Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1862-05-10

The territorial area of the U. S. is twen-
ty-four times greater than that OF Great
Britain, and fourteen times greater than
that of Franee Our whole area could be
divided into about AGO States of the size
Of Massachusetts.
Speaking of bathing" says Mrs. Part
ington, "Some can battle with perfect i'm
purity, in water as cold as Greenlsnd's icy
mountains aud India's coral strains (; but,
for my part, perfer to have the water
little torpid"
An old lady walked into the Office of q
Judge of Probate, in Massachusetts, ons
day, and asked
'Are you Judge of Reprobates ?
I am the Judge of PrObates.'
well that's it expect quoth the old |
lady, my father died detested, and he left |
several little in6dels, and want to be their
sxecutioner"
PARsoN BRowELow is queer man, The
Louisville JOlsrHaL says "he has repeatedly
assured us that he never swore an oath,
never played a card, never took drink OF
iiunor, never went TO the theater, never
attended horse race, never told lie, neV
b,oke the Sabbath, never voted the Democ
attic ticket, never wore whiskers, and neve
kissed any other mans wife"
The Boston Travcler hears, on excellen
authority, that the family circle at tn
White House will, in all probability, 500
receive an addition The ITareteT hops
the intelligence is not ''contrabaud" AN
that ''private aud CONFIDENTIAL circular G
the subject Twill not be received fro
the War Department.
TEE Boston POSt thinks that while pap
is SO exceedingly scarce in The South it cat
zee why the Confederate authorities a
permitted 10 waste it by printing Confede
ate notes upon it.
There is a purple half to the grape,
crimson half TO the peach, a sunny half
the globe, and better half to man.
Beecher says. The devil does not tr'
Us twice alike. If yesterday he cat
through vanity. to-day be will come throu
pride. If to-day he comes on Que side,
morrow be will come on another. And
are always watching the hole that he cal
10 last while he is coming in at anoth
We are guarding an empty hole while he
digging a new one.
Mother, said Ike Partington, did J
know that the Iron Horse has but one G
Cue ear fmeareiful gracious, child what
you mean Why, the engin ear, Of cour
a young doctor in new settlement,
being osked to,contribule towards encl
ing and oFnamenting the village cemete
very coolly replied that if he filed it
thought he should do bis part.
The reward of villains is various SC
Of them ore hung, others cropped
branded--others elected to Office.
There John, that's twice you've CT
home and forgotten the lard. La, mott
II was so greasy that it slipped my mine
That nan s rich who has a good di
sition--who is naturally kind, patti
cheerful, hopefal, and who has a flavor
Wit and fun in bis composition The ha
est thing 10 get along with, in this if
mans own self A cross, selfish fellow
q timed care burdened man-these b
oil been deformed on the inside Their
may not limp, but their thoughts do.
There is DO method more likely to {
passion and rasbness. than the ffeqt
and attentive consideration of ones
weakness. This will work into the n
and habitual sense OF the need one ha
being perdoned, and will bring down
swelling pride and obslinacy OF heart. vi
are the cause Of hasty passion.
The chief secret Of comforts lies in
suffering trihes 10 ven one, and in pTud
II cultlyating an HndergroWth OF 81
pleasures, since very few great ones are
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