Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1862-08-01
MISCELLANEOUS.

There are many graoeless preachers on
grace, many unchari,able ones on charity
Keep good company, and be one OF the
number.
He who saws what he likes, must cx.
pect to hear what he does not like.
Cato said. he should rather people
should inquire why he had not statue
erected to his memory than why he had.
To Adam, Paradise was home. To the
good among his descendants home is Par
adise.
We do not clearly discover our own
faults; the elcarcsi eyes do no, SCI the
cheeks below nor the brow above.
Death. to a good man. is the coming Of
the heart TO it, blo,scmins time. Do We
call i, dying when the bud bursts into
flower?
Truth and time are the good mans
steady friends but then they are 50 slow.
We should round every day Of stirring
action with an evening Of thought. We
learn nothing from cur experience unless
We muse upon i.
Teacher" Tobcy what did the Israel.
i,es DO when they crossed the Dead Sea-"
81 don't know, ma'am, bu, guess they
dried themselves"
Teach your child to take care Of him.
self; many parents use ,heiE children as
. kind Of spool on which 10 reel off their
own experience.
What fruit does a newly married
couple mos, rescmblc' \ green pear.
In planning a new house, forget not TO
number the ,un AMI the brcczc aW.ng
Your fricnds. free to come AMI 20 when
they will.
"Wcn, Gcorcc." asked a friend Of
your LAWYER. " how 10 YOU find your pro-
fessiCu ?" Alas, sir. | find my prOies.
sion better than my practice"
The mouths Of several Of the rebel riv.
err are hlocksdcd. What a gr,at thing
il would Doc for the cause Of truth. IL the
mouth, OF the rebel, themselves were
blockady,l.
Dr.. johnson said that something may
be learned from every newspaper. five
can learn nothing else from the rebel
newspapers, We can at least learn how
some folks viii lie.
No ENp. Put your tongue out a lii.
de farther" said a physician 20 a female
patient. little further, ma'am, IT YOU
pleas little further still"
WHY. doctor, DO You think there i
no end 20 a woman, tongue cried the
fair invalid.
\ h1uscfnaid, boas;ing Of her iulus,ri.
Gus habits, said that On a particular occa-
sion she ro>c AZ four, made fire, put on
the tca.kct,lc, prepared for breakfast, and
made al "a, bcfs. before a single soul was
up in the whole house.
\ Dorutr ENrNpEr. \ LADY who
s,rove. hy the application ofwashcs, paint,
&c, 60 improve her couuicuaucy. had her
vanity M; a little BATTERED by gentle
man sowing. Madam, every time | look
NJ your lace | discover some Ner Jeauiy.'
In thi, arc Of spcol, when We travel
thirty miles an hour, are We less impa.
tieut 90 be- ~ the end Of our Journey than
when We travelled ten In TIL, asc OF
eheapnc,,, are we more satisfied with our
bargains, or more benevolent with cur ,u-.
plus, than formerly!
\ certain preacher in Iowa once took
tn ;yNf, "llU.bsals love Your wives. -
Hay.u. proceeded TO q great length on the
main .uh,ygt, hc arrived 81 his application
much cut OF breath. Pau,inc for a mo-
mcnt 20 wigc the sweat from his brow, he
glanced towards Emily ,his wiiyl aud be.
gan a., follows: Now, brethering, ",
sartinly don't love our wives and we'd
ortcr, / don't love Emily "a, I'll orter
bu, Il was 10 have another wife, III love
her be,tern | he's Emily"
\ friend Of ours, carryin. home 4
Sleeps hear, and pluck, the other day,
was accostcl by Bit Of was;
Halo, my good, wholc-soulcd friend
how do you do -
"Sir, You have the advantage Of Inc,
was the mild reply.
"Perhaps have, bu, didn', mean to
take IL. No sir; never take advantage
OF man who carries hi, heart in b.,
hand" rCjoincd the was.
Speaking Of children, Western New
York correspondent mentions neat little
speech OF " iour-year-old.' lls mother
was hurgins and kissing him, and said &c
hun, a. mother, will say,
Charlie, what make, YOU 50 sweet p
Charlie thought a moment; he had beer
told that b, wa, made cut Of the dust Of
the earth happy thought struck him
and be answered with a rosy smile. '
think, mother, God must have put littl,
sugar in the du,t-don't youF