The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1863-10-16
Miscellaneous items .


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A Yankee has invented machine {,
remove a boi from tca-kcttlc.
THE biggest c,tlmourt eyer heard Of
was the amount thlt Wilmington got fou
his cat.
"MApANr, n good ma0y people were
disturbed nt the concert last night by ih'
crying Of your 5iby." "Wrll, | do
wonder that such people will 20 to con.
ccrts ~
WISDOM allows nothing TO be good
which viii not ho 80 forever no man 10
be- happy bot nccis no other happiness
than that which is within himself. Sen.
Ccd.
TIM CArsr OF Tr.--Apcs nre proba.
bly, human creatures who wcrr LETT un-
flushed because they wcrc made 30 late
on Saturday that ON Sunday put a stop
o. the work.
J SLY being rather rcmss in his Sun.
day school lesson, the teacher remarked
thai h. hudu't a very good memory. .--
" No mn'am," said he hcs;t1ting, but |
hayo n first rate lorgcttcy.'
\ couscrpt friend Of ours dcnouuccs
the Cuuscript Act at"a relic of the bar.
bUrous uggs," fro tho fact that he has
been drawn in New York aud qunrtrrcd
at Bakers lsland-N Y. LEADER.
We once saw Young man brnvcly
Ia L. a.. Ia l.s g0., b,au Il
glorious fellow, aud hc was, he said, SOW
ing his wild oats. We saw u policeman
hauling miserable diunkard from the
gutter tu tho stu,io1 house. Tho wild
oats were being harvested
READING makcth II full m1n confer
cncc a ready man, and writing m exact
man and therefore liza man write little,
hc had need havoa grcnt IN 'mory; II he
confer little he had need have present
wit and irrcnd little, he hath need hoyc
much cunning, to seem to know what h.
doth not know bacon.
Moss will grow upon grnvcstoncs the
ivy will cling to the mouldcring pile ;
the mistlctoc springs from the dying
branch and, God be praised, something
lHir 10 the sight and grateful tn the heart
viii yet twinc around aud rrow out OF the
seams aud crooks o. tho dcsoloto temple
ut the human heart
JoNfs, some time AGO asked Smith the
following questions: Says Joucs--
W. have the ngo of iron, the age oi
gold, aud the Ugc Of bronco; but what
shall We call nj the present Ugr -
" Why" says Smith, licking the back of
pus,pg stamp which he was about to
apply - a letter, II think we had bet
ter call this mucH-Ogc," The doctor dis
agrees with Smllh--hc thinks il s post
age
Az awkward, bashnl man, who was
getting into stage at Norwich, Con-
necticut, n few days ago, pushed his foot
through the hrop'd skirt OF lady pas.
tcngcr. In the course OF several ingc.
niuus cNpcdicnts To cxtricatr himself, he
only succeeded in putting his other foot
through the hoops of another lady -
Sinking back in seeming despair, h.
shouted, "Hcllo, driver, hold on! |
thought | was getting into stage, but
| lind myself in u cooprr's shop !"
RmE ScunLARs.-An English school
for poor children, having read in their
chapter in the Bible the dcnunciatiuns
against hypocritns who strain at gnai
aud swallow camel" were Hitcrward
examined by the benevolent patroncs
Lady y----, rs to their rccollrctions of the
chapter, "Whnt, in particular, WAS the
sin of the pharisccs' childrcn J" asked
the lady. "Ating comcls, my lady,"
was the prompt reply.
TEur CULruRE-AlOs how many
examples are now presented IL memory
OF young men the most anXiously and
eNprusvcly bn-schoolmastcrcd, be utol-
ed, be. lccturcd--anything hut edu'dfcd
who have received arms aud ammunition
instead of skill, strength sni courage :;
vanished rather than polished peril.
uusy ovOr-clviliZcd, aud most ptably un-
cultivated and all from inHitcnton TO
the method dictated by Nature itself To
the simple truth that us the forms in all
organized existence, 50 must all true ard
living knowledge proceed from within;
that It may be trained, supported, fed,
excited, but can never be Infused or i'm
pressed. - Co,oridge.
lN the history of the heroes of this
world--ut such men as Charles MI or
Napolcon--therc is always critical mom-
ent which shapes their career, and en-.
surCs their future glory. 1t IL that in
which consciousness Of their own
trtugth is suddenly impaired TO them.
And moment not less decisive than
thjs--though stamped with an impulse al.
together dillcrcnt-is 10 be found IN the
Ito of every heroic servant of God il is
that moment in which he first recognizes
his absolute helplcssness and nothing.
ness then iii that the strength OF God
is communicated 10 him, from on high
d. AGbigy/
THr <WIcKED WRErcnEs Away
dowI/E0st lived a couple of maiden spin,
ters OF most industrious habits aud deyot
ed piety. They devoted themselves IN,
remt'ing'y to toll six days in the week
and rcllgiuusly consccrated the seventh
TO rest and offices of religion. On Sat
urdny evening Nancy and Policy were
plyi"g their kuitung needles with more
than usual speed, in order 10 finish an al
lotted stint before the clock should MARI
the comm ,ncement OF holy time. Ah
sorhed In their labor, Polly, having CON,
pleted her stocking, raised her eyes tC
the clock and perceived that she ha,
been working on tho Snbbath, I.ifinI
up her hands aud eyes hcavcuward, sh,
exclaimed Lord deliver us, slste
Nancy declare Ws kavs oomaiIe,
'dUliry"
"TREsPAss" LreAL pHRAsE.--"Blcs
me, Mr., Pounce, what is this ? III,
reGds.) 'For that the said John Suooks
on the 10th day of May, with force Q
arms broke and entered certain hous,
OF the plaintiff =, and made a great nois
aud disturbance therein, and so CONTINUES