Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1891-01-15
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AROUND THE EDGES.

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''It is cruelty to animals and that we don't
allow" is song familiar with all Sunday
school goers and others philanthropically in
clined, yet 1 stood near one of the steep hills
west Of town and saw one of our heavy
weight deacons with inhuman applications Of
the lash force small team to pull ton and
a half load up the icy incline with both horses
shoeless. Their efforts were pitiabIe-slip-
ping two steps to every three made-con-
suming fully twenty minutes in making the
ascent.
This man was certainly the loser if not in
the eyes of his maker, then from financial
stand point, for no horseHesh can undergo
what these horses did without being signally
injured.
There should be humane officer stationed
at every mile post and Justice meted out to
men who will abuse their superiors! 49,
"Have yer seen enything of my wooman?"
asked young fellow entering one of our
stores Saturday. eyes, there she is" replied
the clerk, pointing to a good looking girl
shopping near by,
The man and wife, for such. they were, had
been married two weeks and neither could see
the world for each. other. The thermometer
Of their love registered the mercury away up
near the top and his actions told plainly the
devoted husband. yethe called her his woo
man. and before whole store. To lockers
on it was mark of disrespect-to him, had
he thought anything about it, it was merely
addressing her by the correct term, as he,
with thousands of others, has yet to learn
that "wooman" and "wife" are not synony-
nous. While on visit in Kentucky lately
marveled much at such expressions as, 81
gness he is going to make woman out of
her;' SIS your woman goin' with my WOO
man? Hurry up wooman," etc.
How others may regard this nomenclature
I know not; but should I ever sit on the
bench would with aiacrity grant divorce
with alimony, could the plaintiff prove thai
her husband addressed her by the insulting
name of "wooman."
The right of the pedestrian takes prece.
dence every time both by the laws of the
state and courtesy. But rarely day passe!
that do not see persons falling all over and
threw themselves while frantically eyadinl
collision with teams that are permitted tc
dash heedlessly along our crowded streets.
William Paye, % year old of Liberty, Ind.
saw his father for the first time last week
Shortly after his birth the father and mothe
secured legal separation and the mother left
for parts unknown, taking the hoy. since
then she has steadily refused to give all in
formation On the subject but finally gave in
The father and son are happy but it is hare
to tell how long such state of felicity viii
continue. The pater probably hasn't ha
| time to embrace him for five. To the ma
and son was cruelty, but ten to one fate wa
! putting in her kindest lcks for the youni
man.
While passing house in the sub urbs G
Napoleon, heard a terrible commotiol
within; the door was thrown violently ope
and boy about 16 years of age throw
sprawling into the front yard with o blac
eye and nose bleeding profusely. His brut'
father stood in the doorway and cordial
damned his prone progeny for ten minutes
stigmatizing him as ungrateful, with no II
spect for old age. MN
Knowing that this son was working fc
$4.00 per week, every cent of which went
the household till. departed disgusted an
spent the major part of the day hunting fc
some double breasted bouncer to lick tn
piggish old sinner-a houncer who woul
just as soon pollute his hands as not.
| The mother of young Paye no doubt, iii
Joab's war horse, scented the battle fror
afar and retreated in good order, thereb
avoiding life of trouble that should com
only with the arrival within the gates of tht
sulphurous homestead more familiarly know
as Hades. This is, considering her husban
to be of that disposition owned by the ger
erality of husbands who look upon the
wives as so much furniture necessary to con
plete home.
"An' I hit him in the ear an knocked hill
down." "Did yer see me paste him in tx
eye wild the SNOWFALL had soaked all nigl
with chunck of brick on the insidef
'Watch me knock the tile off'n the old du
fer's pate"
The above are some of the gen
overheard coming from a gang (
} young toughs on their way from schoo
They had stationed themselves on corn
, and were bombarding everybody and ever
thing in the vicinity with the fruits of SUI
days snow. Neither decrepitude nor femal
escaped the blast. have been for hou
: recovering from the effects of showers
show-balls that
cali to the left of me,
II All to the right of me,
AL to the front of me
? yolleyed and thandered,"
while on recent trip down Washington
Neither did fare worse than others.
: Time brings its changes, andlf the yout
of the age would confine themselves to snc