East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-06-23
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Mems graces must get the better Of
their faults, as farmers crops do Of
tho weeds--by growth. When thecorn
is low the farmer uses the plow to root
up the weeds; but when it is high and
shakes it's palm like leaves in theswind,
he SAYS, "lct the corn take care of them.
for the dense shallow Of growing corn
is as fatal to weeds as the lgs Of tho
sickle.
When the movement was made i'm
congress to refund General Jackson's
fnc, the old patriot, then in retirement
at the Hermitage, wrote tn Senator .
letter on tho subject. in which he said:
~ will be the last man on earth to do
any act which would invalbdate the rrin.
cipe that tho military should always DO
subject to the civil power.
A liz always needs truth for handls
to- it, or else tho hand wonld cut itself
that sought to drive it home upon an
other. The worst lies. therefore, arc
those whose blade 10 false, but whose
handle is true.
The shell that destroyed the Queen
Of tho West was fired from the distance
Of a mile and a quarter. 1t was one Of
these lucky hits which sometimes hap.
pens in war, and which show how de-
structive a thing firing could be made
if it was well made.
A SENSIBLE CAr.-Mrs. Dennison of
the st ward Of this city, has favorits
cat, whose philo-progenitiveness not
finding sufhisent scope for it's exercise
in the care and sustenance ofa litter Of
four kittens, with which she was lately
blessed, has added to her maternal 70.
sponsibiltes, by the adoption Of a
young black squirrel, which had been
brought into the house as a pet. AL.
though she exercises the most benevo.
lent and watchful care over her adopted
child she yet seems not quite satisfied
about the equality of the iaces," and
will not permit the little "black" to eat
"at the first table" with her own children
but always makes it wait until her own
progeny are first servel.-Lansing State
Journal.
CAyrIoN.-Countcrfeit fiflyccnt post.
age currency is in quite general circula-
ton. The engraving is rather course
anq blurred, but the appearance is such
as not to excite suspicion. On the right
hand, lower corner are the words "post
office" In the counterfeit, the words
run together, thus "postoflice, in the
genuine, the words, are divided thus;
'post Office.
'Meager of the Sword, has resigned
of 'wbat was once known as
the Irish Brigade saying that it no lon.
ger exists, and that what is left of it has
been ungenerously treated in not being
relieved from duty in order to recruit
He says that in entering into the late
bepond the Rappahannock tho
brigade felt that it was to sacrifice
rather than to victory that we were
going.
Private letters from substantial citi.
.ens of Louisiana state that she will will
ngly no enter the Union as soon as tho
armed hordes Of the Confedera y are
lriven from her borders.
EE Some siIk-srowers of Franco
says the Scientific American, have deter.
mined to impor. from China and Japan
IN immense quantity ofsilkworm spawn,
n order to improve the native breed,
which is deteroated by chronic disease.
EE A little girl showing her cousin
lbout four years old, a star, said "That
tar you sac up there is bigger than
his world" "No it sin,t," said he.
Yes it is /" "Then why don't it keep
he rain off.
EE IL don't know what you mean
W not being an Irishman,' said a gen.
leman who was hiring s boy. "You
ay you were born in Ireland"
"Och, your honor, If that's all" said
he boy, "small blame to that. Sudpose
'our cat were to have Kittens in tho
won, would they be loaves of brcad?'
Canada is just now convulsed by tho
lections for members to tho new Par
lament, The different parties are class.
bed as reformers, liberals. conservatives
lear grits and corruptionists.
Government is now thinking of issuinn
warnings" to newspapers, first aud sec
md after the French style. instead Of
'onfsca,ing them direct. Louis Napo-.-
con is fine model for ReppAr
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