The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1862-09-12
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Browns Tits aud Hints.

nors, plain and neat In dress, mild temper.
heart gushing with goodness, sympathy and
tenderness, strcng mind, limited only in the
knowledge Of her own personal charms and
god sense. These qualities united In one
person, all nicely proportioned. fitted and put
together. she stands conspicuously an ebjcot
Of wonder, admiration and love.
am ss irm believer In the right order Of
Providence a. mon generally; but there is one
thing about It that staseers me, and that ia,
that modssfy should be one Of the attributes OF
man not that consider II useless, by any
means, but that IL is generally SO poorly ap.
preciated az 10 render II Of little value to its
possessor.
IFs AND BuTs.-what dreadful havoc is made
tla monosylinbles, u and but. They are con.
stantly mixing gloom with sunshine, and spoil.
ing our brightest hopes; snd wonder that old
father Webster, in making his dictionary, did
not exp unge them, or at least pronounce them
GREEN AND YELLow appear to be Natures
favuriie colors, for they lsrg ly pred ,ui'nnts
color OF Spring and Summer, aud yellow of
Autumn and Winter. Green represents life
and production. and yellow death and decay.
They are plain interesting facts, pwa,ng to
the condition and circumstances of man and
yet ow few there are that notice or realize
them.
TAGS rsinspeurr - Conseniaiiiy Of scn,i.
mont and taste, with honesty tf purpose and
kindness of heart, lead to cordial and reclp.
rocsl feeling; and thus only can true friend
ship be made or maintained.
IScossIrxscY. - We boast how cheap We
bought barrel oi Aour, and glery IN the high
price We paid for picture. OF the absurd.
hy, weakn' o., silliness, pains and penalties of
empty pride.
DtrEsprNGE AND wArT. - There is nothing
tat binds society together so indissolubly as
depenJenc and want: and AZ s"c ETY. In incis
pensable TO our Sell being, II follows rs II ne.
Icessa'y consequence that wealth loses at least
halt It's value, while poverty is largely the
gamer.
A CLEVER FRLLow- Ia no that always aRrccs
with you IN sortimont; talks much about lib.
erdlity; is lavish and reckless In offers and
promises. but n little iorgelful.
A noop MAN l. n philanthr, pis, in the full
es, sense oi the term. man that Ia govern.
cd more by his Heart ihan lis cad me that
anticipates the wants oi his irionds, and gives
TO the lcggar without asking why he Is POOR.
VfcE-rrDLic AND 1sDivIpuAL. - There is no
danger whatever IN attacking public vice; for
''the publ o" means everybody in general,
and nobody in particular. But 1t is ike stick.
ing II pole in Ii rnot's nest. to attack an in.
diyiduai and the more glaring his vices TIE
harder he kicks
! Tie highest aspiration Of Il Yankee is-to
mako bis son lnwy or; and that OF Dutch.
man, n priest; the one to lay up treasures he.
lnw-the other above. The objeot Of both is
substantially tho same: pront, ease and dis.
tinction.
poor thing, poor curse, and 4 poor devil,
are synonymous terms, and either may be at.
ly applied to that class Of men that are VI.
ways waiting for something to turn up, and
wondering why they should have worse luck
than their nsishbors; IN short, applicable to
the whole family Of losfers.
There Is true and n faise pride. True
pride wears his old coat until he is able TO pay
tor now ono. False pride cannot wait so
long, but buys one on credit. The first ioels
Ri honest pride In being independent; the
latter, u doubtful pride in wearing new coat,
hN Of ,tl
much to enlarge the mind as the purse; not
81 much to mako wise Ms shrewd; not so much
to m Ike good society as to guard against bad
1t is generally thriving men that want to
change their occupation.
The secret in keeping ones credit up. Is IN
Soepng pride and fashion down.
was doing well, tried ~ do Lottsr and lns,
all; and hence Webster say s, "Let wed enough
alone"
The torn shiewdnes', in its modern accept.
iuon' may be deaned low cunning Or sly ras.
cslity.
EfemInate men aud masculine women are
equally out Of place. The hrst are iitiaLi,
'"'st Nho '"sNt uo6ooNht'. Hhius
II tho little vowel ] WAS stricken frnm our
language, vanity and egolism would be con.
founded.
Common sense Ia tho bread and education
the butter Of 10.
The useful and necessary are gcnei ally
heap; orn lincn g and luxuries always dear.
rhe frat arc sold according to cust; tho lat, 2
.ccordlag 10 tne pr. do aud iamcy oi tho buy or.
II is M, the git much AS The manner ui
wang II, thal stamps tie obi yat."n.
II goes n great way toward MAX ing a an
t. sispeot his honesty gives HIM kind oil
sht 10 cheat you.
The longer you trust man, the more Al
no Ia tc dispute your account, and the less
wiling to pay II.
When times are good, men 60 in debt; W. on
they ara bad, hey are CT mi elIed L. pay them
Tne hest ins,de finish To house, Ia n Mt NJ,
industrious wlte; and its finest ornamsn,. n
modest, tidy d"us lter.
Success in our more eager pursuits is one
tttenied with dissatisfaction, aud someum, s
with shame.
Our happiness principally depends on a con-.
parison oi our circumstances with those OF our
ne!ghbors.
,'Hate, envy, ieaiousy are black as hell;
But base inIratitude Is b1aofer stil."
Take care OF little things, foi Of these are
big things made.
II is alMaya better 70 orr on tho side Of mer.