The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1878-06-04
THE SPIRIT, or DEMOCRACY
faesday, June A. 1878.
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Amule struck, some weeks ago, on the
Ertstowpaths They have found cap
and one suspender, button that belonged
to the driver.
The Confirmation by the Senate of Mr.
George A Shsridanto be Recorder Of
Deeds In Washington gives another
Louisiana patriot bis well earned reward.
A,Nes England philosopher says he
can't find out where the air leaves of and
The earth begins. Let him fall backward
fromtfence' and he n soon find out. ~
"Hava not righ,to be saucy if !
please J" asked q young lady Of an old,
bachelor ! as 3Esg ! }E5 lJBi
Yes. It you please, but Motif you DIS
Plesss..
All hairpins look alike TO men; but lei
wife 60 offnn visit, aud come home
snd hnd q hairpin pear the door, and she
ean'twait asminute TO grow red in2the
fsce.srd ioe.ss s5aaiy aSirrsslT y E.4i2
.SE e,5E& fx1alt'p eyfsv,ss catr 81 - I.
1tisaY coincidence. worth. noting that
the fifst uGlisn troops ever employed to.
spaoldl lEngland's fagsin Earopc arrived
~ Malpa on the Emp piess OF India's birth.
day traf -fsst|
A ANorristown fisherman caught sixty.
ssven trout, some OF them, he says, weigh
Ing over two pounds, apiece. He would
have caught more, buts be Is not a very
good liar. --Norristo,on Herald. /
Hnan out West, who read that cop
peras put Ia q bed Of ants would cause
them tolleave, put someinhis Gother-in.l
laW's.bed, to see II she wouldn't GO. He
saySshe was there atlast accounts. g 6
Within The past three months PennsyI-
vsuia, Ohio, Indiana ard Illinois have.
seRt. 1900. people to settle in Kansas
They have probably taken with them
capital amounting to nearly $4,000, 600.
Nothing ike waiting A Canada hotel
walter waited for rich wife, and The
very graceful manner in which be knock
Cd fy of the left ear ef the sugar-bowl
made him tue husband sofa Boston heir
esa. gieEo9 sS1ooh 10 1850 s1a0es9 cd /.
A AWiseonsin editor illustrated the pre-
vailing extrayagance Of people nova
days by calling attention TO the costly ba-
bTcarriages In nse, while, when he was a
baby. they hauled him by the hair OF his
head. .i5sia . = aeFaes rs 90
4 Yankee humorist was giving an &C
count ofhis experience as . hotel keeper.
Didyou cleafanything by it3" inquir
ed listener. IL cleared q six-rail fence In
getting away from the sheriff." was the
answer. qsisss 's .
Deacon Jones, just deceased, had q
very red nose. His widow thought Il
rather personal In the minister to begin
bis funeral discourse with, "Another shi-
nlpg light has been taken from our con-
gregstion.'' 'apoes e.s e. s7ss rs
ANorth Carolina man has invented q
nsv spark-arrester, just as though the
old man yelling down the stsirs to the
girl 10 come to bed, and asking II that
saphead intends to stay for breakfast,
vaspf effective enough.
40 actuary OF BROOKLYN gavea stu
dsnt the following advice howto become
practically acquainted with the, tRule
Of thrse,D
Give With your wife, mother, and
mother In law"
Remember that the bowling In regard
to-sherrcent- Congressional apportion-
ment comes from the same Republican
psrty that, six years ago. redistricted the
State so as to give the Democrats but
four out Of twenty Congressman.
A young lady had coquetted until the
victim was completely exhausted. He
rose to go away. She whispered, as she
accompanied him to the door:
~ shah be at home next Sunday eve
nisg.n,5 S8 s3sl
Soshall l." hereplled. /,
A Ayoung man. who was heavily fined
IN San Francisco court for kissing his
tetrothed against her will, didn't break
upthe engagement and demand the return
ofrings' pictures and letters. He sim.
ply wrote: .!4giaH sss &
t"Dear Lyncia: You'll have to wait
now I'LL l can borrow money enough to
pay the minister"
When you see young fellow who, Q
year ago. used to stepup and order laeel
for the crowd with the utmost unconcern
patiently trundinga baby carriage along
she street on Sunday afternoon, and look
ing chap-fallen In bis last seasons ha
don't il speak volnmnes for the reform
ing Influence Of woman's society ss.
rltis human nature oil over. Aeon
ducior Of street car will wait halfhou
tora young lady who is hailing a ca
from up the street; but when an ugly oil
lady, with big market basket, calls TO
him TO stop, be is always looking anoth
or wa, and tells the driver to whip up. o
tiley are fives seconds behind Time.
John Goode. who represents the Nor
fox District OF Virginia in Congress, i
discussing The question Of Sou,her
claims, truthfully said. n"An the claim
that had been paid were TO loyal men. Th
Confcderates did not demand q singl
dollar. They staked their oil on the is
sne Of the war. They lost it, and the
sccepted the result like men" 4
Some boys in Markland. Mich, starte
ashow in d cellar. Fhe admission wa
two ceu,s. The performance range
rom rccitatiops 70 somersaulls, and
isature IVES craftsmanship Of the kin
Chat killed Volante. A ten-year-old no
heldan appleon his head for larger DO
toshoot at; hut the attempt wac fai
rre.a Just asthe marksman took aim,t ,tf
sargct hoy fcit the apple slippire Q
reached up to catch It, and had bull
holef ut neatly through his hand. I'll
Wounded lad s mother made raid on q
snow, and closed IT,
sssd 4xsa He Had 'Em.