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South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1883-04-13
TUE JOHN l.. MANNING
Mower & Reaper

las no equal for light draught work
and Durability.
THE KELLER DRILL, THE ONLY
DRILL t8st will COW I'll, kinds OF Feriiz.r 70,
gUlar Wagons aul Blzgiel Of tie beat make.
Also, llay N,kss. iu l1ci a. kinds Of Mscbin
erv and .tr'iJzers r. Stock taken in sz
change FOR Nachntry.
J. y. RODRUCN.
Romncy, W. Va.
May 3, ls62-1y.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1883-04-13

AZ Il stenoorapiic exhibition in Paris
twenty'rou' di'fircn' systems of short
hand are on view. Among other curl.
ositics, there Is a postcard containing
1000 words.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1883-04-13

u silver Of wood cut. I sent johnnie
the was them about years oldl out
in the field ter tell Caleb I wanted
him.
lie came in looking savage enough.
and wanted TO know what il was I
wanted. SEE I:
Il want some wood to burn
wal, sez he, there's whole wood
pile out there. Help YOURSELF
AN not stick split sez |. You
VIII hev to git a bigger stove to burn
that
Wal. il amt such hard Job to
split it. SCI he. Nancy used tew of
en- when / was bizzy.'
Did she?' sez l so did Daniel
lie got the wood an said. as he
Was going out, that he didn't want
ter be called in out o. the moving
field again, unless twas FOR victnals.
The mex day twas the same thing !:
not . aiek split. Thipks / i0ld fel.
low, you amt got no Nancy here
LII learn ye Il little somethin' that
p'raps you don't know. So when it
was dinner time | blows the horn, an
III comes all seven Of the n.en and
set down ter the table. SIGH surpris.
cd lookin' faces rs they had as they
viewed the grub. There WAS the bis
cult just dough, the pertatcrs and meat.
and vegetables, and everything was
washed clean and put down raw. Not
Il thing was cooked
Caleb looked blacker n thunder
cloud.
What does this mean?' seq he.
lit meaG'C what it MEANS SEE l.
Y on sed yesterday that you didn't
want ter be called in from the mowin'
held again unless it was for victuals,
aud here they are
Nice shape. tew,' seq he.
Wal. | can't cook 'thout wood
SEE |. dryly like.
With all that all seven OF them
started to" the door an they never
lett that wool pile till it was ready for
the stove. never was bothered for
wood agin.
A few weeks after, l wanted some
money party bad. | wanted ter send
Johnnie and Nellie back ter school.
and l was bound they should have
some clothes fit TO wear. I asked
Caleb a number Of times to let me
have some. but he made all sorts of
excuses. l didn't tell him what
wanted OF it, mind we. SO one day
along comes peddler that bought
butter n eggs. I had considerable
on hand that Caleb was intending to
carry with him into the city when he
hal time. So cold every egg lad
in the house. / got nigh on to TWEEN
ty-tive dollars for EN-
! When Caleb came home told him
had sold the butter and eggs.
How much did you get? SEE he.
l told him.
Where's the money! SEE he.
I've got it, SEE /.
WAL SEE he, Nancy alters give
me all the money that she took for
her butter aud eggs
Did she?' SEE I. sAnd 80 did
Daniel
lie got tired of holding Nancy up
atore my eyes, for I would Offset her
with Dau'el every time. lie found
that | was powerful sot in my way
and he thought he might as well let
me bev my own way, and go he hez
don mean to be ugly, but won't
he trod on by nobody. When he
wouldn't let me hcv what money I
wanted. I'd sell something every
time. | sold two tons of nav one
time, when knew he only had e.
nough to winter his critters. So, on
the whole, he found eout that wasn't
afraid of him. and nc behaved quite
decent told him not long ago that
be was growing clever.
! 'CIevern SEE lac. I'd rather You'd
call me dog goned fool than clever. ;
But | notice he has improved, an
| lay it ter his trainin.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1883-04-13

Vennor is getting timil and Virgins
don't tell thc truth. The pair are =
sort OF lamb api lyin', AMI its appa
rent they lie together.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1883-04-13
HigginsUilIe Nursery
FOR SPRING OF 1883.

