The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1867-02-05
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NUMBER 40
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the preacher said Ny Christian brath-
rem, let US caution those who put In but
tons not to break off The eyes; it spolls
them for use, and they will not pass
among the heather for coins" -
A rapid and emphatic recital Of the
following simple narrative is an infallibIe
cure for hsping: Hobbs, meets Snohbs
and Nobbs; Hobbs bobs to Snobbs and
Nobbs; Hobbs nobs with Snobbs and robs
Nobbe; fobs. This is, says Nebbs, THE
worst Of Hobbs jobs and Snobbs sobsn
A garrulous fop, who had annoyed his
partner in the ballroom by. inyidious.
remarks, among others, asked her whether
ashe had ever bad her ears piereed7i
@No, but have often had them b6ardse
aBob, that's a fine horse, you have
there; how much is he WORTH, sThree
hundred and fifty dollars mot So
much as that?" 'sYes every cent Of II,
and another fifty on topTof it.l;a lsArs
you shure7" "Yes III swear to il"
|"All right aWhy are you so Id
inquisitiye?s "Merely for assessing pur-
pose. I am assessor in this ward and
only wanted to know what you rated
your nag at -,
A physician passing tombstone shop
called out, "Good morning, Mr.. Jones,
hard at work I see. You finish stone
as far as In memory Of. and then wait,
I suppose, to see who wants monument
ne1t?" why, yes" replied the old
man, "unless somebody's sick, ,aud you're
doctoring them, then / keep on"
An old woman on a steamboat observ-
ed two men pumping up water to wash
the deck, and the Captain being near By
she accusted him as follows: "Well,
Captain, got we'll aboard. eh?" Eyes
ma am, always carry one.n said the polite
captain. "Well that's clever. always
did dislike the nasty river water, espe.
cially in dog days" SOFT
Put Bride on thy tongue, set guard
before thy lips, lest the words of thine
own mouth destroy thy peace.
A REAL PHILosopHER.-A candid
doctor said that tight dressing wasa pub
lie benefit, inasmuch as it killed all the
foolish girls and left all the wise ones to
grow up to be women.
s"John, said a carefal father, don't
give cousin Williams horses too many
oats-you know they have hay Yes,
sir" said John, moving toward the barn.
"And bark ye, John, don't give them
too much hay, you know they have cats 9
The old Duke of Cumberland cnce in.
vlted himself to dine with Foote. On
his arrival, finding his house very small,
he observed. "Why, Foote, this room
is not fit to swing cat in" Foote. re.
Piled. MAY it please your Royal High.
ness, l never swing cats. ~ H@ ls
A soldier, about one hundred and Fifty
years ago, was frozen in Siberia. The
last expression he used was, alt is exA-.''
He then froze as stiff as marble.l In the
summer Of 1860 some French physieians
found him, after having lain. frozen for
one hundred and fifty years, They grad.
ually thawed him, and upon animation
being restored, heconcluded his sentence
with, exceedingly cald.'' aStrange, if
ltrue." a sek eig re1z s.;.s,tt
A letter was dropped in the Post. Office.
the other day, and addressed as follows:
.a1 81 as4g Hill BAR sas lsssxx
A
Il. Massachusetts,. ar
After good deal of study one Of the
clerks managed to make out that it was
intended for A Underhill, Andoyer, Mas.
Isachusetts. Does the reader see the
point? s9saae 5
The PRINrER's MAtApY.-0ut Of
l''sorts." qo e6ssa3.oR4 adj r-re.ss 9
/ Do ONE THING AT A TIMEs-That's .
lfule. When you have done slandering
your neighbOr, begin to say Jour pray
ers.
| The Duke Litta Arese was much. be-
loved at Milan, that when the public wers
: Uniformed of tho extremity at which b,
!, Hay, thirty-two of the most eminent ply
sieians of that city volunteered their
services. They were organized into a
society, with a president and secretary;
and, after debate, the vote was taken, viva
Ivoce, upon the treatmcntto be pursued
Shall he be cupped2 bied2 lleechedf ipoul
Eticeda 0fcourse,athe Duke,dieaus Isl
A pretty young lady riding IN the ears
was observed to have piece Of sscear
'iplaster" on her lip. When the car hat
emerged from covered bridge, into thl
Hight, is was observed to have disappear
led. but was detected clinging to Iii
Of the young man who satsons the sda
with her! They both locked as innecen
as i, they hadn't been doing. nothing,
4 PLANTING TREEs.-I If trees are. to b
: planted in the spring, take any opportu
nifty of the ground being in order to dil
the holes; the earth will be the better foi
exposureto frost.I Set stakes near tree
planted out; in autumn, and fasten 9Th
: trees to them With ropes Of straw. Turl
over all piles of weeds and other trash
, and kill the field mice you will probably
find there. Fill bag with straw for
: cushion, and 60 on your knees,with kuii
and probe, to hunt out the dcstreyers {
your peach trees. s.. S
AN IRIsHMAN's lNoTIoN OF DIsueUNg
1t chanced one gloomy day, in the mont
of December, that good humorcd Irish
man applied to merchant to discount
bill of exchange for him at rather ION,
though not unusual date. The merehan
a having causally remarked that the bii