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The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-08-15
DON'T Mater Much.

Colonel Council, of Fairfield County,
who was the Democratic candidate for
Attorney General of Ohio, in 1869, de.
clines to fulfill the speaking appoint
ments assigned to him by the Demo:
cratic State Central Committee, because
he is not satisfied with the Candidate for
Governor, nor with The Democratic
platform ir regard to the Fourteenth
and Fifteenth Amendments. The COM
muncation of the gallant Colonel is
published first not in any Democratic
paper, but the Commercial, 10 which he
appears to have been at pains to send
it. 1t is curious that Democrat, vino
is purer than the party in the faith;
should be obliged to select Republican
organ. 1t is curiohs that a gentleman
who, during the war, Was against the.
Democratic organization, should now
be so much more radical in maintaining
its doctrines than those who have hev-
er changed their faith and have never
left or deserted the party standard. 1t
is noticeable that the gentleman whom
Colonel Connell considers as being de-
frauded out Of the nomination for Gov.
ernor does not recognize that injustice
has been done him, but is cordially sup
porting the ticket Colonel Connell was
at the State Convention. Why did he,
not make his present objection there,
when the Gubernatorial mistake, if any
there was, could have been correctedS
Gin. Eng.
Not one month ago, CoNNELL adj
dressed Negro meeting at Lancaster;
in which he indofsed all of the amend.
ments and, really out Negroed the Ne
groes. However, we guess the party
will live without his support.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-08-15
Something for the Negroes and
Radicals.

Two negroes were hanged at Wades-
boro, North Carolina, on the 21st inst,
tor the murder of James W. Redfearn
(white), a most respected and esteemed
citizen Of Auson County, of that State
A New York Herald reporter visited
the negroes the day before the execu
ton, and interviewed them in the pres,
ence of the Sheriff and other parties
We quote portion:
Reporter-Lewis, what have you to
say for yourself?
3 Lewis-Well, sir, 1 killed Mas'r Jim
Redfearn.
Reporter-Well, Lewis, what induced
you to commit such crime?
Lewis-Well, sir, me and Yankee
named Patterson broke into Mas'r Jim's S
store once and were arrested for it and
brought to this very Jail, and while we
were in prison here this man Patterson
first put it in my head to kill Mas'r
Jim.
Reporter-Was this man Patterson,
as you call him, white man?
Lewis-Yes, sir, he was a white man.
Reporter-Well, Lewis, what else in
duced you to commit this crime?
Lewis--Bad white men, money and
the devil made me kill him, poor Mas'r
Jim.
On the scagold Lewis made a speech,
in the course Of which he said:
81 tell all you black folks you must
never steal any thing, and if you have
stolen anything never steal any thing
more. Never 60 where there is bad
men, wicked men. Look and see where
it has brought me. There is a party
they call the Union party-the Radical
party. They never do us no good
They do US harm. They make us do
mean things. No Radical ever come to
me and say, Lewis, here is something
before you die. l advise you all to take
care of yourselves.
1 hope to meet you all in the Kingdom.
l know there is Savior Oh His throne
that will save me-"
That is rather hard on the Radical
party, hut perfectly just. And all the
black folks had better follow Lewis ad-
vice if they ever want to meet their Sa-
vior in Kingdom come.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-08-15
Noyes! NOyes!

The Radical papers have been publish
| ing an article from the Cincinnati Ga
zette regarding the war record of Noyes.
We believe it is taken from the CORES
pondence of long haired fellow named
Furey who was q sort Of war cores
pondent hummer and who kept the best
private "commissary," and at the same
time gave him the freedom of the
same. 1t is well that the other side of
the question is presented. The follow.
ing is what 219 of his own regiment
say:
ave, the undersigned members of the
39th Ohio Volunteer Infantry,do hereby
certify that during the campaign against
Atlanta, the conduct of our Colonel Ed
warI F. Noyes was such as to excite the
disgust and pity of all the soldiers. His
conduct was cowardly throughout, and
his want of courage led him into the
grave error of trying to conceal the fact
by resorting to intoxicating drinks. In
front of Reseca he was so cowardly and
so drunk, and made such a disturbance
that he was reprimanded by the comand-
ing officer, General Dodge, land when the
firing commenced, he was so imbecile
that the Lieutenant Colonel, Henry T..
Mcdowell, had to take command of the
regiment, and led it through the action
and into camp. All through this memo
rable march he was an object of disgust
and pity to the soldiers in his command.
Had not charity for crippled and fallen
man restrained us, these facts never
would have been made known in this
shape-were it not for the infamous at
tempt to place this unworthy man at the
head of the great State of Ohio"
How is that for record? The pri-
vate soldiers are the boys who can gen.
orally tell what kind of officers they had.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-08-15

DR.. Hall, in his Journal of Health,
says the best medicines in the world,
more efficient in the cure of diseases
than all the potencies of the materia
medica, are warmth, rest, cleanliness,
and pure air. Some persons make it
virtue to brave disease, "to keep up" as
long as they can move foot OF crook
a finger, and it sometimes succeeds; but
often the powers of life are thereby SO
completely exhausted that the system
has lost all aoility to recuperate, and
slow and typhoid fevers set in, and carr
ry the patient to a premature grave
Whenever walking or work is an effort,
a warm bed and cool room are the
very first Indispensable steps to assure
speedy recovery. Instinct leads all
beasts and birds to quietude and rest
the very moment disease or wounds as.
sail the system.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-08-15
Leaving the Foul Party,

The Omaha Herald has this to say
the position assumed by Sen.
ator Upton, Of Nebraska, toward Gen.
eral Grant and his corrupt administra-
ton:
"The honesty of his purposes are
questioned by none. A Republican of
the most advanced opinions when Re.
publicanism was not mere name, as
now, used to cover corruptions and
wrongs, in all branches of the public
service such as no Government has ev-
er seen before, he boldly declares him,
self unalterably opposed to the riinous
and corrupting course of the Admins
tration, and pledges himself to make
that opposition both open and uncom-
promising. Senator Tipton's position
is alike creditable to him as a man and
as Senator Thousands of Republi.
cans in this State will follow the lead he
has marked out. He knows there is no
redress for public grievances save in
change, and he is for change. Scores
and thousands in Omaha and in the
State are in the same category, as time
will show. Where the independent Sen
ator leads, they will be glad to follow
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-08-15

Ex-senator Wilson was in London,
July 4th. In letter published in the
Na:ick Bulletin he says Of the southern
part Of Ireland: "The rags and poverty
that met my sight, and the importunate
cries Of the beggars that thronged
around me, made me feel that if were
resident Of that land l should be a
most radical reformer, if not revolu-
tionist" Whisky drinking he found al
most universal, and yet, he says, he had
not seen particle of fighting or row.
dyism. He adds: 81 have not heard a
profane oath since landed, on the 15t h
of June, at Queenstown, eighteen days
ago. l have seen hundreds of thous-
ands of the people, from the Queen
down to the ragged beggar Of the slums
o. this wilderness of houses, and have
yet to hear the first profane word. This
has surprised and gratilied me much.
trust the time is not distant when q
stranger can travel hundreds of miles
in our country, and mingle with hun
dreds of thousands of people without
hearing an OATH"
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-08-15

ES This good suggestion by an ex-
change ought to reach the eye of every
letter stamper in Uncle SANS employ:
Cannot somebody invent machine
for the use of Postmasters that will al.
ways postmark letter clearly and dis
tinctly? There is not day passes but
we receive more or less badly postmark,
ed letters, some so blurred that it is i'm.
possible to decipher the mark, and Others
where the postmarking clerk has only
half done his duty, by striking but one
half or one-quarter upon the letter. The
postmark is a matter of no small import
ance to business men, and we beg that
every one connected with the Post offices
whose eye this meets, especially in oul
great commercial cities, will keep this i'm
portant fact in mind, and urge upon their
stampers to do their work we'll"
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-08-15
COnundrunls.

Why is man who stakes his money
in a gambling house like star? Be-
cause he's an asterisk lass risk.
Why is an accepted suitor like Grim
inal? Because he ought to be transpor-
ted.
Why is person asking questions the
strangest of all individuals? Because
he's the querist (qucerest.)
Why is your eldest brother like grass
in meadow? Because he's past your
age (pasturage.)
When is tragedian like a sable bird
of the crow species? When he's ra-
vim.
When does a gambler resemble a stin-
gy man at bar? When he orders
something up and goes it alone.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-08-15
They Say.

