Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1865-10-05
From the Louisville Journal
Paragraphs. Chiefly Original.

Salaries are attached to offices, and the
incumbents of the Offices are attached to sal
aries
Some men have a passion for petite girl
The smaller her size the huger their signs.
/ Dung men are not generally satisfied till
they get beard that an owl might roost in.
The true man is white. In the negro the
| truth is colored.
Rise with the cock in the morning, though
| you may have been on lark over night.
Ii bad woman have family of chill
dren, it is to be hoped that they will not,
like bad vinegar, have too much mother,
! in them.
Many lawyers are always insolent toward
the witnesses against their clients. All
their examinations are. cross examinations.
Littleness has its perils as well as great
ness. If not pursued as an elephant you
may be trodden ON as an insect.
The mercury in the thermometer behaves
very well three -fourths Of the year, but it
will get high in the summer
/ IL IS becoming tor young woman to wear
rose in her hair and touch on
| her bosom.
Some people will make up and execute
! great enterprises while others are making
up their minds.
1t Is as dangerous to let spark come in
contact with some young women as with
| gunpowder.
We may say of most authors that when
they die and are buried their aoorkS follow
them.
If you know how to spend less than you
get, you have the true philosopher stone.
Motto for crooked legged soldier, 81
wish I were disbandyed.'
'Tis we'll that the mutton chops should be
ready when your own chops are.
man leaves off pinches Of snuff when
the pinches Of Jack Frost leave off his nose.
man who has been cropped for felony
has no ear for music.
The bachelor who has his arms shot off,
must remain q bachelor. He can't give his
hand to anybody.
Love is the most passionate iii the south.
The Girdle of the Queen of Love is the tor
rid zone.
A man can't eat when he is scared. If his
heart is in his mouth, he doesn't wish to
put anything else into it,
Don't stone your neighbor, but if you see
his baby in . cradle, you may rock it.
The Chief of Morocco is said to have no
heir to stand in his morocco shoes.
The more cultivated a farmer is, the bet
ter cultivated his lands are apt to be-
A vagabond will hardly be able to find
quarters anywhere, if he find none in his
pockets.
Now that Lord Drougham is getting near
the time Tor pegging out, the question
arises whether any of the new Broughans
will sweep as clean as the Old Harry.
When poor fellow is about to be burned
by the sayages, his existence is at stake.
Many man has fine premises, who hasn't
sense enough to draw conclusions.
War is great game, but not a game Of
live and let live.
AS long as men smell Of whiskey and to-
bacco, the women have q right to defend
themselves with musk.
Women are possessed OF all sorts of devils
except dumb ones.
No matter how ugly you may be, your
shadow will faithfully stick by you, for it
is as ugly as you are
The man who would impart wisdom and
knowledge, should diligently seek them !;
his imports should at least equal his exports.
woman naturally begins to have great
antipathy for dates when she finds herself
out of date.
1t is when we stand upon the mountain
tops that the orb of day rises most males
tically before our eyes, and the golden orbs
of great thoughts come up most sublimely
above the horizon Of our souls
A preacher should not make the burthen
of his discourse too burthensome
young woman and her picture are often
| exactly alike in one thing they are both
painted.
Bear your cross worthily, and it will turn
to an anchor
If woman would keep her husband from
running about, she had better seaa5 him.
An absent minded mans body is only
car-case.
Why is il that when a debater makes mince
meat of his adversary he is said not to mince
matters.
Many big bugs have good deal of hum
about them.
If we regard all life as an educational in
stitution, a ciroumnavigator Of the world is
less influenced by all the nations ne has seen
than by his nurse.
The children of the rich are often so tend
ed and restrained that they become imbe
Giles. They are treated like goats whose
sinews are cut to prevent their jumping.
A true pun has hearty kind Of present,
ear kissing smack to it; you can no more
transmit it in its pristine flavor than you
can send kiss Have you not tried in some
instances to palm off yesterdays pun upon
your friends, and has it succeeded
To be naked is much nearer to being
man, than to going in livery
That man is passing rich who can number
friends enough for a jury.
When we are children no more, we may
we'll have feeling of desolateness. We
come out like the Trojan prince from the
burning Troy, but, unlike him, we have left
our household gods behind u.s.
It almost seems dangerous to be innocent;
nothing is more frequently mark to be shot
at than white horse.
Among the flowers and trees, nature takes
us into her own hands, and we may breathe
as freely as the first man in Paradise.
We love little eccentricity. We admire
| foolish enthusiasm in young head better
than wise skepticism We almost think that
a moral game law should be passed for the
preservation of the wild and yagrant feelings
Of human nature.
Christian man had better go to the
theatre than go home whining because he
can't 60
Try what ii is to speak with God behind
you-to speak so as to be only the arrow in
the bow which the Almighty draws
With consistency great soul has simply
nothing to do. He may as well concern him
self with the shadows on the wall.
SUMMERsAuLTs- Turning double summer
saults is not very common thing now
a-days We know Of but three persons in