The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1860-08-09
NUMBER ii.

PERsoNs must surely rise 10 eIo-
quence not by distinction, but by seek
ing worthy end. q
WHY are soldiers apt to be tired in
month Of April2 Because they've Jus
gone through March.
>WnAr shall it profit man IL he
lat paper whole year and iosa his
subscription
ONE day last fall man cradIed three
acres of wheat, and that night his wife
not 10 be outdone by him, Graded u,ree
babies.
How do you get that lovely per.
fumea' asked one young lady Of an
other. Z" It's scent to me-" replied the
other. 4. ~ .... ......r....', -.
AN eminent teetotaler would on
ly consent to sit for his portaint on con-
dition that he should be taken in water
coIors.
SoRRow comes soon enough without
dependency it does man no good TO
carry around lightning rod to attract
trouble.
MANY beautiful women, when walk
ing in the streets, seem very angry if
they are gazed at, and sadly disap-
pointed if they are not.
A PAPER from one of the interior
counties says: "There is not a single
person in the county Jail n Are there
any married persons theref
We sleep, but the loom of life never
stops ;.and the pattern which was weay-
ing when the sun went down, Ia weay-
ing. when it comes up tomorrow.
A GENTLEMAN coming into the room
of the late DIR. Barton, told him that
MIR. Vowel was dead. aWhat," said
he," Vowel dead Let us be thankful
it was neither a. ora"
SOME men are indolent by nature
the marrow works out of their bones
in infancy. Give them streak Of sun
shine, and AN empty barrel, and they
will sleep at mid day.
JEREMY TAYLOR says that a good
wife should be a looking glass to her
husband" But we think she might
and should make him see in her some
thing better than himself.
AN old author remarks: ain Dor.
rowing money be precious in your
word for he that hath care Of keeping
days Of payment is lord Of another mans
purse"
THEY are best situated for happiness
who are neither too high nor too low
high enough to cultivate good manners,
and obscure enough to be left in the
sweetest Of solitudes.. ...
Lorenzo Dow once said Of grasp
ing farmer, that if he had the whole
world enclosed in single field, he would
not be content without a patch Of
ground outside for potatoes.
PHILANTHROPY differs from benevo-
lence only in this: That benevoience
extends to every being that has life and
sense, and is, Of course, susceptible of
pain and pleasure whereas philanthro-
py cannot comprehend more than the
human race.
GOODNESS is goodness, find it where
we may. A vineyard exists for the pur-
pose OF nurturihg vines, but he would
be strange vinedresser who denied the
reality Of grapes because they had
rpened under less genial soil, and
beyond the precincts Of his vineyard.
BEAUTIFUL SIMILE.-A Yankee pa
per thus pathetieally describes the faint
ing Of lady:
Down fell the lovely maiden,
just like q slaughtered lamb:
Her hair hung round her pallid cheeks.
Like sea-weeds round claml
CHARLES" said young lady to her
lover, p" there is nothing interestino
in the paper today, is there 2" mo,
but l hope there will be, one day, when
we both shall be interested" The lady
blushed of course.
TEMPORAL BLEssIHas.-Wish for
them cautiously; ask for them subm;s.
sive!y; want them contentedly; obtain
them honestly !; accept them humbly
manage them prudontly; employ them
lawfully; impart them liberalIy; es-
TEEN them moderately; increase them
virtuously use them subservienlly
torego them easily; resign them viii.
lingly.
AFRAID PRovERBs.-If your friend is
made of honey, do not eat him all IN,
If YOU travel through the country Of
the blind, be blind yourself. When
you are the anvil, have patience /; when
you are the hammer, strike straight and
well. He who cannot take hint can.
not comprehend long explanation.
Take counsel Of one greater and one
less than yourself, and, afterwards, form
your own opinion.
NEVER despair. If you fall down.
just get up again, and show 10 those
around you that your pace has no, been
retarded in the least. If any of your
former friends shun your company, or
avoid speaking to you, without a iu.s
cause, treat them politely, and 90 on ;