The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-04-08
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.


company.
ERIE boasts of being the most moral
city of its size in the Union.
A LOCK of hair from young woman's
head is often key to a young mans
heart
ALADY Of New Orleans, whose husband
was defaulter, sold all her Jewels and
other private property to save him from
exposure.
THE cashier of bank in San Fran
cisco with an income of a thousand
dollars day, was formerly the clerk of a
steamboat plying between Keokuk and ST.
Louis.
A GENTLE swain, enamOred of O Miss
Bread, perpetrates the following:
While bellies their lovely grsces spread,
And fops around them futter,
I'll be content with Anna Bread,
And won't have any but her.
A GENTLEMAN being asked by clergy
man why he could not attend the evening Q
prayer meeting. said he could not leave
the children. "What, have you no SER
wants ?" Yes" he replied, "we have two
servants, who keep the house, and board
US, but we are allowed few privileges"
A Mrs. WELT, of st. George, Me-, while
riding home in the stage from Rockland,
recently, on cold day, thought that her
infant, which she held in her arms was
strangely silent; and, on examination,
found that the poor little thing was frozen
to death.
CHAM represents an anxious mother
pleading with the director of gymnasium
to give her son one of the prizes. "Your
son, madame, persists in doing nothing"
says the director "Then," replies the
mamma, by no means disconserted, "you
should give him the prize for persever-
ance."
A LITTLE girl was very fond of preach
ing to her dolls Her mother one day
heard her reproving one of them for be-
ing so wicked. "Oh, you naughty, sinful
child" she said, shaking the waxen limbs,
you'll go to the lake Of birthstone, and
you won't burn up-you'll just sizzle."
ONE day, when Napoleon was on a visit
to female school he had founded at Rau-
en-, he playfully asked a bright young
girl, "How many needlefuls of thread
does it take to make shirt ?" "One, Sire,
n it were sufficiently long" Napoleon
was so pleased with the reply that ne gave
the young lady gold chain.
IT Is related in the Churchman's Maga-
sine that gamekeeper and his wife con.
suited the doctor of the parish as to the
choice of bible name" for their son
and heir. The doctor selected "Nimrod,"
and the suggestion was acted upon. Some
time afterward another son was born
This time the parents chose for themselves,
and as a match for "Nimrcd actually
selected Ramrodp
DANIEL WEBSTER, in discussion on
the influences of the press, spoke as fol-
lows: Every parent whose son is away
from home at school should supply him
with a newspaper. Iwell remember what
a marked difference there was between
those of my schoolmates who had and
those who had not newspapers The first
were always superior to the last in debate,
composition and general intelligence.
THE Chinese merchant Hong Kee. who
escaped in the steamer Japan from San
Francisco, defrauding his creditors out of
about $4,000, is said to have proceeded
with sang froid quite amusing, and
worthy of a civilized rascal. On his way
to the steamer he dropped into the store
of one of his victims, bought three gallons
of wine and ordered it charged in his
regular account.
TIE New York Express thinks that
nine-tenths of our people eat too much
flesh. at is positive injury instead Of
a benefit, when eaten twice a day, even to
The hard physical worker. This commu-
nifty could live on at least -one-half the
flesh it devours, and be all the better for
the change. We are not sure that if we
all ate onethird only of what is now con-
sumed in the form Of steaks, Joints, cut
let's etc, we would not be the gamers in
health and strength, as we would certain
ly in pocket"
AN undertaken in Brooklyn, New York,
has sent the following circular to several
physicians. The style is peculiar: " Dear
Friend have no doubt that it occasion
ally happens among your extended prac-
tice, patient will sink beyond the aid of
medical skill, and l have no doubt that
the physician is appealed to by the de-
ceased's friends as to who is good and
competent undertaken; If such should
happen in your practice, and you feel as
though you could assist me, the favor will
be highly reciprocated by me. Yours,
truly" la 1t-~ aqr
QUEEN ISABELLA, who, upon her arrival
in Paris, seemed to care very little for the
IcuCu tucdtItS, HAS now DeCOuc Ddo-
sionate play 1t costs her nothing to
gratify that passion. Most of the Spanish
Absolutists now living at Paris have boxes
at one or more of the theatres and when
Queen Isabella wants to go to one of them
she writes to the boxholder as follows: Il,
the Queen, command you to let me have
your box for tonight. / shall be pleased
to reserve two seats in It for you and your
wife"
OLD DIcKY .. is a very wealthy but
very illiterate East India merchant, and a
member of the Oriental Club of London.
One day Dicky took pair of compasses
and set about examining large map of
India, the margin Of which was Illustrated
with drawings Of the wild and domestic
animals of the country Suddenly Dicky
dropped the compasses in amazement ut
can't be 1t haint in the horder Of natur
that 1t should be impossiblei ridiculousr' -
"Why, Dicky, what's the matter? ?" "Wot's
the matterS Wy, this Bengal tiger is
ninety miles longi" Dicky had measured
the tiger by the scale or the map.