The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1868-09-03
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Fault.
A HIGH RENT-A hole in the crown
of your hat. .se5ly- sel~.t -isag7,r
DRY GOODS are worshipped more in
this country than the Lord is. iae
A GIRL with ringing laugh caused
an alarm of fire in Peoria. They took
her for a BELLE 4o--es2f'o;--i a''o'} Eina''1
No Snow falls lighter than the snow
of age; none heavier, for it never
melts. -. ..'-pD5 =,
: The felicities of mankind are
strengthened by the counsels of the
good. =.....s .,.,..----.-., .-....-.,
THE trials of life are the tests
which ascertain how much gold there
is in us.
A SINGLE capitalists in Chicago, Mr..
E. III. Hablock is reported to hold
$4O0OOOof Government five-twenties.
He goes for Grant and Colfax. 10
+ New YORK says she will give Sey-
mour and Blair not less than 5000
majority in November. What other
State will match that? ,L-af
You cannot fathom your mind.
There is well of thought there which
has no bottom. The more you draw
from it the more clear and plentiful it
will be. He. H,-a
GRANTS PRoPHEsY.-GRANT wrote
to Senator DooLITTLE, in 1866, "ne-
gro suffrage will bring on a war of
races" Now while bidding for the
negro vote he cries "Let us have
peace" f'i!71'
A RoCK-FIsH, recently taken from
the Potomac, was found to contain in
its stomach a certificate of member
ship in the NJ. E. Church. Internal
evidence of Christianity is always
considered the most conclusive. ri
JOSH BILLINGS says ait is highly
important when man makes up his
m ind tew becum a raskal, that he
should examine hizelf clusly, and see
if he aint better konstructed for a
phool."
"DID you report 1 was thief, sir"
angrily inquired Shocks the other day
of one of his neighbors. "No, in
deed, I reported no such thing. 1 on
ly said there were strong suspicious
against you and that 1 believed the
suspicious. ~ /" Oh, was that all ?"-ff
If a farmer in Wisconsin plants a
row of trees along the road, he is ex-
empt from working on the road who
ever hurts one of these little ones is
fined five dollars, and the State Horti-
cultural Society offers a premium of
one hundred dollars for the best ten
acres of forest trees, and fifty dollars
for the second best ,gana..h. sa.5..F
THERE is nothing properly evil that
can befall good man /; for reason has
armed him against ambitious pros
poets, Unsuitable avarice, and low and
sordid actions. Prudence and integ-
rity are above accidents, and draw
good out of everything and the con-
stancy and resolution of the good
man are the grace and dignity of the
picture. .-s,r ,.,..r..,. eli s...,..,
THERE is story of Cornelius
O'Dowd's in BlacEwood, about a hus-
band and wife who quarrelled because
the wife maintained that eternal pun
ishment was essential to Christianity.
The husband declared that he could
never believe such a doctrine. His
father-in-laW, remembering certain
spicy traits of his daughters charac-
ter, met the objection to eternal pun
ishment by saying, :" If you only go
back and live with her, you'll believe
in it yet; she'll convince you"
GONE here, my little fellow said
a gentlemen to a youngster of five
years, while sitting in the parlor,
where large company were assem-
bled. "Do you know me" qa
." Yeth, thir.' a.assz- yasas..s -qut
9.' ' Who am L? Let me hear1" li
sYou ith the man who kithed
mamma, when papa wath in New
York" -'sa. .a.,si -sai .'-e-'i1'5 e:r'ss
= -lt.d ,gif sy. t.sr-.a -.l't-7-.t e .o.z4
A LAWYER having found purse,
and returned it to the owner, one of
the papers says it may be honest and
honorable, but it is exceedingly un-
professional. Neutrality-suspicious.
himself on the ground that there was
nothing in it. ~ III rs.;an aaz II
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