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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-12-19

straight. Then, stead o. havin' less to
fear, I'd heap more. travelled along
pretty well for an hour or two alter
dark, m then got so dog tired / took
a big snifter o. whisky. hadn't took
any afore, fur was afeerd o the stuff,
never bein' used to it, an KNOWN
t'would help me awhile an then leave
me worse off. But / reckoned l was
SO near gone, an so close to where I'd
git help, twas time to take it. Thar
was wrong again. The dumed liquor
spurred me up for mebbe an hour, an
then l kind o. lost track o the time an
didn't seem to know much about any
thing, an bimeby / lSeched myself
thinkin' it didn't make much differ
ence anyhow. I'd got ter die some
time, an might as well lie down
and be quick about it, an as fur the
ole man, thar wasn't much show fur
him anyhow.
~ dunno how it was t ketehed my
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-12-19

tion. But did not meet him at all, for
when the train that bore him arrived l
was sick and unconscious with burn
ing fever, the result of my long stay
under the torrid sun.
Unto the fever-tortured brain there
sometimes creeps semi-consciousneSs
of the life about 1T, and so during the
days of my agony was vaguely aware
of gentle, womanly hands and a kindly
feminine presence in my sick-room,
and when / returned TO the conscious
world l was not surprised to find a fair
and pleasant face beside me. She said
she had been on the train when | was
found stricken down, and had stayed
to minister to my sore needs. Well,
grew to love her deeply, and after n
time l ventured to tell her and ask her
to be mine, but l was not prepared for
her answer.
john she said, do you really
mean that you wish to marry girl
that insists upon wearing rubber boots
and will-not-roll-'
'Whatr l said for was complete
ly beaten. Then it flashed upon ne
She was the operator at Banning, and
|, like fool, had always taken it for
granted that she was man. Well, l
am not going to tell how convinced
her that l wanted to marry her, bouts
and all, but did, and like BarlSis, she
was willin'. The Southern Pacific has
lost an operator, but l calculate that L
am ahead on the deal"
Old timers can recall few similar
cases, but only few. In most in
stances when the two are living in
widely separated towns they exchange
photographs when the friendship gets
good and ripe over the wire. Then if
both are satisfied with looks they can
proceed just as far as they like.
That was the way certain operator
in this town got his wife. He was
working in Chicago, and the girl was
employed in "a small Office several hum
dred miles away. While passing the
way wire one day he was struck with
her style of sending-her Morse, as the
telegraphers say. He stopped and
commented upon it to the Chicago
operator who had charge of the wire,
making a few inquiries. AS he was
leaving he reached for the key of the
instrument and sent her 'T3." Those
figures mean very best regards and
compliments of the season. She had
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-12-19
4ER FIRST RAILROAD RIDE.

ssSas 9-yssed herself, she made her WILL she
Sasie them all goodby.
- G11s eighty years Of age" she said, 81 fear I'm
gOin' to die.
lEg.x n mighty resky bizness and I'm skeered
won't pull through,
Ele7g su7xi feel so faiutihed skerce know
whAi I'll do.
~MvWa'n't my daughter Nancy iiexpectin
of me so,
Nd stay right home, nor bulge an inch for
people orter know
T8s-H cue gifts old as me, it amt no time to
be trustil'
Thu-selves where cars can smash up or en-
gines tnke to bustin'
For plain old wagon ridin' my taste won
never spile
Thuntgh John gifts out the buggy when he
wants to put on style
B'zt tuhiTlin' through the country atforty miles
hour
Is ramp'rin' mighty recklessly with God
lA'mighty's power.
N-Tsuanl I've just a mind to give up goin'
there at all;
~ Nancy wants me- goodness What tar.
ryifyin' squall!
TraSz comm did you say. John? Lord, how
she shakes the yeath!
.Say1o stand by your old nanny, for the sound
iust takes my breath.
-"Efoa1 by TO ala long Rood,by. 1 know
slan't live through it.
Whxz's all my bun niles? John, how could you,
could you--whcn you knew it -rly
GSlrry nc of in this here st yle, a.shootin'
through the land?
SiGcEoser, son. and-don't you laugh-but-let
me hold your hand.
rT'yg shct my eyes, I allus do when I don't
want TO see
Thas bein' whired to Jerico-hit amt no fun
10 me.
'TESs 1hishin' and the whishin' and the roar.
in of The train,
s7sJS I'll hear it always bangin' through
my brain.
~E-Shat9 You say we're there? 'Tain't sol
we've shorely only started,
"ITs1't mOre'n half an hour, son John, sence
from our home we parted;
Az4 get there's Nancy waitin' with the team
0egont the station.
ESvs we come twenty miles this quick! 1t
Just beats all creation.
- Well, John I'm glad I'm still alive Won.
1ers will never cease!
ESz NOW I'm here with Nancy my poor mind
won't git no peace,
FSyzk wond'rin' how I'll ever, ever git back
home agin,
E0z know it's all a judgment sent to pun.
ish me for sim"
Browne Perriman, in Yankee Blade.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-12-19

