Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1870-05-05

2 about FIVE years old-who did not eat tn
! meat, had not been taken sick at last &C
counts.
From all the circumstances attending th
deaths. the physicians are of the opinion
that they were occasioned by trichina
, The pork which it is supposed containe,
, the trishina was raised in Ballard count,
and cured in the usual manner. LOuisuul
COuier-JouSndl.
The Josh Billings Papers.
TIGHT BOOTS.
would jist hike tew kno who the ma,
waz who fust invented tite boots.
He must hav bin o narrow and kontrack
ted kuss.
Ii he still lives, hope he haz repentet
ov hiz sin, or IL enjoying CRATE agony o'
sum kind.
have bin in CRATE menny tight spot.
in mi life, but generally could manage t.
make them average; but thare is no sict
thing az making pair of tite boots ave
rage.
Yu can't git an average on the pinch oy
a tite boot more than yu kan on the bite oy
lobster.
Emmy man who kan wear a pair ov tite
boots, and be humble, and penitent, and
not indulge in profane literature, will make
a good husband.
He will do more than that, he will do to
divide up. into several fust klass husbands,
and be made to answer for a whole naber-
hood.
Oh for the pen ov departed VIM. ,ihak,
spear, to write an anathema aginst tite
boots, that would make anshunt Rome wake
up. and howl agin az she did once before
on previous ockaseun.
OH for the strength ov Herkules, to
tare into shu strings all the tite boots ov
creashun, and skater them to the winds
| ov heaven.
Obi for the buty ov Venus, tew make a
bigg foot look hansum without tite boot
on it
Oh, for the payshunce ov Job, the Apos-
tie, to nuss tite boot and bless it, and even
pra for one size smaller and more pinch
full.
OH for pair ov boots bigg enough for
the foot ov q mountain.
hav bin led into the above assortment
ov Ohs! from having in my possesshun, at
this moment, q pair ov number nine boots
with pair ov number eleven feet in them.
Mi feet are az uneazy az a dogs noze the
| fust time he wears muzzle.
think mi feet will eventually choke the
boots to deth.
liv in hopes they will.
/ suppozed had lived long enuff ncl to
be phooled agin in this way, but hav
found out that an ounce ov vanity weighs
more than a pound ov reazon, espeshily
when man mistakes bigg foot for small
one.
Avoid tite boots. mi friend, az you would
the grip ov the devil; for menny man
hez caught for life fust rate habit for
tswareing bi encouraging hiz feet to hurt
hiz boots.
hav promised mi two feet. at least
dozen ov times during mi checkured life,
but find them to-day az full ov pain az
the stummuk axe from sudden attack ov
tite boots
But this liz solemnly the last pair ov tite
boots will ever wear; will hereafter wear
boots az big az mi feet, if have to go bare
foot to do it.
am too old and too respectable to be q
phool emmy more.
Eazy boots liz one of the luxurys ov life,
but iforgit what the other luxury liz, but
don't kno az care, provided kan git rid
ov this pair ov tite boots.
Emmy man ken hav them for seven dol
lars, just half What they cost and if they
don't make his feet'aka wus than an angle
worm in hot ashes, henssdnt pay for
them.
Methuseles liz the only man. that kan
kali to mind now who could have afforded
to wore tite boots, and enjoyed them; he
had great deal of waste time tew be mis-
erable in, but life now a days, is too short,
and too full ov aktual bizzness to phool
away emmy of it on tite boots.
lite boots are an insult to emmy mans
understandings.
He who wears tite boots will have to &C.
Tite boots hav no bowels or mersey,
their insides are wrath, and promiskious
cussing.
Beware of tite boots.
The ssPIebiscite." fira
Readers who have been bothered over
the word s.plebiscite," so constantly occur
ring in the last fortnight in the Paris tele-
grams, may like to know that it is only o
high sounding name for special election.
French literary men and politicians have a
weakness for Latin terms, and SO call q
special election '.plebiscit,un, which was
a Latin name for q law passed in those as
semblies for the people called conitia tri5u-
ta- Strictly speaking, the '.plebiscit,un" ID
decree thus passed by the whole body of
|
is .plebiscits, and the term is loosely applied
to the decree, the submission of the decree
to vote, and the draft of the decree which
Is discussed, as now, to the Corps LeCis-
latif But this draft is also and more pro-
perly called 6 "Senatus constdtum" "-anoth-
er Latin phrase signifying both decree of
the Senate and q debate therein. Regular
~ the "Senatus c0nsl;lfum" was the form BY
which the Roman people passed upon Q
law by yea and nay vote, but they also had
the power OF voting on measures not intro
ducsd by the Senate, and this power of in
Producing laws to the people for their vote
is what in France Is called the ''plebiscitory'
power, and what she Emperor now reser-
yes for himself. Independent of any action
his parliament may take. The "Senatus
consiiltsfm" now on hand perpetuates the
sovereign power in the Bonaparte family,
and its adoption will bind anew all who
support it to the fortunes of that family.
FEAST OF THE DzAD.-The Chinese in
San Francisco began on Sunday. Sd inst,
their annual Feast of the Dead, which il
celebrated in the spring of the year, and
kept up for several days. Throughout the
day the laboring Chinese took to the ceme-
terry all sorts of conveyances, loaded with
roast pigs, fruits, pastry, &c. There all
the delicacies were spread over the graves
of departed friends, and around these they
all knelt and bowed q number of times.
Friends were then invited to partake with
them Of the refreshments, after which they
returned to town. On Monday, the
vealthier Ohinamsn repaired to the ceme-
terry, and went through the same cere-
monies.
LAST week, horse died from fright at
the sight of an approaching railroad train,
ct Watsrtown, Conn.