The independent press. (Abbeville C.H., S.C.) 1853-1860, 1859-08-19
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If man is happily married, his ",;1" j.
worth all the other boxes in his body.
Men, like books. begin and end will!
blank !ea"rs-iri.nvv and scniitv.
Ifanv one speaks evil Of vou, let your lii.
be so virtu"n, that none will believe him.
'rherc is ~" place Ike homc'-cxcc;.,
The home OF IT," Gil yon a,c alter.
The grand essential, to happiness in N.;s
life, arc something to do. anl something t.
love.
We sho"l'! cling TO our rock as tl.e para,
site plants to theirs; and, like them, We
shall derive support and snS,cmance.
The citizens of tennessee have s,:N.cr;h.
cd three hnmir"': ''."rsa"' ,!o.i;us towards
the proposed new Irivcr,ivof the South.
It !, Impossible 20 love where We cauno,
esteem; and no wo,':;.il can lr --,e",n ! Ey
a man who has sense" il slc in.ir. herself
cheap in the eve Of loo. I',,"jur.,h.
There are som" tia: l:,c w;l.o,,t ary
design at all. AMI ONLY pass in the wo,il
like straws on river they do no, 90, bn,
arc carried.
a gentleman who has 4 >col,iins wife. in
answer TO an inquiry a!,rr her health, sail
she WAS pretty welt. only sHlj"ct at ,m,
to 'hreakur on: in the month";" -
Never hold any one by the bntton or
the hand, in order to he hoarl ou': for if
people are unwilling TO hear You. YOU had
better hold Your tongue than thcm.-(HnY
tcrfcM.
The New York TriLune estimates the
number OF newspapers printed in the United
States, at 1000, AMI the aggregate circu!a-
ton at upwards Of four hundred millions
per annum.
King AND KHIGHr.-When a very shab-
by-looking candidate for knighthood knel,
before King James VI, with a very evident
sense of his own unworthincss, his majesty
laughingly exclaimed, "Look up man:
have more reason to be ashamed than you.'
An old journal says the first wedding that
ever took place in the United States, was
in New England, and in May, 1851. The
names Of the couple were, Edward Winslnw
and Susannah White.
Bill came running into the house, the
other day, and asked eagerly, ..Wherc does
Charity begin" "At home," | replied, in
the words Of the proverb." Not by cood1
DEAL rejoined Bill; it begins at sea (C.O
N. Y. Picayune.
The love Of children appears TO us Ike
The love of flowcrs-swect and building
flowers-holy and innocent; and the man
who is fond Of them cannot be the posses
sor Of a brutal or bad heart.
SIR CnRIsTopnER WREN says: "A mod.
crate voice may he heard fifty feet before
the preacher, thirty feet on each side, and
twenty behind, if the pronunciation be dis
tinct and eqnal, without lowering the voice
at the last word Of the sentence"
EcoNoMY is the parent Of integrity. Of
liberty, and of ease and Tie sister of tenn
perance, of chccrfuncss and Of health and
profusencss is n cruel and crafty demon,
that generally involves her followers in de-
pendence and dcbts-that is, fettcrs them
with tsirons int tbo;r eorlsD
The Constitution Of South Carolina has
never been changed since her formation AS
State, and her present Senatorial rcprcs.
entation is so unequal that in some district
fifty votes will elect Senator, while in
others twenty times that number are re-
quired.
MEDICAL ADvIcE.-"DocToR," said
Frederick Reynolds, tho dramatist, to Dr.
Bailey, tho celebrated physician, "don't you
think write too much for my nervous sys-
tems"
3 sNo, I don't" said DR.. Dailie, "but think
= you write too much for your reputation"
Some one was telling an Irisbman that
somebody had eaten ten saucers Of ice
cream; wheaeupon Pat shook his head.
@Lo you don't believe it2" With shrewd
r nod, Pat answered: II believed in the crane
but not in the saucers!"
EDUCATIONAL SrAr1sT1cs.-There are A.
100000 scholars and 10000 teachers in
the public schools of the United States.
There is one scholar for every five fre. per-
sons. In Great Britain, there isone scholar
to every eight pclsons. In France, one