South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1882-10-20
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10000 tish were taken from the Sacra-
mento River "a man should make
tho best use Of his opportunities. One
Of them is shutting the door. 1t is
easier TO suppress the drst desire than
satisfy all that follow it,. Quick rs
wink: Tue eye lash :. Mrs. ELLEN
FRAZER of Toledo, e. escape the pains
Of neuralgia. committed suicide by hang.
ing herself over the table in the dining
room, few days ago. -. Man can ne
yer come up TO his ideal standard. II
Is tue nature OF the immortal spirit to
raise that standard higher, as it goes
from strength TO strength still upward
Or onward. Accordingly the wisest
and greatest men are ever tho most mo-
dcst LIN Texas, l,46l miles of new
roads were constructed last year, cost
ing nearly $50 .00O.O1O. The State has
no" thirty-four railroads. aggregating
5,90S miles in length. You can get
the respect Of honest men in one way
only-by deserving it,. Hate enters
sometimes into great souls; envy comes
only from little minds. :. Every day OF
my life makes me says Hawthorne feel
more and more how seldom fact is
accurately stated; how almost nvaria-
bly, when story has passed through
the mind of third person it becomes so
far as regards the impression that it
makes IN further repetitions, little bet.
ter than falsehood aud this, too,
though the narrator be the most truth.
seeing person in existence To be
faithful withou, loving is to have the
patriotism Of virtue. Our lives
should be like srow.fields where our
footsteps leave trace. but not a stain.
Ia gray horse used by the st. Louis
Transfer Company in one of its teams
is an habi,ual tobacco chewer. One
forgives every thing to him who for
gives himself nothing L. "A terrier DOG
at Anericus, Ga, has iorsaken his home
and taken up his lot with herd of
goats, refusing to associate with other
CANNES. 80. Persons familiar with the
peanut section OF Virginia report that
the average is 40 per cent. greater than
of last year, and that the yield will be
about 80 bushels per acre this wear.
against 20 last season. the ravages
OF diphtneria in Pittsylvania county,
Va. have become alarming. nearly 200
deaths having occurred within 60 days.
Twenty pupils of enc school district
have died. Last Sunday three children
were lying dead in one house. ."To
find rest" said BERNARD DREAMER of
Baltimore, 81 swallow this ounce of lau-
danum." lie had been In i'll health
Tor long time. There is little in
the world but that has cost some one
deeply. jealousy recently in ,uced
large Berlin dog 10 attack five year
old boy. The hoy was petting q new
lap dog when the big dog jumped upon
him and threw him down. The lap dog,
going to the boys assistance, was kill.
ed....A fight between q toad and
large black spider was recently witness.
ed at Merrick, l.. I. After each round
tue toad hoped TO plantain leaf, bit
of piece, and then returned to the
fray. After this had occurred seve raj
times the leaf was taken away, and the
toad, failing to find the leaf, soon roll
ed oyer and dioI Will l,..,;. -
WlilIamsport, Pa, a few days ago, BAR.
RY MAHIFFY stopped to pick up his
game, and his gun, slipping from log,
was discharged, killing him "A di s.
tasteful odor Of asofptida that a Vir.
Sinia lady had placed under the caves
OF the porch os a disinfeCtant drove a.
way wren that had just gone TO house,
keeping. For some days the bird and
her mate we're observed to DC very bu
sy, and it was soon discovered that they
had moved their nest twig by twig To
the opposite side Of the port.co 1t is
said that few days ago a Child three
or four months old was placed in the
buggy OF Dr.. Ephraim Kline, who lives
about mile from Frederick. Nd, and
the county commissioners are endeavor
ing TO ascertain its parentage. The
waif has been named Mary Buggylield,
because she was found in buggy stand
ing in field. .Stonowsll Jackson's
army horse, called Little Sorelr is
twenty-six years OF age. and still kindly
cared for 10y General Jackson's father
in law, DIR. Morrison, Of Lincoln coun.
~, n. G. 1t is the horse on which G cn.
Jackson received bis death wound o..
Strong thoughts are iron nails driven
| in tile mind. that nothing can drnw out.