"They Say" is a nuisance. He is
forever making mischief Forever polk
ing his nose into somebody's business.
Forever vilifying somebody's character
Forever doing something mean. We
suspect ''They Say" has ruined about
as many people as whisky and the faro
bank.
"They Say" is snake in the grass
Processing the warmest friendship to
your face he vitely traduces you behind
your back-not in the first person sim
gular, be it remembered, for he is too
crafty for that, but he retails, with Am
inidab Sleek-like sorrow, what other
people say of you-in short what
"They Say"
They Say is humbug. Tear of
the hypocritical mask he wears and you
shall see, very often, baseness and kna-
very of the blacklist kind. Sometimes,
we admit, "They Say" is weak minded
and ISLANDERS people more through ig-
norance and thoughtlessness than a
wish to destroy their good name, but he
is none the less nuisance for that, and
God help his victims in either case.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-08-15
A Fable.

A young man once picked UP d SOW.
ereign lying in the road. Ever afterl
ward, as he walked along, he kept his
eye steadily fixed on the ground, in the
hope of finding another. And, in the
course of long life, he did pick up, at
different times, good amount of gold
and silver. But all these days, as he
was looking for them, he saw not that
heaven was bright above him and Ma
ture was beautiful around. He never
once allowed his eyes to look up from
the mud and filth in which he sought
the treasure, and when he died, a rich
old man, he only knew this fair earth of
ours is a dirty road to pick up money
as you walk along Theodore Parker.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-08-15
An Injunction.

From Surprise Valley comes the story
of an old fellow who got very jealous
because his Young wife went to a ball
with good-looking fellow, and stayed
until broad daylight The old chap
went to a justice of the peace and told
his story, winding up with 81 want
yer to help me, for that ar thing has
been going on about long enough"
SWELL" said the justice, "you can write
down to Yreka and see if some Of the,
lawyers can't get you divorce!' "Di-
vorce!" roared the angry man, "who
the deuce wants divorce?" The JUS
tice began to get wrathy. "If You don't
want divorce, what the deuce brought
you here2' "Why ! want an injuncI
ton to stop further proceedings"
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-08-15

In Missouri, the other day, a swarm
of bees alighted upon little boy who
was in field with his father, who bade
him keep perfectly still. The bees hung
from his ears, chin, and nose in great
punches, and clung in thick clusters on
every part of his body. After they had
all settled, the father removed the boys
cap from his head to bush, and the
entire swarm followed. The lad receiy-
ed only one sting during the startling
performance. Strange things happens
ont West.
A Brattieboro, Vermont husband,
who had posted his wife, took it all 4
back thus: "Havng advertised my vile
last week while under the influence of
Intoxicating drink and advice of Others,
i hereby give notice that said advertise
ment was without just cause or provo-
cation, and is hereby retractcd." -
Papa, is vice one OF those strong
iron things that takes hold with such
grip, and gets tighter aud tighter at ev-
cry turn until ii crushes ?" Yes, my
son, aud if you are wise you viii keep
Iout of them.''
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-08-15
q Q { t Y =
Keeping HIS WORD.

