Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1861-11-07
BRIEF GATHERINGS.

He who turns from evil habits does
himself good turn.
DAYS are lost in lamantationg over loss
of days.
That of which proud people are often
the proudest is their pride.
every good, but rather too pointed"
as the fish said when he swallowed the
bait.
DoN'T locate yourself on the back Of
wild horse, unless you want to be DIS
located.
Tue man whose word can always be
depended upon is sure to be always hon
ored.
Topers who travel about with red noses
should be indicted for circulating incen-
diary articles.
Throw piece of meat among bears
and purse of gold among men, and
which will behave most outrageously-
the men or the beasts ?
THERE is a Gaelic proverb eff the
best mans faults were written on his fore
head it would make him pull his hat over
his eyes,"
A recent philosopher has discovered
mothod to avoid being dunned GLOW?
how % everybody asks. Never run in
debt.
AT trial on Saturday, one of the Der
dan sharp shooters hit barrel six times
in succession, shooting at a distance of
one mile. Secesh will have to give that
mudsill a wide berth,
During the autum gales the volume Of
nature is full Of hy-leaves.
you have great talents, industry will
improve them; if moderate abilities indus
try will supply their deficiencies. Moth
ing is denied to well directed labor; moth
ing is ever to be attained without it.
Religion is not a thing that spends it.
self. 1t is like river which widens con-
tiEually, and is never so broad or so deep
as at its mouth, where it rolls into the
ocean of eternity
A Dutch landlord undertook to fire
rocket. He describes his success thus
81 sets her fire-den she pulls-den
pulls-den she pulls again. Den de
spangle bug flies all over me and purns
NE; and den de darn ting pursts and
hets me all over de het p
AN Indiana clergyman. during his
prayer on the late Fast Day, used the
fal lowing language: "Oh, Lord, had the
East done as well as the Hoosier State in
putting down this rebellion, we would not
be under the necessity Of calling on Thee"
AN Irish lover remarked that it is a
great pl sure to be alone, especially when
your "swateheart is wild ye."
BEAUTIES often die old maids. They
set such a value on themselves, that they
don't find q purchaser until the market
is closed.
a WOMAN, who recently had her butter
seized by the clerk o. the market for short
weight, gave as a reason that the COW
from which the butter was made, was sub
ect to cramp, and that caused the butter
to shrink in weight.
A POLITE omnibus agent was going
through the ladies' car, checking baggage,
he asked very pretty lady if she had any
baggage she wished taken to the hotel,
"No, sir" was her reply.
The agent then asked her if she desired
a "bus?"
She instantly gave him very sweet
smile, and replied,
No, sir, | am not in bussing humor
this evening""
JEAN, the Jester to Charles TX, once
tried his masters nerve by rushing into
his room one morning with the eXclama-
tom
''Oh, sire, such news.-four thousand
men have arisen in the ethyl"
What" cried the startled king; "with
what intention have they risen?'
"Well," :" said Jean, placing his finger
upon his nose, probably with the inten-
tion Of lying down again at bedtime"
A WESTERN paper announcing the death
Of gentleman in Iowa, says: "He was
great admrer of Horace Greely, but
otherwise respectable man." r
Good morning. Mr.. Henpeck, have you
any daughters that would make good
type settlers? Not exactly, but have
wife that would make tirst-rate devil.
A MAN asked another, whom he was
about to help to chicken, whether he wish
ed the leg or the wings. at is a matter
, af perfect Indifference to me-" said the
other. "And infinitely more SO to me-"
replied the carver, laying down his knife
and fork and iesuming his own dinner.
SIR" said pompous fellow who once
! undertook to bully an editor, "do you
know l take your paper?" Il have no
doubt that your do take it," replied the
) man of the quill, "for several of my hon
est subscribers have been complaining
lately about their papers being stolen in
the morning"
MANY live miserably and meanly, Just
to die mogniIicently and rich.
A dispatch says that in connection
with the fact that payment has been stop
! ped on debts created in the Department
= of the West, it is stated that the lnves-
: tigating Committee appointed by Can
p, gre,S to inquire into all contracts, and
now in SeSsian in st. Louis, have in their
o examination discovered great irregulari-
q ty and eXtravas ance in the public ex-
, penditureS. In view of all the circum-
stances, it is apparent that the Ad-
. mnistration will yield the necessity