The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1878-04-02
kyThe goldbag gloateth over the big
white dollar

fwiitten for The Spirit Of Democracy
Our Common Interest Continued.
That common interest of ours has be-
come somewhat uncommon, and II has
developed grand bud Of promise; and
by the silent, gossipive appreciation We
win ere long gain the object begun, and
the desert be made to blossom as the
rose, or at least We Will make quitS'a DIFF
ferent plantation out OF that which the
cows and pigs have long made their
promised land.
Already their chop-fallen looks be-
speak great disappointment at the sight
Of anything that is green and somewhat
out of their reach, especially in their
school house pasture-Geld ; and the few
verdant pines and the board fence forci
bly, exhort them to take their evenings
satisfaction in q good old lay.doWn in
the road instead Of vibrating their so
norous bells in the silent midnight watch
es.
The ash-pile, ,hidcous in its appearance.
only wants another location to give it
beauty in iLc way OF q mound clothed
with sod or as path carpet, any place ex-
cept where it lay all the winter. and wheu
we mention ash-pile, we don't mean any
one in particular; but some folks prepos-
sess such love for that clump Of com
bustible production as never to have it
removed from their homes, and ia truth
some people have such an inherent at
tachment for them that they do not even
get them removed from the fireplace -
Fondness is somewhat the outgrowth OF
culture and may run away with a man,
as in any other passion. just in such .
shape as dog.day blindness when there
lis broken gate, or door unhing-
ed, or a general paralysis when the cellsr
is to be renovated. s.
Having etrayed into the abstracts OF
this non Darwin Evolution, We will return
again and alight down somewhere among
the pines lately imbedded in the soil ol
our tramping grounds at the school
building, and as we look around we are
wont to exclain, "What a change, what
wonderful change!" II such q few
Isprigs make such . change let US polist
/ it up while the cows stand on the out
side and send out their .bawling hallelu
jahs, and the swine folks squeal out thei1
hitter oaths, because few fine sprouts
have taken the soil where their hoofs ane
noses subsoiIed the little plantation
whenever 1t Was suitable.
The cattle herd and the swine crowd
may as we'll sing their doxology and b
dismissed, aud as to their benedictior
they enjoyed that in days past, wher
fence and hedge were poor between then
and their, common Interest" !" 1t they
had gone "whaling and wheeping" Ions
ago. and some sturdy youth had gon'
"whaping and wheeling" there nigh
have been q few accommodations TO
robins nests and few perches for tn,
blue birds; but never mind, the cherries
will be ripe at the end of the building
4 and il the birds are too nice to eat then
8 little green, the boys will partake 0
them short time after the bloom i
shed, snd it becomes question whethe
lpigs up tree are not worse than th
: hoofed ones on the ground. Then a
the bright tide Of Spring rolls along lie
us imbed some memorial as way mar
which the past relentlessly seeks to hid
every vestige and footprint on the SAM
of time. MORE ANON.