The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1874-12-15
THE SPIRIT OF DEMOCRACY,
Tuesday, December I5. 1874
MISCELLANEOUS.

hound to have q representative in Heav-
en- if it takes seventeen more.
A couple Of fellows who were pretty
thoroughly soaked with bad whisky, got
into the gutter. After tloundering for
some time one of them sail: Lets go
to ,ano' her house, this hotel leaks"
"Hhat have you been doin' r. ask
ell a hoy of his play mate, whom he saw
coming out ri the house with tears in
his eyes. I've been a chasin birch
rod round 10y father was the snarling
reply.
Mark Twain, a few months after his
first baby was born, was holding it on
his knee His wife said: Now con-
fess, Samuel, that you love the child"
I can't do that replied the humorist,
.'but am willing TO admit that respect
tue little thing for its fathers sake"
''Why, you see," she began, "you take
q chestnut and cut round the hull with
sharp knife, and you take one-half the
chestnut in yourinouth, and your fellow
takes the other hall in his mouth and
pull, and the hull comes right Off,"
Andy johnson points with pride to
the-fact that Adam was tailor. Andy
always neglects to state, however, that
Adam resorted to the trade when ap
preaching the very Eve of his naked
.ness.-St. Louis Journal
Ia The average female is just now crazy
over hats Ii she hasn't got soft felt,
with arakish crown and thievish look
ing briin, she is cr:zy to get one. and if
she has got one she is md because she
didn't get the other pattern
While sleeping with the head holster
ed up the vessels through which the
blood passes from the heart to the head.
are lessened in their cavities; therefore,
in all diseases attended with fever, the
head should be nearly level with the
body.
Contraiies-People say they shell peas
when they unshell them; that they husk
corn when they uEhusk it THAT they dust
furniture when they undust, or take the
dust from it; that they scale fish when
they tinscale them. Many men say they
are going to weed their gardens when
they are weedy enough already.
PA while ago. q farmer in Virginia lost
his wife,and out OF love for her memory
: called his estate Glenmary" A neigh
Dor having met with the same ffiction.
and eqhally desirous of keeping before
him the image of his dear departed, fol
lowed his example, and his farm is known
BY the name of .".Glenbetsy."
A sad commentary on capital punish
ment exercised in the case of murderess-
es is that of the New Brunswick woman
who gave birth 10 child that is to be
deprived of its mother next month by
hanging. "A woman who was recently
hanged in England, too, asked to suckle
her infant as the last act before ascend
ing the scaf1old.
A subscriber writes us that he once
saw recipe "How to Prevent a. Mule
from Kicking" and he wants us to hunt
itupI and publish it. We never saw the
recipe, and don't know where to look for
itnlw,; butsif the said Yreeipe" didn't
recommend amputating the hind legs of
the mule, it was glaring swindle. An
other good. way TO stop a mule from
kicking is to kill the animal and buy a
twenty four year old rse.-Norristo,cn
Herald.
He lived in Georgia. At the weekly
PRAYER meeting he was leading. AS he
.knelt his pistol dropped from his pock-
ct, exploded, and Mr.. Pepper was
shot, AS they carried Mr., r he smiled
sadly. and looking iInploringly. up into
the eyes, of those who were carrying
him isai,a,. gently "Take care, boys,
don't let mine drcp. Some one else
might be shot,"
1t has been estimated that of 13,000,-
600 women in America, 100000 wear
calico dresses, more or less; that the
spirit Of economy has. during the past
year, induced them TO forego one dress
apieeevfrom their usual outlay; that the
average calico dress contains eleven
yards, and that, consequently, there has
been loss 10 the trade by this retrench-
ment of 121 100000 yards. This is
nearly the entire product of al the
mills Of Massachusetts for year
Twice one is won," repeated an ur-
chin in an absent-minde d way. WHAT
cried his father, "have spent so much
money ohtpcur education. with no bet
Ter results than that? Twice one is
two, sir" "Well, dad" replied the
young hopeless, sI will admit that you
are right, from one standpoint but, with
all due Difference to you as my paternal
progenitor, must beg leave to main
tain that, when / win two one dollar
bills on a horse race, twice one is won"
In Brittany there is said to prevail a
curious matrimonial custom. On GER
tain fcte days the young ladies appear
in red petticoats, with white or yellow
borders around them. The number de
notes the portion the father is willing
to give his daughter. Each white band,
representing silver, betokens one hun
dred francs of rent; and each yellow
band denotes gold, and stands for o
tuOuSuilu lidilSo ySdi. AhuS3 =" y OuHS
farmer, who sees a face that pleases
him, has only to glance at the trimmings
of the petticoats to learn in an instant
what amount accompanies the wearer
Horses that are kept in the stable da-
ring the summer should be given daily
the luxury of roll ON the earth. Roll.
; ing is the means given by nature for
the arinal to rid itself of vermin and
skin diseases, and il tends to make the
animal hepl.by. Some owners ol Jet
TO allowing horse to roll on the bare
earth, because it gets dirt in the hair
and makes extra work to keep the AMI,
mall clean, but the extra work pays il
rightly understood. We allow our
.herse to, roll in the dirt when he is no,
moist with perspiraiion. and then stand
IN hour, or, two With lis coat full OF dust
before being cleaned up.
A loving husband once waited on @
physician 10 request him to prescribe
for his Wire's eyes, which were very
sore. "Lct her wash them" said the
doctor, "every morning with small
glass of brandy" A few weeks ate
the doctor chanced to meet the husband