The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1879-02-20
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The grand and awful difference between a tree.
and bore is; the tree leaves in spring; and the
bore-why, he never leaves.
In the makeup of the modern small boy there
Is altogether too much whistle for the amount of
the boy. tits most too much like using two
quart funnel in three-ounce vial.
They.are quoting Scripture in Massachusetts,.
now and this is the fayorite passage: HE that
entereth not by the door into the sheep fold, but
climbeth up some other way, the same is thief
and robber"
The little daughter OF leading physician In q,
certain country town presented the following aE
her first school essay "There was little girl, and
| she was very sick they sent for my papa, and
she died very quick"
When Mary went to heavens gate,
Saint Peter met her there
And asked the reason why she came,
AS there she knelt in prayer.
Poor Mary spoke aud groaned with pain
As though she had cramp;
"a foolish virgin sir, was l.
A'fOOling with lamp"
Chicago. Tribune.
A suggestive story: A young clergyman, whose
maiden sisters were lawfully sot against his en-
tering the marital state, kicked over the traces
and got married. He then sent friend to break
the news gently to the girls, with instructions TO-
open the negotiations by saying that he was dead
| and then gently work up the real fact
The other day Philadelphia grocers son struck
match aud held it over the bunghole Of coal
oil barrel to see how much was in 1t. He knows
now. He says 1t had 5000 pounds of condensed
lfUhfninu nd a de Of
and both OF them were so glad to see him that
they burst the barrel and nearly broke his heaa
in their anxiety to get at him.
While the woods turn red and russet,
And the swallow skins the weir,
And the dernier rose OF summer
Doth poetic bosOms cheer:
While waiting for the winter winds,
Which through the forests howl,
The barber doth bestow wierd
And highly hateful scowl
Upon the young man who has decided
to raise full beard for the winter.
m Y Graphic.
The railroads will now bring a barrel Of -four
from Chicago to New York for twenty cents, but
the down.trOdden labOrer charges twenty-five
cents to take the barrel from the depotto the con-
sumer. But the doWn.trodden aforesaid makea
1t all right with his effete" customer by throwing
ina speech on the necessity Of putting down the
railroad monopoly so that the poor can live
LOt1eR Courier
OF the late Charles Farrar Browne (Arsemus
Ward) writer in ScribaeT's Md0dziRs says "He
is remembered by Cevelanders as one Of the most
verdan youths that ever set foot within the city.
He wore a slouch hat, from beneath which pro.
truded mass of straight and unmanageable yell
low hair. He had long limbs and was lean and
lank. His features were prominent, and set OFF
by nose that was decidedly Tennysonian, and
was an oddty In itself. His clothes were seedy
and ill-6tting BE walked with loose, shamb.
ing gait, Afler he had been in the city some time
he began to pay more attention to his toilet and
at last even became fopplsh. When he began lee.
turing he became more particular than ever. He
even took with him hair dresser to curl his hair
which Nature intended should be worn uncurl-
ed-and affected large diamond pin and an Inn
mense diamond ring. Whether on the street, In
the office or the home circle, he was always the
same kind, witty, jOvial person"