East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1864-05-18
WIT AND WISDOM.

MI hND V1pDOm' III
There are persona who have tho
most Unsuitable curiosity as TO death
and dying; their thoughts usne and
burrow in church yards Like demon
m0les. f1a
Under a conquring prince, the peo-
pie are shadows, iessening and lessen.
ing as he mounts in glory, until at
last they become thing Of nothing.
No good man ever gave anything
without being the more happy for it,
unless to undescrving, nor took any
thing away without being tho less No.
There is great deal of fawning IN
society in order to be fawned on again
just as among skulking puppies half
awake. tttjtW
Tho world is curved round about
with heaven. How one can get out
Of the world without gettinginto hoav-
en- is to US physical mystery.
Many persons, like moclsing bird
or blank wall, say nothing to them
selves, but give back inlperfectly tho
utterance Of others. ,
Dew is an invisible vapor, which,
chilled by the cool surfaces of the
flowers, bursts into tears over the
beauty that must fade. etea s.at
The poet, if questioned harshly as
to his uses, might be unable TO render
better apology for his existence than
a flower insight.
Manly spirit, as it is generally call
ed, is often little else than tho froth
and foam Of hard mouthed insolencc.
The great gulf in which SO many
governments have perished, casts up
the Fragments, and indefatiguable man
refits them. $50 Ee.i =
There would be fewer shipwrecks h
in society if men remembered that
largo sales are i'll adapted to small
vessels.
Those fond Of wine are little fond Of
the sweet OF the now; those ford Of
learning ure Ho fond~r vf its uIust
than Of its dregs. s
Life in the spring time is life in all
its forms-lifo with sweet breath in
it, life with song in it, lifo with
light in it.
Tho more we know, the less we soy.
At death man arrives at immense
knowledge and dosnt open his mouth.
If q stupid speaker has prodigious
lungs, he can fill with his voice the
largest house-and empty it too.
The swallows are considered tenn
perate, but, after skimming the river.
they fly to their nests and "moisten
their clay"
IF you are suffering from gout or
rheumetism, any mischievous boy in
the street will gladly undertake to
break your panes. w 3
We can best teach the juvenile mind
before it is soiled and spotted. 'Tis
sorry writing on q greasy slate.
Many love the music of the ''wind-
ing horn" But COW has winding
horns and no music in thom.
A common donkey can generally
boast more stripes than the zebra.
Fame is but on inscription on
grave; glory the melancholy blazon on
Il coflin-lid
That is properly tho land of our
fathers in which We may vencrate tho
image of their virtues. -
A cherry, ripe and rich, is fragrance
and flavor done up in red wrapper.
A military definition of q kiss would
be a report at headquarters. i
If you undertake to oversee too
many jobs, you will overlook part.
The schoolmaster's beat is less ex-
tensive than the watchman's. 1t is
confined to his schoolhouse. a yeiq
Adam caused our evil ways, and
McAdam mended them.
A beggar's thread bare suit may bo
a fine court dress--a dress for the
court of heaven. jer1 g
A leopard shouldn't be Gagged. 1t
would be hard that he should be con-
fined to one spot. ss, ,kssi
The winds and waters have myriad
voices and all of them arc solemn.
If a man and his horse are both in
distress they can let their griefs meet
in common Cmtnr. y 81. rsf3J
The wives along tho Mississippi
never blow up their husbands, They
leave it oil to the steamboats,, which
are sure to do it sooner at later ''1ea
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