The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-11-12


frage is abhorrcnt to my feelings" But
nov negro suffrage is Ike a balm to his
soul. or what is better for him, like swig
of whisky to bis stomach.
Ten thousand black negroes voted
for the white negroes in Ohio, at the late
election, in violation Of law.
The expenses of the house Of Repre-
sentatives have increased Per year, for
the last four years, $IS9.35O, making in
the four years the sum of fs758,43 This
must be what radicals call rigid ccono-
my"
The Union Pacific railroad is now
running to point 800 mIes west Of
Chicago, and within 80 miles Of Salt
Lake.
"A large number of dead shad were
recently picked up on the Connecticut
shoals at Cromwell, Conn, killed by hot
weather.
Hot weather in Franklin county, Me-,
killed thousands Of fish in the ponds, and
at Raugely, cart loads of beautiful speck-
led trout drifted ashore.
"A Tennessee editor notices with re-
gret the necessity he was lately under to
refuse an order for job printing. The
customer wanted daguerrcotype.
Colorado has $4,000 acres in wheat
and $4,000 acres in corn, the present
year.
"A man in Cape Cod having advertised
his wife as having left his bed and board.
she retorts that she went away for cou-
pie Of weeks to earn her beard, and that
the bed belongs to ber mother.
The young lady who sang wish
somebody would come" has had her desire
gratifed. Eleven conntry cousins have
arrived. and intend to stay all summer
An exchange, describing a ceebra-
ton, says: 1.-The procession vas very fine
and nearly two miles in length, as was al
so tie prayer of Dr. Perry, the chaplain.
A person passing through certain
town, ana observing upon a door the
name Of "IIaswell," remarked that tie
gentleman name would be as we1 with
out the II.
An old offender was recently intro
duced to a new county justice as John
Simmons, alias Jones: alias mith. I'll
try the two women FIRST, said the justice,
g bring in Alice Jones'.
They have new drink down east
which they call Butler Cocktails
You stir Up with spoon, squint one eye,
and put the spoon in your pocket
An old lady announced IN court at
Atlanta, that she had 10 lawyer, but that
God was her lawyer. My dear madam
replied the judge, "he does not practice
in this court"
A loony mongrel editor in Illinois,
reading the results Of the late elections.
heads his article in large caps, Glory to
God on High The fool is thanking The
wrong man.
John |. Blair the mongrcl nomin &c
for governor of New Jersey, recently call
ed upon to speak in a wigwani, began by
saying: % Gentlemen, | have saw real
wigwams," and severa, times in his speech,
he repeated such specimens of grammar
as % have saw" 1t is lucky for such an
ignoramus that the constitution of New
Jersey does not require its governor to
speak and write the English language cor
rectly.
-fhe transfer Of the Hudson Bay COM
rany's territory to the Canadian govern
ment renders probable an unlocked for
difficulty with the Indians in British North
America. The Hudson Bay company has
never acknowledged Indian rights or title
to the land in Which the company has
heretofore collected its furs, nor has there
been any treaty or friendly understanding
with the Iudiaus. The opening of their
lands now to settlers threatens difficulties
with the Indians, and the proposition is
made to take measures to settle the tribes
on reserves set apart for them.
Some years ago Yankee fell into tho
river and was drowned Net long after
wards, his neigbbors found his body and
it was full Of cells. They took it home to
his widow, cells and ALL and told her how
it was :" Well" says she, " give me the
eels and set him again"
Gen. Logan says in bullying tone
that he q would lie under an impuiation."
Why, the rascal viii do worse than that,