The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1860-07-26
NUMBER IL.

That which is always capable of per.
fection, is never. perfected. $50
1t is less painful to learn in youth than
to be ignorant in age. :.
A man may be q fool With Wit; but
never with judgment. 80
HYPocRIrfs are beings OF darkness
disguised in garments ofiight. f .
No man can avoid his own company,
so be had best make it as good as pos
sible. 49,
Never fear a man who thresteus YOU
with an injury the silent enemy is the
most dangerous. 2"E
Without confidence, friendship is but
mockery, and social intercourse sort
of war in disguise.
The man who is fond of buildings and
pies, places himself fearfaily in the power
of his wife. -. ....
Why do people talk about feeling
doubts in their own mipdi Where else
could they be expected to feel themi
A man Of sense may well disdain ar
tifice, just as a man Of known wealth
may venture to appear in a plain garb.
So long as men are imprudent in their
diet and their business, doctors and law
yers will ride in carriages ..ata
There is one thing which the most
unobservant person manages to see
that which we do not want him 10 see.
A SOLDIER being asked if he met
with much hospitality in ireland, replied
that he was in the hospital all the time
he was there.
The gleeful laugh Of happy children
is the best home music, and the graceful
figures of childhood are the best statu-
ary.
Sorrow comes soon enough without
dependency; it does mar no got d to
carry around lightning rod TO attract
trouble.
Applause may be gained by one great,
wise or fortunate action to avoid CEN
sure, you must pass awhole life without
saying one bad or foolish thing. a
In making an estimate of man or wo.
man, never take the dress into eonside.
ration. 'Tis the. value of the blade We
inquire into, not of the scabbard.
Night brings out stars, AS sorrow
shows us truths we never see the stars
till we can see little or naught else
and thus it is with truth.
The ancient cooks carried their art 10
the most whimsical perfection. They
were able 10 serve up whole pig, boiled
on one side and roasted on the other.
A YOUNG lady in Rails County cap
tured beaver lately, and also the man
who was carrying it about on his head
Young ladies are given to such tricks.
1t would he great advantage to
some school masters if they would steal
two hours day from their pupils, and
give their own minds the benefit of the
robbery. -f
In A CRtrIcAL CoNDIrIoN.-Gov.
Moore, Of Alabama, is at the Montgom-
cry White Sulphur Springs, Virginia. in
a very pre- carl rus condition, having lost
the use of both arms and legs.
| or all the passions, Jealousy is that
whcih exacts the hardest service and
pays the bitterest wages. lis service is
to watch the success Of our enemy its
wages, to be sure of if.
| Never cast yourself on the ground in
despair, lest you crush and destroy q
thousand flowers Of hope that are ready
to spring up and gladden. all your path
way. .-
IT Is general remark that all classes
of persons are ever ready to give their
opinions. We think the lawyers and
doctors must be excepted; they sell
theirs. 80
| OSE Of our writer's, dwelling upon the
importance of small things, says that he
always. takes "note, even of q straw
Especially, perhaps, if there's sherry
cobler at the end of it. .,,
AN Eastern editor says he had a pa;,
Of boots given him which were SO tight
that they came very near making Lim
a Universalist, because he received his
punishment as he ,oent along
Those real gems Of thought that shine
IKE stars in the night, were not struck
out al a heat; as sparks from black
smiths anvil are, but fashioned and pol.
ished with patient and a weary and
an aching head and heart.
| JEnoME's WIDow.-Tie American
wife Of the late PrnceJ Jerome is said to
be worth a million Of dolla $. Tho Firs,
Napoleon allowed her a pension Of 6c,
600 francs, but the Bourbons stopped 4,
very quick, says the Boston Post.
IT is said that the British Govern
ment has notified the President of tn.
United States, that the Prince Of Wales
intends leaving England at an early day
for Canada, and that he will proceed
from Canada directly TO Washington.
FLOWERS are sent as innocent agen
cies to load mans thoughts to God. A
; their perfumes ascend to heaven, a,
should his prayers arise to his create,
II They flourish for awhile, and then die