The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1865-04-05
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death in New YorA City. aors.rl
t, MANY devote half Of their lives to, lay
ing up stsre of fash shane n f0f the other
half -rt ..,..acf -; -
sIR Fpederick BRUCE, the, new British
to Washington, is .ffty -cne and
a bachelor. ga . ''1e ''-'''.-i t's'''.'-
THE Hon. j ohm P. Hale, of New Hamp
shire, has received the appointment of
Minister, to Spain. -. :. -
A coquetts is a ross from. Whom. every
lover p1doks q leaf; the thorn reliiains for
her future husband. a'a '4s
a2"Wf sEf,'' said Swift, in one of his
sarcastic moods, ttwhat God thinks eff
riches BY the people to. vhon hs gives
ther,."
A BILL has passed the House Of Repre-
ssrtatiyes efthe Ohio Legislature inoteas-
isg the compensation Of Sherifs and
County Recorders.
Fl. g. BEcKwITH, the Hartford horse
faiicisr, has purchased, fer $4,000, the
black stallion "Black Diamond" eight
years old, raised in vermont-a beautiful
horse and fast trottsr.
HoRsRMANsHIP Have you ever bro
ken a horseN Inquired hofse- -jscky,-i
"No,P replied Simmens, but / have
broken thres or four Wagons sseI isW
The report that Andy johnson passed
through Bourbon equity, Kentucky, on
hisawas to W ashinston, is denied; but it
is admitted that great deal of Bourbon
county passed through him. e'tA
Mr.. Alex, M1Ii1SEK, of Rochester,
N. Y, one of the five surviving Revolu-
tiouary Pensioners, died on the evening
of March 13th, lacking d few hours of
being one hundfed and five years old. -,
A LoNG-BAfFLED crsditor publishes
the subjsinsd advertisement "Wantsd,
a thin man, who is used to the business
Of collecting, toacrawl through hey -heles
and find dsbtsrs who ars never at
home." Fas ais.e ai5qsaissss 81
BDFFAho are bsecniing scarce Id the
Western hunting grounds. They have
been SO much disturbed Of late, by rowing
bands of Indians. that they are seeking
more retired hshssteads; far away, near
the Rocky Mountains. ia
JOSH BtbtdNes is not SO far out Of the
way, &hen being told that 'tthere WASH
anything Aads ID vain." he says, 81 hay,
though that ali the tiuie spent in manu-
facturing striped snakes and mosquitoes
was wasiedp els a9tIistse oifss
SALE OF AN Or FARM.-It is state,
that the Heydrick farm, in Crawfort
county, Pa. was sold last week for 5000,
600. This farm contains over three, hun
died acres, It was purchased by New
York capitalists, who are preparing t
develop its talue as oil territory,
I A Jolly cid doctor said that people VIII
were prompt in their payments always re
covered in thsif sickness, and that the,
were good CUSTOMERS, and physician
+ could not affsrd to less them. A goc
hint and a alsensikl6 dsctoT. f
, THE Ohio Legislature is without quo
rum about half the time, and the fact i
, attracting attsntien and calling fsfth get
erai criticism. 1t is ssme comfort t
know thatsit does less damage without
/; quorum tEan with one I0rtsmoai
5 Times .f.-.
! ,GoNE TO Putt 0UT THE PLUa. =.
Hartford man, who Was >ssrhe years ae
engaged in quarrying on the upper Del
7 wars river, remembers that while drillir
t i rock ,dikagresabls fluid flowed frs
The hold, and they had ts plug it up.-
e He is now Of the opinion that he tht
: "stfuck ils," and he has gene sut With
q party to sspullout the plug. oe8
: loAs ali old gentlsman and his daught
= started to go ts Artemus Wards lectur
. at Providenee, Rheds Island, the 9th
J night, by mistake wsnt to Henry VA
u Beschef' sand didn't knew it.. VIII,
going out of the hall, the cid man "
i overheard to remark. eWell, if that
Artemas Ward, I don't think he's wet
q d-fiE 7aate IRIS te sstaa 4t
= A Franklin, county, Mass, msrcha
: whs was expecting a barrel Of kerossr
le lately relied into his store barrel
# whisky, which had bsen sent to the hst
keeper, and unwittingly commenced de,
, ingi out for Kerosene. He discover
- his error when the real kerssens sfriy
I but nis customers hadn't said anJthi
:. about it.
,e DouBfrub 6oMpLIMENr. = The Ia
IS Chancellor Walworth was, an inordina
Hover Of cold water, ,Silas Wright,
ur the contrary, was anything else but f
a. totaller. At a dinner st which 8 gre
many members of the BAT were prsss
is slightly insbrfatsd individual arose, g
ID offered the following toast: /" Here's
IS. the two greatest fhen Of the State--Rt
hi ben Walworth and Silas Wright, wi
= between them, drink more brandy d
O. water than. any one else inlthel Unit
e. States - This compliment the Chanc
ny lof thought rather q doubtful one. q
WEleafn that a s'lcyal9 man undertc
ne to read Washiagton's farewell Addr
te on ths 22d Of FobfdarJ. Heread silen
and sullenly fef sotise TIVE. At last
rose from his seat, grated his teeth, .
Sc threw the book..dowf IN passion. ssW
ng John r. sais his astoniskea Wife, ''w
he on earth ais 5ou?''ko's why said Je
BIZ "In be cusssd if sit still and hear
ut Y eonyuu party abused even by old Wa
ca ington hirsssif t''T The good woman hi
- he haS csoo1 oaifse fer anger. and she c