Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1882-05-13
LOCAL EDITORS CHIT-CHAT.
A Medley of Spicy Jotti'ags Doao'a
Which aOiU imply Repay Perusal.

WNtCU tOtt6 dUtpCy Iltptty e|Wouo.
Poor little Lizzie looks haggard and thin,
She really won't last through the summer F;
The reason that made all this thinness begin
Was flirting one day with a drummer.
They flirted till he grew part of her life,
But sadly her hopes tumbled down,
When she found he already had one lawful
wife,
And four boys in a neighboring town. -Er.
STAR only $l.00 per year.
The sparrows are destroying the
fruit buds.
The first step towards getting di-
vorce is to get married.
You can Judge of a towns prosperity
by the way its merchants advertise.
There is every indication Of large
peach crop in Maryland and Delaware.
The potato is susceptible vegeta-
BILE. 1t is constantly getting mashed.
Marriage and giving in marriage
continues to be the leading industry of
Utah.
Farmville has been selected as the
location of the colored Normal and
Collegiate Institute.
The Eastern shore promises to sup
ply a larger crop OF sweet potatoes
this year than ever.
The Boston Herald declares that
every person pays $1,000 "a year to
maintain protection.
Every time Jumbo takes his foot out
Of the mud it looks as though some
body mad been digging IA cellar.
The hardest rock is made of the
softest mud, just as the stoniest hus-
band is made of the softest lover.
Lynch law is becoming 50 common
in parts of the West that many Con-
gressmen are afraid to return home.
No wonder that Jesse James was a
bandit, lie read nothing but #. De-
witt Tamage and Henry Ward Beech
ers sermons.
The demand for American beef con-
tinues SO active abroad that it has in
creased the price at home. Another
reaction in the export trade will be
the result.
We admire ladies because of their
beauty, respect them because of their
virtue, adore them because Of their
intelligence, and love them because we
can t help it.
The following is the fashionable way
to play a three-handed game of cards
in Texas The first holds the cards,
the second holds a revolver, and the
coroner the inquest.
Set your hens, trim your trees,
straighten and paint or whitewash
your fences, beautify your yards and
gardens, and give your premises gen.
eral cleaning up, for spring is here.
Reliable reports received from the
wheat growing sections of the State
represent the outlook very encourage
ing. The indications are fatterine
for the largest crop that has been made
for many years.
Attention is called to the card o.
our young friend, G. S. w. Barnes
ESQ, to be found in another column
He is we'll and favorably known te
most of our readers, and will without
doubt secure d large share of Legal
business from his old friends and asso-
ciates in Stephens City and vicinity
Instantly is none too quick to re-
lieve Group. Many children have died
while fire was making. Johnson's
Amodyne Linimeat gives instant relief
and is sure cure. Half teaspoonful
on sugar. Every family should KEEP
it in the house.
The Atlanta Constitution estimates
that the grain acreage of the South
will show AN increase of Is to 40 pei
cent over last year, and that the cot
ton acreage will be about the same, ex-
cept in the flooded districts, where
there will be a decrease of about &c
per cent.
The outlook for the wheat crop in
Frederick and adjoining counties is
very Aattering. There was but little
of the crop winter-killed, and the
spring rains have started its growth
with good color Every indication
points to fine crop and an ample re-
ward to the husbandman.