A TELLER CAME DRIVING ALONG.
eve, an hadn't never thought of it all
day. Thar l was, within hearin' o. the
bells, an givin' out, an l made up my
mind I'd make another stagger, N
struggled up again
"Twant no use, though. I'd got
plumb to the end o. the run. 1 plowed
along bit, but as l lxnowed alter.
wards l must ha' gone clean off my
head, fur / left the trail an wandered
off somewhere, the Lord on'y knows
where, but He must ha' been lool1in'
ont fur us, fur l kinder wandered
round, like, till / come back ter the
trail agin, an as luck would have it
come back ter the top of bluff, an
stumblin ahead, KNOWN nothin', 1
went plumb over, draggin' the sled
along with me.
wall, we tumbled square inter the
roadway Eff it hadn't been for the
snow we'd both ha' been killed, likely,
fur we fell nigh fifty feet. AS twas l
couldn't git up, fur ! was dead beat,
an the ole man couldn't cause hadn't
united him. l was skeerd to do it. But
he wasn't hurt an he lay on one side,
eXpectin' to lay there an die, when he
heerd sleigh bells. Blamed if feller
didn't come drivin' along with fust-
rate horse. Seems he lived out on the
perara an was goin' home FIN town,
but he was a good-hearted feller, an
when he found out what the situation
was he turned right away an took us
into town fyin'. The ole man had
sense enough left to tell him about it
an to tell who we was.
1.-THE feller drove right to the ole
mans house, m we found they was
havin' little Christmas party there,
an nat'ral enough they was talkin'
about the ole man when we come to
the door, l was that tired ] never
woke up till the next afternoon, an
there / was in bed in the ole mans
house, with the doctor lool1in' at me.
"He laughed when looked 'roun an
asked where 1 was, an he says: L
thought you'd be all right, soon as
you'd had your sleep out. An | says:
Yes, I'm all right; but how's the ole
man?' Then he looked mighty grave,
an he says: 4 can't tell yet He's been
hurt mighty bad, but i reckon may be
with good nussin' he'll come round
mebbe. He would ha' died, though, if
he hadn't been brought home. Then
he shook hands with me an said all
sorts o. foolish things bout me bein' a
hero, stead O. what l am, big man
with tolable strong legs an arms But
Lord bless you! what he said was
nothin' to the way the women took
on, when / dressed an went
downstairs, They hugged me, an
kissed me till l was fairly 'shamed o
myself, an the ole woman says: Joe
Pelton, you brought me my husband
for Christmas gift, and I'll give you
wife fur yourn.' Then l knowed it
were all settled, cause knowed the
ole man wouldn't never go back on
what she said. An he didn't, neither,
when he got stronger, as he did alter
bit He won't never be strong like
he was, but he's tolable we'll now, an
likely to live good many years.
"Well, them women made me talk
all the afternoon bout the walk down
FIN camp, an when they wanted to
know how I'd hurt my finger, an !
told 'em, I'm blamed if they didn't cry
till l felt like ol."--Texas Siftings
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-12-19
The Longest Day.

1t is quite important, when speaking
OF the longest day of the year, to say
what part of the world we are talking
about, as will be seen by the following
list, which tells the length of the long
est day in several places. How unfortu-
nate are the children of Tornea, Fin
land, where Christmas day is less than
three hours in length. At Stockholm,
Sweden, it is eighteen and one-half
hours in length. At Spitzbergen the
longest day is three and one-half
months. At London, Eng, and Bre-
men, Prussia, the longest day has six
teen and one half-hours. At Hamburg,
in Germany, and Dantzig, in Prussia,
the longest day has seventeen hours.
At Wardbury, Norway, the longest day
lasts from May 81 to July 22 without
interruption. At St Petersburgh, Rus
sia, and Tobolsk, Siberia, the longest
day is nineteen hours and the shortest
five hours. At Tornea, Finland, June
81 brings day nearly twenty-five
hours long, and Christmas one less
than three hours in length. At New
York the longest day is about fifteen
hours, and at Montreal, Can, it is six
teen hours. Kansas Farmer.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-12-19
PuNegNT PARAGRAPHS.

