The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1867-10-23

0 proud Virginia! to thine eyes;
Bids thee love most thy no3lest souls
For Freedom sinks, when Honor dies.
Live SO as you do mean to die.
A truly. great man never puts away the
simplicity Of child.
Learnngis folly, unless q good judgment
hath the management Of it.
Keep money when ye i a,e young, that you
may have it when you arc. old. t.|
It should be remembered that constant oc-
cupation prevents temptation.
20 A storm in the conscience will always lodge
clouds in thee countenance.e s
: Many institutions are called sensiirories, for
they do not half teach anything. ISL
Vice stings us even in our pleasures; but
virtue consoles us even in our pain
Nearly every evil has it compensation. If
a man has but one foot he never treads on his
toes.
Hope is like bad clock, forever striking
the hour of happiness, whether it has come
or not. e''''.s +-''
There is phrenologist, in. London who
can tell the contents Of a barrel by examin-
ing its head. .ssisse4s'.os .:s '.'s'
Let us chose to su1e, rather than sin: for
we may suffer yitAaut sin, butMe cannot sin
without sufferingaass.. Ne. otsssesta
Acknowledging that we have been in the
wrong, is only showing that We are wiser to-
day than yesterday. i ~.
4 woman who tickles a man S palate, has
a stronger hold on him than the woman who
merely touched his heart.
A Man III New York has got so deep into
debt. that hot one of his creditors has been
able to seen him for months.
The New York News gives the following
advice to husbands: "How to make home
happy"-Go off somewhere.
A natural curiosity is reported in Titus
vile, in the shape Of a pig with human
face They are not scarce anywhere.
One thousand girls with blue eyes, coral
lips and golden hair, are gathering hops in
Bethel Maine. Who wouldn't be hop?
IF your mothers mother was my mother s
aunt, what relation would your great grand
fathers nephew be to my eldest brothers SON.
inlaw
Two lovers one soldier and the other a
married woman, tied themselves together by
neck and jumped into the river at Dublin,
drowning in each others arms.
Accounts from various portions of Missis-
sippi state that the worm had appeared. but
so far cotton had sustained little damage
The corn crop is unprecedented.
e.. Courage and modesty are the least dubious
Of all the virtues, for they cannot be counter
feited and they have this in common. that
boath are manifested by the same color.
There was great deal of human nature in
the remark of lady who, holding glass Of
water in her band said, :.Oh, if it we're only
wicked to drink this. how nice it would be y
The Springfield Republican hints at hug
ging and kissing among male and female mem
bers of a convention of Good Templars. That
is embracing the temperance cause lu1uri-
ously.
Tn Australia and New Zealand the sheep
have increased so rapidly that many of the
settlers hive moved where they can take care
of them and it is becoming a question what
to do with the animals.
One of the ;oeat illustrations f avarice we
ever heard of, is that contained in carica-
ture which represents Old Nick carrying an
individual down to his regions, and while on
the way thither the man is making PROPOSE
tions to supply him with coal
It is nice point to say just enough, and
this whether you are talking business, senti-
ment love, or fun. The art is rarely learnt
There is decided tendency among mankind,
womankind to certainty-to slop over on
this matter. The just-enough pattern is hard
to cut.
An industrious and penurious mechanic, in
Chicago. lost his wife by death The hus-
band only stopped his work to attend the
funeral, and Immediately afterwards returned
to his labors. GLOW is this p asked one of
his neighbors, 'can't you stop to mourn lit
tle?" mo, sir" was the reply, business be-
fore pleasure" And the old follow returned
to his bench. , u. ,-....