The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1870-06-24
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A Jerscymau, III reply TO the charge
that women eau do no lighting in time o
war, says his wife does uuthing else.
A histropic party. who had heard 1
good deal about the Theatre ot war,
suggests that the back scais must be yer,
desirable.
The Detroit Free Press finds another
argument agaius, hard work III the iacI
that n nau recently died within five min.
utes after splitting some wood.
a man may be ever so poor, c may
be ever 50 unfortunate, but he need new
er be hard up for candles 80 long Us b,
makes light Of his sutferiugs.
A Down East paper says ia an obitu,
AIRY notice, that ..the deceased had been
for several years director OF Il bank. not
withstandiug which he died Christian
and universally respected"
A tradcsman objected, the other day
to receive ir'm one vi his customers a note
at 30 days. on The ground that he might
die before that time. Die !" excl ,iued
the customer, who ever heard of mar
dying within 3O days"
The following advice is from New
burg paper: Press on, young man
though you be poor. We know Que. will
only his two hands aud erowbar, opened
a jeweiry store aud now he is wing iu @
fiue stone residence in Sing Sing"
1t may be interesting to our sporting
readers to know that there is favorite
dog at Portland, Me, that is 80 wei
trained that he came to dead stand ia
front of door plate with the name A
Woodcock.
Two wealthy citizens of Wilmington
Del, have just built fine residences, and
have found that they are on another
mans lots. The other man says he will
show them where he has got some more
lots, if they want to build some more
He will not sell the lots, but gives then
week to take sway their confoundet
houses.
Detroit students try and pass away the
time by putting powder in each other,
stoves. They sometimes succeed in blow
ing cOmrade out of u second story win.
dow, but don't often kill one.
New Orleans policemen won't stanc
still over fifteen minutes, and let people
pound them and stick knives into them
One of them struck q man severely will
his club just for that, aud has been laid
up since, having the knife holes sewed
up.
Illinois has preacher who gets his
congregation in church, locks the door
and breaches to them until the deacon.
collect specified amount. He preached
three hours last Sunday, before they NE
down with a hundred dollars, which he
had levied ON them.
A school teacher at Elkhorn, Wiscon
sin, has been hauled up aud discharged
for saying that General Robert L. Lee
was one OF the best IT not The best re neral
the war produced. We presume there
are places, even iu the North, where a
man with those sentiments will be allow
ed to live.
A delegate from Wyoming says he
wants to recommed girl as cadet to
West Point, when his turn comes
Things are going to get mixed there ut
West Point, among the white boys and
girls, and niggers and Indians, and we
don't much care which comes out ahead.
The Cleveland Ledger says:
"When the women conventions shall
be purged Of feminine men who wear
ringlets. and part their hair in the middle,
and speak in falsetto voice, and OF mas
cuIine women who don trousers, crop
their hair short and talk slang in deep
bass. they will command more respect"
Well, mot to put too fine point upon
II. We should say that when the said
conventions are thus purgedS there win
be no such conventions at all. That's
where thcy i've"