St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1860-08-02
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Split VS.. Split. Ee'eea
"Abe and his raiis!'', 0, worse than idle tic
We Dennocrats can lay you on the shelf
Boast Of a.man who's only split rail ~,
Our good old party's gone and splk aslJ!!

Boast Of a,man who's only split rail T.,
Our good old party's gone and splH assl!!
Gov: Seward puts Lincoln's majority in
New York at 10000. er.|1..-(f
k@ The Wheeling (Va.) Znteziqeacer
has hoiited the, ;Redublican flag, with the
names Of, Lincoln and Hamlin for the Pres
idency and Vice Presidency. c.rszz i
sI About $50 sheep were conveyed
across their yer yesterday, On the ferry boat.
They are to be driven to Hastings, Min
Lq erossse Repubzican. , 49, efI
ss~ The Louisville Democrat. proposed
a bet Of S. 900 that Kentucky would not
go for: Breckenridge. It was promptly
accepted, and the. gentleman who took it
has some SIS, 900 more to invest in the
same way. ~. ~ -! , ,.ss1
>, 5s@5 A, stout fellow, six feet two inches
high, got swindled in a Peter Funk auc-
ton room in New York: on a, watch. It
was only $i3, but he shut the door ofthe
room, took off his coat, and after thrash
ing half dozen swindlers, recovered the
A 49, gu" ie'l'eo 49, :.i..s a.! 81
n p9- Pat was dry, and got out Of the cars
tor his refreshment; the cars very thought
lessly went on without him., Pats ire was
up. eye spalpeen!' he cried, starting on
a run, and shaking his fist as he few after
the train; "Stop, there, ye old stame wagon;
ye murtherin' stame milne 'ye, got
passenger on board that's left behindp
b8- An old topper CHANGED TO drink q
glass Of water one day for, want Of some
thing stronger. Smacking his lips and
turning to one of his companions, he re-
marked, HWhy, it don't taste badlyi I
have no doubt It's wholesome for females
and tender children !" - ''.<1 :i.,s
No. John, stop your crying I" said an
enraged father to his son, who had kept
up an intolerable yell for, the, past five
minutes @"Stop, I say, do yon hear?"
again repeated the father-the boy still
crying. 40 24.*: ~-o~;-na.,a.. -a3 l. 70"
"You don't suppose can choke off in
minute, do you z" chimed in the urchin.
"Patrick, Intend giving you a present"
Fl 'sSure, said Patrick, rubbing his head
with delight at the prospect Of q present
from his employer always name to. do
me me dutyy'2t 400 aA a4JEI
II believe you" replied his employer;
"and therefore I shall make you present
Of all you have stolen from nae during the
year." .GJTGGII GigAEEZ.tAET
THANK yer honor" replied Pat; @and
may all your friends and acquaintsnces
trate yon as literally = -, .-'-,;,-,,.
yl8t During the recent fighting in CT.
tania, Sicily, one of the nuns shot from
her window numbers of the royal troops.
She fired with the precision of an Alpine
huntsmar, never missing. The colonel
ordered bis men to fire in platoons repeat
edly against the window, but in rain. The
heroine remained unscathed, and still; kept
firing away, killing her man With every
slot.ace !: slid " ger 81. aaa. s"l ll&a3
p@- The following answer to the over
curious about matters relating purely to
Gods own prerogative would often be in
place !: st. Augustine was once asked hg
some one, 'What the Lord was doing be-
fore the creation Of the world?' to which
the great Doctor replied, "He was creating
a hell for inquisitive people."a =i-iaEotsFazf
p9r The Baltimore Patriot, a Bell pa.
per, says that Delaware is quite as likely
to cashier Electoral vote for LINCOLN Us
for Bell, Douglas iBreckinridge. Panias
are 50 divided there that the result cannot
BE-, With any certainty, predicted. / =.
ID .1@ Mr. i. NJ, Morrison. cashier Of the
Manhattan Bank, having lately inherited
thirteen slaves ii Kentucky, has emanci-
pated them all: Two little boys lie has
brought to this city to be educsted. - q
pae: As showing the tide II the doubt
full counties Of Illinois, Carter Van Vltek,
of MeDonough county, a leading lawyer
aud Douglas Democratic politiciar,s who
was on the stump for Douglas IS 1858,
comes out in a letter in favor Of Lincoln.
Mel onough county gave Douglas 500 ma.
jority in 1885, 5:0aasi&sssi f1gt: 3st9saAa8
THE NORTH WEsr.-To-day, The 18Th
Of July, is the anniversary Of the famous
ordiuancegof 1887, which forever pSonib-
tied Slavery in the North Vest territory.
This ordinance. received Che sanction Of
the first Congress under the Constitution
and Of the sfrrst President Of the Republic.
Georgea Washington 80 Giil,oa.kes .yeat.
aet, l3th. .al 5ssaIs.s E, at issfss7f,. ssss
s. AFEARrf,u,I OB5rcriov i com 1 mend