Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1885-08-04
SPIRIT OF JEFFERSON.
JErrEnsoa cousrr, W. Va.
TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST. 1855.
Various Items.

Various Items.
There are 176 street railroads in
the United States.
Paper printed and put up instablet
form at the SPIRIT Office.
Philadelphia has a barber shop
where Indian squaws do the shaving.
Ayers Hair yigor imparts vitality,
gloss, and freshness to the hair, and
restores its original beauty.
Go to MILLING STORE for Jelly
Glasses, Glass Fruit Jars and Stone
Jars of all sizes at reduced prices.
A New Jersey woman has sued a
merchant for slandering her new bon
net. The sum asked for is $4,000.
SHENANDOAH MILLING Co have re-
duced the price of Fruit Jars, Quart
S1.15 per doz., Half Gal SI.5O per
doz.
Our latestreceipts from the Eastern
Markets is large stock of Slippers
for Ladies, Misses and Children.
HAGLEY's TEMPLE OF FASHION.
The Connecticut river, once a nav
igable stream for considerable dis
tance, is said to be drying up because
of the destruction of the forests along
its water she'd.
The curative power of Ayers Sar-
saparilla is too we'll known torequire
the specious aid of any exaggerated
or ficticious certificate. Witnesse s
of its marvellous cures are to-day liv-
ing in every city and hamlet of the
land. Write for names if you want
home evidence.
"How is Jim Bu!lard getting on ?''
asked a stranger at the railroad sta
tion of a Dakota town. ssJim ker-
mitted suicide 'hout er month ago, -
replied native. '' Committed SUI
icide? How did he commit suicide? ?"
+" lie called me a liar, strangcr!"
The most deadly foe to all malarial
diseases is Ayers Ague Cure, a COM
bination of vegetable ingredients
only, of which the most valuable is
used in no other known preparation.
This remedy is an absolute and GER
tain specific, and succeeds when
other medicines fail. A cure is war
ranted.
Little boy has been swearing, and
mamma, to punish him, washed
thoroughly the inside of his mouth
with soapsuds," to-" as she explains
to him, " clean away the naughty
words.' A few days later, while
passing the bathroom, she sees the
youngster with his face one mass of
suds and mouth SO full that she bare
Iy understands his spluttering excla-
nations, Getting them all cut,
mamma. Swore five times yester-
day!"
"Got any COW bellsl |" eyes, step
this way Those are to small
Haven't you any larger?" "No,
sir; the largest ones are Sold" Rus
icus started off and got as far as the
door when the clerk called ont after
him: Look here stranger, take one
of those small bells for your COW, and
you won't have half the trouble in
her, for when you hear her bell you
will always know she can't be far
off, The farmer bought the bell.
Ieras tSIftings.
Agentleman, scientifically inclined;
recently captured spider, and by a
careful estimate made by means Of
actually weighing it and then contin-
ing it in cage, he found that it ate
four times its weight for breakfast,
nearly nine times its weight for din
ner, thirteen times its weight for
supper, finishing up with an ounce at
p. NJ, when he was released, and ran
off in search of food. At this rate,
a man Weighing 160 pounds would re-
quire the whole of a fat steer for
breakfast, the dose repeated with the
addition of n half-dozen well-fattened
sheep for dinner, and two bullocks,
eight sheep, and four hogs for supper F;
and then, as a lunch before going to
his club banquet, he would indulge in
about four barrels of fresh fish.
Call at the