The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-12-05
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A stern duty srud6erss.- ~ =
The nick of time-Wrinkles
Easy things to make-mistakes.
Flat falsehood Lying on your back
The land of Cain-A sugar planta-
q Nestern satsisf -Thss sda II sven.
ing.
The best place for the blind-The
see-side.
The place for pic nie--The. SaHd-
witch Islands.
The happy EIsdI dIn IGe9d oman BE-
tween two ladies.
When is fire like bad husband
When he goes out at night. ia "a
Meyer examine a mule from the
baekgronhd O = l.
Some women turn out to be more
than fancy painted. IA 2
The commerce of Baenos Ayers has
trebled insfye eSeaEsZ = J09YI
Why are women more economical
than men? Because their aodist is
smflleE<5raqed yfoy9 ri otefqGI
Whiskey is said to be horn of
plenty, because it will Icegnr1gou eepi1
ously.
what is that which makes every
person sick bnttiIose who swallow It !?
ElaffonsV 20 --FEs
Sunday Is the strongest las lbeeabse
all the rest are week days; yet if it
is the strongest, why is it so often
broken ?I e -1AG0H1 10 d3aJS
A Yrdiminutiye negro, in q tight
suit, broke out all over I'M buttons, is
the fashionable thing in hall pprtersT
Hellsgrave is the pleasant but sug-
gestive Family name of q )Fdbber in
New Hampshire.
An Omaha acounter-hepper has dis
tinguished himself by swallowing q
darning needle. & ET3 At2 a. 70 2
A rural miss stepped dnto az Troy
drug store, the other day -aads asked
for abottle of ,tsjack o'elubs. g q y j
The Horse editor of the n. E-Worzd
calls it sHipporhinophlegmafablenno-
caIastalagamlis.r Neigh, neigR1 ~
Somebody inquiripg at the Spring
field Illinois, post office for. . letter
for Mike Howe. received the gruf
answer that there was no letter there
for anybody's COW.
Russian Proverbs.
The Scotch and the Spaniards1 have
hitherto divided the credit of possess
ing the largest stock Yef pfoverbial
wisdom, but. were the literature Of
Russia more widely. known, she might
prove a formidable rival osthe land
of oatmeal or to that of oranges.5 We;
give few specimens which on eac-.
count of their pointed 'tersenesss their
quaint, homelys svigor, and dry, oancho
Panza satire, scarcely need the aid of
rhyme to recommend them. They are,
indeed, more fully than words can ex-,
press, the faithful l1niri.orof the silreWdl
simple, dogged, numerous, Russian
mind, ever yelling Its keenness under
a.mask of fhabituap and itnpenetrable
mystery: 10 5'9ofS. v.isl
sGo after two wolves and you will
not catch One.N 80
IA good beginning aisobalf the the
sTrust in God, but do not stumble
yourself" - .se'.i eet - 4e
"With God, even across the sea !;
without Him. not even to the thres-'
hold" f.5t{ a.s,4s.stA stirzs
" money is not God, but it shows
great mercy .t 80 ...g,s. .9,..
g The deeper you hide anything the
sooner yon find it. - .''a ''nsf1 e'il MSS
s..A debt is adorned with payment"
"Reguery is the last of trades%sss;i
6 Neuer-take a crooked -nath while
you can see a straight one"
"Fear not the threats of the great,
but rather the tears of the poor"
" Ask pig to dinner, and he will
put his feet on the table,"
Disease comes. i'll .by hppdred
weights, and goes out by ouncesN i
80 Every little frog is great in his
own bog"
can old friend is worth two new
ones"
Be praised not fo. your ancestors,
but for your virtues"
When fish are rare, even crab is
a fish,"
GA fathers blessing can not be
drowned in water nor consumed by
fire" - Ey Asa ~
ssA "A mothers prayer VIII draw up
from the depths of the sea"