The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1873-08-26

A new name Tor tight boOts--A corl-
crib. .-a.-e.s-.---ss.s--.---
What is that which has many leaves
and no stem? 9Afbook. iG190m9U
We are all apt to believe what the
world believes about lis.
Whai did Adam first plantsin tho gegs
den of EdenS His foot.
"How to make both ends meatuL See
that neither end,is Bone. sha & dHhS
How, to make a. tall man, ,short-.Ask
him to lend you, five dollars INV y r
The happiest women alike the e2kWs
ipiest nations, have no history.
"Wild Oats are said to be tho only
crop that grows by gaslight. go
Think between thinks il you please,
but don't drink between drinks. = hf
Why is q whisper forbiddenin polite
society," Because it isn't aloud. ,gs
Six hundred acres of ground are de-
voted to watermelons near sMuscatine,
Iowa. s372h Il ,AlE Ii5ls e4alio
Sylvanus Cobb, Jr.,, Of Ledger fame,
passes fourteen hours of the twenty
four in sleep.
One pint Of whisky, swallowed on a
wager, Settled the accounts lofs Morris
Rochelle, an Antwerp, Ohio, shoema-
ker' .aId4gH0H daEl!9lW
| A Nebraska man thinks he has dis
covered a natural castor oil well, and
expects to bald up d popular summer
resort. .s.sl9
The Spanisit,Marshal, 20 Donnell. on
his dying bed, when the priest asked
him to forgive his enemies, quietly ans
wered, Enemies, Ihave none; l shot
them all" ",ysE'oiss 2siiesl l57q
Keokuk boys exhibit their courage
by buying half ripe watermelons aad
teating them in the shade of bulletin
boards pasted over with cholera medi,
cine advertisements.
Digging horse radish is s'proitable biz
siness in Omaha. While engaged Of
the business the other day, man dug
up $500 in gold.
Irate party to 'bus-driver-aWfi5
didn't you attend to my hail?"
'Bus-dtiver, with dignity and "pull.
ing team"-'Cause / had my hands full
Of rein" So
Heated street idiscussion-s'I don's
believe in spiritualism. Il.think this
If man goes to he'll he can't come
back here; if he goes to heaven he deas
cant to-" aeizs.s sis.,J .f, IA, -. ,..,.,
Busy not thyself in searching iutc
other mems lives; the errors OF thine
own are more than thou canst answer
for. Itmorei concerns thee to amend
one fault in thyself than to dnd out !
! thousand in hers..-Bishop leighton,
The Cincinnati giH who, on the night
| Of her marriage, was kicked out of bed
by her husband, who had the night
mare, wrote to d friend the next day.
saying that her welded lite SO far seem
ed like d horlid dream, ia9fJ ahi ~
"A Boston boy don't believe that KoS
, inson Crusoe lived on raisins ia his tlcs
olate island, because he tried to dooi
himself one day, and after eating two
| pounds, quite lostihis1 APPETITE Tor1th'
rest of the week,lad sid 20 ita:s i!iv
A Green Bay mechant,put outea sies
1 Of "ice water free" Another put on
a sign of free Lemonade, and thirt
offered every customer ten cents iE
| money. A fourth man, who, couldnI,
think of anything better, got up dog
/ fight, and lie drew all the crowd. hsi Z
| A late San Diego World correspoa
'dence relates as fact that man was
found on the Colorado Desert lyins
on the sand and sucking the blood
from his arm, which helInd cut, L
relieve his thirst. The man was ta
ken to a station, and although his phys
| ical condition improved rapidly Iii
mind remained deranged, and it is
doubtful if lie ever recovers his reason
The New York World says The bride
groom of the average Saratoga wed
ding finds himself year after marriag,
'father of miserable little wretch o
an infant, destined, perhaps, sunae quar-
ter of century hence to be himsel
/ the progenitor OF an even inferior edi
ton of the-race The World believe.
in taking physical pigor into accoun
when matches are made in Heaven or q
a watering place.
j Let young men wear old gloves, ha
i apd coat till they Can honestly a&ort
| new. 1t requires uncommon courage
but it will have goed results. Mel
schooled to such deeds of heroism viii
refuse to endorse bad bills. will not vot,
for scamps, nor kheel in the mud t
scoundrels. who give lavishly what the!
have gained lawlessly, nor take witt
pride the hand of villain, however ex
alted.-JoAn Hall. ,'-'''''
/ Tue grasshopper bend is raging 8
the watering places. Eli Perkins write
to the Graphic: GAIL the young ladie
have it here. 1t is considered yer,
wrong for young lady not to stick he
arms back like grasshopper's legs ant
then walk with sailors swagger. Thel
call it. the ,Newpoct roll When
young lady gets loaded down with bot
ties, fans, umbrellas, tooth brushes an,
gatta-perch combs. and moves of will
the *grasshopfer bend and .New.s,,
roll you might as we'll get oa the bal
cony and let the traia go ty, | Away
'do."