The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1860-03-14
THE DAY BOOK.
WEDNESDAY EVENING. MARCH IA.

POVERTY AND HoNoR.--Be and con-
tnue poor, young men, while others
around you grow rich by fraud and dis
loyalty; be without place or power, while
others beg their way upwards, bear the
pain OF disappointed hopes, while others
san the accomplishment of theirs by
ftattery; iorego the gracious pressure of
the hand, for which others crlnge and
crawl. Wrap yourself up in your own
virtue, and seek friend and your daily
bread. II you have. in such a course
grown grey with unblenched honor,
bless God and def Henzelmann
Now. -" New is the constant syllable
ticking FROM the clock ut time "Now"
Is on the banner OF the prudent. Let us
Keep this little word always in or plind,
snd whenever anything presents Itself
to us il tins shape OF work whether men
tai Or physical, we should dc it with all
our might, remembering tibet Now' is
the only t!ne Gor US. Il is, indeed u
sorry way 10 get through the world by
putting OFF .i:i Tomorrow; saying +" he"
will do it. No! this will never answer.
"i,uw'' is uiirs. '''rheiI may HeYur lie.
!.E overheard a curious thing from Il
Ittls fellow abou: six years OF age short
lame sgo. The subject u wedding cake
had been introduced il lhe courae OF COLI
vs,sat!oa, in which The father was taking
a part.
''Fathef,'' said the little fellow, after
having apparently reflected inten,ly on
>omethius, 81 shant send you any of my
.,edding cake when | get married
why not?' was the inquiry
Because. replied the young hopeful,
you didn't send me any Of yours
The TFsT.-An Irishman had been
lex a long time, and while ia that state
would occasionally cease Breathing, aud
lie be apparently extinct Tor some time,
when he would come to. On ons .! these
occasions, when he had just awakened
from his sleep, his friend Patrick asked
him: "And how'll we know, Jimmy
when yer dead? yer atther waking tp,
every time" Bring me glass 0 ~ his
key, aud say 10 me, here's till ye, Jenny
an it | don rise and drink then bury
me-
a certain gentleman passing hons
ward q night or two since, came 10 q
eliot hes-line with shirt on it, He i'm
nediate!y proposed to the line to ''odd
and eyen,'' 10 SEQ which should have the
shirt; be pulled out quarter, took ii odd, |
and WOE. He then went his way. the !
richer by good shirt.
Not long since premium was offered |
by an agricultural society for the best |
mode Of irrigation, and the latter word,
py mistake of the printer, having been
changed to Irritation" a farmer sent his
wife TO compete for the prize.
A little boy on coming home from
church, where he had seen person per-
forming on an organ, said to his mother:
"Oh, mammyl | wish you could have
been to church to-day to see fun--a man
pumping music out ofan old cupboard
A New SEcr.-"Well, Jane, this is
queer world" said Joe to his wife; ga
sect oi woman philosophers has just
sprung upl' Indeed, said Jane" and
what 10 they hold?" "rhe strangest
thing in nature" said he, "their toughest
At railroad depot few days ago,
we noticed "a fellow seated,near the door OF
one of the ladies' apartments, with q few
pounds oil hair surrounding bis mouth
A little boy passing the room with his
parents, on seeing the object, exclaimed,
: oh, mother, mother, inst see that man
auiM a cat IN his MOUTH
"Ah," said an Englishman the other
day, al belong to a country upon which
the sun never sets," "And t." said
Yankee, belongs TO q country OF which
there can be no correct map it grows
so fast that surveyors can't Keep up with
it,"
Al friends house one evening the
Sabbath school children met 10 practice
singing, preparatory to the exhibition
The next day an elder sister asked little
Johnny why he didn't go home with one
Of the little girls. 81 should have gone
home With that girl chat Ind On the
white apron, if I'd had anyhudy 10 come
back with me- answered he aitles-ly.
A dealer in whiskey, ar Dunkirk heads
his advertisements ''Grsnd AECensionP'
Probably in order TO attract the attention
Of those who wish to 'get high"