The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1865-10-04
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 passion for a petite girl
The smaller her size the hugcr their signs
Young men are not generally satisfied TIL
they get beard that an owl ght roost in
The true man is white In the negro the
truth is colored.
Rise with the cock in the morning, Il on Oh
you may have been on a lark over night
If a 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
.Littlencss has it. perils az well as great
ness. Ii not pursued as an elephant you
may be trodden on nn insect.
The mercury in The thermometer behaves
very well three tourths Of the year, but il
will get high in the summer.
1t is becoming for a young woman to wear
q rose in her hair and touch -mc-not 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 ,corks follow
them.
Ii you know how TO spend less than you
get. you have the true philosophers stone.
Motto for a crooked legged soldier, 81
wish were disbandyed.'
lis 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 a bachelor. He can't give his
hand to anybody.
Love is the most passionate in the south
The Girdle of the Queen OF Love is the tor
rid zone
man can't eat when he is scared IF his
heart is in his mouth, he doesn't wish 10
pat anything else into it
Don't stone your neighbor, but if you see
his baby in a cradle, you may rock it.
The Chief Of Morocco il said to have no
heir to stand in his morocco shoes.
The more eultivateda farmer is. the bet
A vagahond will hardly be able to find
quarters anywhere, if he find none in his
pockets.
Now that Lord Erougham is getting near
the time for pegging ont, the question
arises whether any Of the new Broughams
will sweep as clean as The Old Harry.
When a poor fellow is about to be burned
by the sayages, his existence is at stake
Many a man has fine premises. who hasn't
sense enough TO draw conclusions.
Warts n great game, but not game Of
live and lie. live
As long as men smell Of whiskey and to-
baceo. he women have right TO defend
themselves with musk
Women are possessed Of all sorts Of devils
except dumb oaes.
No matter how ugly You may be. your
shadow will faithfully stick by you, for it
is rs ngly rs you are.
The man who would mpart wisdom and
knowledge, should diligently seek them !;
his imports should at least equal his exports
woman naturally begins TO have great
antipathy ior dates when she finds herself
oat 81 date
II is when we stand upon the mountain
tops that the orb OF day rises most majes-
tleally before our eyes, and the golden orbs
OF great thoughts come up most sublmely
above the horizon OF our souls.
4 preacher should not make the burthen
of his discourse too burthensome
A young woman and her picture are often
exactly alike in one thing: they are both
painted.
Bear your cross worthily, and il will turn
to an anchor
If u woman would keep her husband from
runninu ahnut Sbe hnJ hotter ,r..J h.ta
IN absent minded mans body is only a
car-ease.
WHY'S it that when a debaer makes minee
meat Of his adversary he is said not 10 mnce
matters.
Many big bugs have good deal Of hum
about them
1t we regard all life as an educational iu-
stitution. cirenmnayigator of the world is
less influenced bv all the nations he has seen
than by his nurse
The children Of the rich are often SO tend
ed ami restrained that they become imbc
Giles. They are treated ike goats whose
sineWs are cut to proven, their jumping.
4 true pun has hearty kind Of present.
kissing smack to ii: YOU can no more
transmit it in its pristine flavor than yo,,
can send a kiss Have you not tried in some
instances to palm eff Yesterdays pun upon
your friends, and has il succeeded
To be naked is much nearer t. heng a
man. than to going in livery.
That man is passing rich who can number
friends enough for Jury.
When we are children no more. we may
well have a feeling OF desoateness. We
come ont like the Trojan prince from the
burning Troy. hut. unlike him. we have left
our household gods behind rs.
II almost seems dangerous 10 he innocent !:
nothing is mere frequently mark to be shot
at than 4 white horse
Among the flowers and trees nature takes
us into her Own hands, and We mag breathe
as freely as the first man Ill Paradise.
We love lite eccentrieiiy. We admire
foolish enthusiasm in y voting head better
than wise skeptieisil We almost think that
4 moral game law should be passed for the
\ preservation OF the wild and vagrant feelings
Of human nature
4 Christian man had better go to the
theatre. than go home whining because he
cdn't 60
Try what il 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
SuMMERsAuLrs. Turning double summer
| saults is not very common thing now