The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1867-05-14
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young man? To bridal him.
The largest room IN the world -ths
room for Improvement.
An Irishman says that q coffin Is the
house man lives ia when be s-dead. ~
An old maid lis like an odd bootA~of
no use without fellow. 49, asssH =
He who lives for himself alone, lives
for mean fellow. - -
Colorado has %, 600 inhabitants, and
newspaper for every 1000 Of them. fs,r
In Philadelphia there are 374schools,
with ,314 teachers and "a, 164 scholars.
aShure, which is the intrance ouffs
asked an Irishman at the Music Hall. e
"Sambo, where did you suffer most ii
de war2" "In de-feat to be shua.
Punch's direction how to make hole
in your income is sound--to pay . large
rent. Nkse
A little boy being asked, ieWhat is
the chief end of man2" replied: i'The
end what's got the head on
"Gently the dews are ore me stealing
as the man said when he had FIVE bills
presented at one time. -
Why is an armchair like the Mar
seillaise Hymn2 Because It has .sTo
arms" =. =
Balloons are like Migrants. When
up they have no visible means Of sup
port.
There is a man in Ohio eighty-four
years cid, who has lived fifty-six days
without food. So the papers say.
A young sailor who received a blowing
up from his sweetheart, called her
wind-lass.
A man is most properly said to be-
"ripe for anything when he is little
mellow. IS
Many girl thinks she can do nothing
without husband, and when she gets
one finds she can do nothing with him.
1t is not in the power of good man
to refuse to make another happy, whers
he has both ability and opportunity.
Consider how few things are worthy Of
anger, and you will wonderthat any but
fools should be in wrath.
Maine has 4,0OO,0O0 of acres of for.
ests, and is destined to become the great
est of the shipbuilding States.
A native pf Africa who had visited
England few years ago, when asked
what ice was, said: Him be water fast
asleep"
The scripture says. athe glory OF
woman is her hair, but it no where says
that the glory of any woman is any
other woman's hair. : -as
Sincerity, in this world, Is like gold
among the savages, who barter treasures
for glass beads. 1t is a costly quality,
but no current money.
"Would | we're mans exclaimed
strong minded woman in her Ausband's
hearing aWould you:werel was bis only
comment. s.asQ
We no longer hear about the necessity
Of the last dollar being given to support
Government. People are not SO fond Of
taxation as they were. ssyas,l
Olive hogan thinks women came from
angles and men from monkeys Then
it is manifest that the former have coma
down and the latter gone up in order to
meet on the same line. x
II have nothing but my heart to gisa
you" said spinster to lawyer who
had conducted suit for her, sWell'n
said the lawyer grufay ego to my clerk
-he receives the fees.
"Go away" said Muggins, t.yo1 can't
stuff such nonsense in nae--six feet In
his bootsi No man as lives stands moro
nor two feet in his boots, and no spse
talking bout it. Might as well tell mo
that the man bad six heads in his hatI''
An exchange says: We feel confident
that the steam steed viii wend It's way
through our emerald wales ere the lcafy
livery of nature ,dons the sober hues OF
autumn.
This means That the cars will be run
ming next summer. is
A man with a very large baid head
was complimented on the fact that HIS
caput was analogous to greenland.
why so?" he asked.
because it is o great ytite bare bear
place. was the reply.
On Lord Howe's return to England,
after his memorable victory on The fst
|of juno he went one Sunday to his par
ish church. On seeing him there, the
clerk, who was bit Of "a wag, gave cut
the psalm beginning. HLosd, Hoso gio-
rious are thy works." ssTg
"Biddy, spell cat, rat, hat, bat with
only one letter for each word.s' n1
ut can't be did, t,ssssse
"Whatl you just ready to report YER
batim phonetically, and can't do that
Just look here: so cat, 4 so rat. b SO
hat, b so bat" -
An exchange speakinsf the magic
strains Of hand organ, says.
when he played Old Dog Tray, we
noticed eleven pups sitting on their
launches in front of the machine, brush :
ing the tears from their eyes with their
fore paws"
Some people place their IDEAS Of hap
piness upon one thing and some upon
another. a lady made call upon a
friend who had lately been married =
When her husband came home to din
ner, she said: II have been to see Mrs.
=" "Well,' replied the husband. II
suppose she is very happy "Happy;