Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-08-14
THOUGHTS, SELECT AND ORIGINAL,

A man who has just died in Ohio
has had fifteen wives. He evident
ly appreciated the fair sex.
The campmeeting season is at
hand but Satan is not worried much
at the alleged attack on him.
1t is mighty hard to get ahead Of
an Ohio man. One of them swears
that he recently found a land ter
rapin which had inscribed upon it:
adam, year q
In Georgia one of the Methodist
conferences has forbidden the mem
bers of its churches to attend
baseball games. They will have
to fall back on circuses, We suppose.
What the Virginia Oourbons
pride themselves on the most, in
their campaign outfit, is the old
clothes they have cribbed from the
wardrobe of their opponents.
What wOn'ta woman do to shield
her husband, brute though he may
be : \ woman in Lancaster, Pa, to
relieve her husband, who was charg-
ed with cutting of the end Of her
nose, swOre that she bit it of her.
self.
The peanut crop of the State will
be about One-half the usual crop,
owing to diminished acreage. The
price does not pay for the cultlva'
ton, and unless there is some re-
lief this industry will cease in lower
Virginia.
The mosquito crop in Florida is
said to be smaller than usual this
year, owing TO the discovery of a
st. John hotel keeper, who tried
the experiment of throwing oil into
ponds and stagnant bits of water.
He found that it prevented the in
sects from Matching, and his plan
is coming into general use in the
State.
The Virginia springs and other
mountain resorts are having a bust
ness boom this summer such as
they have not experienced for years.
The reports from nearly all of them
show that they are well filled with
visitors, and some Of them have
been pressed tOprovide accommoda-
ton for all their guests.
1t seems hardly credible, but it is
nevertheless a fact, that a carrier
pigeon taken from Philadelphia to
Pensacola, Florida, and there re-
leased, should fly back to its former
home. The "Red Whizzer,' owned
by Mr.. r. L. Hayes, recently ac-
complished the feat. 1t made the
distance of 900 miles, airline, in ~
days, % hours and 10 minutes. This
is the greatest distance ever Gov
cred by a pigeon.
The latest society sensation in
London is caused by the announce
ment that Lord Chief Justice Col
eridge is about to marry an Amer
lean lady whom he first met on the
steamer on which he returned from |
the United States three years ago,
and who threatened to bring an
action for breach Of promise if lie |
did not marry her. Society is very |
much agitated over the approach
ing event. His lordship's sons and
daughters are said to be very angry.
The following is a list of Virginia
fairs to be held this year, with the
dates: Bristol, September
%, four days: Abingdon, Septem-
bel 80, three days Pulaski, Oc-
tOber 7, two days; Fincastle Oc-
tober 6, three days; Lynchburg,
Oct. Is, four days; Lexington, Oct.
II, three days; Winchester, October
IA, three days Culpeper, Septem-
Der 30, three days; Scottsville,
October, 7 three days; Anderson,
October Is, four days; State fair,
Richmond, October p, three days;
Loudoun, September -, three days.
Demosthenes had good powers Of
speech, Cicero had a bump Of Ian
guage, Dante was fluent and pic
turesque, Shakespeare was a mas
ter of expression, Macaulay was
brilliant, and Dickens graphic, but
for real ability to yank the verna-
cular of its feet, to wrestle with
language and knock it out in one
round, the Associated Press re-
porters, who handle the Grant OBJ
seQuies at Mt. McGregOr and are
apparently following the remains
to the grave, beat the world and !
deserve the belt.-Star.
The corporation counsel of New !
YORK has given a written official |
decision to the effect that neither |
the city authorities nor the park |
commissioners have power to con.
vey title to the spot of ground in
which it is proposed to bury the re-
mains ofGeneral Grant. They may
grant permission for the interment
there, but they cannot sell, cede,
donate or lease any of the land, all
of which is held by tn EN- IN trust
solely for public uses.
The Atlanta (Ga.) Constitution
says; The presence of John S. Wise,