The Oxford intelligencer., 1860-12-26
NUMBER 80.
CHIPS.


circumstances.
AMBITION often plays the wrestler's trick Of
raising a man up merely to throw him down.
To be deprived of the person We love is lap
piness in comparison Of li.ing with one We hate.
TRuE.-The love that has nothing but beauty
to sustain il, soon withers away.
AFTER all, there's someth.r 6 about wedding
gown prettier than t.ny cLss gown in. the
world. I'LL
The character that needs law to mend h 10
hardly worth the trouble Of tinkering.
SECOND wedlock is said to be like nine-not 10
be properly judged Of till the second glass.
Nix and women are never more frequently
outwitted than when they are trying to oa,rit
others.
NEVER be idle Always have something To
do. Remember moments are the golden sands
of time.
Tue only way for rich man to be healthy b
TO practice exeI else and abstinence-to live O. IL
he were poor.
TirE purest joy We can experience In one We
love, is to see that person source of happiness
to others.
WOMEN can easily preserve their youth; for
she who captivates the heart and understanding
never grows old.
THERE are three kinds of fricnds-fiends who
love you, friends who DO not trouble themselves
about you, and friends who late you.
TnEREis an efficacy in calnness Of which We
are unaware. The element of serenity is one
which We peculiarly need.
WE think that man carries the borrowing
principle tri1e too Ear when be asks Us to lend
him our ears.
A NAN who IS not at heart ashamed of him
self need not be ashamed of bis early condition
in life
A rASSEm firm in New Orleans have gone in.
to the business of tanning alligator hides with
great success. The skin Of the alligator makes
excellent leather.
VALUE OF APPLArsE.--Some one remarked To
Mrs. Siddons that applause was necessary to &C
tors, as it gave them confidence. More" re-
piled the actress; lit gives US BREATH"
"Wnr is it, husband that whenever We send
for pound of tea or coffee to the grocer II hlls
an ounce shortT "0h, it's just ueigA hs
has"
lS literature, as in morals, there are q certain
taste and grace which confer dignity on moder.
ate requirements; and there are o negligence
and grossncss that disgust even when acLompa-
MED with incontcstiblc superiority.
ODD roREsIGHr.-Lady Margaret Herbert ask.
ed somebody for pretty pattern for nightcap.
'Wcll," saId the person, "what signifies the
pattern Of nightcap" ''Oh! child" said she,
but you know in case of fret"
MOTIONS OF ANrIQuIrIEs.-A traveller returned
from Europe, was asked how he liked Rome; to
which he replied that Rome was very fine city,
but that he must acknowledge he thought the
public buildings were very much out of repair.
A NOVELIST tells of lovers who agree to wave
their hands toward each other at a certain hour
lcross the Atlantic Ocean. One might suppose
here would be waves enough between them,
without trying to make any with their hands.
THE lays of the nightingale may be very DO
ightful to wellfed man, but the lays" Of .
len are liked better bya hungry one.
MANY persons are in advance Of their age, but
II old maid generally manages to be about ten
ears behind hers
CRITICS are sentinels in the grand army Of let
ers, stationed at the corners Of newspapers and
eviews to challenge every new author.
The society of the great does not make man
ontented, but it generally prevents his being
o elsewhere. ...- -,
WESTERN poetess speaks Of waving - kiss
her sweetheart These rl'yinihg girls had
ctter waive kisses altogether ~'-'
The ears are the handles BY which d.ma-
ogue catches the populace. 90
A PLANO affords young lady good chance to
how her lingering and her fnger-ring.
IL an editor can find nobody that will credit
ord he says, he may fairly boast that he has no
reditors r."
In all matters except little matter Of the
'ngue a woman can generally hold her o~n.
The roses upon ladies' cheeks are blush-roses.
ut they can generally be ea5baged.
FORTUNE like a. coy mistress, loves to yield
er fayors,- thoash she makes US wrest them
2 "s'' -. -
MATRIMONIAL history is a narrative of. many
ords; but the story Of love.may DO told isa
W letters.
TuE real victim Of a cOquctte is the man she
arries.
He who asks no questions at ali is queer, bat
e who asks many questions is tie qusrist
wrrE's FAREWELL to her husband every morn.
g-buy and buy.
Ir is paitry and transparent afcctation fora
an, who hasdOne something of real merit and
orthy Of himself to pretend that Il cost him
othing And yet It is the most common and
le weakest kind of vanity we meet people al
ost every day, who seem to think that because
yron woke one morning, and found himself
nous" |" he bad been asleep since day before
esterday. II isa very grave mistake. and hss