The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1892-06-09
PERSONAL AND lMpERsoNAL.


Boston has . grocer who drAws I
fine distinction between words : His
store IS ON fremont street and in The
window Is a card bearing this Informs.
ton; Fresh Eggs, rs cents; Strictly
Fresh Eggs, sag CENTS >
An amusing incident occurred In
the circuit court at West Point, Miss,
recently tsays the Atlanta Constitu.
tion). A negro boy, being tried for
stealing two pairs Of trousers. and.
having no lawyer. judge Campbell
asked him II he desired TO speak. He
promptly replied in the affirmative.
and fred The Boy Stood on the Rurn-
ing Deck" at the Judge and jury,
"A Yorkshire vicar once receised
the following notice regarding mar
riage from parish house. This Is to
give you motifs that and Miss Jcmima
Arabclla Brcarly is comm TO your
church on Saturday afternoon ncx'. TO
undergo the operation OF matrimony Mt
your hands Please be promp'. a. tho
cab Is hired by the hour Tho operas
ton" was performed in due course.
John Il. Locke. ''the learned shoe
maker" who recently died at Charles
town, N. H., was the son Of rcvolu-
tionary soldier Though widely known
for his learaing in geology and kindred
sciences, he could make MS good shoe
In his last years as in his youth, He
was a cobbler who did not stick to his
last and one OF the few who have sue.
cessfully neglected to do so. He
claimed descent In an unbroken line
from the great English philosopher,
John Locke.
Mr.. Spurgcon's love for his domestic
pets was (Mr. Charlesworth says in The
Home Messenger), one Of his most
prominent characteristics HE once
had d famous cat. and Dicks affection
for his muster often mads him wef-
come visitor to the study. His dog
Punch was beauty Of the genuine
pug variety, VIII, revelled In aromp,
and seemed proud Of the patronage his
master layished upon him In the
farm stack in the miniature homestead
Mr.. Spurgeon had genuine pride.
Mime. Adam, the famous editor OF
the Nouyelle Revue Of Paris, recently
sent out invitations for series Of re-
ceptions and inscribed on the cards
the words ITO talk" She says that
the musicales which have amused
Partisan society of recent years show
the decadence OF the drawing no om,
decadence she is DESTROYS of checking.
There must still be some thirty or
forty women left in Paris who know
how to converse. and will try to
gather them together" said Nine,
Adam.
lin the space of two minutes an
Omaha man had two almost miraculous
escapes from death. He was standing
near Quarry when a keg OF powder
exploded and hurled him consider
able distance from the spot In
senseless conditioa he landed just above
charge Of dynamite, the fuse Of which
had already been lighted. Before he
could be res .ued the dynamite exploded
and he was blown second time into
the air Notwithstanding this double
accident the man escaped with only
broken leg and arm.
The Woman's Tribune tells of a
chivalrous justice down in Alabama
who says that, when the young law
yers spout law at him till they don't
know which side they are arguing and
he doesn't either. he listens TO them AL
aud reserves his decision until the next
dav. Then he goes home, statcs the
case to his wife. and she gives the opin-
ion, which he announces in the morn
ing. The mau says his wife d esn't
know line Of law, but that she has
the biggest stock of common sense OF
any woman in that part Of the country.