The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-11-10
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

The Washington Life issues policie. on
all approved plans.
\ GENT lately caught cold by kissing
lady's snowy brow Served him right
TIE most unsociablc things are mile
stones; you never see two of them to-
gether.
IT is calculated that tight lacing saves
this country $4,000, 900 in board alone every
year.
If a man loses his breath il is no use to
run for it. He can catch it quicker by stand
ing still.
\ PITTSBURGH husband returned home
the other day after an absence of fifteen
years.
A GOOD protection against misfortune is
policy in the Mutual Life Insurance Com
pany Of Chicago.
\ RHODE ISLAND mother has saved
money enough by washing to buy her
stylish daughter a piano.
a REMARKABLE marriage recently took
place in Rowley, y. H., the bridegroom
being 50 years of age and the bride 80
DIR. CoBB has married Miss Webb. lie
knew that they were meant to be joined as
soon aS he spied her
SWEET AND BITTER
IT'S to court
Bat, OH. how bitter
TO court cal
And then not git her.
THE State geologist of Ohio declares
that there are ten thousand square miles of
coal deposits in the State.
UMBEREIIERs fixt and parosos mad
AS good as knu,N has been commenced on
East Second 81 DSN-arn y
WHEN a Montana man gets to banker
ing for Office right smart" they elect him
Sheriff, and he lives just two days.
"pA, are cannibals people that live on
other folks?" Yes, my dear" Then, pa,
Uncle George must be cannbal. for ma
says he's always living on somebody"
WILL you dake sumdng:" said a Ger
man teetotacr To friend while standing
near a tavern. II don't care if do, was
the reply well, den, let's take walk"
AT the Georgia State Fair wealthy
bachelor saw q beautiful young lady in
speeding a new cook stove, sought an intro
duction, proposed and was acceptcd-sincc
which all the girls crowd about the stove
department.
4 LITTLE boy, hearing his father say,
There is Il time for all things" climbed up
behind his mothers chair, and, whispering
in her ear, asked: when is the proper
time for hooking sugar out of the sugar
BOWL
HEARING physician remark that a
small blow would break the nose. rustic
exclaimed, well. dunno bout that, Eve
blowcd my nose number of times, and
never broke it yet"
A SLOW TRAIN-Ticket Collector
This your boy, mum? He's too big for
'alf ticket Mother" oh? is he
Well. perhaps he is R0r, mister; but he
wasn't when we started This Excursions
ever SO many hours behind time, an he's
growing lad. SO now
THE La Crosse Leoder is responsible for
the following: Not long since, while
one of the river boats was taking on some
live stock. among the lot Was one large
GRAY mule, that refused to walk the
staging The mate sung out 10 4 rOuStahout
to Twis; his tail. and he'd come. a cor
oncr's jury have decided that the man came
to his death by obeying orders.
THE Springfield Journal publishes II
statement compiled in the Office of the
Auditor of State, presenting the number of
hogs in Illinois, rs shown by the assess
ment returns from the several counties of
the State for the year 1870. The total
number is 2,220.6 which is nearly one
each To every man, woman and child in
the State-against 2,01S. 13S in 1S69-an
increase of 142,5l3.
FUsELI, the painter had great dislike
To the species of conversation known
rs 'tattlc. Once, when sitting in his
room among some triing visitors who
were discussing the weather and such like
interesting subjects, he burst forth with Il
I'VE had pork for dinner o-day I" Dear !,
Mr. Fuscli, what an odd remark - cx
claimed one Why" replied he, its as
good rs anything you've been saying for
the last hour.
a LITTLE fellow some four or five years
old, and who had never seen 4 negro, was
greatly perpleXcd one day when one came
To where he and his father were The
youngstcr eyed the stranger suspiciously
till he had passed, and then asked his
father: Pa, who painted that man all
black so?' God did, my son, replied
the father. "Well,' said the little one,
still looking after the negro, Il shouldn't
"A thought he'd held still"
THIS is how warts come: "'rhe papil
lomata (warts, condylomata, cpitheloma)
originate essentially in an active ncOplastic
process taking place in the retc, which
penetrates 10 greater or less extent into
the likewise hypcrthrophied connective
tissues matrix of the coriun. The papille
of the cults here, too. perform only IL pas
sivc rotc, their elongation and dcndritic
form being occasioncd by the hypotrophy
of the epidcrmis; while the elevation of
trf.,. l. Il,
pertrophy of both Clear AS mud, isn't
The mcancst man in Ottawa county,
Ohio, says the NeTS, is IL grape grower,
and lives on Catawb a Island His crop
was ST. large this year that he was obliged
To employ IA number of town girls to assist
i'm gathering his harvest, and who he dis
covered, were SO fond of grapes that they
would occasionally eat few. To prevent
this the grape grower came to town and
purchased lot of wax which he presented
To the girls, and informed them they must
chaw that while picking"
A WEALTHY lady of New York recently
went through an extraordinary perform
ancc. She gave out her engagement to n
gentleman in Washington, had the cards
sent out, the guests came i'm numbers, many
presents were sent IN, The clergyman was
ready, the bride waiting, but the groom
came not On an explanation being de
manded of the astonished gentleman, it
appeared that the whole thing was delu
sion or an invention Of the lady's without
the slightest knowledge on his part 1t
was "A sad case of marriage on the brain. "
AN eccentric though very excellent
clergyman of New England gave notice ut
the close of the service one Sunday, that
he expected to go on mission to the
heather during the ensuing week. Alarmed
and sorrow stricken at the prospect of los
ing their beloved pastor, the members of
the church gathered around him. and one
of the deacons, in great agitation ex
claimed what shall we do.' "Oh.
Brother c." said the minister with
great apparent ease, | don't expect To 60
ont Of town"