Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1861-03-21
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A mans good fortune often turns hi
head; his bad fortune as often averts th,
hearts of his friends.
A blunder-buss: Kissing the wrong wo
man!
Children have their DOLLS, and men
their IDOLS.
| The time we spend in sparkling the
girls, might be properly said to be MISS.
spent.
A butchers business should be independ.
ent-as he conducts it on his own hook.
| If man is dissipated, his fortune will
probably soon be so too.
He who is tiger in his own family, i,
ge nerally sheep in his own society.
when you dispute with fool, he is Ger.
taiDl v similarly employed.
If II falsehood paralyzed the tongue,
what death-like scene would pervads So
ciety.
When two gentlemen fight a duel,
each of th,'m is a man after the others
own heart.
Men are generally deserted in adversely.
When the sun sets out our very shadows
refuse to follow US. ...
Wear your lear ming like your watch, in
private pocket; and do not pull it out and
strike it, merely to show that you have it.
A Pittsfeld man who had won fat tur-
kew at a rafe, and whose pious wife was
very inquisitive about his method Of OBJ
tanning the poultry, satisfied her scruples
at last, by the witty remark that "the sha-
kers gave it to him."
Let friendship creep gently to height;
if it rush to it, it may soon run itself out
of breath.
A very polite Boston deacon was once
heard to pray in this wise: 30 Lord, We
would not presume to dictate, but we
would Suggest" that a revival of religion
is very much needed"
"Young man" said minister to a youth
of bis congregation, "do you know what
relations you sustain in the worldi "Yes
sir; two cousins and grandmother, but I
do not intend to support them much lon-
ger.'
Scholasticus, having heard that crow
would live five hundred years, bought one
for the purpose of trying the experiment.
A flirt Is just like dipper attached to
hydrant-every one is liberty to drink
from it, but no one desires to carry it away.
A lady in reply to some guest who had
praised the mutton on her table, said: "Oh
yes, my husband always buys the best; be
is great EPIcAc."
A city paper says that Capt. Travis will
give satisfaction to all those who visit his
pistol gallery. We don't think many of
them will demand it.
An Auburn paper praises very highly
new lock said to have been got up in that
city. Auburn locks have always been ad-
mired.
A romantic poet sends US some stanzas
addressed to young womsn, and COM
mencing awe me: as meet the day and
night" We can't encourage amalgama-
tlon.
In matters of conscience, the first
thoughts are the best; in matters of pru-
dence, the last.
He who labors for mankind, without q
care for himself, has already begun his i'm
mortality.
The human heart beats about seventy
two times a minute; or in life of sixty
years, two thousand million of times.
1t is the custom in Denmark to keep
the graves covered with white sand, on
which are placed wreaths and fower-pots.
A man that can be fattered is not nec-
essarily fool, but you can always make
one of him.
To the man of strong will and giant en-
ergy, possibilities become probabilities, and
probabilities become certainties.
Wild flowers are the alphabet of angels
whereby they write on hills and islds
mysterious truths.
What is the difference between one who
walks and one who looks up a fight Of
stairsa One steps up stairs, and the other
stares up steps.
A word spoken pleasantly is a large
spot of sunshine upon sad heart.
Well may every act, and every silent
thought-deep hidden though it be-tend
to the great hereafter.
There is Bible in the library of the
University of Gottingeu written on five
thousand four hundred and seventy-six
palm leaves.
The men who stand boldly for the de-
fence of the truth in the midst of the flood
of errors that surround them, are not the
gentlemen of lily fingers who have been
rocked in the cradle of indulgence and ca
ressed in the lap of luxury; but they are
men whom necessity has called from the
shade of retirement, to contend under the
scorching rays of the sun, with the stern
realities of life with all its vicissitudes.-
at is good for a man to bear the yoke in
his youth"
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