The independent press. (Abbeville C.H., S.C.) 1853-1860, 1859-09-23
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Why is blunt knife partially grou. d,
like young pickpocket. Because it is a
little sharper.
Reason can tell how love effects US, but
cannot tell what love is.
HE BEGINNING AND TErE END.-Thc first
thing man takes to in life is mk-the
last is his bier.
Sweep first before your own door, before
you sweep before your neighbor's
A wise man should lave money in his
head, but not in his heart
Il STATESMAN, NOT A PoEr.-Every man
OF eminence, 1t is said has tried his hand at
poetry, except William Pitt.
a WISE rn1LosopMY.-I am for the NH.
losophy that fits us for tho world, not that
which teaches US 10 abandon it.
A bronze statue of IIan'Iel, ten feet high,
mas just been erected i'll Halle, in Saxony.
his native city.
WHAT AGE BRINGS WITH I1.-As We grow
older, 1t is with hearts as with heads Of hair.
for one that we find real, there are nine that
are false.
a CLERICAL coN.-Why should cler.
gyman always wear well fitting clothes p
Because he should never be a man Of loose
habits.
Arago, when shown An encvcloredia.
said, "Ah if we had but dictionary Of
what we are ignorant of"
A graceful manner spoils nothing; it adds
to beauty and gives Iustre to modesty. An
affected simplicity is refined impostor.
There is no knowledge so thorough rs
u'at which is gained at last, after years Of
baffied and wondering inquiry.
The widow Of IIelveti,,s said to Napoleon.
You cannot conceive how much happiness
can be found in three acres of land"
Moe cervis," was posted by the sexton
on country church door during the ab-
sence Of vicar.
"Of all the extraragant fees ever heard
OF, said crusiy old bachelor the other day
":semale is the worst"
"What church do you attend, Mrs. Part
'ngton G"-"Oh, any paradox church where
tue gospel is dispensed with"
"Oi', dear r exclaimed young school.
gil, when she first behel.l cucumber. II
always thought such things grew in slices"
The c'e''dy weather nelis at length into
Beauty and the brightest srri9es of the heart
are horn of its tears! ~
Sound dealing is the honor Of mans M.
tuse; AMI mixture of falsehood is like al.
10y in gold and silver, which may make the
metal work the better, bot It debaseth it.
After man has preserved bis innocence,
and performed all duties incumbent on him.
lis time spent in his own way is what makes
his life differ from that of a slave.
IMPORTANCE OF TRFLEs.-Oft, what
seems trifie- a mere nothing by itself, in
some nice situations turns the scale of fate,
and rules the most important aetions.-
Thomson.
EXAMINE THoRoUoHLY.--If untler all
circumstances. man does not 20 round
hcts or ideas, to examine them under tlieir
various aspects. this man is incomplete, fee
bic, and in danger of perisl,ing.-Balzae.
NO SUDDEN REFORM Is PosssBLE.-To
hope to change from vice to virtue is like
hoping for youthful veine to be opened, and
their healthful vigor infused into the dried.
up sluicss Of age.
A lie should be tpampled on and extin.
gtished wherever found. am for fumipa.
ting the atmosphere. when l susp, ct that
falsehootl. like pestilencs, breathe arouod
me.-G Carlyle.
The clock at the Houses Of Parliament.
London, nov strikes the hours regularly up.
on TIE great bel, and the sound may be
heard 6istiqctly for miles around the ne.
tropolis.
Either tl'efe is dignity in intellectual rank
orti'ers 10 not: if there ia, no other rank j.
needed if there is not, no other rank can
give it--for dignity is uot an accident bu.
sqpaliiy.. ~
eeTsE xMiSp.-The mind has certain veee.
tativs power, which cannot be wholly idle
AtH not laid ont and, cultivated into q
eautifll garden, j will of itself shoot up IN
sedsef fews.s Of wild growth. ~