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And be a husband too!'
"And is there nothing yet unsaid
Before the chungc arpears3
Remember, all their gifts have fed
With ,tose dissolving years.,
"why, yes, for memory would recall
My foud paternal joys;
Icould not bear TO leave them ALL
III ake-my-girls-aud boys!
"The smiling angel dropped his pen:
"Why, this will never do
The man would be boy again,
Aud be father too!'
"And so laughcd-my laughter woke
The household with its Eoise-
And wrote my dream when morning broke
To please the gray haired boys"
WASTED.-A rake, by the author Of
I've.anhoe.'
III the. old maxim is true that the law
taxes on account Of small matters, it must
take precious, little account OF many who
pretend to administer it.
Horse-J Jockeys seem fond ofgiving their
fast nags very expressive names, Among
the horses exhibited at late fair, whore
'Meddlesome,' Troublesome and Rats
None are so seldom found alone, and are
so soon tired ofther own company, as those
coxcombs who are OH the best terms with
themselves.
There are some who write, talk, and think
go IN uch about vice and virtue, that they
have no time to practice either the one or
the other
Fortune has been considered the guardian
divinity Of fools and she is certainly very
kind inhelP'ng those who cannohbeIp them
selves.
Sir Peter LeIy made it a rule never to
look at bad picture, having found, by
experience, that whenever he did 60, his
pencil took tint from it. Apply the same
rule to bad company,
ohuSi tue 'ltio VI OCnllIeT TOuuuatiOn
an association has been established by the
authors, publishers, and professors of Ger
many for the purpose Of relieving literary
men, or their widows and orphans, in dis.
tress.
He that gives good advice, builds with
one band he tbatgives good counsel and
example, builds with both; but he that
gives good admonition and bad example
builds with one hand and pulls down with
the otber.-Bacon.
A xEw sEcr.-eII, jane, j. this is a
queer world said Joe 70 lis wife ;ssasect
of women philosophers has Just spfdSg up
-!udeed.' saiJ" Jane, 'and what do they
holdr-Tbes strangecst thing in nature, said
he, tbeir tongussr
CoRS dBsEF.-Fresh beef boiled in pery
salt waterSis said to be sweeter, and tender
er, than that which has been picked before
cooking; and;any family that can get fresh
beef may eoShit as they want it.
a.
When misfortunes happen to such as
dissent from us 10 matters Of religion, we
call them Judgements; when to those Of our
own sect, We call them triale; when to per-
sons neithar way distinguished, we are con-
tent to attribute them to tue settled course
oftllings. s.:
Theodore Hepk was walking. in the days
Of Warsns, backing, where one of the
emissariesgdkat shining character had
written on ths wall, Try Warren's b
@T,'bdt had been frightened from his
propristy and 6ed.-'The rest is lacking.
said tbeNwit'
There have been cndlesss'disputes about
the. distinction between pride and vanity. :.
One factis sufficient to show me vastness
OF the difference. Many men are almost
p'essea Sto be called, proud. You can call
no sshsn vain without inso,tug him. An
other -sprely sufficient distinction is. ,ha,
the fofner is one Of the principal guardians
OF yohsen, and that the latter is one of
their n'a most frequent betrss
The sss fsbe merit Il b6ok is not 80
much whsthersit will bear second or a
third resdingat short iutervals; !; but whe.h.
q It will appear equally original, and
and tsne, vbsn read at intery.,s Of
ten, fifteen. or twenty years. The pas.
ssgss which man would mark a. twso.
y, hs would generally no longer mark
ss iostys snd .thst, less from an increase
Of knosl3gs than ? change Of feel.
ing. Gssat1 . The. merit Of thssbook
wkch eontsins much that ,ssgHopd., iD
sodsslnssstss, to the diHsrsnf phrases Of
sspsebtin &rsry era Of human lie. ~