The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-11-28

lWHoLE No. 223.
Titusyille has an Oil Exchange,
The particular oil exchanged is fusil.

| Titusyille has an Oil Exchange
The particular oil exchanged is fusil.
The, ,pre-hysteric period - before
tight lacing was invented.
/ If a man gets up when the day
breaks, can he be said to have the
whole day before him.
To tint the walls of a room buff
which in many cases is striking pret.
| ty color, add yellow ochre to the
white-wash until the color suits you.
i A systematic st. Louis critic says
that picture of baby on exhibition
there would be more true to nature il
touched up with a little gingerbread
and molasses. Eal3 9.{f atse
A cut lemon kept on the washstand,
and rubbed over the hands daily, at
ter washing, and not wiped off for
some minutes, is an excellent remedy
foa ctapped hands.
A Kansas paper tells about man
| who attempted to steal a public road
| which ran through his farm. One OF
the plainest cases OF highway robbery
ever heard of.
An illiterate farmer wishing to en-
! ter some animals at an agricultural
| exhibition. wrote to the secretary as
! follows "Also enter me for the best
jackass, / am sure of taking the pre-
mium.H 3 ts.fssa.
The most remarkable evidence of
| the mechanical science and skill of the
! Chinese SO far back as sixteen hun
dred years ago is to be found in their
suspended bridges, the invention of
which is assigned to the Han dynasty.
A Boston girl rejoices in the pretty
name of Elizabeth Martha Selma
! tGeorgiana Augusta Cuban Burrows.
They, call her Lizzie Matte Lima
George Gussie .'for Short" and she
writes for the ''literary papers," of
of course.
"fhe dearest SPOT on earth" has as
last been located. Those wishing to
find the spot will find it at the store
that does not advertise. r,,... ,..rt
Said Bloggs the other day when ap-
piled to for q loan of ten dollars 81
have only five lending tens, and they
are all outs" 7i'1}.itA ~ o. 10
She tripped lightly FER the crossing
lisptilg "Dear Augustus" and was OH
the point of embracing him, when a
rude boy ran up, and holding out
bundle of papers cried out, misses,
you dropped your readin' room," and
SHE'D away down dark alley.
Occasionally, when the train ar
rives at Middletown, Conn.,, a nice
young man jumps off and kisses the
bestAooking girl at the depot, suppos-
ing her 10 be his sister. He apoIogi-
zes so nicely that the girls are getting
SO that they look for him regularly.
A tailor of massive intellect, who
manipulates his goose in one OF the
most aristocratic streets of Syracuse,
has hatched an idea from the broad
tronted cravats now so much affected
by our cxqaisites. He proposes to
make a suit consisting entirely of a
cravat, to be wound around the body
and limbs from neck to ankle, and fas-
tened with a diamond pin.
aHans, for. what you no bay me vat
owe you, eh 2" wy, der pank ish
counterfeit and der money ish stop
ped payment dat ish because" s'Now
Hans, you ush't want TO fool me. If
you no bay me vat | owe you, by tam,
l knock NIT der head on toder side"
Welike to see man combining bu-
siness with pleasure. A mau in Indi-
annapolis buried his wife recently
that's where the pleasure comes in.
Here is were he combines it with bu-
siness on the tombstone: ''Here lies
Jane Smith, wife of Thomas Smith,
marble. cutter. This monument was
erected by her husband as tribute TO
her memory, and specimen of his
work. Monuments of the same style,
$780," s'l iiios
/. A ten-year-old boasting to school
mate of his fathers accomplishments
put it thus: MY father can do al
most anything. He's notary public,
and he's 'pothecary, and he can
pull teeth, and he's a horse doctor,
and he can mend wagons and things,
and he can play the fiddle, and he's
jackass at all trades" e46
"A young lady received on the anni-
yersary of her birthday the following
letter from friend at home, inclos-
ing q diamond pin:
IDEAR'. FRIEND My compliments |
and diamond pin (dime &pin.) All
well. s~- FRANK.
The, inclosure was a ten cent note,
with an ordinary pin stuck through
the same!