The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1860-03-01

New proVerO-a morn In the ousn 10
worth two in the hand.
In addition to births, marriages and
deaths, the Liverpool Mercury now adds
divorces
Of all chiliren born in Rhode Island
in 1858 one-third had Irish parents.
The Minister Resident to Guatemala and
Honduras. Hon. Beverly L. Clark, Of Ken
tucky, has joined the Roman Catholic
Church.
Sonny, DEAR" said fond mother, you
have dirty face Can't help il. nam,
dads Black Republican,
1t is rot sufficient for Legislators to Gloss
the avenues to crime; they should open
those which lead TO vir.ue.
We find in all countries multitudes Of
persons physically brave, but few in any
land morally courageous.
A hotel and livery stable keeper, at .
fashionable watering place. advertises so.
ciablea for young people, and sulkies for
married folks.
LoGIC.-A writer in the Westminster
Review once took position that alcohol is
food. and offered the following logic in
proof of it:
Food is force,
Alcohol is force,
Therefore alcohol is food"
Dr. Musseco gives a formula equally le-
gitimate and conclusive. namely:
Horse feed is force.
Whipping a horse is force.
Therefore. whipping horse is horse
feed
To which capital logic. our John adds:
"My ma is woman.
Queen Victoria Is woman.
Therefore, Queen Victoria is my ma"
Our Jeems thus expresses his seRti-
ments-- rather harshly, though neverthe-
less tru!hfuly:
The fools are not all dead,
The w,iler oi the above is not dead,
Therefore. said writer is fool"
The nan that run the fork OF
road ito his eve has since died from his
wounds.
If people knew themselves some
folks would make exceedingly bad sc-
quainlances.
The coat of a horse is the gift of Ma
tur.. that of an ass is often the work of
tailor.
THE Wife's Secret Her opinion Of
her husband.
PRETTY WoMEa--A pretty woman is
one of the institutions" of the country
an angel in dry goods and glory. She
makes sunshine, blue sky, and happiness
W wherever she goes. Her path is one of
delicious roses. perfumes and beauty. She
is poem written in rare curls, and choice
calico. aud good principles. Her words
float round the ear like music. birds of
aradise or the chime OF Sabbath BELLS
Wi hout her. society would lose her truest
the church lis firmes: reliance,
and yuunI men the verv best of comforts
and company. Her influence and Seneros.
lty restrain the vicious. strengthen the
weak. raise the lowly, flannel shirt the
h+alhen. and strengthen the faint heart
Wherever YOU find the viriuous woman.
You alsc find fireside boquets. clean clothes.
order. good living gentle hearts. music.
sight, AID m del institution. generally
She is the flower of humanity. the very
Venus in dimity. and her inspiration Is the
breath Of heaven.
Tx- The salt spiings at Grand Rapids.
Micl i.an, yield one bushel of salt from
Dnc barrel of water.
The St. Joe Register says that an over
majority of The Republicans in
Indiana favor the nomination of Edward
Bates for the Presidency. Great mistake,
hat! Not one in fifty of them know
there's such a man in existence.
HORRIBLE DEArH.--We learn that last
week Mr. l.. L. Rhatt. an aged and we'll
known citizen Of Murderkin Hundred, in
Sussex counts. came 10 his death under
the following painful circumstances:
He had for some lime past been engaged
in the grain business. Having occasion.
on Saturday week, TO enter granary
which was empty. laborer, who was pass-
ing carelessly by. closed the door. which.
fastening on the out side. left Mr.. Rhatt
imprisoned. His family became alarmed
at his protracted absence, and search was
Instituted. but it proved unavaling, until
the eranary was casually opened on Sat-
urday last. one week from his incarcertiou,
when il was discovered that he had starv-
ed TO death. His business acquaintance
was very extensive, and his untimely
death has cast gloom over the neighbsr-
hood Delapdrs Gassss.