The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1886-02-02

Journalists are proverbially wealthy
To be sure we once knew one who wad
accustomed t, write bic "copy" on ths
soles Of his shoes and then 90 barefoot
while it was being "set up" Bus that
was no sign Of poverty: He probably
did Il from Ehoicel
"Rememher those chickens you sold
me Saturdsyi" "Certsinly." "Spring
chickens. weren't they :" .Of course.
What was the ms,,er with them 2" 20;
nothing. The springs were an there,
only waniei 10 tell you tbst the sext
time want pair Of rubber sprinRs.
Wire sDtihgs are too much for mY
blood"
The Swiss Minister recently took 4
trip through the south and weft &, exi
anime into the condition lof the S~isS
people in this country. He estimates
theynumber now as two hundred thol;
sand, though the census of 1880 gives Il
at eighty thousand: This people are
great farmers, and as rols are thrihy
and prosperous. fpsssm ,siaa'' lnevTl
John C. Fremont is now the Oldest
living candidate in past Presidential
electiouss He lives with bis vile oa
S'atep leland, and is elm, .well-pre,
served man, as straight as 10 arrow, With
q frosty head and cheeks of pinkfs
white. Since the Var he has been eus
ga9ed in vsrousr speculative enterprises
but has made no money for himself,
No accouotlag for taste. .Ina Norto5,
. pretty, blonde, belonging to 4 respect.
able family in Cleveland, ran away l
few days seo with and married ! negro
barber named Bragg. Bragg had been
courtine the colored housemsid q It'd
Norton mansion when ~ Captured. ths
affections OF the fair Ins. The aHair
crested lively sensation 10 the city: Z
Some people talk as il the whole obi
ject Of LIE was to obtain liberty, instead
Of the whole object Of liberty hsine II
attain ahigher aud fuller life. 70 b
free to speak, to write. and 10 act just
as We, choose, is certainly thing, to be
desired but q Tot higher aspiration than
this would be that Ne should only choose
to speak, TO write, or 10 do Shst which
10 true, fitting snd tsluables Go ssf.,s
Strive eterywHsre. and In aiI tbiuai,
To be at peace. If trduble comes within
or without, treat It, peacefully, without
excitement II we must need5 dee rod
evil, let rs do II calmly, wishouf asisss
tion, or We may stumble and fall. in oue
hasteh LIT MS do good peacefuIly, oEouf
hurry will lead rs into endless faults,
Even repentance is work which should
be carried On peacefutly. ssH s'ov 4
P. T. Bsrnor, The sho xrian. says tHss
havingliv dpon hoth sides 81 the seHsea
and for 36yesfs OF his life besss total
abstainer from Intoxicating drinks. be u
able 10 ssy and knows when OF be speaks,
when de saws: "Thst there Is no New
Years piesent tbst csn he given to q
mans wife or family which Il 60 tslus
able 10 them and to himself. and yet %
cheap, asa written. and sigued pledge
never, to use intoxicant, Of Any descrips
tion" sa's sHi7 'sfaas "a
10 the tieusoirs of tsdstsv Dore soma
statistics are given sith re-
gard TO his earnings. Il is esliihstSd
that between 1850 and 1870 his illdstfas
tions brought him one million. fonr hun.
dred thousand dollars. A mornings
work has been known to reslize two
dollars. But 1t was tbe NUNS
Der OF bis works quite as much as the
unprccedeniedly high rate OF remunera.
ton which he commanded, that made
llia earnings so large. - ssi