The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1860-03-21
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
: General Stagnation. The nat

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presided over by an Old Buck.
= Women are seldom sailors, but they
sometimes command smacks.
- Creditors and poor relations never
call at the right moment.
= The Common Schools of Ohio con-
tain about 600, ,304 scholars.
- There are twenty banks, in Wiscou-
sin, now winding up.
- A new copper mine has lately been
discovered in Bristol, Conn.
: What a regular " old blower" the
weather is
= How to make woman love you-
never care fig for them.
Look out for paint rs the girl
said when fellow went to kiss her.
= Who is the greatest liar? He who
speaks most of himself.
- To keep your friends, treat them
kindly; 10 kill them, treat them often.
A bee keepers convention is an
nounced to be held at Cleveland on the
18th of March.
- The libraries of Harvard College
comprise collection of moro than 128,-
900 volumes.
The cold weather is said to have
killed most of the orange trees in Louis
lana.
= To be worthy of an office now-a-
days one must be entirely unworthy of
anything else.
- A leading maxim with many pol
itician is, always to keep his countenance,
and never to keep his word.
-" "Whats in a dress?" asks popu-
lar writer. Sometimes great deal, and
sometimes precious little.
A piece of soap rubbed on the
hinges of door will prevent its creaking.
So will servant girl who has beau.
Gross ties. The ties which are sup
posed 10 subsist between the wife and the
husbands relations.
= Be content with enough. You may
butter your bread until you are unable to
eat it.
- Oat straw is tho best for filling beds.
1t should be changed once in every six
months.
= If your fiat irons are rough, rub
them well with fine salt and il will make
them smooth.
- A man named Boatright was re-
Gently married in Cooper county, Mo-, to
his tenth wife!
- If the best mans faults were writ
ten on his forehead, it would make him
pull his hat over bis eyes.
1t is with life rs with coffee; he
who drinks it pure must not drink it to
the dregs.
- You who are travelling down the
hill Of life, should be very careful not too
drive loo fast. Lock your wheels.
- During a skating match in Montro-
al, two skaters accomplished fifteen miles
in forty-five minutes.
= A man went to Judge to be quail
ified for IN office. Said the Judge,
Hold up your hand; I'll swear you, but
all creation couldn't qualify YOU
Why is fool in high station like q
man in balloon? Because everybody
appears small to him, and ho appears
small to everybody.
- In Russia the candles used in the
mines are made of tallow mixed with
powdered charcoal, which greatly increas
es the intensity Of the light.
=" "Give man brains and riches, and
he is king; brains without riches, and
he is slave; riches without brains, and
he is a fool"
- The King Of Siam has expressed
his admiration of American character by
naming his youngest son George Wash
ington.
- A thousand Chinese in San Fran
cisco are preparing for stampede to
Washington Territory and the gold re-
gions thereabout.
An impudent bachelor calls the pres
ent style of ladies' dresses the GLOW and
behold" style. He ought to be nibbled
to death by ducks. That's so.
Bulwer asks "What is softer than
woman?' We know knothlng; she is
the softest substance in nature.
Milwaukee News.
"A company has just been formed
in Rio Jauiero for undertaking the
streets. Hitherto the offal Of the city has
been carried in kegs by negroes and emp
tied into the sea.
- He who is passionate and hasty is
generally honest. 1t is your cold, dis
sembling hypocrite of whom you should
beware. There's no deception in bull
dog. II is the cur that sneaks up and
bites you when your back is turned.
Many men want wealth-not COM
potency alone, but fve-story compe.
tence. Every thing subserves this; and
/ IL of Er.If mir