The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1858-05-06


Or swans down ever?
Or have smet O the bud of the briar,
y Or the nard in the fire
!. Or have tasted the bag O the bee ?
Oh so white, oh so soft, oh so sweet is she
Ben Jonson.
BGT" Public money ought to be touch
ed with the most scrupulous conscious
ness of honor 1t is not the produce of
riches only, hut the hard earnings of Ia
Dor and poverty. 1t IS drawn from the
bitterness of want and misery Not
beggar passes, or perishes in the street,
whose mite is not IN that mass.-Patne.
ssg- Are you not surprised to End how
independent of money peace of conscience
is, and how much happiness can be con-
densed into the humbiest home 4 cot
tage will not hold the bulky furniture
and sumptuous accommodation of man.
sion, but if God be there, a cottage will
hold as much happiness as might stock
palace.-ReV. c. Hamilton.
Rs9- A first rate joke took place quite
lately in our court room. 4 woman was
testifying in behalf OF ner son, and sworc,
1" that he worked on farm ever since he
was born" The lawyer, who cross exam
ined her, said, "You assert that your son
has worked on farm ever since he was
born 2" {" do" "What did ne do the
first year ?" Ole m1hed." The lawyer
evaporated.- Valley Times, (Ne.)
Had that infant been one of the chattel
sort of children, and any one had purchas-
ed him, it would have been a clear case of
buy baby bunting!'
"NoT QUITE so BAL" ."-Me BeUef5nt
Democrat tells good story of Sam Bike,
who has been down the Susquehanna
this Spring Wit raft. Returning home,
he stopped at tavern, where crowd
was discussing the Kansas question Sam
had not sept the previous night, and was
about squaring himself out for a comfort
able snooze, when one of the loudest,
turning to him, said "Here sits I4e-
compton man, I'll bet the liquor for the
ROOM" Ozone !" says his opponent, who
was anti-Lecompton. "Now, then, friend"
said No. 1. ''in order to decide this bet,
will you be so kind as to tell us whether
you are Lecompton man?" "What
made you think so?" Sam asked. 'Be-
, cause, Sir, you look like one; | can al
/: ways tell them by their looks replied
No. l. Sam answered, "Do [? Well,
gentlemen, | aoaS on a raft from Snow
Shoe to Marietta Ihaoe been drunk for
ttCo aceehs; but had no idea I Hooked
as hard as that" The Lecomptoner
paid the liquor and slopcd.
RULES FOR GROWING OLD.-At the
late commencement of Yale College, the
Rev. DR.. Waldo, as the eldest graduate
present, (of the class of 177S,) thus closed
a speech to the assembled Alumni:
" | am now an Old man I have seen
nearly a century Do you want to know
how to grow old slowly and happily? Let
me tell you. Always eat slow-masticate
well. Go to your food, to your rest, to
your occupations smiling. Keep a good
nature and soft temper everywhere.
Never give away to anger. A violent tenn
pest Of passion tears down the coustitu-
tion more than typhus fever. Cultivate
a good memory, and to do this you must
always be communicative repeat what
you have read talk about it. DR.. john
sons great memory was owing to his com
municativeness. You, young men, who
are just leaving college, let me advise you
to choose profession in which you can
exercise your talent the best, and at the
tI,,a ha honest H.
six n is the ministry of the gospel. Tfyou
have not talent enough to be minister,
be a lawyer-but be an honest lawyer.
Pope's line should be altered to read thus:
E" An honest lawyer is the noblest work
of God
! PoKING FUN AT A CoNDUcToR.-The
conductor who was discharged from the
employment of one of our Ohio railroads,
some time ago, FOR inviting friend to ride
over the road with him, as Re did not like
to ride in the train alone, has been reap-
pointed by the Superintendent. But we
see he is again the hero of another adven-
ture, which has been made public. The
, newspapers say (and what they say must
W oAoS' Jou hHoW,J tAdt ou d d1ecent "Trip,
the train of which this conductor had
charge, overlook cripple, limping along
by the side Of the track, when our hero
the conductor, kindly invited him to get
on and ride. The wooden-legged man
, thanked him, aud replied that he would
rather not, as he was in hurry. That
conductor thinks seriously of throwing up
his commission Cincinnati Commercial.
That must have been the Cadiz Arm
of the Steubenville & Indiana R. r. We,
remember of being passenger once when,
we were something like two hours, "run-
ming time," backward and forward go
ing from the junction to Cadiz- seuen
males !-ED. JOURNAL.