Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1858-07-29
PLEASlNT PARAGRAPHS.

1EAoa-s = II OhaE
Youth writes its hopes upon the sand. /.
/ and old age advances like the sea and
washes them out.
Why is young man hugging his sweet
heart like an epicure who permits his vine
to leak away! Because he IS wasting what
he loves. Foolish, ain't ne! lr.
The FATHER OF EVERY ACT is thought.
If, then, We would have our conduct cor
rect, we must watch, restrain and regulate
our thoughts-"keep our hearts with all
diligence"
4 A gentleman, having written a letter,
concluded it as follows: "Give erybody's
/ love to erybo3y, so that nobody may be
aggfieTeG BY anybody's being forgotten BY
somebody"
4 How 70 AvoIp QuARKELs.--The late
MIR. John Jones, being asked BY a friend
how he kept from being involved in quar-
tEeIs, replied. by letting the angry person
have all the quarrel to himself"
! HAPPIHEss are two things which
will make rs happy in this life If we at
tend to them. The first is, never to yex
ourselves about what we can't help; end
| the second, never to vex ourselves about
what we car help.
Sheriden said, beautifully, "W omen gov
ern US; let us render them perfect. The
more they are enlightened. sc much the
more shall we be. On the cultivation of
the mind of women depends the wisdom of
men. 1t is by women nature writes on
! the heart of men,"
A DEFINITION IN POLITICAL ECONOMY.
-"Will you never learn. my dear, the dif-
ference between real and excbangeable
yaluel" The question was put TO a hus-
band who had been lucky enough to be tied
to political economist in petticoats. "Oh,
yes, ny dear, I thins begin to see it,
"fndeed." responded the lady. "Yes," re-
piled the husband. "For instance, my
eest, know your deep learning. end all
your other virtues. That's your real valde,
But know, also, that none of my married
friends would swop wives with me. That's
your e-changeGbls saluer'
ELEGf.
Silently shines the moonlight, fl ling tie nigh,
with beauty, ..... -
Silently tails the snow, gracefully decking the
earth; ,
Silently rises the dawn rom the oceans azure
Silently opens the flowers under its quckenlng
Emblems all of thee, and thy beautiful, quiet
spirit. - .-
Tenderest nurse of the sick, strengthener too of
Prayers Of grateful friends shall ascend .Or thee
forever,
Thou who art thysei! eTcr a living prayer!
Frank B. Sdnborn.
The following is from Douglas Jerrold's
Wit and Humor:
WcaEN AND WAKRIoRs.--With ith women
as with warriors. there's no robbery-all's
conquest.
TREAsos.-Tresson is like diamonds;
there's nothing to be made Of it by the
small trader.
The SWEETEST PLUN.-In the wedding
cake, hope is the swee test of all plums.
4 BkokES CHARxcrER.-Thec character
that needs law to mend it is hardly worth
the tinkering. -..,
a LAND OF PLExrY-Earth is here sp
Eind, that just tickle her with hoe, and
she laughs with harvest.
SECOND MARRIAGEs-l've heard say
wedleck's like wine--not to be properly
judged of Till ycu try the second glass.
DAMP SHEErs.--To think that two or
three yards of damp fax should SO knock
down the MAJESTY Of man.
A VERY RoevE.-Had lie to cut his
ne;ghbor's throat, he'd first sharpen his
knife on the church marble.
JEwELs!--lt's my belief that when wc-
man was made, jewels were invented only
to make Der the mure mischievV1s.
A NtDp:NG GowY.-After all, there is
something about wedding gown prett,cr
than any other gown in :he world.
A BrsDrNe PRoMIsE.-He kissed her,
and promised. Such beautiful hps. Msn's
usual iate--he was lost upon tie coral
reels.
Maps AND WIvEs.-Womcn are all
alike. When they're maids they're mild
as milk; once make 'em wives, and they
lean their backs against their marriage cer-
lificates, and DEFY us.
man to tea party in the Garden of Eden.
and she'll be sure to draw up her eye-hds
aud scream, II won't 80 without new
gown"
In the flush and brillancy OF early mar
ried love, the first fnint Impressions of ths
future husband and vile commence. As
levers, their separate dispositions were in
state ot Pleasant antagoaismi as welded
pair, they are presumed to be smalgsmstsd,
and turm an entirety which recognises
mutual interests, advantages, and eonces-
sions, as the basis of their mutual hsppi.
ness. The husband, then, even ia the dawn
Of his marital bliss, should begin TO create
in his wife's mind those favorable sensations
which are the precursors Of those more
solid ideas which bind woman to man-by
tha, strong inlercommunion OF soul which
only death can interrupt. This obligation
10 equally imperative on the wife. In the d.
heyday Of her husbands love, while his
heart beats responsive to her every wish,
and his mind ID tar tablet en- which none
but sumrnrr thoughts are eu.reved, she
should begin the study ot his character. %
that when the necessity s.lses che msy Be
able TO accommodate her oup p,ss,ie one
to IL. without effort or inconvenience. In
deed. with both Of them thus should early bs
al object Of anxiety. 90 that gradually there
should grow up between them q coneiis-
tory prsdspositiou OF tcne and manner
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