The independent press. (Abbeville C.H., S.C.) 1853-1860, 1860-01-20
VOLUME vII.---NO. So.
EXCERPTS,
EXCERPTS
The greatest gluttons are those who feed
upon slahder.

The greatest gluttons are those who feed ,.
upon SANDER.
The world cannot explain its own diff.
culties without the assistance of another.
That man will cne day find it but poor
gain who hits upon truth with the loss Of
charity.
The best adhesive label YOU can put On
your baggage, is to stick to it yourself.
Running accounts will rim Away with 4
PERSONS credit moro rapidly than ainIyytl1hE
else.
Matrimonial history is narrative OF
many a0ords; but the story of love may b,
old in few letters.
Caught in her own net" as the man
said when he saw one ofthe fair sex hitched
| in her crinoline.
"Ma, do you know why horses h6n't wear
's?'-"No, johnny '-"Becauss It would
give them hostile appearancce:' <
Night brings out stars as sorrow shows
US truths; we can never see the stars till We
can see lttle'o naught cfse-andd tliiGis Il iS
with truth.
What were the feelings Of the blinotauf
after devouring the king Of Athens daugL-
ter Ale suffered from lass-he chewed.
What is the difference between an orien.
tai fireplace and the largest ship in the world
One is an Eastern CRATE, and the other tie
/ Great Eastern.
n mind TOO vigorous and active serves
only to consume the body to witch It is
joined, as the richest Scwels are Soonest found
to wear their settings.
A pretty girl and a wild horse are fiatico
to do much mischief; for the one runs away
with fellows body, ard the other runs
away with his heart.
A COMPLIMENT IN sEAsoS.-"My dear
madam, you really must not eat that raid
gallant gentleman to beautiful lady, a.
he abruptly snatched away plate of beauti-
full duck that had been placed before her.
~ really cannot allow yoiito commit canui-
balism.' The lady, buried under a rose
heap Of bushes, declared she would never
forgive him. AS a proof of it, they. were
married the next week.
THE TWO ExrREMEs.-There are many
mon who are continually going backwards.
and frowards from their wine merchant's!to
the chemists. To the latter 60 to recover
them from the effects Of toe many visits to
the former; and to the wine merchant they
return to restore them frolh what
they had been taking at tho chemists. It.
would be difficult to say which Of the t~o
bottles-,he doctooft'sor tile wine !rnerchants
did them The Host in5ury.-luneh:
PnEcoc1ous wIr.-A few days since U
little ragged urohin was sent by iiheehanlo
to collect small till. He began in tho
usual way, but becoming more and morrece
importunate, at length the gentleman's pa
tience being exhausted, lie said to him,
You need not dun me so sharply-I am
not going to run away.'-~ don't suppose
you .are,' said the boy, scratching his head;
"but'my master is, and he wants the mod:
. ey."
TIE wIrE.-Top partake secretly, AID III
ethcr heart, Of all his joys and sorrows, to
believe him comely and fair, though the
ssn hath drawn acypress over him, (for as
sEnaniages are not tosbe cc.5tracteds by ths
'Fhands and eyes, but with reason aud the
heart, 50 are these Judgments to be made
} BY the mind, not W the sight,) and dia-
monds cannot make the woman sirtHoHs,
} nor him to value her. who sees her put them
} of then, when chastity and modesty are her
} brightest ornalnents.-Indeed the outward
ornament is fit to take fools, bat they ahs
not worth the taking. But she that hath 4
sWise husband, must es'tice him to an eternal
dearness, by the veiEof modes.y, and the
grave robes of chastity, the ornatf,en. Of
meekness, add the jewels, Of faith anti
charity her brightness must bo puriiy, !, ,and
she must slime round about with sweetness
and friendship, ahd she shall be pleasant
while she lives, and desired wien she. dis:
jeremy Taylor. -:
A NEKpoiarAN ROWLAND flfE1.--Thefs
are some curiousfscts respecting Fla RoccS;
Z the celebrated Dominican preacher Of Naples
On one occasion he preached aspenitentialy
Il sermon, and introduced SO many illustrations
:. OF terror that be soon bronghtAbis hearers
10 their, kaess (. While they were s,hpfs
;shouing every sign Of consriiion as cried
opt, Now, all of you who sincerely sspeGt
1 of. yohr sins, bold up your hsndss' Serys
man ii The vast rnpititades iplmediatsiy