The independent press. (Abbeville C.H., S.C.) 1853-1860, 1859-07-01
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tate by turning her into field.
Why does dog wag his tail when he is
pleased 2-Becau>e he has got tail to
wag.
Gradgrind has got up remedy for hard
times. 1t consists Of ten bours' labor, well
worked in.
You had better fnd out one Of your own
faults than ten Of your nri ghbor's.
Why is Whispering breach Of good
manners? Because It is not aloud.
He that wears n ght boot is likely to
Nave a narrow understanding.
If the father is the head Of the family,
what is the eldest son ?-Why, the heir to
be sure.
DR.. Young says, that man and wife are
like soul and dy-aiways at variance, and
yet 10th to part.
A doctor detained in court AS witness
complained to the judge that il he was kept
from his patients they might recorcr in his
absence!
All men who do anything must endure a
depreciation Of their efforts. 1t is the dirt
which their chariot wheels throw up.
As we grow older, it is with hearts as
with Leads of hair; for one that we find
real, there are nine that are false!
K..,dcr is the looking giass than the wine
glass: for the former reveals our defects to
ourselves only--,he latter to our friends.
The moon seems the most unsteady Of
all the celestial uminaries she is contiuu-
ally shifting her quarters.
Troubles are like habies-they grow big
ger by nursing. But babies are not, there
fore, always troubles.
"You seem 20 walk more erect than usual,
my frienl.'-"Yes, have been Strengthened
by circumstances"
Don't force man TO take your advice
You can advise linn to take bath without.
pitching him into the river.
Dr.. Abernethy used to tell his pupils that
all human diseases sprung from two causes
--stu6fng and .tietting.
To squire who was boa.ting Of his
horses speed, Sam Foote replied, "Pooh
nv horse will stand faster than yours can
galIop!'
An epicure once asserted that two were
required to make meal Of chicken
himself and the chicken!
Man passes his life in reasoning on the
past, in complaining Of the present, and in
trembling for the future.
There is German living in Louisville
(says An exchang+) who owns dog tina,
goes out and gets the morning paper for his
master. Although there may he English
papers lying about. the dog never makes 4
mistake, hut chooses the German print with
unfailing sagacity.
"OuR' MAxIMs.-It is all very we'll ia
be "a worthy fellow" "a blunt honest man,
hat we like little polish with the jewel
AS Locke says nobody contents himself
with rough diamonds, or wears them so
When polished and set, then they give 8
lustre"
If We were as careful to polish our man
pers as our teeth, to make our temper swee
as our breath, to cut off our faults as tt
pare our nails, to be upright in character
as in person, to shave our souls as to shaw,
our chin, what an Immaculate race W,
should become!
Sam. Smith was rated as mate in hi
fathers ship, the Happy go Lucky. In hi
own quaint way he called in at Taylor
Academy, as he said, 'just to learn Frencl
and navigation that afternoon, as lie WA
going to sail for Marseilles in the morning.
"An India,ruhber sl,ip!" exclaimed a,
old sailor who had been listening to des
cripiion of such proposed invention, "tha
would never do, because it would rub ou
all the lines Of latitude and longitude, to ga
nothing Of the equator3'
ia yourl'orse perfectly gen:la, Mr. Dae
steri"-"Perfeo,ly gentle, sir; the onl
fault he has got-if that be faults
playful habit Of extending hia hinder hoo
now and then."-"By extending his hind
hoofa you don't mean kicking, hope r.
aSome people call it kicking. Mr.. Greer
but i,s only slight reaction Of muscles
disease rather than vice."
Much excitement has been occasioned
the valley Of Aberdare by the fact Of a cor
pletea ahower of fish recently falling
Mountain Ash. The roofs of some hous
were covered with them, and several we