The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1873-12-09
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varieties Of dsh.
Out Of 2979 quakers inskansas, only
324 use tobacco
Time will dispose of his scythe within
he is no mower
Does a draft ON bank make the ban
ker feel cold7 afs s -
Every cord of wood given to the
poor is recorded above.
No chewer of tobacco ever yet lived
to the aye of two hundred.
The "Captain Jack" paper collar is
made of moose papes So they say.
There are only about 26O, 900 foreisa
torn children in the United States.
Truth sometimes tastes like inedi-
cine, but that is an. evidence that va
are ILL.,
Bufaloes are scarcer this year, and
are found oltener in sleiebs than by
slayers.
Nearly eight million more acres Of
public lands have been sold this year
than last. - ~A's ft'sj sA
A laxative man neither hears nor ii
Heard. He won't listen to others, nor
they TO him. ga
An inmate of Maine alihshouse was
recently awarded $1,000 in breach OF
promise suit
St. Louis congratulates herself that
she is ''sound." Chicago thinks she 10
nothing else. f
Why is minister near the end of his
sermon like ragged urchinp Because
he's toward his close.
Three hundred pounds has been ad-
ded recently to establish home ,fct
destitute dogs in London. a.
Large numbers Of wolves have APP
peared in Michigan where they have
not been seen before for years
When you hear man say the world
owes him living, you may be sure
there are overcharges on his bill.
A. man in Warner, N H.; dfanE
twelve barrels of cidef in eight months.
He is now paralyzed.
The World furnishes this motto for
our Minister at Madrid: 81, Sickles,
must keep cool" 81 8ir 80.
The Shoshone's oath is: 1.-The sun
sees me; the earth hears me; will not
lie" But Lo will steal
The World thinks the minister must
have had a cold in the head when Budd
Deble was baptized. IL
Bismarck encourages ducling among
army officers, as he says he wants to
get rid of all the fools as fast as possi-
bic. tt
When Jonah's fellow passengers
pitched him overheard, they evidently
regarded him as neither prophet nor
loss.
A dog with two tails. was recently
seen in London One belonged to an
OK, and was carried in the mouth of the
dog. sa
Stoneham, Mass having paid sls.-
600 for damages from deiec,ive high-
ways within two years, THINKS it about
time to mend its ways.
I h y ss.fl-s- ~.
The Georgia farmers are trying to
keep their lands in good condition by
using some $4,000, 600 worth of arts
fetal fertilizers annually.
FaGover tells us Mrs Fadover SAYS
she wonders the poor people out Of
work don't 60 to Congress, there's 10
end of jobs there, she hears tell. si
l A querulous Bostonian objects to
paying the gas oompany's bill Of Sl8
for the frivolous reason that there were
no burners in his house during the time
charged for.
Our incorrigible being asked if he
wasn't won by the Rev. Mr.. Platitude's
discourse last Sunday, replied taat he
was more than ''won;'' in fact, he was
half q dozin'. an
A new sewer in Louisville Is four
miles long andlarge enough to admit
carriage and a span of horses, And
all they want now is the carriage and
span of horses. Us
The State liquor agent Of the State
of Maine, who has failed, owes S7l,-
593 95; of this amount, Sl9,S3S "a are
family debts, and the balance, S6l, ,555
81, is for liquors. Near $4,000 is for
rum alone. Aud this is q prohibitory
State.
The Boston Journal says that the
structures erected on the territory de-
vastated by fire last November cost
about S5,O00,0OO, or 81 10000 more
than the valuation of the buildings de.
stroyed About one-third of the new
stores are already occupied.
If we 90 back to the early colonial
times, says veteran observer, we shall
find in the letters, sermons and other
discourses the same earnest structures
upon the extravaganza of the times and
the decay of household virtues as now
greet our ears on every haLd.
4 A man with some wit and very
long nose met neighbor one frosty
morning who sang out, "Halloo, ,Smitbi
| met The end of your nose back here a
piece, and saw it was completely fro
zen" mo fault Of mine," said the
Fundsturbed Smith; Il rubbed it as far
as could reach" sci
The drummers came down like wolves
on the fold, their toes were all frosted,
their noses all cold. Their weather
J peeled hug!es soon shown through the
!, town; they eobbled the money and sad.
ted ii down, then took few orders and
lit out of here, WITH their heads full of
business and skins full of beer.
"Mrs. Hopins, why don't you sprin-
kle ashes on your icy sidewalk like Mrs.
Bedun, your opposite neighbor, for the
benefit Of passers by, and SO initiate the
| good Samaritan r
''Iet the passers by initiate the Priest
and Levite, and pass by on the othef
f side"
Mrs. Sarah Briggs (who Is perusihg
the paper)-"Sakes alive, I wouldn't no
mere name child Alias than nothin'
in the world THEY'RE always cutting
) up some capert Here's Alias Thomp.
son, Alias Williams, Alias the Night
Hawk, all been took up for stealin'-
} Mary Jane, don't We never name none