Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1857-01-01
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u THE WAY TO GREATNEss.-AH bi
ogrsphies tell Us ihst there are ever man,
obstacles to be o-ercome in order to oh
tain . destined end. And the more lof
~ the aim. the more numerous and OBJ
stinste the difficulties. To men of rar,
endowments. passion is commonly ths
stumbling block. There are hundreds o
men in the community who are pointed
outas paFsgons OF virtue: whe are sale
70 control their rassions--subjugato .hei
apPetitessnd live upright aud exemp!ar,
lives. Bot The truth is, they have nc
passions to control, no desires to subiu
gate The victory and the lsurels be
long more properly to him. who. having
st'ong passions, is able 10 su5dus and
govern them-and to none other.
@EccEsrRIcIrr.-Somebody says,
have ever thought eccentric persons q
blessing - mankind. But for them, we
should ell be crushed down into semi.
fluid state. of utter responsibility. entire
conformity, and superintendent folly
They ere the centrifugal forces in life
they are the salt Of ,he earth. Better
10 hsys them, even when they border on
madness, than not to have them at all.
Deltes that we should err in acti on
than wholly sefsse to perform. The
storm IL much better than the calm. as
il declares the presence Of living prin-
cipie. Sssguation is something worse
than death. IL is CORRUPTION also.
Itis useless to look forward to a flu
-tufe state Of prosperity, if The presen, be
not occupied towards laying the fouuda-
tion Of il. Many cling to distan, hope,
and reject progressive certainty.
kousrAcHKs.-Some lady or gentleman
has written the following to a newspa-
per. which applies to any locality where
men wear hair on their faces:
Kate hates moustaches--'So much hair.
Makes every man look like bear
But Sallie who no thought cnn fettcr.
Blurts out The more like bears the bet.
ter,
Because. her pretty shoulders struggling.
Bears are such glorious chaps for hug
sing.'
A 'MKAH' EDIroR.-The editor OF
Western paper having lent his IKE TO one
Of his subscribers, the borrower unfortu-
nately broke of the handle. On return
ing il. the man said: You can easily get
IL 6xed.'
Yes replied the editor. 'bu, it will
cost a. least qsarter of dollar
Welt rejoined the borrower. If you
sin's rather small for an editor. here's the
quarter. but I'll thank you to stop my
PsPer at once.
To tell our own secrets is generally
folly. To pardon those absurdities in
ourselves which we connot suffer in 9TH
ers is neither better or worse than TO be
more willing to be fools ourselves than
TO have others so.
We should be cautious not to say all
fnat We know.
sHooesty is the best policy said one
Scoschman TO another vino had narrowly
escaped hanging for robbery. Il know
IT,. said the other. for have tried bath
sides Of the question:
Mdggins attended dinner party one
evening where some one read Hiawsths
aloud. Beng asked next day his opin-
ion Of the rcxnion OF the night before.
he said. Ia vas q savage literary feast.
kind Of isdiaa Meal affsir. you knowl
"A MonAL WELL POSTED. --Sophro-
NOUS, . wise teacher, would not permit
his srown-up son and daughters to ssso-
eiese NTH those whose conduct was not
pure and upright. Dear father said
the gentle Eulalis to him one day when
he forbade her 10 company wilh.her broth
er. TO visit the volatile Lucinda. .you
must think ~ very childish if you imsg
inc We would be exposed to danger BY
It,"
The father took in silence dead coal
from the hearth and reached it TO his
dsuRhses. alt will not burn you. nv
child-lsks IT, She lid so. AMI behold.
hes delicate white hand was soied and
bIsckensd-snd IS il chsnced. her white
dress too. We csnnot be too careful in.
hsndline eoals--even il they do not burn.
they blscken. So it is with the company
Of The vicious.
Eternity is the Divine treasure house,
end hope Is the window. by means Of
which mortsls ere permitted to see as
through g'sss. dsrkly. the things which
God Is preparing.
Here 10 puzzle intended for the study
Of newspaper readers:
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