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The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-12-04

A countryman who visited Greenville
Tenn, had his attention attracted by The
glltering sign of the Andes Insurance
Company. He looked at it long and in
tently, and then broke out in ioyfu
exclamation: 'Well, know'd old An
DIV would be at sometbn' afore long;
tell you, they can't keep him down ne
they can't" he walked on.
81 say, Pete, does you know how dej
keep oysters from smelling in tht
hottest ob wedder?'' 81 don't think
does, Sam; how'd dey do EN- ?" why
dcy cut dar noses off, and dey can
smell nuttin'" 30, yah! yah! yah
what an unpenuntratum colored pussor
you isv'
4 keep the best bread said certain
baker the other day to poor fellow who
complained of the inferior quality o
the article he had purchased of him the
day before. Il don't doubt it, replied
the customer. Then why do you com
plain2' asked the baker. Because
would suggest that you sell the best
bread and keep the bad,' was the reply
The Louisiana Democrat says the cot
ton crop in Rapides-one Of the fines,
parishes in Louisiana-will be nearly &
total failure. Not over fifth win be
gathered.
The man "who couldn't find hi;
match went 10 bed in the dark.
A Humane Society recently arrested
young woman for beating al egg.
1t is conjectured that professional
thieves lead an easy life, because they
take things easy.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-12-04

EFEdward Jones (called by Punch
at the time In-i 60 Jones), who thirty
years ago fell in love with Queen Victo;
ria, and used to enter forcibly the royal
residence-sometines going down the
chimneys-that he might gaze upon the
royal countenance, is just dead in a St.
Giles hovel. To get rid of tile athor-
Gus intruder he was shipped off to Aus
tralia, from which land he returned about
FIVE years since, with the tender passion
still burning in his bosom, albeit the La
dy has grown old and fat,and is a grand
mother. Being suddenly told by some
body, who probably did not know his
feelings, that Her Majesty was hopeless,
ly i'll, Edward Jones took to his bed and
speedily expired. .sw 31sy
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-12-04

liar in formation to the Indian Commits
sion, of which our citizen, Hon. Felix
R. Brunot, is Chairman Each State in
terested could, no doubt, furnish one
person of integrity, capacity and energy,
who would feel honored 10 acceptingsthe
position. A commission of competent
business men would, most probably,
urge the work of construction to an eco
nomical, speedy completion, and cut
short much of that red tape and circum.
locutory Office detail which so often
seems to throw blight upon the pro-
gress of government work. and which,
in the Improvement Of the Ohio, is to be
as much as possible guarded against-as
impeding the transportation which now
finds it facility, even in its present con.
aition.g
Tpefsubject is one of such interest
that have been betrayed into greater
length than l intended, and 1 beg par
don upon trespassing upon so much of
your time.
Processing to no engineering capacity,
| should perhaps, ASK indulgence for hav-
ing vcntured an opinion as to the man.
ner Of the Improvement; but having
made some reports upon the subject,and
attending some conventions called for
the consideration of the Improvement of
the Ohio, thought 1 might, without
overstepping modesty, repeat opinions
| have in other words before expressed.
trusting, that being one more voice pub
licly raised on the subject, it would has
ten action
That action, in my opinion, will be
only etfectiveif if made State matter, ,and
asked of Congress by the united voice
of all States whose people are interested
by those States instructing through
legislative action, their representatives in
Congress to unite upon the floor of the
House and the Senate in firm, respect
fGl, persistent demand, that fifteen mil
lions of the revenues collected in 1872,
shall BE set aside as a fund to turn the
Ohio into ship canal To repeat what
before expressed, can see no harm
that can result to the nation, if. for one
year fifteen millions less Cf the national
debt is paid, and the sum devoted to the
purpose indicated; and l can see great
benefit, permanent good to the nation.
if such course is pursued. Very re-
srectfully, GEO. H. .THURsToN
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-12-04
DON'T LET MOTHER DoIr.

