, 1853-05-07
Wit and Sentiment.



e. City people app ar to know more
than they do; country people less.
E.y" An ari,tocratic lady in Pro7id~uce
refused 10 read newspapers, magazinCA
tracts, SC, as 'hey are made Of rags
rI- Is il not better Your frienl tell Won,
yonr faults privately, than your enruy tdk)
Of them publicly II
Oar The laJorer, who by the work of
his hands, adds TO the nations wealth, iAa
true pltrio.t and b,nciactor to mankind.
q As we go on iu life We find we can
not afford oXcitcments, and we learn TO be
parsimonous in our emotions.
u Never coudcun friend unheerd,
or without letting him know his accuscr or
his crime
~ A taste for useful reading is for
tune TO any young man, 1t is a wonderful
safe guard.
bdS~ A mans true prosperity often begins
WHEN he is said TO be ruined, and his ruin,
when he is said to be prospering.
A FAsr MAN-A Eastman is like class
of champagne; directly he begins to settle
he gets fiat.
DS" Somebody says with truth, that
mans advertisement in newspaper is a To-
comotivo sign that travels about and is seen
daily by thousands.
bS- Sectarianism is described as being
the Little, narrow prejudice, that makes you
hate Your nGighbor because he has his eggs
roasted, aud you have yours boiled.
Bs0.- In all waters there are fish which
love to swim against the stream, and in eve
ry community persons are to be found who
delight in being opposed TO everybody else.
rta- Thereare two kinds of immortality:
that which the soul really enjoys after tRis
life, and that imaginary existence by which
men live in their fame and reputation.
'EsT- 4 young lady refused recently 10 get
out Of her bed, because cory Of the Salem
Observer lay in her roor. Shr had no ob-
lection To the New York Mirror. nf.' .ii
nea-iNevcr suffer your children to require
service from others which-they can perform
for themselves A strict Observance of this
rale will 10 Of incalcglabIe5 advantage to
them ia every pe.iod Of lie. ~ ..'I 4
Uy One of tho saddcst things about hu
man nature is, that man may guide oihors
in the path OF life without walking in it
himSelf-that he may be a pilot and yet
cast-away. ...tt ..,..lg.l
neA- There is a genius on Lake Cham
plain who takes apair Of skates and writes
a prommissory note on the ice with such
perfection, that in less than an hour the sun
liqnidates it. f .sHir- o. ral OBJ.
~ The people Of the United States pay
as much for imported cigars as they receive
for exported wheat and drink in the form
of French Brandy the whole proceeds Of
the Indian corn. How truly ridiculous.
IsS- Women delight in horrors Who,
ever knew one 10 write a poem, the heroine
of which did not fall alyictim to " tho sedu-
GERS wiles," or the fumes of newly kndled
charcoal We pause for reply. ID
my Burns was the true man, as well as
the Ru. poet. n is his simple expression
Of human feeling that capliyales us Art is
completely concealed in his case, because be
wrote rs they naturally rose and came, and
not with any secondary view TO effect
H9~ All man wants to make him hap
py in this world, are health, sunshine and
contentmeut The two former may be had
gratis, while the latter may be purchased
for less than half the sum that we often
spend to make our ncishbors enyious. , f.
t5r Frisnds are queer things. 1t is an
old saying thai thoy arc always absent when
you nicd theyn, but as soon as you can DO
without them. thoy swarm about YOU like
bees about hogshead Of sugar. Lucky ave
YOU ifmislorune does not convert them into
enemi, S. .
e A fellow coming out Of tavern one
icy morning, rather Jlpc, fell on the door
step. Trying to regain his fooling, he re-
marked, "if, As the bible says, the wicked
stand on Slippery Places ! must belong to
a different class, for it's more than ] can
do"
Ir5- There is no book like the newspaper,
none so interesting, because it consists of a
variety, measured and IN suitable proportions
as to time and quality. Being new every
day or week, it invites 10 habits Of reading,
and it affords an easy way Of acquiring
knowledge, 50 Necessary to the individual
and the community.
bsS~ There are three kinds of men in this