The Democratic sentinel and Harrison County farmer. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1851-1852, 1851-06-04
CLIPPINGS.


wa to the Washington Monuments is as fol
lows: .... .t.
'tIowA-Her affections, like the rivers. or
her borders, flowto an inseparable Union"
- Some ten years since, an old Dutch
man purchased, in the vicinity of Brooklyn
a snug little farm for nine thousand dollars
Last week, aflot,of land spectators called
on him to ''buy him OUT On asking his
price, he said he would take rsixty thous-
and dollars-no less
! "And how much may remain on bond
and morgage?" '.a.. as ,-l-',
Shine thousand dollars" ia. l
"And why not more" replied the would
be purchaser.
more' a7 5.'E -
- "Dow, Jr." says there is no use in
popping question-let it alone and it will
pop itself. a aia yl a.s..'
1t wont do it. Once we knew fellow
who tired to make it pop, but couldn't do it.
After he had spanked up the gal to fits, an
other fellow popped in ahead of him, and
won the girl. siya 1o.t .3.
- Lorenzo Dow once said of grasp
ing avariciOus man, that if he had the
whole world enclosed in one field, he would
not be content without patch of ground on
the outside for potatoes, .5. ..snt,t,4 ~,
- A lawyer built him an Office in the
form OF hexagon, or square. The novelty
OF the structure attracted the attention of
some lrshmen who were passing by; they
made full stop and viewed the building
very critically. The lawyer, somewhat dis
g'lsted at their curiosity, lifted up the win
dow, put his head out and addressed them
as follow:
{ ''What do you stand there for like pack
of blockheads. gazing at my offce-do you
take it for a church?'
"Faix," answered one of them, al was
thinkin' so, till saw the devil poke his head
out of the wirdy,"
--tM,stcr, lend me a shillin' said q boy
to wealthy gentleman, as the latter was
stepping into a carriage "a
: W hat claim have you on me, my son?'
~ Cause was the rejoinder, you used to
sell my dad apples when he was boy
The shilling came out enlarged to half
dollar. a" a .aGl
- A gentleman travelling on an unfre-
quented road in Maine, and passinga solita-
ny shantee, orshingle shop, his attention
was arrested by loud cry of Hello there!
say! Murder Fire! Tongs! Gridirons! Brim-
stone! Hellop and man was seen rushing
in great haste, wearing leather apron, but
without coat and approaching the travel
er. nj ,8'IHta aSUu 5bl ,..I ,i4.v-t. .5 !
'oh, I'm out of tcrbacker,' replied he.
got any about you!'
-- The less physical force or menacing
language we use--the less. to take an ex-
presslve word, when We scold our children
the more order and quiet we shall common
ly secure. We have seen family where
single word, or even a look would allay a
storm The gentle but firm method is the
best security for domestic peace. L...
- An Irishman trying to put out gas
light with his fingers, cried out: Och, m1r-
der, the devil wick's in it, +
There are three or four things which
it looks very awkward for woman to do
VIZ: to whistle, throw stones at cow smoke
a cigar, or to climb garden fence.
- Elder Brigham Young, pledges his =
honor that he has only teOenty-sie wiipesi He
is the saintupon whom fell the mantle of Joe
Smith. r .tE,...
---- If girls will kiss, let them perform
The ceremony as if they loved it. DON'T let
hem sneak about the thing as if they were
cheese, nor drop their heads, like
lilies o'erspread with rain On the contra
y, they should do it with an appetite, and ;
when they let so, give rise to report that /
would make the old folks think somebody is I
iring a pistol about the house, Is
- so, here Lam, between two tailors,'
'aid beau at a public table, where cou-
Die of young tailors were seated, who had {
ust begun business for themselves .i "i n
'True, was the reply, we are new begin e
lers, and can only afford to keep one goose $
between us .H, e, v
----. A. school boy down east who was :
loted among his play fellows for his frolics :
With the girls, was reading aloud in the Old
Testament, when coming to phrase, making :
past places glad3 he WAS asked by the ped4tt !,
Igogue what t meant The youngster paus-
his head--but could give no
nswer, when UP jumped more precoeious
Irchin, and cried out: Q
Il know what il means, master, Itmeans ;
juggling the gals; for Tom Ross . is alters {
uggin' 'em around the waist, and it makes
em as glad as can be.'0 rtti-a 5dl Il .sfn,I ~
------. The Lowell Courier, in describing !
III of snow, says: The big Snow Dove "A
has been shaking large, soft and h
owny feathers from her feecy pinions all !,
ne forenoon Which, literally translated q
ito common English, would read: Itsnow- a
d like blazes all the forenoon ID liHe8 8Ew
-- Water is nourishing. All you have a.
OF to do is TO put it ma pot over the fire, .
rop in a beef bone, rice, few potatoes, and /,
little salt Among the hungry people, ,thisil ~
called the, water cure. fas.s5 #. ~, !. =,
------- 1t Mas thc,custom of the higher Or e,
or of the Germans to drink mead, asbever- n
se made with honey, for thirty days after
'ery wedding. From this custom comes
'el expresssen, tstspend the honey moon lin
How no MAKE 4 TmEF. Hire clerks for re
70 hundred dollars a year, and then insist pe
! their keeping well dressed The receipt n
IS never been known to fall a@ Ihe
PHGBus, wHATA EAMEp--In. the censusi
turns of partaof Distncta Number Two, |
'hnson County, nl,iis the name Of Miss ed