East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1862-11-18
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HAPPiNEs.-This looking for enjoy.
ment don't pay. For what We know Of
it, we would as soon chase butterflies
for living, or bottle up moonshine for
a cloudy night. The only true happfs
ness is to take the drops Of happiness
as nature gives them to US every day Of
our lives; the boy must learn to DO
happy when he is Flooding over hle
lesson; the apprentice when he Is learn
Jog bio trade, tire merchant when he IL
making his fortune. Ifhe fails to learn
this art he will bc sure to miss this en-
joyment when he gains what he sighs
for
What is the difference between
stabbing man and killing hog One
is assarlting with intent 10 kill, and the
other killing with intent to salt.
"Speaking Of bathing" said Mrs.
Partington, from beh ind the steam that
arose from her tea as veil to her blush
es, when touching upon SO delicate q
subject, "somo can bathe with perfect
impurity, in water as cold as Green
lands icy mountains and India's coral
strands but for my part prefer TO
have the waters little torpid ..
A person, who was recently called in
court for the purpose of proving the
correctness of doctors bill, was asked
il "the doctor did not make several Wis.
its after the patient was out of danger ?''
mo replied the witness, 81 considered
the patient in danger AS long as the
doctor continued his visits" Ht
A woman is either worth good deal
or nothing. If good for nothing, she is
not worth getting jealous for; if she be
a true woman, she will give no cause
for jealousy
Women can't bear control. II the
Lord had commanded Eve to eat the
apple probably she wouldn't have touch
ed it. eut v
The following note was lately re-
ceived by gentleman from his over
seer "Please send me by the boy, =
pair of trace chains, and two door hin.
ges. Jane had twins last night,-aiso
two padlocks. Yours &C." ias
THE DUTcHMAN's PHILOSOPHY.
I've a tolar vot I spend,
But Pve noting for to lend,
For never borrows noting don't you see. fohn
Schmidt.
Two preddy little vrow,
I'm I've vricnds in plenty now,
Tn lot Of FREDDY shildrcn on my knee, fohn
Schmsdt
have noting to desire, is as
Ven sit pcside mino viro,
Tn schmoko mineself into sleeping state, yohn
Schmidt
Some Scotch lady, who has more
reverence for the inspiration she draws
from Helicon than that imported from
Havana, comes down after the following
style upon the patrons Of the weed:
"May lady press his lips bis pr0Gered love re-
turning,
chimney burning,
May each true woman shun his sight, for feu ho
fumes might choke her,
And none but those who smoke themselves hsve
kisses for smoker. al
In the burying ground in Rings, N.
H., is the following epitaph.
".This bed Is cold but oh! love IT,
For colder were my friends above It.
Like bell that's rung for fire--like
ceaseless auction crier-like oftimes .
graceless liar-mischcf making tattlers
60. Stopping you with quaking fear
whispering as you lend an ear-"Mercy
on us did you hear? Betsy Bean has
got beau"
Riddlc--It was done when il begun,
il was done whel it was half done, and
yet wasn't done when it was finished.
Now what was it? Ofcourse you can't
guess. Will this do? Timothy John
son courted Susannah Dunn. 1t was
done when it was begun, and it was
done when it was half done, and yet it
wasn't Dunn when it was finished for it
was johnson.
A word of kindness is seldom spoken
in vain. 1t is a seed which, even when
dropped by chance springs up flower.