The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1863-05-08
GAiass Saiss auo 0ibsrOfss.
> In infancy levity is q beauty, in
manhood fault, in age vice.

tlc if he lives to talk about them.
WHEN we think of good the angels
are silent; when We do il they rejoice.
OrposiTEs frequently go together;
ehills and fevers are generally associ-
ated.
No man is ever indifferent in regard
to the worlds good opinion until he
has lost all claim to it.
LET the hound that runs after two
hares at once, take heed lest he catch
neither.
THr man who relies upon his own
thought for success, skulls himself
along the stream Of life
TnB best repentance for a duty neg
lected il to set about another that is
in danger of being neglected
THERE is u martyrdom that we can
all endure philosophically; it is the
nartyrdom of other people.
He is n fool who throws pearls to
pigs and thinks the pork will eat the
richer for the treasure.
WHEN VIC fall upon a rock we know
how hard it is. When we are thrown
upon our resources, we learn how
great they are.
TnE very latest curiosity spoken
OF in the papers is wheel that caiHc
Off dogs tail when it was a waggin.
A gentleman advertising for a wife.
says: lit would be well if the lady
were possessed OF competency suili-
cient 10 secure her against excessive
grief, in case of accidents occurring
TO her companion"
ITr that envies, makes another
mans virtue his vice; another's hap
piness his vice. Whereas, he that re-
joices at tie prosperity of another, is
a partaker Of the same.
VA,.ur no man for his opinion, but
esteem him according as his life cor
responds With the rules Of piety and
justice. A mans actions, not his
concers sions, render him valuable.
PASSIONS. like wild horses, when
properly trpiucd and disciplined. are
capable Of being applied to lhe noblest
purposes; but when allowed TO have
their own way, they become danger
GUS in the extreme.
DIsoUisE.-Were we to take as
much pains TO be what we ought to he
as we do to disguise what We really
are, We might appear like ourselves,
without being at the trouble of any
disguise ut all.
AN INDUCEMENT.-Dr Chalmers,
once asked o woman what could be
done to induce her husband To- attnnd
church. - don't know" she rebiicG,
"unless you were to put a pipe and Il
pot of porter i'll the pew"
An ARAB PRovERB.-By six quail.
ties may fool be known: anger with
out cause, speech witouC proit. change
withoutmotive, inquiry vithou5 an oh
ject, putting trust in stranger, aud
wanting capacity TO discrinatc between
friend and foe.
APPLICATIoN.-It cannot he too
deeply impressed on the mind that
application is The price to le paid for
mental acquisitions, and tho, it is as
absurd to expect them without il, as
to hope for II harvest where we had
not sown the seed.
PHrsIoGNoMY is true science. The
man of profound thought. the man OIL
ability, and, above al the man Of ge-
MUS, has his character stamped bv
nature; the man Of violent passions
and the voluptuary have it stamped
by habit.
WE have heard OF asking for bread,
and receiving stone, hut gentleman
may be considered as still worse treat
ed when bC a1ls tora lady's hand ana
receives her fa'hcr's foot.
AN Augusta (Me, editor thus dis
tinguisles between different sorts of
patriots: "Some esteem it sweet aud
decorous 10 die for ones country:
others regard IL swcetcr still To HvcI
for ones country, and yet others hold
1t sweoter still to live upon ones
country"
An eccentric old fellow used TO saw
that he had taken great pains to find
ugly women, bui had not succeeded.
He had gone 80 fer as 10 put two ad
vertisemcnts il the papcr--onc for an
accomplished and amiablc person for
housekeeper, and one for person Elrl
the same station who would be uply.
when the former was answered hVI
multitudcs, but the latter hy nc'cr a
one, leaving him to infer that there
were no ugly women.
The other day little boy saw
colored lady in the house for the FIRST
time, After contemplating The stlaRpe
phenomenon II moment " 18th his lit,lcI
hands behind him; he went up to her
and looking into her face with Il com-
tennce ihdcscribablc, exclaimed:
SLOW dirty you are"
A western editor, who hasn't n wife
to take care of him, went the other
night 10 ladies fai. He saws thntI
he saw there an article which he 'fainI
would call his own but it was not for
sale. He declarcs that since that
night heshas been 'wrapturosly wretch.
ed AS the article was bound in
hoops, the reader is loft 10 infer that
it was either girl or key of whis-
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