Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-07-13
DAILY DEMOCRAT.



The democrats are gaining In the local
elections in Massachusetts,,
Almost every farmer in Kansas Is plant
ing sweet potatoes this reason.
A Partisan sardssr has produced . rose
bush With 1900 full rosss.
Henry Vincent will BE- upon Us again in
October.
A tighsplsce-a bar-roou.
Yale college hasa 900 living graduates.
The best preachers are those that preach
by sxsupis.
The best ssAeiee ef memory
The poor.
Apopnlar ~orh Of ars-drawing eos's
pay.
great mind. without the nutrition Of
diversity, would s.arve.
Straiohtt TIP and dorn business-ths
chimney swsspers.
Hs~ 70 please lady-let her do ~ she
plsasss.
California is producing Strawberries
weighing i've to the pound.
Mortified pride often takes the name and
Ru16e oil Q OfO8on ueett.
Belfast Me-, boasts Of . drummer-boy
only three years old.
Seventy. nine now periodicals. we're start
ed in London, January LIST, Of which sew
ea,ssn still survive.
Mono but the brave deserve the fsir, and
none but the brave can live with. some Of
them.
Fashion Paradox-ln high life they
wear low dresses in the evening.
Tie your horse in the csntrs Of bic stall
or be viz drive more on one rein than the
other.
nope fer ths imrsqcAers- Thad. Stevens
thinks The: apple blossoms sometimes come
in the fall.
One shower. Of On hours duration, 10 oil
ths:rain they have had at Cairo since June
Lot.
Senator Crimes 10 st Bath. No., doing
we'll. He will return to Iowa shortly. and
not . hack to the Ssnats.
Uapspslss-Lssg payers and leng sss-
Doos in church these warm Sundays sso
becoming extremely unpopular.
4 Boston rss built hiossIl . cessly nest
recently, usins ihsrein $500 worth Of
bills bslesgisg ~ Jsssph Barge. The men
ey was rsclained.
4 Nississippisn has lived sss twssty.
6vs years near Mulch, during which
time hs haa never been out Of the hose.
The walls Of . drinking saloon IL Pitts
Geld, Massachusetts, are sdernsd with por-
traits Of several Berkshire divinss and
prominent ctizsss.
A Boston man has procured from Paris
dosr mst made Of steel wire, With the
word "Salvs" (wslcoms wrought in the
center. A visitor, overcome BY curiosity.
innecsntly asked the host what kind Of
salve he manufactured And sdvsrtised On
bic door nat.
Cssutsrfsit q bills are ~ plentiful =
psAchss.
Don't mistake arrogance for wisdua !;
uenny people hev thought thu wus wise
when they wus only windy.
A sentimental lad, Who had been directed
10 saw up some old railroad ties, became
very tired. and declared dramatically that
he found "it hard, very hard, to sever old
ties"
An absent wife is thus advertised for !:
"Jane, your absence will ruin all. Think
Of the children, your parents, your hus-
band. Return, return; all may yet b
we'll. At any rate. enclose the key Of the
cupboard, where the gin it,"
"Do you observe how devotional Deacon
Buffer isf" asked coed lady Of her hus-
band. Yes. my dear, the Deacon is very
devotional. lie alsays keeps his head
bowed in prayer till the contribution box
Aas passed.
Never open oysters with your fingers II
10 apt to tickle the oyster, and put II into
oonvulsions. An oyster in convulsions will
generally coilapss,.a and in this condition ID
unfit for food.
Four men have been arrested in New
York and held to bail for carrying on dis
tillery on board q ship. They would take
in . cargo Of material, make short cruise,
during which the still was operated, and
then return With spirit.