The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1877-03-27

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Conhectieut' Centennial Commission
ere viii use the 6slance of tue appropria.
.ion for the Philsdeiphia display toward
representing thsState ~ the Paris Expo
Thsplag bill which President Lincoln
is saidsto hsve held in his hand the night
he wasshot In the private box of Ford's
Theatsr. Washington, was sold the other
day fore4l9 -
What aworldthis Isl The shadow
OF civiLAAr has hssdly departed, and
before the upright citizen can recover
HE breath sit will bs time to begin spa
ding onion beds. - (.
A st. Eeuis girl, who claims to have
proved it by experiment, says that by
putting. a lover 10 thezlight Of q blue
glass Window he can be made to pro-
pose at one sitting. 4 = 4f
The Returning Board President com,
placcntiy wraps himself in the blanket
Of his Civil Service Reform, and seems
TO feelSas thoronghly disguised aas the
aas did IL the lions skin. eN -
The premium bale Of cotton, which
won the 81 900 prize at the Centennial
Exhibition, is to be sent to- the Interna.
tional horticultural Exhibition in HoI.
land BY the Cotton Exchange of Mem
phis.
Near Portland, Oregon, James Davis
was taken from his bed by masked men,
Who killed him, and burned his body in
sthe flames of his house. What Davis
had done to provoke the crime is not
known. sss eai3 ,sQa.+vga baa scq 4
Alarge portion Of the Egyptian army
has been disbanded and has gone back
.eoIthe work of agricultural develop
ment, which has suffered much from the
.sNanr Of hands in the last eighteen
months. YF1;tts
A Wisconsin lumberman offers $50
-incash for SO rafting good wife--one
that is not 200 high nosed to grow fat
On bean soup" iAll females reaching
this point can 60 through without
Sc1angeof cars - &c 5sl8' AgaeEA !
- "A staff Of reporters has been organ
Med to report debates in the new Tur
Asb Parliament, but they seem to think
That Turkish is by no means the Ian
bgpseer Of ,stenographH and that their
/; task will be ardnous. u tyea eTs ,4o.,7s
.hsAlllttle boy was asked the other day
h he knew where the wicked finally
went to-. BE answered, ssthey practice
law spell here and then 60 to the Leg
islature." II was painful operation
E1or ths boy to sit down for q few days
Lay your finger on your pulse and
know that every stroke some immor-
tal passes to his Maker; some fellow
being crosses the river OF death; and Il
NJ tiink ofIit weimay well wonder that
II Should be SO long before our turn
comes.
Too CURIoUs.-A country paper, in
!. sn obituary notice of, q subscribers son,
says: axe was an uncommon smart
boy. He had little too much cariosi-
y, perhaps, or he wouldn't have peeped
into the muzz.e Of his fathers shot
'Skunn soTaeFsf gis'ggvseT ss7sass
Over nine hundred horses, six hun
dred and forty three asses and thirty
FIVE mules were eaten in France last
year. The first horse butcheryi was es-
tablished in 1865, and the consumption
Of this savory meat has increased yearly.
The healthy carcass is worth forty dol
lars.
A florist was showing an Irishman
over his establishment the other, day
!. snow" said he, "we'll just look in for
anoment at the terminating house,
1.-THE German 'ating house, is it2" re-
piled the other. "Troth, and I'm glad,
for its hungry i am, But isn't there
some Irish drinkin' saloon just as han
dyr
sifiA9 Washington correspondent says:
: "With Mr.. Rodgers-as the confidential
sfiend of the President, the people may
be thoroughly assured that there will be
no abuses of Executive confidence =
There win be honor, purity and polite
ness at the Presidents desk" Glad If
tit is 10. For eight years these qualities
have been lost sight of at that post.
- Senator Grover Of Oregon is desi.
f0us that his action in the Crcnin case
should be investigated, and he has pro-
fured tbs. passage of q resolution pro-
sidipg for tha Investigation As Nor
rctnns Cameron, Mitchell, and Hoar are
among the members of the committee
10 which itwas referred, the work ought
80 be done without evasion or finching.
An Englishmsn devised "a trick that
bAeatsd thing, Of Yankee inyention in
that line. He desired 10 be q physician,
S.6utlhe had no education in medicine, and
aUdlploma was necessary. So he hired
y iSnsedy physician to personats him be
fore. the examining board, answer the,
!, questions, and get the diploma IN bis
,dpsme, The, plan was successfnl. but
there was q subsequent exposure, follow
sdsby afrestssv sss szsi sstss sdr
'os Bob Ingersoll, the bitterest and nois
iest Of the stump speakers who played
on ths old war feeling during the late
! campaign, now comes straight from con-
1spltaions with Hayes and tells the pub
i 10 that the whole thing was q farce.--
Bob Ingersoll is perhaps the only man
in the Republican party who has cheek
enough and mouth enough to stand up
and tell that party that 1t has been made
afool of, and that he helped do 1t. /.
az Says Rutherford to Chamberlain,