The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1864-12-23
VOLUME x1, NUMBER s.
Spare Lines.


lubricstions to lucubrationa.
n u man live exclusively on vegetables, q
the auid In his veins blood or sap?
The dandy who makes the greatest aour.
ish isn't always in q Hoarishins condition.
lf.a young woman hopes ever to have the
honrr Of giving the mittsn. she must learn
'oskh".c io1-r5 i1itE Joe .fffs ,ss.i
Rvsry man WIN IL not monster. q math.
rinaiieian or a uad philosophers, 10 the dave
vf soins wvnlaD. i1.,if Oh fa
On and after Mf,reh 4, 1868. no Democrat
will b, allowed 10 go at large without
stamp. --lnf Rr Dsasion Ly lingo.
A m,n's nature riss either TO herbs or
weeds. therefore let him seasonably water tho
oneand destroy tbcotl,'r.
TIL" irue way to advance another's virtue,
i- t,iu'low II and the heat way to cry down
nua'h-r's vice IL to decline It..
J,.h Killings rays. I argy in thi. way, II
u man is right hr kant IN tn rsiikal, II he
!, rony. he krnt be tu conservitif.
Yon can never regain yonr cheerfulness by
br.,dins over your mslortunes. Go 10 work
Er th" fu'ure.,and let tbs pas'. or at least
that portiop o' IL which makes yoa dolcful
to think Of, sink into oblivion.
WHY have ,urkies no hereaftcr?, Bccansn
they have their neckr twirlyd here. Why
Is han ialmnr'nl? B'crusc her srn never
sets. Why do hers always lay In the day.
time? Because ut nigh. they become rcost.
ers. . ...LI IHfifNt
A crust Of bread pitcher OF water. Q
th,tched roo'. and love: there Is happiness.
whether the day b. rainy or sunny. IL "
tho heart that makes thc home. whether the
eve rests or a pot,to patch or flower garden.
Heart makes hone precious and that only.
Many child presents the appearance OF
dullncss, merely because the nvcnue of his
mind has not hen found and not found he
ciuse not sought Il is unreasonable 10 ex-
psct that one uniform mode of instruction
shall be equally ineligible to all. ..la
IF you .lnvs mn enemy. and m opportunity
on,irs ~ byneit hin. in mitters great or
small, act liks u grntle'nan, and do him good
service without L.sitution. If you would
know what II IL Ia feel noble and 'stropK
within yourself" do this secretly and keepit
% secret. ~ r,fi faIf'
Mo,e. says no wishes ho could hear OF
sone place where peoplc never die; hswonld
60 and end his dhys there. Moaes II tho
ame eccentric individual who. attending d.
vine service in church. where the people
came very late to meeting, observed that it
seen,cd to he the fashion there "for nobody'o
" to church, until alter everybody bnd
got there"
'ssssinbscr Won Dupck atssudsd, d. sQ1rt =,
New York 3oEst excussd Iwm f;s jgty -.
- csn Z underhtkhd go0t Eneless. = 'qrofll
Moinhedts "What did hs say," {" asked th8 .
indge. III cin { undemhiand epot EugIess.".
repcased tho Dutchmwn "Tskc yoursest,.:
Cried the judge. ."taks your seat. That's no
excuse; you need not be alamed, ~ you are
not likely to hear any" s
Bulwer thinks mun's nature 10 shown by
the way he shakes hands :gtlmt hsmay have
the manners of Chesterfield, nnd smile very
swesiiy, hut vet may chill or steel your heart
against him the moment that I,e shakes
hands with YOU. But there is. he. ssys.a
c'rdial clasp which shows warmth ol impulse
unhfsitating truth. ond even power OF char.
n.trr.:, clarp which rec lila tho classic trust
in th,.'ni,l' Of the right band" ...l
4 A lady "in wing in tho first circles" hav-
Ing received prcsen, ~ p,ir uf tsrncois,
vres, was asked what kind OF VASES they
wers. wlsn 'he answered with much ponip.
..T-rr. .llau.s, OF cour'e madam" The
ramr adv hearing a crnvefra'iOn about thu
just published autobiography or apoet. nskcd
" Was nnv Iiks the otto OF roses. saying
tlst u 10 was, sbe was mira sle ~hnuld lika
II. for, that ws her "fv,rite iixgnncs."i
She wa. a~urrd that, n''r',ougli not quite
like il. Il was equally scerts.ibIe.