Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1866-06-02
Miscellaneous Sayings

Our district school was kept at cns
fine bY young man named Paine. -
Among the girls attending school was
Patience NJ, lively good natured
Miss Of eighteen. 1t soon became eyi-
dent that she was the favorite of the tee
cher rs nearly Rll his leisure time WAS
spent in her company. and their smiles
aHd love glances during school-houra
could not be passed Gnroticed. One
day W, one Of ths boys, land a gen
earl favorite with the whole school ,)burss
out in fit of laughter, and being asked
bv the teacher for his reasons for SO do
ing, he declined to answer. The teacher,
however, insisted, and threatened to pan
ish him, not ony for laughing, bat f3y
refusing to answer. W said he
would answer the question, If the teach
or would promise not to punish him.
After some hesitation the teacher gave
the required proihise.
Il was thinking, said w. Of tho
following lines of DIR. Watts:
''See gentle patience smile on Pain"
Tie effect upon the school can be bet
ter imagined than described. Patience
M did uot attend school after that
day, and soon after its close, was mar
RED TO the teacher; and; for augit !
know continues to smile on Paine.
1t is related Of Lord Cockbun. thai
he was once sitting on the hill side VIII
his shepherd, when observing the shees
reposing in the coolest situation, lie re-
marked, John , if [ were sheep.
would lie on the other side of the hill
The shepherd answered. 'Ah my lord, iu,
if ye hail been a sheep ye would bae hal
mar sense.
''BALANcED."-The fire at Hud.o7
destroyed the account books of '1ha
subscriber containing several hundrci
dollars against men who have owed hir
since he was in the newspaper business
there. The fire did us proud" We aro
glad to hear that our accounts have bee
''settleJ." No Attorney could have Gons
the work so effectuaIly.-ELrsH.
attempts ut assassination, from pc
itica motives, threaten to become eTi-
demic in Europ. The recent attacks npcr
the Emperor of Russia and King of
Prussia have been followed by anotEcr
upon Count Bislhatk. This last one was
made by young man. % cars of age.
a step son of the wellknown republicsr
refugee in London, Karl Blind CoUnt
Bismark himself seized tho would-be A.
sassin, who. after being taken to Jail, cor
trived to stab himself nine times 10 tie
throat, and died the next morning q
his wounds.
ARrEMUs WARD on NAPoLEc.'s
LIFE OF CAEsAR.-I sot mp spell Is
the kitchen fire readii e Lewis Napoleou
Life of Jnlns Caesar" What a Iccs-
less old cuss he wasi Yit Lewis picture
him in CLOWN culers. Caesar made il
lively for the boys in Gath. diden,t he:
He slowed one million of citizens. male
and ftmae-G au!s aud Gaulasses and
then he sold another million of 'em into
slavery. He continued this style of thing
for sum time, when he was sassinated IN
Rome 5y soine heightened Roman gentle
man, led on by Mr.. Brutus. When cid
Bruty inserted his knife into him. Caasa'
admitted that he was gone up. His fan
eral was great successive house benz
crowded to its utmost capacity.
Prof. Hamilton, the horse-tamer.
of Hagerstown, Ind, is an original gen
ius. as fond of joke as lie is OF fresh
air. The other day, on the ttain going
home from Cincinnati, no tried 10 raise
window in the car where he was sit
ting, but could not move it. lie called
the conductor TO assist him, but with no
better result. Instantly he knocked the
pane of glass ont with Ills cane, saving.
Nov we will have little fresh cir"
Sir" said the conductor. "vou must nav
fer that. "Hnw much :" a, ked the rro-
fessor. "One dollar" answered the con
ductor. Prof. Hamilton passed him 4
two dollar BILL The conductor was about
to hand back dollar in change, wien
the cool tanner of wild animals quiet 2
said; "Eetet mind, I'll take another
pane" and with another stroke Of hi,
cane let Gods atmosphere through acc
ond inflow, "Well," said the conductor.
you can't have any more al that price,
Ii is not first cost"
Punch says that Yankee baby
will crawl out of its cradle, take a survey
of it invent an improvement, and apply
for patent before he is six months old.
AN Indian remarked upon seeing
lady with dress arranged over an En-
press trail: ugh, much wigwam.'
A toast at q public dinner in Connec.
ticut "The nutmeg State; where shall
we find greater 2"
SoFT soap, in some shape, p.eases ~
all and generally the moro .iye" you
put in the better.
-" Pray, sir" said Judge, angrilv
to blunt old Quaker, from whom 40 ii.
rect answer could be obtained. Do
you know what we sit here for?' aye.
verify do" said the Quaker :.tLres -
you for -four dollars each day, and tbs
fat Que in tbs middle for fsaf thoxssa,i
year.