The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1867-02-01
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Fine Boanl-
A dangerous female2 Minnie Rifle.
The Voice Of Wnter-Snow balling.
Fast young mems motto-alcat and
drink.
aTherc Is music in thy sole" rs the nice
young man said to his squeaking new boots.
aNone but the bravo deserve the fair"
No, and none but the brdre can live with
some Of them.
An advertiser says -" Wantcd-a G.
male who has knowledge Of fitting boots
ofa good moral character.
Why is darkey with "no hair on tho
top of his head" like rejected candidate
for admission to lodge Of Odd Fellows?
Because he Is black bald individual.
Philosophers have spcculated rs to
whether men become beasts after death,
but let us reflect how olen they mnke
beasts Of themselves before death
There arc only two genuine remedies for
sorrow-pmycr and work. Trust In hcnv-
en- and keep doing, is the best receipt for
every human care. There arc no wounds
Of the spirit, which 1t will not heal.
The Commercial Bulletin says. "Thers
Is a bashiiil bachelor who darcs not meet
ladies in the street. He says they wear SO
many bugles on their dresses that he fears
ovcrures from them."
A Western orator getting warmed with
his subject. exclaimed. "Thcre is not a
man, woman or child in the house who
has arrived at tho nge Of fifty ycans, but
that has felt this truth laundering through
their minds for centuries"
A little four.years-old was told that God
made him. Measuring of few inches
on his arm, he wn,hfhlly replied, "No, he
didn't! God madc me a little mite Of
thing. SO long, and growcd tho rest my.
SELF"
There ID story Of celebrated French
preacher, who, on delivering a sermon on
the duty Of wives, said:-"l see opposite
me in the congregation woman who has
been guilty Of the sin Of diso'cdiencc to
her husband and in order to point her on
TO universal condemnation, will fling my
breviary at her head" Hc lilled his book
and every female head wns instantly duck
ed.
MADAME RI, who Is still a coqucite
in her advanced maturity, came to a pri.
va,e evening party, ainer eleven o'clock.
allow late you arc, my channcr!" said the
mistress of tho house to her, reprovingly.
II am quite ashamed" answered Madame
s., abut my maid is so very slow she
takes moro than an hour and half To do
nv hair" "fortunatcly," observed ono
of her friends. "you arc not obliged to stuy
q, home while she is doing It."
Moro than half Of the obstacles in your
path are like rotten stump in the woods,
which timid man takes for a ghost. and
runs away. A brave man walks up to II
and finds II to be what il is. Never In as
sailed and unwavercd by what Is said about
risks and difficulties and competitions.
Never retreat into q narrow and Obscure
walk, with its only ono chance OF "'cccss
and usefulness, a. if Il were tho safer for
that. Push forward IL you have the COM
mon consciousness Of ability, into the great
,Iorougfsrcs, where, though hundred
chances of success and usefulness should
fsiL hundred chances arc leR.
Some people arc as careful OF their
troubles a. mothers are OF their babies
they cuddle them, and rock them. and hug
them, and cry over them, anil ny into
passion with you if you try to take them
away from them; they want you to fr"t
with them, and to help them to believe
that they have been wore treated tl'nn
anybody else. II they could, they would
have picture Of their grief in gold fr"mc
hung over tho manieI-shelf for everybody
to look al And their grief makes them
ordinarily ssl6sh-,hey think more Of their
dear little grief In tho basket and in tho
cradle than they do Of all the world bc.
side; and they say you arc haui.bcnrted "
you say "dont fret" "Ah! yon don't M.
ders,and-you don't know me-yon cant
enfer inio nv trials."