Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1867-12-20
VOLUME %. no. 20.


KEEP YoUR FEEr W.Ry -Few no.s...
know, 4 they do know, appreciate tbe noeal
| sity oi keeping the feet warm and des,
Most levers prevalent ia thisconntrz- A.,
I tne winter months are the result 6f col5s
Whieh 70 niae cases out Of ten are prodncaJ
hy damp and cold feet. In regard 10 tbis
important matter we CLIP the following from
an exchange
Many Of the colds which people are said
TO catch eammence at the feet To keer
these eStremitles warm, therefore. Is to effect
an Insurance against the almost interuinable
lisJ q dis riders which spring out Of a sgight
cold, First, never betiEhtly shod Boofs
OF shoes, when they fl cl0selv. press af-ainst
the foot, and prevent the free Circulation ot
the blood Whea, on the contrary. thew do
not embrace the foot too tightly. the blood
gets lar play and the spaces left between the
| leather and the stockings are filed with n
c9aiiortaeie supply OF warm air. The sec
oili RUE ls--never sit IN damp shoes. Ii Is
y y - imagined that unless they are pOsi-
ilss-lA Ret, ISIS net necessary fY change
them while The feet are at rest Tbi 4 f,lee7s !.
loF' ~hen the least dampuess Is absorbed
INTO the sole 1t Is attracted further 10 m.
| foot Itself by It's own heat, and thus persni
ration Is dangerously checked. ANY person
may piove this by trying the experiment Of
neglecilng the rule. aud his feet will become
cold and damp after a few moments. al
though, on taking off the shoes and exam-
imng II, 1t VIII appear quite dry.
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W oBEING WfTH Con. Work. for If
Is tod that Eorketh in you. This beauti.
Iul union OF holy fear, and yet holycourage.
OF entire dependence upon God, and vet una
bated and jealous diligence to make our
calling and election sure, is sttaiuable only.
nay, might say Ineligible only, TO a spiri
tual mind Not that there is any inexpEea
ble mystery IN their connection: men are
continually acting in the affairs Of life in the
same way. ILey clear their ground SOW
their crops, 90 through all the tolls Of nus.
bandTy with uareuitting diligence, and
show they can DO more: they watch for the
increase, they think Of 1t. they talk Off with
the deepest interest, while ret it is undenia-
ele that they cannot make single blade of
wheat TO spring up, or bear produce. The
sun must shine upon It, the rain must water
It, the earth must nourish it; they can com
mand none OF these. BRayaa.
BEAruFUi AND TRuE-In an article in
fru7ers -uagazi1e this brief but beautiful
extract occurs; Education does not COM
menee with the alphabet Il begins with a
mother 5 look-with fathers smile of ap-
probation or sign reproOf-with sister :
gentle pressure of the hand, or a brother :
noble act of forbearance-wi birds nests
admired and not touched-With creeping
ants and almost impossible emmcts-Tith
| humnlng bees and great beehives-with
| pleasant walks and shady lanes, and with
thoughts directed In sweet and kindly tones
and words to mature to acts Of beneTolence.
TO deeds Of virtue. and TO the source of ali
good-to God himself
GOoD TEMPER is an inestimable bless
ing, both in the workshop and out oft. IF
people, thOughr more OF its valna they
would be at more pains to secure it. 1t was
| a saying Of the great Addison, We think,
that a good temper Is worth FIVE hundred
year. The Christian workman knows how
II Is to be got. When not natural gift, it
must be planted and watered By God 10 the
soil Of a regencrated nature.
TRUE CULTURE is kindliness of feeling.
For what 10 culture? Is it not the power
we acquire Of sympathizing with another
ofIeelIng the condition under which he acts.
and of regarding one own circumstances as
they effect others, and not so much as they
con5uce 10 cur own gratifcation2
THE prose Of Mr.. Robert Young, Lord
Derby pr9tege for a pension as the "agri-
cultural and historical poet of Ireland,
seems TO be as comical as his verse Favor
ing the world with some account of himself,
in a recent letter, he says, from causes too
tedious to uarrate. | was born in the year
l792
PUNCH continues the caricatures Of the
Pan Auglieans, and in his last cartoon rep
Tesents himself bringing a bundle of soiled
clothing marked ''Colenso, - 'Ritualism, -
RationallSm, ETC., to party Of washer
women, who exclaim 10 chorus, There
take EN- away-we cant be Worried with
them things. The washerwoman are bish.
ops wearing mob caps and the Episcopal
robes.
MosT people have heard the story OF the
French mayors apology to the prince mar
,hal, for the omission of a salute when the
latter dignitary entered the town of the for
mer I'VE failed to FIRE the salute, your
highuess, explained TIE mayor, for sew
enteen reasons. The first was, We had no
cannon: the second our pardon. NJ
the mayor, interrupted the prince: ''your
/ first reason Is so very excellent that we can
| dispense with the other sixteen.
4 PUNCH reports the speech OF an Irish NJ
( p, who thought Ireland was overtaxed.
Take a tenth of our income, sir? Ay, that
they do and they take twentieth if they
dared " This is as good as the case of a
ship owner who, with his partner, owned a
sixteenth of a ship, and wishing to have his
| interest separately taxed, returned to the
| assessors as bis share ore eight
A physician stopped at the shop of a
country apothecary, and inquired for a
/ Pharmacopeia. Sir, said the apOthecary,
/ Il know of no such farmer living about
/ these parts.
MR. PnT, at Kidderminster, gave the
I following toast in compliment to the carpet
manufacturers: May the trade of Kidder-
minister be trampled under foot by all the
world
ENGLAND uses about 220 million pounds
Of paper annually; France yearly consumes
! Iq5 millions, .Ehile the United States de-
mands more paper than both these eoun
| tries combined-440 million pounds.
To be angry Is 10 revenge the faults o
others on ourselves. s.-t0pc.
/ WHAT style of hat is the easiest to wear
That which is not felt.
Il love thee still, as the quiet HUSBAND