The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-06-08
PENCIL AND SCISSORS.

PENCIL AND SCISSORS.
ANOTHER person who desires hearing
"A deaf man.
THE spring style of hand-organ has
only one stop. 1t begins in the evening
and stops at night.
A CALIFORNIA man who accepted
place as shepherd inaugurated himself
by shooting seventeen dogs. Send hima
medal.
NATURE, with her countless adapta-
tions, makes some exquisite atonement
for that which may have seemed marred
and wasted.
OFTEN in life, in the course Of few
minutes, some thoughts conceived, some
deed committed, which tinges the whole
remainder of an existence.
Our very mistakes in life may be over
ruled for a higher end, and our tears
water growth that may be rich with i'm
mortal foliage and fruit.
ONE of the features of the Centennial
Exhibition is large, and even brilliant
display of collins. Not bad thing to
point out to the noble army of thirty
thousand dead heads.
THERE is an Office in Paris where arti-
cles found are taken to be restored to
their owners. They are daily registered
by clerks, one of whom was lately heard
to call off three umbrellas, one watch,
two rings, one pair of boots, and five
babies.
"SAMBo, my massa always trabbel;
yours ebber stay at home" Dat berry
true, Jim, but you know what de proverb
say, Rolling stone gadder no moss"
"No, Sambo, but it gadder polish, and
dat 'ere's qualification your massa
STAN berry much in need OBJ"
JUDGE THEM GENTLY.
Then gently scan thy brother man,
Still gentler sister woman;
Though they may gang kennin wrang,
To step aside is human.
Who knows the heart, tbs he alone
Decidedly can try u.s.
He knows each chord, its various tome;
Each spring, It's various bias
Then at the balance let's be mute
We never can adjust it;
What's done We partly may compute,
But know not what's lesistit.
-Ro0sri Burns.
LACROSSE San: Some one has in
vented a concern for singer to put in
the mouth, which divides up the voice
so they sing two parts at once. There
was female singer along here with a
concert not long ago that could put two
of those things in her mouth and sing a
quartet. She had mouth enough for a
whole concert.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE was born on
the 23d of April, 1854; he died on the
ifty-second anniversary of his birth,
April %, 1916. According to one &C
count, he died of fever that was brought
on by drinking too much at merry
meeting" he had with two other poets
Ben Jonson and Michael Drayton; and
Hawthorne mentions the Stratford gos
sip that he was the victim of conviyial
habits, who met his death by tumbline
into ditch on his way home from
drinking-bout."
PATRIOTISM was sometimes carriedk kt<
extremes by the people ofl776. /" Abbott
Revolutionary Times" records that Mr.
Jacob Vredenburgh, barber, of New
York, received the formal thanks of th'
New York Sons of Liberty {" fer his firm
spirited, and patriotic conduct in refus
ing to complete an operation, vulgarl,.
called shaving, which he had begun OF
the face of Captain Crossr, commando
: of the Empress of Russia, one of Hi
Majesty's transports now lying in tn
!, river; but most fortunately and prov
: dentially was informed of the Identity
: the gentleman's person when he ha'
about half finished the job"
LApLAND mothers are not in thehabi
2 of staying at home with their babie
: The Laps are very religious people an
S take long journeys to hear their pastor
Y As soon as the family arrives at the littl
a wooden church, and the reindeers are g
J. cured, the father shovels snug lit
o bed in the snow, and the mother wraI
Il the baby in skins and deposits it therein
= Then the father piles the snow around
a and the dog is set on guard, while tt
y parents go decorously into the churcl
:, Often as many as thirty babies can
s, seen laid away in the snow about Il
/ church.
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