Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1862-08-07
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To ENJOY the society of friend We
should limit our intercourse with him. We
have pushed our companionship too far
when we feel ourselves sharing each other
dullness
TuE Jackson Mis,si,s,sipgjan calls the soil
upon holy ground, he was commanded to
put off his shoes. The rebel soldiers needn't
be required to put off theirs, for they have
got none on.
In large assemblies Of men there is more
feeling aud less thought than in small ones.
LOVE in its very essence is selfish, aud
therefore grasping, avaricions and tyranical;
80 that jealusly, mean as may be the feeling
in the abstract, is one OF its constitutional
parts. But jealousy may be educated and
refined into a noble quality. 1t is only often
sive when low and vulgar in its manifesto
tions. ..rr.
WIVES should know that tears, as a means
OF influence, are to be reserved for great oc-
sions.
In is characteristic Of truth, never to ex-
aggerate.
VEHEMENcE creates dislike, excessive
mildness contempt; be neither 80 severe as
to be hated, nor so tame as to be insultcd.
MANY. who profess to think that, in Civ
giving to the poor, they lend to the Lord,
maggie with Him about the amount Of the
loan.
"Do BELIEVE in second love? Humph
If man buys pound of sugar, isn't il
sweet? and when it's gone don't he want
another pound, and isn't that sweet, too :
Troth, Murphy, believe in second love
, MANY men are like glass, smooth in
touch as long as tenderly handled, but SHARP
and piercing when broken.
RICHES hide vice, poverty conceals vir
tue.
r SOONER seek tn blend oil and water, O.
| fire and water, than love and wisdom.
THE snakes poison is in his teeth tn,
= slanderer's in his tongue.
r A BAD word from woman's lips is un
o natural. We would as soon expect bulle
n from rosebud.
!, BEAUTY is stronger wooer than lovin
!. y words SO the women WOO US more than W
II do them.
q If you have scolding wife, trust to time
;, old age may bring you the blessing of deal
u ness.
4 Two IRIsHMEN were in prison, the on
for stealing COW, the other for stealing
watch. Halo, Mike, what O'Clock il it?
said the cow.stealer to the other. "An
sure, Pat, haven't any time piece hand,
but | think it's amost milking time.
to MANY complain of the captious and col
" tradictious as the most disagreeable in col
m versation and society. An infinitely moi
v disagrceable class are petty satrists, half
o! jest, half in earnest; neither rude enoug
ar to give you an excuse for rupture, ~
O. witty enough to atone for their imperl
ey nonce by their ability.
H. A YOUNG AMERICAN. A seven year o
g. boy lately heard to use profane anguag
u. on being reproved by his parents, and &
OF rectcd to ask Gods forgiveness, retired
O. his room and was overheard to say, "t
"a God, am very sorry said that naugh
eu word, and won't say 50 any more, b
,,e- please hurry and make me grow up to he
ne man, and then can swear as much as
IN IN want to, like papa, and nobody will mott
ne it."
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N, FINN, the celebrated comedian, on
te stumbled over u lot OF wo0den-ware IN frO
ry of mans store, whereupon the shop-kee
ed or cried out, 'You came near kicking t
in bucket this time, mister y "Oh, no
IN, said Finn, quite comphcently, 81 only tul
,st ed little paie !"