The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1861-06-20

gsABustle is not industry, nor is i'm
pudence courage.
nASuccessful love takes a load o%ff!our
hearts and puts 1t upon our shoulders.
Bgy%Look out for paint-as the girl
said when the fellow went to kiss her.
R1~An Irish lover remarked that it is
a great pleasure to lie alone, especially
when your "swate heart is wild ye."
gsg-A boy not fond of fun and frolic
may possibly make a tolerable man, but
he is an intoleroble boy.
ESsn Excessive indulgence to others, es-
pecially to children, is, in fact, only self
Indulgence under an alias.
Eg-Of all earthly music, that which
reaches the farthest into heaven is the
beating of a loving heart.
Bg-Model wives formerly took "stich
in time," but now, with the aid of a sew
ing machine, they take one in no time.
By~Love is a compound of honey and
gall, mixed in various proportions for Gus
toners.
geg~You can't rail sin and misery out
of the world; but it is easy enough TO
rail cattle out of a field.
BeD~The hours are very fugacious, but
an exemplary husband is careful to keep
good ones.
BD-Fast horses win cups by the use
of their legs. Fast men lose their legs
by the use Of cups.
Bg~ Most men have in their souls no
locomotives strong enough to draw a train
of thought.
@@Navigators on the sea of life, if their
voyage is a lo1g one, generally have to
scud under bare polls.
Reg Probably the men who can boast
the possession of the most varied and nu-
merous gifts are the beegars.
E9-A man often expresses the same
idea by wagging his head that a dog does
by wagging his tail.
G@g- Many writer's profess to teach peo-
pie show to live" Culprits on the scat
fold would like to learn.
Dg~A man afraid of firearms if he gets
in liquor, is apt to imagine everything he
sees a reUotrer.
Bg~Tradesmen often lose their custom
as field sportsmen do their fngers-by
high charges.
mD~ When Il women wishes to be very
afectionate to her lover, she calls him u
naughty man.
DPThe first of al yirtuesis innocence;
the second is modesty; and neither departs
without being quickly followed by the
other.
nas-To cite the examples of history, in
order to animate US to virtue or to arm us
with fortitude, is to call up the illustrious
dead to inspire and to improve the living.
nea-A religion that never ~suAices to
govern a man, Will never suffice to save
him; that which does not Suthclentiy dis
tinguish him from a perishing world.
syA young gentleman from The 'rco-
raj" districts lately advertised for a wife
through the papers, and got answered
from eighteen husbands, stating that he
might have theirs.
ssa. Persons who practice deceit and
artiGce always deceive themselves more
than they deceive others. They may feel
great complacency in view of the success
of their doiugs but they are in reality
casting a mist before their own eyes.
na-Every sinful outward word and
deed, and every secret thought and pur-
pose of the mind, reacts upon the mind
itself and leaves its own impression there
as upon an inefaceable tablet. Aside
from all the influence our sin may exert
upon others, it puts imperlshablc i'm
pressions upon our own minds.
s Two gentlemen noted for their
fondness Of ~exaggeration, were discussing
the fare at different hotels. One observ-
ed that at his hotel be had tea so strong
1t was necessary to eonfne it in an iron
vessel. DAT HiAe," said the other, sit is
made so weak it has not strength to run
out of the tea pot.