The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1868-12-28
Home Reading.

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4 recent writer notices the fact tlat
great composers aud musicians are geuer,
; ally g"urm~nds.
ilApPY fathers in Ilaho publist.iu the
newspapers the weight Of s4cll new res,
: possibility
Beast BrrLrR is to take the place Of
: "Old Thad." in the next Congress.
YouE, own di.conteut is that which
arms your troubles til sling and you
make your burden heavy b. struggling
under it.
THERE is dispute as to how Ch,oog,
shall be paved Prentice darkly sug.
srsts, Why not pave it with good in
tenIions!' r.. -. ,as. :
FOuNEn asserts that, in the progrcs,
of the world, the ocean is to lose It's sau-
ness. and acquire the taste Of Il peculiar
" favored lemonade. sa t-."
TuE true wealth of a community lie>
in the Integrity of its citizeus, and it.,
chief honor arises, not from the posses
sion Of great riches, but the possession of
true men.
n Man AND WoM,N.-The concurrence
Of both sexes is as necessary to the per-
icction Of our being rs to the existence of
it. Man may make fine melody. but
woman is alsg required to make up bar
mony. r a#e
Tue library shelves of the British Mu.
scum. if placed in continuous line.
would extend no less than twenty-five
miles The accession of books ke, ps
growing at the rate Of about twenty
thousand volumes year, or between 6!ty
and sixtya day. ''
A lady recently advertised in city
paper that she wanted "a gentleman for
breakfast aud te'," while another adver-
Uses fur husband with Roman nose
aud strong religious procivitiss," and a
third party seeks to recover lost wal
Ie: belonging TO gentleman made oI
calIskiu,."
WHALES arc said to live thousand
years; Elephants have been known to
live 4Oo swaus 500; ravens 1870; and
horses 81. The nine lives of cat cntitle
it to last fifteen years. Hogs seldom
reach 20, although neici,bor of oars
who was hog all his lie. died short
time since at the advanced ago of 50.
Or January l, 1865, when the Wash.
iug,on ia'Rigeac'r changed praprietors;
Mr. Thomas Donohue, who had been for
fifty years cliet book- keeper, retired Be
fore leaving. however, he OBJ
taincd tie old sisnboara of tie Office, and
had it made into a coiiiu for himself.
1t was not long before he used it.
WtEN the poet Carpeny euguirel of
his friend liadyn how it happcued tia.
his church musi; WAS always o.cheerful.
the great composer made u most beautiful
reply II cannut," he said. make it
.otherNisr. write according to the
thoughts | feel; when think upon God
my heart IS 50 full of joy that the notes
dance aud leap, Il. it Wore, FROM any pen;
AMI >;uce Cod has given me a cheerful
heart, it will he par,!oncd me that
serve him with = cheerful spirit" .
SrAXhiNG prvxans. "A thousand
probabIliries.wi!l not make one truth.
\ hand saw is 4 good thing, but not 10
slave with.
/ G,ntility, without ability, is worse than
bcggary.
y man may talk like wise man. and
act ikea fool.
Ifw, w,uIi succeed in anything ",
uust Use the proper means.
\ liar should hlvea good memory.
Charity begins at home, but does no,
end there
.ln ounce of mother wit is worth
pound Of learning.
| Slortrcckopinss make long friends.
Custom is the plague Of wise men and
the idol Of fools.
Every one knows best where bis own
Shoe pjnclics.
1 Faiut heart never won fair lady.
! BEAUrlFUL,-Whpn the SKINNER day OF
youth is slowly wasting away into The
rughttall ofage. aud the shadow. Of tLr
past grow d"opcr, aud as life ncars to
close il is pIpYsnut tu lunl hack tL,,u,,I