Daughter, don't let mother do it!
Do not let her slave and toll,
While you sit, useless idler,
Fearing your soft hands to soil.
Don't you see the heavy burdens
Daily she is won't to bear,
Bring the lines upon her forehead
Sprinkle silver in her bairI
Daughter, don't let mother do it!
Do not let her bake and broil
Through thelong, bright summer hours;
Share with her the heavy toll;
See. her eye has lost its brightness,
Faded from her check the glow,
And the step that once was buoyant
Now is feeble, weak and slow.
Daughser, don't let mother do i'll
She has cared for you so long,
Is it right the weak and feeble
Should be toiling for the strong?
Waken from your listless languor,
Seek her side to cheer and bless;
And your grief will be less bitter
When tho sods above her press.
Daughter! don't let mother do it!
You will never, never know
What were home without mother.
Till that mother lieth low
Low beneath the budding daisies,
Free from earthly care or pain
To the house so sad without hei,
Never to return again.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-12-04
Texas.

The workings of martial law and ar.
bitrary assessments in Texas are thus
stated by the New Orleans Picay yune OF
the 17th ult.
"a gentlemen just from Groesbeck,
Texas, informs us that all is quiet there
The militia had left, after doing all the
harm they could. Three negroes, who
were implicated in the murder of Ap.
pleton, which caused the trouble, had
been released. The fifty thousand dol.
lars of taxes assessed by Governor Da-
Wis had been collected by the State Of
ticers, and many citizens had Seen Sold
out who refused to pay. Corn WAS seiz-
ed from the farmers who had brought
it to town to sell, and no remuneration
was given for it. Our informant saw a
valuable mill sold, the day before he
left, for little over one hundred do!-
lars, amounting of taxes which the
owner had refused to pay. The local
militia were still on duty"
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-12-04

1t is a serious error to imagine that
every hour taken from sleep is an hour
gained. Where one person Injuries him
self by sleeping too much, it is probable
that five injure themselves by sleeping
too little. The tendency Of modern life
is to stimulation of the brain. and
to counteract this, a generous amount OF
sleep, especially for the young, is needed
Most people under forty years of age
require as much as eight hours sleep
and there are many that need more than
this
Alarm bells of a new style have re-
Gently been attached to thirty four loco
motives on q railroad in Michigan. The
bell is placed Immediately in front, and
is so attached that at each revolution oi
the driving wheel it is struck once by q
hammer. 1t is claimed that the position
of the bell canses the sound to be thrown
| forward ana conducted bv the earth and
railroad track SO that it can be heard 4
considerable distance ahead of the train
4 Boston police officer vouches for
the truth Of d story that man in tina,
CITY having lost a twenty dollar bill in
the street, two hours afterward showed
anolhcr twenty dollar bill to bis intelli
gent ,ior, upon which the sagacious ami
mai starled UI with his nose to the
ground. ran into Portland street where
the Is II had been dropped, poked about
the tiirt with his nose. and in few min
utesran up to his master with the mis-
sing bill in his mouth t,.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-12-04
Increase Of Opium Eating.

Enough is known to state that the
sales are very great. Some of it, 1t is
true, is used as medicine, but far the
lar ge5t amount is used to satisfy Tie
cravings of the opium eater. There.
would be somewhat startling list oof
names should there be published the.
names of those who are in the habit Of
using opium. Sometime since one 0f
the first temperance lecturers III the Uni:
ted States delivered a lecture here, and
had but an hour before sent his lauda-
mum bottle to be filed at the druggists:
Here is a subject for reformers to con-
sider.--Ne,c Hdten Palladium. t'7-'t
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-12-04

A Philadelphia man suggests the es-
tablishing of a telegraph station in mid
ocean, with signal wirs attached. t6
one of the cables. He thinks, in many
cases, crippled vessels might reach The
station and send for help. y fi.i,t
The national debt of Europe and tie
United States amount to the enormous
sum of nearly $4,000, 600, COO mort
gage on the productive industry Of
Christendom. Can the producing class
cs stand it:
There are some new words. Wood
hul.iug is TO commit exility in a distant
country with Somebody else's wife. Big
amy is to have more than one wife: lin.
fiskation is theft on railroad bonds.
An exchange tells us ihat twenty
years ago Leland Stanford. arrived in
California with only one shirt TO his
back. Since then, by close attentiQn to
business. he has coptrived to accumulate
over 100000" What's Che good Of
so many shirts?
This curious incident OF the Chicago
FIRE is related: An old lady in German
family law at the point Of death. Her
relations, knowing that they could not
hope TO escape themselves and carry her,
held hurried consultation, and, to save
her from the horrors Of death by fire,
decided to. and d d, ,nl le her into the
rivcrto find quicker and easier releasz
by drowning. $50 sd'
-.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-12-04
NUMBER al
Nicely Caught.

