The weekly Butte record., 1861-06-29
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Wit, sentiment, and Philosophy.

Wit, Sentiment, and Philosophy.
FAIR DEALING is the bond and cement of
society.
However little we may have to do, let US do
it WELL
Nothing begets confidence sooner than
punctuality.
Men wounded by the explosion of bomb
shells are wounded " mortarly."
Rosseau says no man can ever love women
who wear blue stockings.
Never employ yourself to discover the faults
of others-look to your own.
When people say necessity knows no law"
they probably forget the poor law.
A dirty fellow, who never washes himself,
may be said to =" preserve the landmark"
A sufficient explanation Tom-"W hat ails
your eye, Joe? joel told man he lied"
A stranger is received according to his
dress, and taken leave of according to his
merit.
Vanity Fair denominates the rulers of the
Southern Confederacy-The dynasty of the
Sellers.
Present and Future-The cry of the South
just now is secession. By and by it will be
cessation.
"There is divinity that shapes our ends, :"
as the dough-nuts remarked, when the girl
was making them.
Never was any party, faction, sect or cabal
whatsoever, in which the most ignorant was
not the most violent.
People too often forget, that, in beautiful
work of imagination, the natural should be
ideal, and the ideal natural.
Whatever is necessary to be done can be
done. Nature is too wise and benefcent to
yoke necessity with impossibility.
A young lady shouldn't be unhappy because
she isn't as tall as she would like to be. 1t is
an easy matter to get spliced.
"Why did Adam bite the apple ?" said the
schoolmaster to one of his pupils" Because
he hadn't any knife, replied the urchin."
Aristotle was asked what were the advanta-
ges of learning. He replied, it is an ornament
to man in prosperity, and refuge in adver-
sity.
Eloquence consists not in mauy words, but
in few; the thoughts, the associations, the
images may be many, but the acme of elo-
quence is the rapidity of their expression.
Dramatic-Johnson ito dissipated young
party, inclined to theatricals)-say, stimp-
kins, you've got good legs for tights"
Smpkins, with wild larl ")-Yes they've
been on 'em often enough
"A beautiful day, Mr. Jenkins" eyes
very pleasant indeed" Good day for the
race" " Race what race ?" "The human
race" ooh, go along with your stupid jokes ;
get up good one like the one with which l
sold Day" Day what Day?" THE Day
we celebrate said Jenkins, who went on bis
way rejoicing.
One of the native poets Of New Zealand
thus praises tobacco When all things were
created, none was made better than this to be
lone mans companion, a bachelors friend a
hungry mans food, sad mans cordial, a
wakelul mans sleep, and chilly mans fire.
Shows HIS CoLoRs-The venerable Ex-
Senator Gwin, received letter by the last
steamer, mailed at ST. Louis and enclosed in
an enveop bearing a Secession device The
ex-Senator's correspondent was determined
that his colors should be known Call
A LARGE BIRD-The Grass Valley Nation
al has the following account of a California
rulture
We write this article with pen plucked
from the pinions of a vulture killed on the coast
range, which weighed thirty pounds, and
measured from tip TO tip of It's wings, fourteen
feet The longest quill measured thirty-four
inches in length. L. l.. Davis who presented
US with the quill informs US that the vulture is
quite common on the Russian river portion of
the coast range. They are very large, and
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with sweep upon fortypounder, kill him at
the first blow, seize him in their talons and
bear him away with scarcely any perceptible
hindrance to their fight Davis assures US
that they would carry off children if any wers
TO be found.
Two HUNDRED DOLLARS A DAY TO THE
HAND.-Some Of the claims at Secret Dig
gings are paying extraordinarily well this sea-
son. We saw abont half peck of beautiful