The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1866-04-03

An exchange says: "Ttis better to love
a person you cannot marry, than to mar.
ry aperson you can not love- This IS
short text for a long sermon. which hu-
man experience viii continue to preach
until the last syllable Of recorded tine"
There is no such thing as an easy chair
for a disconnected man.
Gail Hamilton says it is dreadful in
dorsement of mau to marry him.
These ,indorsers, somehow, seem to ad-
mire the responsibility very generally.
though. They. one and all, want to bo
known as accepting some mans notes.
Gensure is the tax q man pays to.1the
public for being eminent. A
He is the best accountant who can cast
up correctly the sum of his own errors.
Where can the most imiserable End
sym pathy2 In the Dictionary. s
The only crowd a printer can endure
with anything like patience, is q crowd Of
advertisements, or crowd Of delinquents
calling to foot up their bills. 'lsia
A cooper who was IN need IF hoop
poles beset farmer to furnish him with
some. "Wherell get emp questioned
the man.. Anywhere; steal 'em if you
cant do better" The hoop poles were
furnished and paid for, when the cooper
happened to inquire of the seller whers
he got them. "Stole em, as you told me
to- was the answer. Where did you
steal emp sob, up in your woods.nsfs.
turned the man, jingiing his profits.
.If ! am not home from the party to-
night a. ten O'clock; said husband to
his better half, ssdon't wait for me-
aThat Iwon't'" replied the lady signi6.
cantly, "but III come for yous','. The
gentleman returned at ten o'clock pre-
cisely.
Daniel Webster used to say that the
word sooald, in Rufus Choate's hand
writing resembled small gridiron struck
| by lightning.
The other day gentleman asked sons
Iof his noighbors what was his ags2R II
am not certain, replied he. ~ am either
l5s or 6S" nWhat, not know your own
age?" "No, sir replied the farmer. II
count my money, my income and my cat
tie; but of my years I keep no reckoning,
because lam we'll convinced that ! shall
Hose none of them, ard that nobody will
rob me of them" 81. ssskssss
Josh Billings says of friends: eI got
mine and manage to keep them by not
asking them for anything but advice; you
can't ask anything of a man that be loves
to give-more, and costs him less than ad-
vice. s. 81 sas. II sss4
1
A preacher who rambled in his ser.
mons, when requestedto stick to his text,
lreplied s.that scattering shot would hit
/ the most birds. " a4 esd dfaee 80
The editor Of the Louisville Journal
lsays: 'An abolition lady has sent Us our
photograph cut all to pieces. The lady
lin tais case cut prettiet figure than she
lever did before in her life" 9
If you want to find great many faults,
be on the look out. If you would fna
them in still greater abundance, be on the
Hook In. -.
eGood news, Belhoul, . said . wag at
IBokora; ethe Caliph, has appointed you
governor Of all the apes and hogs in the
kingdom" Prepare. then" said Bel
houl, ste obey nay commands. besisss
INaRArITuDE.-When Lord B-4-
ldied, q person met an old man who vas
lone of his most intimate friends. He
was pale, confused, awe-stricken. Essry
one was trying to console him, ,butiu rain.
.I.His loss" he exclaimed, does not Of
fleet me SO much as his horrible ingrati-
.Itude. Would you believe it? be died
lwithoutleaving me anything in his will-
| /, who have dined with him. at bis own
5Iheuse, three times week for thirty years.
i HURRY FLURRY-Boy with ragged
Itrowsers and rimless hat runs into DIR.
Fuller's drug store, with dipper in haad.
lssDoctor, mother sent nae down to the
shotecary pop quicker'n blazes, eos bsd-
lder's sick with the picken chox, and she
wants thimble full of polly Collie in
this din tipper,cos We hadn't bot : gottle,
land the kint pups got the bine Writers in
liz. Got anys" sv
/ An EYE TO BUsiNLss.-A gentleman
had conferred favor on friend, an an
dertaker. Says the latter: "Brovu, /
lam under great obligations to you and
lallew me to say that your kindness is
| keenly appreciated, and hope | may
be able to do you good tarn some day
or other. IF you ever want coffin eall
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