Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-01-20
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Like the Christmas toys, 1902 10
showing signs of wear.
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Eat, drink and be merry. Lent Is
on the way.
Carbolic acid has its uses, but 1t Is
bad thing to sit down upon.
I've got to come in if | want to
get OUT remarked the man as he
bought more chips.
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II would probably he out Of place to
say at this stage Of the campaign that
it's all over except the shouting.
For some reason or other the dis
coverer of the fire at the Court House
has not yet been knighted or made
the lion of the hour
1t didn't snow Saturday, as was re-
ported. Mr.. Jared Barker, candidate
for Sheriff, merely scattered about 15
bushels of his cards.
1t is scarcely likely that the Court
House was fired to scare the Commits
sioners from consideration of the
amount of fire insurance carried.
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Some person might gain notoriety
by having resolution introduced
in Council for the abatement of the
candidate card nuisance. The Clean
Streets committee, it is understood has
taken steps in the matter.
1t Is now becoming fad to collect
candidates cards, and they are being
arranged into various unique designs.
Col. w. T. Sawyer, however, is put
ting them to "A practical use, having
papered the walls of his office with
a choice assortment of subjects to
the Republican primary"
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Editor Seybold, of the Germania,
is a keen observer, and never lets slip
an opportunity for little fun. When
that large water tank fell through
the roof of the pure milk establish
ment, on Bowery ST., he remarked that
'n order to have no misunderstand-
nected with the establishment it is
presumed that the large amount of wa
ter was on hand for protection from
fire. Or In making steam, and not--as
some might sayfor use as an ingre-
dent in the maiiufacture of pure
milk" , t.
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An Everett correspondent tells of a
young couple who went out for a
sleigh ride last week, and drove from
Peninsula to Everett--a distance of
four miles-in about half an hour-and
returned home at n still greater speed.
There is great subject for thought
and reflection in this. At first thought.
one would imagine that the couple
were very young and bashful, that the
young man believed his part In the
sleigh ride was to hang onto the lines
with both hands and put out to sea
ION the dead jump" and that the girl
imagined the only enjoyment to he
had In sleigh was the fascination
and excitement of bounding over snow
drifts like scared rabbit, or whizzlng
by farm houses i'm a race with the
wind. Again, it might bethought that
they were brother and sister. But
the most generally accepted conclu-
sion will probably be that the young
woman early in the game Informed
the young man that she had antici.
pated that the night would he cold,
and bundled herself up accordingly,
this precaution making it wholly un-
necessary for him to worry over
whether she was likely to freeze and
that II he would conduce to her pleas
ufe he would do nothing but keen
the horse "up and Citing" Just so!
And then the young man, being neith-
er last springs chicken In age
nor lobster by profession, Immediate
ly lost interest in the trip, and to
have 1t over with as quickly as possi-
bic became his whole ambition, for
the time being.
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