Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1864-12-09
9elps and Other Stefus.

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KxowIEDGE and timber shouldn't be much used
till they are seasoned.
EvESrs are constantly taking place, andpoEticians
are constantly desirous of doing the same thing.
All our natural actions are done without thought,
aud we can make breathing difficulty by thinking
about it.
In everything shat is repeated daily Tiers nnst be
three periods in the first it is new in the second
old and wearisome the third is neither iii is habit
crIrro says there is good deal Of art in giving
magazine article "a proper head" There is gen
orally much more in giving it the proper point
THERE is certainly no rarer, more amiabls and
candid quality, than habitua justice to the motives
ofthe people not in cur set and not subject to our
influences.
DoS'T expect an author, in his dailyconversation,
like the girl in the fairy tale, to be always talking
pearls and diamonds An author caa't be always
authoring
The ruest self respect lies, not in exacting honor
that is undeserved, but in striving to attain that
worth which receives honor and observance as It's
Gghtful due
An Irishman who had been asked to furnish proof
ofhis marriage, took off his hat and exhibited scar
on his head. "Here,n said he, 'fs me marriage
certificate. That's Judy mark.
'MY brethren said Swift in a sermon. ''there
are three kinds of pride namely, of birth, ofrches
of intellect shall not speak of the latter, none Of
you being liable to that abomnible vice..
You may have genius, sense, learning and the
power ofexpression, so as to write prose to rival
Burke or Johnson, and after all may make your
self ridiculous by trying your hand at poetry.
sIR PETER LELY made it rule never TO look at d
bad picture, having found by experience that when
ever he did SO his pencil took tint from it. Al
ways apply the same rule to bad books and bad COM
pany.
Look out for people who are habitually suspicious
and ready to believe that others act from bad mo-
tives In many cases. the evil they attribute to 9th.
is is only what they feel inclined to do them-
selves.
SUPPOSE man should steal fifty dollars from you,
and that you then should challenge him to toss up
with you for your whole fortuner That would be
parallel case to dnelng as remedy for an injury
or an insult.
The minds of scholars are libraries those of anti
quarians, lnnber-rooms those of sportsnen, ken
nels; those of epicures larders and cellars and
those Of young damsels the play grounds of bewhis
kered cayiliers
a CHILD, speaking of his home to a friend, was |
asked, "Where is your home ?'i Looking with low |
ing eyes at his mother, he replied, 'Where mother
isl Was ever q question more truthfully, beaut |
fully or touchingly answered?
A YOUNG damsel in Canada, twelve years of age
became united in wedlock to a youth of fourteen |
summers, with salery of four dollars per month
1t is hoped that they may be happy but to that end
extravaganza must be avoided.
A PERSON complained to Dr. Franklin of having |
been insulted by one who called him scoundrel. |
"Ah" replied the doctor and what did you call
him. f'Why," said he, ~ called him scoundrel,
too" "Wel, " resumed Franklin, II presume you
both spoke the truth"
YOUNG pupil in the non-resistant school of phil.
osophy was once elected to the legislature of course
from of the interior counties. True his prin-
ciples, he drew up bill abolishing all punishment
for crime, and then prepared another forbiddng
people to commit crimes.
The m ind that has learnt things and forgotten
them is on superior footing to that which has nev-
er received the teaching. Most things learnt may
be partisy forgotten in everything but the training
they have given. Cultivation is consistant with
great deal of ignorance 5ao
OH Father Bushnell of Vermont, used TO say that
the best criticism he ever received on his preaching
from little boy who sat at his feet looking up
into his face, as he vas preaching to crowded
house. AS he goiug on very earnestly, the lit
tie fellow spoke out, 'sYousaid that aforen
AMONG the romantic Incidents which the war has
brought to light, is the fact that Mrs. Julia NJ.
Pierce, wife Of Oliver Pierce, of Taunton, Mass,
is found to be the missing daughter of Henry E.
Clifton, of Baltimore, formerly of Richmond, Va,
and the heiress to considerable property.
THE blast furnace Stag is now very neatly disposed
of BY applying blast of air or jet of steam, to
the Stag as It runs from the smelling furnace in
melted state, it is suddenly cooled and can then be
easily reduced to powder, an operation that would
be entirely out of the question for any purpose with
the Stag m its usual stony condition. The Stag is
then converted into material eminently suitable
for the purposes of brick making and for the manu-
facture of artificial stone, it is also proposed to
use it as manure.
FIVE thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine a.
cres OF land were taken up in the month of October
at the Traverse City land Office, Michigan under
the homestead law. In the same month four hun.
dred and twenty-seyen acres were taken up under
this law at the land Office in Ionia, Michigan, while
the cash sales at that Office during the month a.
mounted to over $4,000. In addition to these,
twenty three hundred and thirty y-eight acres were
located under bounty land warrants, and nine hun
dred and forty seven with agricultural scrip.
IIIISo1s CorTox. Illinois will yet talk of the
"snows of her cotton fields without being suspect
ed ofpoetic extravaganza A friend handed us this
morning sample of unginned cotton, picked on an