St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-09-30

Happiness and virtue reach upon each other
the best are not only the happiest, but the
happiest are usually the best.
Wanted, an intended bride who is willing to
begin housekeeping in the same style in which
her parents began.
They punish people queerly in China. For
robbing a pcdlar, a gentleman was lately put
into a mortar ~(cannon) and fired against a
stone wall.
1t is said hat of FIVE hundred and forty young
ladies who tainted last year, more than one
half fell into the arms of gentlemen. Only
two had the misfortune to fall on the floor
and Of the half who fell in gentlemen's arms,
strange as it may seem, not one received the
slightest misfortune.
The man who beat the drum for the ;. March
of Time has gone to play Oh the Horn of
Plenty" .-
Patience is very good, but perseverance
much better; while the former stands as a
stole under difficulties, the latter whips them
out OF the ring. ....
He who labors for mankind, with care for
himself, has already begun his immortality. d
A blithe heart makes q blooming visage.
True, but it wont do to suppose hat every
blooming visage comes from jolly condition of
the heart. The cause sometimes lies deeper
than that-in the cellar. rta. ..a r..
at is a fact says the Bombay Gazette,
:. that the entire population of India do not
spend six pence per head for clothing"
Father" said little Teddy, "how can the
sea run round when it is all tide ?"
The revenue duty on sugar for the last five
years has amounted to $50, OO0, 900,
There are seven thousand places for the sale
of liquor in the City of New York.
When they wish to mark a man a rascal in
England, they put him in the "stocks."
They do the same in Wall street. . #..
With gold in his pocket, silver in his tongue,
brass in his face, and iron in his heart, "a man
is sure of earthly success.
The epaulets worn by Prince Albert, when
in full costume, are worth the trifiing sum of
$500. A small fam on each shoulder.
A fellow out of health went to Saratoga to
pick up a little, and picked up enough to send
him to the State Prison for three years.
Set high value on spontaneous kindness.
He whose inclination prompts him to cultivate
your friendship, Of his own accord, will love
pains to attach to you.
Attention to the wants and wishes of those
around us, even in matters Of small impor-
lance, but of frequent occurrence, gives the
greatest charm to social intercourse.
If our hopes and joys centre here, it is a
notifying thought that we are ever depart
ing from our happiness but if they are fixed
above, it is a joy to think that we are every
day drawing nearer to the object of our high
est wishes.
h autumn with its fruits provides dis
orders for us, and the winters cold hand turns
them into sharp Diseases, and the spring brings
flowers TO strew upon our hearsc, and the sum-
mer gives us green turf and brambles to bind
upon our graves.
Opportunities for comforting large benefits
seldom come in our way ; but little attentions,
friendly participations and kindness arc daily
wanted, and, like small change, are necessary
for carrying on the business of life and happi-
hess.
That being is free that developes itself in
conformity to its nature, or its idea.
The past comes to maturity only in the
present, and in the present are sown the seeds
of the future. 1.aa Ezsf
The return of thcseason of flowers is pleasant;
but more exquisitely touching is the farewell
of autumn. +.
The life of the happy is all hope that of the
unfortunate, all memory. Disappointed hope
is misery, and yet successful hope is only i'm
perfect bliss. /,
There is nothing more beautiful than water.
1t has always the same pure flow, and the
same low music, and is always ready to bear
away YOU thoughts upon its bosom, like the
Hindoo's barque of flowers. to an Imaginative
heaven.
liz proportion as the low natural necessities
are supplied, artificial or civilized wants show
themselves, and the innate desire of improving
our condition keeps us all in a state of want.
He who becomes a student of nature finds
himself bending over a fountain which deep
ems beneath his gaze.
$4,000 is offered to the man who possesses
ingenuity enough to perfect a system by which
Railroad Conductors can steal only half the
earnings.
~ believe said a very tall representative
from a country town, 90 that / am one of the
tallest members in the House" YES
added IA fellow representative, and one of thu
slimnest also"
b expression, "How do you dor is ex
pressed in Chinese by Have you eaten rice p
and " take q meal is chih fan, : to eat rice