Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1853-09-14
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Etisbetter to sow a young heart with gen.
erous thoughts and deeds than a field with
corn, since the hearts harvest is perpetual.
Eg- Somebody says the first thing that
turned his attention to matrimony was the
neat and skillful mapper In which a pretty
girl handled a broom. He may see the time
when the manner in which that broom will
be handled will not afford him so much sat-
isfactiop.
The hope of happiness is bridge woven
out of the sunbeams and the colors of the
rainbow, which carries us over tho frightful
chasm of death.
E- An ignorant fellow, who was about
to get married, resolved to make himself
perfect in the responses of the marriage SER
vice but, my mistake. he committed, the
Office Of baptism for those of ripper years !;
SO, when the clergyman asked him, in the
church, Wilt thou have this m to be
thy welded wife +? the bridegroom answered
in n very solemn tone, :" renounce them
all" The astonishelminister said, Think
you are a fool - to which he replied, All
this l steadfastIy believe"
R4y There is nothing purer than honesty :;
nothing sWeeter than charity nothing war
merthan love; nothing brighter than virtue !;
and nothing more steadfast than faith
These, all united in enc mind, form the pu-
rest, the brightest, and most Steadfast hap
piness.
ES- An freshman lost his hat in a well
a12 was let down in a bucket to recover it
the we'll being extremely deep, his courage
failed him before he reached the water. Ia
vain did he call to those above him, they
dent a deaf ear TO all he said, till at last,
quite in despair he beloved out, "By Saint
Patrick, if you don't draw me up, I'll cut
the rope"
Be serving EN- right too, Pat.
Docs the Court understand you to say
Mr.. Jones, that you saw the editor of tht
Augcr of Freedom INTOXICATED y
Not at all, sir; [ merely said that
had seen him so frequently hurried in hi
mind t,at he would undertake to cut GU
copy with the snuffers-that's all"
SAD EFFECTS OF LovE.-A correspon
dent of the Knickerbocker, says: 1t is m.
duty to impress upon you the certain fac
that one half of our young people lose thei
senses when they lose their hearts. One G
our party has already written five letters t
his lady love, and he goes about signing ar
groapipg in a most pitiable manner. H
has no appetite, aad sleeps up at the top {
the house, close to the moon. He cannc
stand by one of the columns Of the piaz1
without putting his arm around its waist
and caught him kissing an apple to-da
because it had red checks"
GG He who greases his wheels. helps b
aZen.
The adage can be verified by sending s
remittances to this Office until further motto
AN Editor at a dinner table, being ask,
if he would take some pudding, replied in
fit Of abstraction-' Owing to a crowd
other matterI am unable to find room for it
Or all the melancholy sights, a hachelo
home Is the most so. A house without
woman, is like the world without a sky,
q sky without a star-dark, desolate, a
dreary.
A golden rule for a young lady, is to &C
verse always with your female friends as
gentleman were Of the party; and W
young men, as if your female OOmpaniC
were present.
One half the ~unhappiness we have in
life exists because Of over much sensitiven
aud a morbid disposition which allows
Hes to weigh heavily on our minds. A
ding loss or Inconvenience often causes m,
annoyance than a much greater sorrow.