Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1869-01-07
Selections.

Riches got by deceit cheat 10 man so
much as the getter.
If industry is no more than halit. If
is ut least an excellent one.
All good principles must stagnate
without mental activity.
"A fool trayaileih with word, rs II
woman IN labor Of a child.
Riches got by fraud are dug out of
ones own heart, and destroy the mind.
If thou hast heard word. let it die
with thee; and be bold. it will not burst
thee.
AS an arrow that sticketh in mans
thigh, SO is a word within fools belly.
johnson used to say, "He who waits to
do a great deal of good at once will never
do any"
Introduce changes in your reading
and studies. Who reads but little at a
time, retains that little the better
Whether it be friend or foe talk not
Of other mems likes and if thou ctnst
without offense. reveal them not
-Admonish a friend, for many, times il
Jesus the Son Of Strach
-Rehearse not unto another that which
is told unto thee, and thou shalt fare never
: the worse.
.-Admonish friend, it may be he hath
not done it and if. he have dono il, that
he do it no more.
AI-->~--:~i- .ly s-;e..l, - macy bo lac
10Th Sai} anl Is no hara th.t he
speak it not again.
Let our repentance be lively will, q
firm resolution. Complaints and mourn
ing over past errors avail nothing.
There are a thousand pretty, engag-
ing little ways which every person may
put on without being deemed either az
fected or foppish.
Unjust riches curse the owner in
getting, in keeping, and in transmitting
They curse his children in their father
memory.
There is certain softness of manner
which, in either man or woman, adds .
charm that almost entirely compensates
!, for lack of beauty.
When the heart is pure there is hard
ly any thing which can mislead the under
standing in matters of immediate personal
Government.
Weigh every step you are about tc
take, whenever passions become involved
I How often do things assume different
aspect when they are fairly considered.
1t is much easier to think right with
out doing right, than to do right without
thinking right. just thoughts may. anc
often do, fail of producing just deeds
but Just deeds are sure to beget jus
: thoughts.
Guard against reading too much o,
too rapidly. Read rather with attention
lay the book often down impress on you
mind what you have read and reflect upol
, it.
How often do we sigh for opportuni
ties of doing good, whilst we neglect tn
openings of Providence in little things
= which would frequently lead to the &C
/ complishment of most important useful
ness
No child possessed of ordinary capacit,
is destitute of curiosity. The process O
T. popular education, has, we doubt not, il
many instances, 30 deadened this desire
that many "mute and inglorious Milton
: sleeps in the multitude of common men
O We should be careful to practice an
treat the humblest mental with courtes
as delicate as we would show the childrel
II of aff1uence and honor So shall we trans
b fuse in them corresponding refnemen,
which will tend eventually, perhaps, t
: make them purer in morals and NOR
elevated in mind.
= With most of us, idleness is tn
, parent not merely of uneasiness, bu
b withal of fretfulness; malevolence, an
tee whole host of evil passions. tn
phrase "aching void" may be ridiculou
TO those who criticise dramatically, bu
2 i true to those who feel humanely. T
n supply this void is an object, and NOR,