The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1874-06-16
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To make q Daibary dog add, multi
tply. .-or subtfaet, ,stieap one of his paws,
and be will tiit down three, and. carry
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The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
has ruled that q demand for payment OF
a note musttbe made at a reasonable
time of day; if at a paterfresidence,
not at an hour when it may be presurn.
ed that the family is in bed !; and if at q
place of business, within business hours
The quickest way we know of to
make man believe that there is moth.
ing in the world worth living for is to
excite him into chasing a cat across the
yard where two or three clothes lines
are inn9eeeyy syaying in the evening
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A boy having complained to his "a
ther that Bill had thrown the Bible at
him and hurt him on the head, the ia.
ther said: swell you are the only mem
Der of my family on whom the Bible
ever made an impression t.,
The rew vest has deep pocket that
completely hides cigar, so that the
man who asks You for ''the mate to
that" can never bring blush to! your
face by discovering it after you have
told him, 81 haven't another; a fellow
just gave me this"
When man gets into the habit of
walking with his hands tucked under
his coat-tails-as men who accumulate
brain very fast often do-he ought to
leave his cane at home, if only to avoid
Darwinian analogies.-Brooklin Argus
A brace of Georgia lovers, aged
eighty-three and eighty, five respectively
have just been united in holy wedlock
AS they are both off the active list
they offer good wages and comforta
BILE home to any young couple who will
come and be to them, as it were,s IS
panorama of married life"
Nine. Nilsson is said to have pas
sion for horse shoes, some remnant oI
a superstition Of her ancestry, and it is
borne out by the number of earrings
and charms which she possessed +, in this
shape. One of her latest acquisitions
is watch in silver and black ename,,
in the form Of horse shoe, to be worr
suspended from the waist. Jennie June
is informed that an immense demand
has since sprung up for this quaint ar
ticle of jewelry, and that orders car
hardly be supplied for it. . & '4'
A colored preacher in Memphis was
approached BY a da,key of the com
moner sort. The fellow asked him te
go with him and he would show hin
where he could get trunk full of mon
ey. The Doctor went, and near the
Orphan Asylum his guide explained
that he had to take off his boots an(
stockings and 60 barefooted to tht
point pamed, while he carried the boot!
| | resasl,a- = tha-tiace -hu-a circnitou,
route. The preacher has given up hi!
search for the trunk, and is looking fo
his boots. -5a-E1 81. Cs 50 Z
Rhode Island is the only State in tn,
Union in which is preserved the old
custom of. having the High Sheriff cry
the election of the Governor from th'
balcony of the State House on inaugu
ration day, butin Newport it has beer
kept up ever since the charter was gran
ted to the colony in 1863 The Stat,
House at Newport is the same one tina
was used as a hospital during the Brit
ish and the French occupation of tn,
town, and in which the French erected
an altar to say mass for the sick ant
dying. ,l SON ffrrl- an t..,s .5,4
| A minister had a negro in his family
One Sunday, when he was preaching
he happened to look in the pew wher
the negro was, and could hardly con
tain himself as he saw the man, who
could not read or write a word, scrib
bling away most industriously. Afte
service he said to the negro, "Tom, wha
were you doing in church ?" "Takin,
notes, massa Q All the gemmen talk
notes" ''Bring your notes here an,
| let me see them" Tom brought hi
notes, which looked more like Chimes
than English. "Why, Tom, this is a
nonsense" al thought so, massa, a
the time you was preaching it " alt
A Montana man dined in Philadelphi
recently, and describes the event as fo
lows in a recent letter to a New Yor
friend: "After all that fine dinner the
brought in some glass bowls, with wa
ter and piece Of lemon in each.
supposed it was lemonade; and as W
had been drinking many kinds of win
l was glad of it, for l was thirsty. Bl
when l went to taste it, I found it s
sour that asked for sugar. The ladit
appeared to me to be smiling at SOM
thing. but 1 scarcely knew what. A
terward / was toldIthey were fngt
bowls to rinse ones fingers in. Blu
John, nobody washed their hands afte
I drank my lemonade. I call th'
thoughtful; don't you?' ''a'
A county clerk in rural town had
pet calf, which he was training up
the ways of an OK. The calf wake
around very peaceably under one en-
of the yoke while Mr.. Clark held up I'll
other end. But in an unfortunate m,
ment the man conceived the idea of pu
ting his own neck in the yoke to let I'll
; calf see how it would seem to work wit
, a partner. This frightened the calf,an
elevating his tail and his voice. he strue
s'dead rum for the village, and Nj
Clark went along with his head dow
and his plug hat in his hand, straiair
every nerve to keep up, and crying o,
= at the top of his voice: "Here '
| come! blast our fool souls! Head
off, somebody p
r "Here's your nice roast chicken
f cried an aged colored man, as the ca
f stopped at North Carolina railw'
: station. Here's your nice roast chick
t n tatters, all nice and hot" holding ,
j.: his plate and walking the platform,
1 ''W here did you get that chicken, II
S Gle p asked passenger. Uncle leo
: ed at the intruder sharply, and the
y turned away, crying: "Here's yer nj
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