The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1874-10-13
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A bad policy y-One that has run out.
A book full Of title. page "A peerage.
Eve is certainly the beginning of evilr
Moving in high ciscle-Swarming
bees. y
The original Queue.Klux-The Chi
nese.
Army literature-M Magazines and re-
views.
The quickest 'edge-The edge Of
razor.
-Mainhatcl-The greater part of the
brood. -
Forced politeness-BowIng to cir
cumstanees.
I. Quail-A fellow, who shows the white
feather,
Dogs beat dentists-Thev insert nat
ural teeth. -s--s-....---.
Topsail-When the auctioncer reachs
es the garrett il6l@ .9i1fIsafaa3u
vane looks-Seeing which way the
wind blows. 7 rs
What part OF speech is frog "A
bloody noun.
a When is man not man 2-Wheu:
he turns into lane. s5tfh
What ailment may we look for on an
oak 2-A-corn - Sc eigssd
An intellectual feast-The enter tain.
ment of an idea.
The most steadfast followers of our.
fortunes-Our creditors.
The old-fashioned school.master's
motto-Semper hide 'em.
An early spring-Jumping out Of bed.
at five o'clock in the morning.
The rich mans malady-the drcai Of
coming to wants terrible disease.
Jonah was whalcd for insubordinal
ton and blubbered over it for three
days.
In India q lac Of RUPEES is weaftif;
here lack, of dollars is poverty
When does a man run the risk Of be-
ing burned to death 9-When hesmokes.
An Irishman should be excused for
getting angry, because he was borpsin
IRELAND.
sCare to our cofIins adds a nail no
doubt; 5sG1a alS},
But every grin of laughter takes ona
out" tr
! The crow is not so bad bird after
ALL 1t never shows the white feather,
and never complains without caws.
Said an Irish justice to an obstreper1
Gus prisoner On trial, "We want moth.
ing but silence, and bat little of that
ssLord, what COW Y was the approv-
ing remark of a teetotal judge of Yer
mont after swallowing a potent punch
which had been offered to him as glass
of milk. 3-s
A knowledge of Latin or Hebrew is
not so important to a policeman nova.
days as constitutional aptitude for
leaning up against wall on the shady
side Of the street.
Brown-"Fine day, Jones (pats the
baby's cheek J. Girl or boy? GirLeA?
I've got four boys down at the house,
oh, no, only three now-we put one in
Greenwood, about two months ago.
An ambitious youth entered school
house in Wisconsin, Sunday night, and
stole four copies of "Webster's Una
bridged." That lad will 'eat his words
one day. a9et a7ai
When little boy, who was watching
a blacksmith shoe his fathers horse,
saw the workman begin to pare the
horses hocf, he exclaimed: "My pa
don't want his horse made any smaller"
Small, ragged, barefooted boy to a
gallus colored gent with valise-"Say.
boss, shall l carry your satchel for
your" Colored gent to boy--sNo, go
way dar; Use gettin' quarter for car
ryin' dis down myself" ,ea l,:g. l.,tsa,
Said Detroit lady to small boy
whom she found CRYING in the street, the
other day: 'sWill you stop crying ifl
will give you a penny2'' mo-" said
he; ''but if you'll make it two cents I'll
stop if it kills me" 4 ,hos
.Must appeal to the cannon and the
bayonet to secure my rights 7" asked
Mrs. DR.. NJ. Walker. Gracious no!
mother--haul in the slack Of those
green pants, spit on your hands, and
make square knock down of it. q -
The new cry Of the newsboys Of Viz
ginia City is: "H' yar's yer Beecher Til
ton Gall of Bitterness! H'yar's more
of yer. .Abomination O. DeserlationI
H'yar's yer Beast wit Sewing Haids an
ten 'Orns and yer Scallick Woman Of
BabberlonW tno "a.
"Give us," says the New Hamrshire
Workingman's Advocate, ''the man with
brown hands, smut on his nose and
sweat on his forehead All right
sent him by express last night; also
woman with long chin and wart Oh
her nose to keep HIM happy.
A young man has been arrested in
New York for sleeping in standing
position. He would stand on the street
for four hours at stretch, with his
eyes closed, and not move a muscle. II
is hei ieditary. His father was a police
man. .a.s-
In the South when midnight crowd
rides up in front of a cabin and inquiries
if William Henry johnson is in, some-
thing falls from the back chamber win
dow, glidcs along the fence, and voice
chuckles: "No, William Henry john
son isn't dar-haw! haw!"
A little boy who was nearly starved
by stingy uncle This guardian) with
whom he lived, meeting a lank. grey
hound one day in the street, was asked
by his guardian what made the dog so
thin. After rejecting, the little fellow
replied, 81 suppose he lives with his
uncle" s3
A gentleman who was once on a jour-
uey became deeply engaged in thought,
when q woman approached him and
said: "Sir, can / open that window"
He slowly drawled out, II suppose you
can if you bring your whole mind to
it." She quickly retorttd, "None of
your palayer, sir, for am darued sick
to my stomach"