"A boy Is expected to love his mother
even though she cuts his hair. --Somer-
Vile Journal
-"Do you think NVithers the poet,
will live?" "He may If he hides"---
Puck.
-"That young De We're is q very
promising fellow" "Ahl How much did
youlend m?"--Baltimore American.
-Author-"Do you suppose these So
ciety women's novels pay?" Cynic--
"The publishers they employ? o, yes"
Baltimore American
-"What would you do If you were in
my shoes, Jephson?" asked Hobbs
"Black EN-" replied Jephson. --Somer-
Vile journal.
Jimmie, do you know when your
sisters birthday is?" asked Chappie.
SIS? You mean was, don't you? She
had it some thirty years ago." returned
Jimmie.
-Carruthers-"I wonder IL De Broke
now regards marriage as n lottery?"
Waite-''No, but poor Mrs, De b. rather
looks upon it as game of draw. IN
Y. Herald.
-He-"I hope you're never jealous OF
me, dear?" Jealous of you? Why,
how could / be?" And he is still won
dering what she meant. Sonora Demo-
crat.
-Pudley-"By Jovel What tall fell
low Jones is" Dudley-"Don't see it,
old man. He's always short when L
meet him. Boston Bulletin.
II am of a very sympathetic dis
position" said N. Peck. whenever
g.,
nervous headache 1 am sure to catch
indianapolis Journal.
$50 your son has been starring as
an actor, Mr.. Cashcounter?" "Yes."
do tell me all about him! Who is sup
porting him?" 81 am" - Baltimore
American.
-"Strangest girl / ever met" NUT
tered Chappie almost to himself.
"Why?" asked Cholly. accepted me-"
replied Chappie, absently.-N Y. Her.
aid
Things One Would Rather, etc.
He-"No; my music isn't good enough
to publish" She-"But they publish
great deal of wretched trash, you
know. Harvard Lampoon
AT a Foot Ball Game. Cries from
behind-"Down in front! Down in
'front.'" Freshleigh, '95-"Who told 'em
1 was trying to raise a mustache, Won
der?"-Harvard Lampoon.
Straightforward am suffering dread
fully cutting my wisdom teeth, you
know" Doubleup-'Don't say? didn't
cut mine till after / was married. -
Kate Fields Washington.
"A Kicl1er-'Is there anything can
put in your room to add to your COM
fort?" New Boarder-"I notice there is
no thermometer on the stove; how do
you tell when it is going?"-N. Y. Sun.
The Ties of Time. Exhorter
"Time and tide wait for no man." Bill
Badeye-"Time waited for me while
was doin seven years of it for tryin' to
find out the time by another mans
watch. h."-Brooklyn Eagle.
DO you think you could tell the
difference between a lsleptomaniac and
shoplifter?" That's easy" said the
would be floor-wallxer. THE shoplifter
is unable to pay double price for the
goods, if detected. Indianapolis Jour-
nal
Insurance Solicitor-"Well doctor,
have you examined this new client?"
Doctor-'I hadn't thought it necessary.
You see, I've been treating him for the
last seven years" /. S.-"Thats
| enough doctor. If he survived that he
must be man of wonderful vitality"
-BOStOn Courier
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-12-19
MY CHRISTMAS PRESENT.


You're thinking maybe, what you'll give
To me by way Of sweet reminder
You've not forgotten that live
The seasons kind and you are kinder
Well, Christmas has no prettier trait
Than this OF gift and love expressing;
We grumb,e as we pay the freight,
But hearts grow big by purse compressing.
But when you ponder in your mind
What shall II BET A book OF versesl
A case OF raZors, satin-lnedf
One of those dainty little purses,
All knit in silk by your dear handsr
book mark with the motto "MizpahS"
Let these go forth to other lands
But not to memo, let me whisper:
You've promised some day to be mine.
To be my wife-my great home ruler;
I've waited months-how manyl nine
From balmy spring to days much cooler
So now, my love, nsk in rhyme,
Pray name the day-the seasons pleasant
Thus may your present be the time,
And let the time, too, be the present.
Pittsburgh Dispatch.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-12-19
CURIOUS VERDICTS
Rendered by the Twelve Good Men ant
True.

