The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1854-07-01
Ei:Ic Sentiments,

1t is miserable thing 10 live on suspense,
1t is the life ola spider-Sseyt.
You will find it much easier to tell the
truth than to speak falsely.
No one ought unnecessarily to wound the
feelings or insult the religious preposslssions
of his neighbors.
The difference between wise man and
fool doth not consist in this. that the wise
man knows much, and the fool knows little;
but rather in this, that the wise man applies
what he knows to the amendment Of his life,
whereas the fool makes no such application
of knowle ge.
The footprint Of the savage traced in the
sand is sufficient to attest the presence Of
man to the ATHEIST who will not recognize
God, whose hand is impressed upon the en-
tire universe.
An lrishman who was once on q Journey
said he never liked to see tables full Of
books and newspapers where he stopped over
night, for said he, 4 can never find any
whisky at such places A schrewed infer.
ence.
Would you be oZomp. from uncasincs7 do
nothing you know or suspect to be wrong;
and if you want to enjoy the purcst pleas
ure, do everything in your power that are
convinced in right.
One Of the most important, but one ofthe
most difficult things for powerful mind is
to be its own master; pond may lay quiet
in plain, a lake wants mountains to com
pass and hou it in.
A man said TO another which is heaviest,
a quart ofrum or quart Of water? Rum,
most assurcdly,' said the other, for ! saw
man who weighs two hundred pounds, stag
gering under quart Of rum, when he would
have carried a gallon Of water with ease.
THE boy at the head Of the Class will ststc
what were the dlrk ages ofthe world Boy
h, states. Next, Master Jones, can you tel
me what the dark ages were {? Il GU SIS
they were the ages before spcctaclcs were
invented Go to your seats
A correspondent ofthe Brsttleboro Eagle
tells the following story Of a witness upon
the liquor trial How do you know it was
brand Y asked the lawyer. Well replied
the ready witness, 4 snelod of it first, and
then uslcomea about a glass Of IT,
y say, Pete, some ID loco stole half
my Pig last night How DO you know it
was a loco, BilY Because, il he'd been a
whig he'd have taken all Of it, We left
| then.
Uncle, said young man, who thought
that his guardian supplied him rather seldom
with pocket money, and ie.t a little hesita-
ton on beginning to make a request on his
relatives generosity, Il the Queens head
stiil on a shilling piece:' 'Uf course it is,
you stupid lad, why do you ask thstY Be.
oause it is now such length Of time since |
Aad one
While Ex.prcsdant Fillmore was in Lou.
.sYiIle he attended a ladies' fair, and was r..
,aled with kisses from the da,ns.s--geuuue
Kentucky smacks. 1t is said that the ladies'
Of Louisville literally obey the Diving iniunc;
! tion-.wha,,oever We w6irIn ma men should
10 unto you, even 50 shall ye do unto
them
ANGEL GAnnIrL SHo7.-A report reached
this city last night, that Orr, better known
as the Angel Gabriel, while preaching 10
the citizens Of Lawrence, Mass, last even
/ ing was shot by man ia the crowd. The
man was immediately seized by the mob,
taken to a tree and then hung until he was
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