The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1882-10-03
Sense and sNoYge,age.

CtOu Ibdys
A farmers crib is a gnawfal place for
rats.
Deception one cannot see through-a
glass eve
The prettiest neckt'e for lady-the
arms of her baby.
There are about S 900 iaudanurn drink.
ers in Philadelphia.
A pretty female artist can draw the
men equally With brush and blush.
Tuesday, October 10th, is Elee-
tiOn Day.
"Spankie" is the name of the princi-
pal of boys school in Kingston, On
|tario
A Kansas Joker has bad. TO pay SIS 900
for destroying mans eye with an ex.
plosive cigar.
M'll-let you off easy this time, az
the horse said when he threw his rider
into the mud.
An Olio man makes hrick, hut he is
high born and calls himself .a sculptor
in clay"
"Our rooms are small" ;" said she, abut
| live in nv husband" "Yes,' said her
friend. II see YOU live in fia.."
Tuesday, October 10th, is Elec-
tion Day. .
Mrs. Howe saws women do not fall in
love. any more Place woman in front
of the2miiliner's window and see il she
doesn't.
A Frenchmsn, feeling i'll. complained
to an English friend that he had pain
in his portmantean, by which he meant
his chest. ~ e,-s 2
Freddie [ who has never seen CATCH
er's mask before)-"Papa, would thev
take that man to the pound if he wasn't
muzz'e p
An Illinois woman gave tramp
bogus quarter to get rid of him, AMI he
made it cost her an arrest and $50 10
cash before he was satisfied.
Tuesday, October 10th, is Elec-
tion Day.
Gray hairs should excite respect, but
they dent. They excite the query
"Why on earth doesn't he dye his wool
or have some one sandpaper his head 2"
Mr.. Joseph Barber, of New Haven.
Connecticut. died last week. aged 95
years. With the exception of founding
a Connecticut newspaper, his life was
stainless one.
All the newspaper shots at Oscar
Willie are cartridges thrown away. He
never looks at any American journal,
and he has no friends to tell him what is
being said OF him.
There is lady at Congress Hall, Sar-
atoga. who is said to have lao superb
toilets; hut the paper giving this infor-
nation does not state in what asylum
her husband IS confined.
Tuesday, October 10th, is E1ec.
tion Day.
Bismarck says he wants to secure the
peace of Europe, but it looks very much
as if the piece Of Europe he wants to
secure is the Baltic province of Russia,
the inhabitants OF which are Germans.
London Truth says that in some OF
the smaller Western cities of America
there are more telephones than there are
at present in, England. Now we know
why they call it merry England
Between Ismailia and z Zigazig the corn
and cotton crops are in splendid condi.
tion. The Fellahs have been working
quietly, and their occupation was we'll
timed, as the cotton harvest begins to-
day.
Tuesday, October 10Th, is Elec-
ton Day.
81 ten cross the street to avoid
meeting a man." says Mr. Beecher--
mot because have anything against
him. | suppose all men are this way"
The only sad feature about this is, that
The other men don't know their luck.
"Whenever take an umbrella with
me it never rains, and when don't it is
sure to pour down like all possessed"
says the egotistic gIumbler. 1t would
be nearer the truth. however. to say that
he is fool enough to take his umbrella
when it isn't going to rain, and to leave
it at home when it Is.
Tuesday, October 10Th, is EIec-
ton Day.
A few miles north OF Parsons, Kan.
sas, lives colored boy. or, rather. a
recently colored hoy, whose hair within
few weeks has turned perfectly gray,
and whose skin is turning white. From
the knees down the skin is as fair as any
white boys Of the same age. Here Is
another evidence that the color line is
disappearing,
Denis Dineen, Canadian farmer, is
about to sue the Society Tor Prevention
of Cruelty to Animals for having impor.
ted sparrows. He declares they have
already eaten up thirty acres of barley,
destroyed his potatoes and made havoc
with early vegetation. He estimates the
number of sparrows ON his land at 5,-s
600.
Tuesday, October 10th, is Elec-
ton Day.
The Rev Thomas Motley recently
wrote of Herbert Spencer's system OF
philosophy as filling several yards of
shelf in most public libraries" The
author, apparently shocked by the mac.
curacy of the statement, wrote a note
declaring that less than two feet was the
actual space covered by mis- thirty years
OF philosophical work.
EVERY Democrat in Monroe Coun.
ty understands the importance of
success at the election on Tuesday,
the 10th inst.
"What man your father is!' ex.
claimed Ms Homespun. looking up
from the letter she held in her hand.
"He says he has bought French clock,
and shall bring it home with him. What
will it be good for except as an orna.
ment? None of us can tell the time by
it unless you can, Edith. You know
something about French. don't YOU ?"
j GENERAL WARNER voted aginst the
River and Harbor Bill passed by
iCongress in 1881. It contained