The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1873-12-23
NUMBER A,
Seuse and enopstnse.

The people of Omaha are variou,ly
and pleasantly alluded to by outsiders
as "Omahogs." r0mahosses," aad
..Omahorribles
Tie Saliua {Kansas) Herald says
that at the Grangers Convention held
there, one of them moved that vote
be taken eice eersa.
A Wabash editor returns thanks for
centipeae received by mail from Texas,
and says it is the first cent Of any kind
he has seen in a month.
A Spanish cigar-maker in the Tenth
Ward gave his wife a terrible beating
night before last, and still The Admins
Itraiion quibbles and hesitates.-B Brooas-
,sa drgas.
q Is n 1Ies, 81 - ae}esy
uear New York. Of abaH one fnndf6sl
acres Ia extent, for the burial OF pco-
pie who have been talked to death
| The idea is good one but the cemetery
ought to be larger.
Senator Harlan las written hat one
editeria! for his paper. That one was
prefaced with the remarks: "This newly
discovered theory initiates against the
infeXiGle demolition Of the oft repeated
consanguinity. The managing editor
told him to 20 off aid fish.
Mr.. Anthony Carey, Of St Clond,
Minnesota, assaulted Rev. William
Cepp, Methodist minister, and skir.
mished about him awhile, one day last
week, until the reverend gentleman
Christian iolbearance had ran dry, ,wten
he got knocked down and badly hurt
The Review says: "a Peoria letter
carrier, after walking nine miles and
delivering the same letter TO one hun-
dred and thirty seven men, none Of
whom would receive it, sat down on
fire plug and wept because Pocahontas
was such, fool as to catch the old
mans war club"
Two young city ladies. in the coun-
try, were standing by the side Of a wide
dutch, which they didn't know how TO
cross. They appealed to Il boy who
was coming along the road for help,
wnereupon the boy pointed behind
them with startled air, and yelled,
''snakes!' The young ladies crossed
the ditch at single bound.
Charles Ross, the successful rider OF
Thad Stevens in the great race at San
Francisco, will receive from his owner
a present of $1,000 in coin, and is also
tn lie sent 10 first-class school for two
wears, and all his expenses pai,t Hs
also won handsome sum in the pools,
and received numher,o twepties from
theayy winners on the race.
An amateur sermonizer at Rome, Ga,
made these remarks upon the soul sd
i wing question: "My brethren, man
cannot afford to lose his soul. He's
got but one, and he can't get another.
II man loses his horse he car get an-
:. other; if he loses his wife be can GET
another; if he loses his child he can
get another; but if he loses his soal--
Good bye. Johai
/ Mr.. Arch and his companion. Mr.
Clayden, like the spies Of old, have. sent
home, says the London Times, but q
sorry account of the promised land ~
80 little does the fact correspond will,
their expectations that they are now di-'
recting their efforts to the regeneration
of Canada itself, if ever it is to be made
fit for the reception of English, labor
|ers."
Little Tommy didn't disobey nam.
ma, and sc. in swimming, did he -,
mo, mamma; Jimmy Brown and the
rest of the boys went in, but / remeu,
bered and would not disobey you."--
"And Tommy never tells lies,does he Y"
mo, mamma or l coulGn't go To
Heaven r "Then how does Tommy
happen to have on Jimmy Browns
shirt p
One Of the Japanese students at Yale
College, while out for a. stroll, was ac.
costed by green Sophomore with,
What's your name2" "The gentle
man from Japan answered politely giv-
ing his surname. "Oh," rejnined the
would be witty questioner, You heath-
en- don't have but one name, see Y"---
What was the first name of Moses2"
was the neat reply.
The nation will hear With a quicken
ing pulse the ringing notes of General
Banks hugle Here's a, man whose
va!or isn't stuffed with Fish.bones and
sawdust., His president glance from
far Oft Boston takes in the "past, pres
ent and future' of Cuba, and as he con-
templates the procession of her iniqui.
ties he whirls the American eagle by
the tail and winds his bugle some more.
l-Broo1lyn Argus.
i We have seen a Stick Of wood Weigh
ing scarcity four ounces fall from, d
boys arm, and striking on his toes rens
der him incapable of fnrther action for
hours afterward,, while the same boy
has slipped with pair, of skates, and
striking on the back Of his head with
sufficient force to split that article open,
has not only reached his feet unaided;
but has given the boy who laughed at
him one Of the most astonishing whal
ings be ever received. Danbury Ne,cs.
Mr.. Swimpton weighs about ninety.
five pounds. Mrs. Swimpton weighs
two hundred and ninety-three pounds,
and Mrs. Swimpton's sister, who is
: visiting here, weighs just three hundred
and five pounds. Last evening Mfr.
SYinptoh and the ladies were out for q
stroll, lie having each hanging y to
his arm. A neighbor who was walking
in the rear Of them says that Mr..
Swimpton's feet did not touch the side.
walk more than twice in going three
blocks.
A few days since a Detroit paper re.
marked that ''the whistle was screamed
, at a bear on the railroad track" That
was bad enough; but. il goes on the
shelf now TO make room for one .os
President Grants choice message SEN.
tences Speaking of Colorado and tho
Rocky Mountains, he says II would
falso recommend The announcement of