Ii is soft
in the mass, and easily cut into bricks,
which harden on exposure and are
very durablc.----A German farmer
near Depere, Wis. rejoices in an i'm
mense crop of cabbages this year
He estimates that by the close OF
the season, he will have sold
over thirty thousand head, and
will have cleared a net profit of
more than three hundred dollars per
acre Last week a half ton of three
cent pieces were shipped from Boston
20 Philadelphia to be recoined 1880
The Chinese in California are not dis
pleased by the antiJChinese law. The
prohibition offurthcrimmigration pro-
tects those already here from competi-
ton, aud they are accordingly raising
the price OF their labor. A dollar Il
day formerly satisfied a Chinaman on
the Pacific coast, but now lac demands
81 80, and usually gets it......In
baltimore peaches are selling in
b0shel boxes at G0G75 cents. .... Some
overwisc people predict that VIC will
have an unhealthy fall, because we
have had so little lightning during
the summer----D Dennis Kearney SAYS
he prays for the day TO come when
there will be over one hundred men
running before the people for the of
fec OF Governor of California, that the
unpurchasable mass may select from
the best and bOldest ......J know where
the dark goes when morning comes
said little Clara. 1T goes down the
cellar It's dark there all day.
country editor being asked, DO hogs
pay?' says: a great many do not
They take the paper several years
and then have the postmaster send it
back marked refused ---- Bic hoop.
skirts, they say, are coming in fashion.
All right We can step aside and ct
the girls pass. Peaches have been
abundant in Loudoun county. Va.
ceiling "a low as twenty five cents q
bushcl in the orchard. 80. II appears
from chemical investigation that obi
um IS generally worse even than il
appears 90 be, from the fact that, on
account Of its many authorizations, its
strength can only be guessed at. some
samples lately Analysed showed that
over a third of The mass was compos.
ed Of crushed linseed. Other sam.
pies are found mixed with hquOrice.
casheW. sesame oils. Oum arabic aud
tragacauth, sand, vegetable earth. lead,
starch, and animal cxcrcment. a lot
imported into England looked well.
bot contained only two per cont. OF
morphine. Bullets OF clay. chopped
poppy leaves, rumcx leaves. tuberclcs
Of helianthus, dahIia, colchicum, aud
dr.cd mushrooms are found, tie resi-.
nous character Of the substance being
supplied by a plentiful use Of pitch.
Turkish opium contains raisius, crush
ed poppy, desiccatcd eggs. wax. rosin.