Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1882-06-17
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fowl eating corn. II takes peck every
time
A shepherdstown lady beiug told 10y
a FREUD that silk dresses were being
very much worn, said tina, she knew il,
for hers had two or three holes in ii.
Ingenious men have tried TO invent a
spark arrester but pretty woman Is
the only article that succeeds in that
line.
Chicago girls have discovered That
by keeping five or six beans in the
mouth the voice is given an "old alis-
tocIatic family accent.
a roguc's galIery-that Of the
photographer vino takes poor pictures
and charges an eXOrbitant price for
them.
People who sny that an ostrich can
kill ii man with one kick, are simply
seeking to deprive the mule Of his ina
ditional rights
There is nothing marvellous about cur
ing by laying on hands. Hands loi on
smartly and vigorously have cured many
smart boys OF badness.
AS you travel around the country you
are more impressed with the conviction
that the chief end Of man is TO paint
patent medicine signs on the iecDes.
An editor Offers S. for the best writ
ten love letter. There are a couple Of
spgigs in Shepherdstown who would
give more than that TO get back scme
they have written.
1t is now asserted that few pots OF
flowers, in a sleeping room, are not in
furious to health Neither is barrel
of flour in q kitchen.
a Colorado girl died in ball room
from congestion ofthe brain, caused by
/ tight lacing. We didn't think that wo-
men VINO lace themselves rs tight sS
that had any brain.
a method has been discovered re-
Gently by which good walking shoes can
be made from leather. This will have
a tendency 10 relieve the great strain on
the pasteboard market.
A little Fellow came TO school brimfol
Of talk about bTaHDcw baby in bis
back. 'How old is ii?' asked somebody.
i don't know bow old it's, he answerd
naiyelyi obey only found it last night.
Dark clouds roll up and obscure the
Sun, but We know that there is light
above tic clouds.
II the Irish-famine ycsr, nearly sj0,-
100000 was consumed IN lq1ors by q
people who say they cannot pay their
rent ana debts.
There are forty-cight entire counties
in the State of Georgia in which the sale
OF liquors is entirely prohibited.
Patience may be bitter, but the fruit
viii be sweet
4 handsome man aud a fool may wear
the same cap.
The man who leaves dirty water IN
the wash-basin gets n much shorter pair
Of wings than any otter angel.
An old couple were walking down
the street the other day reading sigus,
when they ran across one which the old
man read ihus: Jolnson's shirt store.
well, ] declare! exclaimed the Old
lady, ! wonder how he tore II T.
Mrs. \. T. Stewart is described So q
little Old woman who wears Lrown
wig and snowy diamond earrings. Her
figure is 32j,OO0,000, and it is asserted
that Mr.. Stewards determination that
none oi his relatives should ever have
any OF tie property will be carried out
10y her.
Garner up pleasant thoughts in your
mind, FOR pleasant thoughts make pleas
ant lives.
The world would be rcgenerate1 if
there were a few more cheerful faces 10
il.
The first lucifer match vas made io
1929.
lie that worketh wickedness by an.
other is wicked himself.
Life il jast long enough for man 10
decide az 10 where be will spend eierhi-
ty.
Money and fame are two ihings that
men work hardest for, and after death
one is worth to them just abou; IS
much Sc the other.
'Its no use 10 feel OF NE wrist DOCTOR
said Pat, when the physician began
taking his pulse: The pains is not there
surr; its in me hid entirely.
Sunhowers, says fashionable author
i,v, will be much worn this season. In
case you cau't get sunfower th biggest
dinner plate you can find, painted yellow,
viii DO.