Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1897-04-29
Items Of Interest.

of Loudoun county have been feeced
out of small sums of money by the
slick fellows, it is said They repre-
sent themselves as being agents for a
Boston iewelry concern and endeavor
to form clubs in the section they are
working. Each one carries a large lot
of samples and solicits orders. A doz-
en- solid silver spoons for $lOO is their
biggest bargain, They take orders
for anything in their line, but leave
the spoons, upon payment for which
give a receipt and say the other ar
ticles you buy will be sent to a mem
Der of the club, who will deliver
them. They have sold large quanti-
ties of spoons for the above price. but
those who purchased, to enable them
to obtain the other articles, never re-
ceived the goods expected to come by
express. The spoons are only worth
about % cents, so the farmers are
Aeeced out of 70 cents.
The people of Beloit, Kan, observed
q remarkable flight Of wild geese on
Sunday night. They began to pass
over the town about bedtime, flew
very low, and their calls were distinct
ly heard by the people. As the flight
was continued and the geese were SC
numerous, men and boys armed with
shotguns and rifles stationed them
selves in the streets and discharged
their guns in the direction Of the sound
The geese seemed to be attracted by
the electric lights, and boys ana wo-
men armed with brooms, clothes-poles
and clubs mounted the housetops and
struck them as they passed over. The
next morning over 200 dead geese
were found Oh the ground. Other
towns around had a similar experience
The flight lasted until daylight, wher
the geese descended to the wheat fields
for the day.
The Agricultural Department has
taken steps looking to the extermina
ton of hog cholera, and as initiative
has sought the cooperation Of the
States of Tennessee and Iowa in al
experiment to determine how econo
mically the malady can be stamped
out. If these States do not agree t.
cooperate, others will be asked, Sc
that satisfactory experiment can be
made. The outcome is expected to b,
a system econmical in its operation TO
stamping out the disease in the State
cooperating.
Perrin Cover, one of the Wealthies
farmers in the Raleigh, \. c., region
on Monday committed suicide by
drinking an ounce Of laudanum. H
was a Confederate soldier, and unit
the last campaign strong, intoleran
Democrat. He became Popuiist las
fall and voted a ticket composed 0
Populists and Republicans, including
negro candidate for the Legislature
Afterward Cover brooded over hay
ing voted for the negro and his min
became unbalanced.
This is a good time to clean up tn
yard and whitewash rough fences, thu
making your home attractive. b
the way, see that old vegetables ar
removed from the cellar before the
begin to decay, and thus engende
sickness and disease. Nothing !
more certain to make it unhealthy il
the house than decaying vegetable
and dampness in the cellar. A Goa
Of whitewash here will also be an ad
vantage.
Congressman Shattuck, of Ohio, ha
nominated D. j. Bundy, a colored lad
to a cadetship at Annapolis. He ha
been urged to withdraw the name
but says he will stand by the appoint
ment. There have been some mur
murs of disapprovaI from the nava
academy, and threats of the students
to resign.
Guy Foutz, thirteen-year-old DO.
Of Salem, Va, died a few days ag
from St. Vitus' dance on account of e1
cessiye cigarette smoking. The lac
lived only a few days after the attack
Major Theodore Greenawalt, prom
inent resident of Harrisburg, Pa, dice
the other day from a spell of hic cough
that could not be controlled.
The severest test of manhood !
never found in good times, but onl,
in hard times. 1t is not the man VIII
has success when others are doin!
well, but is the man who keeps up hi