Des Arc weekly citizen., 1867-03-23
sALMAGUNDI.

DW Weakness and patience are char teristic virtues in a woman.
 pS- The gentlcst spirits, when pro- voked, are usually the most firm. s6 Religion teaches us to bear evils with patience.
 s% An Impatient spirit subjects it. self to deserved hGAAiliasion.
 n1- People new to Misfortune aYe often too easily moved to .impatience.
 s6- Presence of mind on ardaoas oc- casions is very consistent With meek ness.
 gs5- In great prosperity, as well as in great calamity, we should look into our hearts. ~
 Say Those are usually most proud of riches and grandeur who were not born to either.
 41- The person who is employed as a mediator, ought to be of very pa tieNt spirit.
 s@- It is not just for two friends. more than man and wife, to be out of patience at the same time.
 EzS- It is great mistake to imagine that picty is not entirely consistent with good nature and good manners.
 - Friendship is n strong habitual inclination in two persons to promote the good and happiness of each othef.
 l~ Ex-Gov. Brown and D. X. W ak CT, have been admitted te practice law in the Supreme and Distriet Courts of the United States.
 - The best way to discipline ohcs heart against scandal is to believe ali stories to bc false which ought not ,e be true.
 - Pride and opulchce inay kiss ii. the morning as a married couple; but they are likely to be divorced before sunset.
 = Few parents like to be told of the faults of child. The reason is ob- vious. All faults are either hereditary or educational and in either case to point finger at child is to reprovc the parent.
 pg- A little boy asked his mother what "blood relations" meant. She re- piled that it signiied near relativcs.--- After thinking moment, he replied: "Then, mother, you must be the blood- jest relation I've got,"
 WORTH RE,tEMBERiNG.-He who is passionate and nasty is generally hon- est. It's your cool, dissembling hypca critc of whom you should beware There is no deceit about bull-dog.-- It's only the cur that sncaks up and bites you when your back is turned.
 aaS~ The dog is the only animal that dreams, and he and the elephant the only animals that understand looks the elephant is the only animal that be- sides man, feels ennui; the dog is the only quadruped that has been brought to speak. Leibenitz bears witness to a hound in Scotland that could speak dis tinctly thirty words.
 - When you meet with great and unexpected offers of friendship receive them respectfully, but with moderate degree of caution; endeavor to discov- CT whether they flow from a wariii heart and silly head, or from de- signing head and cold heart knavery and folly are often hardly to be dis tinguished. sea
 gy- A satirical fellow says that a house with 8 wife is often warm enough: hotnc with wife aiid her mother is rather warmer than any spot on the known globe; house with two mothers-in-law is so excessively hot, that it can be likcncd to no place oli earth, but we must go lower for sims ilc. fa
 hG- Ccleridgc standing one day wrapt in poetic wonder and admiration as the Niagara poured it's angry waters into the depths below, exclaimed:
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 "How sublimely beautiful "
 A countryman at his elbow said, "yes it's very nice"
 - Several Irish ai,d English papers received publish a proclamation ptsr- porting to como from the Government of the Irish Republic It declares that after ages of outrage and vain appeals to reason and justice, they have at last resolved to appeal to arms to rescue from serfdom, and establish a national Union for public safety and the protec- tion of their freedom, and bring about the consequent separation of Church. and State. As Republicans, they ap- peal to Republicans Throughout the world for supports
 QUEER DrAlocuE.-A young lady; the other day, asked me:
 "What is your favorite ffowcr?'
 As she was | fashionable young la. dy, I supposed, of course, she referred to household matters and fnnocently replied:
 Extra family" For some reason ot other all tic females in the room set up that endless giggle for which they are so famous.
 s0r "Mary, who died for you?o asked q parson oc blooming sweet sixteen.
 Nobody, as I know 5n;' was the reply.
 But the pars0n repeated with great