The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1869-05-18
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Disease .
What kind Of fare is best to live upons
Welfare. Al
Always refuse the advice which pas
sion gives. t
A fashionable party is now eaiied
Daught@rcUltural show.
All women are gool-5ooi for soins
thing, or good for nothing.
Good company AID good conversation
are the very sinews of virtue.
What rod wa most feared by the He
brew children pf old ? Ierod
Music, says Auerbach, washes swsy
from the soul the dust of every day Lie.
The ruin of most ,len dates froni
some idle hour. Occupation Is III af.uot
10 the soul 49,
The best kind Of ps,lestriauism W,
know Of, is wailkin into the aTectiols OF
al hour.
Do the best you caa, Whatever you an-
dertake. Ifyou are only 4 straat-swee1-
cr, sweep your very best.
Love is Of the nature OF the barHins E
glass, which kept still III one place frptu;
changed often, does nothing
Most of the shadows that cross our
path through life are caused by our stand
ing in our own light.
naLy mon who pretend to have grains
Of good sense seem to have seruples
about using them.
1t is true of many persons that their
memory is nothing but row of hooks
to hang up grudges on.
Too OFrEN TUE CASE exchange
paper says: Truth is in type, but is
crowded out by more important matter.
'ris with our judgments as our watches; none
Are iust alike, yet each believes his own.
Pope,
What's the difference between d little
boy and potato2 One grows to be-
eaten, and the other is beaten to grow.
LABOR Losr.-An organ grinder play,
| ing at the door OF a deaf and dumb asy
luin.
When is Young lady like part Of a
word? When she is silly belle, (syl-
liable
Which is cheaper---a bride or bride
groom? The bride-she is always given
away, the bridegroom often regularly
sold. ~ .,a
Ladies' are like watches-pretty enough
to look at--sweet faces and delicate
hands, but somewhat difficult TO regulate
after they are a-golng.
Not so many are the blades Of grass
growing in the field us are the gifts and
mercies OF God to those that Lave soil
in which they can grow.
A sentimental chap intends TO petition
Congress for grant to improve the
channels Of affection, so that henceforth
the course of true love may run smooth.
The last job of the Pennsylvania Leg
islature was an attempt to put through II
bill for a $1,000 piano for Governor
Geary, under the title Of "coal, fuel and
incidental expenses"
The question why printers do not sue
cecd as well as brewersis thus answered:
Because printers work for the head, and
Tbrewers for the stomach-and where
twenty men have stomachs, but one has
brains.
How fast they build houses noww
said H. They began that building last
week, and now they are putting in the
lights" YES" answered his friend.
land next week they will putin the liver
If we would have powerful minds we
must think; if we would have faithful
hearts, we mast love; if we would have
strong muscles, We must labor. These
include all that is valuable'in life. ef
A white garment app IS worse with
slight soiling than do colored garments
much soiled so little fault in good
man attracts more attention than grave
,oGenses in bad men. ~
"3Ian, says the anatomist, changes
entirely every seven years; therefore"
says Jones, my tailor should 'notask
4 me for the bill l contracted in 1860. 1
am not the same person-hence, | owo
him nothing" 4 f,sb,
There is nothing purer than honesty;
nothing warmer than love; nothing Aloro
bright than virtue; and nothing moro
steadfast than faith. These united ;iu'
one mind form the purest, the sweetest.
the richest, the highest, the holiest and
the most steadfast happiness.
"Ihave lost my appetite said gi-
gantic Irish gentleman and an eminent
performer on the treacher, to Mark Sup
pie oh. I hope" said Supple, ..no
poor man has found it, for it woult. .1lin
him in a week. iaaat.
Among the obituary notices of an
Ohio paper, we fad the following "Mr.
William Jones, OF Malta township, aged
50, passed peacefully away, on Tuesday
last, from single blessedhsss to matii-,
monial bliss, after d short but sudden at
tack by Alice Blossom, u blooming wild
ow of thirty-fve.
Coop SPELLINe.-''Calcb, spell Aaron
"Great A little a-r-o-n--ron." y
Very well, Ichabod, see if you can
spell United States" q he,
! Yes, sir. Great country, little coun-
try, T-a-x-us,"
GO up head"
After twenty five years service as
Grand Master Of the ireemasons of En-
gland, the Earl of Zetland is about to re.
tire from that position, y testimonial
to him on the occasion of his retirement
has nearly reached the amount of f5,1
coo, and bis lordship announces his in
tentioh of making it fund for the relief
Of distressed Masons and their families.
r TO be dispensed by himself during his
life, and afterwards BY the Grand Master
for the time being,
Mr.. Simpkin has an abominahle gait
don't you think 50 y
No, indeed; I think it quite hand
some, especially since itwas painted"
Excuse me, but you don't understand
mel ailude to his carriage"
why, Ia me lie has no carriage"