The Oxford intelligencer., 1861-01-02
NUMBER 81.
CHIPS.

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PsopIE are seldom tired Of the world, until
the world Is heartily tiredof them
NAN is partly a creature and partly creator Of
circumstances.
AMBITION often plays the wrestler's trick Of
raising man up merely to throw him down
To be deprived of the person we love is hap
piness in comparison Of li-ing with one we hate.
TRuE-The love that has nothing but beauty
to sustain il, soon withers away. as'as
AirER all. there's someth 'ng about wedding
gown prettier than lany o her gown IN the
world. - f Gasss y ta 7Ea - rs'f- ~ =
THE character that needs law TO mend il is
hardly worth the trouble Of tinkering.
--sscosb wedlock Il said to be IKE wine--not to
be properly judged Of till the second glass.
Men and women are never more frequently
Outwitted than when they are trying to Outwit
others. " -,
NEVER be idle. Always have something to
do. Remember moments are the golden sands
Of time. r arss sra nl
The only way for rich man 10 be healthy Is
to practice exercise and abstnence--to live as If
he were poor. --s taa im.a
Tue purest joy we can experience in one we
love, is to see that person a source of happiness
WOMEN can easily preserve their youth for
she who captivatcs tho heart and understanding
never grows old
THERE are three kinds Of friends-hicnds who
love you, friends who do not trouble themselves
about you, and friends who hate you. ..
THERE is an efficacy in oalmness of which we
are unaware The element Of serenity is ono
which we peculiarly need fgst .alst
VIZ think that a man carries the borrowing
principle triAc too far when he asks us to lend
him our ears. tAS
A MAN who Is not at heart ashamed Of him
self need not be ashamed of his early condition
in life.
A rASsERY 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 or APPLAusE.-Some one remarked to
Mrs. Siddons that applause was necessary TO ac-
tors, as il gave them confidence. More" re-
piled the actress; 1T gives us breath"
"WHY is it. husband, that whenever we send
for pound Of tea or coffee to the grocer, it falls
an ounce short?' ''0h, It's just a peigh he
has"
In literature, as in morals. there are n certain
taste and grace which confer dignity on moder-
ate requirements; and there are a negligence
and grossness that disgust even when acoompa-
MED with incontcstible superiority. .ftr
OpD FoREsIGnr-Lady Margaret Herbert ask.
ed somebody for pretty pattern for nightcap,
"Weli," said the person, ''what signifies the
pattern Of a nightcap" ''Oh child" said she,
but you know in case Of fire!
NorIoSs or ANTIQUITIES. traveller returned
from Europe, was asked how he liked Rome; to
which he replied that Rome was very Gns city,
but that he must acknowledge he thought the
public buildings were very much out Of repair.
A NOVELIST tells Of lovers who agree 10 wave
their hands toward each other at a certain hour
across the Atlantic Ocean. One might suppose
there would be waves enough between them,
without trying to make any with their hands. r
The lays of the nightingale may be very de-
lightful to wellfed man, but the lays of a
hen are liked better by hungry one.
MANY persons are in advance Of their age, but
an old maid generally manages to be about ten
years behind hers
Critics are sentincls IN the grand army Of let
ters, stationed at the corners Of newspapers and
reviews to challenge every new author.
The society Of the great does not make man
but IL generally prevents his being
so elsewhere. "
A WESTERN poetess speaks Of waving a kiss.
to her sweetheart These rhyming girls had
better waive kisses altogether.
TIM ears are the handles by which dcina-
sogue catches the populace. @t staa
AriAxo Affords young lady good chance to.
show her lingering and her 6nger-ring 'i'-.ts
Ir an editor can find nobody that will credit a.
Eord ne says, be may fairly boast that he has no
'reditors. aE1 ili -snf8 fla tT
In all matters except little matter Of the
'Ongoe, woman can generally hold her ora.
The roses upon ladies' cheeks are bluzh-roscs,
put they can generally be ca56aged.
foRrusk Ike coy mistress, loves 70 yield
'er hyOrs, though she makes us wrcst them
rom her. rH-a4- fir1n
MATRIMONIAL history is narrative Of many
serds but the story Of love may be told in a
ew letters
THs real victim Of cOquetts is the man she
narries.
HE who asks no questions at all is queer, but
le who asks many questions is the qverist +,
A wrE's farewell to her husband every morn-
ng-buy and buy. ...e ,...- ,.r -...
his paltry and transparent afectatiOn fora
nan. who has done something Of real merit and
vorthy Of bimsslf to pretend that h cost him
'othing- And jet Il Is the most common and
he weakest Kind Of vanity We meet people al
nost every day, Who seen 10 think that because
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