The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1877-11-27
Sepse and eNopse,,se.

Sense and Nuuse,,se.
He who chatters to no purpose climbs
q tree to catch fish.
Why should the spirit of mortal be
proud 7 has stood pretty well the wear
and tear Of conundrum's experience,
but tougher one is why should bar
Der eat onions2 -, "a
A Troy man died recently while say
ing his prayers, but the chances for fire.
quent fatalities of this kind are not suf.
ficiently numerous to create panic in
Central New York. as .s4tfog fa
A farmer was asked why he did not
take the newspaper. "Because,p said
be. 'smy father, when he died, left me q
good many newspapers, and I have not
read them through yet" " 1
It is maddening, rnaddening, madden
ing, for woman who has been a pa.
tient, fashionable martyr to heart dis
ease for thirteen years, to learn from
her physician that she is only suffering
from enlargement Of the liver. SHa
The other day mean man out in
western Iowa went of into quiet coun.
try place and died SO quick that his wife
got his insurance money before the com,
pany could fail. The president says he
never felt so swindled and cut up since
he has been in the business.
An invalid Frenchman who hired a
horse every evening from a livery sta
BILE, particularly desired the hostler to
see that the horse had nothing to eat
for dinner. "Because," he remarked,
sMonsieur lie docteur he say mus TAX
|ze gentle exercise on ze empty stomach. !"
h It is believed that the Oldest rose bush
lin the world is trained upon the east
side of the Hildeshelm Cathedral, in
Germany. Documents exist that prove
that nearly one thousand years ago, af-
Iter.it had been for some time planted,
the stone roof was raised for protection.
The reason Anna Dickinson didn't &C.
cept Ben Butler when he proposed to
her was that she thought all the time he
was talking to q woman on the other
side of the street, and 1t made her iso
mad she wanted to fan bis flushed cheek
with crown of the spikedest thorns
that money could buy. 10 7ahau baa
Speak kindly In the morning, 1t light
lens the cares Of the day, and makes
household and all other affairs move
along more smoothly Speak kindly at
night, for it may be that before the
dawn some loved one may finish his or
| her span of life for this world, and it
will be too late to ask forgiveness iilw
Aclergyman, being applied to in less
|thansa year after his appointment to put
/ q stoye in, the church, asked how long
his predecessor had been there; and
when answered, "Twelve years" he
said - W ell yous never hssf q Ere ID the
church during his time 7" s.No, sir, .
replied the applicant; 'sbut we had fire
in the pulpit then" So 3.
X, walking with clever doctor, meat
q pretty woman, to whom the doctor
bows. "Who is she, eh ?" "a patient"
|"Her bow was almost cat-ffty be-
low" aPossibly, We're net on the
best Of terms. You see, / was called 10
to attend her husband and had the mis-,
fortune" "Oh, / see, to let him
die" sNo, to let him get WELL"
When Brother Colby, the longtime
editor of the Merrimac Journal, Ames.
bury, was called upon to give his evil
dence before the council, on the ques.
tion of committing the sentence of Joy,
the Rockport murderer, Gov. Rice re-
marked: 81 believe, Mr.. Colby, you are
q clergyman" "No, sir, not quite so
bad as that (smiling J. I am the editor
Of newspaper. "-Boston Transcript. :
A boy came along to one of our neigh.
boris houses holding very dirty dog,
and asked the gentleman OF the house |:
.Don't you want to buy dog, mister ?"
"What kind of dog is itT' asked the
gentleman. The boy looked puzzled
eWell,n said he, ''it is part terrier."--
.And what is the rest!" asked the gen.
tleman. "The rest" answered the boy,
"why the rest is-is-just dog" 1913
Some men can never learn how to
phrase prayer. A horse was running
away with a man. He grabbed hold-of
the side Of the wagon and said: 20
Lord, make US thankful for the mercies
we are about to receive. Rev. Mr. Tai
mage, 1t appears to have been the horse
who didn't know how to phrase q prayer
in that instance But what did the ami
NAL want to grab hold Of the side of the
wagon for ?-Boston Post. 2" -
When people ask Gordon H. Gid.
dings, a one legged and very popular
commercial traveller Of Syracuse how be
lost his leg, he generally replies '.Lost
it on, election" and that satisfies the
most curious - Utica Herald Giddings
seems to have got on new tack, as be
used to take pride in informing bis
! friends that 1t was "bitten off by a cow"
Rochester Union. The last time he was
in Rome he said he lost bis leg through
y hole in his pantaloons pocket Rome
i Nenttnet. ,.5s4
An Oakland huckster bought fine
mule at auction on California street las,
week. He paid Sl40 for it, and chris
tened it Martin Luther. After trying
for three days to put its harness on from
second story window, the owner re
sold it for $l4, on long, time, and under
the style and title of "Ssra." 1t wa:
purchased by the city government, and
will henceforth be used to suppress riots
i 1t is calculated that when backed gently
but firmly into mob the business enc
Of this faithful animal will be equal to
four rGatling guns and hoWitzer. s1s
! The latest American romancer burs
forth in an opening chapter in the fol
lowing eloquent manner: The lamben
rays of the afternoon sun were gently
sliding off his overalls into the western
atmosphere; the blue and gray fecket
clouds of September's autumn were ia
king an invoice of remaining cucumbers
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