The Portage County Democrat. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1859-03-30
A CLUSTER OF GEMS.
With nothing of but ths thread that ties them

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With nothing of our but ths thread that ties them
He cannot be wise that speaks much, or
without sense, or out of season; For be known
for q fool that says nothing. 1t lsa great
misery to be a fool; butts still greater that a
man cannot be fool but he must show it II
we're well for such one If he could be taught
to conceal his fooIisbness but then there &o'd
be no fools He is not a fool that hath un
wise Thoughts. but he that utiers them. Even
concealed folly is wisdom. And sometimes
wisdom uttered is folly; while others care how
to speak, my care shall be how to hold my
peace.
Grsatness Of God.
Think of God especially in thy deyotion)
lin the abstract, rather than the concrete, if
thou conceive him good. thy finite thoughts
are ready to terminate that good in a con-
ceiyed subject if thou think him great, thy
bounded conceit is apt to cast him into a
comprehensible figure; conceive him, there
fore, tiffased goodness without quality, and
represent him an incompreheusible greatness
without quantity. = e
lIdleness
/ Idleness is more troublesome to a good
! mind than to do nothing; for, beside the fur
therance of our estate, the mind doth both
delight and better itself with exercise. There
is this difference, then, betwixt labor and idle
ness: labor is a profitable and pleasant troub-
lie. but idleness is a trouble both Improbable
and comfortiess.
Reconciliation. 49, 80 80
1 If thou hast wronged thy brother in tho't,
reconcile thee to him in thought; if thou hast
defended him in words. let thy reconciliation
be in words; if thou hast trespassed against
him in deeds, by deeds be reconciled to him;
that reconciliation is most kindly which is
most in kind.
Bad Company.
: Sir Peter Lely made it a rule never to look
at bad picture. having found by experience
that whenever he did SO. his pencil took hint
from it. Apply this to bad books and bad
company.
Confession. - f7s.
When thy tongue and heart agree not in
Gods pleasure he that confesses with bis
q tongue, and wants confession in his heart is
either a vain man, or hypocrite; he that
hath confession in his heart, and wants it in
!. his tongue, is either proud man or timor
Gus. $50. ~
: Memory.
! Overburthen not thy memory to make SO
& faithful a servant thy slave. Remember At.
} las was weary, Have as much reason as a
camel to rise when thou hast thy full load =
!, Memory, ike a purse, if it be over full that il
!, cannot shut, all will drop ont of it, Take
heed of gluttonous curiosity to feed on
many things, lest the greediness Of the appe
| tite of thy memory spoil the digestion thereof
!. Spoil not thy memory with thine own jealousy
q nor make it bad By suspecting it. How cans
thou find that true which thou wilt not trust
\ MARSHAL thy notions into handsome meth
, tod One will carry twice more weight, thrus
Z aud packed mp in bundles than when it lie
' untowardly Tapping about his shoulders
SMILES.
h How many sickly ones wish they wer
e healthy; how many beggarmen wish they wer
II wealthy; how many ugly ones wish they wer
o pretty; how many stupid ones wish they wer
& witty; how many bachelors wish they wer
" married how many Benedicts wished the
d had tarried Single or double, life's full {
Is trouble-riches are stubbIe. pleasures but
m BILE.
b, A pert lawyer in the South lately insulte
I'd the Judge, who fined him fifty dollars. II
Id repeated the insult, and the Judge double
ID the fine; he tried it agaiu, and the fine W,
ce repeated. Finally, he asked permission to c
Is. home. 91via @ 5esE
u. What for?' said the Judge.
r. Why, to buy your honor's paper at ten p
cent. to pay the fne r -.sss .ss.-
ad Judge. Humph I remit the 6ne.'
ng When Clement XIV. assembled the pap
Of chair, the ambassadors of the several state
gh represented at the court. waited on his Ho
as ness with their congratulations. As tn
ed twere introduced, and severally bowed be al
- bowed to return the compliment. On tn
far the master of ceremonies told his Holiness th
ed, he should not have returned their salute.
en beg your pardon said he'll have not be
an Pope long enough to forget good manners.
os- "A rustic poet sends to an exchange the Fl
'us lowing poem on a Squirt remarking that
in lis aware that the last line is little too lol
ch, which he says is not his fault: -
oil The squirt am very nice bird =
Ia And has = bushy tale. ze
~. He sometimes sits Opon linn.
ce And sometimes rale.
th, s1 And gathers nuts in the summer ne So that
"a. winter Stock wont fail. a=zl 4, -. ssai !.
~ A rural poet, describing bis lady.love, s.
-, she is graceful as water-lily. while her bre
~. lis like an armful of clover His ease is {
,rt tainly approaching q crisis.
~ The human heart is like feather bed =
a.. must be roughly handled, well shaken and
ernJ posed to variety of turns, to prevent
raj. becoming hard.
lose 'a J. }1l SPRAYS OF WISDOM.
by .;.a.
sarnl You cannot fathom your mind. There
well of thought which has no bottom. :
moressyon draw from it the more clear
IT. plentiful it will be- > . 'Fe as'a sa7'F
Ny ~ Is psl'e. 70 SOW young heart WIZ Win
nd 7 erous thoughts and deeds. than field v
cnrn s;noa tha heart,s harvas,4 a. ,arnat,a