O my friends and patrons who have
!'r The past ten years patronized
my Nursery SO Literally, return thanks.
believing ii unnecessary to urge upon
them the great importance of patron;z-
ing their Home Nursery: bu, 20 ,hose
VINO nave never dealt with me wish to
say bnehy that my nursery has been
established since 1872. increasing NV
business every year, and could if ne
cessary point out TO you the many or
cha'ds In this and adjoining Counties
now bearing fruit from my Nursery ::
and after IL years of practical experi-
ence In testing the Dumerous varieties
oil fruits in this county, believe I am
now ao!e TO recommend 20 my customers
fruits best calcu lated to sriS Tie soil
am climate OF our county. And in con.
ciuslon let me- say to you. don't give
Your ORDERS to irresponsible tree ogents.
L on VII have the gentlpmahly and po-
lite tree a-ents from other parts OF Tie
country call upon YOU. They viii tell
you Tia: theirs Is the only nursery that
ooes an honest business. e.. and tba,
am sold ont of trees. and that l have
not tie varieties of apples nolow. &c.
Give ne u trial is all ask my stock
Tor Spring Is fnc, consisting Of about 60
kinds Of Apples of the hest varieties,
including severa! kinds of the new sorts.
Also, Peach, Pear. Plum, Grapes, Ounce
ana other small fruits. and .. prices to
suit the tlLcs. 1 will furnish Hedge
/ Plants Usage Orange-at 81 IS per 81.
at Railroad S.ation-or So 90 delivered
at Romney. Please give me your or.
ders- in time.
JOHN II. RANNELLS.
Higginsvilie. HampshircCo, w. Va.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1883-04-13
SOUTH a:raneh 9ntelliaenter.
RoMNEY. FRIDAY. AparL 10, 1858.

NJ. CoRcoRAN's monument: ., JOHN
HOWARD PAYNE's grave will cost about
four thousand dollars.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1883-04-13

Four barrels OF water from the g reat
salt lake. after evaporation, will leave
q barrel or salt.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1883-04-13

The following little incident is rela-
TED as Illustrating TO what q remark.
able extent the reasoning powers OF
the elephant may be brought ont, as
we'll rs showing the control experieut
ced animal trainers have over these
huge b-utes. a mcdium-siz Asia.
tic male elephant with the p. T. Bar.
NUN and London Shows has been
taught to perform the following -
Dressed as a German, with n cap
perched on bis head, he is brought
into the ring, and mounting a strong
barrel be rolls it backward aud for.
ward with his fore feet. lie then
takes a chair, sits on il before q table
upon which Is placed a bell. rings the
bell, orders dinner, eats it, drinks out
OF bottle, wipes his mouth with a
big napkin, fans himself with a palm
Leaf fan, stands on his hind legs, bis
fore legs, on his head, lies down, sits
down upon the ground, rolls over.
gets up, holds his trainer ON his head.
goes forward, backward. sideways.
see'saws on a plank, plays an organ,
walks on bottles arranged in row,
carries different articles. takes off lis
clothes with his trunk. rolls tub with
HE nose, sets it on end, sits on it, and
many other funny things. closing by
pushing his trainer ont OF the ring
All this ia done without a word being
spoken to him.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1883-04-13
mney. IamPshre County, West. Va. April Is, 1883. Ne
Morphine for Quinine.


Morphine for Quinine.
SHrLsYvILLE. LII, March e5lh.-A
sad case Of seeming criminal careless
ness has come to light. Two children
Of Nrs. Saith bed been ailiny. and we're
attended BY Dr.. Brant. Of Lakewood. -
Last tuesday he called and left some
tonic, which Ae said we're quinine pow
sssrs. ana thought bis visits n, longer
required. About noon one of the pow
iers Vas given 70 each child. and slmo st
instantly both we're taken alarmiusly i'll.
Three hours after tho babe died in
spasms The other caild. with the same
symptoms fingered until morning, when
he, too, died. On Monday the doctor
called, asked for and received the re-
naming powders. In. due time the
children we're buried. Suspicion was
ar3uAsd Yesterday The corone was
notiisa. With two ply sic!ans. DIS ca
therwood and Wcntervelt, repaired 10
the scene. The bodies were exhamed,
u post mortem held and the doctor.
gave it as their opinion that the chill
drcn died from an overdose of NOR
phine, given by mistake for quinine. It
appeared in evidence before tho coro-
ner's jury that DR.. Brant was under the
infu.n Of liquor when he prepared
the powder, and The m after will be fur.
ther elucidased by the grand jury.
SENSIBLE NTENCEs.-Don't be
whining about no: having fair chance.
Throw a sensible man out of O window
hell fall on his feet and ask the way
to his work. The more you have to be-
gin With, TIE less you will have in the
end. Money you earn yoarselfis much
brighter than any you can get ont OF
dead meI's Tags. A scant breakfas,
In the morning Of life whets the appe-
lite for a feas: later in the day. He
who has tasted a sour apple will have
the more relish for a sweet ore. Your
present want will make future prosper.
ity all the sw eetcr. Eighteen -pence
has set up many n pedder in bushes,
and be has turned IL over until ho has
kept his carriage. AS for the place you
are cast in, don't fad fault with that
you need not tie horse because you
were bora in q stable. II bull tossed
man of meta! skyhigh. lie would drop
down in good place. A hard work
ing young man win his wits abou. him
Will make money, While others will dc
nothing but lose it. who loves his
work and knows how to spare, may
live and flourish anywhere As TO the
trouble. who expects to find cherries
without stones, or roses without thornsi
Who would win must learn TO bear
! likeness lies in bel sick of the NULL
gru5s, where industry fnds health an
wealth. The dog in the kennel bark:
at deas; the hunting dog does no. ever
know they are there. Laziness wait:
till the river runs dry, and never gets
TO marFet try swims it AMI makes al
the trade. Can't do it, would not ca
the bread cut 70: him, but TRY made
more GU, OF mushrooms.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1883-04-13

