The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1878-12-10
Sr1se and Nnusrt1se.

srqsr and Nousrnse.
Turkeys are giving farewell receptions.
How to rear a mule-tickle his hind
legs. =
a home stretch-over q mothers !
knee.
The best policy for a tea and coffee
merchant is honest tea.
Our education has more do do with
our religious opinions and belief than
our reason.
Ne should read books, not to quote
them, BUTT strengthen our minds and
stipulate thought.
II you would pass for more than your
yalpes say little. Its easier to look
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Among those who labor for future
he is greatest who lives well in
his own household.
A chicken that "comes home to roost'
about these days will very likely get his
neck wrung for his trouble.
ASyracuse man calls his wife "Poor
Rule" because she won't work more
than one way, and usually not that.
London club, member is credited !
with the argument: "We earn our liv-
ing, why should we not urn our dead"
The Merideu Recorder says: ''Beer
may not make you fat, but an overdose
will make you lean-up against some
thing" hga ~ aiHss 80
Corn has not been so low since 1845
excepting in 1861, cotton not so low in
ltwenty-three years, and mess pork not
since 1S44.
tits as much as a rich mans life is
worth to die, nowadays. If his rela-
tives don't try to break his will, thieves
will endeavor to carry off his body. 9
! When your little boy exhibits symp-
toms of having an ear for the harmo.
|nies of sweet sounds, then is your time
to sing There's music in the heir"
/ If all men were to bring their misfor-
tunes together in one place, most of them
4 would be glad to take their own home
againlrather than to- make an exchange.
| A German farmer disputed his tax
bin. He said, sI pays the State tax, the
country tax, and the school tax; but, bv
1tam l pays no total and never had.any."
II An enterprising young man in Iowa
helped his present wife, while courting
here, to cut rags enough to make sixty
yards of carpet to start housekeeping
on. e adi a. sisai5 8g ls saini,
A Adispatch from Cascadia says the Co.
lumbia river expedition, sent out by Cen
!. eral Howard for the purpose of captur-
J ing renegade Indians, was a complete
success. ga 40 5tici
! Lady Annie Louise Gcoch, of London,
rarested ona charge3of attempting to pass
off spurious child as heir of her hus-
band, Sir Francis Gooch, has been coE
nitted Tor rtrial. gs9a ~
sis your master upP" asked an early
visitor of nobleman's valet. eyes
sir" answered the valet with great limo.
cence athe butler aud l carried him up
about 8 o'clock"
slip service, said the preacher, earn
estly, sis not acceptable" mo" p" NUT
tered a constable in the audience, "noth'
ing sticks but written summons and
' personal Service"
/, Bank up summer bonnet with velve
2 and feathers, and fur and straw, aud 1t is
5 just as good winter bonnet as anybody
e can make. Then put it on the back o.
< the hair and let the ears freeze. and you
will be in fashion. eT { nai'9
: "Sir," said weary tramp to the gen
} tleman who stands behind the counter, a
9 the Barret House, ''Sir, / am socia
Z conundrum. "Then," exclaimed Bell
J pointing sadly toward the door, "Ther
: never more be guessed Of mine,",
"A fellow who has been working dos
= churn in Wetzel Couty, for living, was
!, in town the other day aud had got &C
y pigeon toed at the business that the calve
Of his legs wore holes in the knees of hi
: pants Wheeling Sunday Leader.
: Previous to the arrival of King Hum
bert at Rome the police seized placard
o threatening death to all who Joined il
the ovation to him. 1t is reported tina
dynamite was found on the rails shortl.
before the passage of the royal train.
The politest man of the time live i
!, New Orleans. He went into tobacco
:. nist's store, bought two cigars and sal
IS eourteously to the proprietor, eff 20
q do not object to the smell of tobacco
W Twill smoke one of these cigars here"
~ "Always shoot quail on the wing,
ii says a sporting journal. But when W
ne 20 cunning we are not particular whetf
8 er we shoot 'em on the wing or on th
ut head A partridge shot on the hea
le is just as good as one shot on the wing
ie Dallas, Texas, is puzzled by the disal
~ - pearance one night of large pond th'
~ has for many years existed in the limi
~ ~ of that town. Tie mystery is PARTIAL
~ ~ explained by the fact that barrel I
= whisky was emptied into it the day b
" fore. sfai
ha Clothespins arc now shipped to Ne,
in Zealand. The natives use them for e.
10. rings, but an old chief who had got hol
h. of one with half-horse power spring
70 its back and hooked 1t on his nose, WI
ma looking round ten minutes afterward fe
it's a missionary to kill.
en-, "Why don't you spend your money
m home" scolding contemporary how
J." at its subscribers. Tush, man, do yo
|expect their wives to run bar In col
nection with their other household d.
tiles? What is there for them to sper
IN their money at home for.
,ks Lazy people must take heap of con
- fort these cool mornings and no flies
we bother. Why cant some one inve1
a something to annoy them detroit FIR
"a. Press. No, need for ingenuity ther
os. When the last lean, ghostly mosqui
g withdraws his bill come the January bill
-CincinnaG Commercial,
When Prot. Watson, or some 9th
raj professor discovers new star, it is tel
Sc, graphed all over the country. But WHIT
,u. an unscientfic gent steps on the slipper
10. side of pool of frozen water, caress
nd the pavement with the back of his hea