The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1879-06-10
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there Is not d single liquor saloon.
"I like to make spouge-cake " she said,
innocently: 1T makes my hands so
| clean
A man that has riches aud enjoys item
not, is like an ass thst carries gold and
eats thistles.
Some O: the most cunsplcuous charms
of young men nowadays are those on
t leir watch chains.
An Iowa man has named bis daugh.
ters Time and Tide, 50 that they will
have to wait for no man.
If it wasn't for hqpe t ,e heart would
break, r as ske ~ ats2sssdy said when she
buried her seventh husband
Madam said tramp on Cottage
Hill, would you give me an old pair OF
pants, for I'm stlrvin' t, DEATH"
Toe beginning of ia ti is action; and
he ouly believes who struggles, not he
who merely thinks question over.
"What did you pay at the hat shop for
your new beaver, Julius2" Don't
know. sar, de shop keeper wasn't dar. "
MANY man is not so solicitous t. live
within his income as be Is t /, raise his il
come to the level of his eXtsavsgances
There is many man strong enough to
hold bull by the horns, aud y.t not
strong enough to hold his own tongue
MARY, have YOU given the goldfish
fresh water?" M, ma'am. What. tae
use2 They haven't drank up what's in
there yet.
A young lady, being asked where her
nat We place was, replied: Il have none
AIN tue dausLt,r OF a Methodist
preacher.
Eve was the first and we reckon tle
on Y woman who did not gather up her
dress in both hands and yell a, tle sigLt
uf snake.
"Tm on the home stretch" !" as the boy
said when his m ter had him across her
knee, giving him "Hail Columbus" FOL
lplaying hookee from sunday School.
Judge-"Have you anything 70 offer
t, the court before sentence is passed on
|.ouf" Prisoner-'No, Judge ! had
tan dollars, but my lawyers ,ok taat.
The Salem Sunbeam describes misery
as walking through dry goods store
where there are about nfty young lady
clerks who have nothing to do but look
at you.
In ceSt.in village IN Gsnrgia where
there is NO lookup, the authorities Law
prisoners on the ground turn wagon
box over them, and pile cotton bales on
the reversed door OF tae box.
There is one thing about hen thai
looks like wisdum they don't cackle
much till they have laid tleir eggs. Some
tolka ara b: aging and csckliag what
they are going to do beforehand.
| A sporting man said, after hearing
Bob Ingersoil's etts,re: 1T was 9
spicy thing laugh at Tor an hour. but
not very cheering doct inc t, have
around when there is funeral in tie
house.
A man and wife in TIT n, Ind
agreed t, separate. Their property was
divided, piece by piece, unit nothing was
left but the baby and the COW. The hus-
band gave the wife her choice and she
took the COW.
This is the season of the year when I
isn't necessary to cali t,e police, tirn in
fire alarm, aud break your back getting
oIt doors when you hear woman scream
in mortal agony-she's shooing the
chickens OFT of the garden.
He entered the grocery store. said n,t
not word, but SLOWED his cane to swing
to and fro exactly as the pendulum Of a
clock. The grocer only said; mo; we
sell nc thing On tick" and TIE man with
the cane passed sadly and silently out
Mr.. Darwin was of opinion that II q
deaf person dreamed OF hearing, the in
ternal parts essential to the function
we're unimpaired. The same remark,
says d.. Smiths applicable t, the blind
l have invariably found that the incura-
bly, blind never dream of seeing.
| Keep the tongue FROM unkindness
1 Words are sometimes wounds; not very
deep wounds always, and yet Trey irTitate
Speech is nnkind somtt mes when there
4 is no unkindness in the hea So muc
the worae tlst needless wounds are in.
ficted; so much the worse that uninten
itionally pain is caused.
! Many fne horse has been ruined b,
driving him too fast Immediately alter 6
hea ty meal. II the journey mu.t be re
suned without delay, the horse shoul,
be driven very slowly for half hour OF
more, when tie speed may be safely L.
creased. A good horse is too va'uabl,
an animal t. ruin by irj idicious haste.
| Collect some SCOT from chimney Of
let, we where wood is used for fuel, pu
lit, an old pitcher, and pour hot waite
luponi. When cool, use it to water you
plants every few dayes. The effect upoI
plants is wonderfulin producing rapit
groatl of thrifty shoots, wit large, ,thicl
leaves and a great number Of richly tin
ted roses.
A gentleman t)ld US the other day, ,ths
; il barrel with both heads out wer
placed over potato vine, and the ealtl
filed in around the vine from time /,
time as it grew, thai it could be filed t
the top, and thst would produce pots
toes all the way up; tlat on kicking tn
barrel over it would have bushel o
more OF polat,ee. Who has led it
Who will try itP
There Is anotion entnt,ined by som
doctors thst alcohol may be sn ant dote
/ or at least antagonistict, dipl ,eria. a
to malaria. In supporting this view Jon
: pra, t;tinner gives the results of 6,ee
, years experience, extending over fou
epidemcs. in which he treated oae hur
dred and tsent, Ave cases, and lost onl
one patient. while the mortal tv under OF
y binary treatment was from 20 t. 33 pc
: cent.
: A gentleman not extremely given t.
I pi, ty was di,mayed by being asked t
5 say grace at strange table. To reTus
and explain, would be embarrassing t
comply would be equally so. He chos
the latter and staltsd off briskly enong
e with "Oh, Lord, bless this table,
:, Just here, being uDsued to the bnsines: