The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1863-01-01
SELECTED MISCELLANY,
GOD GOVERNS BARNS.

SELECTED MISCELLANY.
GOD GOVERNS BARNS.
A wealthy capitalist, who had made
the.mostssof his own fortune, and what
was harder, taken care fit, gives the
following as the secret ofh his success
HHonor the Lord with thy substance,
and with the first fruits of all thine in
crease; SO shall thy barns be filled
with plenty, and thy presses barsI
forth with new wiue." The philoso.
ply of the matter is simply this, God
governs barns. We are willing to al.
low that he governs nations, and
guides parliaments, anil directs battle
fields. But Solomon, moreover, knew
that he presides over wheat fields,
stables, and wine>presses We ac.
knowledge that Gcd is to be worship
ed in churches with prayers and
psalms but Solomon will have it that
He is to be praised also with thrash.
ing implements and train wagons
Reader, do you act as if you agree
with him?-New England Farmer.
ENGLISH PHLEGM.
A French author, visiting London
lately, sends to Journal in Paris a
vivid description Off it, as it appears
to his French eyes. One feature is
this: Nobody talks, no bod y bawls
nobody laughs IT, .'-~----.-s5--.
not bark; and, when ! say this, 1 beg
you believe that | am not joking. Tn
the first place, one meets few dogs /,
then those one does meet have way
of jogging along the streets which
sufficiently indicates that they have a
right to be there !; they look like dogs
who own city property. They do not
look about which way to sc; they do
not stop to talk with their canine ac-
quaintance they go straight ahead
in quiet trot; one is half inclined to
think they are dogs going to do their
business, or on their way home after
doing all they had to do on 'change
or at the docks. The horses have a
very different gait Something ofthe
English axiom, time is money has
made its way into their minds or legs.
They do not lose a minute on they
speed in good round trot, conscious
of the value Of the capital they repres-
ent. All, how little they are like
French horses-always fond of idling
about, alas like their masters !! No
body has ever calculated the amount
of economy represented by the silence
of an Englishman."
LADY BUTE'S DIAMONDS.
Some years ago the marchioness of
Butte, while travelling to Turin, was
robbed by brigands of her diamonds.
Lady Butte had with her some opium.
which she was accustomed to take ia
order to assist her in sleeping by the
way; the robbers thought that they
had discovered bottle of liquor, and
some of them drank it. In little
while. they grew drowsy, and lay
down among the corn near the way
side to rest little there sleep over
came them, and they were found some
hours after by the gend-armes, who
were in search of them. Almost all
the band were discovered, and it was
learnt with astonishment that many
men belonging to the noblest families
of Nice had formed part of it, and
lived upon their plpnder, even invi-
ting the authorities Of the town to din
ner, who never had the least suspicion
Of the connection of their hosts with
she famous bandits. The robbers had
the wit TO take care that their dinners
were always given the day after some
remarkable robbery, the further to
evade suspicion, and had it not been
for Lady Bute's laudanum, they would
probably never have been found out.
Three of them were condemned to
death. Many of Lady Bute's dia'
monds were uever discovered. One
of the band alone escaped to France.
Rocently his son and daughter-in-law
returned to Nice in good circumstan.
ces, and the lady appeared at bal
wearing magnificent diamond orna
ment. "Ah, c'est des diamants dc
Butte" was the universe. remark.
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