The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-09-15
weighed % stone svoirdupois He was
native of Ireland.


Another soul v0uidst reach;
1t Needs he oveIlOWing fcsrt
| To give the ps full speech
L Thi7 kiruiy. ana ting thIusht
Shall the worlds famine feed;
l Speak truly, ard thy WORD
Shall De q fruitful seed:
Live truly. and thy life shs lie
A great and nobe creed.
WHILE the great fire is still smoking,
| the public are contrasting the snowy build
| ings burned with such fireprOOf edisces
| az the Tribune Block and the beautiful
| building on La Sale street owned by the
Republic Lite Insurance Co. The man.
ayers of these two institutions have wisely
| secured homes for their business safe
against the destroyer, which fifty repre-
| sent their own permanence and stability
the Tribune in furnishing intelligence,
| and the Republic Life protection for the
families of The West Let the business
men follow their exampie.-Chicag0 ITtb-
une, Septic.
A YOUNG lady writing from Saratoga
to the New York Express says: The
| heated term actually doubled our laundry
| bills. None of my white dresses have
| less than eighty yards Of ruling, and my
Iaundress charges 81 each for doing them
up. sly laundry bll list week was TX
| actly S103, and that was moderate con-
| pared with some Of the ladies in the hotel
who are 0sry dressy, and always look as
if they were quite smothered in ruffies
and pinking."
| DURING the trial of case in Louis
| vills recently, witness persisted in tesii-
| flying to what his wife told him To this,
| of course, the attorney objected, and if
was ruled cut by the Judge. He would
proceed again to tell "shust how it vas,
| when the attorney would sing out. How
do You know that ?" "My wife told me-
was the answer. This WAS repeated sew
eral times Presently. the Judge, becom-
ing unable to contain himself longer, said,
"SuppoSe your wife were to tell you the
| heavens had fallen, what would you
think?" "Vell, den, | dinks dcy vos
| down"
A JURY in Rockiand county, N. Y,
rendered the following verdict recently ::
owe find that the said Walter was
drowned August /, 1870. in the river at
Tompkins' Cove, in the. town of Stony
Point, by recklessly jumping into the
river, while under the maddening lnf1u
ence of intoxicating liquor, obtained at
the stores of John Conner and John Con-
mel, licensed by the Board Of Excise, IN
|
signed by two hundred and fourteen
names; and we do say that a Board of
Excise that would grant such license,
against such remonstrancc as was pre-
sented in the case, are not, in our opin-
ion, worthy the confidence or suffrage of
a Christian or moral people"
THERE is man living in Calhoun
county, Miss, who is supposed to be the
strongest man in the State, if not in the
entire South. He is thirty five years of
age, and weighs 225 pounds. He has been
known to carry three bars OF railroad
iron, when it takes from three TO i've or
binary men to carry one He can take q
cask containing forty gallons OF whisky
or water, and raise it from the ground and
drink out of the bunghOle with as much
ease as another could ont ola common
pitcher; and he has frequently taken =
barrel of -four under each arm, and bal
ancing a sack of salt On his head, carried
them for several hundred yards, with ap-
parcntly but little effort He offers to bet
that he can lift thirteen hundred pounds
A YOUNG sport, gifted with melodious
voice, became acquainted with a lovely
female in country town, and the
evening following the Introduction
went TO her residence, where his
; voice was aired IN sercnading the
house, for the lady CHANGED TO bc absent.
He sang until he was hOarse, patiently
awaiting the long looked for face at the
window, Disheartened, be went home,
but returned the next, and renewed the
serenade, commencing with the song lis
, Years Since LAST We Met" He had just
uttered these words when a window was
raised and gruff voice shouted, "Hcli
on, Young man; think there's some mis-
take. 1t isn't long since last We met,
, for you were here last night. Now git y
J and the ole man fastened the serenader
departure by shower of old boots and
crCckery. The young man has not since
attempted to utter his musical notes ID
, that neigbbOrhOod.
. The following is from the Franco
Americain "When, in 1892, William OF
. Prussia entered Frankfort, he saw q
, French grenadier who fought alone on
the bridge of the city against large num-
Der of Prusslan soldiers. A number ol
corpses atteste the vigor cf his defense
bat, covered with wounds, he was on the
point OF falling, when the King ordered
: him 10 be taken alive. The Prussisns
obeycd with great fiji culty, and took HIN
before their master What is your
Nance asked the King. What matters
Q a name? am a Frenchman' You are
l {. hero! have saved your life; and now
, | give you your liberty Internationally
{ | only regret that q man like YOU shouil
serve such a bad cause Citizen William
+ ! thank you, but let us not talk politics
we would not agree 81 saying, the sol
der gave the military salute, turned on
/; | his heels, and, covered with blood, wen
| back to his regiment singing the harsell
laise"
THE Newark On. j. Courier says: "a
I man named IIolchkiss over in New Mar
q ket, the other night, thought he woulC
2 have some fun soaring his wife by drop
: ping a loose brick down the chimney int
4 the fire place in her room. So he crep
J. softly out Of bed, and, with nothing OF
but his night shirt, sneaked UP stairs an,
G got out on the roof Mr.. Hotchkiss drop
4 ped nineteen bricks down the chimney
n each one with vigorous slam; but h.
8 wife never screamed a solitary time. ~
r then Mr.. Hotchkiss gave il up, an'
v thought he would go down stairs; but b.
found that Mrs HotchBiss had had he
> head out of the trap door watching hin
a all the time, and when he had finished sh
= had shut the trap door and fastened il 81
n the inside Ii may be as well 10 state tina
O Mr. Hotchkiss spent the balance of In
night sitting on the sharp peak of Ia
roof, with his trailing garments of Tia
night flutteriDg in the evening breez,
|, singing, I'm lonely tonight Mr.
y Holchkiss intimated 10 her c0nddentiS
II friends that she thought she had him"
. ARTEMUs WARD, in one of his letter
. thus gave his idea of are organization
- 81 never attempted so reorganize N
wife but once. shall never attempt
again. I'd bin to public dinner, and ha
v allowed myself To be betrayed into dTini
! in several peoples healths; and wishil
70 10 make 'em as robust as possible, col
q tinucd drinkin' their health until my ow
} was affected Consekcns was, prcscnte
a q myself at Betsy's bedside late at mite wit
~ considerable llcker concealed about IN