a. a masked firemen's ball in New
Orleans, few weeks ago, gay and
handsome man who had refused to take
his wife to the ball On plea OF bust
ness, was much struck by stranger, .
lady in mask. On her he exerteds all
his destinations. !.
"Oh, sir, you quite put me out with
your fattery! suppose you are a mar
ried man., said the lady.
mo, indeed, but 1 confess willing
ness to get married since l have had the
pleasure of seeing you," was the gallant
reply. . u. =.
Indeed! but you haven't seen my
face yet" =.
No, but know it is beautiful. The
exquisite grace which accompanies eva
erything you do and say tells me a5
much. >" = p
"Do You really think so27
81 think so, but YOU will no longer
deny me that satisfaction. for I assiirs
you, lady, that am deeply in love-,
"Indeed - ~ -. sr,,
sit is true Until / met you to night.
women have looked to me homely and
comm place. -
"Oh, you are jesting."
"lndeed, am not"
"And you never loved any one Be-
fore?' .G-ssals.g -,qs., ,, srz a..
"Never. Your sex appeared to me
always deceitful. and my heart refused
them all sympathy, but for you lfeel,s
passionate attraction / have no power
or inclination to resist" .adu mn
Scan this be true p -ea s.+
| at is indeed" 80. -
"And you wish to see my face ?" ~
81 am mad with impatience, since It
is only your face my heart will eSet
mirror. 1t has upon it no rival impress
sion''
"You are so persuasive 1 can no lon,
ger deny you the privilege[look," and
the mask was removed .,44RaasIT
"Tbe devil" said the discounted
Benedict. indulging in a prolonged
whistle.
"Oh, no, my dear, the only face that
has no rival impression upon your
heart" 8e ars bssiIi.ia,
"Say, Mary, let's call it square aha
60 home"
81 think we'd better" qss
And they went. etg1
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-12-04
Luck and Labor.

An exchange says:
Which is the better to depend upon
luck or labor? Let US see
Luck is always waiting for something
to turn up. ...s
Labor will turn up something.
Luck lies abed wishing
Labor jumps up at six o'clock and
earns the money it wants.
Luck whines. -
Labor whistles.
Luck relies on chances. ..1
Labor on character.
Luck slides down to Incidence.
Labor strides upward to irdepend
ence.
Which is likely to do the most fol
you, boys2
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-12-04

EgJobn Ruskin in his last letter to
the workingmen of England says Of his
boyhood training: My mother forceei
Inc with steady toll to learn long chap.
tiers of the Bible by heart, as we'll as to
read every syllable through from Gen
esis to the Apocalypse, about onceda .
year; and to that discipline / owe not
only knowledge of the book which I
find occasionally serviteable; bpt, ,mnch
of my general power Of taking pains,
and the best part Of my taste in sltefa-
tufe." .sio2 afs
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-12-04

HThere is not any room for doubt
ing that the coming winter is to be aw
fully cold. The prophets all say so,ant
the man is insane who disputes tht
prophets. They have found the moss
growing thick on the trees, frogs stand
ing on their heads, sunhowers pointing
toward the North Pole, grape vines run
hing around poles instead Of up them
and there are thousand other signs to
show that every human being will he
frozen as stiff as chip before Februa
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-12-04

EY-An officer Of the customss Of
Eastport, seeing suspicious lookiig
package being carried through one even
ing not long since, asked what the pack
age contained, '.Nothing but swiIl,"
said the innocent carrier. The swill
turned out to be an appropriate name
for cask Of gin which is now the prop
erty of Uncle Sam.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-12-04

IT MAY BE So.-A gushing writer
says that "nature's choicest product is
woman; and inodeaty being the interior
fount that sufuses her with bloom lady
hood, as the consummate flower, the
forescent acme of womaphood, a dis
tillatioR from its superlatives, draw:
from tiis fount perennial freshness
1t may be So; things have risen so since
the war that you can't most Away:
sometimes invariably tell what YOU leas
expect. .........
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-12-04

HEAVIER TERE GROSS.
FROM THE GERMAN OF sMOLKE.

