Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1858-10-26
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OlI I'd 5.
ER-The old man looks down, and
thinks of the past. The young man looks
up, and thinks of the future. The child
looks everywhere, and thinks of nothing.
RE-One of our finest writers says that
"'the nightly dews come down upon US
like blessings" How very differently the
daily dues come down in these hard times.
GY-A religious life is not thing which
spends itself. 1t is like river which
widens continually, and is never so broad
or so deep as at its mouth, where Ii rolls
into the ocean of eternity.
ES~ Cowper says that '"the tear that is
wiped with address may be followed, per-
haps, with smile"
If it is a woman's tear, the 'perhaps"
is unnecessary. You can always dry it
with dress.
Ry~A kind Of marriage bank" pro-
posing to provide snug little fortune to
girls foolish enough to deposit their small
earnings in it, has just smashed at Berlin.
No less than 200 creditors have come
forward.
Es'A pretty woman is like a great
truth or a great happiness, and has no
more right TO bundle herself under green
veil or any similar abomination, than the
sun has to put on green spectacles.
Gg-The most valuable span of horses in
the United States is said to be owned by
Commodore Vanderbilt, of New York.
They are matched horses. They cost him
Sc, 900, and he has been offered SO 900 for
them.
ES-The author of the following should
be watched, or he might back out:
destructive durk IN b,
I'll bid pharewell to every phear,
Then wipe my weeping 1,
And kut my throat phrom car to ear.
E-"People," says modern philoso-
pher, ego according 10 their brains if
these lie in their head they study if IN
their belly, they eat and drink if in their
heels, they dance"
RE a man in an up-countrv village in
quired of one of the citizens the denomina-
ton of the church upon the opposite side
of the street.
"Wal,'' was the reply, ''she was a Bah
tist, nat'rally; but they DOM tran her now. -
GR-A New York rural paper pays
rather questionable compliment when it
says of the local editor of a contemporary
-'EMr. Brown is a clear thinker, ready
and vigorous writer, and a first-rate fellow
to 60ot.''
ERThe dry goods store of A. H.
Saturday night last, and robbed of a large
and very valuable quantity of silks and
other dress goods. The safe was removed
to the bank of the river and opened, the
burglars taking 800 in money; the papers
they were considelate enough not to disturb.
CR1TIc1sM-A critic in fine arts, find
ing fault with a painting, said: "Why,
this fellow cannot even paint Ry--see
there!'' and he extended his hand to point
out the defect, VIXEN the wronged painter
was acquitted and Nature was Iibeled, for
the fly established its claim to its name,
and tseaO array.
EEThe ladies of Schenectady are quite
sentimental, and quote poetry. Hear one
OF them say good evening to her friend:
Plsasast s;Ssn, ronnss! dreams
naif the bed,
All the clothcs!''
R=When Charles Astor Bristed fought
his duel with the French marquis, his
dress displayed ''nary white" not ever
shirt-collar, wristband or bosom-all was
solemn and undistinguisha5ly black; while
the Frenchman, as if in defiance, f1uttereC
a white handkerchief from his bosom as
mark for the Americans s ball. But nobody
was hit or hurt.
Ey-The following are two corouer't
jury verdicts lately rendered in Georgia
I'VE are Of A Pinion that the Decest me-
with her death from Violent Infrmaiior
in the Arm, perduced from unoan. cauz.'
we are OF opinion that the deceased came
10 his death casually by an 0ccidento
stroke of thuBder-'
Ev Says Holms, How many men live
on the reputation of the reputation the,
might have made Just so. We never
knew a drunken lawyer, doctor or any
other profes sional man, even of the mos
ordinary talents and attainments, whose
habit of drink did not actually help hin
in business People say of such men tha
If Mr.. So-and-so would only keep sober
he has one of the finest minds in thu
country AS q general thing this IS al
humbug.