The mountain Democrat., 1865-02-18

DY JOHN S. HrrrELL.


morals. Follow your own conscience ind
prize its approval Is the greatest pleasure
and treasure in the world 4sf
3. Be your own man intelIeetually.-.
Respect your own judgment Accept the
teachings Of your enlightened Veason %
the best guide TO truth. In matters Of
religion, form your opinion after careful
examination and impartial consideration
Of the evidence on all sides, and give the
weight Of your character to the doctrine
which yon belieEe to be -trne.-.------------
3. Be plain. Think too much of your
self to be guilty Of any false pretense or
hypocrisy. Avoid boasting in your
speech, display in your dress, and arro-
gance, Ostentation and affectation in your
manners.
f.. Educate yourself Study, so far as
possible, oil branches of knowledge that
can develope your intellectual faculties;
read oil books that can stimulate your
moral feelings. Make yourself familiar
with the spirit Of the great men Of the
past and try to put yourself on the same
level with them. t..
3. Preserve your health. Strengthen
your body by physical exercises. Be
temperate and cleaniy.
? 9. BE industrious; let not your energies
stagnats. Whatever you do, do It with
all your might. Devote to labor and
study oil your time not given to necessary
rest or reasonable relaxation.
Z. Strive to accumulate property, 81 q
means Of securing your own comfort and
Of assisting others. Keep out Of debt
Live within your income. ,[...,,t
8. ENJOY life. Get. for yourself all The
comforts and luxuries within your reach,
such as . loving spouse, Q comf0ftGhie
home, n 6ne garden, and an elegant table.
Seek genial company and read cheerful
books. Learn all the innocent amuse-
ments that can contribute to the enter.
tainment Of yourself and neighbors.
8. Defend your rights, and study them
50 that you may know what to defend.---
Do not let superior regard for the well
fare of your neighbor lead you into tho
weakness Of impoverishing yourself or
surrendering your rights to him..
10. Follow the golden rule. Study the
meaning of justice, kindness, politeness
generosity, and let no man surpass you in
Obeying their commands. Be guilty Of
no murder, theft, fraud, revenge, malice
or persecution for opinions sake. Look
upon every man as your brother. Con.
slider every noble decd as Q favor, every
mean act as wrong done to yourself.
Take an interest in everything that con.
Germs humanity. Labor for the greatest
good of the greatest number. Resist for.
eign domination, despotic government,
caste, polygamy, superstition, and every
system or measure that tends to confine
wealth, p0litica; power, social influence,
education or any blessing Of life 10 any
class .a >.'H
A PLANE SroRY.-A pIaner of planes
was once planning plane, when the plane
with which he was planning, was plainly
discovered not to be plain, but so uneven
and rough chat he could never make plain
what was made for plane. The palmer
Of plains then complained with plaiptiVe
complaints that his plain neighbor, to
whom he had sometime before loaned his
plane, had misused his plane and made 1t
unplain. This plainly appeared not to be
plain dealing in his neighbor, who had he
been a plain upright man, would have
plainly told him when he reformed the
plane TO the palmer Of planes, that be had
accidentally injured the plane while pla.
ming something that he wished to mako
plain. 1t now appearing plain to the
planer Of planes that the plane with which
he had been planning what he intended
for plane would never make itsplain; he
took another plane he had been using to
plain out the new plane; and after plain
ing that plane, he was able smoothly 10
plain the new plane.
Let no one complain that it is plain that
the word plane is so often used that the
sense is not plain; for on examination it
will plainly appear that the meaning is
plain, though it plainly requires komO
pains to see how plain that meaning is. a
SPEAKING Of Josephs, we once heard Of
several wives making up purse to be
given to the one of their number whose
! husband should chance to have the most
illustrious name-The first commenced :
! my husbands name is William" Then
I followed long list of oil the williams
whose names had been handed down to
I postcrity, commencing with William the
Conqueror, and ending with Shakespeare.
The second: "My husbands name Is
George; y and oil the Georges. good, bad
and Indifferent, were brought up as q
} proof of her right to the purse. Th'
} third chimcd in with Henry" urging
E her claims as eloquent as the rest; whilC
/ the fourth, meek little creature, with M
r pretensionS whatever, quietly remarked
[ swell, my husbands name was Joseph
0 and | don't think ever heard of a singl,
\ Joseph who distinguished himself -un
less it was the Joseph, told of in the Bible
r who wrestled Potiphar's wife; and Ger
I tainly think he was the biggest fool tina
ever lived !" 1t is needless to add tina
I the purse was delivered over to the las
d speaker, without murDur.
The best anecdote Of Lorenzo Dow tha
we have seen is the following:
Being one evening at hotel kept by
man named Bush, in Delhi, New York, tn
e residence of the late Gen. Root, be va
importuned by the latter gentleman, Il
presence of the landlord, to describ
II heaven.
}, "You say q good deal about heaven
s. pray tell us how it looks"
# Lorenzo turned his grave face and lon
waving beard toward Gen. Root and NJ
Bush, and replied With imperturbab
T. gravity: a5ees
d Heaven, my friends, is vast extsS
.s Of smooth, rich territory. There is not
i. root nor bush in it, and never will BE-"
se Costly. Ben Buffers fireworks
=. Wilmington cost more than . quarter.
a million of dollars, for powder alone
The amount exploded was Giys hnndEs
IN and twenty thousands pounds The
at feet produced. may b iRlsEEaaf'flau
n testimony of OOnfadefats uFis0assew