The following touching little story is from
Burke's Magazine, for Boys and Girls, publish
ed at Macon, Ga. 1t is by Mrs. Preston. Of
Lexington, Virginia:
"Only penny box" he said;
But the gentleman turned away his head,
As if he shrank from the squalid sight
Of the boy who stood in the falling light.
"Oh, sir" he stammered, "you cannot know
(And he brushed from his matches the flakes Of
snow,
That the sudden tear might have chance to
fall
"Or think-I think you would take them all
Hungry and cold, at our garret pane,
Ruby will watch till come again;
Bringing the loaf The sun has set,
And he hasn't crumb of breakfast yet,
"One penny, and then can buy the bread"
The gentleman stopped; Sand you?' he said.
"H-I can put up with them, hunger and cold,
But Ruby is only five years old.
81 promised our mother before she went
She knew would do it, and died content
1 promised her, sir, through heat, through
worst,
1 would always think Of Ruby first"
The gentleman paused at his open door;
Such tales he had often heard before;
But he fumbled his purse in the twilight drear,
81 have nothing less than shilling here"
"Oh, sir, if you'd only take the pack,
I'll bring you your change in a moment back;
Indeed you may trust me?" "Trust you?--no
But here is the shilling take it and CO."
The gentleman lolled in his easy chair,
And watched his cigar wreath melt in the air;
And smiled on his children and rose to see
The baby asleep on its mothers knee.
"And now it's nine by the clock, " he said,
''Time that my darlings were all abed;
Kiss me good night, and each be sure,
When you are saying your prayers, remember
the poor"
Just then came message, "a boy at the door,"
But ere it was uttered, he stood on the floor
Half breathless, bewildered, and ragged, and
staange;
'Fm Ruby-Mike's brother-Pve brought you
the change.
Mikes hurt, sir; twas dark; the snow made
him blind,
And didn't take notice the train was behind,
Till he slipped on the track; then it whizzed by,
And he's home in the garret; 1 think he will
die
yet nothing would do him, sir-nothing
would do,
But out through the snow 1 must hurry to you;
Of his hurt he was certain you would not have
heard,
And SO you might think he had broken his
word"
When Tie garret they hastily entered, they saw
Two arms, mangled shapeless, outstretched
from the straw;
'You did it-dear Ruby-God bless you'll" he
said,
And the boy, gladly smiling, sank back, and
was dead.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-08-15
Grease Her Knees.

Mayne Reid, the prolific author OF
wild stories for little and big children,
was once gallant soldier, and distin-
guished himself, in the Mexican war
After the capture of the City of Mexico
he was wont to empty his trunk in adorn-
ing his handsome person before calling
upon the fair Gaudaloupe, and while SO
doing would stir up his enthusiasm by
reciting poetry, much to the wrath and
disgust of his fellow officers, who had no
fine clothes and no loves. One day while
dressing he roared out;
"At midnight in his guarded tent
The Turk lay dreaming of the hour
When Greece her knees"
81 say, Reid" interrupted Ned Mar
shall, '.why did she grease her knees p
"What ?" "Yeu said grease her knees ;
now the question that agitates the coun-
try is, why did she grease her knees p
The gay lieutenant gazed for a moment
in blank amazement, and said sternly
"You're fool" A duel was the conse
quence, in which Ned Marshall, with his
usual luck, got the worst of it.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-08-15

GE-A father desirous that his son
should live and die in ignorance of the
female sex, removed to the backwoods,
in one of our far Western States, where
he brought him up. unaware of the eXis-
tence of the feminine gender.
But it happened that he brought him
to town one day, and upon seeing fe-
male on the other side Of the street, ex-
claimed:
dad, what ia that over there?"
"Only a grouse" said the fond father,
when to the amazement of the bystand
ers, he exclaimed:
"Then, dad, want some grouse?"
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-08-15
ngOld Trotter is an eccentric genius

RFOld Trotter is an eccentric genius
who drives the first stage out of Ft
Kearney, westward, and whose deeds and
sayings will, in future time, become his
torical The following is related of
him:
One day, he stopped man on the
road, who drove miserable team of sick
and aged little mules, with the ejacula-
ton:
Look zee here, pilgrim; l know a
man that would give eight hundred dol
lars. if he could see them mules"
"Whyw exclaimed the man, startled
by such an unexpected prospect of luck.
"yeou doan't say so! Who is he?"
"He's a blind manm said Trotter.
&c 'langw
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-08-15
GE-The story is told of Marshal Nc

HThe story is told of Marshal Nc
Mahon that once during parade he
had an alteration with an officer in the
ranks who refused to obey him. Nc
Mahon finally threatened the offender,
and the latter drawing pistol, took de-
liberate aim and fired; fortunately the
cap snapped. Without the slightest
sign of fear, cool and impossible, Nc
Mahon said: .'Give that man fifteen
days, salla de police for having his arms
out of order.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-08-15
Make Your Trees Branch Low,

Train your pear trees for garden ol
field use, so that they will branch at a
distance of one or two feet from the
ground. The advantages are easily emu
merated:
lst. 1t is easy to trim.
I'd. 1t is easy to gather the fruit.
Sd. Falling fruit is little injured.
4th. All branches being sturdy, will
not be strained by over bearing or over.
weight Of fruit,
5th Soil will be kept shaded and
moist
9th. The trunk will be protected from
the scorching sun.
7th The tree will grow more and
more ebeautiful.-Horticulturist.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-08-15
A Husband Spbjugatedl In the Surf.
Long Branch Correspondence N. Y. Com. Adj
vertiser.