An Observing editor says 1T is queer
hov some people are inclined to take
Limits never intended for them, while
those WHO are really aimed at never
feel hit in the least Newspaper pub
fishers particularly fad tb, true. When
dan isprinlod l. IS taken by those who
always pay promptly, while the delin-
quen.5 never thiuk il means them
Dried apples exported last year from
this couutry found markets in Eugand,
Scotland, australia, China, India and
Egypt.
The amount Of wine made in Fran ?
last year from raisins is set down at
nearly 100000 gallons.
A school girl Of Cambridge. Mass,
Tipped and fell and a lcal pencil which
gas in her pocket penetrated her right
side 70 The depth Of about four inches,
causing serious injuries The pencil
was broken AID q surgical operation had
to be performed 20 extract it.
A leading French physician. In a pa.
per real recently before the Academy
of Medicine, says that there are 2Io.
go houses 10 France without a siugl,
sindow.
IN War.sw tho grain j. s,ill thrashed
with q hlii.
The FIRST rope making machine as
patented in 1891.
Cn Thirty Days Trial.
Tie Vollaic Bel, Co., Marshall. Mich.
viii send DR. Dyes Celebrated Electro.
yoltlic Belts 6 Electric Appliances on
Trial for thirty days to men Young or
o d) who arc afflicted with Nervous De-
hi,ily, Lost Nitslity AMI Kjndrc 1
Troubles guaranteeing speedy and
complete restoration OF health and
manly ,igor. Address as above. y. q.
No risk is incurred "a thirty days trial
is allowed.
There ore 10000 persons out OF en-
ploymcut IN Paris,
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1883-04-13
Va acSaiaaea'ys

you vii, without doubt consult yo1r own
interest by sending 10 me for circulars OF
the followiag machinery, Ac., before buyins
elsewheie Being myself practical farmer
with considerable experience in the sale of ma
cbinery, and making the la'est Improvements in
that line a specially, ! will guUantce ssiisfAc-
ton, low ra'es and liberal teens, aud will not
be srlersolj.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1883-04-13

2j bbls. nice Lake Herring and black
srcl, Just received ~ Russell & Bro.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-10-04

Jooi, as they afe The country knows them
and recognizes them ~ strong, original
They have grown into national
men by their public services Smaller
and not no well.known men must wait
until they have grown TO the same statuI re
before they can expect the country TO take
them Nd as presidential candidates, unless
they fortunately stand under the DARK
horse" lightning,
The parties can learn lesson from the
collanse of the Suns HOLMAN boom. They
cannot, especially next year, when the con-
test promises to be so closely and notify
fought. afford to take up men for whom
popular enthusiasm has to be manufactured.
The elements Of greatness and the recoius
and onalities that recommend them 10 pop
ular or even party support must stahu
mt In the men themselves, not be taken
for granted from the ingenious pleas OF
their organs and campaign speakers. In
1876 the republicans were on the defensive
from the start in having to prove that
HAYES was a statesman, q decidedly too up
hill business. In 1880, just when ingenuity
had succeeded in creating the impression
that HANCOCK was a statesman, he undid
oil tbati ~ e do, b y
affirming that the tariff was "local issue.
Statesmen and presidential characters are
m AIDE by themselves, not by their friends o,
admirers or champions. We do not wan
to see the democracy forget again so po
tent and important truth in nationa
campaign.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-10-04
Vet ri. Lived TO be seventy

