The Plymouth weekly Democrat., 1869-07-08
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

"SIsTERs OF CHARITY Faith and
Hope.
WHAT grows bigger the more you con.
tract it? Debt.
al GO through my work." as the needle
said to the idle boy "But not till you
are hard pushed" said the idle boy to the
needle
A PAUPER recently left a Massachu-
sets aims house because she could not
have sirloin steak and green tea served at
midnight
The Louisville Courier. Journal makes
this unkind fling at the Hub: Two rich
men have recently died in Boston and left
no legacles to Harvard University. 1t is
supposed Harvard will try to break the
Wills
A LADY in San Francisco was thus ad-
dressed by her female cook, not long ago
evening"" Yes, am; why?" "Oh,
pshaw!" responded the cook, 81 meant to
have gone out with them myself"
THE WAY OF THE WORLD
Determined beforehand we gravely pretend
To ask the opinions and thoughts of friend
Should his differ from ours on any pretense,
We pity his want of both Judgment and sense =
But if he falls into and hatters our plan,
Why, really we think him a sensible man.
LITTLE four-year-old Masie had long
been vainly endeavOring to pucker his
mouth into shape for the whistling Of a
national tune he had heard upon the
streets. At last, in despair, he went to his
mother, exclaiming: "Ma, Use so little I
can't make hole big enough for Yankee
DOOlum to dit Out!"
"WHEN a young lady is very frivolous" "
said gentleman with Pecksnif1ian air
of speaking in general terms, and meaning
some one in particular, az pay very little
attention to what she says. Her remarks
pass in at one ear and out at the other"
"That is upon the principle that things
pass readily through vacuum" rejoined
the lady.
THE following intoxicating toast was
offered by Mr. Stearns, at a festival given
to the National Division of the Sons of
Temperance, at Washington: Woman
More beautiful than flowers, more deli
ciOus than strawberries and cream; the
purest spirit of the age, she is far more
intoxicating than wine; we love her, and
she cannot help herself"
A BARRIsTER noted for his absence of
mind was once witnessing the representa-
ton of Macbeth, and ON the wich's reply
ing to the Thames inquiry, that they were
doing deed without a name," catching
the sound of the words, he started up, ex
claiming, to the astonishmeDt of the audi
ence, "a deed without name! Why it's
not worth sixpence."
MORE than five thousand pounds of
SOIL milk curd were used in Chicago last
year. as a combining agent for colors, by
the manufacturers of dyes. BY the use of
acids the curd is transformed into an ad-
hesive substance which is a combining
agent for different cOlors. Without it,
they could not be printed on cotton or
woOlen tissues, to remain perfectly fast
thereafter.
AMONG the laughable incidents of the
recent election riots in Paris, was the case
of pickpocket caught watch in hand A
crowd seized the culprit and would have
handed him over to the police as robber,
but the thief, as he was being carried
along, raised lusty cry of "Vive Ia Re-
publique" The consequence was that he
was torn by the police from his captors,
and will probably get weeks instead OF
a years Imprisonment.
In a general order issued November Is,
1862, President Lincoln commanded that
Sunday labor in the army and navy be
reduced to the measure of strict necessity.
The discipline and character of the Ma
tlOnal forces should not suffer, nor the
cause they defend be imperiled, by the
PROCLAMATION of the day or Name Of the
Most High" Attorney General Bates. of
the Cabinet, wrote: 1.-The laws of the
land made for its account ought to be as
etf1ctly enforced as the laws for the pro-
lection of personal property. If the
Sunday laws be neglected or despised,
the laws OF person and property will
soon share their fate, and be equally dis
regarded"