The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1860-08-01
/" THE STICKING POINT"

There is a great deal included IN THIS
expressive phrase. IL is one Il those
pilhy apothegns which the wisdom OF
past ages has employed to embody and
illustrate some great truth. We have not
time now to rotrnce its origin into tho past,
and nrc not therefore prepared to say |
whether it originated with Aristotle or
Seneca, with Luther or Zwinglius, with
George Washington or Benjamin Frank
lin, but certain it is, that it is phrase Of
much meaning, real n1tltune IN parvo,
the value of which none can overcsti-
mate.
Let us look at it geographically.--
George the Third did not understand the
I" sticking point" or he would not have
lost his American Colonies, nor the King
Of Naples, or he would not have lost Sic
lily. Look at the phrase politically. 1t
is ignorance of this thai divides our North
and South, that separates Breckenridge
from Douglas, and Republicans from the
old Democratic party. View il theolog-
ically. What divides Episcopaians from
Mothodists, and Presbyterians from Con
gregationalists, what makes the Sabbath
School of the one picnic up the river, and
of the other down the lake, but that
there is ignorance Of the Sticking poin"
somewhere. Look at the phrase doncs-
tically. What creates family quarrels,
dsrupts matrimonial ties, and places n
frown where there should be n smile, but
that tho " sticking point" is lost sight of
in the fogs of contention! In word,
why docs Islander stalk abroad, and cast
its dirt around upon some of the fairest
characters of earth, but that the stick
ing point Of truth is avoided and thrown
to the winds, and men learn to live as
though this ancient philosophy were not
designed to regulate their lives.
Taking compassion, therefore, upon the
ills which flesh is heir TO-" SPALDlNG &
Co., of New York, after much labor, re-
search and expense, has invented glue
of such adhesive power, and tenacity that
it will accomplish what The learning Of
philosophers, the teachings Of thoolo-
81 and all the stump speeches of poll
ticians have failed to accomplish. We
will not say that it will heal family di-
visions, but we will say, it will unal-
tcrably cement every broken crock, dish,
jar, cup, chair, or any other article so that
H. .--4-.-- ~ i-..-
Whoie. 1t may not unite ministers, but
it will unite every fracture in their pulpts
and in their pews, and even should n bot
tic be poured on their hands, and they
grasp each other tightly, they will b'
united till death. Thus let Bell, Breck
Dug and old Abe be united and we guar
antcc that our fall election will come Of
quietly, and they might thus sing the OLE
chorus:
"Wc arc all band of brothers"
Without any jesting, we wish to max
the public acquainted with this invaluabl
glue. No housekeopcr should be with
out it. 1t will save them ten times il
cost in the course of a year. If they douL
it let them try, and experience will prov
that in "Spalding's prepared glue" the
have found true friend and beneiacto
Ladies, VIC say again, "try it," for this
the true sticking point" You will fin
it nj the Hardware Store Of GEORGE i
HUBBARD, Esq, who will be happy 10 SC
it to all, and thus unite our whole villaq
in one common bond.