The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-06-17
MISCELLANEOUS TIE MS.

THE most difficult ascent-Getting up
subscription.
THE ray that always lights up woman's
despsir-rai ment.
A WAC objects to Indian suffrage on the
| ground that red men are addicted to tam
pering with the polls.
A LITTLE boy was once asked if he had
any liking for cats ooh, yes" he re-
piled, 81 like them very much-to throw
stones at"
| NIL DEsPERANDUM.-
Ii the girl of your heart you for months have not
Don't give way unto grief or to sorrow;
Such course, on your part, would be awfully
green,
| For you are sure to be older-to morrow.
He who reads and thinks little must
work hard, and the family pinch and save
One who reads and uses skill may work
less, and sleep in a spring bed.
AN engineer resigned his position on q
Western Railroad in disgust, because, as
he said, it consisted of nothing but the
right of way and two streaks of rust.
| A YOUNG married man of Bridgeport,
Conn, Was sent home from church by his
wife, on recent Sunday, for a prayer
book, and brought her a photograph al
bum.
| HERE is a characteristic mot of French
mother -in-law: What affords me pleas
nre in the death of my little grandson is
the grief which it will cause my son-in-
law"
| A QUAKER once hearing a person tell
how much he felt for another who was in
distress and needed assistance, dryly asked
him, Friend, hast thou felt in thy pocket
for him?"
BAYARD TAYLOR says: ~ consider
Kansas and Nebraska, with the western
portions of Iowa and Missouri, to be the
largest unbroken tract of splendid farm
ing land in the world"
A BOY, when asked to what business he
would wish to be brought up, replied, 81
| will be a trustee, because, ever since papa
has been trustee, we have had pudding
for dinner"
| THE following advice is offered by an
exchange to people who pine for supply
OF great men: If you would select q
youth who is likely to make his mark in
the world, take one who is carting mud in
a clam-shell wagon"
| WHEAT.cLUBs have been organized in
different parts Of the South. Each mem
bey pays so much into the treasury, and all
the money thus received is to be given to
the man who harvests the best acre of
this cereal.
IT used to be the custom of the small
fruit growers Of the South to import their
crates and baskets from the Northern
States. OF late they have learned to man.
ufacture these articles nearer home, and
thereby considerable saving is secured.
PARIS trades to the figure of 5000, 00O,-
600 francs year, gives employment to
100000 work people, and pays 1900, 000,-
600 francs in wages. There are 1000 gold
smiths and jewellers, who annually dispose
of 3OO,0OO,000 francs worth, &c, &c, and
the slightest political agitation affects all
this people and all this wealth.
AT South Hadley, Mass, q few weeks
ago, some workmen, while repairing the
old Hayes place, found in the chimney on
the second floor an entrance opening into
an unused closet. and In this oven like
place were two smoked hams that were in
a perfect state of preservation, and had
been there over fifty years.
THERE was great futter among the
police at the Louvre Station House the
other day when it was discovered that
some mischievous persons had besmeared
with tar the equestrian statue of Napoleon
the Third, which has given rise to so many
snears and witticlsms. 1t took a dozen
wOrkmen two hours to clean the statue
thoroughly.
THE SON of Buffalo jeweler. named
Walker, was killed by the Angola Railroad
disaster last year. A watch known to be
on his person at the time was not found,
but a few days ago was brought to his
fathers establishment for repairs, and hss
been traced back to one Robins, since ar
rested, who was on the train at the time OF
the disaster.
A PUBLISHER in Germany made some
time ago an offer, which he designsted in
his letter as very lucrative, in order to in
duce Charles Dickens to write for q paper
he was publishing. Dickens replied that
he had no time to write for him, and as
for the lucrative character of the offer, he
was paying twice as much as had been
offered to him to the humblest of the con.
tributors to AL the Year Round.
PUBLIC OPINION furnishes the following
epigram on the marriage of very thin
couple:
ST. Paul has declared that when persons, though
Are in wedlock united, one flesh they remain.
But had he been by when, like Phafaoh's kline pair
| ing.
DR.. Douglas, of Benet, espoused Miss Mainwar
ing,
St Peter, no doubt. would have altered his tone
And have said, These two splinters shall now
make one bone"
RANDALL SYLVESTER, of Freedom, Me-
man 80 years old, has lain in bed fol-
fifteen years, cannot speak above q
whisper, and is mere skeleton. He
dreamed one night how to make q violin
although he had never seen one made
He was supplied with timber in the rough
and such tools as he could use while lying
on his back, and fabricated beautiful in
strument, ornamented with shells resemb.
ling pearls. 1t is composed of ninety two
pieces, but appears like one piece till ex.
amined closely. Its tone in very fine.
To PREVENT guns from rustiDg, here is
a preparation which we have used for
years and which we knOp to be good
Twenty ounces best olive oil, one ounce
and half spirits of turpentine. This
should be rubbed on the gun barrels, out.
side and in, with rag leave all that ad-
heres to the barrels, and put the gun away
until wanted. Do this and you bid de-
flance to rust, even in the swamps OF
Louisiana. Iron rust seems to act like
cOntagiOn, and when it once commences to
, work on any utensil it is exceedingly hard
{ to check it. Once roughen the surface OF
steel and the polish is forever gone
Southern Paper.
-Republican newspapers, and espe.
cially those in Chicago, have lately made 6
great clamor about the corruption existing
in the city government of New YORK
They have, seemingly, supposed that ii