The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1874-09-29
Sepse and enursense.

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Without rich heart wealth is an
ugly heggar.
A running account-The description
of race.
Giving currencv to rumor-Lending
four bits to your lodger.
The mosquitoes show a great deal Of
hum ility these nights.
A horse must be . miserable creature
as his thoughts qFe' always on the rack.
The most modest thing In the world
is clock-it is always "running itself
down" !.
The nssishman who called the Hoo.
sac tunnel "hlasted hole was literally
correct.
A law chap marked his handkerchief
by putting Smith on one, and ditto
on the rest.
Cedar Rapids women screech "f1re"
when their husbands begin to wipe the
floor with them.
Who was the wisest man7 Knower.
What did he knaw? He knew enough
to 60 in out oEihe rain.
George Washington shot man the
other day, and then lied about il; and
fright in the cherry season at that.
A Yankee editor keeps comfortable
during the hot weather byygetiings up
GOODNESS between himself and his neigh
bors.
The chief difference between horfe
and velocipede has been discovered
to be the ease with which the latter lies
down.
A printer, in setting up publishers
advertisement, construed .one of Dick
ems works thus: "Barney, by Rudge-
Isl 50", a nd
| A young man who recently took unto
himself wife says he didn't find 1t half
so hard to get married as he did to get
the furniture.
The Houston (Texas) Chronicle gay
ly exclaims: "Gloryl Two dollsrs re-
ceived at this Office yesterdays! Bring
in your wasbbill."
"Begorra, but there has been such
number of burgerlerries lately that I'll
! list bolt the door. and then take the bolt
out to make sure" fFs.s s..ss
If man and his wife go TO Europe
together, what is the difference in their
mode of travelling 2-He goes abroad,
and she goes along.
A Missouri exchange says: "A beac..
[tiful poem, entitled, will be found
on our outside" 1t is hard to swallow
such things as that.
81 saw Esau kissing Kate,
sAnd the fact is, we all three saw;
For saw Esau, he saw me,
And she saw saw Esau'
The most cruel thing that one of the
Stay-at-Home Club can do is to meet
man just back from the country and NOT
say "How tanned you arer'
When Chicago man can't lie on his
back and go to sleep without dreaming
of his mother-in-law, it is considered .
sufficient ground for divorce.
Some one addresses tthe Commercial
this morning, as sMisther Iditer." The
| illiterate spalpeen left the letter 0 ont
of the last word.
Customer to druggist: "Do You keep
dye-stuffs for sale here ?" Factions
druggist, briskly and with emphasis,
well, We don't keep anything elsel'
aAll the new novelties in jewelry" Is
| the legend displayed in the window Of
a store, ,,on one of our thoroughfares.-
An old novelty would be novelty fn-
deed. IS z
When q Duluth woman wants 10 sling
anything from third story window her
mind is never troubled at the idea Of
L some Que on the walk being made mo-
rose for life.
sCan YOU do the Landlord in the
"Lady of Lyons ?" said manager to q
seedy actor. 81 should think might"
| was the answer, 81 have done great
many landlords.
aThe horse left his head gear &c
charge of the post, and went around
the corner as If he was paid by the
ljob," is neat description which we find
in the San Antonio Herald.
An Indianapolis paper sinfully puts
two items in juxtaposition, stating, re-
lspectively, that the deputy city marshal
lis sick and that the saloon keepers CON-
Ip!ain that business is dull.
| A man with, long nose had the end
ofit frost-hitten> A friend remarked;
You should have rubbed it, and pre-
|vented the calamity" Ne replied that
he did, as far as he could reach.
/ A spread-eaele barber annonnces that
he is professor of Crinieulturaf NAb.
session and Craniological Tripiss." H.
is not often that four such high priced
words get into sing'e sentence.
| One of the most cheering signs to In
dicate that summer is over is the fact
that stranger can display fifIv cent
shinplaster in Chicago and not bes.haul.
ed out of the river next morMNg
/ The following "warning'h Sposted
on mans ground few HsSSls s6ack of
Hoboken: take notice, tkat whose
ever is found tresspassing on these
i grounds will he shot and prosecuted
4 Dne reason why Wisconsin hired gi.ls
get four dollars per week. is because
they have to go down stairs at midnight
to investigate strange noises, while the
man of the house takes up a position
under the bed. y
"Who was this man?'' asA&d Sa-
vannah Coroner as he entered crowd
around dead body. "Belonged 10 q
brass band," replied boy,and the Cor
oncr went on: "All right no inquest
nece ssary."
f When wicked boy falls out of the
third story window two or three times
without injuring himself, his parents
: naturally become discouraged. and do
r not recover their spirits. uaril the scar
let fever season sets in.s
The retiring editor OF Southern pa
per boasts that he has never been
D "horsewhipped, reveKered, knifed.kick-
o cd, licked, bricked, ipummeled.o cussed
r for anything l have said, written, dons
G or left undone as an editor and In caa.