The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1857-04-16
VARIETY.

Keep good company none.
lie though it be killed and dead can sting some
times-like dead wasp.
Why is a crack in the wall like Izaak Walton the
angler? Because it's fssure.
The sieve through which the man strained every
nerve is for sale at less than first cost.
Gaming, like quicksand, may swallow up
in u moment.
Law is like prussic acid-a dangerous remedy,
and the smallest dose is generally sufficient.
Though lost to sight, to memory dear,'' the
maid said to her lover, when his face buried in
h,aTd and whskers.
Learning hath gained most by those books by which
printers have lost
Three things to be despised-a brawler in a work
shop, fool in fine clothes and slanderer.
The following laconic epitaph carved Spanish
tombstone, should be remembered
s'[ well-wanted to be better-took physic,
and here L ann
The late Samuel Rogers recipe for long life was,
Temperance. the bath, the flesh brush, and don't
fret.''
It was saying of Napoleon, that it is necessary to
allow the night to pass over the injuries Of the
evening.
4 CHARITABLE MAN.-Rev. Mr.. Stiggins said :
'sI am charitable man. and think every one enti-
tei to his opiniOn-and never cherish malice against
ny foes, not even against Mr. Mulberry, who has
indirectly called d sinners but s;ll if the Lord has
thanderbolt to spare, | think it would be well
bestowed dear brother Mulberrys head.
class Of society to prosper in the highest degree while
the other is III Distress try whether side Of his
face can smile while the other is pinched."
INTEBEsr.-No blister draws sharper than interest.
OF all industries is comparaple to that of inter
est 1t works day and night, in fair and foul weather
1t has sound in its footsteps but travels fast 1t
gnaws at a mans substance with invisible teeth 1t
binds industry with its firm grasp, as fly is bound
upon a SPIDERS web Debt rolls man over and
over, binding hand and foot, and letting him
hang upon the fatal mesh until the long legged inter-
YOURS him. There is but one thing raised on a
flrm like it, and that is the Canada thistle, which
swarrs new plants every time you break its root,
whose blossoms prolific, and every flower father of
million seeds. Every leaf is awl, every branch
spear, and every single plant is like platoon of
bavonets and field full of them is like an armed
host The whole plant is torment and vegetable
curse And yet farmer had better make his bed Of
Canada thistles than attempt to lie at ease upon
interest.
BOILING SHINGLES IN LIME AND SALT-Mr. Editor
If the following fact is of any value it is at your
service.
There is a building in this place, covered with
shingles that were taken from another roof, (Where
they had been in use some yelrs) were boiled in lime
and salt about five minutes, and then relald ms
was twentyseven years ago. and these shingles look,
now, as II they would last some years longer.
other roofs that We're treated in the same Eway
since appear well; they are clean and smooth, the
does not form on them, and the water runs off
readily.
There seems to be no reason why white wash. with
applied to dry roof, in proportion to the lime and
salt absorbed by the shingles
Have you not observed that where the rain washes
the lime from the chimney upon the roof, that the
shingles remain sound longer than the other part
Yours truly, 5. +. T.
Springfield, VT, 1856.
You FoRGoT Ma good joke is told at the
expense of of our church going citizens, who IS
the father of interesting family of children and
among them bright eyed boy numbering four or
i've summers the pet of the household, and unanim-
ously voted the drOllest little mischief alive.
On saturday night he had been bribed to keep
peace and retire to bed hour caller than usual,
with the promise that the morrow he might 90
with the family to church On Sunday morning it
was found nconvenlen to put the youngster through
the of washing and dressing necessary for his
proper appearance at the sanctuary, and the family
slipped off without him. They had not, however
more than become comfortably seated in their new
when in walked the youngster with nothing on but
night wrapper and a cloth cap
You forgot me,'' said he in tone loud enough to
De heard all over the church
1he feelings of the parents can be easily i'm
~Sneo than described.-LGfcydte (Lnd) Journal