The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1859-01-05
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

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Ey Politeness is the just medium be-
tween ceremony and rudeness.
E%- A dance was got up in Bellevue,
Eaton Co., last week, the proceeds Of
which go to pay for bell for the Union
School House.
EE- Why are ladies the greatest
thieves in existence? Because they steel
the petticoats bone the stays, and crib
the babies. Yes and hook each others
dresses.
EE- An editor down east thinks chill
dren's games are becoming popular with
older persons nowadays, as he has seen
recently "several full grown men chasing
hoops in our streets"
EE- The man who is too poor to take
q paper, has bought slab-sided dog, an
old shot gun and twenty shilling gold
watch. He educates his children in the
street, and boards his Shanghais on his
neighbors.
Ez" To gain correct acquaintance
with human nature, it is not necessary to
move in a public or extensive sphere
A more limited circle of observation con-
duces to greater minuteness and accura-
cy. A public mode Of life is favorable
to knowledge of manners; private, to
a knowledge Of character.
@-"You know / am a patron of
yours" exclaimed a subscriber to us not
long since, when asking the insertion of
an article favorable to himself We beg
ged his pardon, and told him we patron
lied him; that we made for him news
paper that cost us twice the price he paid
for it, and that derives all its life and
profit from its advertisers.
EE- Several years ago a wood chopper
down East was going to the woods one
cold winter morning with his axe over
his shoulder. He slipped on the ice and
fell in such way that the blade of the
AK cut his head completely off. He
picked it up again and placed it in the
proper place, and the cold was so intense
that it was frozen OH again. He worked
with it all day, and at evening returned
home While sitting by the fire, after
supper, the heat thawed the neck so that
the head fell off upon the hearth. He
picked it up again, blew tie ashes ont of
his eyes, and held it on the proper place
until his wife, with darning-needle and
a strong pack-thread, sewed il on, so that
it could not drop off however warm the
room might be. Boston Atlas.
COMMON CENsURE.-All men who 90
their efforts. IL Is inc tufta'wfaetiaSl.Iqf
chariot wheels throw up.
WASHING PRINTs.-To wash prints,
delaines and lawns which will fade by
using soap, make starch water similar
for starching prints, wash in two waters
without any soap; rinse in clear water.
If there is green in the fabric add lit
tie alum to the starch water.
To Dye A Coop BRowN.-A decoc-
ton of oak bark, dyes wool and silk
fast brown of various shades, according
to the quantity employed. If the ar
ticle TO be dyed be first passed through
wash of alum water the color will be
frightened. An infusion of walnut peels
answers well.
The DAILY LIFE.-For my part, / am
not so much troubled about my future
state as about my present character in
the sight of a holy, self-denying life, l
conceive to be of the first importance
IL is by the daily life of Christian that
Christ is either honored or dishonored.
MARTHA WHITING.
demonstrating is one of the
greatest consultations of life; it is the
nurse of virtue, the uphol1er in adversi.
ty, the prop of independence, the sup
port of just pride, the strengthened of
elevated opinions; it is the shield against
the tyranny Of all the petty passions; it
is the repeller of the fools scott and the
knave's poison.
MANNERS AND LAws.-Manners are
of more Importance than laws. Upon
them, in great measure, the laws de-
pend. The law touches us but here and
there, now and then; manners are what
vex or soothe, corrupt or purify, exalt or
debase, barbarize or refine us, by con-
slant, steady, uniform, insensible opera
ton, like that of the air we BREATHE
They give our lives their whole form and
color. According TO their quality, they
aid morals, they supply them, or they |
totally destroy them.
MISS PEcK.-The Cleveland Herald
has spicy correspondence between two
servant girls. Mary Jane Peck, in one
of the letters, thus describes the latest