Rendered by the Twelve Good Men and
True.
Some of the coroners' verdicts in the
country of fifty and sixty years ago are
very curious. The following are some
of the causes assigned for death;
"She came to her death by strangula-
ton in testimony we have sit our hands
and seal the day above wroten."
Paul Burns came to his death by a
mule running away with Wagon and
being thrown therefrom.
by taking with his owu hands an
overdose of morphine"
"From causes unknown to the Jury
and having no medical attendance"
Come to his death from natural
causes"
IAN inquisition holden upon the body
of John Brown there lying dead by the
jurors whose names are hereto sub
scribed, who upon their oath do say
that he came to his death in the follow
ing manner, by falling off the plank
bridge accidental while trying to cross
the stream and was drowned"
said child, aged one day old, came
to her death from spasms, said child
having been found by the witness in
trunk, under very suspicious circum.
stances"
"The joueres on there ouathe do say
that he come to his deth by old. age, as
tha could not see emmy thing else the
matter"
Come to his death from the follow
lowing causes, to wit: For some sud.
dent cause to the juoeres unknown"
hain
father and mother being both dead"
From an overdose of gin admins
tered by his own hand"
DISABILITY caused by lunacy"
Being run over by two coal trucks
while detached from the engine"
"Come to his death by tender No z
jumping the track, on which he was rid
ing, either jumping or falling off and
engine running over him, which was an
accident and no fault of the engineer of
said engine"
''She come to her death by the tighten
striken her"
From hart deseize."
"Come to his death in the following
manner, to wit; He was born dead"
"From excessive drinking and laying
out in the SUM-"
''From the hands of some person or
persons to the jury unknown and after
ward placed on the track and got run
over by incoming train"
Congestion of the brain and appli-
cote fitze."
"The body was so mangled and mutt
lated that tha could not tell ennythiI,g
about it, but that think it was put in
the sisterne by some unknown person
or persons"
"Diseas of the hart and appexity
fitze."
"Calded on the left side by kittIey OF
hot water burning over on hir left side
md immegitely causing her death"
u From the effect of injuries received
by her close accidental taking fire. !"
From exposier. IN. Y. Journal
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-12-19

and will see that no one else gets his
fx,-e anywhere near that face after it
EeaEes here. That young lady is en-
gagged She is engaged to one OF her
slwE profession, and it's dollars to
sEiu1es that she fell in love over that
telegraph wire. did the same thing
myself years ago-long before l got
'0At Ot business-and, l tell you, it's
'GAarming. Most of the boys and girls
who rattle keys intermarry and raise
.iamilies of telegraphers OF course,
ahs5z children aren't born natural OPP
'sra1Ors, but they come pretty near it.
They pick up their knowledge of dots
and dashes as soon as they begin to
talk And when they grow up you
ea1 pretty safely count upon their do
Dag exactly as their fathers and mothers
1ihRv
TR4uiry revealed the fact that the old
asaAer knew what he was talking about.
1here ara any number Of operators
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-12-19

ting rid of a message or two. The pretty
AhtAe telegraph operator at this particu-
Jar office was busily engaged weaving
thread into tine deep trimming. Her
head was bent over her work, and she
was paying no attention to the tattling
tongue of brass. Suddenly there was
q break in the circuit, and then the in
stEument sputtered out the words:
Excuse me minute" in a quick,
nervous manner. Before the apology
had been finished the pretty little tel
egrapher's face lighted up, her work
was laid down, and her hand reached
zslr the key of her instrument. the
nervous operator who had interrupted
business followed up his apology with
rhe call of this particular Office. The
y1nng woman answered instantly.
--I'il be there by eight. Good by"
hf said.
AL right" she replied.
The operator who had been inter
ruPted resumed sending his message,
ami the pretty little operator who was
responsible for the interruption re-
smaAed her needle work with renewed
energy and bright face. No one on
the wire paid the slightest attention
a,B the charming little episode, and only
sINss person on the outside of the mys-
tin circle understood the art sufficient
Ivy % appreciate the situation. He was
s1Ee alan with whom the Sun reporter
WAS conversing, and he was an old-time
Csasgraphcr.
BY Jove!" he remarked, "there are
.,
AEG then, becoming confidential, he
Tea The reporter into the secret "Do
WA see that bright, pretty face behind
rhHS counter, my boy?" he resumed.
'1Du you see it? Well, that face is
spoken for, and the preemptor will be
up here by the time she is ready to go,
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-12-19

Had each lovers token
To mark the holiday:
Mauds was stately mansion
With towers and spires above;
Mays was a diamond necklace,
And mine was Roland's love.
Maud's suitor was banker,
White.halred and stout and old;
And Mays proud patrican
With wealth of lands and gold.
But mine was Just toiler
Content with humble part;
He had but this to offer
true and loving heart.
Maud leads within her mansion.
An empty life of show
And Mays rich jewels cover
heart that throbs with woe;
But in my heart forever
Love sings her joyous lays;
She lightsns all my burdens
And brightens all my ways.
Rare gems and stately mansions
Are but the price of gold;
But love is aye God.givcn
And never bought or sold.
II is the souls glad sunshine:
1t Is the hearts sweet rest;
And rich or poor IN loving
We are forever blest.
Then OH be glad this morning
II such q gift is yours,
For gold. bought joys are changeful,
But honest love endures.
Though lowly may your lot be,
In royal state apart
God crowns you when He gives you
The love Of one true heart
Adelaide d. Reynolds, in Springfield Mass.
Republican.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-12-19