What do the total abstaineis make of tn
folio wing case, which see reported in one
Of the papers7 An old gentleman has just
died in France at the ripe age OF 20, leaving
behind him a log-book Of all that be has
drunk for the last fifty years. His habits in
this respect were very regular, his daily al
lowance being four liters OF wine (seyen
pints), a couple Of glasses Of absintne be-
fore each OF his three meals and twelve
petits verres Of cognac, rum or some other
spirit, ITO drive away dependency" The
total for the half-century thus comes 20:
Wine, III. S37 piRts, sbsintbe, 100. 556
giasse; spirits. 2l9, 1872 glasses. The old gen
tlemsn boosted that be had never bad q
DAYS illness in bis life and be certainly
seems 10 have proved his point that hard
drinker il not necessarily q short liver,
although veiy possibly Sir Wilfrid Lawson
would say that bad this wine, absinthe and
spirit bibber confined himself to water be
would have lived for another twenty years.
-rI,ondon Truth.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-10-04
HE posEs,r BooM-A LESSON.

| The NewYork Sun is one ofthe most pow
erful and one of the most extensively read
nevspapcrs IN the United States. What
ever can be done by the vigorous and con-
tinued advocacy OF a strong journal can
be done by the Sun. Its failure therefore
TO arouse any enthusiasm among the peo-
pie or press Of the country by reason OF Its
advocacy Of WILLIAM s. HOLMAN. OF In
diana, for the presidency Is pretty sure
indication OF the fact that even the press
cannot lift man. purely and simply by
its own power into the presidency from
one view OF the Suns course. and also from
another standpoint that Mr.. WILLIAM s.
HOLMAN dosen't boom In connec-
ton with the presidency. For days
and days the Sun carried his name
and all thai could have been urged or said
for any man, IL urged and said for him.
his record in congress was published and
fayorably commented on; his life was
written and his personal character extolled
his virtues were exalted. and whatever good
he had done msgni6ed, but he failed ITO
boom" Not paper. or a club, or clique
OF any consequence has taken MP the Suns
CIV, and HoLxks's name excites 40 little
interest or enthusiasm now a. II did when
II was printed in the daily reports Of the
proceedings OF congress. The Suns child
was either still-born or . premsture birth,
Il IL not srsctly clear yet which II was.
The lesson isss very plain and simple
one. Although compounds candidates
have reached the presidency frequently and
rivsn prominencs 10 that always great and
ready army Of '.dsrk horses." Il has ever
been and Il still cardinal principle Of faith
among the people Of this county that 70
statesmen alone and men Of great psrts
should The presidency Be given No new
psper can make . president, although Ma.
D1ra claims 10 occupy % powerful and en-
visbls q position. Tbs mans ovn
merits and record must recommend
him 10 the country 81 large,
not merely 70 some journal o. ring or psrty.
His lie and ability must Be such that tbs
pr--Sdsncy seems 70 the popular fancy but
a ftfinr reward q his services and recor
r1fio, 81 bIr rr-rfDs~s. He mus have done
.orusfhfnr Of u. n.furs Of sist.smsnship
o. rrsstne--L True. psuions hsvs often
-scursd fbss rd--prooted ssntineun
.ronr he nssses. but e last ny ems.
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The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-10-04

WE have received handsome engravir 6
from the Newburgh Centennial Celebration
committee, which is sent out in the form
ola notice of the affair, that on Thursday,
October 18th, is to commemorate the clos
ing events of the revolution. The people
OF Newburgh, on the Hudson, propose
celebrating upon an elaborate scale the
centennial Of the closing events Of the Rev
olutionary war, including the proclama-
ton of peace. the final disbandment Of the
American army. and, incidentally, WASH
ington's reply to the famous Newburgh
letter, being virtually the rejection Of
crown.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-10-04


When the late Alexander II. Stephens
passed from earth, all Georgia vept and
vent into mourning. The "Old Common
er, - a. be Was lovingly called. was given .
grand funeral, and the state very gtDer-
0usly volunteered TO foot the tin. Amer
hirFlIng with undertskers, musicians and
florists for more than two months, the
house Of Representatives the other day re-
fused 70 pay the bill, amounting ID Al 70
al .812E The only excuse for this pie o
Of mesnnsss IL that sbs funeral should have
been more economically conducted. Mr..
Stephens gave bis whole Life 20 the state OF
Georgia; be denied himself that he might
owe DO man . penny; and the spectacle nov
Of the states representative . HrenfI1g
over the cost Of the hee-ss that carried bic
worn out frrme 20 the grave is . shameful
one indeed. There II no hope. i seems.
hat "a great mans memory r1ty outnFe
his iift bali yexr."-TNsr YORK world
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-10-04
A sPLENpID SHOWING.

