The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1868-11-17
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| Qay-Une shoemaker.
Why is watch like river? Be
cause it won't run long without wind
ing:
When is the book of nature studied
When autumn turns the leaves and they
are red. .sf>
=~'sAre you Cristian indian f9=aslsed
gentleman of one Of the Cattaraugus
tribe. NO." was the answer. whisky
Indian"
Mrs. Poyser says, in George Elliot's
! novel, s'W hat man wants in a wife II1os
tly is to make sure Of one fool ASH tell
him he's WISE"
An exchange says that the Grecian
bend is achieved by throwing the chest
forward and the trunk backwards. What
is done with the rest of the baggage?
A telegraphic message passing through
the hands of an operator, addressed to
|, "a, Gillespie, clerk, steamer Magnolia"
was ungraciously written off as follows;
"a, Gilles, pie clerk, steamer Mag
nolia.
BEHIND THE SeENEs.-Stage manager:
"John, 60 see if the ballet are all dress
ed, forit is time to ring up the curtain"
Boy returns: '.About ready, sir, got
most Of their clothes off.
When Sheridan taught school he had
in one of his classes boy who always
read ''partridges" for ''patriarchs."
Stop" exclaimed the wag of a teacher;
you shall not make game of the partri-
archs. s,
A western editor who has been to, see
the Black Crook, tells his readers:
''The proprietor incurred heavy expense
in completing the scenery, and conse-
quently had to cut the girls dresses rath-
| er Short
A dandy, wishing to be witty, aceost-
ed an old rag man as follows: You
take all sorts of rubbish in your. cart,
don't you % Yes replied the man,
'jump in, jump in"
A verdict has been rendered against
the Boston and Worcester Railroad
Company, giving Samuel B. Stone So
900, compensation for injuries sustained
by being run over while travelling on the
highway in Natick. ;
The President has proclaimed treaty
between the United States and the King
of Italy for the surrender to each of the
contracting parties persons who shall
have been convicted of or charged with
crimes of other than political charsc-
ter The treaty continues in force five
years.
Rev. DR. Boynton, of WauElegan, Ill.
has received a legacy of slGo,0o0 from
deceased gentleman of Chicago 1t
was to have been the portion Of lady
to whom Mr.. Boynton- was engaged to
be married, and who died not long since.
Manufactures have for years been look
ing for a substitute for rags, as ma
terial for paper 1t is said to have been
found at last in Esparto grass. Paper
made from this grass is much used in
England. The London Times. is print
ed on it. a.
A couple of gentlemen observing
pretty rough looking customer leaning
against lamp-post, much under the in
fluence of tarantula, made a bet as to
his politics. Approaching him, one Of
them said '.How do you stand,uncle p
You're a Democrat. are you not s!s-
democrat be id! l admit the symp-
toms, but, if l know myself, I'm on
ozZer side"
In Scotland, recently, woman went
to register the birth of her child, and
had to answer the usual questions. To
the one-"Were you present at the
birth p the astonished woman answered,
"I'm the mither of the BARN" ''But
that is not an answer to my question"
replied the registrar. "Were you pres
ent at the birth?'' .sYes, of course"
she said, II was there"
Ole Bull was once seeing the sights at
Donnybrook Fair, when he was attracted
by the sound Of a very loud violin in
tent. He entered, and said to the play
er: "My good friend, do you play by
note ?" 'The devil a note, sir" "Do
you play by ear, then?'' ''Never ar
ear, your honor" "How do you play,
then? ?" "By main strength, be jabers."
Two ladies, to all appearances in an
interesting condition, recently attempt
ed to cross the Prussian frontier at Bah-~'
berich, and on being questioned express
sed their wish that their respective chill
dren should be born on Prussian soil.
The custom-house official took compass
sion on them. introducing them to his
wife, aud strange to say they were before
leaving, safely delivered of forty-five
bladders full of spirits, in all about ten
gallons.
A plantation in Mississippi, which cost
100000 ten years ago, was sold lately
for $3.50.
Mrs Lincoln arrived in Paris on Wed
! nesday, and took private apartments in
the Champs Elysees.
Five thousand dollars insurance was
paid last week by Hartford company
ON q single sheep, which died al Mid
dlebury, Vermont.
A man and his wife who live in ten,
ement house in Springfield, Mass, have
HDU SpOhcl W otltli otllci lOl oSNCldi
years. 1t is merely to see who will hold
out longest. When the man wants to
| |say anything to his wife he addresses his
remarks to their little son, who also acts
as the medium through which the wife
communicates with her husband
A temperance lecturer, descanting on
the superior virtues Of cold water, re-
marked: ''When the world had become
so corrupt that the Lord could 10 moth
ing with it, he was obliged to give it
thorough sousing in cold water" Yes
replied topper present, but it killed ev-
cry critter on the face Of the eartl"
Last Thursday boy named Pike,nina
years old, got his arm caught in cane.
mill, in operation on his fathers farm,
near Camphellsyille, Ky His mother
flew to, his assistance, and, having step-
| ped the horse, was endeavorinc to ex
| tricate him, when the horse again began
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