The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-06-30
OF THIS PEOPLE.

seen again, but from that hour the pale blue
flower, which is the first to bloom beside
the Rhone, was called no longer " Brides
Beauty, but Brides Death p and it would
be deemed an omen of, the greatest Ill should
the least bud or blossom be found among the
flowers bestowed upon a bride in Langue-
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The Painter. S Dreane-'' dreamt,' said
Sir Godfrey Kneller to Pope, :" that | was
dead, and soon after found myself walking
IN narrow path that led up between two
hills, rising pretty equally on each side Of it..
Before me | saw a dqor., and great number
Of people cFowdinG round it. ] walked on
toward them As l drew nearer, I-coulddis
tinguish St. Peter by his keys, with some
others Of the apostles. They were admiring
the people as they reached the door When
l had joined the company [ could see seve-
raj seats in every direction at a little distance
within the entrance As the first persons
approached for admittanee, st Peter asked
him his name, and then his religion 4 am a
Roman Catholic, replied thespirit Go in,
then, said St Peter, sand sit down on those
seats there On the right hand The next was
a Presbyterian. He was admitted, too, after
the usual Questions, and ordered to take his
place opposite to the other My turn came
next, and as | approached, St Peter very
eiVilly asked me my name. [ said it was
kneller. l had no sooner said so, than st
luke, who was standing by, turned toward
ME, and exclaimed with much sweetness:
What! the famous Sir Godfrey Kheller,
from EngandP The very same, SIR says
1, at your service. On this, St Luke i'm
mediately drew near to me, embraced me,
and paid me great many compliments on
the art we both of US followed in this world
He entered so far the subject, that he seem
ed almost to have forgotten the business for
which leame thither At last, however, he
feeolleeted himself, and said 4 beg your
pardon, Sir Godfrey; / was so taken up with
the pleasure of conversing with YOU But
apropos, pray, sir what religion may you be
of? Why, truly, sir says /, 20 am Of no
particular religion. Oh, sir, says he, You
will be so good, then as to walk in and take
your seat where you please" We may re
mark here that this story has been fathered
on David Hume and others who came within
the same category of careless reHgionists.
tButw we believe the above to be the original
version G i1il -.zIa"
b. Results Of Moderation en- Diet-Health
and longevity are not the only result Of mod
GRAFTON IN diet. Its influence is far from be-
ing limited to the body; its effect on the
mind is still more important Julius Caesar,
constitutionally addicted to excess, when re-
solved on some great exploit, was accustomed
to diminish his diet to an extent truly mar
velOus, and this diminutiOn he ascribed the
cleaFness and energy of mind which distin-
guished him in the hour of battle. When
extraordinary mental vig0r was desired by
the first Napoleon, he used the same means
to attain it. To his rarely-equalled mOdera-
ton In diet DR.. Franklin ascribed his " clear
ness of ideas and quickness of percep-
ton" and considered his progress in study
prOportiOnate to the degree of temperance
which be practiced. While Sir Isaac New
ton was composing his treatise on Optics
he confined himself to bread and little sack
and water. Scarcely less rigid was the alb
stinence of Leibnitz, when preparing some
parts of his q Universal Language" D'Au-
bigne relates of Luther, on the authority of
Melancthon, that " a little bread and single
herring were often his only food for a day
Indeed he was constitutOnally ab5temious;
and even after he had found out thatheaven
was not to be purchased by abstinence, he
often contented himself with the poorest
food, and would continue for a considerable
time without eating or drinking DR.
Cheyne, celebrated physician, reduced him
self from the enormous weightso 44Sfb to
I40fb, by confning himself to a limited guam
tity of vegetables, milk, and water, as his
only food and drink, The result was res
JOEdGlOh Ol uGdiIL anu oL lnGllItLI lOI, anu
amid professional and literary labors, unin-
terrupted health and protracted life. An
eminent man once made the remark, that
nobody ever repented Of having eaten too
little ...-...=
Strong Heu.-Strength of character con
sists of two things-power of will and
power of selfrestraint 1t requires two
| things, therefore, for its existence strong
feelings, and strong command over them
Now we all very often mistake strong feelings
for strong chara ter a man who bears