The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1869-12-30

A HYMN book lately publlshed Dy the
Spiritualists makes an attempt to combine
an index of authors and an index of first
lines, occasionally abbreviating the latter
to save space, with some very curious re-
suits. References are given to
s.Do not wound the heart that -Derter Smith
s.Have We heard ofthe beautiful-Amdnetd r Jones"
.sOh love the sparkling Mrs. Cora Ddnfls.'
I'VE come, come FROM Hudson Tittie."
An editor says: CAT our BARRIERS yes
terday morning there was an old chap
with head as smooth as billiard ball.
Il say now, George snarled he, part my
hair evenly There isn't much left to
part said the verbose George. you have
always said that, and yet you have fin
ished by parting it somehow, and guess
you can now No use to try, sir, but I'll
tell you What I'll do; III make line with
a piece OF red chalk.
GUILTY
Ii lov ~ thee's crime dear maid,
The must guilty plead
And. a. I've no deterse to make,
No counsel shall need
The charges cover many years
An old offender 1
cannot of them disprove,
And don't inteId 10 try
BIT criminals are now. sometimes,
Ere sentence on thems passed,
Allowed 10 make Il little speech,
Though it may be their last;
And this is mine - pray the court,
| Though light my crime may be,
| Nv sentence Is for hie-and that
| pass it, love, with thee :.
| A STORY is told of Scotch dog which,
whenever penny was given him, used to
| 90 at once to baker with the coin in his
mouth, when, on dropping it, the baker
| would give him penny roll. On one oc-
casion the baker cheated him, taking his
penny but only giving him a half-penny
roll and then the dog went and fetched
a policeman Another case of canine in
stinct may be given. A lady in London
had a flyorite poodle, which carried hel
letters from pOStman to couch In Tho
ladv's parlOr. On one occasion the lady
To her establishment, observed the tavoritt
dog putting the only letter it carried into
the fire, instead of putting it on the couch
Amazed, she rushed forward and rescued
the letter, although nearly half burned
and, 10 and behold, it was dog tax SEIZED
ule!
AN individual who wished Chief Barol
Pollock, of the British Court of Elk
, chequer, to resign his seat on the bench
limited to him that such step Nigh
greatly prOlong his valued life. The oil
Judge arose and said, with great gravity
: will you dance with me?' The CUES
: stood aghast as the Lord Chief Baron
| who prided himself particularly upon hi
/ legs, began to caper about with youthful
: vivacity Seeing his visitor standing SUI
prised, he capered up TO him and said
$ well, if you won't dance with me, wi
= you box with me-" and with that h
D squared up to him, and, half in jest, ha
e in earnest, fairly boxed him out of th
!. ROOM The old Chief Baron had no NOR
f visitors anxiously inquiring after In
/ health, and suggesting his retirement.
! TIE Birmingham (England) Post give
: some curious figures, showing that tn
r worse people are clothed the more the
C drink or, it may be, that the more the
e drink the worse they are clothed.
I 1860, the home consumption of cotton i
: Great Britain was, in round number
/ 21S,000,00o pounds. In 1868, it was 10
i 100000 pounds This, says the write
shows that the richest nation in the wOrl
t is in rags, and the reason is, that the
o drink what they should wear. In 1856
s they spent SO, 541 300 on alcohol
e liquors in 1868, this amount had increase
|, to f102, SS6,2SJ. The increase of drink
u about 20 per cent. the decrease of cottO
: for home consumption, 80 per cent. A
d other fact equally significant is give
C When immense quantities Of grain a
/, imported, and the poor in many plac,
|, are wanting food, the brewers and dist
e lers are busy in making large fortune
e In the Caledonian Distillery, at Edinburg
for example, 10000 gallons of spirits a
It manufactured weekly, or 100000 p
l. annum. The quantity of grain Destroy
d is $4,000 bushels, and all the work is dol
# hy l5O men