| FROM THE GERMAN OF SMOLKE.
Heavier the cross the nearer Heaven;
| No cross without no God within,
/ Death, Judgment, from the heart are driven
Amid the worlds false glare and din.
Oh happy he with all his loss,
Whom God has set beneath the cross.
Heavier the cross, the better the Christian;
This is the touchstone God applies,
How many garden would be wasting
Unwet by showers from weeping eyes.
The gold by fire is purified;
The Christian is by trouble tried.
Heavier the cross, the stronger faith,
The loaded palm strikes deeper root,
The vine-juioe sweetly issueth
When men have pressed the clustered fruit;
And courage grows where dangers come,
And pearls beneath the salt sea foam.
Heavier the cross, the heartier prayer;
The bruised herbs most fragrant are.
If sky and wind were always fair,
The sailor would not watch the STAR
And Davids Psalms had ne'er been sung
If grief his heart had never wrung.
Heavier the cross, the more aspiring:
From wales we climb to mountain crest;
The pilgrim of the desert tiring,
Longs for the Canaan of his rest.
The dove has here no rest in sight,
And to the ark she wings her fight.
Heavier the cross, the easier dying, ....
Death is friendlier fact to see; ..
To life's decay one bids defying. 4
From ife's distress one then is free.
The cross sublimely lifts our faith ..
To him who triumphed over death,
Thou Crucifed the cross I carry,
The longer may it aearer be;
And lest faint while here tarry, ..
T. Implant thou such heart in me:
That faith, hope, love, may flourish there,
Till for the cross my crown wear.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-12-04

Gg-A farmer lately died in East Prus
sia who is said TO have attained his httn
dred and thirtietH year. Down to The
time of his death liz was in the enjoy
ment of the best health. He was siz
feet one inch in height, and served a:
body guard under Frederick the Great
His son, who lives on his fathers prop
erty, is one hundred and iiine years old
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What do great liars do when they
die ?-They li6 still.
"Grandma," said slrewd child, "do
you want some candyw o..
"Yes dear, should like some"
"Then if you will buy me some l
will give you half" said Polly,
A shrewd waiter at one of our wat
ering places says that the most plain in
eating are the most accomplished.
In England, last gear, one man out OF
five, and one woman out Of four who
married, could not write.
A country editor says: '.Ail the la
dies now wear contracted skirts. 1t is
nobody's business how We found this
ont"
Feather trimmings are very fashiona.
ble this season, and are used to trim
round hats, bonnets, muffs, and cloaks
of cloth and velvet. a
1t has been judicially decided in En-,
gland that q married woman living a
part from her husband is entitled to vote
at municipal elections.
Young ladies must not forget that il
is neither very good manners nor very
good policy to invite gentleman to
call the same evening she is introduced
to him. Worthless fruit falls easiest.
There is rumorthat j. Wilkes Booth
was seen by Chicago actor in Fort
Wayne, Ind, the other day.
And NOW an exchange wants to know
since W o-r-k is pronounced wirk, why
p-o rk is not pronounced pirk?
How to make dull fellow lively
Marry him to- girl named Annie, whcr
of course he becomes Annie mated.
The Car of Russia has signed the
temperance pledge-the first accession
to the cause from the ranks of royalty
The Mormons think their extensive
matrimonial experience entities Utah tc
become one of the limited States"
Mrs. Throckmorton married the Bar
on Lemme They wanted her to marry
some one else, but she said, Lemmt
alone"
What an unlucky suitor did. lie
wooed, and she wouldn't. He coocd,
and she couldn't.
The darkest day in any mans career
is that wherein he fancies there is All
easier way of getting dollar than by
souarF.lv earIinp It.
A genius in Canada has succeeded in
distilling whisky from the stalks and
leaves of the Canada thistle. The whis-
ky; it is needless to state, is Eery sharp,
penetrating and Eungent,
A young lady recently triel to do NJ
her back hair with honey-comb K
make it look sweet"
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-12-04

To MEASURE HAY.-An old farmer
says: "The following is generally accu
rate, as have bought and sold by it
and believe it may be useful to many
where the means Of weighing are not a
at hand Multiply the length. breadth
and height into each other, and if tht
hay is somewhat settled, 10 solid yards
will make ton. Clover will make from
10 to II yards per ton r
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-12-04

