Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1858-06-15
Tit-8its.

EH-Prejudice is thick fog, through |
which light CLEANS fearfully, serving rather
to terrify then to guide.
Eg-rhe purest JOY that we can expert
ence in one We love, is to see that person
a source of happiness to others.
Gy-A retired schoolmaster excuse his
passion for angling by saying. that from
constant habit, he never feels quite himself
unless he's handling the rod.
E9s-No man knows what torpid snakes
NAV lie coiled in some secret corner OF his
heart, waiting for II summer OF fostering
circumstances.
E15-IIe that !snds an easy and credu-
lous ear to calumny, is either man OF
very i'll morals, or has no more sense and
understanding than a child. ff II
GN-"Won't that boa constructor bite
me?" said little boy to a Snowman.
"On, no, he never bites-he swallows
his whites whole"
Rg-In Liverpool there is one beer-shop
to 100 Of the population, and tho arrests
for crime one TO every fifteen OF the pco-
pie.
FIVE FAcrs.-A living faith is the best
divinity; a holy life is the best philosophy;
n tender conscience the best law; honesty
the best policy; and temperance the best
physic.
Coon ADv1oH--Be slow in choosing a
friend, and slower to change him; courte
ous to all; intimate with few; slight no
one for poverty, nor esteem any ono for his
wealth.
E1-..I'm thinking" says Pat, "the
snow wont be likely to thaw much, until
the sun shines n Bit"
NO" answered his companian sapient
", land it's not probable the sun will
be coming out until the snow goes awayP'
EE-There have been many definitions
Of a gentleman, but tho prettiest and most
poetic is that given by lady ga gentle
man." said she. sis a human being COM
bning a woman's tenderness with mans
courage
E1-Well might Coleridge say that the
f,irest flower he ever saw climbing round
A moor mans window was not SD bcauti-
fui in his eyes as tho Bible which he saw
lying within.
MooSL1cuF IN DooRs.--Ladics of fash
ion, in order to produce the effect of moon
LIGHT in their boudoirs, have large blue
r0olots, in which a night wick is kept
burning. They also serve as night
lamps in the sleeping rooms and sick
chambers.
ES-The other day teacher Mt =
lady's school while putting n company o
juveniles of the gentlcr sex through their
smelling, came to the modern method o
tuition, she as ked the signitication. One
little puss, on tie question being put.
with siIclong look, blushing answered,
"For conrtin' VII"
EY- May it please the Court" said
the learned counsel OH rising. ''ifrver there
was 81 case which more than any Other
case required careful comparison will
former cases, this case is that case" Anc
the Judge, iuterrupting him, asked. "whicl
case. brother?'
this be said Of YOU, and you are AnLf ruined
A trife will accomplish the rest. Yo,
know not your perilous position; nor how
solicitous for your safety from utter dcs
truction are ali persons in society who's
good opinion is worth having. t.
N- Those characters who, like Ven
tidius, spring from the very dregs OF SO
cicty, aud, going through every Sradatiol
of life. continue, like him, to rise wit
every change, and WHO never quit sin
hie her one, these men are superior
fortune, and know how; to enjoy her ca
ressos without being the slaves of her c"
price. But those with whom she can com
plete the circle, whom she can eleval
from the lowest stations into the highes
dctrude them again, and lastly leave theI
where sho found them; these are tkc re-
urier'x, that only serve to make her spor
they are her mines and her pantomme
her harlequins and buffoons.
LIFE OnJEcrs.--An objectless lil'
What is it but a life of misery? No bein
can be happy while leadingit. tie wi
lads it invnluntarily is to be commiseratet
lie who does it of choice is worthy to
dsspised 1t is better to wear out than t
rust out. No amount of wealth can e'
cuso state of inertia, in n healthy huma
bcinr. in world Of activities like thl
Every ono should do something. i
should do it for tho benefit Of Others,
not for himself
But fortunate It is that idnnoss Wind
Gates Natures prescription OF activity [
the punishment it is sure tn bring upp
the idler, such as a dyspeptio stomac
haccid muscles, and all the other cons
ouencas Of blood that is stagnant, f
lack of exercise, when it should be stin
ulatinr every organ, in it's proper tur
,o its Terminate functions in that syste
which has been truly pronounced lea
funV aud wonderfully made.
Lot each 0ne. then. have q life-o -oblec
Without this and the activities it cal
Eyth, I've c~nnot expect 70 be either heal'
fgd o. hsFIY