The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1880-11-02
THE SPIRIT OF DEMOCRACY.
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER .. 1880.
Sri,se and nousense.

Sa,se and nopsense.
When dues q horse enjoy his food
mostf When he hasn't . bit in his
mouthf
"S,me one inquiries, Where have all
the ladie-' belts gomez Gone to wais,
long ago.
Speaking oi the different ages of this
wmll. Ia what age de- peddlers belOng !
To 'he package
After al, mar iage is but confidence
game. When the confidence is gone the
game is up.
Bronson Alco,t. the author, Is a veg
e.arian, and has not tasted animal food
for half a cen ury.
A country paper speaks Of meteor
"about as large as 5 basket" The tail
must have been as long as piece OF
string
The Detroit Free Press cannot under,
stand why an egg sheulsl ho wasted on
q lecturer when he may be nearly killed
With a turnip.
Hint to Pnliticians-Millers make
poor party men. They nre generally
ltera.-Toronto Grip. This seems to
he . bran new joke.
This is the season Of the year when
bad Indians commence signing treaties
of peace and drawing Government blan.
kess for the winter.
One OF the first acquisitions received
from newly appointed railway station
agent was, 'Send me gallon Of red oil
for the danger lanterns"
The death is announced from London
of Captain H,bson, who discovered the
relics of Sir John Fianklin's exptdi-
tion In the Arctic regions.
Colonel Benjamin Brownfeld. aged
one hundred and one years. six months
and ten dava. died at his home nea,
Union,own, Pennsylvania, on Thursday.
A,Ren,ucky woman, ninety mine years
"ld. not only walked three miles TO at.
tend circns the other day, hut che
saved fifty cents by crawling under the
canvss .s&
DR.. Williams. one Of the most cele
hraied surgeons of Germany, died re
Gently from hlood poisoning consequent
upon an accidental cut while performing
IN operation.
New York State ladies' never forget 10
be courteous to sirangers.' When dis
covering a midnight burglar they al
was ask: "Sir, will you please explain
your preserce here p
A telephone operator, when asked to
say grace at dinner the other day. hor,
fined the party, in a fit Of abscnt-mind-
sdness. nv howing his head and begin
ming. "Hello! hello!"
.You wouldn't take o mans last cent
lor iciesr. would youi" "Certainly ]
wonld. remarked the proprietor. "Well
hors II is shcn." passing over cent,
"sivs me the cigar"
The cnrresponderce Of Peter the
Great viii soon hs published. by Imperial
authority at ST., Petersburg. The work
Of editing the materials has already been
seven years in hand.
Time q. m.-"My DEAR" laid be.
~'shall right "I've been down gettin'
th' returns. There's no ush'n rsisin' .
raw. sTain't my fault What you
vanish earlier returns
A South Hill debating club is wrcst-
ling with, sCan con munity exist with
out women r. We think il might ex-
ist Tor while. but then 1t wouldn't
know what was going on.
An elderly resident OF Newtown was
approached by an agent for cyclope-
dis. Il guess won't get one." said the
elderly resident. and frankly added, u
know never could learn TO ride one OF
the pesky things"
A Memphis msn wanted to kill mos
qnito on the hack OF friends neck and
wi,hou, stopping to mention his design,
hit the insect belt, and when his friend
got up and brushed the sand out Of his
mouth and eyes, four men had 10 hold
him while the matter Was explained.
The bilIsides ablaze in glory
OF crimson and yellow and gold.
Are telling their annual story
OF swift coming seasons OF colds
When the gay birds Of passage take warning
And back to their city honesty,
While lots.of big trunks go each moi uiog
With each Of them labeled good by"
When an Esstern man goes to Col
.c,afio he is called "tcnderfoot" until
he has been stahbed, shot at, engaged in
free fight, fallen down . mine, kicked
hy mule, ard chased nv vigilance
ommittep. Then they admit be is get
ting used to the country. and when he
kills bis man he is looked upon % .
,citizeu.,
A young man with an umbrella OYER
hook IN unprotected lady acquaintance
In . rain storm. and extending his um-
brclla over her requested the pleasure Of
acting as her rain-how. .Oh y exclaimed
the young lady, taxing bis arm, 'you
wish me to he your rain.dear Two
souls with hut 3 single umbrella, two
fotms that stepped as one.
. When woman has worked for two
honrs TO sweep q room, and then, having
collected the dirt and lint and little
scraps nf paper into the dustpan, goes
10 the window. opens Il and throws th'
dirt from the pan. just as q livelv it'll.
gust OF wind comes along and sends il
back all over the room again, does she
get msd7 Well. rather!
Mt long ago an Irishman applied to
an overaecr in Tyne shipyari to be
pu: on a joh. He was Informed that biz
reqnea, conld not he complied with hus
as Pat continued to gaze at an anchor
which was living in the vicinity the fore
man repeated his reply that there was NO
work for him aud advised him to g.
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