Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1862-06-27
MISCELLANEOUS.

The miser 10 wretch who s,arves him.
eli in one world To be damned in another.
O,er.warm friendships. like DO, potatoes,
are quickly dropped.
Fame has no necessary conjunction With
praise It may exist without the breath OF
Q word. II is a recognition Of excellence
which mus, be felt. bot need not be spoken.
Even the su,ioss mus, feel it, and hate n
In silence.
n .. sald tha, when Frenehman has TO
wait he smokes q German meditaies; an
Italian sleeps; an Englishman takes avail:
a American insents some new con,ortioa
Of bis limbs. and tries to put bis feet higher
han ever.
II is only in the world Of dreams that We
have the rainbow without the storm.
Know, that u you have a friend. you
eight TO writ him often. The road Is grown .
over with grass. the bushes quickly spread
over il, unless il be constantly travelled.
All the Editors in the Cotton States are
demanding angrily and hercely Why New
Orleans surrendered Bless your simple
souls. gentlemen, Commodore farrasut ss.
rre.ly requested her to do 50. We have
no dOub, she can set his certificate to tina,
eject.
Z" How far is /, from Cowes 10 Ryde7"
demanded gentleman Of poor. tired po.
de-tran. IL don't know how Ear it is TO
ride" answered the poor man. " bu, i,.a
precious long way TO walk"
Live with the culratls, and you will be
very likely 10 die with the criminal.
I, has been said that il !. the man who
makes the mos, noise tha, secures the a,
tenhon Of the world. A silent elephant may
remain unobseryed amid .he foliage Of the
wood. bat croaklng bullfros will be sure
a,trac, attention in the darkest night
Al gray hair was e.picd among the raven
locks Of a fair friend Of ours few days
ago. "Oh, pray poll il OUT she ei
aimed. II pull il out ten will come
TO the funeral" replied the lady Who bad
made the unwelcome discovery. Pluck
n out. nevertheless. !" said the dark haired
dsm.el "i, is no sort Of consequence how
many come to the funeral, provided they all
come in black"
Little folk. should begin carly to preserve
order in every,hine-form habit, Of order.
Those loose. slipshOd, slatternly habits are
formed in childhood. and habits once formed
cling for life. Young friends. begin early
TO keep thing. in their proper place. study
neatness, order, economy, sobrie,y, every
thing just, honest. pure, lovely. and Of good
report.
When a stranger treats me with want
Of respect" said poor philosopher. 81
comfort myself with the reflection, tina, !, Is
not myself he sights, bu, nv old shabby
Goa, and hat, which, to say the truth, have
NO particular claim for admiration. - II
ny Ast ehA NNAh Nheers " ai's eH'NN 80 ~
then, but I, i, nothing to me-"
Alta conference meeting. one Of the dea-
con. Of the church. a good. Easy old gentle
man. made his accustomed e1hortAiiOn. and
undertook 70 quote the passage describing
the mighty works Of Christ,-raising the
dead and casting ou, devils. We 10 no.,
imagine that the passage itself was a, all to
the purpos-, but that Was not the worst of
10. The deacon g, il transp5sed, and
drawl,d out. very solemnly. cast OUT fks
s.si and raised re SeriL" lie certainly DID
raise that very Parsonage risb; in the mid,,
o! the revival
At ho,.l table, recently. in Hamburger,
On lri.hman vas seated next 10 a German
lady. who dil no, speak Ensli.h. Handing
her plate o. peaches, he said, Z" Have a
peach. ma'am?" Nein" (no), replied the
lady. Nine :" sad he. staring with AZ
constituent. fr., a; her. and then a, the
table. "why, ma'an. there is DOLLY SIX in
the dish; bu, there they are Tor you,' a;
the same time rolling the whole upon her
plate.