The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1873-08-21

P1fRoSs of Neutrality-suspicious.
with rnarriapeble daughters.

P1fRoSs of -Husbandry-Mothers
with narriageble daughters.
IT is surprising. how quickly men
who dislike red hair will fall in love
with red headed heiress.
A SARATOGA belle tainted away
three times on learning that her little
poodledog had beeu run over and
killed.
PERsoNs .dtsirods of learning the
size of shoes worn by a lady friend
should praise the foot of some other
woman. = F6g gxFsskFf s81
THE young ladies of Winchester,
Mass, have resolved to discOunte-
nance Glow men" who swear and chew
tobacco. They only care for Hymen.
81 PRoF. WISE declines to take any fe-
males with, him. She would want to
take fourteen satchels and a trunk,
and would be growing all the time
about her lost bandboxes.1 iieuh
A GEoReiA acracker" was offered
four dollars per day to labor, when he
exclaimed e Sir, dye 'spose I'd work
when. I've jest discovered fresh coon
track 2"
2 AFEEf4F and I dressed tSSahg
I lad y, after looking at several pairs of
gloves, lREemler-eoloFedTin a shop,
lately, shOekefk the assistant by asking
him which pair he thought the 'laV-
enderest."
= A GIRL not far from Holton, Kan
sas, was at a dance last week, and
when asked tovswaltz with one of the
city chaps replied 81 can't dance
these WhirI anonnd figures; they al
ways make me puke." - = 'l'a l-'ds
l5SoAlE Ohio couples are making a
good thing out of the liquor law.
his Nj r., wall ops .khs 1children. and
S1OO rather than stand prosecution.
F "A PHYsIcIAS on presenting his bill
to the executor of an estate of de-
ceasEds patient, asked, :" Bogou wish
to have my bill sWornP" 'sNo," re-
piled the executor, ''the death Of the
deceased is sufficient evidence, that
you attended him professionally
Fyt sIRR IssbStEs99 ts99 w MRRah RfasR109w, q bo+a NAV
or of London, who was recently
created a. s.abaf9net1 is A. printer Sta
tioner and blank-boOk manufacturer.
His presentipOsition is entirely owing
to his own .exertions, as he started in
fife poor, unknown boy, Without
friends or influence, andWith avery
imperfect education. s2i' s'i, ~
THIS is the way in which a reporter
can write'upi agcityi sunset when he.
gives his mind to it: ifsAs the length
eni4gt shadows merge one into an
other, betokening the end. of day, the
ridges and spires of the city seem girt
with molten gold, while the mellowed
light of the. declining sun falls upon
Them, aud soon upon all a ruby -tinge
o'erfows."
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OBITUARY OF A WESTERN EDITOR.
IIiAd A,I.lHGA II III CgIM
Ye editor sat IN his rickety chair,
as worried as worried can be, for ye
and 'copy," .ye devil said he.
Oh. ye, editor ,grasped his big Quill
pen, and.it sparted lyelink so free, that
his fnahuscrlpt iookediiEe ! war map,
When--sstake this, y. the devil spake he.
), lie seribbled and scratched through
the ivelongs day. AlO rest or refresh
--SAt ---c~NA AO ACFA1
stantly coming that way. and bowling
for more 'Ecop-ee.p 20 1.s..sI bae .1qa.ss
Day after day he scissored and
wT9 tel saving thew hole countree;
while We devil KEPT, saying his single
note; k1A little more, outside cop-ee."
/ ndwhenye boys in ye news room
heard ye sound of unequal fray, the
voice of a blow and ye blasphemOus
word, p "He's@ raising the devil" say
they. s..7s. ,,- s5as- i.3,1s.s.l f,..e sis15IF
And eft when a man with a griev-
ance- came in, We editor man to see,
he'd turn around with a word of sin
"Ge, talk to ye devil, said be-. sE
And ever and oft, when a proof of
his ye proprietor wished to see, eye
proof must be shown by my personal
elerkf kYeuo must g9sto ne adeyii, p.
sayed he.
- And thus he was destined uthro' all
of bis days by this spirit tormented
TO Be; in hunger and poverty, sorrow
and strife, always close to ye devil
fe editor died. B but ys gae devil
lived on And the force of life's hab-
its we see; for We editors breath no
sooner Wasagone, thansstraight to the
devil rent lle. 1 LA y Z ~