, 1864-02-21
WIT AND WISDOM.


10.
A fitting sign for country tavern: Dew
drop-1nn tdu drop-in-)
: It is absurd to live without an aim Us to
shoot without one.
Charity covers multitude Of sims; the
tailor and the drets-maker multitude Of sim
ncr6.
shoot too high. That's the upshot Of the
matter
However i'll the world may have gone, the
roses sim blow and the thruehes still sing in
it,
To grcat soul, the presence ofa superior
is the greatest Of blessings.
Tho Divine Impattialtty digests ali ac-
tions into healthy history.
He is an admirable man, who has rs
much wit aB If he had no seusc and Rs much
sense as If lie had no Wit.
He who differs from the world In impor-
tant matters, ehould the more carefully con-
form to 1t in Indifferent ones;
Sorrow, can never wholly I'LL the heart
fiat Is occupied with others welfare, Con-
slant melancholy Is rebellion.
1fa woman tells more than the truth IN
speaking rivals age, ahe Will probably
make the thing even in stating her own.
Nature, when she makes beautiful head,
Is often so absorbed with admiration Of her
own work that she forgets the brains.
Foote expressed the belief that q certain
nicer would take the beam out of his own
eye Il he knew where he could sell the TIM
her+ .
Ii some Of our very conservative men
bad been present at the creation, they would
have said, "Good God what Is to become Of
choas."
Laughter and tears are meant to turn the
wheel Of the same machinery OF sensiolllty
ono Is wind-power and the other water
power.
Slecp gpotlles and arrests the feyer-pulsc
of the soul, and its grains are tho quinine for
the cold fit Of hate, as we'll ns for the hot
fever Of love.
Let us be patient to live. Not that we
should not have aspirations: hut. TILL the
flying time comes, let us brood contentedly
upon our nests.
The reason an old maid is generally so
devoted to her cat Is, that, not huving. hus,
band, she natnlnlly takes to the next most
! trtachcrons animal.
When q married man pays more atten-
| t1on to his wifc's cousin thun to his wife, 1t
Is certain Sign that the cousln's visit has been
long enough.
Eat, digest; read, remember; earn, save !;
| love and be loved. II these four rules be
strictly followed, health, wealth, Intelligence
and true happiness will he the result.
! The true test Of the purity of our feeling
/
receive greater appreciation thap ourselves
| for better thing than ours.
NV principal method for defeating heresy
Is BY Establishing truth. One purposes to
| I'LL hushel with tares; now, II can I'LL 1t
first with wheat, I shall defy his attempts
John Nttnson.
Lord z cnyon's housekeeping was not
liberal, nor his temper good, and Jekyu sum.
moned up both facts BY saying, :" It is Lent
/ all the wear round In his kitchen, and Passion
Week in his parlor. T., -.
nAh, Jenny" said asympatliztng friend
to man who was Just too late for the train.
"you did not run fast enough" Yes, I did, - -
not start soon enough -
| II Won step out Of the ranks, the crowd
may pass on the vacant space may DO occu-
|. pied and you may never be able to find your
| place agnin. There arc more men than there
are holes, and all the holes get filled up. :.
!. At christening, while 4 minister was
making the certificate, he forgot the date, and
"fhe thirtieth ~ exclaimed the indignant
mother, Indeed, Its only the eleventh"
Much Of the pain md pleasure of man.
| kind arises from the conjecture which every
one makes Of the thoughts Of Others VIC all
enjoy pruise which We do'not hear, and resent
contempt which We do.not sec
A northern English rector used to think
It polite not to begin service before the nrri-
val Of the squire. A little while ago be for
eted essd cut t6s ths
clerk, " he ain't come YETI"
t., A lady who had read Of the extensive
manufacture Of odometers to tell how lar a
carriage had run, said abe wished some Con.
nectlcut gcnius would invent instrument to
tell how fur husband, had been In the even
Ing when they Just step down to the post
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