The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1864-06-24
VOLUME II, NUMBER a.
Spare Lines.

Put . good fseo upon everything, unless you
are % ugly that you can't
We are told TO havs hops and trust; bat
what's poor fellow to do when he can't get
trusted. JEti M H H&AGG
He ha happy man, not whom others may
think, but who thinks himsslf to b %.
A mans good fortune oltsn turns bic bead;
bis bad fortune - oitsn svsrts the heads Of bis
friends. & f-tl t"- t.IJi " s-4t
It's not the quantity Of meat, % much -
the oordislity Of the host. and ohesrfalnsss Of
the guests, that makes the feast. aciil
Miss Tucker says it's with old bachelors -
with old wood; Il 10 hard to get them started.
but when they do take Hame they burn prodig.
iously. H
"Nsver put OF till tomorrow what you can
do to day." said mother TO child. "Wsll.
then. mamma, lot ussat the cranberry pie that
is In the sais." .i-r. .et.i e. e,.a II.
Mr.. Day sdvsrtises the loss Of his dog; Brown
hopes be will succeed In finding him; Tor Il
"svsry dog has his day." hs doesn't sss why
every Day should not have bis dog.
Tho more vigorous and elevated man is,
the higher tenderness he iscapabls of.-as on
high trees the fruit rounds itself into mlldsr
and sweetsr form than on low ones
Tho ladies Of East Tennessee are represented
as unquestionably loyal. They improve every
opportunity to "kiss the dear old dag" and
now and then kiss its good looking defenders.
Formerly women were prohibited from mar.
rying until they had spun set Of bsd.furnl.
turs, and ill their Wedding they were called
spineers, which continues to this day In al legal
proceedings.
"Oh, I am 20 glad you like birds. What kind
do you most admirei" said young wife to her
husband. "Ahsm! Well, think good tur.
key, with plenty Of seasoning" said the hos.
band, sis about - nice - any,"
A noblemsn once asked clergyman, who
was dining at the bottom Of the table. "why
the goose was always placed nsxt to the Par
soni" "Really." said he. 81 can give no res-
son for It; but your question 10 20 odd. thstI
shall never sec goose again without thinking
Of your lordship."
A lady who had read Of tho extensive manu-
facturs Of odometsrs to tell how far . carriage
had been run. said she wished some Connecticut
genius would invent an instrument 70 tell how
far husbands had been In the evening when
they Just stepped down to the Post Office!
In steamer crossing the English channel.
an Englishman. after discoursing st length up-
on this subject, closed by saying. "I thank God
that am an Englshmsu." A Frenchmsn slt.
ting by replied, 81 tank God that you are an
Epgllshman too."
A clergyman was lately depicting before .
deeply interested audience. tho alarming In
crease Of intemperanoe, when he astouished bis
hearers by exclaiming: "a young woman In
my neighborhood died very suddenly last Sab.
bath, while was preaching tho gospel In .
state Of beastly intoxication !" t'
The head Of turtle, for several days after
its separation from the body. retains and exhib-
its Its animal life and sensation. An Trishmsu
had decapitatcd one, and some days Afterwards
WAS amusing himself by putting sticks In IL
mouth which II Bit with violence. A lady who
saw the proceeding, exclaimed, "why. Pat.
rick, I thought the turtle was dead" $50 hs
10, ma'am; but the erathsr's not ssn,fSis Of
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