The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1875-01-19
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iAIifiela,,gour biblical scholar, states
that Cain slew Abel. and pzhelI tblled
tliat he was dead Hood q thonsltiti
"An Ohio Jockey fufn{dics 6srses
with false teeth so as 70 roneed Their
age" The trick is tooth In.
IA -chila-was born hast week=witlIone
leg in Chicago Where was the other
leg yAhaSent!s IN Cficaeos bee w
Ann Eliza says that thirteen OF Orig.
hams daughters sat in the front seats
and made faces at her the first time she
lectured. - That was ogal lantnoinu &
,Aiwag, heing asked tho iiame of the
inventor of butter stamps, sreplietii That
it was probably Cadmns, as he frst
brought letters into Greece.
"Where are you going :, asked Talit.
tie boy OF, another, who bad slipped
and fallen down on the ICY yfpaYeIentr-
"Going tq, get qp," was the blunt reply.
.Gesrit Smith left an estate worth be-
tween 100000 and SS00,000, consist
ing principaily of property 0swege
City, which will probably be divided be-
tween his1two childrensuoS 1aa9wA
IA Mrs. Meade, widow 0fs thee General.
is stated to have declined TO; reseiye the
pension (fifty dollars month) offered,
her because ittyas less less thar than that paid
Mrs. Lincoln
An attorney having died IN poor cfr-
cumstances. one of llis friends obsefvt
ed that he had lefes but few effects
'clkat Is not much to be wondefed BAT"
said another, tsforheThad bhtifsNseaus-
es. iJsibrsi' s'xAdIaau2 10 Ii4os eIdA
Minneapolis, MINI has just Witness.
ed the inception of q new journalistic
venture in the, shape, of a, daily. psper
printed OR a postal card THIS fnfhis-
ture sheet bears the name of the Post
Baby!oi zsq ts2a eai fs'li bemas91q
About the coolest thing yet this win
ter at Westinghouse the request that
Congress give aithe 'NqrthsrnE R6eific
Railroad. co mpany SO, ,0o0, 600 and np-
wards TO extend /, and complete their
road.
A shoemaker Was taken up for bigs.
Emy. and ,brangght before, the sitting mag
[istrate. (Which wife, asked a by
standef, @wiii he be Obliged t6 sfskef
Brown, always ready at 1jeke,S replied.
rHe is a. eobbler, and of course must
stick to his last s-
"John, / saw your.cousin Isaac few,
%eeks ageaand, he shad jnst eEeceiysd d
! hlls Which ent aImpst horrible, gasb in
his, arm" All, poor fellow. what did
he. fall on 7np sWeil,, really, I forget
[h6ws but It rather strikes me he1feil on
Tuesday morning" kI Hg4s 4of /.
"Didn't tell you to have hot water
at the chamber door early i'm tile sIAorh-
ing ~ savageIynexclaimed . geRtleM,n
! iItg his servant. well, dang ittrJ Japd.
didn't bring it up over night to, make
sure on't7' responded the servant, ID an
injured tone. .tss2ili hiiW sHFazs
The, gentleman in indianapolis who
Fsued his mother-in-law for danagest
caused by the alienation ofahis qwifes &
jaffectations,, has been awarded $780,
That is rating the ewife'sy affections, or
the. mother-ip-law's influence over them
at low figure. =
A horse at Ashland, N. H.. Bit off q
mans ear the other .day-which get q
local paper, with proper charity, attffb,
utes to the fact tliat sall flesh isiiersss !;
but those New Hampshire hotsesc know
! asgreea thing when .they4see il aud a /,
/ 10 BoysA-s Anna; sf.youisre a,real good
shlanesef tell stories, and don't strike,
Ella, and minsl the teacher. you'll be an.
angel and 60. to Heaven; but if you're
naughty, you'll 60 to the bad place, and
burr, burn, sBURN, forever! Grl.-7
t'Humpbt9 sposed q youth be qstandin'
'round There looking at me r laasas
4 willsand bequeath.ny said Pat 'ssto,
my beloved wife Bridget all my properly
without reserve, 20 my oldest son, Pat,
rick one half Of tie remainder, and to,
Dennis, nv younger son, the rest. IL
ANYTHING is left, it may go to Terot1ce
O'Carty in sweet Ireland"
A young Scotch eirf indhired of a
gentle emeh.I : I'm abroad Scotch, theefoad4o
fremont House, HE desired her to
follow i,ilh, and, asked her how long she
had arrived from. Scotland, sSax weeks,
your honor" On theYr arrival at their
destination she very cooily inquired.
lsNoo, Sir, wdlye just tell me hoo .ya
kenned)I i wasifrae ScoHan'2Y y4a7 sii
A lady once consulted Dr. Johnson
on the degree of tuTitude to be attach
fed o'lef sons robbipge am orchard.
!, a NADIA M said johnson, sit all depends
u upon the weight of The hoy. remem-
her. my school-fel!ow, David Garrick,
who was ALWAYS little fellow, .robbing
J IA dozen of orchards with impunity ;lbu,
The very first time 4 ciimbedpup IAN ap:
pie tree-for l was always q heavy, boy
4 ,|-she bough broke with me, and it was
called judgment. / suppose that is why
Justice is represented with a pair OF
scales ~ ..3iek 3assA
There ism love like mothers love
mo heart like q mothers heart. Her
affections 90 out for her offspring, no
mattcr where he may roam or what the
circumstances insfwhich Il she may be
lplaeed, 10, An instance was seen ;yeterday
when a mother entered the Central Sta.
ton, and found her child who had been
Host from home for hours She sprang
| wildly forward, eagerly caught him by
1.-The hair, and as she hauleds him around
she tenderly exclaimed: "Ohi Bob
Masters, I'll wollop you for this when
we get home.''' ,,
4 A certain professor was noted fof
4 having certain set of Illustrations, from
(which he could not well deviate without
; | running tile iisk Of a blunder. In illus.
tratingthe powerful Eeffec,s OF prussit
acid, he was wont ito inform the clas;
that drop placed on, dogs, tongue
was sufficient to kill him. On one oc
, casion, when lecturing his class. ht
said, "Mr. Smith," addressing q young
man whose chance Of passing was very
slender. swhst can you say Of prussit
|, acid 2. Is it powerful or otherwise p"-
sIt is rather powerful" said the student
obviously "Rather powerfal!' said