Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1862-02-22
Fact, Fancy and Fun.

Fact, Fancy and Fun.
There is nothing worth so much as
4 mind well instructed
Mems evil manners live in brass:
their virtues we write in water.
Laws arc always multiplying law
ycfs. and lawyers multiplying laws.
Counsel that fayoYs our desires
needs careful watching,
Funeral Knells are the OILY door,
bells Of the other world.
Each day is new lite--let it be
regarded as an epitome of the whole.
Despise nothing in nature all things
in her kingdom, are Gods thoughts.
When you wind up your affairs,
mind you use the right watch key.
When you strike balance, expect
that the blow will be returned.
The only persons who really en-
JOY bad health are the doctors
How many women prefer ostenta.
ton TO happiness.
Poetry and consumption are tho
most tlattering Of diseases.
-Miliner's bills are the tax which
the male sex has to pay for the beauty
of the female.
"A hospitable man is meNer asham.
ed Of his dinner when you come to dino
with him.
--1ou know mock molesty as you
do mock-turtle-from its being tho
products of a calfs head.
"A wise man may be pinched by
poverty, but only fool will allow him.
self to be pinchcd by tight shoes.
Account him thy real friend who
desires thy good, rather than thy good
WILL
--BeautifM flowers are the sweet
fame of departed showers and sun
beams.
An editor out west says if "time is
money!" he is willing to exchange q
little Of his for the hard.
Some of the Southern rebels have
been raising hemp it may be that
hemp will one day raise them.
Opinions founded on prejudice are
always sustained with the greatest Vi
olenee
Next to acquiring good friends,
the best acquisition is that of good
books.
-Impossibiiities, like vicious dogs,
fly before him who is not afraid Of
them.
Fame is like an eel--rather hard
to catch, and good deal harder to
hold.
Men are ofteo deserted in ,advcrsi-
ty. w hen the sun sets, our very shad-
ows refuse to follow us.
The only persons who are always
digniiied are those who are always
dull.
Surely that man may Ae en,ied
who can eat pork chops for supper, and
sleep without a grunt.
Education begins the gentleman.
but reading, good company and cdu-
cation must finish him.
Whatever you dislike in another
person, take care to correct in yourself
by the gentle reproof
Our grandchildren will have q
large amount OF American history to
read.
Age should make us gentle; let
not the heart grow black as the head
grows white.
Don't get above your business"
al the lady said to the shoemaker who
was measuring her ankle in order to
ascertain the size Of her foot.
Prentice says that he thinks Ex-
Secretaries Floyd and Thompson woul!
be good piano players-they gre so
light fingered
TO kiss the one you loyc best,
without its being noticed, the best
way is to kiss all the ladies in the COM
pany without any distinction.
A RESPECTABLE AFFLIcTIoN-T Tho
Auburn 14deeriiaes announces that ev-
cry child in that city that has aproper
respect for Itself las got the measles.
An old negro taken on board one
of the vessels as Port Royal the other
dav, was overheard praying vigorously
that ode Lord would press desc id
Yankees" Poor Samho had never
heard his friends designated by any
other title, and unconsciously used it
even in his PRAYER,