M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1856-04-10
Shutting Doors.

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grandmother feels the cold wintry
wind; and besides, you have got to
spend all your life shutting doors, and
might as well begin now" aa
"Do forgive, grandmother I
ought to bo ashamed to cross you.--
But what do you meant I am going
to college; and then | am going to be
"Well, admitting al that; limag.
inc Squire Edward G. wiiIhavs
a good maay doors to shut, IL ever he
makes much Of man"
"What kind ofdoorsl Do telimC,
grandmother" Ni 'i0sSA
"Sit down q minute, and will give
you list"
'"ln the first place, the door Of yout
EAR smust be closed against bad Ian,
guage and evil counsel of the boys
and young men you will meet withat
school and college, or you will Be
undone. Let them once get possession
of that door. and would net give
much for Edward C---'s future
lprospects. g. aav
"The door Of ) our EYES, too, must
be shut against bad books, idle novels,
and, low, wicked newspapers, CT your
studies viii bc neglected, and YOU
will grow up a useless, ignorant manS
You will have to close them sometimes
against the fine things exposed for
sale in the shop windows, or you win
never learn to save your money, or
have any left to give away.
"The door of your LIPS will need
especial care, for they guard an unruly
member, which makes great use Of
the bad company let in at the doors
Of the eyes and ears. That door il
very apt to blow open; and if not con
stantly watched, will let out angry
tri1ing or vulgar words. twill back
bite, sometimes worse than the win.
ter's wind if left open too long. I
wonld advise 10 keep 1t shut much Of
the time till you have laid up storS
Of knowledge, or at least till you have
something valuable to say. 70 .b713
i The inner door of your HEART must
be well shut against temptation, FOR
conscience, the doorkeeper grows very
Indifferent if you disregard his cali;
and sometimes drops asleep ut hb
post, and when You may think ryoh
arc doing very well, you are fast 60,
ing down to ruin. ., ,s,s
"Ifyou carefully guard the outside
doors ofthe eyes, ears, and lips, yoS
will keep ont many cold blasts Of sis,
which get in before you think. 5l
This shutting DOORS you see,
Eddy, will be a serious business I, one
on which your well,doing, in this life
aud the next, depends" '.'' VI
!, DPAt the last accounts says. ths
Washington Union, Mr.. Fillmore was
in Italy having n good time Of il with
8 Pope, priests, and monks, and taking
r his first degree IN street-dancing-G
species of amusement in which The
: fgur0ntS make greater display Of
person than drapery. From Italy il
was his intention to proceed to AsiS,
, there to examine the manners, customs,
} habits, and religion of tile foreigner
: in that section Of the world but AZ
we have no assurance that he will
'tarry OF Jericho, or any other place
in that to us distant part of the globe,
|, it would be unsafe to predict when or
where the nomination will reach him.
~"Does this razor 90 easyP ask.
ed q barber Of victim, who was
writhing under a clumsy instrument,
whose chief recommendation was =
strong handle. 81. e.. 'tiF ,1.a7'
: "Well, that depends uponwhat yoa
: call the operation. If You are ekin-
!. ming me, it goes tolerably easy; but i
o you arc shaving, itgoes mighty hard /"
u UPaddy's description of a fiddle
can't be beat: ut was big as Q turkey
and as muckly as o goose--he .turned
it over on its back, and took crooked