The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1877-07-10
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Nothing makes carriage horse mad
der than when one of the heavy draft
horses gets sick and he is compelled to
take his place for day or two and haul
sand. tis' r'5
A proud and devoted wife, whose hus-
band had got job On cellar excava-
ton, explained his absence from home
by saying he had gone to Wheeling
Cincinnati Sat. Night.
The New York Sun publishes an ar
ticle telling how 1t feels to freeze. There
is no imminent danger of such calam-
ity, but in case it should occurr it is well
to know all about it.
There is something sad about drum
ken man, but when he appears in The
broad. bright sunlight of hot summer
day, with a closed and rusty looking
umbrella tightly clasped in his band,
there is an indescribable pathos in the
spectacle. s. ~, 49,.
DIR. Redfeld, says 5injudicious food is
killing hundreds of people in this coun
try every year. Well, what of it You
wouldn't have the officers of life insu'
rance companies Juggling off all the
money, would your
Mrs. Fitch's 100000 diamond neck.
lace still sparkles in the Treasury vaul.
The Khediye meanwhile laughs in his
sleeve and justly plumes himself on be-
| ing the highest priced practical joker OF
the nineteenth century. si
They we're at a dinner party, and be
remarked that he supposed she was fond
of ethnology.,a She said she was, but
she was not very well, and the doctor
had told her not to eat anything for des
sert except oranges.
Let US strive to be happy in this
world. When melancholy steals over
US we can at least kick stray dog or
the street and allow q smile to- steal
over our features as the sound of his
howlings grow fainter around the corner
An Irish gentleman parting with {
lazy servant woman was asked, With re
spect to her industry, whether she was
what is termed afraid Of work. "Oh
not at ALL" said he, "not at all; she viii
frequently lie down and go to sleep by
the very side of it." a.3 70 "av
A Sabbath school teacher was attempt
ing to teach very small boy the mean
ing of wages in the passage, "The wa
ges of sin is DEATH" and asked him
"What does your father get on Satur
day night ?" "Drunk, am r. answer
ed the boy, without any hesitation. +
"The idea of a camel l~goin' through
the eye of a needle" said an intdel con
temptuously when arguing upon the
truths of the Bible; "why, I'm hanged
| if ! can 60 through myself" tYon ar,
small enough" said ahard shell Baptist
l"to go through the eye of needle or,
dead mans pocket-book." ai u,
A New Hampshire man has buriet
two wives within eight months --Ez
Well, If his wives were dead, and he il
topposed to cremation, we don't see wha
else he could have done with them. H,
would have been more fit subject TO
newspaper comment it he had refused
to bury them, - Norristoson Herald.
The human body expands immensel,
with age. When eleven young men ar
seated on one side of street car, they
can easily sit up little closer and mak'
room for pretty girl, but seven of then
can monopolize an entire seat to the ut
ter exclusion of an old woman.--Ba'
lingtoa Ha,ekeys. ''''' :
1t is said that "the moon has gained
about an inch in rapidity Of notion
within the last hundred years. Thisi,
no doubt true, for young men will tel
you that when talking at the gate will
their sweethearts the moon goes dowr
much quicker now than it did when the,
were boys waiting to rob watermelon
patch, in the dark.
A proselyting negro Baptist recently
approached a benighted Methodistbroth
er in this way: "You've, read the Bible
s'pose ?" eyes" "Well, you've reat
in it of one John the Baptist, hasn'I
you" Eyes" swell, you never sav
nothing about no John the Methodist
did your "No." swell, den, yo'
see, dere's Baptists in the, Bible,, bu
dere amt no Methodists, and the Bible
on my side.' ,r.s a,o.ral...
"Brooklyn women seek divorce Of
a very slight pretext. Mrs. Pratt, 0
that city, asks legal separation fror
her husband because he flung a pitche
at her, hit her with a lighted skerosen
lamp, drew knife across her neck an
threatened to cut her throat, threw
i glass bottle at her, struck fork in be
leg, poured hot tea over her, bit her i
the back with boot jack, and refused I
give her money to go to a circus.-N
7 Mail. 9G .ri rr.,,.. ...,
| We are now able to make brandy frol
lsawdust. It has long been known tbs
the mere sight of wooden rnop.handl
J is often sufficient to give man the tho
rors;' but we think we foresee the tim
when even the humblest household,
t will be enabled to see whole menageri
t of large snakes and small toads, afte
devouring small cottage chamber sc
and may treat himself to a first-clas
) dose of the jim jams by simply chewin
E up the parlor furniture Truly, this
the age of luxuries.
at might save your life some time
urged he. "Well, ] don't care if
would" declared she; s'neither you nj
, any other husband can get me to pra
tice climbing down rope, just to
prepared in case Of FIRE" "But-" pr
tested he, "Irs no use," broke in she
81 don't risk breaking my own and Il
, baby's neck on that old rotten clothe
line, and you might as we'll unite it fro
the window sill" And he sadly reli
lquished the experiment, though n
without many forebodings as to the
ture-Chieago Journal
A pastor delivering sermon "
. greatly disturbed by the "Amens," ,""Gl
: ry hallelujahs," etc., of an old m
= whose piety was manifested to the d
. comfort of the pastor and people. T
preacher asked brother deacon to
iquest the "old man" to discontinl
which hp did and not another word "