American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1865-02-15
WIT AND WISDOM.

Sure way to get up ice-screams-
Slippery sidewalks,
When is hen most likely to hatch?
When she is in earnest her nest)
What beams often fall on mems heads
without hurting them ?-Sunbeams.
There is more than one link in the
chain that cements earth and heaven.
We have already female doctor,
why not have female druggist? And
if so, why not call her Ipecacu Ham
nah?
The " young lady who hid the key
Of our sapctqm, can have an opportunity
Of setting up night with our devil, to
think over the matter. Pitch in Ne.
Marriage" said an unfortunate hus
band, sis the churchyard Of love" "And
you men, replied the not less unpappy
wife, "are the grave-diggers."
GREAT SHocK.-A lady we know was
startled the other day, by being told that
some one was waiting below for her body.
Dressmakers should be careful.
An impudent wretch came near get
ting his ears boxed at wedding recep-
ton, the other day, for wishing the beau
tiful young br de Nanny happy returns
of the day"
An Irish Paper, ia reference to the
projected construction of tunnel under
the river at Dublin, says: " A Thames
tunnel is about to be constructed under
the Lifey."
=" Miss" said fop to young lady,
"n hat pity you wasn'ta mirror"
"Why so?" said the blushing lady. "Be-
cause you would be such good-l0ohjng
lass"
True superiority Of mind EXISTS not
until the person possessing it becomes
perfectly conscious of his own equality
with mankind, and of the fact that his
existence lies in the hands Of supreme
power
Never compare thy condition with
those above thee; but to secure thy con
tent look upou those thousands with
whom thou wouldst not, for any interest,
change thy fortune and condition.
There is this difference between hap
piness and wisdom he that thinks him
self the happiest man really is 50; butho
that thinks himself the wisest man is
most generally found to be the biggest
fool.
DR.. Casin having heard Thomas
Fuller repeat some verses on a scoldng
wife, was so delighted with them as TO
request copy. "There's no necessity
for that" said Fuller "as you have got
the origonal"
nea- There are three kinds of men in
the word-thc Wills, the Wonts and
the Cants The formere effect everything;
the others oppose everything i will,
builds our railroads and steamboats, =
Went don't believe in experiments and
nonsense; while 4 can't grows weeds
for wheat, and commonly ends his days
in the slow digestion of bankruptcy"
Sorrow and suffering are the nurses
of all real goodness. The process we
shrink from. But should we if we val
ued the results as we ought? And does
not the measure of our shrinking show
the measure of our lack of appreciation
of the peaceful fruits of righteousness
afterwards 2"
The reason why we recollect what
we write better than what we read, is
because that which we commit to paper
must be clear to the mind before it can
be properly written; and very few can
illustrate an idea so clearly to others as
it appears to the mind Of the origina-
| tor.
Cleanliness is regarded as cardinal
virtue but there can be such thing as
too clean; with our best traits, during
life, there will be some alloy so firmly at
tached that the attempt to cleanse perfect
ly will wash away many a virtue.
Pleasure is a necessary reciprocal )
no one feels who does not at the same
time give it. TO be pleased, one must
please. What pleases you in others will
generally please them in you.
--Sambo lost a dog, the tail of which
he finally found and recognized lying in
the street in front Of asausage-shop, upon
which the darkey exclaimed, as he point
ed to certain we'll He'd skins hanging in
the window, while he held up Carlos
tail -
81 won't say nufen agin dat ere sau-
SAGE shop. but [ know where my dog is ="