The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1874-09-08
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They have aShief in Springfield, who
steals railroad wllistling posts.
A Wells, Me- man tied an aachor to
his neck andaaipwned himself.
Faabionabg oung men at MahopaeI
attend hops MAI powdered hair.
The Iceland Language reads like a.
proof sheetase Greeley editorial.
Pontiac, hi., has base ball club
calling tfelnsyas il,a Prairie Angels
A Bossnn sss-aent al through q
house als - S;g aut q tow
Fs.s:sss s hsssear
edin ll,lfa ss:.ls, are plenty in z 1ndiasass
A Davenport boy has swallowed a
knife. He is awfully cut up about it.
The Mayor OF Chicago has suppress
ed the waiter girl concert-saloons in
that city.
In Australia you can hire q man-team
to draw J GU around all day for twenty
cents.
Catching and canning turtles is Few
and profitable branch Of industry III
Mexico.
Eleven Of the twelve jurors in a re-
cent case in all English court answered
to the name of Jones
There's ghost In the Springfield ar
mory, but lie hides behind soap barrel
and speaketh not.
The milkmen of Michigan will hold
q State convention. Motions TO a churn
are always in order.
The wellington monument to be
erected in the Cathedral, at London, is
progressing rapidly.
A wag proposes to publish new pa.
per, to be called the Comet, with III
original tale every week.
In Chicago notorious vagabond has
been sentenced, it is said, TO the CON-
mon council for two years.
Complsint is often made that Ameri
can passports are shockingly cheap and
! shabby looking documents.
A Vermonter advertlses "unpreced.
ented, unparalleled, unapproachable, an
adulterated confectionery"
A Washington grocer introduced {
sheriff to Congressman last week. The
grocer was after his back pay.
The daughter of an English black
smith has learned to shoe horses, hel
father having shoed her how to do it.
in the Canton of Unterwald, Switzer.
land, all smokers and snuf-takers under
eighteen years Of age are punished by
fine. n
Pittsburg is going to be strict Will
her policemen, and any one Of then
I.caught out without his number vi.
suffer.
1t cost Aaron Beck just SS7 TO COW
hide Mrs. Pickle in Nevada recently
He must be feeling sour.
The way one Cincinnati editor takes
to call another liar is this: "He i:
prone to impart an unhealthy swelling
to truth"
The longest uncompounded word il
the English language is "Honorifcabili
tudinity," having % letters and clever
ayllsbles. a
A Pennsylvania baby Is said to have
inherited the eyes and nose of his ia
ther, but the cheek of bis uncle. who ii
an insurance agent.
The house leek used tc be grown OF
roofs in Europe by royal edict, because
it was supposed to be protection
against lightning.
In the western part of Massachusett.
they are learning to talk French. They
now say "Oh, Reservoir with th,
greatest empressmeat..
A Providence family subscribes fol
the morning papers, reads them through
early, and then sends one of The chill
dren out to sell them.
The precept at Long Branch seems t.
be Pay your bills as you CO." Th,
practice often is, "Stay as long as yol
can, and let your bills 60"
The French smoke at the same tim,
they take their surf bath, and their la
test wrinkle is pocket in the bathing
dress to carry matches in.
! Something like bouquet was recent
" thrown to a popular artistic at Tiais
The flowers we're held together by {
twisted band Of bank.notes.
! Another self.confessed Nathan mur
derer has turned up, this time in tn
1 person of jew, being the seventh in
jdividual who las confessed to thi
crime.
The Armenian peasar1try about Noun
Ararat believe that the world rests on
large OK, which, being irriUted by fly
tosses its head, and thus causes earth
|quakes.
Craftsburv, Vt, has city of cranes
at which those birds collect in larg
numbers each year. Their nests ar
| high up in the trees and as large as
bushel basket. acc
This is the season Of great scandals
terrible storms, destructive freShets
bursting of reservois, fatal water sponts
etc. etc Is it all on account Of tn
Ic0mei
1t is the duty Of every mother t
keep her children dressed and WASHED
and combed and ready to be abducte,
at any moment nt-Detroit Free Press.
When you go a fishing get som
other fellow to fish for you while yo
see what time it is in the next hotel.
this way you can save govd deal {
time.
1t is announced that man who L..
season had $500 worth of trunks d
, stroyed by the baggage smashers" hs
had FIVE new ones made to order an
supplied with compartments containin
five pounds each of nitro-gly cerine.
, proposes to travel from Maine to TIE,
: as, covering all the watering places, an
will have coroner along to hold IL
e quests on the victims.
The New York Herald says, pert
nently, or as the Radicals think impe
tinently. that the nomination of Go
' ernor Hartranft by the Pennsvlvan
y Republicans for President in 1876, W
simply ridiculous, except in that it W