The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1874-12-29
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SUtScfiiIN ~ 4s(s seItSe.
& aisIemsa. WHO abas 6ket strsck by
! 6qng lad5 tes6sy 1lna tleteruSned
to- III iJ5}l3, etiua and Nkiss' tho
rod fAss snio{e kias k
When a young lady has TO say at
home. from q party on account -of stv
on hes eye, it is useless to tell her that
Providence doethsall s,hings. well 20
II man does not have food enough,
or food of suitable quality, he cannot
work to advantage. And animals. like
men need suitable food. s..ss
n, Mrs Clark. of. ST, PetcE Mipn., upon
breaking an egg, found sthereinsa SER
#pent five inches long. The hen that
laid that egg must have bad the delifium
stremens.
a western rewspspss sbass4ila sor.
Irowful tone of the 500, 900 that. is an-
nually spent in Minneapolis for -four
barrels. II does seem pity, when one
comes to think how much good liquor
these barrels might be made to hold:
Pumpkins are excellent fodder for
milchlcows, especially when fed with
bran orr meal.s They are better fed
without the seeds II many of the
seeds are eaten, they affect the kidneys
and in]rre the cows. 7faI ~
An Illinois farmer offered his hand
some daughter a COW for every. Sunday
might she would be without a beau, and
how many COWS do you suppose she
earned in. a year? Fifty-two No,
bub, she cow 'dn't see it. sAFs4'e sp's
No more roest beef, said the board.
ling school miss, .gastronomical safety
admonishes me that i have arrived at
lthe ultimate stage of deglutition con-
s'stent with dietetie integrity 20 The
old man said she need not go another
term. ast1
Helen N Cooke writes that "kisscs
on her brow are The richest diadem q
lwoman's soul aspireso toaY And vet q
1 fellow who kisses asyoung lady on her.
brow while her rosy lips are making
motions like patent clothes wiinger,
is not the man fer the position. As
A southern writer deplores the cheap
] ness of shot guns, powder and lead
/ He says that the Shooting Of ihsectiv.
erous birds has this year cost Alabama
talone more than Sl0O0o,000 IN the raw
ages done by the cotton caterpillar
/ Here is foreign joke: The London
Advertiser says that re subject Of
Eehrissening ships with bottles Of wine
lis about to be, taken up by temperance
lpeople, who assert that the rolling of
vessels at sea is mainly caused thereby,
A Virginia City butcher told a pain.
ter to make him sign which should
read "Mnltum in Parvo Sausage e''--
When he got it, great flaming letters
Ishowed, him Mutton in Porko Sausage
.4IIt tookthree men to GET The cleaxer. cut
of aAis hantls.es.s as.-s...l s..zss-.--s.
] lis your husband in his conversation
and carriage a consistent Christian ?"
asked q clergyman, of young lady
who was soon to be married. I'm his
conversation he is very pious indeed.
but never saw him in his carriage" !"
was The innocent reply.
The solemnity and zsourncss OF 3
llMeihodist deacon on recent Sunday
might was at least "a per cent. greater
lEthanl on average occasions. I'll was tx
i plained, however, 10y. seeing him pick
the dehlis of snow ball out Of his
left ear with a pocket knife. . ~
! The duties of schoolmaster in 1861
/ weressas follows: TO act ASIA. court
mess senger, to serve snmmonses, To lead
the choir on Sundays,to ring the bell for
public worship, to dig the graves, 10
! take charge of the school, and to per-
form the other occasional duties.neq
HAS that girl got ifas7p asked an
old farmer, who had paused torsee a
Young lady 90 through with, her, calis-
thenic exercises in the garden. mo"
replied the servont girl, "tlia's jimmy
nastics,n,' ,ss..So,2", said the farmer. PIN q
plying tone; poor thing how longs
she had 'em ?"
4 "See here, joe said 4 gentleman to
stupid fellow, "wha. Is the use of your
stealing after that rahhit when your gun
has no lock on ~ BLAST if, youb ies'
|, keep still" snarled Joe, '.lhe rabbit
don't know notbin' about my gun havin'
no lock onto II" - 'is
"NIark Twain doesn't owe much of
bis wealth to his pen, but he was wise
enough to marry gill whose father
owned coal mine and gas stock, and
! died and lett il all to- lIer.n He owes
the whole of his wealth. to his pen, for
if it hadn't been for that the girl, ten
chances to one, would have seen him
hanged ere she had married him.
i II in your business ron are grasping
sortlid, tricky, some clerk in your EN-
ploy will be the same ten years hence
made SO by yoa.9 II you are fretfu
land enyious as woman and wife, more
than one Girl will catch the fever of
u your conduct, and dslsomewheres ahead
|, make her home assunhappy as you, are
now making yoursTW W, II. n, Murray.
The telegraph is being introduced
into Turner'S Falls, Mass, The otht r
day hardly FIVE minutes had elapsed at
4 ter the erection OF one Of the posts he.
: fore some enterpfising genius posted a
! bill thereon, and two street arabs weie
: attracted to the. spot, when the follow
ling dialogue ensusd: Il say, Mackey,
what an ipvintion, the telegraph is -
l.Yis, an here's sdispatcl broke out on
the post g A9fl f'i9aa' a''iH ~
a. Clergyman was one day much an.
moved by those who dropped in after