Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1861-08-21

t0rriblc thing war Is, Whch even Fho
children show such signs Of consan-
guinity, and brother is pittied against
brother can't bear to think OF it.
Isaac, dear, go down and buy me an
,xtradition Of the papcr."-lkc depart
cd with II half dime, and from the
fact that no change came back, Mrs.
Partinton supposed thcPricc wasralS-
ed.
An IpIsu FEMALE TENANT.-"lllI /
trouble you for my months rsnt, mad
am," said Il landlord, last Monday, to
one of his tenants,
as it yer riEtye aX for now!'
"Ycs, mann, two rooms ut seventy !
li5e cents per week, each"
"Ah, now, cant yc wait alittIc time !
Sure the likes ofye must have plenty |
ofmonoy," replied the woman, looking ,
Mt the thin bent form Of the landlord
with great contempt.
"But my dear woman, the money is |
due, and"
Oh, murther, is it dearing me ycI
are: an honest married woman, and
blessed mother of siycn boys, each big
enough to lick the life out of yc. Out
of my house ye monster" )" and unable
to give to her Indignation in words
she seized his coat collar and fairly
threw him into the street, The own
cr intends to let an agent collect the
rent of that house in future.
ETERNITY has no gray hairs. Here
the flowers fade, the heart withers,
man grows old and dies the world lies
down in the sepulchre of ages but
time writes no wrinkles on eternity
Stupcndous thought q. earth has its
beauties, but time shrouds them for
the grove its honors are but the sun
shine of an hour, its palaccs-they are
but guided sepulchrcs; its pleasures
they are but us bursting bubbles.
Not so in the untried bourne. In the
dwelling of the Almighty can come no
footsteps of decay. Its way will know
no darkening-cternal splcndor for
the approach of night.
Nea-Some years ago, Mr.. Kidwcll
was preaching to II large audience III
wild part of Illinois, and announced
for his text; "In my fathers house
there are many mansions lie had
scarcely read the words when an old
coon stood up and said 81 tell yon
folks that's Il lie! | know his father
well; he lives fifteen miles from Lex
ington, in old Kentuck, in an old log
cabin, and their amt but one room in
the house"
MAJOR JACK DowNING;--Onco said
to Gen. Jackson ''Gin'ral, have al
ways observed that those persons who
have great deal to say about being
ready to shed their last drop of blood,
are amazin purtic'lar about the first
drop.
A pleasant, cheerful wife is as n
rainbow set in the sky when her hus-
bands mind is tossed with storms and
tempcsts ; but n dissatisfied and fret
full wife, in the hour Of trouble, Is
like one ofthose fcnds who are appoin'
ted to torture lost spirits.
A sad thing it is in human nature
that man may guide others in ;
good path, without walking in it him
self; that he may pilot others we'll o
yer dangerous reefs, and yet wreck hi'
own vessel, on its first and only pas
SAGE over the same rocks
"Angels in the grave, will not Ques
ton thee rs to the amount Of wcaItl
thou hast left behind thee, but Of gooc
deeds thou hast done in the world, tC
entitle thee to seat among the bless
ed Koran.
Follow the laws Of Nature, and yot
will never be poor. Your wants wi
be but few. Follow the laws Of tn
world, and you will never be rich
You will want more than you can NC
quire.
Fit be important to know whethe
man will cheat you if he can, SCUM
him so as to his willingness to hel
you cheat somebody else.
With timean patience the cmulber
leafbecomcs satin. What difficulty
there at which man should quai
when a ,oorm can accomplish so muc
from leaf
A man who covers himself wit
costly apparel and neglects his mind
is like one who intimates the outside c
his house and sits within in the dark
Ignorance and conceit are two Q
the worst qualities to combat. 1t j
vastly easier to dispute with states
man than blocllhead.
An inventive yankee has produced
an apparatus which he says is cur,
forsnoring. He fastens upon themoutl