Bloomsburg democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1867-1869, 1868-08-12
Pen and Scissors.

......WhO knows what has become o
Stanton, and where is the stick" tha
Sumner gave him?
......" IAN well that ends wcll." A chaI
at our elbow thinks that's why girls witt
small feet are counted pretty.
.....Grant's pcacc--throwing clu bs anc
stones amongst women and children at q
Democratic meeting in Missouri.
......Gen. Buell., who saved Grant from
being defeated at Shiloh, now declines tt
rescue him again, and supports Seymour
and Blair.
.....A Montreal shoemaker cut off tn,
ears Of his apprentice. The boy had pre-
viously cut out the shoemaker 10 his wife
affections.
....:.Some ungencrous biped has patented
q medicine to make fellow rise early in The
morning. The Boston Post says n 81,
months old baby can beat it to death.
......Gcn. Grant, on his return from his
western trip, was asked how he liked the
water there; by George" said he, 81
never thought Of trying it, Ahem
....The death warrant Of Alfred Alexan.
der, negro, sentenced to be hung on the
25th inst, has been signed by Gov. Geary.
In the South this would be Democratic
gain.
-. The Democrats Of Missouri have
nominated Gen. John 8. Phelps for Gov.
ernor. The Democra ICY Of Missouri arc in
good spirits and are bound to redeem the
State from Radical misrule.
......Prcnticc says that when two or three
Radicals arc gathered together there will be
the spirit OF Radicalism also. That's so,
no matter whether the tax is SO cents or
81 gallon.
......The other day some "loil' ruffians
assaulted young Democrat named Marsh,
at Mauch Chunk, and beat him severely
with a billy. 'Rah for Grant and free
......Only one member Of Lincoln's orig
inal Cabinet is now acting with the Radi'
Gals, and that one is the notorious corrup-
zionist, Simon Cameron. lie is in the right
place.
...... "Arms! give us arms !" is the cry Of
the carpet.baggers. Wait till next Novem-
Der, and in the general and precipitate rush
Of the Radicals toward Salt River, legs will
be more in demand than arms.
......A good sized piece Of horse radish,
kept in the mouth at church, will keep you
awake during the most sleep.provoking SER
mon. Our devil says he intends trying it
the next time he goes to church.
......The Tribune, in the anguish of its
heart, says that ut will require eternal vigi.
lance to elect Grant" Our devil thinks old
Horace has made mis.print, and that he
meant to say internal villainy."
......The Desmoines Iowa. Register says
the grasshoppers recently ate up half acre
of tohacco for man near that placC, and
when the owner went out to look ut it they
sat on the fence and squirted tobacco juice
in his eyes.
......fhe London Spectator says that the
Republicans Of America will "have only to
raise the cry of Grant and honesty to carry
the whole country" Honesty" is not in
the Radical dictionary, and the leaders
would not understand the cry.
......Hon. 4. T. Backus, prominent
Ohioan, has left the Radical party, and in q
speech at Cleveland, last week, declared for
Seymour and Blair. This is rather migrate.
ful for Wendell Phillips says that Grant
''worships at the shrine of Bachus."
......Col. VIM. B. Thomas, Collector at
Philadelphia under Lincoln, and heretofore
a shining light in the Union League, has
been expelled. Cause why--he goes for
Seymour and Blair, and is throwing the in.
fuence Of his Immense wealth and popular.
ity in favor Of the Democracy.
.....Gen. Wade Hampton is to edit q
paper in Columbia, South Carolina, they
say. If he shoots paper bullets rs well as
he did leadcn ones, tho Yankee carpct.bag.
gers in that State will have to "gct up and
yit."