The weekly ledger., 1857-05-09

Father Taylor, of the Boston Seaman's
Chapel, furnishes as many good things for
the papers as anybody else. Not long since,
in the midst of a sermon, he called an old
sailor to order, who was walking out of the
meeting. cay, ay, sir" responded Jack,
+I'll be back in the twinkling of a marlin
spike; I'm only going to get my grog."
''Dennis, me darIint; och, Dennis, what is
it you're doingl"
whist, Biddy, rs trying an Impairment,
go l am
"Murther! what is it?"
"It's meslf that's giving hot rather to the
hens, SO they'll lay billed aigs."
Man doubles all the evils of his fate by
ponderng over them; a scratch becomes a
wound, slight an injury, jest an insult, a
small peril great danger, and slight sick
ness ends in death by brooding apprehensions.
1t may be that happiness is not possible
here below; but on the condition OF living
like the child, giving ourselves up to the du-
ties of each day as it comes, aRd trusting in
the goodness of our Heavenly Father for all
beside
"Sal," cried girl looking out of the upper
story window of a small grocery, and ad-
dressing another girl who was trying to enter
at the front door, "we've all been converted; !;
so when you want to buy anything on Sunday
you must come to the back door,"
Our government lands cost one dollar an
acre on an average, and champagne two dol
lars bottle. How many man dies landless
who, during his life, has swallowed town
ship, trees and all
Referring to the speed of railway trains,
Thackeray says, not without reason that I'VE
do not travel now-a-days-we arrive at pla-
ces.n
That was a wise negro who, in speaking of
the happiness of married people, said, dat
ar pend altogedder how dey enjoy demselves."
There is firm in New York, the name of
which is Lay, Hatch & Cluck. The clerks
are presumed to be all Shanghais.
The other day an old lady rushed into the
garden in search of her daughter, on being
told that the lady had gone there with a
"rake."
The woman who made pound Of butter
from the cream Of joke, and cheese from
the milk of human kindness, has since washed
the close of the year and hung 'em up to dry
on bee line.
GEN Cass was born in house now stand
ing in Exeter, n H. Recently, the street
in which the house stands has been called
Cass street, by a vote of the people of the
town.
When prosperity was well mounted, she let
go the bride, and soon came tumbling out of
the saddle
Hurry and Cunning are two apprentices of
Despatch and Skill, but neither of them ever
learned their masters trade.
The improving man may start in life with a
great stock of concet, but it grows less and
less as his knowledge increases.
You may gain knowledge by reading, but
you must separate the wheat from the chat
by thinking.
Religion is an insurance against fire in the
next world, for which honesty is the best
policy.
The newspaper is sermon for the thought
full, library for the poor, and blessing to
everybody. Lord Brougham calls it the best
public instructor.
Eliza Cook very truly says: ITO appreci
ate the value of newspapers, we have only tC
suppose they were totally discontinued for 1
month";
Hezekiah says if his landlady knsw beans
she would not buy the article called "burn
and ground coffee"
What would you say if you wished a rev
erend Doctor of Divinity to play tune OF
the violin? Fiddle dee dee ID. d.
Insults, says a modern philosopher, ar
like counterfeit money, we can't hinder thei
being offered. bat we are not compelled
take them.