The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1864-04-21


Kisses are precious as frankincense and
myrrh, but when they are poured out loose
ly OH any night air, and bestowed OH any
reckless wight who may step up, it is, to say
the least great waste of treasure.
When DR.. Skinner was asked what was
the greatest sermon he ever herd he, replied:
''It was DIR. Beechers sermon on Gods gov
eminent =" DR.. S. said "How long did it
take you to write that sermon ?" Dr. Beecher
replied: 'Forty years!"
CT Men often attempt, by the light Of
reason to discover the mysteries Of eternity.
They might as well hold up a candle to see
the stars.
Do not stop too long to weep over split
water.
Faith, in practical life, is having the heart
to try again.
A dandy, according to Mr.. Carlyle, is a
man born with " divine idea Of CLOTH
We hear great deal about the prodigal
son. Quite as much might be said about the
prodigai father. .#
AS a consolation to benedicts, Punch says
it is better to be blown up by your wife than
by steam engine.
To know some women you must hrst love
them. Generally, to know them you must
| not love them.
The essence of everything Godlike in this
world is the veneration done to human
| by the hearts of men.
There are otis repeaters and ElliOts
repeaters, but Our public lecturers are the
greatest repeaters ever invented.
A traveller who was detained for an hour
by some mischauce, shortened his stay by
making minute eft" There's philosophy
for you.
Some people are always complaining and
lgrumbling Go where they will, they take
with them traveling-case of wrongs and
injuries.
Even sorrow, pressed secretly in a mans
own breast, hath a sweetness which he
would not willingly lose.
AS reality is ever poor and shrunken by
the side ofimagination, SO our sentiments
and ideas lose their charm when clothed in
language
jealousy seems almost inseparable from
human love- 1t is but the other side OF love,
the shadow cast by the light when the darker
body intervenes.
An unstained Aphrodite may be born out
of the Dead Sea of dissolute society, as pure
dew and rain arise out of the briny waters
of the ocean.
Young wife-''Oh, my dear, there is a
most lovely set-pin, earrings and sleeve
buttons. Do go buy them" Mr. Iightstring
Eyes, my dear, mean to GO by them as
quick as possible"
Saving is a habit, like smoking or taking
snuff, or like extravaganza. If you begin it
and 90 on with it for little time, you come
to have a sort of passion for it.
AS the world now runs friendship based
upon like .mindedness, rather than upon like
/ moneyedness is constantly arising between
men of very different degrees Of income.
i Death is the liberator of him whom free
dom cannot release; the physician of him
whom medicine cannot cure and the com
forter Of him whom time cannot console.
An able Psychologist has written that one
; fifth of the human body is composed Of
nbosphorus Punch remarks that this most
4 likely accounts for the number of matches
made.
A hardsheII Baptist preacher, in dis
coursing about Daniel in the lions den, said I:
! sAnd there he sot all night long, looking
] at the show for nothing and it didn't cost
a cent?"
Il Cunning is no match for sagacity. The
monkey and the fox possess the first in com
: mon with the man. Man alone is sagacious.
Cunning tied the Gordon Knot" Sa-
gacity Embossed 1t.
The firm, steadfast bosom, upon which
many past full of torture has weighed in
vain, will, many time like piece of ice
, that has been often overflowed, break down
beneath the gentlest footstep Of destiny.
Archbishop Whateley told young
D preacher who had bored him with a long
: sermon that there were some things in his
effort he had never heard before Much fiat
tered, the young man asked what they
t were. II heard the clock strike twice,
y was the reply
'tFather, said little fellow, after having
g apparently reflected intently or something
81 shant send you any of my wedding cak
when get married" "Why not" my son
n was the fond fathers inquiry. Because,
'e answered the young hopeful ''you didn'
send me any of your"