Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1895-02-14
ITEMS OF INTEREST.


Nathan RosenSof Baltimore, broke an
engagement with Miss Carrie Schapiro
because she had slight defect in one
foot. Now Nathan has to answer in
suit for $1,000.
The meanest and stingiest man lives
in Dubuque, Iowa. He went into his
backyard, soaked his hair in water, let
it freeze and then broke it off in order
to cheat the barber out of hair cut.
Jessie J. Drew was digging under
his saw mill near Hollandale, Miss,
the other day wien he found 100000
in gold coins. It is supposed to have
been buried there during the civil
war;
Six black bears in a gang were re-
Gently tracked and seen on the noun
tain at Black Hill, only a few miles
from Woodstock. A number of hogs
have been killed and eaten by them
in that section.
Rev Socrates Henkel, of Newmarket,
Va. one of the proprietors of The New
market Valley newspaper, and one OF
the most widely known clergymen IN
the valley, suffered a stroke of paraly-
sis on the 18th ult.
Three years ago A. B. Carpenter
stole a kiss from Mrs. Sarah NJ. Pierce,
a widow. She sued him for damages,
and after much litigation jury on
Saturday awarded her $1,000. Car
penter is thankful he only took one
kiss.
Anaged man named Grant, In Gray
son county, Va, and his twelye-year-
old daughter, the only occupants OF
the house, were standing over the dy-
ing embers on Friday trying to warm
their freezing bodies. Mr.. Grant re-
marked "This d-n fire haint half
burning" No sooner had the words
escaped his lips than he fell over IN
the fire dead
The incisor teeth are sharp and the
molars are blunt because the former
are designed for cutting and the latter
for grinding. People smell better
with their mouths shut because all the
air for the use of the lungs must then
be drawn through the nose. The I'm
gers are of unequal lengths because by
reason of this fact they are enabled to
grasp objects of almost any size.
A commercial traveller who stopped
over night with friend in Martins
burg was asked to say the blessing at
supper. The request ratified him, and
he responded as follows We acknowl-
edge the receipt of your favor of this
date. Allow us to express our graft
tude for this expression of good will.
Trusting that our house may merit
your confidence, and that we shall have
many good orders from you this WIN
ter, we are yours, Amen. :"
A thrilling story of how Mrs. John
Kramer, wife of Cameron, Pa, town
ship farmer, with her hands full of flour
blinded ferocious catamount which
sprang at her throat Tuesday morning
is discussed by many persons In that
neighborhood. The woman was walk
ing down the road to Helfenden, when
the beast bounded from behind pile
of timber toward her. Mrs. Kramer
was carrying a small sack of -four, and,
seeing that she could not hope to es-
cape, she grasped two handfuls Of the
breadstuff and threw it into the snarl-
ing catamount's eyes just as the beast
crouched again to leap at her throat.
The wildcat was blinded and missed
its prey as it sprang again, for Mrs
Kramer fed. Her husband, who was
not far behind, hurried up with his
rifle, and with two shots dispatched
the beast just as its eyes were partially
cleared of -four