Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1861-06-27
Bx EyITgES.

THE eighth wonder Of the world woufi
be man satisfied to mind his own bu-
siness.
TssTEAD of breaking yonr heart for
love voa hal better strain it slightly Gov
your iniquities.
TREAD lightly after summer shower 4
even the creeping worms have feeling.
PoR the veriest trihes great nations
sometimes go TO. war, and little men to-
law.
WHEN n man has run his honest nsne
and fame ont to the very verge dregs, be
is fit for an alderman.
MEN often provo themselves to be
knaves by cudeavoring to criminate 9TH
crs.
NoTuINo you do is worth doing unless
you put your whole soasl IN the task before
you.
IF the devil lead You into bad compa-
ny, let the angel Of goodness lead you
out OF it,
Do NOT Oct tho world wag" Ike I"
dog tail, unless you strive to make yoSr
mark in it.
OLD bachelors must be cross between
the horse apd the ass, they are so mulish.
TuouGu the world wasn't mndo in 8
day. ther are worlds of mi schief made
every hour Of tho day.
II money is worth five per cent, u
month, what is the man worth. at the
end Of the year, who has paid such u
ysto per cent?
w you look for honor in high places
only, the chances are that you will find
little--not enough to pay tho trouble Of
looking.
a BOLD, full, independent laugh Is
certain evidence Of true spirit. A cold,
hollow. meaningless laugh the snrs indi-
cation Of little soul.
" people won,a take moro lessons
frorn nature, and less from tho artificial,
they would be more perfect in better
things.
WHEN man can hear bis very hear.
rattle in its case. he must begin to agree
with his neighbors. that he is become
rather mean.
True friendship, like true love, is o
boon from Heaven to teach MS that,
among mankind, there is humanity.
Look upon the petty grievances OF
; life as natural consequences. and don t
trouble yourself to inquire into the causes
thereof.
The man who refuses to subscribe for
q paper because he can borrow one from,
, his neighbor, is capable Of almost any
meanness.
Snow is the frozen tears Of the ice.
king; and rain, the soft melting tears Of
the angels, who weed for the fallen.
| " yon to not succeed in ono thing,
try another. You certainly came into
the world for something.
THERE may be such blight on the
face of the earth rs total depravity; bnt
never total inabity to do good.
In the heat Of excitement we are nps
to say and do many things, which in our
cooler moments, wo as readily regret.
a BETNu, no matter bow low fallen in
the scale Of mortality, may often be
redeemed by a single word of Kindness.
LITTLE men sometimes make the most
noise in the world; but, like little dogs,
they rarely ever do any harm.
How is it possible for n man to get
beastly drunk, as the saying is, when the
beast, having more sense thnn uaan, gets
drunk not at all l.?
Mrs. who seek to bcnutify their own
character by spotting the characters of
others, generally come out tho w worst spot
ted themselves
Ir, os Shaksrear says, "all the worlds
a stage. aud men and women merely
lplayers," it is surprising that on 30 good
a stage should be found 10 many inferi.
OF players.
Il soMr people are as fond of changing
tne" politics as the toad is of shedding
&c MS coat but the change does no sort oil
n Bood--'hey are toads all the same,
IL You are paying any particular at.
tontion to widow ask her little daugh,
ter how her mother likes you, and Won
le will ascertain whether TO continue Won,
; visits or not.
~ BEFORE a young lady "rcceives com
i. pany' or goes much into society, sh,
a should be mistress of tho "arts and sci
o ences" appertaining to house keeping. ;
The impudcnce of some men is onl,
cqualed by their self-esteem, which so in
> tla,es their creature sensibilities that n
u sort Of argument would ever convinc
J. them that their brains could all be shool
, up in the small end of a thimble.
d WHEN man is removed from Off
a after having held it for twenty five year
Q or so. he is apt to think that "Republic
n sare very ungrateiul." Uncle Samu
|, q oDuht 10 proy de A pension for snch n,