Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1851-11-06
A Leaf from eur SCRAP BOOK.

e be nothing solid IN 1t, but it eases iolts won
> derfally. -
!, Busy not thyself in searching into othe
mems lives; the errors of thine own are more
than thou canst answer for. 1t more con
Germs thee to mend one fault in thyself, thar
: to find out thousand in others
FORMATION OF OPINIoNs.-W are men al
subject to erros. Our opinions are not in oul
own power; they are formed and governed
much by circumstances that are often as in
explicable as they are irresistible.
, a GREAT MANA great man commonly
disappoints those who visit him. They are
on the look out for his. thunder and light
ming, and he speaks about common things
much like other people; nay, sometimes he
may be seen laughing. He proportions his
exertions to his excitements; having been
accustomed to converse with deep and lofty
thoughts, it is not to be expected that he will
flare or sparkle in ordinary chit-chat One
sees no pebbles gittering at the bottom of the
Atlantic.
SMART CHnDREN.-The great objection to
smart children is, that when they commence
having whiskers they leave off having brains
Boys who are philosophers at six years of age
are generally blockheads at twenty-one. BY
forcing children you get SO much into their
heads that they become cracked in order to
hold it.
FEsTIvTTIEs.-No one should begin fes-
tivity with any situation that is meant to last,
PARTICULARLY that is meant to be trade, mode
of living. Festivities are fit for what is hap
PLY concluded; at the commencement they
but waste the force and zeal which should
inspire US in the struggle, and support US in
long continued labor. Of all festivities the
marriage festival seems the most unsuitable;
calmness, humility, and silent hope befit no
| ceremony more than this
! ORIGIN OF THE DAScE.-The dance, which
at the present day is so much admired as a
diversion, was in its origin sort of mystery
and ceremony. The Jews, TO whom God him
self gave laws and ceremonies, introduced it
in'their festivals; and the P.gans, after them,
iconsecrated it to their dvinities. After the
passage of the Red Sea, Moses, and Miriam
his sister, to return thanks to the Almighty
for the preservation Of the people, and the de-
feat Of the Egyptians drowned in the Red Sea,
arranged two great dances, with music. One
was for the men, and the other for the wo-
men. They danced singing the substance of
the fifteenth chapter of Exodus, and performed
a graceful ballet.
PRIDE REBUKED.-In Philadelphia, where
there are no no5leSSe the merchants set up a
dancing assembly; and, desiring to assume
rank above the mechanics, they proposed
among the rules ''that no mechanics, or me-
chanic's wife, or mechanics daughter should
be admitted" Upon this, Franklin remarked
that such rule would exclude God Almighty.
How SO! !" said the manager Because"
replied the philosopher, she is notoriously the
greatest mechanic in the universe, having, as
the scriptures testifes, made all things by
weight and measure" The intended ne,c
gentlemen, ashamed of their rule, struck it
out
1t is said that pair of pretty eyes are the
best mirror for man to shave by. This is
probably the reason why so many have been
shaved by them.
Miss FantadHng says, the first time she
locked arms with young man she felt like
hope leaning on an anchor. Poetic young
woman, that.
A PRoMIsE.--A promise should be given
with caution and kept with care. A promise
should be made by the heart, and remembered
by the. head A promise is the offspring of
intention, and should be nurtured by recol-
lection. A promise and its performances
should, like the scales of true balance, al
ways present mutual adjustment A prom
ise delayed is justice deferred. promise
neglected is an untruth told. promise at
tended TO is debt paid
PEDEsTRIANIsM-There is no exercise that
opens so many sources ofenjoyment, or charms
away SO many cares. Are you tormented
with the constant predominanee of one idea!
harrassed with an overweight of business!
or stopifed with some grievous and heavy af-
Fiction! our advice to you is, set off and walk;
no matter where, SO as to be open county,
Away with you, over hill and dale, until you
are thoroughly leg weary, and ifthere be cure
for your ailments, you will find It in the change
ofar and scence, the lovely face ofnature. that
natural and diyine-appointed medicine, which,
nextto religious trust, is perhaps most effectual
in soothing human suferings Even the tor
ments Of a guilty conscience. as the old philos-