.
vertiser.
The wife of a gentleman at our hotel
tells good story at her husbands eX-
pense. 1t is well understood that they
did not live pleasantly together, but evil
dence of this is rarely seen in public
The other evening, when taking their u.s.
ual drive-they are both high-tempered
and hard to curb, and when their tenn
pers are aroused there is no controlling
them-one word brought on another,
when the husband said:
"You will drive me mad"
81 should call that admirable driving,
retorted the wife.
'By p exclaimed the husband,
''if you say another word | will drive
down into the sea-
They were then near one of the roads,
in the vicinity of Gen. Grants cottage,
that leads down 10 the beach.
"Another word!' screamed the lady.
"Drive where you please" she added,
''into the sea. can go as deep as you
dare to 60, any day."
He became furious, took her at her
word, and drove the horses and vehicle
into the ocean. They began to swim =
He held in, looked into her face, ,and she
laughed at him.
"Why do you stop?" she demanded,
exultingly, exhibiting not the slightest
alarm.
"You are devil!' he exclaimed, turn
ing the horses about, making for the
shore with all expedition.
: "Pooh! pooh!'' laughed the tormen.
tor. Learn from this that there is no
place where you dare to go,where dare
not accompany you"
"Even to ---W
"The only exception" she answered,
with a chuckle. There, my dear, l
leave you"
She had conquered. The pair return
ed to the house, and the only evidence
of anything extraordinary having oc-
Cured was the appearance of the poor
horses.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-08-15

MONTPELIER FOR SALE.-The Peters
burg Iva. Index announces that the
Montpelier estate-the home whose ele-
gance and ease President Madison's
abundant hospitality made known to
hosts of friends--is advertised for sale
The property is about 1000 acres in ex-
tent. The house and grounds are de-
scribed as of great beauty, while the view
they command of the Blue Ridge and a
vast expanse of rolling country is unsur-
passed, if equaled, by any other in the
State for its extent, variety and beauty.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-08-15
TO Cure Hollow Horn.

My remedy is bleeding. / bleed id
the neck just as you would horse
One thorough bleeding usually effects a
cure l have known cattle to eat hear
tily Immediately after being bled that
had refused food before. The remedy
was made known to me by an eminent
physician, formerly of Duchess couii;
ty, New York, and l would recommend
it to the public. A. 2. K.
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A Little Difference of Only $4,000
900.

From the New York Evening Telegram
Between the accounts as published by
the Times, and those appearing on the
Comptroller's books for work done on
the New Court House by Garvey, there
is difference in the aggregate of S.
100000. The Times has it that Garvey
was paid S2,S00,000, while the Comp
troller's books show that he has receiv-
ed only $4,000 Figures do lie some
times.
That little lying spurt, gotten up by
JONES, GRANT q Co., is nearly played
out.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-08-15
AEHorace Walpole once said: ala

ES HOTace W apUIe UHCe salU THU
children my utmost endeavors would
be to breed them musicians. Consider.
inc I have no car, nor yet thought OF
music, the preference seems odd and
vet it is embraced on frequent reflection
In short, as nay aim would be to make
them happy, l think it would be the
most profitable method 1t is resource
which will last their lives, unless they
grow deaf; it depends on themselves,not
on others always amuses and soothes
and of all fashionable pleasures, it is the
cheapest"
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-08-15

One of the Paris women, on being
told by the officer who seized her, "You
are brave-you have killed two of my
men," responded wildly: "May the curse
of the Almighty always rest upon my
soul for not killing more! l had two
sons at Issy, who were both killed, and
two at Neuilly, who shared the same
fate My husband died at this baricade,
and now do with me what you will. The
woman was shot.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-08-15

Texas papers represent that in one
week the Mexicans on the Rio Grande
border stole cattle valued at 100000
in Texas, and which would have been
worth double that amount in Kansas
the nearest market. They want to know
whether troops would not be more use
fully employed protecting that border,
than in protecting Negro es from imag-
inarv Ku klnx Klans.