The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1867-02-26
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III ne knew MT. I'm 0uH " hnQH Illus
said Pat. Why, he's very near re-
lation Of mine. He once proposed to
marry my sister,
An English clergyman recently preach
ed sermon in which he said that the
newspaper was a part of life's earnest
self-culture.> aesaa
The famous proselyted Jewish boy,lit.
tie Mortara, is to be made priest
Dickens disgusts his neighbers By
playing croquet on his lawn on Sundays.
Professor Bache the Superintendent
Of the Coast Survey, is lying at the point
of death in Wa shington.
Carletta is reported perfectly sane, and
expressing satisfaction at her husbands
intention to stick to his throue.
A boys idea of having a tooth ex.
tracted may be summed up as follows:--5
The doctor hitched fast on to me, pulled
his best, and just before it killed me, the
tooth came out" W
THE SHoR TEST RoAD.-In this country
the shortest political road is that which
leads from a majority to minority
Our party will take this road when il
rashly begins impeachmsut.-N. ? 7ri.
bune. so
"Sally, how do you like your new
place; is it religious family2p "Well,I
rather guess it is-they always have
beans on Sunday"
A little girl in school being asked what
a cataract or waterfall was replied that il
was "hair wrapped around her dads old
stockings The teacher and scholars
were considerably enlightened.
A clerk in Iowa City sayss A very
pretty and nobby young lady called in
the store the other day and requested to
see our lavender kid gloves, whereupon
she was shown several different shades
of that color. Being q little overcome
with SO great variety, she asked,
(which of these pairs are the lavander-
est?"
The editor of the Cincinnati Gazette,
speaking Of female suffrage, petulantly
says .hat women ought also to be enlist
ed in the army. How would the blood.
thirsty editor like to see Gle Of ladies
exeoute:the order, "right shoulder shift"
Seymour Times
The secend Adventists are numerous
and active in Bangor, Ne.
Queen Victoria is getting to be forty.
eight and very fat.
"Charlie, my dear, = said loving moth.
er to hopeful son, just buddsd into
breeches, "Charlie, my dear, come here
and get some candy" 81 guess WON'T
mind it now, mother" replied Charlie.
"I've got in some tobacco" 4..
The inhabitants Of Troy are suffering
from house hunting and high rents.
The cost oe lighting the public lamps
in New York last year was s761 ,05s a.
A Madison woman by the name Of
Canter, eloped with Mr. Gallup.--Indias-
apohs Herald. fs
We presume the effect Of Mr.. Gallups
Canter-loping will be little 4trotters. "--
Princeton Democrat.
California can send wheat to New York
and compete with the West. se 2
A new attempt is being made to estab.
lish reciprocity treaty with Canada.
Tbs total gold yield of Nevada last
year was s15, ,821,3 ,379. 81
Anignorant quack doctor said that hs
could cure conyalesceuce in tWentv-foRy
hours.
The Herald's Washington special says:
The decision OF the Court Of Claims al
Washington in the case Of the allowance
for servants for officers of the army, from
the 1st of May, 1864, to the Sd of March.
1865, entities each officer who served
during that period to $40 extra for each
servant, being the difference between S1l
and SIG, the amount paid and the amouns
which should have been paid. llea
CHARCOAL FOR TURKEYs--A recent
experiment has been tried in feeding
charcoal for fattening turkeys. Two
lots of four each were treated alike, sx-
cept for one lot finely pulverised char
coal was mixed with mashed potatoes and
meal, on which they were fed and broksn
pieces of coal also plensifully supplied.
The difference in weight was one and
half pounds each in favor of the fowls
supplied with coal, and the flesh was So.
lperior in tenderness and favor. sn
Five factories in Waterbury, Conn,
turn out nearly half the brass used in the
United States. w
In Cincinnati thirty-two insurance Of
fees have a capital of Eve million dollars;
risks Of Sl3s, 900, 900, andsss3 600, 900
premium. y
Never despise counsel from whatever
quarter it may reach yous Remember
that the pearl is keenly sought for in spite
of the coarse she'll that envelopes it.
The remaining portion Of Table Rock,
Niagara Falls, fell on. the 18th inst. For.
ltuuately, being at this season,no one was
upon it,
| New YORK, Feb. 15.-The Fenian
General Gleeson saysthe vessels reported
to have arrived in ireland we're dispatch
ed from New York; also that Stephens is
in Ireland atsthe head of three hundred
officers, all known to have left here. eriaq
The Executive. Mansion In Washington
has been thoroughly renovated at cost
of $4,000. The new carpets and cur.
tains we're specially imported from En-
gland.
The qainquennial census of the popu-