The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1868-09-18

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will take the guidance of affairs, and
all will be well. r. NJ PEARSON.
RICHMoND Hut, N. c.. July 20lS6s.
4ra A Little Nonsense.
/ DUTCH PROVERBS.
|, When the stomach is full, the heart
is glad. 80
When the shepherd strays, the sheep
stray. r
4 Were every one to sweep before his
own house, every street would be clean.
! Poor folks wisdom goes for little.
/ Nobility of soul is more honorable
than nobility of birth.
| Patience surpasses learning.
1 The richest man, whatever his lot; is
he who is content with what he has
Money is power, money rules the
world.
God pays at the end,
God gives birds their food, but they
must fly for it
Great takers are little dOers.
The best goods are the cheapest
Better beg than steal.
1t is easy to be liberal out of another
mans purse.
In prosperity, caution; in adversely,
patience.
Proverbs ars the daughters of daily
experience.
What costs nothing is worth nothing
If fools ate no bread, corn would be
cheap.
Heavy purses and light hearts can
sustain much.
Economy is a great revenue.
Silence answers much.
'Oh ma" said little girl who had
been to the show, "I'ye seen the ele-
Iphant and he walks backward and eats
with his tail"
"A German out west being required
to give a receipt in full, produced the
following, after much mental effort: " |
ish full. I wants no more monish. John
ISwackbammer."
Harper's Bazaar has an admirable
sketch Of woman dressed Tor undress-
| ed in the height-or rather depth of
the latest fashion. A couple Of old
fashioned onlookers indulge in the fol-
lowing colloquy: Buffieton-"I say.
who's that?" Shuffleton-" Well, l
hardly know; she lives close by. Half
American and half French, Pm told"
Buffieton-"Well for our couutry's
sake, I hope and trust the upper halfs
French"
Malignant men are always inveHting
sarcasms about the fairer sex. Here is
an atrocious one, told in priut:--A
physician, walking in the street with a
friend of his, said to him: "Let us
avoid that pretty little woman you see
there on the left. She knows me and
casts on me looks of Indignation. l
attended her husband" "Ah, l uu-
derstand, you had the misfortune to
dispatch him" son the contrary"
replied the doctor, "I saved himP
A celebrated naval officer tells the
following anecdote; On one Of his
cruises the sailors saw comet and
were somewhat surprised and alarmed
at its appearance. The hands met and
appointed a committee TO wait on the
lcommander and ask his opinion of it.
They approached HIM and said, We
want you to enquire about that thing
up there" "Now, before I answer
you, first let me ask you what you
think it isl7 swell, your honor we
| have talked it over, and think it is a
star sprung 3 leak"
A young man from the country went
into a Bridgeport, Connecticut drug
store, the other day, and seeing people
freely patronizing the soda fountain, at
length stepped up and called for a
drink Of shat are for himself. After
swallowing the foamiug contents ofthe
glass and laying his stamps with
satisfied air upon the counter, Sinister"
said be, "what do YOU call that stuff
that bites sol" On being told that it
was soda water, WALL" said he, 81
s'posed it was sweetened wind"
A laundress, who was employed in
the family of one of our former Cover
lnors, said to him, with a sigh: "0nly
think, your excelleney, how little money
would make me happy" How little,
sedan 2" says the Governor 20 dear
n u ~pe hundred dollars would make
81, a1,o nerfoc ay happy" "If that is all
me me Pg'.Tf II III baye y and he Immediately
w. Wv f 4 70 her. SIe looked at it with
i6v and thaukfulness, and before the
Goverpor was out of bearing, exeialm-
led: 81 wish L had said two hundred
"A Quaker broker having had bag
of rolden eagles stolen from bis counter
while he stepped into his back room
but moment, never mentioned the
loss to a single soul, but quietly bided
his time. Several months afterward a
neigbbor being in his Office, c&Eelessly
asked him il "he'd ever heard anything
about that BAG Of eagles he'd lost. " "Ah,
ITobn % exclaimed The Quaker, 'fh0H
art the tEiet, or thee coatclst not haze
Eao,en aaEiLiag oboyt tl7 The shrewd
OLD fellow was right, and the gold was
restored with interest.