Guggleheimer Bernstein, you
shmoke2
Bernstein staggered, but Willingly
Veil, Isaac, don't mind.
Guggleheimer.-V here is dot card
ov mein bruder-in-law; he makes dot
Seventh avenue segar; gif him a call;
he will be pleased to see you. --Hury.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-12-19

--"Well. Bobbie, said his father tSs
day after Christmas, "aren't you sorry
Christmas comes only once year?"
"oh, d'lSnow. If DIR, Squills has got ia
come the day after Christmas every
time, I'm rather glad of it. "-Harper's
Bazaar.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-12-19

--"Snicker, ,doyou believe that brevity
is the soul of wit?" 81 think it must
be, Hunker, for know at least one
professional humorist who is always
short Brooklyn Life.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-12-19

-Willie-"Papa, what does real fine
corn palace cost?"-Willie's papa with
new patent feathers on)-"Twelve dol
lars a pair, my son. Chicago Herald.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-12-19

Il heard the bells on Christmas day
Their old, familiar carols play,
And wild and sweet
The words repeat
OF peace on earth, goodwill to meni
f-. -Longfellcw.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-12-19

woman the moment he hears her work.
ing wire. He tells by her touch on
the key Women as a rule, telegraph
ers say, do not touch the key of their
Instruments as firmly as men do. Oc-
casionally, however, there is one with
out this characteristic distinction in her
style. The following story is told in d
little journal devoted to the profess
sion:
About year and half ago." says
the writer, Il was railroad agent and
operator at a little station down on the
desert side of Yuma. The station con-
sisted of nothing more than big
water tank, a shed for myself, and an
other for small crew of trackmen.
There for nearly year put in the
lonesomest and hottest time that ever
passed in my life. The thermometer
had way of monkeying around 100 or
$50 degrees above zero on most days,
and almost my only pleasure was found
in talking over the wires with the op-
orators at the various stations along
the line.
II had never seen the operator at
Banning at that time, but he was a
cheerful, jolly sort of fellow, and, as
time also hung heavily on his hands,
we passed many a pleasant hour in con-
versation over the wires. We had sort
of half arranged to get vacation to-
gether, and there was good deal of
! joyful anticipation-on my part at
least-of the manner in which we
should pass it. We were to go into the
m ountains and spend 'two or three
weeks in hunting and fishing Allof our
plans were arranged on those scorch-
ing and lonely days, and we usually
agreed in our ideas of the preparations,
although there was occasionally little
difference of opinion.
II remember, for instance, that he
said he was going to take along a pair
of rubber boots for trout fishing, while
l asked him: What's the matter with
you taking off your shoes and stock
ings and rolling up your trousers? But
he said he preferred rubber boots. AS
the time drew near however, he, for
some reason 1 could not understand,
backed squarely out of the enterprise,
much to my disgust.
"Finally he told me one day that he
was going to New Mexico to pass his
vacation, and we anticipated consider
able pleasure IN meeting each other
during the trains brief stop at my sta
Montgomery County sentinel., 1891-04-17

w. Cornwall, her husband, and Emma S.
Spates do not reside iu the State OF Mary
land, but reside in the District OF Columbia.
9th. That the said real estate is not sus-
ceptible of partition among the parties en-
titled thereto, and that no division thereof
can be effected without loss or injury TO the
persons interested therein.
7th. The prayers of the bill are for de-
cree for the sale of said real estate for the
purpose of partition and for general relief.
II is thereupon, this 25th day of March, in
the year eighteen hundred and ninety-one, by
the Circuit Court for Montgomery county, as
a Court of Equity, ordered thai the plaintiff
by causing a copy of this order to be insert,
ed in some newspaper published in said
Montgomery county once in each OF four sue
cessive weeks before the 4th day OF May next,
give notice to the absent defendants OF the
object and substance of this bill and warn
them to appear in this Court, in person or by
solicitor, on or before the twentieth day oil
May next, to show cause, If any they have,
why decree ought not TO pass as prayed.
JOHN T. VlNSON,
Judge of the Circuit Court.
True copy-Test: go,
apr 3-,d JAMES ANDERSON, CFk.