The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1875-02-18
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The snow is seven feet deep in the
streets of Lewiston, Me.

A Welsh clergyman in an obituary ol
abrother minister states that "he died in
his harness, and his buckles were unndonee
as noiselessly as the angel unbarred and
unlocked the prison in which Peter was
confned.P '
A Young man asked for copy of HON.
er's dOdyssey" at book store in Nor
wich, Conn, the other day, and the clerk
not finding it, remarked in reflective
way, "Well,. we haven't any Of Homer's
latest works in at present" "o.puu.
At an anti-monopoly convention in
Iowa, recently, some fellow bawled at the
door: Candidates are requested to step
down stairs few minutes" Then every
body went down stairs except deaf old
fellow who wanted to run for jailor.
A country newspaper tells this story Of
new boy in one of the Sunday schools:
"The precious youth was asked who
made the beautiful hills about them, and
replied that he did not know, as his pa
rents only moved into town the day be-
FORE"
Wednesday saw the rails of the Hoosac
tunnel connected and the continuous
track laid through the mountain. The
track has yet to be blocked up and levell-
ed before train can pass over it. The
date for running the first construction
train has not yet been decided upon.
Much depends upon the way in which
things are stated. For example, in one
of our Western exchanges an account of
a steamer accident is given, in which the
reporter says: "The only passengers
were T. B. Nathan, who owned three
fourths of the cargo and the captains
wife,"
Persons who desire to eat wafiles baked
at street corners, but are deferred from
the fear that they are not prepared in a
cleanly manner, may dismiss such fears
and partake with impunity, as the men
carefully wipe their knives upon their
pantaloons before they turn the cakes.
Boston harbor is so clogged up with
ice nowadays that one of the papers
finds it necessary to say that it is still
open for navigation. Most of the docks
are frozen up as tight as drum, and
even outside of the Boston lightthere are
vast fields of floating ice very trouble
some to vessels.
Dialogue between two bachelor gour-
mands: "My dear fellow I've just en-
Gagged cook, woman of marvellous tai
ent." "Is she married." "No, and for
that reason / am afraid l shall lose her"
"Oh, then, you must not hesitate" What
must l dor" 81 beseech you-marry
her!"
Last week, Frenchman working in
the shaft of Hoosac tunnel, lost his bal
ance, and falling about 20 feet, brought
I'D on platform, so near the edge that
his legs swung off. Being asked why he
didn't continue his downward journey, a
distance Of more than 800 feet, he lacon-
ically replied, IL had nolight."
A fine painting ofthe prophet Elias, by
the great Spanish artist Riveica, has been
purchased for the Louvre. The prophet
is represented as almost naked, straw
rope around his body, and absorbed in
prayer. A landscape fills up the back
ground! The painting is very effective,
and is pronounced masterpiece of col
oring and correctness OF drawing.
A short time since, love quarrel oc-
Cured between a man and a woman on
the third floor of house in Paris. Made
furious by something the man said to her,
the woman threw open the window and
jumped out. There was a hard wind
blowing at the time, and this, making
balloon of her skirts, sustained herweight
so as to let her gently down into the deep
snow, and she called cab and drove
away. ..... r.. ...,,... ...,
The Turkish Government has ordered
five hundred pieces Of artillery to be
manufactured by Krupp of Essen, at a
cost of million sterling. The largest,
which is fourteen inches in diameter,
and, cost e25,000, has been presented by
Hel Krupp to the Sultan, and the latter
has in return conferred upon him the
Order of the Meujidie of the second
class. This and the other large guns are
to be used in the forts on the Bosphor-
GUS on the side of the Black Sea.
About Chapuitepec, Mexico, is a grove
of gigantic Expresses, said to be from one
thousand five hundred to two thousand
years old, with trunks SCARED and torn
by shot and sEell fred in the many bat
tlesthat have taken place in the imme-
diate neighborhood. On the top of the
rock is the old Spanish castle. built of
porphyry, marble and sandstone. Itcon-
tains a fine scientific library and con-
servatory. The whole rock beneath it
is honey-combed with passages, stables,
cellars, dungeons, store roomF, and pow
der magazines, some of which were ex-
cavated by the Montezumas. .
A stylish young man recently stopped
at an inn in small town in California.
He called for "the drinks" for all about
the place several times, and waved his
hand in lordly way to the inn-keeper,
as though to say, "This is NINE" He
was SO agreeable that they all took quite
a liking to him. Next morning, after
breakfast, he was starting off, when the
host apologetically remarked, "That lit
tie bill" ooh, bless your soul, my friend,
haven't got cent" said the fellow.
0'Then why didn't you,tell me SO before2"
said the host. "Well, replied the travel
ler, "ifyou hadn't been so inquisitive l
wouldn't have told you unow.t' The point
was well taken, a dthe landlord insisted
on wrapping up for him bottle of his
best as a travelling companion.
Two Americans named Moody and
Sankey are making things lively for the
unrighteous in Scheffield, England where
they are holding vigorous revival meet
ings. Moody exhorts the audience to re-
pent, and, when they are sufficiently
worked upon, Sankey leads the singing.
Persons in Moody's employ walk around
among the people present and keep watch
over those who are hesitatihg The en-
terprise, however, seems to take with the
English. On January 1lth the attend
ance on the Moody and Sankey services
was greater than ever, The hall was
filled to overcrowding, and thousands
were unable to gain admission. The
crush was described as terrible. AtFthe
night service, after the hall had been