The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1859-11-17
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dolphin, exhibits its most beautiful colors
in distress.
So5- The poetical and political cry OF
Westward ho!" is fast niiing our terri
| tories with rdkes.
gg~ A good citizen is a peaee-maker
A bull in china-Shop is a piece-maker
too.
ssa- In seasons of war and pestilence,
! Death seems to exchange his scythe for
patent-mower.
sg- Many dashing fellow is like the
golden feece-a fine outside on a sleeps
| back.
El~ \ man who undertakes to reach
high position by making speeches, is like
a parrot that climbs with his beak
s&5~ If man, as the Scriptures say,
cannot live by bread alone" is it not
wise in him to take help-meot?
Rss@ Whenever you see a young lady
running the streets, look ouS, that she is
nothing more than a iirt and coquette
esa. Men should remember that some
times the greater sound has the less sense;
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Is more than u fourth
gss~ Persons who are always cheerful
and good humored, are very useful in the
world they spread an atmosphere of peace
and happiness around them.
BSy- Some malignant old men seem to
grow humane as they grow childish. The
softening of the brain is accompanied by
a softening of the heart.
nsa- If misfortune come into your house,
be patient and smile pleasantly, and it will
soon stalk out again, for it can't bear
cheerful company.
G@- We can perhaps tolerate a man,
| who has just Ignorance enough to talk
among fools, if he has discretion enough
to be silent among men of sense.
esa- Vice, abstractly considered. is of
ten engendered in idleness, but, the mo-
ment it becomes efficiently vice, it must
| quit its cradle and cease to be idle.
asa The tongue may be, as David calls
it, a two-edged sword, but most men will
find wooden dagger better weapon to
! fight with
Is5- The presumption of the blind, who
attempt to lead the blind, is certainly not
so great as that of the blind who insist ON
leading those that can see
RzaF- 1t is better for man 10 send his
children to a good evening school than to
permit them to graduate at the schools
kept at the corners Of the streets.
nen- According to the opinion Of dis
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er OF Wit, Truth his grandfather, and
| Mirth and Good Humor his chosen COM
panlons.
Eay- Goethe says that modern authors
| put too much water in their ink Some
Of our fashionable writers. agreeing with
him i'll opinion, seem to substitute bran
dy.
asa- \ factious man is a state-mounte-
bank, whose business is to persuade the
people they are not well in health, that
he may get their money to make them
worse.
aea9 Trifing causes may obstruct strong
agencies. Witches are supposed to pos
sess preternatural power, but it is said
that they cannot pass couple of straws
lying crosswise.
aea- 1t would be better for society if
the memory Of the giver were transferred
to the receiver, and the forgetfulness of
the Obliged were consigned to the breast
OF him that confers the obligation.
Reg We fear we have known members
of Congress, who, because privileged from
being arrested for their debts, supposed
they had the same freedom from all the
obligations they owed to humanity and
their country.
Hg- 'Sir," said man, to one whom he
had struck, 81 have given you good
dressing" ''No, sir" replied the other
"you may consider it only lent, and | will
take care that it shall be repaid with in
terest-"
asa- A gentleman had watch stolen
from his pocket. Knowing who the thief
was, he stole up behind him and cut of
his ear. 'Now, sir" exclaimed he. Gre
turn me my watch, and will return you
your ear"
nsa- Little do we know of the transfer.
nations that all objects undergo in the
processes OF nature We never see tear
upon the cheek of a coqpette without fan
cying that it may previously have fallen
, from the eyes of dozens of crocodiles.
nA- The fnger-ring has been an object
OF ornament and use for thousands OF