The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1857-07-15

STUDY men as well as books.
NEVER wade in unknown water.

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NEVER wade in unknown water.
NEVER wish to do thing, but do it.
RELIGION is the best armor in theworld,
but the worst cloak.
That was dreadful old man who had
rather tell lie On six months credit than
the truth for cash.
a CIGAR is seldom unpleasant to young
lady when the mouth that holds it belongs
to handsome young man.
ANT1srHENEs, the Philosopher, being
demanded by young man what was
best to learn, answered, unlearn the evil
thou hast learned.
An EDITOR in Michigan, talking Of corn
processes to have couple of ears fifteen
inches long. Some folks are remarkable
for the length of their two cars.
SooTT says that every man that lives
has his lights and shades" We are not
80 certain about the shades, but we pre-
sumo there is no liver without Lights.
HUMILITY, as Feltham says, ever dwells
with men of noble minds. 1t is flower
that prospereth not on poor and barren
soils, but in ground that is rich, fourishes,
and is beautiful.
MATTHEW LANsBERRY used to say, "If
you 81 to have shoe made of durable
materials, you should make the upper lee
Their Of the mouth of hard drinker, for
tbat never les in water.
An Irishman, seeing an undertaken
carrying p very small coffin, exclaimed
in the utmost surprise, "Odds blood is
it possible that that coffin can be inten-
ded for any hvi's cratturr'
4 jolly old darkey down south bought
him q new shiny hat, and when it COM
menced raining he put it under his coat
When asked why be did not keep bis hat
on his head he replied, ODE hats mine :;
bought him wild my own money; head
longs to msssa; let him take keer he
own property
A FREEcHMAN who was exhibiting
some relics and other curiosities, produced
among other things, a sword, which he
assured his visitors ''was de sword Balaam
had, when he would kill de ass" A spec
tstor remarked that Balaam had no sword
but only wished for one.
"Ver well, dis is de one be wished for"
AT Sunday School examination, the
teacher asked boy whether he could for
give those who wronged him.
"Could vou," said the teacher, ''forgive
u boy, for example, who had insulted or
struck you?"
yes sir" replied the lad, very slowly,
I-think-I-could, if he was bigger
than | was"
Con has written on the flowers that
sweetcn the air, on the breeze that rocks
the flowers upon the stem, upon the rain
drop that refreshes the sprig of moss that
lifts its head in the desert, upon its deep
chambers, upon every pencilled sheet that
sleeps in the cavern of the deep, no less
than upon the mighty sun that warns
and cheers millions of creatures which
live in Its light, upon all his works he has
written "none liyeth for himself"
Men hate, because in act or strife
They cross each others Path;
Short is the space for iealotsv,
And fierce the hour of wrath:
But woman's hate runs deeper far,
Though shallower at the snrinp:
Right seldom is it they forget
The shaft that CALLED their wing.
A fairer face, a higher place.
More worship. more applause,
VIII make woman hate her friend
Without deadlier cause
QUITE MIsTAKE.-Tne Baltimore
Republican tells story of young mar
who fell in love with young lady resi-
ding in one of the residences in Upper
tendon. The lover fearing repulse from
the head of the family, conducted his court
ship in rather clandestine manner. TIL,
upshot of the matter was that an elope
meut occurred and the parties were mar
RED. After the marriage the bridegroom
proposed that they should return home
and procure the fathers pardon. Judge
then, OF his dismay when, with
trembling voice. she informed him tina
although she possessed the name of tn,
gentleman il question she was not related
to him in the slightest degree, and wa
employed in his dwelling in the capacit,
of seamstress. Thus all his visions of
secured fortune were scattered to tn
winds. aud the scene of denomination
which ensued was terribly out of chaIac
ter for newly married couple.