The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-08-25

loudest where the sand is dryest. Hugh
Miller mentions a similar phenomenon on
a beach upon the coast of Scotland.
A vERY curious accident lately occurred
on the Boulevard Mont Parnasse, in con
sequence of an attempt by some children
to represent auto-defe. They erected a
pile OF small sticks, says a French paper,
and set it on fire, A child five years old,
who undertook the part of the condemn
ed hereto, brayely assembled the martyrs
pyre. OF course the flames caught his
clothes, and those of the young inquisi-
tors and executiOners. These were res
cued before they were much hurt, but the
principal performer was very seriously
injured.
THE Troy Times Hermit in New
York" writes as follows from his Metro
poiitan experience Looking back over
the calendar of the gallows for the past
fifteen or twenty years, | recall but two
executions which were not due to strong
drink. The rest committed murder while
in a state of intoxication, and were gene
rally unconscious of the deed which sent
them to the galiOWs. The youngest vic
tim ever banged in this (the Tombs) pris-
on owed Lis crime to the same cause. He
was a confirmed drunksrd, a murderer,
and a corpse dangling at the gsllows-all
before he was IS.
TEACHER, in loud tones: "What is your
namef" Boy, in a weak voice: Johnny
Wells, sir" "How old are you, John
Wells?' Twelve years old, sir" "Now,
John, tell me who made this grand and
glorious universe?" Don't know, sir"
"Whst, twelve years old and don't know
who made this noble spherei James
Smith, go and cut me q whip" The birch
is brought aud held over the trembling
boy. In laundering tones the rigid disci-
plinarian demanded, "Now, tell ne who
made this great world We live in" In a
fearful voice, Johnny answered: "I did,
sir, but | won't do 1t again."
A MAN in Pierce county, Wis, has made
a singular piece of work. From a piece
of pine board twenty two inches long, four
inches wide, and seven Fights OF an incn
in thickness, he has Whitfield seven pairs
Of dentists fcrceps. three pairs Of pliers,
six pairs of blacksn.ith's tOngs, Il pair
OF horseshoe p~inchers, one twisted Il. X
chain with swivel, one straight-link chain,
a horse in a stall and two balls in a box
in sll fOrty-seven distinct Joints, all OF
which are connected and play with the
utmost freedom. When closed UP, this
Singular piece Of work is the size of the
board above described but, when open
or spread out for exhibition, it covers q
space two feet square. He was occupied
upon this work six weeks.
ESSAY ON TOBACCO, BY A SMALL Boy
Tobacco grows something like cabbages
but | never saw none OF IL boiled, although
| have eaten boiled cabbage and vinegar
on IL, and l have heard men say that
cigars that WAS given % them on election
day for nothing was cabbage leaves. To
bacco stores are mostly kept by wooden
Injuns, who stand at the door and try to
fool little boys By offering them Il bunch
OF cigars which is glued into the %Injun's
hands and is made Of wood also. Hogs do
not ike tobacco; neither do I. Tobacco
was invented by a man named Walter
Raleigh. When the people first saw HIM
smoking they thought he was 3 steamboat,
and IS they never seen q steamboat
they were fright ned. Ny sister Nancy
is 3 girl. don't know whether she likes
tobacco or not. There is "a young man
her. | guess she likes Leroy. He was
standing on the steps one night, and he
lad a cigar in his mouth, and he said he
didn't know as she wonld like it, and size
said, "Leroy, the perfume is agreeable"
But the next morning, when my big
brother Tom lighted his pipe, Nancy said,
Get out of the house, you hOrrld crea-
ture, the smell of tobacco makes me sick
Snuff is Injun meal made out of tobacco.
l toOk q little snuff once, and her l
sneeZed.