Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1857-04-09


Independsnt. '--.
0TEvery lie, great or small, is the brink
of a precpice, the depth OF which nothing
but Omniscience can faihonl.
@Happiness is perfume that one can
not shed over another without a few drops
falling on ones self.
| @Misery--aftrr writing an important
letter in grea, hurry. you seize hold ofths
iHkstaad instead OF the sGnd6ar, and give il
a finishing touch!
ErHsnnah More said 10 Horace Wal
pole: alt wanted TO punish an enemy, il
should be by fastening on him the issubIe Of
hating somebody"
GGFLiie, We sre told is a journey, and to
see the way in which some people eat. you
would imagine they were taking in proris-
ions to last them sll the way.
CoSvER ArIoN.--In private conversation
between intimate friends. the wisest men
very otter talk the weskes,; fer indeed the
talking with friend is nothing else bus
thinking aloud.
GJEmerson, in lecture OF the Anglo
American, says:-"Americans wo'd ride in
steamers made of lucife- matches, II they
could thereby save enc hour in crossing the
AIlantic.''
CE'-it is said that more property is de-.
stroyei by fire every year in the United
Sfates than in u the res, Of tie word
The annual loss is ru; down at SO .0eo,-
Ooo.
GTLa Bruyere says. "When person of
feeling and diScernment reads a book, and il
excites in him eleva'ed thought, ne may ss
sure the work is good, aud be needs nS 9TH
er mode of proving it,
E-Spift is now very fashionable Wort;
to act with spirit, to speak with spirit,
means only TO act rsshly and, indiscree,y.
Az able man shows his spirit by gentle
words and resolure actions; he IS neither hot
ror timid.
CErA pretty girl complained to Quaker
that she bad a cold, and was sadly torment
ed in her lips with chaps. "Friend." said
Obediah. Thee should never suffer the chaps
to come near thy lips
G-Ii We would have the kindness Of
others, we must endure their follies. He
" ho cannot persuade himself to Withdraw
from society, must be content to pay .
tribute of his time to multitude 0f Iyrsnts.
0TThe ignorance ofyoung ladies' hrou,ht
up to thumb pianos, re d loyesicS novels and
entertain young gentlemen ith mousiach-
es, is aston lsAing. The other day one of
this class threw the m ilk intended for ths
tea out the window, becsu.e it had yellow
scum on the top.
JrsT So.-A young buck of the soap lock
order lately accosted Yankee at one OF
our hotels as follows: II say, fellow, sons
say am Frenchman, and others take
me for an Etaylene, nov what do you think
| tml"
"W ~, think you're fool" replied Jon.
u than.
Have you got sister, Then love snd,
cherish he: with holy rncshp.-War.
mock.
/! you have no sister OF your own, we al.
wise you 10 love somebody else's sis.er.-
Bdrdsi0,ra Gasstis.
Jrsr Sentimental noble heart will
disdain to subSist, like dron', upon the
honey gathered by others. ls5os-like
leech, 10 filch its food OFT of the public
yranary-or like shark, "a prey on the
lesser fry, but will one way OF snaths. earn
is subsistence
DrArU or D!srixGvisgEo Mlsslcx-
aEY.-l'he American Board Of Commi.-
.ioucrs oi Foreiga Missions have received
Intelligence OF the death OF Rev Ell Smith,
D, D.. one OF the must prominent mission
IricS in Syrl. The deceased has been SUI.
erinS Tor long time VITA a canrer, ard
he event, which is teepy lsaen,ed
" all who are interested ia tie missionary
,auSe wsS not Uniovkcl iOs.
ErOur thoughts shlu!d depend ron our
ouis Ike leaves from ,ree--So natural. SO
enthusiastically orHamsBiai, so early stir
ed, 80 closely connected, 50 entirely aae in
laiufe. And like leaves upon Tree, when
stormy wind shakes them, We shall see
MY the s;ekiy, the pale, and the desd fall
q the grUund.-Ffen :i- German
DEATH.-When the veil Of death hiss been
rawn between US and the objects OF our
egard, how quick-sishted we hetome to
heir meri's, and hoS bitterly do we then
emember words, 0. even looks of unkind-
less, which msy have escaped in our inter-
ourse with them, How careful should
uch thoughts render Us in the ful6llment Of
hese Offices o. affection which msy yet be
n our power TO perform, for who can tell
low soon the moment may arrive when re-
,eniunce cannot be followed by reparation.
Cylfy you would preserve the health Of
TOUR horses, exercise them in the sopen sir
very day, when no, sc,ually in use. The
anne may be said OF your children, yourself
nd your wife.