The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1876-05-09

mluuteS, itOu WHICH no amount OF coax
ing With forks and chips can recover it
Sleepy men will pnt buttons and lozen
gers into contribution boxes as of
yore.n g Z
Married at One Hundred and
9sssss Hsn.sT Thirteen. -tteassss
lolssr Springs Letter to the Mayfeld Monitor.
Old Uncle Ben Greer, aged 1l3 years,
was married about two weeks ago in
Marshall county to Mary Harrison, aged
81 years Uncle Ben was born (accor-
ding to The sale bill found among the
property OF his o'd master, James
Greer. deceased) in l763 He was a
servant in the war Of 1872 under Gen
Jackson, The old man can cut and
split one hundred rails day.
lie that sips of many arts, drinks of
none Fuller.
The income of offenhach, the compo-
Ger, is said to be 100000 year.
San Francisco Cinnamon sent over
e96o,o00 worth of Hsh to China last
year.
"a Detroit photaorapher says he'd
rather fight tiger with snow shovel
than see baby come into his gallery.
The best way to DESTROY thistles is to
cut through the roots just before the
buds form, with spade, at point 2
inches below the surface.
At the last annual banquet of the Old
Guard, in Paris, recentlv,there were only
80 present At the first hanque,. 20
years ago, tie soldiers numbered 600
One-half the Chinese who land in San
Francisco 90 hack home alive ana the
other half dead. Both halves carry their
money along with them to the Celestial
regions.
. Within the present century the corpo
ration of the city Of London has expen.
ded over S8 100000 on the erection and
maintenance Of London and Blackfriars
bridges.
Five dollars day, it has been estima
ted will be the Centennial figure. The
Philadelphia landlord has selected the
aJudas figure for week board, not in
Guiding Sunday.
An Ar Illinois preacher, who believed
that fire insurance was defying the Lord,
is now living in barn until his congre
cation can find him another house
go
90 iaf Is u IRON being true that men
are naiuraiiy equal, tnat no Two peop'e
can oe naii an hour togetner Dut one
az a,ha. "e Iaaa... "a nae wa
s1s y.e o""'o"'
" nat IS your business, SIR asked
'ne court IN sharp voice. "a conch
onglst Wnats that said the
Jnoge. open CLAIMS, said the conch
ologlst.- Philddeiphid Ledger. d
nm.:.sa "sonus C.o. ufon n.e i,easu'el y
..a ns o..,. ou,.eu :, a'.s .u' s''ei iho,ea'
ns oon u1 oco op ~ 'ne p.esen. ,'.e ao'u'
i'osoooo nave oeen ols,liouteo III * *
su.nee 'ot .ilac'ionai currency
.seEvils in the journey OF life are like
the hills which alarm travellers upon
tnelf road they Doth appear great IN
tne distance, but when we approach
mem We nna mem lar less insurmount
sole saan We nae conceived.
Tosgreat evils we submit, we resent
little provocations. have before now
been disappointed OF balf OF hundred
ponnd JON ana iost nall q crown al
Iacke.s On Tue same oaY' ana oeen more
mor.'nea AZ 'ne iae'er 'nah tue losner
na@.tte.
g The habit OF exagceration, like dram
shrinking, becomes slavish necessity
ana they VINO practice II pass their lives
IN q sind oi mental Telescope, tarougt
Wuose naghlslng msa.un 'hey loot
.han y o. M s 'A "'ou"o
~
Humane excellence, parted from God
is Ike faded flower, which, according
TO Rahhis, Eve plucked when passing
out OF Paradise-severed from It's ma
tive root it is only the touching memo
I'n' OF los, hAien' sao' ~'1ie cna,'n'ns
-Oeautlu'' cut eeao'-o ed"jo'a.
The commercial has discovered thu
great secret Ihe New York Hote
went into bankruptcy because Jefferson
.Davis stopped there once upon time
! This is the first intima.ion we have re-