The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1880-11-16
Sense and Nuusense.

Louis a cry goes up for anew census.
Sometimes it is we'll enough not to
speak your mind, but to mind your
speak.
A Tennessee paper recently published
the Ten Commandments as an article of
news.
We felt confident all along that the
rain would come when the dry weather
was over.
John Calvin is the good old orthodox
name of Texas desperate who is in
ljai, for murder. 80. 49, d.
'The sentence is that We he hanged. .
said judge to q poor Grim ina, .saud 4
Ihope it Will be warning 70 YOU.
General Garibaldi is 80 feeble that
the utmost care and repose are required
to restore him TO his ordinary health
The latest report concerning the Gar
is that he has been poisoned by the Nj
hilists, and that two of his cooks have
been arrested on suspicion
Itis said that what makes hen look
like penny when she is sitting on a
fence is because she has head on one
side and tail on the other
Wives of great men oft remind US .ie
We may make our wives sublime,
Forty dollars for bonnet
Knocks check book out of time.
An elephant travelling out West drank
up all the water in the tender Of the To-
como olive, and the train was obliged to
stop. His trunk should have been
checked
Wm. P. Green, % wears old, drowned
himself in the Susquehanns river at Pitt
st IN. Pa, on the 81 inst, by jumping
from the Water street bridge, distance
of 40 feet, sf;s@.
A sportsman at D ,hlonega, Georgia.
failing in his. attempt to shoot a. wild
turkey, threw down his gun and over
took the bird after a chase of two hund-
red yards
There is slight hop. for art. We
saw half d zen quite pretty landscapes
in a window this mornIng, hut not
cat-,ail, a lily pad or stork standing
on one leg. s
Prof in astronomY-"WhYi is Venus
more brilliant when farthest distant ?"
"Why, simply from the analogy with the
whole female sex, that distance lends en-
chantment'"
1t all came from educating his daugh-
ter at seminary She reproved her
father for wiping his mouth on the Ia
BILE cloth. and he went to the barn and
hung himself.
Mr.. P. T. Barnum has invented new
and kindly charity. He has given win
ter house plants to over six hundred
people in Bridgeport, chiefly Of the
working classes.
Full many gem of spurious ray serene
The spotless shirts of hotel clerks do bear!
Full many simple. ignorant sardine
Believes them purest stones of value rare!
Tue Philadelphia Herall says that the
women of the city are busily engaged in
getting up political clubs. They are
two long and only appear on parade
when tue husbands of the women come
home late at night.
!. The talent Of success Is nothing more
than dong what you can do well, and
doing well whatever you do without a
thought Of fame. II It comes at all, it
will c,me because it is deserved, not be-
cause it, is sought after.
am fully convinced that the soul is
indestructible, and that its activity will
continue through eternity. It is like the
sun which, to our eyes. seems to set in
night; but it has in reality only gone to-
diffuse its light elsewhere.
A Galveston women, just married,
wishing to impress her husband with her
ability as housekeeper, Eawled out to
the servant as she entered the door ::
"Matilda, bring me the washb ,ard, /
want to wash the potatoes for dinner"
We are glad to learn that new song
entitled "When the Cora is Waving,
Annie Dear" is becoming very popular.
If Annie would only ring in a few beans
with the corn she would haye a. fine, ar
ticle of succoiash, thereby combining
something to eat with her musical, sef-
fort.
A valuable heifer belonging to farm
er near N ,thallerton; England, recently
broke its leg and it had to be amputated.
Tue animal has since been fitted with
wooden leg, on which it moves about
with the utmost ease, which proves the
absurdity OF hastily ordering the des-
truction Of animals that meet with such
accidents.
Oh, what blessing is Sunday inter-
posed between the waves of worldly
business. like the divine path of the
Israelites through Jordan! There is
nothing in which / would advise you to
be more strictly conscientious than in
keeping the Sabbath day holy. can
truly declare that to me the Sabbath has
been Invaluable.
The engineers of the Ladies' Deposit
Bank in B stcn have been deposited in
Jail, which makes it plain that women
cannot Systematically rob bank with
out being caught. They cannot get of
to Canada as quick as the masculine ban.
kers can, and of course they have less
influence with the courts when they are
accused of crookedness. a
The weather prophe Is are hard a
work predicting winter of tremendous
severity The professional prophets are
more confident than they have ever been
before. Mr.. Vennor foresees terrific
snow storm, to begin at 1885 q. M on
the 22i Of December, and TO last pre-
cisely seventeen hours, seven minutes
and forty -one seconds, during which an
average dapth Of eleven feet and a half
of snow will fall That's getting 1t down
pretty fine. .
Scan you tell me where to buy white
shirt9' said a gswky fellow to a man at
Lexington, Georgia The information
was given, snd the inquirer-who was
accompanied by blusEing girl-said to
the merchant while buying the shirt:
I"Can you tell me where to get mar
riage license ?" OF the license clerk he
asked Who's the best minister to tie
the knotp" Thus the couple cautiously