South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1882-07-14
South 9sasss yatelligesess.
RoMNEY. FRIDAY. JULY IA, 1882.

NOMNE1' FRIDAY, JULY IA, 1882.
BREviTiEs.-Vennor says that all IN.
favorable changes of the weather in Ju.
~ will occur on Saturdays and SUNDAYS.
--..There is an old lady in Virginia
who has had thirteen husbands. When
she buried her last she remarked to the
undertaken that she had had sdreflle bad
luck with men, -. Pride that dimes on
vanity sups on contempt. ;. An ex.
change says the idea of teaching every
girl to thump piano, and make every
boy to be bookkeeper will make po,a.
toes So bashel in twenty years.. ..
Franco is now importing tobacco a, the
rate OF 500. 227, 200 a year. "A Ciu-
cinnati woman knocked her husband
senseless with copy of tho Bible. The
old version is good aud strong yet.
How many men and women are there
without weak spot somewhere p.
During the last five years about thirty
persons have been killed and about Sc
venty wounded, on the Government side,
in the war with illicit distilling. 1t is
thus evident that campaigning in this
service Is about as sharp soldering as
can be had anywhere in time of peace.
Ia noble part Of every true life is
to learn to undo what has boeu wrongly
done -. Faith builds the bridge of
prayer that spans the chasm Of human
neea....'Py shimminy how dot boy
studies gramnar!' was the remark Of
German when his son called him
knock kDeed, piseon.toei I, seven siled
Siazed-eyed son OF q saw-horse.'
Hold on to virtue-it is above price to
you at all times and places. An elo-
qncnt Chicago minister crammed n
whole sermon against sellishness into q
single Illustration; Said by stander
to an old man, busiy engaged in set
Ting out young trees: My old friend
why are you planting trees You will
not live to gather tho fruit AS the We.
teran of 80 mopped the sweat from his
brow. he replied: Somebody planted
the trees for mo before | was born
The man or woman who has no desire
and makes no effort to add to the beau>
ty and comforts Of the world. physically
and morally, has low appreciation of
LIES duties aud privileges. = Ease is
difficult thing to counterfeit; it is as
rnGch1rOr6 n fiuit hnot 4,
Mo, Herald: Women arc still wearing
heels in tho middle of their Shoes. Per.
haps before long they'll wear their bon.
nets on their bustles. we know that
we must meet to part, but We know that
We part to meet again "A mans good
breeding is the best security against
other peoples i'll manners. ..Good-
ness said Partisan, when the bill for
the expenses of his wife's funeral-a
little bill of six thousand francs-was
handed to him, Il had almost rather she
hadn't died -. Those are the most hon
orable who ore the most useful .Im.
patience dries the blood sooner than age
VS. 'O' wv VIC Cait
mind few can read their own. The
Bank OF Commerce, Of Richmond, failed
last week IL owes about $40. 900. and
1t is believed will pay at least 80 cents
on The dollar Queen VICTORIA gets
S6,270 day. Mickey never goes Off
on strike. Printing has been intro.
duced as study into the high school
at st. Jose, California No farmer or
owner OF place should ever pass by n
caterpiliar's nest. whether on fruit tree
or forest tree. Destroy il at once with
its entire brood Of caterpillars, or IL will
destroy the trees and the fruit, whilo
he brood will multiply thousand. fold.
during the last forty years the APP.
pletons have sold 100000 Of Web
ster's Spoilers. 20. b. DENNY, during
thunder storm, on the 3rd inst, at
MlrdoD, ID. T., was holding his wife on
bis lap. when stroke Of lightning par
aly zed the woman and killed the hus-
band instantly ..ALgXANDER DUMAS
recently testified before n commission
Of authors, to which IN infuriate scrib-
bier bad summoned him, that his advcr.
sary had handed him a manuscript to
revise, and tia; he had accordingly re-
'ised il to the best Of his ability, leav-
ing in it only forty lines Of tho original.
....lt is estimated that 2j. OOc persons
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Cemetery, Cleveland, Ohio, on tue 2nd
inst. the anniversary OF his assassina.
ton Tho sale Of the MOODY and
SAMMY hymns. ia all their various edi-
ticns, has reached total of nearly TO-.
100000 copies -. Lancaster county.
Pa, has fifteen thousand acres set out
in tobacco The wheat so far thrash
I Cd on TIE Il ,atern Shore Of Mi. is
q 81.