Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-04-05
GLEANlNGS.

1t is better to be foolishly happy than
wisely miserable.
Connected people are always happy, they
do 20 enjoy themselves.
The daughter of wealthy farmer in Mis- :
souri, eloped with . negro.
DR.. Chaplin says there is class of men
too shallow to have . conscience, and too
cold 10 have a heart.
Let us go always beyond the duties
marked out, and keep within the pleasures
permitted.
That man is not good enough for any
place who thinks no p ace good enough for
him.
| DR.. Chaplin SAYS: The cause that never
made fanatic never produced martyr.
Heaven drops little fragments of itself
here and there along our way, by way Of
assurance that heaven and love are one.
The winning-post to the race Of life is .
slab Of white or gray stone, standing out
from that turf where there is no more
jockeying.
Beautiful was the reply of venerable
man to the question, whether he was still
in the land Of the living: "No, but l am
almost there"
you want to get a favor from man,
feed him. A man like horse, can't b.
managed till he has had bit in bis
mouth.
Briggs has a great faculty for getting
things cheap. The other day he had a
beautiful set Of teeth inserted for next to
nothing. He kicked dog.
Philosophers are like graveyards-they
take all things just rs they come, and
give them decent burial and suitable ep>
itaph.
A good deal Of tile consolation offered in
this world is about as solacing as the assu>
rance Of he man to his wife when she fell
into the river: You'll find ground at the
bottom, my DEAR"
4. +. Gerald, teacher in the Frecdmens'
Bureau, at Mobile, Ala arrested some time
ago for stealing horse from the livery sta
BILE Of Mr.. Rufus Dane, was tried at the re-
cent term of the city court, found guilty,
and sentenced to five years. imprisonment
1t hard labor in the rcnitentiary.
\ kiln Of charcoal, probably burned and
lost 100 years ago, has Just been discovered
at Hardwick, Mass, in excellent preserva>
lion.
Tho streets of Bombay were for the first
time lighted with gas October 10Th. The
greatest excitement prevails among the
Hindoos when the lamps arc lighted -
Crowds surround each lamp post to witness
the sight, and then sit down and gaze at it
with upturned faces for hours, every now
and then feeling the post to see il it has got
hot.
Old Spain, with territory Of less than
two hundred thousand square miles, would
hardly be considered large enough for .
county in one Of our western states.
The motives and purposes Of authors are
not always % pure and high as, in the en-
thusiasm IT youth, We sometimes imagine.
To many tho trumpet Of fame is nothing
hut tin horn to call them home, like Ia.
borers from the field, at dinner time, and
they think themselves lucky to get the din
ner.
Gen. Sheridan, after his recen. Mexican
tour statedi,is opinions succinctly and fore.
IDLY, rs follows: II | owned HI and Tex
az, would rent Texas and live at the other
place.
Rev. Henry Ward Beschef was onee pss.
tor Of congregation in Indianapolis which
WAS too peor to paint the church edifice.
and the young minister did the job with HE
own hands.
Society is even more essential to our IN.
tellicct than to our humanity. Our
affections do not rust 90 quickly - our
minds. II y easier - prevent Ahan 70 eob-,
due them, while The latter l. always rleas>l
Cd to be beguiled into forgetfuIness and
An invalid has heard much Of 1.-THE silent
w,tcnes Of the night" but has never been
sc.e - nnd them. His go Hatsh md bic
Yves keep up such ticking that be is IN
. IL snptsss Rsgeuis yseunSly Saids Of
President johnson that hrs message had
sFsatiy surprised people in Europe. '.why,
MI ~ shes .ssee onlsssteod, he,f VA
neehieg but taller. He e greet states-
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