The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1873-07-01

Cne 0I1cerS anu printers.
EM Mr.. WILLIAM SIDLEs, Constable
of Sunsbury township, understands the
duties of his Office He is one of the
most efficient township officers we ever
met.
~The presumption, under the rules
of evidence, would be in favor of iuno-
cence; but how is it when you see full
grown man trying to unlock his front
gate with desk key at nine o'clock in
the morning?
E"Sweet is ice cream when the
futter of fans shows thermometers
high" But sweeter still, says Perkins,
is the melodious voice of your Susan
Jane when she invites you III out of the
aguish dews of chilly June.
~Now comes another insect which
is making a clean sweep of the foliage
on goosberry and current bushes. II
has dozen legs, spotted body, an ugly
head, and an appetite that cannot be
satisfied Are there no birds that would
be pleased to grow fat on these pests.
@The Democrats, of Monroe coun-
ty, are working with will, and with
gratifying success, for the SPIRIT. Our
subscription list has increased .fre hun
dred copies during the past nine weeks.
We shall print 1000 copies before the
lst day of December next.
DEADENING TMBER.-If you wish to
deaden timber lot for clearing off SO
the stumps will rot the soonest, and the
brush burn the best, and the land be in
best order for wheat fallow in the fall,
do it in the month of July. Now is the
time, while the trees and brush and
vegetable stuff are on the make
gTo our friends throughout the
county we would say: II you require
advertising or bills of any description,
call at the SPIRIT office We can, and
will, do your work at figures which will
give satisfaction; and the work will be
performed in a neat and workmanlike
manner.
EA sure sleep-producer, for the
restless who toss upon their downy
couches in the vain endeavor to fall into
the arms of Morpheus, is to count a mil
lion That generally brings about the
desired result; but if it doesn't, count
twice that many. Should you fail then,
abandon your bed forever.
EWhat would the ladies of our
town think should some one take one
of their silk dresses and drag about a
yard of it on the ground, gathering, in
its course, cigar stumps, guilds of to-
bacco and other trash That's exactly
what they do. An exchange says -
"The neatest street dress is one that
swings clear of the ground"
EwAn exchange has the following
plan of keeping flies from picture
frames: Boil four onions in a pint of
water, then with a clean brush wash
your frames over in this liquid and the
flies will not light upon them. The on
ion will not injure the frames and the
odor soon disappears. 1t is better than
unsighty gauze covers to your pictures.
RIt has just been proved by actual
analysis that the last gill Of milk drawn
from the udder of the COW contains six
teen times the amount of cream Incl
dent to the first one the separation of
the cream from the milk taking place in
part in the udder, particularly in instan-
ces where the animal is suffered to stand
at rest some time before milking.
To CLEAN FLOOR CLoTHs,-Sweep
and clean the floor cloths with broom
and damp flannel, in the usual manner,
then wet them all over with milk, and
rub them till bright with dry CLOTH
They will thus look as well as If they
were rubbed with waxed flannel, with
out being SO slippery, or so soon clog
ged with dust or dirt
CoRNUcoPIA-Take crook-neck, hard
shelled Summer squash, one that is
rough and warty. Lay it where it will
ripen and dry for month or two. Cut
off the large end, leaving the crook
neck for the bottom. Scrape out the
inside and dry it while longer, then
paint it green or some bright color
Put on about three coats Of paint, and
varnish it, and you will have as pretty a
cornueopia for a Winter bouquet OF
dried flowers, as though it was made OF
something very nice.
STRAWBERRY SHORT CAKE.-Rub a
large spoonful of lard and one of but
ter in one quart of slfted -four; put in
a little salt, and make dough of cold
water. Roll it out in thin cakes about
the size Of breakfast plate; put in 9
layer of strawberries with light sprin
kle of sugar, then another cake Of
dough, another layer of strawberries
and sugar, with top layer Of dough-
Bake it slowly in an oven or stove, and
eat for lunch or dessert, with sugar ant
butter sauce.
To KEEP WORMS FROM HOUSE PLANTS
To keep worms from house plants, i
ladies will put one ounce of carbonate
of ammonia In one gallon of warm wa
ter, and water their plants with it onc'
week, hey will be free from thes
worms, and it will make the plants grow
and be beautiful and green. If any on
wishes to know how to kill those littl
bugs which get on oleanders, take
piece of lime the size of hens egg
and dissolve in about two quarts of wa
ter, and wash the stalk and branches o
the tree, They will .disappear.-House
+ hold.
l An Act of Cruelty.