The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1868-02-04

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/ The State9 of Iowa hasI thsI gratifying
Honor of, being entirely out Of debt, q
recordsand aglory which no ether State
can show.
LA printers hand, in setting 10000
ems which is COED day work, travels.
over aspaee Of two miles four hundred
and eighty yards. ssa
aDo yeu believe III the appearance Of
ispiTits2' "No, " said Josh 81 believe ia
their disappearance; and have witnessed
ia great deal of it, s9v1
/ As an epitaph to the defunct Seeretafy
LOT War, in viewrof his broken promises,
I'VE recommend the brief line: y
Here lies General Grant. g
The Commissioner of Agriculture es.
Inmates the corn crop of 1867 at 775.s
| 800, 600 bushels, and the cotton crop at
2,340, 900 bales.
4 person was boasting that he spring
| from high family. "Yes," said a bys
lstandsr, Il have seen some of the same
family SO high that their feet could NOT
touch ground.
| A Boston modiste asserts that our las
| dies need more and more padding from
year to year, in order to insure society
lpresentableness. This is not very graf
flying state Of things. aiaI
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Owing to the laws delay in Indiana,
the board Of a man imprisoned, IN one of
the county jails, for the theft Of twenty
cents, will cost two, hundred dollars be-
fore he can be tried.
Many of the collins of soldiers, buried
by contract at st. Louis, have been found
filled with sticks and stones. The bodies
were doubtless sold by the contractors
for anatomical purposes.
General Ponselet, the officer who are
+, ssed Louis Napoleon 10 1886, at Stras.
burg, died recently at Paris. He had
become one Of the most famous mathe-
maiicians of France.
Nor THERE.-An old lady announced
in Court at Atalanta that she, chad no
counsel" that s.God was her lawyer.
tsMy dear madam, J, replied the Judge.
He does not practice in this Court.
/ Itis.very dangerous to be working with /.
a sewing machine near window in 3
thunderstorm, It is also very danger
Gus to sit near some sewing machiaes
when there is no thunderstorm. Atleast
We have found it so. aAaa
A Partisan left directions before his
death that a copy of one Of the morning
newspapers should be placed on his tomb
every day. The eccentric request is du-
" carried out, and there on his grave
may be seen heap Of musty old papers.
The city fathers Of the town Of Ffe-
mont, Ohio are exemplary dead heads. "
The City Council of thatfourishing place
determined by recent vote that @no show
will be licensed until all the counsilmen
have beer, supplied with. faulty tickets.
| The Democrats of. Newark, Wayne
County have just carried the town by 49,
majority, whereas last year the Republi-
cans carried it by q majority of IA Isn't
liz little curious that all the stfawia goi
lone way, and cen any sane man doubt as
ltoawhich way the wind blows? & IS. "a
AVERY PIous LITTLE BoYs--ssW hat
lis that?" said Sunday school teacher,
fpointingtto the letter G. .9sn ii aalEi
.eDanno,n said the urching Isl Sssq
ehWhat do you say when you stump
your toes2'' gesss
sDamn it, was the preceeions replyspu
Bismarck met his barber at Baden -Ba-
den, and affably spoke 70 him. The bar.
Der gave himself airs, and complained
of the mixed society at Baden Baden. The
Count replied with happy qasd pro quo:
sWell, c., we cannot all be barbers3
you know" ssGl
At a soiree, the other evening, one
gentleman pointed out dandifed indi-
vdual to his friend as sculptor. WhaA
! said his friend, such looking chap sa9!s
that sculptor2 Surely you must be
! mistaken" He may not be the Kind of
one you mean, said the informant, shut
/ 1 know ne chlsSeled tailor out or q suit
lloi clothes last week. nsaas as saia
f. Mrs sPartington, reading an accounted
a rail Road accident, was much surprised
Ito learn that the engine had been driven
IIof the tracks BY one Of the switches Il
ts:She shoulder + have thought" she said,
[tsthat, tihe great iron engine would mind
such a iittle thing as a switch" sYes,
but you must remember, mamma, said
Ike, gravely, athe Locomotive has q tender
tbehind.' rs 80 saasa9s tsapa
The Prince Imperialis is 6-st for caleu.
lation in hiselass Of the Lycee Bonaparte.
One of the professors attends twice . day
lat the palace, and thus the Prince fol-
llows precisely the college course, and
does the same work as his fellow students
atithe Lycee. This is the first time the
result has been published Tie class
consists Of forty boys Of every possible
rank, from the sons of butchers and tall
Tors to that Of the Emperor
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