The independent press. (Abbeville C.H., S.C.) 1853-1860, 1859-10-14
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iA. & L II p T s.
Those who never admire others are rarely
admired themselves.
Passion has its foundation in nature; vir-
tue is acquired by the improvement OF our
reason.
70 succeed, you must keep movcng; to
grow rich, you must keepssaviug.
Life appears to be too short to be spent
IN nursing animosities or registering wrongs
"Green, but dangerous as the asparagus
said to the copper kettle in which it was
boiled.
Why is a tale-bcarer like brcklayer g
Because he raises stories.
This world cannot explain its own diff
culies without the assistance of another.
What is the difference between the bark
of;a tree and the bark Of dog 2-One is
formed on the bougA, and the other of the
bow aoow.
Roast beef, serenity of mind, pretty
wife, and coldwater baths, will make al
most any man "healthy, wealthy and WISE"
Fashionable circles were never so numcr-
Gus as they are now. Almost every lady
that appears in the streets is the centre of
one.
'Thev tell me vine gives strength. {! said
Fox, one day, and yet I, who have Just
drunk three bottles, cannot keep myself on
my legsv
tom, whom did you say jenkins mai
ried? swell, he married fifty thousand
dollars" replied Tom; Il forgot her OTTER
nane!" n
"Did you see AIRY Schcfer :" inquired an
artist of traveller WHO had just returned
from Paris. "Nary Q.e'er a) ScheAer," was
the reply.
1t may sound like paradox, yet the
breaking of both wings of an army is a
pretty sure way to make it fly.
Why is~a stove an agreeable affair in
summer as well as in winter ?-Because at
either season It is always grateful when
eoaled.
It you make love TO widow who has a
daughter twenty years younger than herself
begin bysaselaring that you thought they
were sisterss
A lady's face, like the coat in the "Tale
of a Tub" will wear we'll if left alone: but
hyou attempt to. load it with foreign orna-
ments, you. destroy the original ground.
Don't force a man to take your advice.
You can advise him4f q take bath without
pitching him irto befiser.
A pretty girl and wild horse are liable
to do much mischief; for the one runs
away with fellows body, and the other
rnns away with his heart.
Il hope You are not disposed to question
the character Of my milk" said landlord
to his guest.-"Oh no, indeed, it has evi-
IDENTITY been pumped enough already
The worst form Of ingratitude is to refuse
to accept favor from the hands ofa person
to whom youshave had the pleasure of ren.
deripgShe.
The reason Why justieeis SO often denied
is because it is demanded Is right. We
have notion that il it1wwere solicited as a
favor, it would be much more frequently
conceded
4 RogT BAFfLEp.
To win the maid the poet triea
And sonnets vrites tn Julia'seyes; -
She likes a serse, yet, cruel wiimi (!
ske;stdll appears aue1se to him:
Happiness IN part is imaginary, and it,
possession depehds almost entirely upon our
selves :; eontentment is the key which an
locks the treasure house, and with godlinssi
Is great gain. &'''.
,"Lawks r exclaimed Mrs. Partington
~what monsters these master BUILDERS mus
be! ! am told some on ,em have as man,
asa huudped haads"
.J.G ,1f> ..s "a. ,f. -Fs
Sydney Smith, one, day describing to
friend the people whom be at a dinner pa,
~, sad,isThers wasl Hsllan, 7 too. with hi
mouth foil Of cabbageaad contradiction
.Phibssspby says that shsuipg the ey.
makes the sense Of: hearing more acute.-
Psrhaps this accounts forthe habit sol,
peopas have of-alwayaclosing their eyes d,