The Oxford intelligencer. (Oxford, Miss.) 1860-18??, 1860-10-03
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DrED IN THE WooL-Mutton.

A life of full and constant employment is
the only safe and happy one.
IT is only one hundred and sixty-seyen
years since Witches were hanged in New
England.
A man should manifest and communicate
his JOY, but as much as possible conceal and
smother his grief
Be calm and quiet in your life. You are
not necessarily serviceable to others when
you are troublesome to yourself
Tue loss of goods and money is oftentimes
no loss; il you had not lost them, they
might perhaps have lost you.
WISDOM often comes to us too late in life
to be of much service to us. There's no use
of mustard after meat.
CoRREcr yourself betimes. You will sell
dom or never keep from falling if you can
not recover yourself when you begin to
to.ter.
A Charleston paper thinks that an Indian
and his squsw, padding down the Missis-
sippi, are interesting specimens of ednoeJiai
felicity.
The philosopher the politician, or the
priest, who speaks the truth at all times and
in all places viii starye. Hypocrisy alone
feeds fat.
An old bachelor is traveller upon life's
railroad, who has entirely failed to make the
proper conn ections.
Ii you were obliged to swallow man,
whom would you prefer to swallow. A lit
tie London porter.
IT has been laid down by Mr.. Justice
WilIes, that banker is bound to pay ON the
production of the half Of cut note, even
without an indemnity.
He. who acquires riches without labor,
generally lavishes them without care. Fu-
gality is as closely connected with industry
as ideness is with vice.
THE most successful people are those who
have but one object and pursue it with per-
sistenee "The great art" says Goethe, lis
to judiciously limit and isolate ones self"
The Two ARcHIrEcrs.-Onc made long
and learned dissertation on the principles of
his art; the other simply said, "What my
brother has so learnedly described can do !"
lie got the work.
any dear julia" said one pretty girl to
another, "can you make up your mind to
marry that odious Mr.. Snuff" "Why, my
dear Mary" replied julia" 81 believe !
could take him at pipchl"
A traveller, passing through Weston, near
Bridgewater, seeing sign over the door
with this one word, "Agorsqrdere," he
called TO the woman to inquire what she
sold, when she said she did not sell any
thing, but that "Agues were cured here"
a sheet OF tissue paper has been exhibiting
at Coylton, Deyohshigc 1t measures in
length four miles, being twcnty-one thousand
feet long, aud is in breadth six feet three
inches. The weigh of it is but one hundred
and ninety-siX pounds.
AT best, life is not very long. A few
more smiles, few more tears, some pleas
urc, much pain, sunshine and songs. clouds
and darkness, hasty greetings abrupt fare
wclls-then our little play will close, and in
jurer and injured will pass away. Is it worth
while to hate each other?
PEACE IS better than joy. Joy is an I'M
easy guest, and always on the tip-toe to de-
part. 1t tires and wears us out, and vet
keeps us ever fearing that the next moment
it will be gone. Peace is not so-it comes
m ore quietly, it stays more contentedly, and
it never cxhausts our strength, nor gives us
one anxious forecasting thought. There
fore, let us pray for peace.
a lady, paying visit to her daughter,
who was young widow, asked her why she
wore the widows garb so long'
Dear mamma, dou't you see" replied |
the daughter, {" it saves me the expense Of
advertising for a husband, as every one can
see that am for sale by private contract"
Az Irishman was once indulging in the
very intellectual occupation of sucking eggs
raw and reading newspaper. BY some
mischance he contrived to bolt live chick
en-. The poor bird chirrupped as it went
down his throat, when he politely observed,
"Be the powers, my friend, you spoke too
latel"
Az eccentric wealthy gentleman stuck up
a board in a field upon his estate, upon
which was painted the following:
81 win give this field to any man who is
eontcnted."
He soon had an applicant.
"Well, sir" are you a contented man :"
AYES, sir-vey."
"Then what do you want with my ieldl"
The applicant did not stop to reply.
THERE are many shining qualities in the
mind of man-but none so useful as disere-
ton. 1t is this, indeed, which gives a value
to all the rest, anG sets them to work in their
proper places, and turns them to the advan- I