The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1868-11-26
TILE CHAPEL.

A legal wag calls his marriage Ger.
tifcate "a writ Of attain'd her"
Why is a muff like a fool ? Be.
cause it holds lad Us hand without
squeezing ii.
"Oh, that my father was seized
with a remittant fover" sighed a
young spondthrilt at college.
Refrain from bitter words; there is
only tho difference of a letter be-
tween words and swords.
Censuro is most efTectual when
mixed with praise, So, when a fault
is discovered, it is we'll to look up
virtue to bear it company.
Jo Cose thinks that Adam must
have been a fast man, for he was
ahead in the human rdcs-but that
scriptural individual who huugered
aud thirsted in the wilderness was a
faster!
"Do you see this stick, sir?" said
a very stupid acquaintance to sgd.
ney Smith; "this stick has been all
round tho world, SIR" "Indeed," ,"
said the rcmorseless Smith, land yet
it is only stick ~
1t is highly ridiculous not to get
rid of our own ianlts, which is in our
power, and show adherence OF, and
be 10 eager to reform the irailtios of
other people, which is not in our
power.
Before the introduction of carpets,
to cover the floor with straw or rush.
es was deemed so necessary a point
OF courtesy, thai when not performed
it was said that the host did not
care rush or straw for his guest
hence tho origin of the expression
80 common now.
A mother writes that her little girl,
seeing her papa tap maple trees,
asked: "Why not tap apple trees to
get cidor2' That would only be nc /.
ing like a great many people who, in
thoir haste to get at coveted results,
are perpetually attempting to antici-
pate tho process Of nature.
What a glorious world this would
be, if all it's inhabitants could say,
with Shakespearc's Shepherd; "Sir,
| am true laborer; earn what |
wear; owe no man hate; envy no
mans happiness glad of other mems
good coutent with my farm"
A married couple who were noto
rious for their continual quarrels,
changed their mode OF life, and be-
came as noted for their conjugal hap
piness. The old lady having been
asked the cause of tho change, re-
piled "rhc old man and | have got
on we'll enough together since we
kept two bears in the house" 1.-TWO
bears !" exclaimed the neighbor.-
"Yes, said she, ,"boar and forbear."
The ladies are Introducing a new
aud beautiful ornament for the par
lor, mantel, or center-tablc. They
take large pine burrs, sprinkle grass
seeds Of any kind in them, aud place
them in pots of water, When the
burrs are soaked few days, they
close up in the form Of solid cones
then the little spears of green grass
begin to emerge from amongst th'
lamiue, forming an ornament of rar'
aud simple beauty.
Some men ascribe all their unhap-
piness to the narrowness of thei
means but place them in the imme
diatc enjoyment of all that enter
within the circle of their presen
hopes aud desires, and they will NJ
sooner have entered on the eDrap.
turing possession, than new hope
aud desires will begin to maniies
themselves, You can not place
man in such situation that he vii
not look above and beyond it.
The Sabbath is tho loveliost an,
brightest day of the week, to a spirit
ual mind, These rests refresh tn
soul in God, that finds nothing bu
turmoil in the creature. Should no
this day be welcome to the soul, tina
sots it FREQ to mind its own business
which has ot or days to attend to tn
business Of its servants, the body P
Aud these are certain pledge TO i
iof that expected freedom when
shall enter on an eternal Sabbath
aud rest in Him forever who 10 tn
only rest Of tho soul.
Sir Humphrey Davy writes g."
envy no quality of the mind and in,
telleet in others, be it genius, power
wit, or fancy but if | could ohoos
what would be most beautiful, and
believe most useful to me, shoul,
prefer firm religious belief to an,
other blessing; for it makes life
discipline Of goodness varnishe
and throws over the deoay--,ho dc,
struetion of existence, the most gor-
Egeous ofall light, awakens new life
even death makes aI instrument O
torture aud shame the ladder of as
cent to Paradise; aud far above al
combinations ofearthly homes, call
up the most beautiful visions Of tn
palms aud amaranths, in tho garden
Of the blest, aud the security Of ever
lasting joys, where the sensualis
views anly gloom, decay, anaihilatiO