The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1864-02-25
African Proverbs.

0.y- Peace in father Of friendship.
o. ALI men are related to one an.
other.
0E- When you are warned, warn
yourself,
OF The dust of the buffalo is lost in
the dust of an elephant.
OF He who disappoints another is
not worthy to be trusted.
OF He who strives to shake the trunk
of tree only shakes himself.
0%- The time may bc very long, but
lie will be discovered at last.
The coal mines at Caunclton, Ind,
yield 10000 bushels per day. r,t
He who secs anothcrs fault. talks abou.
II, Tut covers his own with po,sherd.
OF A pig which has wallowcd in the
mre seeks clean person to rub against.
0J He who claps hands for fool 10
dance is no better than the fool himself.
0S7- 1t is easy to cut a dead elephant
To pieces, but no ono dOres attack live
one.
He who cannot take up an ant, yet
tries to take up an elephant, will find out
his folly.
OF A matter dealt with gently, pros
pcrs; but matter dealt with violently,
brings vexation TO the author.
AN ungraieful guest is like the lower
.nNUF IL. a..NI IL. IL.
morning, falls away from the upper by
night time.
SEVERAL young European dipomnstists
have gone cruzy from attempts to COM
prehcnd the Schleswig Holsteu trouble.
G-3- Even in old age the man of pcnins
dwells on the praise he caught in his
youth from veteran genius, which, like
the aloe, will flower at the end OF life.
OF An Ohio paper publishes the fol-
lowing item:--"A deaf man, named Taft.
was run down by a passenger train and
killed on Wednesday morning. He was
injured in simirlar way about a year
ago."
OF Not single person was killed or
injured on the Great Western Railway
in England in the year 1869, though
eight millions and half Of passengers
were carried over it.
Rich THE editor Of the AGusrii,er
wants to know "whether peace aud uniiy
can be conquered" Not as long as there
is a Comprehend or Rebel Of your stripsl
in the land waging war against the OIL
Flag. Why don't you rcpent2 ~
AT christening, while minister was
making the certificate, he forgot the doto
and happened to say, "Let me see, this
Is the 30th " sH ~ N
"The tbirtieth I" exclaimed the in
dlgnant mother, "indeed, /, is only tho
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The Richmond Enquirer Of the 9th,
says thot the confederate Congress has
got In pet with the newspaper men.
aud willconseript all below IS years Of
age, making il necessary TO suspend all
pagers except such as are necessary TO
do publick printing. There are row
but 35 papers in the Confederacy. 1H
or 11e Moatgomsry (Ala.) Mol
lReSel paper) of no specified date is
to have said "Rumors of an
evacuation of Richmond are gaining
'redit. There is movement on foot
which will create more consternotion at
Richmond than snylhing thut has oscpr-.
red during the war" i h brd
6rA Richmond paper Of the sth gives
some account the discovery Of a treas
enable plot in that city 20 free the Yam
zee prisoners and bssassinate Daiyis. As
he story was printed inst aner the at
empted surprise of the city BY Butler's
roops, H. looks much like weak inven~'
ion of the enemy. ett
01rIK upper counties. Newsome In
fenncky basbecn perss cutting unionists,
nd stealing and destroying their proper
y. The Inhabitants are heartily sick uf
accession and all its coneomitsiits, msny
oiningth Federa! army. deterniHed 10,
id In putting down what has proved
ltterness aud ourse TO them. fsH fsaf