M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-07-05
PAta a down. east revival an old

| OFAt a down.east revival an old
lady prayed iervently for the "yourg
lambs OF the fock." Another lady
asked, Wouldn't it be as well to in.
clude the old ewesW A litter perva,
ded the m5eting.
QFLittle men, unable to rank with
great ones, initiate their vices and
weaknesses, rs the nearest approach
they can make to their models. They
are like the rabbit that wanted to be a
horse, but could only be an ass.
UDr. Adam Clarke, who had a
strong aversion to pork, was called
upon to say grace at dinner where
| the principal dish was roast pig. He
is reported to have said: 20, Lord,
If thou canst, under the law, bless
this pig!"
OTA few days ago a negro; after
gazing intently at the japanese, in
Washington, exclaimed:
"If de white folks is brack as DAT
out dare, | wonder what's de color OBJ
dc nigger!"
O7The Record, Franklin CO.,
lately noticed Pixies Peak wagon
with the following Inscriptions
."BowneD for griggery's DlGoNsp'
and hopes the owner will have better
luck in mining than he has in spelling.
A cotemporary wants to know in
what age woman has been held in the
highest estceM! We don't know. -
But. certainly, fashionable ladies fill
a larger space in the world now than
they ever did before.
The celebrated artist who crowed so
naturally that the sun rose three hours
before its time, has recently finished a
picture OF the moon that's painted
with such wonderful fidelity to nature
that it can't he seen in the day time
The saying of White Mountain
stage driver 10 u New Yorker sitting
with him:
81 spose if went to New York I'd
goawb round just as y0u folks do NJ
here" is not bad,
d. The London correspondent o
the New York Evening Post says:
The old belt is to be fought for. -
ueenan has made a match for i: with
the "Staleybridte Chicfcn''-a fellow
they say, two inches taller than Heen
| an.
| a young lady, who recently per
formed II remarkable feat in rowing,
has been presented with Il beautiful
yawl. A smack would have beer
more appropriate.
If you want a sinking fund, throw
your money into the river, or invest
1t in lottery tickets, or board a boat
that has sprung leak and drift out
on the ocean in time of 4 storm.
Not long since a premium was of
fered by an agricultural society for the
best mode Of irrigation; and the latter
word, by mistake Of the printer, hay.
ing been changed to "irritatiOn," q
farmer sent his wife to gain the prize.
"Mr Conductor" asked "a railroad
passenger, "are you running on time
to-day 7" mo, sir; we are running
for cash"
The philosopher Frazer says, that
"though man without money is poor,
a man without nothing but money ID
still poorer"
There is man whose tongue might
govern muItitudes, il be could only
govern his tongue.
WHY, Tom, my dear fellow, how
very oil yoa look.n
Dsr .ay, Bob, for the fact is, new.
@: @as | 90 Old in my life"
Elderly unmarried ladies are consid
cred by some persons the least eEvia
be Of all kinds Of waiting maids!
Prosperity is no just scale; adversi
iy is the only balance to weigh friends
ProdigaG are born of users, anc
butterflies are horn Of grub5.
Odi-that rivers should be so tul
just where they empty themselves.
Some bachelors join the army he
cause they hike war, aud some married
meE because they like peace.
WHAT CAN IT MkAN2--The follow
ing resolution was offered by Mr.
SmIth, a pious and promising young
lawyer, at the Ohio Sunday Schoo
Convention:
ReSoiced, That Committee of la
dies aud gentlemen be appointed t