TWINS Among the curious social
facts developed by the census statistics
is the appearance on the rolls Of Penn.
sylvania of one family with seven pairs
of twins, one family with six pairs, and
another family with four pairs. Tho
mother of the last group had six other
children, and *as only thirty eight yesfs
| old r-a ulitt t1.a4. s. fs-f.
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/. TERMS oF ADVERTISING:

fwelVe Haes, VI ioss, VIII oo ona'So" &c
one square.
= EAll legal advertisements will be charged
BY the line, and must be paid in advance of
publication. A tK,a
E Notices Of the appointment OF Ad- -
- ministrator's and Executors; also .Sn
Attachment Notices aud Road mott. -
r. ces, two dollars and fifty cents, in 50
~ advance. p 90 r - -
done at published rates
and payment required in advance, in all
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-12-04

EFAt a negro celebration, lately, ar
Irishman stood listening to the colored
speaker expatiating upon government
and freedom; and the orator came to s
period" from the highest and most po
etical flights, the Irishman said:
"Bedad, he spakes well for nagur /;
didn't he now ?"
Somebody said, "He isn't negro
he is only half negro"
"Only half nagur is it?" Well il
a half nagur can talk in that style, I'm
thinking whole nagur might bate thc
Prophet jeremiah"
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-12-04
COnlilldrunlS.

Why is a married firt like wheel
Because she goes round with the felloes
as well as, the hub.
| What kind of drum is that which is
always best when it cannot be beaten
A conun drum.
Can lady playing on a pianoforte be
rightly said to resemble an ape, simply
because her fingers are 'mong keys (mon
keys2) gasa, , r..
What is it that comes into the world
at just nice height from the ground fo1
you to extract its sweetness, and yet is
both sign of treachery and amity? A
IS.
Why is man standing outside GER
tain kind of public conveyance like la
dies lips? Because he's buss conduc-
tor
What is the vessel that no woman OBJ.
jects to embark in? A court ship.
Be kind enough to inform me why
allet women are so wicked? Because
they are never content until they execute
their pas.
just state the difference between an
auc,ion and sea sickness? One is the
sale of effects, the other the effects of a
sail. "a .oaa..lts>4 .st
Why was Napier like hen-pecked
husband? Because he was Apier chap
pier without the N (hen.
What letter is most like donkey p
q (you)
What's most unlike cock doodle-do ?
Cock -a-dookle don't,
What relation is that child to its fa-
ther who is not its. fathers own son p
His daughter.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-12-04

gWe head this San Ohio Epitaph'
on highly respectable authority
Under this sod
And under these trees
Lies the bod
y of Solomon Pease.
He's not in his hole,
But only his pod;
He shelled out his soul
And went up to God.
-Gdlttry
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-12-04

By sending money to these parties
any one can obtain package of saw
dust proportioned in size to the amount
remitted.-N. Y. Sun.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-12-04

GEThe sawdust swindlers turn up il
most unexpected places. Here, for in
stance,is an advertisement that they have
inserted in the Daily Times, of Houston
Texas: -a...
$1,000 PER WEEK can be made on the
quiet ty parties who are up to snuff with
out interfering with other business. Ad
dress, confdentially,
THOMAS MORGAN & Co.,
Nouy V.,rlJ
The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1871-01-18
ADMINISTRATORS SALE s. lie

- T. ~. -aasla-s EA.La 10y IlrF
In pursuance of am order granite
by the Probate Court of Ashlan.
county. Ohio, l will offer for saIe.- q.
public auction, or the 18th day O
January L. d. 1871, between N.
hours of two o'c;ock P. NJ. and three
o'clock r N. upon the premises, the
following described real estate. situat.
70 the county Q fAsBland and State O
Quo, to-wif &tet plumber forty
three (43) in the village of Loudon
vile, excepting eleven a1) feet off q
The West side Of said lot. Appraise,.
at S. Terms of sale ono,
third in hand, one. third in one wear
and one third in two years from The
day of sale, with interest the paw.
nlent to be secured by mortgage upo,
tho premises sold. McCombs ane
Curtis, Attorneysfo for Plaiht;frsis6
FREDERICK GCHWAN
CHARLES FL. TANGEMAN
Administering Of
JOHN SCHEIpTa. deceased
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