The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1855-09-19
The HAapDy TWO.

I
A cheerful temper is natural gift the
desirability of which cannot be questioned,
but seldom do we meet with spirit so
thoroughly saturated with good nature
that no disappointment, no poverty, depri-
yation or combination Of adverse circum-
stances can break it down or overcome its
geniality. But yesterday morning man
made his appearance before justice Bean
nan who seemed to have perfect fountain
of undiluted contentment somewhere in his
composition which no depressing influence
of care or accident had been able to ex-
haust or adulterate-a typo, a moder-
ate edition of Mark Tapley-a human bar
rel ofjollness without hoops ON. He was
arrested for being intoxicated. He gives
his name as Gettyphat Take, and said he
was printer and hailed from "The Gem
Of Science" Office. Heis short man, of
; q becr-cask figure, ana face as rubicund
as if he slept in room with red cur
tains. His answer to the question of the
authorities showed his contentmcnt under
all shades of fortune. The justice being
also in genial humor was inclined to
banter the disciple of Ben Franklin, and
accordingly addressed him as follows:
Judge-Well Mr. Take, it seems you
have thrown away the composing stick"
and gone to getting drunk for a living.
I'm afraid you're ''bad case" and stand
in need of correcting" think I shall
send you to "quod"
These technicalities, which were uttered
in sort of fyou-see-I-know- your-trade-as-
well-as- -you-do-sir, which seemed to give
Mr.. Take that assurance which printers
lseldom lack, but of which the solemnities
of Police Court might temporarily have
deprived him, and he answered:
Prisoner-Well, at any rate, I'm glad
we've no "galleysn in this country, or
suppose you'd put me there, and well tlead-
ed" at that. But bless you, Sir, going to
jail's nothing; the last time 1 was there
4 tanned rat and taught him to chew tobac-
co besides inventing three new steps for a
fancy hornpipe-it's good deal better
than setting ''solid minion," more than
three-quarters 'igurework" and getting
only "price and half" for it, Lord
!, bless you, squire, I'd great deal rather 60
to Jail ten days than not. I've got sick
of work now, and I'll have chance to
get the bile off my stomach.
Judge-You seem to take it easy; how
do you propose to employ your time this
trip?
Prisoner-Well, Corporal, I'm unde-
cided whether I'll learn to whistle the op-
era of the Bohemian girl" practice stand
ing on my head or undertake to acquire
the elegant accomplishment of balancing
straws on my nose; if l could get cat
!, I'd teach her to blay the fiddle, if thought
the strings wouldn't remind her unplcas.
antly of intestinal discords after her feline
body had been nine times slain
Judge-Mr. Take, you seem particular
ly happy under these circumstances; have
, you got wife?
Prisoner-Not now Lieutenant; had
: enc but she run off with bow legged cob
: bier; was so glad ahont it that / sent
= her, her dresses and quit claim deed c
, her person, which signed in capital let
:, ters; she left me one boy-but he was ''fou
copy" not bit like me; i bound him pren
tice to the type sticking trade, but the
= first dag he quarreled with the regular
"devilN knocked over the "bank" pull {
form off the imposing stone,' and "pied'
five columns" he dropped the shooting
stick" into the alligator press" and il
the evening he and another hopeful boz
were caught rehearsing a broad-sword
! combat with couple of "column rules;
= the foreman ''battered" him with the ''mal
: let," and when he got home to me he hat
> a clancy head" if ever there was one.
= Judge-Where is he now?
Prisoner-He ran away with a circus
, and the last time | saw him he was in tht
q middle Of a saw dust ring trying to ii,
his legs in a bow-knot around his neck
- I've been jollier since then than ever before
= Judge-You seem to be always jolly.
- Prisoncr-So am: laughed whel
my father turned me out of doors at elev
: en- years old, laughed when l broke m,
: arm, and made funny faces at the docto
y while he was setting it; the happiest da..
l ever spent was one time when l hadn'
J. but one shirt and pair of pants to pu
d on, had spent all my money, and gon
It hungry forty hours. | never was reall
h unhappy but once in my life, and that wa
= when I fell down stairs, factured my collar
o bond, and skinned my legs so badly,
l. couldn't get down on my knees to than
le God / hadn't broke my neck.
n The Judge relented and let Mr.. TAX
W 60 and that rotund individual left the roor
" trying to whistle and sing at the same time
d and also dance an independent jig wit
: each leg to a different tune.-N.
,e Tribune.
l. PICTURE OF LIFE.-In youth we seen
to be climbing a hill, On whose top eterns
;e sunshine appears to rest How eagerly W
! pant to attain it's SUBMITS! But when W
n have attained it how different is the pros