The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1865-10-20
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Every cemetery should 30 enclosed by .
dead wall.
II you wish to strike for wages, strike with
the axe or hoe. .......
The highest kind Of architecturo--Build.
Ing castles in the air. r-f
Beauty, like lightning, appears and strikes
at the same instant.
Two passionate lovers laugh at tho world,
and the world laughs at them.
Don't be afraid Of curtain lectures. thcy
are nothing but sheet lightning.
Men who 6ght duels generally have two
seconds to live after they arc dad.
Tho birds are tho most successful Of all
agriculturists-their crops never fail.
Promises are above the average in value
when three Of them bring one performance.
Those best able to dispense charities are
most in the habit Of dispensing with them.
"Broad is the way broadway &c."-and
It is tho principal thoroughiaro Of N. York.
Why can you always tell veal outlets when
you SEQ them? Because their cut lets you
know.
That fellow they call "Nih,l" must have
been very quarrclsome. Everybody says that
"Nihil it," aH
An artist who has lately "taken the
PLEDGE" insists on painting exclusively in
water colors.
What is tho difference between tunnel
and spoaking.trumpOt? Ono i' followed
out and the other Is halloed 10.
Great men direct the events Of their time;
wise men take advantage of them; weak
men are carried along in their current.
A mean man never thinks himself mean;
only thinks himself cautious, just as near.
sighted person seems to DO looking far away.
A hint for tho hospitable.-Always keep
your spirits up until one o'clock in the morn
ing, in case thirsty friend should call upon
you.
The poor fellow who died while examining
wreck at the bottom Of tho ocean 10 sup
posed to have given up the ghost for divers
reasons.
"There now, ''cried u littlc girl while rum.
maging drawers In bureau, "thcro now.
gran'pa has gone to heaven without his spoc-
tacles."
Punch tells of man who, eating and
drinking anyhow for some yoars, Is reduced
to such state that the coats OF bis stomach
are out ut the elbows.
Tho human race Is divided into two classes
those who 60 ahead and do something, and
those who sit still and inquire, "Why wasn't
1t done the other way2"
When man marries widow no Is bound
to give up smoking and chewing. II sho
gives up her weeds for him, ho should, Of
course. give up the weed for her.
An army surgeon in Arkansas tried to hire
young, barefooted, coatless native as an or.
rand boy. Tho astonished lad exclaimeds
"work! Why. l can't work; I'm white!"
"Sir," asked newly. y.aedgcd legislator Of
q fellow. passenger on the Hudson River rail.
road, "are you going to tho Legislature3"
"No, thank God not so bad as that. I'm
going to the State Prison !"
"Rsv. Mr.. Nasty" says. "Tho utter and
absect state Nv cussltooi into =hich tho
Dimocrisy find themselves, North and S.ctb,
makes day Nv fastin' approprit. Ef tho
Lord is ever u goin 2 hOlp US. nows his
timo.'
1t has been said that IL Is greater mis-
fortune for man to DO blind than for .
woman to DO 10, as in him Il involves q do
privaton ol tho greatest Of oil onjoyments,
the sight Of woman. But the reverse 10 true
as to deafness.
A Western editor. speaking Of quill.
driving contemporary, says "his intellect is
80 dense that II would take the nuger Of com.
mon sense longer to bore into II than it
would to bore through Mount Blanc Will, q
boiled clrrot!"
A bright freedman in Richmond was str,v.
Ing to make baulky horse 60, when an OK.
Confederate soldier, standing by, said -
"Why don't you whip him7 I can lick him
into It," "Go way dar. Y'usc becu tryiu'
to lick sometin' desc TO- yeas, and couldn't
do it,"
A teacher In o contraband school asked o
young darkcy what q certain letter Of tho al
phabet was. The darkey looked at IL ear.
ncstly for short time. and said: 81 know
dat we'll enough by sight, butam Dressed II
can call IL by name." Ho was told he could
take back seat.
Mankind may 10 divided into three classes:
l. Those who learn from the experience Of
others-thcy arc happy men. 2. Those who
learn from their own cxpcrienco-they arc
wise men. 3. And lastly, those who learn
neither from their own nor other peoplo'sex-
perieuce -they arc fools. Hbl-
"To achieve dstinction. "sayas writer.
"ws must have our whole hearts In our
work. Chatterton says ambition will achieve
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