South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1883-01-12
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up things light and swollen, ant
browns things weighty and solid -.
lie that studieth revenge keepett
bis own wounds green 49,. The Shen.
andoah Valley reports that little
daughter of Mr.. Silone ZirkIe fell a
day or two ago and bit her tongue so
badly that the physician thinks the
part lacerated will have to be taken
oH.........It is the will of God that we
should, every ore OF us, have some.
thing to do in this world. Parents
ought to bring up their children to
work........ Discretion i'm speech is
more than eloquence --The big
hog, of Fisher Brothers, at Stras.
burg. Shenandoah county, Va, was
Killed few days ago, and weighed
oS7a, net----Mr. j. ID. Lewis, grand.
son OF Col. Lewis, who fell at the bat
tie OF Point Pleasant, died at Charles
ton this State. on Tuesday week aged
" years Nearly fourteen million
dollars worth of cattle are now graz
ing IN what six years ago was abso.
lutely Indian country in Texas --.---
When Joshua Hill, of Georgia, was
in the United States Senate he bought
Tor $1,000 an old field lying on The
suburbs of Washington, holding il as
an investment for his children. The
British minister built fine residence
IN that neighborhood, making it Il
fashionable district, and Mr.. Hills
purchase is now worth about $780,
coo. The Catholic pastor at Bay City
Michigan, has been made by law TO
ray $3.50 damages for publicly warn
ing his congregation not 10 trade with
one OF the members who, he said, was
not q good Catholic. The color
ed people in several parts of Pittsyi-
rania County, Va, are in state of
great perturbation, the cause being
generally prevailing report that there
IS an organized party OF persons who
make 1T business to travel through
the country, catch strong, healthy ne
groes, smother them TO death with q
plaster over their mouths, then put
them up in boxes or barrels and ship
them to New York, where the bodies
are utilized for the instruction of stu
dents III the medical college.
Unanswerable.- Two sons of the en-
crald Isle discussing a certain colored
man, one remarked, But he was
mighty shmart, dye moind.' Phut
are ye talkin' about?' replied the 9th .
err. IF he was so shnart, how did be
come to be naygur ?'......A An Indi
ana youth by the name OF Costing SAW
a girl at church, courted her there for
two hours, and at the end OF the next
hour was married TO her. An Iowa
edltress says OF this affair: "a man
who does all his counting in two hours
and then marries misses lots OF fun.
It's like stuifing himself with peaches
and cream in five minutes and then
having dyspepsia the rest Of The year.
- a stranger, iourneying in France,
| fell sick unto death; his friend call
cd IN physician, who demurred a.
bout giving his professional services,
fearing the wherewithal might not be
forthcoming 10 settle his bill. The
friend, producing a 100-franc bill
said, Kill him or cure him, this il
yours The sick man died and was
) buried, and the doctor, finding hi:
|, money slow to appear, reminded the
survivor Of the debt Did you cure
hini?' he asked. No, SIR Did you
kill him?' Certainly not Then yor
have no claim on me, sir / wish yor
good day 1.-THE Rev. Mr.. How.
land, of the Madura mission Of the A
merican Board, in reporting the rails
ing OF $3.50 by the Christians OF Am
: pakottai, who pay more for the sup
t port OF their pastor than any othe
1 congregation of that field, says that ;
man who can earn fifteen cents q da,
is very fortunate, common wages be
ing eight cents a day for men anC
four cents for -Talmag,
says spanking children should be dom
= cody, quietly, vigorously, and witt
n the aim to let the lesson sink deeI
. into their little hearts The Chica
90 School Board contcmplates the a
, BOLTON of the study of grammar 20
? the younger pupils, and the substitu
: ton OF oral language lessons Th
: teachers believe that rules of gram
mar are soon forgotten, and that il
: reading and writing correctly on
G seldom stops tothlnk Of techncalitie;
II Their idea is that children should frs
r Nc led to speak good English intui
B.. lively, leaving the rules for late
years.
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