In view of the importance of the elections
in the eastern states this fall, as forerunners
of the great national struggle OF 1884, 1t Is
hardly rational to suppose that the de-
mocracy of any state, especially New York,
would deliberately adopt for the present
campaign platform filled with false state
ments, and particularly statements with
reference to the administration OF affairs in
New York during the past year. 10 do SO
would expose the party TO ridicule because
he platform could be 30 easily shown to De
batch of campaign lies" 10 boldly
publish as fact therefore the statements
and declarations contained in their plat
form. at this time, and under the circum-
stances surrounding is the best possible ev-
idence of its adherence to truth. Such De-
ing the case, the declarations in the New
York platform of Thursday being true, the
democracy of the Empire State can GER
tainly congratulate itself upon record
during the past year, not only emitting 1t
to the continued support of the citizens OF
New York, but the admiration OF the en-.
tire country. The record Of the party in
New York under the administration
GOVERNOR CLEVELAND deserves specia
notice and prominence and may serve as a
safe basis of calculation of the party's PROF.
pects in that great pivotal state this year
and next. The Buffalo convention said:
"Valuable reforms have'been wrought, use
less Offices been abolished, civil service hiss
been freed from the debasing and injurious
influences of partisan manipulations. Free
dom and purity ofthe party has been restor-
ed Political assessments have been abolish
ed Receiyership abuses have been corrected.
The principle of self-government has been
adhered to. The efficiency of the national
guard has been increased. Taxation ior
the support of the government has been re-
duced. A state bureau of labor stalls TICS
has been established. The rights OF WORK
ingmen have been further protected and
injuries to the competition of convict labor
has been curtaled and business has been
better under our management OF state
affairs than ever before"
On this record which they promise 10
strictly adhere to they ask for further sup
port. This doesn't look like the tidal-wave
governor had proven failure by any
means, and If the state should be carried
by MAYNARD this fall CLEVELAND may
again win that prominence which he en-
loved for brief season last year. 1t is
splendid showing and indicates that the
ring of the democracy domiciled in New
York has been conscientiously and faith
fully keeping up its share OF the common
work. When party can boldly go before
the people of a commonwealth with such
a record it deserves and will obtain sue
cess.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-10-04

SENATOR BLAIR. Of New Hampshire, who
has been brought into temporary notoriety
as the chairman Of the senate sub-commit
tee ON labor and education, is out-Heroding
HKRoD as q prohibitionist. Not content
with permitting the states TO settle the
liquor question, each as il pleases, the sena-
tor said at temperance meeting in New
York that be was IN favor Of an amend
ment to the Federal constitution prohibit
ing the manufacture. sale or transportation
Of alcohol in this country except for scien-
tific purposes.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-10-04
aaa,t,o,aI Turf News.

JoUnvILLE, Sept. 2s.-Tbe time in the
first race to-day was the best on record for
q heat race. After tedious delay 10 the
first heat. . start was made. Pearl Jen-
nings led into the stretch, but was passed
bv CaIlno and Lizzie g., the latter
winning BY length sCsllso, second, q neck
In front Of Pearl Jennings; yocose, fourth;
Carlisle. finn; Wnd Kansas distsnced.
Time-1.4.
second Hest-Lizrie s. won the beat and
race. Pearl gennine. second Oalso, third;
Jscoss. fourth; Carlisle, nth. Time
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-10-04
Train Robbed By Masked Men

FoRr WAYNE, ISB., Sent. 2S-The ex-
press car Of the Pacific Express company,
on the Eel River branch of the Wabash, st.
Louis & Pacific railway, bound west,
when near Peru, Indiana, early
this morning, was broken into
by three masked men. The express man.
ager, Looms, was bound and gagged, and
the safe robbed of 81 500 and all other valu-
ables in the car. The robbers escaped after
locking Loomis in the car, whence be was
released on the arrival of the train at Peru.
There il no clue 10 the robbers.